We’ve got nine teams signed up for our inaugural Sunday evening Mixed Doubles League, which starts this weekend!

Sam’s Family Restaurant and Pub is the sponsor for the first round.

Cornwall Curling Mixed Doubles

Sunday, Oct 21

6:30 PM Draw

Ice 1: Angus Kennedy/Carrie Jones vs Colin MacKenzie/Alexis Burris

Ice 2: Rachel O’Connor/Ryan Abraham vs Kellie-Lynn Younker/Rob Gallant

Ice 3: Calvin Smith/Lauren Ferguson vs Kayla Schut/Devin Schut

Ice 4: Sydney Howatt/Nick Johnston vs  Brent Irving/Angela Sanderson

BYE: Paul Durant/Joanne Durant

Here is the schedule (corrected):

Note: we received a request from the Kamphuis team to move their game to 8:30 (two team members helping with harvest), so the Ferguson vs Joostema game will now go to 6:30, while the Kamphuis vs Nicholson game will go to 8:30. We also have a roster change.

We’re back for another season of the Wednesday evening Ladder League, and are pleased to announce a full roster of 16 teams, which will be divided into two pools of eight. This Wednesday evening, October 24, will be Qualifier Night, where your team will play another team chosen at random, with the winning team going into the A pool and the non-winning team going to the B for Round One, which will be sponsored by Don Lowther Snow Removal and Sam’s Family Restaurant.

Please note that, after consultation with the Club and based on past turnout, there will be NO CURLING on Hallowe’en evening October 31, so the first round following Qualifier Night will start on November 7 and continue for seven weeks up to Dec. 19. We will not be curling on Boxing Day (December 26), so round two will start on Jan. 2 and run through Feb. 13. The final round will start Feb. 20 and runs through April 3rd, just before the closing spiel.

As there are no weeks to spare, please note that any missing nights due to weather or other factors will NOT be played. At the end of the first and second rounds, the three A Pool teams with the fewest points will swap places with the three B Pool teams with the most. There will be prizes (generally gift certificates) for the winning A and B pool teams in each of the three rounds, courtesy of our generous sponsors. See the Rules (below) for more.

Here are the team rosters I have been sent. Note there are a couple of names missing, and there are likely misspellings, too. Feel free to email me any additions or corrections.

Here we go with the random draw, using Random.org. We will slot the teams by selected random order into the 6:30 draw sheets, then the 8:30. 

List Randomizer

There were 16 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

1. Neima
2. Robertson
3. MacLean
4. Sanderson
5. Kamphuis
6. Nicholson
7. Younker
8. McInnis
9. Groves
10. Gallant
11. Watts
12. MacDonald
13. Ferguson
14. Joostema
15. Ebbett
16. Biagé

IP: 76.11.2.77
Timestamp: 2018-10-19 12:33:35 UTC

We received a last-minute request from the Kamphuis rink to move their game to 8:30, and we will honour it.

So, the Qualifier Night draw for Oct. 24 looks like this:

6:30 pm
Ice 1: Paul Neima vs Greg Robertson
Ice 2: Rachel MacLean vs Emily Sanderson
Ice 3: Lauren Ferguson vs Peter Joostema
Ice 4: David Younker vs Josh McInnis

8:30 pm
Ice 1: Greg Groves vs Rob Gallant
Ice 2: Kelly Watts vs Mark MacDonald
Ice 3: Hank Kamphuis vs Kim Nicholson
Ice 4: Shelley Ebbett vs Ray Biagé

The deadline for signing up for the Wednesday Team Entry Daytime League is October 24th, with the league starting up the following Wednesday. There is a signup sheet at the Club. Last year we had a full draw of sixteen teams, so sign up now and avoid disappointment!

This league goes at 12:30 pm, with overflow at 10 am. If there are 16 teams, all the sheets would be used in both timeslots; otherwise any remaining sheets at 10 would be used for drop-in curling.

We’ve got three No Cost/No Obligation opportunities coming up for adults to give curling a try and/or learn to curl!

Open House, Curling School and New Members Registration Evenings

Our FREE, no obligation, adult Learn to Curl sessions go Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evenings Oct 15-17 from 6:30 to 8:30. Come any one, any two, or all three nights! We will have both new and continuing classes each night, as well as basic demonstrations. Wear loose-fitting or stretchy pants, a light jacket, gloves, and bring clean sneakers. Everything else you need will be provided.

New members’ registration for adults will take at the same time, and Board of Directors members and staff will be available to answer any questions you may have. It’s also an Open House, so, if you’re curious, just stop by, ask any questions you may have, and have a look around (be sure to check out the bar!). Curlers may also register online at any time at CornwallCurling.com/registration. 

Please note that these Curling School sessions are for adult curlers only. Junior curlers receive  instruction as part of their regular program, which begins on Oct. 28. Junior Registration goes the evenings of Oct. 15 and 16 from 6:30 pm.

Daytime curling 10 to noon Monday through Friday starts on the 15th. Teams are made up as players arrive. There is a $10 drop-in fee for non-members, or 10 drop-in passes for $80. Reduced availability on Wednesdays once the daytime team league gets going, as the morning timeslot is used for overflow. There’s afternoon stick curling, too – check with the Club or check our website for more info.

Evening league curling starts on Sunday Oct. 21st.

It’s “go” time here at the Cornwall Curling Club! The ice is ready, the Club is open normal hours and $10 “drop-in” curling from 10 am to noon starts this morning. Drop by and check out our “Pro Shop” for the best in top quality curling equipment at great prices.

Those who are interested in trying out or learning to curl are invited to attend our FREE, no-obligation adult curling school, which goes from 6:30 to 8:30 pm Monday through Wednesday this week (see separate post). We also have new members Registration at the same time, and Junior registration on Monday and Tuesday evenings at the same time.

Rachel Homan and her Ottawa-based team will kick off the Canadian Beef Masters facing Tracy Fleury’s club from Winnipeg in the opening draw.

The Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling has set the round-robin match schedule for its second event and first major of the 2018-19 season taking place Oct. 23-28 at Rath Eastlink Arena in Truro, N.S.

Homan is a three-time winner of the Canadian Beef Masters and captured the crown the previous time Truro hosted the event in 2015.

Quick Links: Tickets | Teams | Draw Schedule | Broadcast Schedule

Reigning world junior champion Kaitlyn Jones and her Halifax-based team [which includes PEI’s Lauren Lenentine at third stone] received a sponsor’s exemption and highlight the opening-round action taking on Silvana Tirinzoni’s Swiss squad.

Lauren Lenentine

American Jamie Sinclair, the winner of last season’s Players’ Championship, meets Japan’s Satsuki Fujisawa.

Six-time Masters men’s champion Glenn Howard of Penetanguishene, Ont., will also hit the ice for the opening draw against men’s sponsor exemption Jamie Murphy of Halifax.

Olympic gold medallist John Shuster of Duluth, Minn., rounds out the opener against Matt Dunstone’s team from Regina.

2018 Canadian Beef Masters: Draw Schedule

Event passes, weekend passes & single draw tickets available! Visit Ticketpro.ca or call 1-888-311-9090 to purchase yours today.

NOTE: Draw schedule subject to change.

The Canadian Beef Masters features 15 of the top men’s teams and 15 of the top women’s teams from around the world. Teams were invited based on the World Curling Tour’s Order of Merit rankings. The Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling reserved the right to invite a sponsor’s exemption for both divisions and implemented this rule for the Canadian Beef Masters awarding spots to Team Jamie Murphy and Team Kaitlyn Jones.

Both men’s and women’s divisions are split into three pools for round-robin competition. Teams play four round-robin games against the teams within their pools with the top eight overall on each side advancing to the playoffs.

Team Brad Gushue of St. John’s, N.L. [which includes PEI’s Brett Gallant], and Winnipeg’s Team Jennifer Jones enter the Canadian Beef Masters as the defending champions. Both clubs went undefeated through the event last season in Lloydminster, Sask.

Gushue is also coming off of a title victory to start the Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling season at the Princess Auto Elite 10 last month in Chatham-Kent, Ont. Sweden’s Team Anna Hasselborg was also victorious claiming the historic inaugural women’s championship in the event.

The Canadian Beef Masters is one of the four original events in the Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling, thus making it a major, and has been held every season since 2001-02.

A $250,000 purse is on the line plus points in the race for the Pinty’s Cup, which is awarded to the season champions. Winners of the Canadian Beef Masters also earn berths to the season-ending Humpty’s Champions Cup running April 23-28 at Saskatoon’s Merlis Belsher Arena.

You don’t want to miss the first major of the new Olympic cycle. Tournament passes, weekend passes and single draw tickets are now available, visit Ticketpro.ca or call 1-888-311-9090 to purchase yours today.

Can’t make it to Truro? Broadcast coverage of the Canadian Beef Masters begins Oct. 25 at 11:30 a.m. AT on Sportsnet and online at Sportsnet NOW (Canada) and Yare (international). For the full broadcast schedule, CLICK HERE.

Canadian Beef Masters Women’s Division (Click for team story)

Canadian Beef Masters Men’s Division (Click for team story)

The competitive curling season is underway for Cornwall’s Junior Curlers. Lauren Lenentine, playing on the World Champion Kaitlyn Jones rink out of Halifax is competing in Gatineau Quebec in the U21 “Crystal Slam”, part of the Junior Slam Series.

Live scoring is at: http://juniorslamseries.com/scores/

Meanwhile, several Cornwall teams are at Curl Moncton for the CCE Maritime Junior Bonspiel, which features many of the best junior teams in the three Maritime Provinces.  Teams Kelly, Ferguson, and MacLean are in the U21 junior women’s event, with team Mitchell Schut in the U21 junior men’s. Charlottetown’s MacMillan boy’s team is in the U15 division.

Live Scoring is at: http://curlmoncton.ca/live-score

Draw Schedule is at: http://curlmoncton.ca/announcements/cce-maritime-junior-bonspiel-2

Here’s an Adobe PDF version (link is below) of a poster advertising our curling school. We would appreciate if you would take the time to print out a copy and post it on your workplace bulletin board, or anywhere else you see fit (and doesn’t get you or us in trouble!).  Remember, if you are a current member and we get a new adult member through your help, you are entitled to a $20 Club gift certificate, so these posters could help you as well!

Try Curling Poster (PDF-click to download/view)

Thanks to everyone who came out to our Returning Members’ Registration night on Wednesday. We are pleased to report that many curlers took advantage of our online registration, so lineups for those paying by debit or credit were reasonable last evening. If you are returning and didn’t make it to the Club last night, you can drop by and sign up. If you’re from out of town, call first, as we are in and out of the office this week as we make final preparations for full operation next week. Daytime curling starts on Monday morning, and many of these curlers wait until their first morning to pay. Signup for our evening leagues is looking good! As for the ice, we have a few more floods to do and decals to add, and we’re on track for ice availability on Monday morning!

As well as our new online registration system, available at CornwallCurling.com/registration, we have our traditional registration nights where you can register in person, with Board Members and Staff available to answer any questions you may have.

We also take cash and cheques in addition to credit/debit on those nights and can set up adult membership payments so you can pay in two installments, with the first due immediately, and the second due by December 1st.

Online

All curlers, including “Daytime Only”, are encouraged to register online to speed things up for those who choose to register in person on registration nights. Over the last couple of years we have experienced lineups for credit and debit payment at in-person registration, as more and more curlers switch their payment methods away from cash and cheque in favour of debit and credit cards, and we only have one card processing machine (pro tip: paying by cheque is the fastest method at in-person registration).

Returning Members In-Person Registration

In-person registration for returning adult members (including those returning to the Junior Plus) takes place on October 10th at the Club from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm.

Priority for adult team-entry curling will be given to teams with at least 3 returning members.

Junior and New Members In-Person Registration

Due to last year’s congestion, we have scheduled in-house Junior Curler Registration (or new entries into the Junior Plus) on the evenings of the 15^th and 16^th of October at the same times. 

New members/teams will be able to fill any unclaimed spots after October 10 (we can take online entries now and confirm them later). In-house new member registration will take place at the Club at the same time as our free, no obligation, adult curling school / curling demonstrations which will be held on October 15th, 16th, and 17th starting at 6:30 pm. Board Members will be available after each night’s curling school to answer any questions those attending the school may have.

Notes/Updates

We have had a few online registrations where the curler selected their membership type, but didn’t sign up for the appropriate league. For most memberships it’s a two-step process. Under the Products section you choose the type of membership e.g. One Evening Draw per Week or  Adult Unlimited Day/Night and then proceed to the Leagues section to choose the league or leagues you want to join.

A note on the Wednesday Daytime Team League: This league will be starting after October 31st to give curlers who come to the morning drop-in sessions time to verify their team from last year or make a new one. The Daytime Team League will continue to use the old registration style of a sign up sheet on the wall.

Our ice plant is working well, and icemaking is well underway here at the Cornwall Curling Club, and on schedule for ice availability the morning of October 15. Today was white paint day, and head icemaker Lance Lowther would like to thank Roger DesRoches, Paul Durant, Paul Arsenault, Paul Field, Cliff Sentner, Bryan Sutherland, Kimball Blanchard, Al MacCormac and Vern Chowan for their capable assistance!

Click on an image to enlarge.

We recently told you about our new online registration system, available now at CornwallCurling.com/registration. As well, we have our traditional registration nights where you can register in person, with Board Members and Staff available to answer any questions you may have. We also take cash and cheques in addition to credit/debit on those nights and can set up adult membership payments so you can pay in two installments, with the first due immediately, and the second due by December 1st.

Online

All curlers, including “Daytime Only”, are encouraged to register online to speed things up for those who choose to register in person on registration nights. Over the last couple of years we have experienced lineups for credit and debit payment at in-person registration, as more and more curlers switch their payment methods away from cash and cheque in favour of debit and credit cards, and we only have one card processing machine (pro tip: paying by cheque is the fastest method at in-person registration).

Notes/Updates

We have had a few online registrations where the curler selected their membership type, but didn’t sign up for the appropriate league. For most memberships it’s a two-step process. Under the Products section you choose the type of membership e.g. One Evening Draw per Week or  Adult Unlimited Day/Night and then proceed to the Leagues section to choose the league or leagues you want to join.

A note on the Wednesday Daytime Team League: This league will be starting after October 31st to give curlers who come to the morning drop-in sessions time to verify their team from last year or make a new one. The Daytime Team League will continue to use the old registration style of a sign up sheet on the wall.

In-Person

In-person registration for returning adult members (including those returning to the Junior Plus) takes place on October 10th at the Club from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm.

Priority for adult team-entry curling will be given to teams with at least 3 returning members.

Due to last year’s congestion, we have scheduled in-house Junior Curler Registration (or new entries into the Junior Plus) on the evenings of the 15^th and 16^th of October at the same times. 

New members/teams will be able to fill any unclaimed spots after October 10 (we can take online entries now and confirm them later). In-house new member registration will take place at the Club at the same time as our free, no obligation, adult curling school / curling demonstrations which will be held on October 15th, 16th, and 17th starting at 6:30 pm. Board Members will be available after each night’s curling school to answer any questions those attending the school may have.

We’ve got three No Cost/No Obligation opportunities coming up for adults to give curling a try and/or learn to curl!

Open House, Curling School and New Members Registration Evenings

Our FREE, no obligation, adult Learn to Curl sessions will take Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evenings Oct 15-17 from 6:30 to 8:30 or so. Come any one, any two, or all three nights! We will have both new and continuing classes each night, as well as basic demonstrations. Wear loose-fitting or stretchy pants, a light jacket, gloves, and bring clean sneakers. Everything else you need will be provided.

New members’ registration for adults will take at the same time, and Board of Directors members and staff will be available to answer any questions you may have. It’s also an Open House, so, if you’re curious, just stop by, ask any questions you may have, and have a look around (be sure to check out the bar!). Curlers may also register online at any time at CornwallCurling.com/registration. 

Please note that these Curling School sessions are for adult curlers only. Junior curlers receive  instruction as part of their regular program, which begins on Oct. 28. Watch for another post with information on our Junior program.

Daytime curling 10 to noon Monday through Friday starts on the 15th. Teams are made up as players arrive. There is a $10 drop-in fee for non-members, or 10 drop-in passes for $80. Reduced availability on Wednesdays once the daytime team league gets going, as the morning timeslot is used for overflow. There’s afternoon stick curling, too – check with the Club or check our website for more info .

Evening league curling starts on Sunday Oct. 21st.

We’ve been having some spam issues with our info@cornwallcurling.com email address, so we’re disabling it for now. Instead, please use cornwallcurling@eastlink.ca to contact the Club. Sorry for the inconvenience!

As well as signing up at the Club on designated registration nights, all members, both new and returning, can now register as a member of the Cornwall Curling Club (please note that we are in PEI, not the Cornwall Curling Centre in Ontario) at any time via our “Curling.io”
 online registration system provided with the assistance of Curling Canada and Curl PEI, and available on our CornwallCurling.com website. You can sign up, select a membership type, join our various leagues and pay for memberships, and lockers (only if you had one last season). Please note that returning members have priority for their draws and have to confirm that intention by October 10, so it’s possible that a request for a new member to curl in a particular draw (or a returning member who has not signed up for a draw by cannot be accommodated. In that case, we’ll contact you to discuss alternatives.

For online payment, we accept debit cards (must have a Visa or Mastercard logo on them), and Visa, Mastercard and American Express credit cards too. You can also choose the option to pay at the Club, using cash, cheque or a debit or credit card.

Those who wish to pay their membership in two equal installments, with the final installment due by December 1st, can register online choose the “Cash/Cheque” payment option at checkout time and pay at the Club, as online payments must be full membership payments only. All Junior memberships must be paid in full at time of registration and consequently, they can use the online payment system

Basic Online Registration and Payment Instructions

Click the link below, and, if you are not signed in automatically from a previous visit, select the Login option on the upper right and sign in as a new or existing member (if you use Gmail, use the faster “Login with Gmail” option), and then select the “Product” (membership type) that applies to you (except for Little Rocker, Novice Instructional and Commercial League where you select Leagues instead).  Then, select the leagues in which you wish to participate for the upcoming season on the “Leagues” menu.  When you enter your information under a League you will see various add-on options. Select any that apply to you. Like most online ordering and payment systems, your “Products” are added to a “shopping cart” which you can view at any time on the top line menu. When you are ready to pay, select the “Complete Purchase” option at the bottom of the shopping cart, select your payment option (Credit/Debit or Cash/Cheque) and enter your payment details for the first option, or visit the Club for the second).

When you successfully place your registration order, you will receive a confirmation email. You can also view your orders on the menu under your profile name on the registration system.

Notes

This system is for membership curling only. Pay per game Drop-In curling for drop-in draws and those who are sparing but are not members is paid for at the bar.

Those interested in daytime Drop-In or Stick curling will see there is no set League, so just sign up for the applicable “Product” (membership) e.g. 2 Adult Sessions Per Week or Adult Unlimited (Day Only) etc. There IS an option for the Daytime League.

Those interested in Little Rocker or Novice Instructional training or the adult Commercial League will see that there is no Product, so you bypass the Products section, and select them from the Leagues section.

Online Locker rental selection and payment is available as a”Product” but is only for those who had a locker last year, and wish to continue. If you did not, please sign up for one at the Club and you will be put on the waiting list for a locker when one becomes available.

Those who qualify for a couples discount must first register individually. The discount only applies to the “Adult Unlimited Day/Night Product”. When you click on that product name and add it to your shopping cart, you will see a link that says “Membership Required”.  Click on it and then click on your profile or press the Select button. At this point, you will see a button that says “Register as a Couple”. Select it, type in your partner’s name to the right, and click “Save and Continue. The couples discount will then be applied and show up in your shopping cart. Your partner will have to follow the same procedure.

If you have difficulty, send an email to cornwallcurling@eastlink.ca. You are also welcome to take advantage of our traditional registration nights.

Registration Link: https://cornwall.curling.io/en/products

Club Members: if you know of someone who would like to try curling, invite them to our free curling school and demonstration on the evenings of October 15th, 16th and 17th! For each new adult curler that you helped to join our Club, you will receive a $20 gift certificate for use at the Club!

There’s been a lot of interest in two person per team curling recently, especially with Canada winning an Olympic Gold Medal in the relatively new sport of Mixed Doubles. The Cornwall Curling Club has been playing 2-person curling for years, with their popular Stick Curling league. With stick curling, rock delivery is done from a standing position, with a “delivery stick” as opposed to bending down to deliver from an ice-level “hack”.

The members of the Board of Directors of the Cornwall Curling Club, as approved at the Annual General Meeting in the spring, met over the summer and determined their positions and responsibilities on the Board. Gary O’Sullivan will be returning for a second consecutive term as President.

Photo (L-R): Kellie-Lynn Younker, Gary O’Sullivan, Jean Sinclair

The new list of Board members and their responsibilities is as follows:

• President – Gary O’Sullivan
• Vice President – Bryan Sutherland
• Secretary – Kellie-Lynn Younker
• Finance – Jean Sinclair
• Memberships and Draws – Myrna Sanderson
• Bonspiels and Socials – Laurie Kelly and Lacey Gallant
• Developmental Programs – Peter Murdoch
• Facilities – Greg Groves
• By Laws – Angela Sanderson
• Fundraising – Chris MacDougall
• Volunteer Coordinator – Etta Reid
• Daytime Representative – Bryan Sutherland
• Past President and Curl PEI Representative – Gary O’Sullivan

Feel free to contact a Board member with your questions, comments or concerns!

It’s almost time to curl here at the Cornwall Curling Club! We welcome new members, from those who have never curled before, to experienced curlers who are looking to join our vibrant Club here in our modern facility at the Cornwall Civic Centre. We welcome members from all over PEI, not just from the Cornwall area, and, although we emphasize the recreational aspects of curling, have also had teams and curlers who have won Provincial, Canadian, and even World titles.

Curling starts Oct. 15

Icemaking will begin on the 1st of October, with ice available for use on Monday, October 15. Our very popular daytime “Drop In” curling from 10 am to noon Monday through Friday will begin at that time, with teams made up each day from the players who are there. Both members and walk-on “pay per play” curlers are welcome, with walk-on rates of $10 per game, or 10 game passes for $80.

Free Learn to Curl Oct. 15, 16, 17

Also starting on Oct. 15 and continuing for three evenings will be our FREE, no-obligation adult Learn to Curl sessions. Curlers can come any one, two, or all three nights – there will be both new and continuing classes each evening. Wear loose or stretchy pants and a light jacket, and bring clean sneakers — everything else is provided. These evening sessions are for adult curlers, with younger curlers receiving instruction in our Junior Instructional Program, with a money back guarantee for juniors who try it but choose not to continue after a few weeks. 

League Play – including new Mixed Doubles League, and new Seniors Learn to Curl

Our evening league play begins Sunday Oct. 21st, with individual entry mixed curling, where new teams are made up every seven weeks, taking place Monday and Thursday evenings, semi-competitive team curling available in our Wednesday evening Ladder League, and our competitive team curling league going Tuesday evenings.

Mixed Doubles

New on Sunday evenings from 6:30 to 8, and scheduled to start on Oct. 21 will be a league for the new Olympic sport of  Mixed Doubles curling.

Seniors Learn to Curl

Also new this season, in conjunction with Curl PEI, will be a ten-week Seniors Learn to Curl Program on Tuesday afternoons from 12:30-2:30. This is planned to start on October 23. Although the primary target is seniors, any adult available on Tuesday afternoons is welcome. Fee is $100 for the 10 weeks.

Junior curling program

Our Junior Instructional Program begins on Oct. 28, running on Sundays from 1-2 pm for Little Rockers (age 6-7), and 2-3 pm for Novice (age 8-12), as well as on Tuesdays from 5-6 pm for Novice. Juniors (13-20) who have completed the instructional program are invited to schedule team practices Monday to Friday after school.

Stick Curling 

We are PEI’s most active Stick Curling facility, and have even hosted and won the Canadian Championship. In fact, we’re hosting the Maritime and the Canadian Stick Championships this season! Stick curling is a two-person sport, with similarities to Mixed Doubles, and can be played by anyone, including those with mobility challenges, as you use a delivery stick from a standing position instead of a traditional hack delivery. We have even had wheelchair curlers play in Stick events here – our facility is accessible right down to the ice level. Stick curling goes weekday afternoons except for Wednesday, from 12:30 to 2:30. Stick curlers are also welcome to participate in our regular leagues and bonspiels.

Info on Registration, Rates, etc. coming soon!

Stay tuned for information on Registration, including our new Online Registration and Payment System, our low Membership Rates (hint: they’re unchanged from last year!), our schedule of Bonspiels and Events, our Commercial League, our Board of  Directors and Executive, and more details on our Curling Lessons and other events, as they approach.

Stick with us, and find out why we should be your curling club! And, if you’re a returning member, welcome back! You can find us online at CornwallCurling.com, and on Facebook and Twitter @cornwallcurling.

On an annual basis, Sport PEI awards three student-athlete scholarships valued at $1000. The criteria used to select the recipients includes achievements in sport, the classroom and their communities.

This year, the scholarships were made possible thanks to donations from Sport Centre Physiotherapy, Gemini Screen Printing & Embroidery, and Discount Car & Truck Rental. The 2018 Sport PEI Scholarship recipients are Lauren Lenentine (Bluefield), Emma Jinks (Charlottetown Rural), and Chris McQuaid (Colonel Gray). 

Each of the student-athletes has excelled in the classroom, their sport, and their community. In addition to the three Sport PEI recipients, Ethan Boyd, of Three Oaks Senior High has been awarded the Earl F. Smith scholarship. The honor is named respectively after the PEI Sports Hall of Famer and recognizes a high school graduate embodying the spirit of multi-sport and competition.

Lauren Lenentine, a Bluefield graduate, will be studying Science at Dalhousie University in the fall and has plans to become a physiotherapist. This past year, she was an alternate for Team Canada at the World Junior Curling Championships in Scotland where Canada won gold.  Lauren is a nine-time PEI provincial curling champion and was runner-up at the 2018 PEI Scotties Provincial Tournament of Hearts. She was recently selected as a recipient of the Sandra Schmirler scholarship, one of the most prestigious accolades in curling.  The selection process for this scholarship is rigorous and competitive. Winners excel both athletically and academically. They also need to show community engagement aligned with a commitment to giving back and keeping Sandra’s legacy alive.

Emma Jinks, a four-time Canadian National Squash Champion and graduate from Charlottetown Rural, was the top recruit for the University of Virginia in the NCAA. She will play as the number one or number two spot on the varsity squad and plans on competing all four years with the Division One school. This past year, Emma won her third consecutive Sport PEI Junior Female Athlete of the Year award. She competed in the number one spot for Canada at the World Junior Squash Championships in New Zealand and finished ninth with thirty-five countries in attendance.  At the Canadian Junior Open, which hosted eighteen countries, and 273 athletes, Emma managed to win the top tier U19 women’s division. She was the only Canadian to win a division in the entire tournament.  With all her travel, Emma still kept a 94% grade average and has her Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award.   

Chris McQuaid may not spend much time in PEI while competing in the QMJHL, but with hard work, he will graduate from Colonel Gray this year with a 95% grade average. He plans to continue playing for the Gatineau Olympiques this fall while studying Business online at UPEI.When he has time, Chris also competes as a track athlete and is undefeated at all events he has participated in during the school year.  A community volunteer on PEI and Quebec, Chris has a bright future ahead of him.

The Earl F. Smith recipient, Ethan Boyd, has his sights set on making the Dalhousie men’s volleyball team this fall while studying Business Management.  As the top male volleyball, and basketball, player in the province this year, Ethan leads by example with a quite personality but explosive skill. This was never more evident than when he helped Three Oaks High School win three volleyball championships in a row and a basketball championship for the first time in six years. Ethan is also involved in the community with Big Brothers/Big Sisters and spent time in Mozambique, Africa helping those in small communities.  

The Trustees of the Joyce Myers Trust Fund, established under Curl Atlantic from profits from the 2003 Brier and the 2005 Roar of the Rings curling events in Atlantic Canada, have selected the 2018 recipients of its $500 Student/Athlete Scholarships. This was the final year for the scholarships as the Trust Fund is now depleted.

Photo: Breanne Burgoyne (left) and Lauren Lenentine

The successful PEI applicants were Breanne Burgoyne and Lauren Lenentine from the Cornwall Curling Club, and Alex Gallant and Alex MacFadyen from the Silver Fox in Summerside. Burgoyne and MacFadyen were also awarded scholarships in 2017.

The other recipients are:

Ryan McNeil Lamswood from Newfoundland & Labrador, and Ryan Abraham, Karlee Burgess, and Kaitlyn Jones from Nova Scotia. No applications were received from New Brunswick.

Thanks to everyone who helped out at our annual lobster / steak dinner catering event for the PEI Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association on Thursday. Everything went very well! Click on a photo to enlarge.