Cornwall Curling Club

For the second year in a row our club was so fortunate and proud to have a member of our club participate in the finals of the Scotties.

Lauren Lenentine, lead for Team Jones, played amazing this week in Calgary and we are so proud of her accomplishments and the way she represents the club on curling’s biggest stages!

The club TV will have all the Scotties Playoff action this weekend!

The club and bar will be open during all playoff games, with the schedule below:

Reminder that club member, Lauren Lenentine’s Team Jones is still alive and playing this afternoon in the Page 1-2 Qualifiers!

Friday, February 23 @ 3:00pm

Page 1-2 Qualifier

• Alberta vs. Manitoba (Jones)
• Ontario (Homan) vs. Canada

Winners advance to the Page 1-2 playoff game. Losers advance to the Page 3-4 qualifiers.

Friday, February 23 @ 9:00pm

Page 3-4 Qualifier

• Page 1-2 qualifier loser vs. Manitoba (Lawes)
• Page 1-2 qualifier loser vs. Manitoba (Cameron)

Winners advance to the Page 3-4 playoff game. Losers are eliminated.

Saturday, February 24 @ 3:00pm

Page 3-4 Playoff

• Teams TBD

Winner advances to the semifinal. Loser is eliminated.

Saturday, February 24 @ 9:00pm

Page 1-2 Playoff

• Teams TBD

Winner advances to the final. Loser advances to the semifinal.

Sunday, February 25 @ 3:00pm

Semifinal

• Teams TBD

Winner advances to the final. Loser is eliminated.

Sunday, February 25 @ 9:00pm

Finals

• Teams TBD

FINALS WATCH PARTY!

Everyone is invited to watch the finals together at the club.  The game starts at 9:00pm but the club will be open if you want to come early. 

Bring some snacks/desserts to share if you want. 

The bar will be open and there will be lots of opinions from the crowd on what shot should be taken next!!

The PEI Retired Teachers’ Association is hosting a Bonspiel at the the club on Tuesday, March 12th.  

You DO NOT have to be a member of the PEI RTA to participate!

Individual sign ups – teams will be made up.

Each team will play two 6-end games with draw times at 9:00am, 10:30am, 12:30pm, and 2:00pm.

Entry includes a hot lunch, snacks, trivia and prizes.

Cost is FREE to PEI RTA members, $15 for non-RTA members. 

Sign up at the club on the Club News bulletin board or by emailing the manager. 

Storm date is Thursday, March 14th. 

Shoji Yamamoto and Etta Reid had a 6-Ender today during our afternoon drop-in stick curling – congratulations on this accomplishment!

Congratulations to Team Spence who won the 2024 Cornwall Curling Club’s Men’s Club Championships with a 8-5 victory over Team Watts.

Team Spence is comprised of Brock Spence, Sean Ledgerwood, Chris Montigny, and Jay Carr.

2024 Men’s Club Champions, Team Spence

Team Watts- the other finalists, is made up of Dennis Watts, Erik Broderson, Shane MacDonald, Andrew MacDougall and spare Anderson MacDougall. 

2024 Men’s Club Championship Finalists, Team Watts

Team Spence will represent Cornwall at the Provincial Club Championships at the new West Prince Curling Club from March 13-17th.

Good luck – we know we will be well represented!

The club is hosting the PEI Mixed Curling Championships this week.

Cornwall has three teams in the event – Blades, Creighton, and Schut – good luck to them!

As a reminder this will mean the following schedule changes:

THURSDAY:

• No afternoon stick curling drop-in
• No junior or members practices
• No Thursday Eveny Mixed league

FRIDAY:

• No morning drop-in
• No afternoon stick curling drop-in
• No members practices
• No U18 Learn to Curl
• No Friday Fun league
• No Mixed Doubles league 

SUNDAY:

• No members practices
• No seniors drop-in
• No ParaSport 
• No Little Rockers/Novice
• No Sunday Junior Curling 

Club will reopen at 530PM

The Upstreet Tuesday Competitive League and Men’s Club Championship finals will proceed as scheduled this evening!

Thanks to all those who worked hard this afternoon to get the plant back online.

The club hosted the 2024 PEI Stick Championships, with today being the playoffs of the event.

Cornwall Curling Club was well represented!

For the second year in a row (and 5th time overall) Etta Reid and Elaine Hughes claimed the Women’s Championship against fellow club members Marg Stewart and Bernie Field.

For the second year in a row – and 5th time overall – PEI Women’s Stick Champions, Elaine Hughes and Etta Reid.

Women’s and Men’s Finalist – Cornwall members Marg Stewart, Bernie Field, Bernard Keefe, and George Piercey

In the men’s division, club members Bernard Keefe and George Piercey fell in a very close game with now three time winners Bob Matheson and Clair Sweet from the West Prince club. 

Men’s Champions Clair Sweet and Bob Matheson

Congratulations to everyone!

Special thanks to all the volunteers this week – from score keepers to those who provided food, it was a great event.  

The PEI Seniors Championships were held this weekend at the Crapaud Curling Club with two Cornwall Teams pulling out victories!

On the men’s side Cornwall’s Team MacKenzie (Eddie MacKenzie, Kevin Champion, Sean Ledgerwood, Mike Dillon and alternate Philip Gorveatt) defeated Team Weeks of Montague (with Cornwall members Philip McInnis and John Mullin) in the finals.

One the women’s side Cornwall’s Team Bradley (Shelly Bradley, Susan McInnis, Tricia MacGregor, and Julie Scales) defended their title with a win over Team London. 

Congratulations!

Due to the storm and rescheduling the PEI Stick Championship Playoffs will be today at the club.

For Cornwall – on the men’s side the teams of Eugene Murphy/Donald Weeks, Bernard Keefe/George Piercey, Roy Coffin/Barry Craswell, and Don Gosse/Shoji Yamamoto will be vying for the championship. While on the women’s side, the teams of  Bernie Field/Marg Stewart, Gloria Clarke/Ruth Stavert, and Elaine Hughes/Etta Reid are still in the hunt!

Good luck to all!

NOTE:  Due to the hosting the games at 9:00am, 10:30am, 1:00pm, and 2:30pm there will be NO daytime or afternoon stick drop-in curling today.

Due to the storm the finals of our Club Championships were postponed over the weekend.

The make up schedule for each division is:

MEN’S DIVISION: Team Spence vs Team Watts

Final: Tuesday, February 13th @ 6:30pm
2nd Final (if needed): Sunday, February 18th @ 7:00pm

Team Spence only needs to win one game, Team Watts would need to win both games

WOMEN’S DIVISION: Team Power vs Team Creighton

Final: Friday, February 9th @ 8:30pm
2nd Final (if needed): Sunday, February 11th @ 9:00am

Team Power only needs to win one game, Team Creighton would need to win both games.

Good luck to all the teams!

The club had cable installed today so we can watch the upcoming Scotties and Brier! 

Keep an eye out for some Watch Parties we’ll be planning – especially for PEI games and the finals.

And, of course, anytime Travis is here and the Canadiens are playing we can watch hockey 🙂

The club is hosting the PEI Stick Championship this week (and Monday). 

Over half the teams are from Cornwall – as are both men’s and women’s defending champions!

Good luck to all the teams involved.

NOTE: Due to the event there will be NO members practice time OR 4pm Junior practices this week OR on Monday afternoon. (5pm Junior practices are still ON)

Due to the storm the finals of our Club Championships were postponed over the weekend.

The make up schedule for each division is:

MEN’S DIVISION: Team Spence vs Team Watts

Final: Tuesday, February 13th @ 6:30pm
2nd Final (if needed): Sunday, February 18th @ 7:00pm

Team Spence only needs to win one game, Team Watts would need to win both games

WOMEN’S DIVISION: Team Power vs Team Creighton

Final: Friday, February 9th @ 8:30pm
2nd Final (if needed): Sunday, February 11th @ 9:00am

Team Power only needs to win one game, Team Creighton would need to win both games.

Good luck to all the teams!

Due to road conditions and plows being pulled off secondary roads overnight we have decided to postpone the club opening tomorrow. 

There will a further announcement at 11:00am about a POTENTIAL opening at 12:30pm for drop-in (four person) curling.  (NOTE:  Typically we’d stick with the normal stick curling schedule but since we are hosting the Provincial Stick Championships the rest of the week I thought we’d give the drop-in curlers a chance to play if we are able to open at 12:30)

Not sure about you all – but I’m getting tired of seeing Henry the Snow Covered Honda!!!

The club and its members would like to offer our condolences to the family of Cecil Fraser who passed away on Sunday.  Cecil is a former member and his wife Irene still curls at the club.  

Obituary of Cecil Fraser

“Your life was a blessing, your memory a treasure, you are loved beyond words, and missed beyond measure”.

With broken hearts we announce the sudden passing in Stratford on Sunday, February 4, 2024 of John “Cecil” Fraser, age 76 years.

Born in Montague on January 15, 1948 to parents Lovat and Amanda (Deveau) Fraser. In 1973, he married his sweetheart, Barbara “Irene” Noonan of Albany, PEI.

Together, they were blessed with two beautiful sons, John “Tyler” and “Brad” Mitchell.

Left to mourn his passing are his wife Irene; sons Tyler (Jenny Cormier) Fraser and Brad (Sarah) Fraser; grandchildren Nash Fraser, Lily Fraser, and Savannah Cormier; sisters Velda (Frederick) Buell, Lorraine (Lorne) MacKenzie and brothers Lovat Fraser and Ivan (Debbie) Fraser; brother-in-law and sisters-in-law Vern (Evelyn) Noonan, Sybil Dunsmoor (Allison Jeffrey), Velda (Joseph) Jamieson and several nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Predeceased by his parents Lovat and Amanda Fraser, brother Carl; sister Francoise Marie (Fran); parents-in-law Ambrose and Clara Noonan; brothers and sisters-in-law Reginald and Lucilla (Murphy) Noonan, Douglas Noonan and Orville Dunsmoor.

Resting at Hillsboro Funeral Home, Stratford. No visitation or funeral service by personal request. A graveside service with family and friends will take place later. Interment in St. Peter’s Parish Cemetery, Seven Mile Bay.

Memorial donations may be made online to the CNIB (PEI Division) or the Canadian Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation.

https://hillsborofh.ca/tribute/details/1067/Cecil-Fraser/obituary.html

Due to current conditions and expected continued snow and winds the club will remain closed on Monday, February 5th to give time for road crews to complete their cleanup of this weekend’s storm

The finals for the 2024 Cornwall Curling Club’s Club Championship have been set!

On the women’s side we have undefeated Team Power facing off against Team Creighton, while on the men’s side we have undefeated Team Spence facing off against Team Watts.

In both divisions, if the undefeated team wins they will be crowned champions, but being a double elimination tournament, if they lose both teams will proceed to a winner-takes-all final for the championship.

At present the finals are set for 9:00am tomorrow morning – due to current and expected weather conditions an announcement will be made by 8:00am tomorrow morning regarding whether the games will proceed or whether there will be a postponement.

The club would like to express our condolences to Shelley Ebbett and family at the passing of her mother, Elisabeth Ebbett.

I received the below from Shelley: 

Just letting the curling world know of the passing of my wonderful mom, Elisabeth Maaike Ebbett, 97, very peacefully with the aid of the doctors with MAID.  My sister Gwendolyn, her son Kyle and I were by her side as she went to have coffee with her husband and mom, and to pet her Bonnie Jean, Jan 30th, 2024.

We will lay her to rest February 1st at the Fairhaven Memorial Gardens, Salsbury, NB, beside her loving Ebbie.

The Cornwall Curling Club has been fortunate over the years to be supported by many great local individuals and businesses. 

If you have been on the ice recently you’ll probably have noticed three new signs from new sponsors:

A&B Electric: https://www.abelectricpei.ca/

Jamie Fox: https://jamiefoxmalpeque.com/

PEI Mutual: https://www.peimutual.com/

Thank you SO MUCH to these individuals/businesses for their support!

Just a reminder as we enter into February, we have a pretty busy club schedule this month.

This week the following changes will be occurring to our regular schedule:

THURSDAY, February 1st – Hosting RoadBuilders

NO 10am drop-in curling
NO 12:30 stick curling
NO Junior/Member Practices

FRIDAY, February 2nd – Club Championships

We WILL have 10am drop-in curling
NO 12:30 stick curling
NO Junior/Member Practices
NO U18 Learn to Curl

SUNDAY, February 4th – Club Championships

NO AM Member Practices
NO 10am drop-in curling
NO ParaSport
No Little Rockers/Novice Program
NOTE:  Sunday Junior Curling (ages 13-18), Adult Learn to Curl, and evening practices/rentals WILL proceed as scheduled.

With the wintery weather finally here we have been needing to salt the sidewalk more frequently.

This leads to quite the mess in the entry foyer, clubhouse, locker rooms, and even the ice rink. 

We are asking everyone to please TAP YOUR SHOES on the outside entryway door frame to help knock off excessive salt in your treads AND use the large boot cleaner at the indoor entryway and the small boot cleaners right before going on the ice (in case your curling shoes picked up any salt/grime in the lobby)

This will significantly reduce the salt that gets tracked into the club and onto the playing surface.

We are also going to be ordering some boot trays for the clubhouse and locker rooms to make those available. 

Thanks for your help!

We had a cancellation of the Wednesday League on January 10th due to weather.

The PEI Mixed Championship that the club is hosting in February isn’t starting at the club until Thursday, February 15th now – so we will be making up the missed January 10th games for the Wednesday Daytime League on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14th. 

The Cornwall Curling Club’s 2024 Club Championships will take place the weekend of February 2nd-4th with eight men’s and three women’s teams vying for the opportunity to represent the club at the Provincial Club Curling Championships at West Prince Curling Club in March.  

Thank to Ryan Giddens who is once again heading up the event for us this year.  Ryan will be reaching out to each of the skips this week with more detailed information regarding the event.

Good luck to all the teams!

Downloadable PDF Files:

2024 Cornwall Curling Club Championship – WOMEN

2024 Cornwall Curling Club Championship Bracket – MENS

2024 Cornwall Curling Club Championshp Draw Schedule

Club Championship Rosters

Registration is now open for the 2023-2024 Club Championship – with the winners advancing to the Provincial Championship in March. 

Cost is $120/team and you can register at the Club or by sending the club manager an email. 

Format will be double knockout.

Registration deadline is January 19th.

We currently have seven men’s teams and three women’s teams registered.