Thanks to our returning members who came to the Club tonight to signup for the new season! If you missed it, don’t worry, just drop into the Club during daytime hours, or during our new members registration and curling school next week. Remember that returning members have 1st dibs on spots, but only if you register!

(by Dave Stewart)

Sterling Stratton’s pen is a key that opens doors in Charlottetown.

For the past 12 years, he’s been taking Islanders back in time.

Charlottetown resident Sterling Stratton is getting set to publish his seventh pen and ink sketch book.

Photo by Heather Taweel/The Guardian

Using pictures he takes of historic buildings across Prince Edward Island, Stratton creates detailed pen and ink sketches that impress even professional architects.

He presents a sketch to each home owner.

The door opens, a warm invitation is extended and the story begins.

Stratton compiles it all and puts it a book.

He’s about to publish his seventh book, entitled “Majestic Homes of Charlottetown”, 1865 to 1900, featuring 32 homes.

Stratton is proof that it’s never too late to pick up a new hobby.

He didn’t draw his first pen and ink sketch until he was 65 years old.

Click for full story in The Guardian

If you are interested in any of Sterling’s books, he can be reached at sstratton@eastlink.ca or 902-367-5150.

It was a warm 24C  day, and the ice-making uniforms included shorts, as the first flood was applied today inside the steamy Cornwall Curling Club ice house.

On duty were head icemaker Lance Lowther, along with Bob MacWilliams, Al MacCormac, and Jeff Taylor. We’ll keep you up to date as ice-making progresses! See it for yourself during Returning Member Registration night on Oct. 7,  and curl on it starting Oct. 13!

Bob and Jeff

Al

Lance (in the fog)

Progress!

Current Cornwall Curling Club members are reminded that Returning Members’ Registration night is Wednesday, Oct. 7, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm.

This is your chance to secure your individual or team placement in our various leagues. Priority will be given to team entries with at least 3 returning members. New members / teams will be able to fill any unclaimed spots.

New member and general registration, as well as our curling school / open house will be held on October 13th, 14th, and 15th at the club from 6:30-8:30 pm.

New member recruitment incentive

If you know of someone that would like to try curling, invite them to our free curling school /open house on the evenings of October 13^th, 14^th and 15^th. 

With each new adult curler registered on your recommendation (they would indicate this on their signup form), you can save 10% on your membership dues.

Keeping our membership numbers up allows us to keep our rates reasonable.

We are pleased to report that our Club’s curling rocks have made it back from being reconditioned in Ontario, with running surfaces and striking bands brought back to original specifications. Thanks to everyone involved in making this happen, from raising money, to packing them up, to the reconditioning process. We just need to put the handles back on, install some ice for them to run on, and we’ll be ready to rock!

Icemaker Lance Lowther (left) checks out the reconditioned rocks

The Cornwall Curling Club Board of Directors met on Tuesday evening, and, after reviewing finances, voted to maintain last season’s membership rates. If you are comparing rates with other facilities, note that ALL our curling memberships allow practice time when ice is available, allow you to participate (at extra cost) in provincial championships. Curling is a very reasonably-priced sport – curl one night all season for about the same price as two rounds of golf at a high-end course.

Payment terms for adult memberships:  1/2 due on registration and 1/2 due on December 1. A $10.00 service charge applies to payments received after Dec 1. Youth memberships are due at registration. Memberships may be paid with Debit, Visa, Mastercard, cheque, or cash.

Note that HST (14%) and a  Canadian Curling Association/Curl PEI fee (was $15 last season – this season’s fee to be confirmed) will be added to the following rates:

Drop-in Policy

We welcome “drop-in” (non-member) curlers, particularly in our 10 am weekday draws, where teams are made up as players arrive, and also as spares in our other draws. If your spare is a Club member, they don’t have to pay anything extra, but, if your spare is not a member, they are required to pay a “drop-in” fee (just like at a golf course or health club where you don’t have a membership, you are required to pay when brought in as a substitute for a member)

If you don’t have the time to curl here regularly as a member (or are just in town for a few days), and show up before a draw, there is always a chance that we can find a spot for you. If you are able to curl for one entire single-entry draw session (six or seven weeks), we may be able to fit you in, too, as sometimes a member may know in advance that they will be absent for a particular draw – contact the Club Manager. In all these cases, “drop-in” curlers (or their skips who contacted them) are required to pay the drop-in rate at the bar before going on the ice, and skips are required to let the bartender know that a drop-in spare is being used.

Drop-in rates are $10 per game for ALL adult curlers for both evening and daytime draws  or $5 for juniors, taxes in. For those who “drop-in” frequently, a pack of 10 drop-in fees is available at a discounted rate of $80. Drop-in fees DO include the HST.

The 10 am daytime draw, where teams are made up each day as players arrive, is a special case. Club members regularly in the draw have discs that they drop in a cup labeled with the position that they want to play. Drop-in (non-members) for this draw are required to obtain a chit for this purpose from the office by paying the  drop-in fee. It will have their name on it, and will be turned in by the drawmaster to the office after it is used.

Ice Booking Policy

Open ice can be booked for use by members, regardless of type of membership purchased, without additional cost, on a first come first served basis. Open ice can also be booked for use by non-members for a standard rental fee on the same first come first served basis. Members are encouraged to book early to avoid disappointment and asked to notify the club if a change of plans prevents you from keeping your booking.

Ice and facilities rentals

Call us at 902-566-4427 to book, or for different sheet quantities, catering or additional hall options.

Commercial League

Our Commercial League is a great way to get together with your co-workers (outside of work) or friends on a weekly basis. It runs Monday nights from 8:30-10:30. Price is $650 + HST for the team for the season. The curlers can change from week to week if you want, so you can rotate many curlers and handle work travel and vacations, too! Contact your employer to put in a team, or have your co-workers all chip in!

The Spud Isle Junior Skills Development/High Performance Camp takes place Oct. 24-25 here at the Cornwall Curling Club. This camp is for novice to intermediate level, as well as more advanced teams and individual curlers.

Please Note: Group A will focus on the novice to intermediate Junior teams/individuals who have at least 1 year experience – primarily 10-14 years of age with the main focus on Skills Development. Group B will consist of more advanced competitive teams/individuals.  Groups will alternate between on-ice and classroom sessions.

CAMP TIMES:

Saturday, 24 October        

8:45 a.m. – 9:00 am                  Check in

9:15 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.                Camp – on ice & classroom sessions

Sunday,   25 October 

10:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.              Camp – on ice & classroom sessions

COST:

The cost is $120.00 per team including coach or $30.00 per individual – Space is limited and selection will be on a first come first paid basis. Morning & afternoon nutrition breaks & lunch will be provided by the Camp each day.

DOWNLOADABLE APPLICATION FORM:

Junior Camp Oct 2015 Info & reg form (PDF)

Junior Camp Oct 2015 Info & reg form (MS Word)

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION:

Cheque (payable to Spud Isle Junior Curling Camp) & registration form must be received by no later than Friday 9 October 2015. (Cheques may be post dated to 9 Oct.). This will allow the organizers time to fine tune the camp and make it relevant to the attendees. Thank you for your cooperation.

CAMP CONTENT:

• On-Ice topics may include:
• Technical drills (balance, timing, line of delivery, grip, release, rotation, team consistency)
• Sweeping and judging weight
• Skills Testing
• Weight control (draws and big weight), angles, situational play, rock placement
• Pre-shot routines
• Communications
• Shot selection (defensive vs. offensive), ice reading
• Video Analysis
• Off-Ice topics may include:
• Technical Review,
• Rules update & etiquette (Coaches & Parents encouraged to attend)
• Season Planning and Goal Setting, (Coaches & Parents encouraged to attend)
• Team Dynamics, Training and Practice,
• Fitness
• Strategy/Tactics/Game Plan/End Plan,
• Mental Toughness,
• Physical Prep/Nutrition,

Camp Instructors:

Several well certified Provincial Instructors/Facilitators will be on staff for various sessions. A full camp agenda/schedule will be emailed to all interested persons by October 10th

Mail camp registration/cheque to:

Gayle Johnston

46 Kirkdale Rd, Box 3 Site 10

Charlottetown, PEI   C1E 1N6

For further information please contact Gayle Johnston at 368-1071 or email: gaylej@eastlink.ca

Congratulations to Cornwall Curling Club member Roddie, and former Club member Miriam MacLean, on their 50th wedding anniversary! Family and friends are invited to a celebration at the Rodd Charlottetown, 6-9 pm on the 23rd. Best wishes only!

Sympathies are extended to Club member Jean Anderson on the recent passing of her husband. Edward Leeland Anderson of Morell, P.E.I.

Here are photos from Saturday’s 15th Annual Golf Tourney at Countryview Golf Club. Story later!

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Longtime Cornwall club members were saddened to hear of the passing of Jim Fleming, 79, on Friday. Jim is survived by his wife Vernita (“Nita”).

Photo: Jim Fleming buying a ticket for our 20th anniversary celebration dinner in 2002

Jim and Nita were great volunteers at the Club, helping out with many events, and also serving as Club cleaners for many years. Jim also served as bartender, and helped with ice making, too.

Here are the visitation and funeral details: http://www.inmemoriam.ca/view-announcement-499236-james-edward-fleming.html

We’ll post the draw as soon as possible. See you on the course on Saturday!

The Cornwall Curling Club is fortunate to have many volunteers, who are willing to help out whenever we put on a big event. For the second year in a row, those volunteers came out in force for our catering of the PEI Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association’s annual lobster and steak dinner. This year’s event went like clockwork, and everything was ready and served in jig time. This event is a great fundraiser for our Club.

Photo: Lobsters on the plate ready to be served

Thanks to Barry Craswell for taking on overall management of the event, to our lobster cutters, including Joe MacKinnon, Bryan Sutherland, Ray Biagé, Roy Coffin,  to our barbecue crew, including Derek MacEwen, Paul Field, Grant Crockett, to our setup crew, including Ken Praught, Kimball Blanchard, Frank Martin, and Lew Black, to our food prep and serving crew, headed up by Carlene Peters, and including Helen Smith, Carol Sweetapple, Myrna Craswell, Myrna Sanderson, Carolyn Crockett, Elaine Hughes, Bertha Praught, Ruth Stavert, Darlene Howlett, Hélène LaPalme, Bernie Field, Cathy MacDougall, Arleen Harris, Jessie MacPhail, Pat McCardle, Paula Ling, Phyllis Cole, Val MacLean and her friends Valerie and Marina. Note that there was also lots of overlap, with people stepping up to do more than one of these tasks. Thanks also to Bev McCormick and Al MacCormac, who kept the bar lines short, and helped us find everything, too!

A special welcome to the Praughts, who have recently moved to Cornwall from Summerside.  Ken is planning to be a member in the fall.

By all reports, the Road Builders were very pleased with the event!

Next up: our annual Golf Tourney on the 20th!

A good crowd was on hand last evening at the air-conditioned Cornwall Curling Club for our Annual General Meeting. President Frank Martin and the Board of Directors members who chaired the various committees reported that it was another excellent season at the Club, with highlights including a large number of winning teams and curlers at the local through national levels, a huge Junior program (possibly the largest on the Island), and full weeknight and daytime draws. The weekends were packed with rentals, which showed a 23% increase in revenue from last year, Club bonspiels, which were all quite successful, and four Sunday nights where PEI Newcomers were introduced to curling, thanks to a provincial grant and a rental by the Newcomers Association of PEI. Also successful, even with some inclement weather, was the Friday night Drop In sessions, with a high of 30 curlers, many of them new to the Club,  attending on the final night. Catering the lobster and steak meal for the Road Builders Assoc. was also a success, raising about $1700, so it was decided to do it again this year (June 4).

Membership was on par with the previous season, which is no small feat, as enrollment has declined in many curling facilities across the country. The Club’s rocks have been sent to Ontario for refurbishment thanks to financial assistance provided by a provincial grant, a successful “Cornwall Rocks!” fundraiser, a donation from the Daytime Curlers, and a loan from the Town of Cornwall. Biggest capital expense last year was around $1000 to replace rusted burners in the ice house propane heaters. Summer renovations planned by our landlords, the Town of Cornwall, include replacing the ice shed walkway, which is getting weak, and carpets, by the windows.

Financially it was a good year, despite a shorter season due to an early Easter, and some lost days due to snowy weather, with a net income of $1700, up about $700 from the previous year.

President Martin thanked  the Board Members, staff, volunteers, and all Club members for another great season. He gave special thanks to the four Board members who have finished their terms on the Board – Krista Affleck, Leonard Gotell, Joe MacKinnon, and Paul Neima, along with Lew Black, who was appointed by the Daytime Curlers as their representative. Four new Board members were acclaimed: Colleen MacDonald, Kim MacDonald, Lisa MacEachern, and Alan Mason, with the Daytime Curlers selecting Jim Orr as their representative on the Board. The new Board will meet June 15 at 6:30 pm at the Club.

There were no items discussed during the Open Discussion period at the conclusion of the meeting.

The Cornwall Curling Club’s curling rocks are on their way to Komoka ON for reconditioning! Thanks to Lance Lowther for co-ordinating, Jeff Taylor for bringing the loading crew, Sandersons for pallet and wrap, and Donnie Godfrey for the forklift!

The 15th Annual Cornwall Curling Club Golf Tournament, at beautiful Countryview Golf Club, Route 19 in Fairview, takes place on Saturday June 20, with a shotgun start (teams start at the same time, from different holes) at 9 am sharp. Entry fee of $30 includes golf, barbecue meal, and a chance at some great prizes from our generous sponsors!

Everyone is welcome, regardless of golfing experience – the nine-hole best ball “scramble” format  makes it fun for everybody, and we always do our best to balance teams based on experience level.

We’ll have a signup sheet at our Annual General Meeting in May. As well, you can signup at any time by emailing info@cornwallcurling.com and we’ll add your name to the list at:

cornwallcurling.com/2015-golf-tournament-entries

You can also email us at the same address if you’d like to help out with organization or sponsorship of this event.

You can check out past golf tourneys at:

cornwallcurling.com/spielsevents/annual-golf-tournament-at-countryview/

See you on the course!

Curling has come to an end for another season, and what a season it was for the Cornwall Curling Curling Club, with national awards, regional awards and championships, an almost total sweep of the 55+ Games curling and stick sections, and provincial championships or regional qualifiers in every age category, from Under 13 right through to Masters! We may have inadvertently omitted a few (let me know and I’ll add them), but here’s a list of our awards and championships, starting at the national, and ending at the Club level.

National Awards:

CCA Photo (L-R): Joan Mead Legacy Award and scholarship male winner Alex Cormier, CCA Board of Governors Chair Marilyn Neily, Joan Mead Legacy Award and scholarship female winner Chloé McCloskey

Joan Mead Legacy Award and scholarship at Canadian Juniors: Chloé McCloskey
Fairplay Award winner at Canadian Juniors: Katie Fullerton

Regional Championsips:
AUAA Qualifier for the CIS University Nationals: Veronica Smith team
Maritime Stick women’s champions (5th time): Gloria Clarke and Ruth Stavert
Atlantic U18 award for a women’s team coach: Pat Quilty

Provincial Championships and awards

U21:
Junior Women’s: Veronica Smith team (third consecutive championship)
Junior Men’s runners-up: Matthew MacLean team (from Cornwall and Maple Leaf)
Butch McGee, coach of Cornwall’s Jenny McLean team, won the Asham Coaching Award while Emily Keen, third on the McLean rink, won the Fair Play sportsmanship award.
The Lauren Lenentine rink went 3-0 to win the Future Scotties round robin,while the Devin Schut team were runners-up in the Future Tankard.

Sport PEI Score! Award for December: Veronica Smith Junior Team

Travelers Women’s winners – Lisa Jackson rink

Advantage Comm Jr. Mixed: Veronica Smith rink
Advantage Comm Jr Mixed runners-up team members – Lauren Lenentine,  Breanne Burgoyne

Provincial Mixed Champions – team member Chloe McCloskey

Holland College Hurricanes Team: Jaylene Holmes-Tang rink
UPEI Team: Veronica Smith rink

Provincial Senior Women’s Champs – Shirley Berry team

Provincial Mixed Doubles champion – Katie Fullerton and Kyle Holland (Ch’town)
Mixed Doubles runners-up Chloé McCloskey and Tyler Smith (Crapaud)

PEI Masters Women’s Champs – Shirley Berry rink
Masters Women’s Runners-up: Diane MacKay team.

Provincial Stick Open Division winners: Barry Craswell, Sterling Stratton
Provincial Stick Womens Div. winners: Gloria Clarke, Ruth Stavert

Provincial U18 runners-up and Atlantic U18 qualifiers: Lauren Lenentine rink
Provincial U16 boy’s champs: Donald DeWolfe rink
Provincial U16 girl’s runners-up Kristie Rogers team
U16 Fair Play/Sportsmanship Award Winners: Mitchell Schut and Kristie Rogers
Provincial U13 champs – Mitchell Schut team

55+ Games regular curling
Men’s Division
GOLD- Paul Arsenault, Frank Weiler, Edgar Coffin, Ron Giggey

55+ Mixed Division

GOLD- Paul Durant, Joanne Durant, Eugene Murphy, Carol Sweetapple
SILVER- Bob MacWilliams, Myrna Craswell, Myrna Sanderson, Lewis Black
BRONZE- Barry Craswell, Roger DesRoches, Danielle Girard, Helen Smith

65+ Mixed Division

GOLD- Vince Fisher, Karen Fisher, Kimball Blanchard, Eileen Blanchard
SILVER- Tom Dunn, Roddie MacLean, Hanny MacLeod, Miriam MacLean
BRONZE- Paul Field, Bernie Field, Carolyn Crockett, Grant Crockett

55+ Games stick curling champs
Open Division (any combination male and/or female)
GOLD- Bryan Sutherland & Alva Clarey
SILVER- Barry Craswell & Stirling Stratton
BRONZE- Roddy MacLean & Andre Gauthier

Women’s Division
GOLD- Gloria Clarke & Ruth Stavert
SILVER- Etta Reid & Myrna Craswell
BRONZE- Mary Plamondon & Cathy Clarey

Club winners

Travelers Club Championship
Winning women’s: Lisa Jackson, Carolyn Coulson, Melissa Morrow, Jodi Murphy
Winning men’s: Angus Kennedy, Jeff Taylor, Brent Irving, Angus Davies
Runner-up women’s: Kelly Watts, Cathy Handren, Paula Ling, Theresa Andrews
Runner-up men’s: Paul Neima, Joe Callaghan, Ankur Deshpande, Alan Mason

Kenmac Bonspiel winners: Angus Kennedy, runners-up Bob Fowler rinks

Cornwall Rocks! Overall winners – tied between Paul Neima and Jim Orr rinks, with Neima winning a coin toss to decide the winner.

PEI Brewing Co. Closing Spiel Winners: Red team
The Blue Team of Eric Leblanc, Bob MacWilliams, Myrna Sanderson and Helen Smith took the individual team prize for winning the most (Monopoly) money.

Glen Afton Golf Club U13/14 spiel
U13 Runners-up (after a draw to the button to determine the winner): Mitchell Schut team.
U14 Winners: Brandon O’Grady  team.
U14 Runners-up: Gillian Barbrick team

Club draw winners (missing reports from some draws)

Wednesday evening Ladder League draw winners
Round three A Pool, sponsored by New Glasgow Lobster Suppers
Paul Durant, Danny Kneabone, Alan Acorn, Aaron Campbell

Round three B Pool, sponsored by Royal Garden
Paul Neima, Joe Callaghan, Ankur Deshpande, Alan Mason

Round two A pool, sponsored by Murphys Cornwall Pharmacy
Paul Durant, Danny Kneabone, Alan Acorn, Aaron Campbell

Round two B pool, sponsored by Griffin’s Auto Service
Gord Peters, Hank Kamphuis, Gerald Dykerman, Pat MacInnis

Round One, both pools sponsored by Lowther Snow Removal.
A Pool:
Mark MacDonald, Brad Gardiner, Wayne Dalziel, Wayne Goodwin

B Pool:
Bob Fowler, Carl Currie, Thane Thompson, Danny Young

Thursday evening draw winners

Draw # 3, sponsored by Cornwall Tire and Auto
Danny Kneabone, Rebecca Rolfe, Lisa MacEachern and Marybeth McInnis
Draw # 2, sponsored by Cornwall Pizza Delight
Jeff Taylor, Lee Nickerson, Nicole MacEachern and Marybeth McInnis (our only double winner)
Draw # 1, sponsored by KFC and the Cornwall Curling Club
Myrna Sanderson, Frank Martin, Angela Sanderson and Dave Power

Bonspiels at other clubs:

George’s Deck and Recovery U13 Spiel (Montague)
Winner: Emma Coffin
Runner-up: Hayden Ford

Other Club accomplishments/awards

The Cornwall Curling Club were recipients of Island Community Fund funding for new furniture, equipment, rock refurbishing.

A successful “Cornwall Rocks” bonspiel was held, which raised $2575 for rock refurbishment.
The Club also received a provincial grant by which they were able to introduce dozens of PEI newcomers to the sport in Sunday evening sessions with the PEI Newcomers Assoc.

Sadly, a few of our former members passed away, including Nucker Richards, Jack Fairhurst, Jim Fleming. and Al Hammond.

Thanks to everyone who made our 2014-2015 season such a success!

The Canadian Masters Curling Championship wrapped up on the weekend at the Whitehorse Curling Club, with Team British Columbia (Women), skipped by Karen Lepine, and Team Manitoba (Men), skipped by Ron Wescott, winning the event.

Silver medals went to Ontario women (Diana Favel), and  Northern Ont. men (Gordon Williams), while the bronze went to Alberta women (Linda Wagner) and Nova Scotia men (Steve Ogden).

Here’s the championship round semi-finals and finals draw tree:

The PEI women’s entry, the Shirley Berry team from Cornwall and Charlottetown, finished round robin  play with a 3-2 win-loss record in their pool, behind Ontario and BC, both at 4-1.  They then advanced to the playoff round, finishing play with a 5-4 overall win-loss record, tied with NS and QC, and one win short of making the semis. No PEI men’s team entered the event.

Nova Scotia has been selected as the venue for the 2016 championship.

Crapaud Curling Club        MELTDOWN!

April 10^th-12^th, 2015

 Includes:

Entertainment and Munchies Friday evening

Coffee and Muffins; Dinner, Mussels, and Entertainment on Saturday

Guaranteed 3 games

Cost: $140 per team

Please note: Teams must have at least one member of the opposite sex on the team

Call the club at (902) 658-2789 or

email info@crapaudcurlingclub.com to enter your team

The Montague Curling Club are hosting the Atlantic Under 18 Curling Championships from April 3-5 2015. The men’s and women’s U18 champions from all four Atlantic provinces, as well as the runners-up (as the host teams) from the PEI championships, are participating.

Cornwall’s Lauren Lenentine rink, which includes third Meghan Ching, second stone Rachel O’Connor, and lead stone Breanne Burgoyne, with coach Pat Quilty, are participating as the women’s host team.

Photo (L-R): Breanne Burgoyne, Rachel O’Connor, Meghan Ching, Lauren Lenentine

On-ice opening ceremonies go at 1:30 pm on Friday, with the first draws following at 2:30. The men’s and women’s teams will each play round robin formats, advancing the top two teams from each into the finals, Sunday at 1 pm, with the third and fourth place teams playing in the consolation finals at the same time.

Live Curlcast Results: http://curlatlantic.com/scoreboard/#/competitions/1669-2015-atlantic-u18-curling-championships/scoreboard

BellAliant Community One will be livestreaming the Opening Ceremonies, and games on sheets 2 and 3, including the Women’s and Men’s finals. Livestream link: http://live.streamit.ca/?player=2242

Livestream schedule and direct links for each game:

Draw and Schedule

(Women’s games have coloured background)

On-ice opening ceremonies: 1:30 pm Friday, following 1 pm Team Meeting. Team practices 9 and 11 am Friday. Prize presentations and closing ceremonies scheduled for 3:15 pm Sunday.

Men’s Team Rosters

Women’s Team Rosters

 Judging from all the positive comments, the PEI Brewing Company Closing Skins Spiel, held this weekend was a success!! Although there were a few curlers, or maybe it was just one (Carlene), who had a difficult time comprehending the ‘hammer’ rule, many curlers suggested the same format for next year’s closing spiel.

Photo: Winning Red Team Group Shot

The Red Team won the most skins with a total of $145,000.00, while the Blue Team had a total of $143,000.00. GO RED TEAM GO!! For those members who were not present at the event, please don’t get excited, as this was only Monopoly money!

individual team winners photo (L-R): Eric LeBlanc, Bob MacWilliams, presenter Bob Fowler, Helen  Smith. Missing: Myrna Sanderson –

The Blue Team of Eric Leblanc, Bob MacWilliams, Myrna Sanderson and Helen Smith took the individual team prize for depositing a total of $27,000.00 in the Bank of Hardrocks.

Tickets were sold on a ‘reverse draw ‘ for a curling membership and the winner was Lew Black. Gordie Matthews’ name was second last to be drawn and he won a curling broom.

Photo: Paul Neima

Paul Neima also won a curling broom for best costume.

There are many thanks to be extended, starting with a big thank you to The PEI Brewing Company who sponsored this event. Thanks to the Countryview Golf Club and to Traction Heavy Duty Parts for their generous gift certificates/prizes. Thanks to Country Style for the discount on the morning coffee/muffins, and to Trent DeRoche Catering for a lovely meal on Saturday evening.

Thank you to the volunteers who assisted throughout the weekend (apologies if anyone is missed): Bob Fowler, Helen Smith, Bernie Field, Carol Sweetapple, Danielle Girard and to Frank Weiler, our Bar-B-Q Chef for Saturday’s lunch.   A big thanks to Ray Biagé, our Draw Master who had to make numerous last minute changes.

Photos: Banker Bernie Doiron, with customers Danielle Girard, Bob MacWilliams, Gord Peters, and Jean Anderson at the Bank of Hard Rocks

Thanks to our carpenter Frazer Smith (Helen’s husband), for constructing our bank and to Bernie Doiron (Carlene’s brother), for being our Friday night banker. Many thanks to the members who brought in their ‘precious recycled’ gifts for the prize table.

Thank you to our bartenders Kelly and Al who always served us with a smile and to our ‘Ice Man’ Lance, who was always on call even off ice to lift a table or two! Last, but of course not least, many thanks to Bev, our Club Manager who provided her never- ending guidance throughout this event and throughout the season.

We hope that everyone enjoys their ‘off season’ time with family and friends. Cheers for now!!

Carlene Peters

Krista Affleck

Bonspiels & Socials Committee

The final, between the 1st and second place teams from the round robin, is set for 1 pm today at the Advantage Communications / Curl PEI Provincial Junior Mixed curling championship at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside.  The Veronica Smith rink from Cornwall and Crapaud and the defending champion James Dalton team from the host Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club and the Cornwall Curling Club are the finalists. Other members of the Smith rink are third Tyler Smith, second Emily Gray, and lead Tyson Smith, with coach Paul Smith. Playing with Dalton are third Lauren Lenentine (Cornwall), second Matthew MacDonald (Silver Fox), and lead Breanne Burgoyne (Cornwall) with coach Pat Quilty (Cornwall).

Smith went undefeated to finish in first place with a 4-0 win-loss record, while Dalton had just one lost, 8-2 to Smith, to end round robin play at 3-1. Donald DeWolfe and his Crapaud and Cornwall teams went 2-2, while Mitchell Schut, from Cornwall and Crapaud ended play at 1-3, and Montague’s Owen Collier was 0-4.

In this morning’s final round robin draw, Smith beat Collier 14-4, while Dalton defeated Schut 12-2.

Live results: http://curlatlantic.com/scoreboard/#/competitions/1511-2015-junior-mixed-curling-championship-pei/scoreboard/Sun-29

Event website: http://peicurling.com/juniormixed20142015/