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!

This is a fun league for all ages and any combination of male and/or female curlers. For more info, or to enter a team, email info@cornwallcurling.com

From Little Rocks to Seniors, the Cornwall Curling Club has a curling draw for everyone!

SUNDAY

• Members Practice 1:00-3:30
• Little Rocks (age 6-7) 3:30-4:15
• Novice (age 8-12) 4:30-5:30
• Mixed Draw 7:00. A fun non-competitive draw, this is a single entry draw and teams are made up by the draw-master and changed every six weeks.

MONDAY – FRIDAY

• Daytime Drop-In 10:00-12:00. This is a great social atmosphere for those who would like to curl during the morning hours. It is a single entry draw with teams being made up each day.

MONDAY

• Stick Curling 12:30-2:30
• Junior Team Practice 3:30-5:30
• Mixed Draw 6:30-8:30. A fun non-competitive draw, this is a single entry draw and teams are made up by the draw-master and changed every six weeks.
• Commercial League Draw 8:30-10:30.  A fun non-competitive draw for company/organization sponsored teams. Players representing their company or organization can change or rotate from week to week.

TUESDAY

• Stick Curling (12:30 – 2:30)
• Junior Team Practice 4:30-5:30
• Evening Competitive League –

6:30-8:30 & 8:30-10:30

This is a team entry draw for our club’s competitive teams.

WEDNESDAY

• Wednesday morning Stick Curling (as available)
• Daytime Competitive League 1:00-3:00 This is a team entry draw for our club’s competitive daytime curlers.
• Junior Team Practice 3:30-5:30 PM
• Ladder League 6:30-8:30 & 8:30-10:30. This is a team entry draw for  semi-competitive teams – teams remain the same for the curling season.

THURSDAY

• Stick Curling 12:30-2:30 (available if needed)
• Novice Instruction / Junior Team Practice (if space allows) 4:00-5:30
• Mixed Draw 6:00-8:00 & 8:00-10:00. This is single entry league with teams being made up by the draw-master and changed every 6 weeks.

FRIDAY AFTERNOON

• Stick Curling 12:30-2:30 (available if needed)
• Junior Team Practice 3:30-5:30

FRIDAY EVENING and SATURDAY

• Open for ice rentals by individuals, groups, companies, organizations, etc. when not used for club bonspiels, provincial championships

Here is updated information on our 2014-2015 season, following our Board of Directors meeting Wednesday evening. Our manager starts work for the season on the 29th of Sept., but we will be happy to answer any emailed questions prior to that date.

CURLING begins on October 14^th for daytime curlers, and evening league play starts on October 19^th. Junior program begins on October 26^th (to be confirmed by the Junior Coordinator).

RETURNING MEMBERS REGISTRATION

Registration for returning members (including juniors) will be held on October 8th at the Club starting at 6:30. This is your chance for members to secure ther 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 MEMBERS REGISTRATION, FREE CURLING SCHOOL

New member and general registration, for both adults and juniors, as well as our free, no-obligation adult curling school / curling demonstrations will be held on October 14th, 15th, and 16th at the club starting at 6:30. Come any or all nights – there will be beginning and continuing sessions each night. Note that junior curlers receive training as part of their regular program.

RECRUITING OF NEW MEMBERS

If you know of someone that would like to try curling, invite them to our free adult curling school /demonstration on the evenings of October 14^th, 15^th and 16^th.

With each new adult curler registered on an returning member’s recommendation, the returning member will save 10% on their membership dues. Keeping our membership numbers up allows us to keep our rates reasonable.

SAVE THESE DATES!

Mixed Doubles Bonspiel: November 15, 2014

Winter Spiel: January 30 & 31, 2015

Club Traveller’s (former the Dominion) Playdowns February 27, 28 and March 1, 2015

Closing Spiel: March 27 & 28, 2015

VOLUNTEERS

The Club organizes events and spiels for the enjoyment of the membership. These spiels are organized completely by volunteers.

The more volunteer participation we have, the greater the scope of events we can plan and organize for all, and the more fun for all. Please contact a Board member if you think you can help in any way. As well, we will post volunteer signup sheets in advance of some of the big events.

WANT TO KNOW MORE?

For more information about our Club, email us at info@cornwallcurlng.com or visit our website at CornwallCurling.com

Looking for a few more details about the sport of curling? We’d like to show you this new, two-minute video from the Canadian Curling Association, which explains the basics. They describe it as “A comprehensive (and lighthearted) guide to the sport of Curling.
How it’s played, scored, won, and why curlers yell so much!”

The Cornwall Curling Club are pleased to loan our rocks this week for the Whitecap Junior Curling Camp, which wraps up tomorrow at the APM Centre here in Cornwall.  118 athletes and coaches from Atlantic Canada, the USA and Nunavut are taking part!

The weather could only be described as “variable”, with everything from sunshine, to rain, to north winds, to dark clouds, and even a little sleet, but the rain mostly held off and, although it was quite cold for the first day of summer, the Cornwall Curling Club’s annual golf tourney at Countryview Golf Club went off without a hitch.

The big hit of the day was Countryview’s beautiful new clubhouse (we’ll see more of it later):

We got our scorecards and event rules (9 hole scramble, with special rule on number 9 – use 9 irons only until green) and headed out onto the course.

Here’s Jim Orr hitting a long drive, straight as an arrow down the fairway (sure looks like a contender for the men’s long drive prize!):

On the way by, we took a peek at the new powercart garage, put up this week (there’s a couple more big doors, not in the picture)

After we completed our nine holes, everyone headed back to the clubhouse for a drink or two, and a burger and sausage on a bun.

Most stayed inside, but a few hardy soles braved the outdoor deck.

Everyone listened intently as Bob Fowler and Rick Doiron got ready to announce the winners. Bob started out by thanking everyone for attending, Countryview for hosting, and the many sponsors for donating prizes, including: Countyview Golf , Clyde River Golf, Rustico Resort Golf, Prebilt Steel,  Traction Heavy Duty Parts, Island Storm basketball team, Kenmac Energy, Eastern Auto Supply, KFC, the Cornwall Curling Club, and YoungCo Manufacturing.

By the way, the new clubhouse is nice and bright, but the sun came out at the wrong time, so the pictures of the winners have too much light in places.

The men’s Closest to the Pin winner was Paul Durant:

The men’s Long Drive honours did, as predicted, go to Jim Orr:

The women’s Long Drive prize went to Krista Affleck:

As was the case last year, no female player was able to hit the green for the Closest to the Pin contest, so a draw was made, with Tracy MacDonald taking home the prize.

The prize for most “Honest” golfers went to the team of Tom Dunn, Val MacLean, and Lee Nickerson, who had a quite respectable score of 40.

Finally it was time to announce the winning team, who had a score of 33, four strokes ahead of the second place team (Len Gotell). The winners were the three person team of Gordon Peters, Dan Hughes, and Karen Fisher.

Photo (L-R): Dan Hughes Karen Fisher, Gordon Peters

The day wrapped up with drawing for the remaining prizes on the prize table. As usual, very few went home empty-handed.

Thanks to all the organizers, sponsors, Countryview management and staff, and participants for another great event.

On the way out, I snapped a few pictures of the decks and the amazing locker room downstairs, which features huge 32″ lockers, and an automatically opening door to get your stuff outside, and a card access entry with 24/7 access to get your gear and pullcart back in (BTW, Danny Young and YoungCo made the fancy fasteners on the locker doors).

If you missed the tourney and would like to take a look at Countryview’s new digs, they’re having an open house, in honour of 15 years of business, on Wednesday June 25th from 6 – 9 pm, with free munchies, live entertainment, and special drink and green fee prices!

Golfers for Saturday’s tournament are requested to be at Countryview by 9 am to register, just in case there are some no-shows and changes to the draw are required. If you are currently assigned to a team and, due to unforeseen reasons, can’t make it on Saturday, please let us know as soon as possible, by contacting Countryview, or emailing Bob Fowler at rwfowler43@hotmail.com. Thanks to Bob, Rick, Carl, and Allan for organizing this event!

Current weather forecast is looking good, but cool – a mix of sun and cloud. Low 9. High 14.

See you Saturday at 9 am!

Joyce Myers Trust Fund curling scholarships and grants announced

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, has announced the 2014 recipients of its Student/Athlete Scholarships and Curling Club Capital Works and Curl Atlantic Member Association Program Initiatives grants.

The 2014 Joyce Myers Scholarship recipients are:

Prince Edward Island ($500 each): Dylan Lowery, Aleya Quilty, Veronica Smith

Nova Scotia ($500 each): Brittany Black, Michael Brophy, Karlee Jones

Newfoundland and Labrador ($500 each): Sarah Ford

New Brunswick ($500 each): Jamie Ward, Shelby Wilson, Andrew Burgess

The 2014 Joyce Myers Capital Grant recipients will each receive $1500.  The successful curling centres are:

Doaktown Curling Club, NB

Charlottetown Curling Complex, PEI

Sydney Curling Club, NS

Caribou Curling Club, NL

The 2014 Program Initiative grant will be used to license the “Rocks and Rings” elementary school program throughout Atlantic Canada. “This joint initiative between Curl Atlantic and the four Atlantic associations appears to fit well with the intent of junior curling development of the Joyce Myers Trust Fund and with Curl Atlantic”, said Gary Wilson, Chair of Curl Atlantic. “The Rocks and Rings program is a great way to introduce and bring curling to the school setting. The program has received much attention during the televising of the CCA’s championship events, and is hugely popular across the country and in great demand.”

Backgrounder:

The Joyce Myers Trust Fund is an Atlantic Canada initiative to foster the development and promotion of the sport of curling throughout Atlantic Canada.

The Trust Fund, which was established from profits from the 2003 Nokia Brier and 2005 Tim Horton’s Roar of the Rings, provides funding for the development of curling in Atlantic Canada through grant opportunities for Curling Club Capital Works projects, Student/Athlete Scholarships, and Curl Atlantic Member Association Program Initiatives.

The trustees of the Joyce Myers Trust Fund announced plans for future investments in the sport of curling for Atlantic Canada and released its first grants during the 2009-2010 curling season.

Joyce Myers was inducted into both the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame and the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame as an athlete and a builder. Joyce’s accomplishments as an athlete, administrator, coach and official made her one of the most versatile and impacting persons in Nova Scotia sports. Her passion for sport and the countless hours she contributed to many individuals and events has left a lasting impression. Joyce was a true inspiration and mentor to many.

Capital Acquisition Grants

The Trustees of the Joyce Myers Trust Fund created the Capital Acquisition Grants as a means to assist member curling clubs within Atlantic Canada with capital projects. Expenses that are of a special and/or extraordinary nature will be eligible for funding. In other words, programs and initiatives that are both unusual and occur infrequently; they are not part of the regular, day-to-day operation of the club. Listed below are a few possibilities:

The repair, replacement, purchase or construction of a curling facility or part of a curling facility. For example, the repair or replacement of a curling club roof;

The repair, replacement or purchase of a plant asset or piece of equipment. For example, the repair or replacement of ice making equipment.

The purchase of special curling equipment. For example, the purchase of little rocks for a junior curling program;

Exempt from funding are any expenses of an operational nature. For example, membership dues, utility and tax bills do not qualify.

Scholarships

Curl Atlantic has implemented a scholarship to curlers who have enrolled in full time studies in a post-secondary institution. The intention of these awards is to allow talented athletes to devote primary sources of time and energy to training, rather than extensive employment in order to fund post-secondary education. Recipients will be expected to devote a full-time, shared commitment to sport and education exclusively. This award is not intended to reward past achievements but rather a means to pursue further achievements that surpass the current level of performance. Priority will be given to athletes attending Atlantic universities, colleges or vocational schools.

$1500 is allocated per province, with up to three recipients receiving $500 each.

Contact:

Helen Radford, Curl Atlantic, 902.497.6655 or curlatlantic2001@gmail.com

Website: CurlAtlantic.com

The PEI Roadbuilders and Heavy Construction Association are holding their lobster or steak dinner at our Club today (Thursday, June 5), with a reception in the Club at 6:30 pm, and the meal upstairs at 7:30. Our Club is preparing and serving the meal as a Club fundraiser, with the help of our great volunteers.  We can always use more volunteers, particularly for table setup, teardown, and the serving of the meal tonight, as, unlike the winter event they hold here, this is NOT buffet style, so feel free to drop by if you’ve got some spare time.

Here is our  current volunteer list and approximate start times.

Cutting and preparing lobster (downstairs) at 1:30 pm:

Joe MacKinnon, Roy Coffin, Ray Biagé, Bryan Sutherland

Food prep (downstairs) at 3 pm:

Helen Smith, Myrna Sanderson, Carlene Peters, Hélène LaPalme, Phyllis Cole, Hazel Harris, Elaine Hughes

Food prep (downstairs) at 4 pm:

Ruth Stavert, Carol Sweetapple

Setting up upstairs tables and place settings at 5 pm (or earlier if space is available)

Frank Martin and anyone else available.

Working the barbecues (6:30 pm)

Derek MacEwen, Paul Field, Dick MacDonald

Serving the tables, cleanup – 7 pm (meal starts at 7:30 pm)

Arleen Harris, Valerie Acorn, Eileen and Kimball Blanchard, Helen and Paul Arsenault, Paul Neima, Bernie Field, Paula Ling

Teardown and cleanup – following the meal.

Everyone who is available.

Looking for something (besides golf) to do in the non-curling season (some people call it summer)? Lawn bowling is a lot like curling, and starts tomorrow, Tuesday June 3rd at the Sherwood Greens. It runs Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 1pm, preceded on the same days by new bowler instruction at 12:15 pm. For more info, contact Sterling Stratton at 566-4382.

For a look at the sport, here’s a video from the Atlantic Bowls Competition at the Beaconsfield Lawn Bowling Club in Quebec in September.

As a fundraiser for the Club, we have agreed to prepare and serve a lobster (with steak option) dinner for the PEI Roadbuilders and Heavy Construction Association on Thursday June 5, and need volunteers to help out with preparation and serving. This is the same group who have a bonspiel and a BBQ steak lunch at our Club every winter. They have a reception at 6:30, and dinner at 7:30 pm, at the Club. Click for details on the Roadbuilders website.

As well, we have a meeting planned this Sunday May 25 at 6:30 pm at the Club to iron out the details. Please feel free to attend and lend your suggestions on what is needed to put on a quality event for our client. Whether or not you plan to attend on Sunday, please let Joe MacKinnon know by email at mackinnonsplumbing@pei.aibn.com if you can help out, and in what capacity. See estimated timeslots and duties below.

We estimate that we need the following volunteers:

5 people at 4 pm to work at banquet setup, tossed salad prep, and cooking of baked potatoes.

2 people at 4:30 pm to cut up 80 cooked lobster and put in trays.

2 people at 5:30 to get 22 steaks and condiments ready to barbecue

5 people at 7 pm to serve the dinner.

Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated!

The Cornwall Curling Club’s Annual General Meeting was held tonight. Club President Paul Neima reported another successful season, with membership increasing from 272 last year to 294 this year – the only club on PEI to report a membership increase, and for the first time, the PEI club with the largest membership.  Club revenues increased over $10,000 over last season, even though membership rates and bar prices were not increased. A number of capital improvements were realized, with the assistance of an Island Community Fund grant, including a new Ice King scraper, new boot cleaners, a sofa. larger viewing monitors for the ice area, a laptop computer for live scoring and other purposes, a new ice cube maker, and new club brooms.

A number of successful bonspiels were held, along with new Friday night drop-in curling events, which brought new curlers into the Club. Club members had considerable success of the provincial, regional and national scene, with provincial Juniors, Masters, Stick, Under 16, and Junior Mixed winners at the provincial level, along with winning most of the curling and stick curlingcategories at the 55 Plus Games. Regionally, UPEI’s Veronica Smith rink, comprised of Cornwall Club members, won an AUS berth in the CIS/CCA championships, and Cornwall teams won both Maritime Stick championship divisions, while the Shirley Berry rink won the Maritime Masters Women’s Division. Cornwall’s Chloé McCloskey and coach Bill Hope won a silver medal in the Canadian Juniors Mixed Doubles event. Derek MacEwen won Sport PEI Amateur Sport Awards administrator of the year while the UPEI women’s team won two awards at the CIS/CCA championships.

One of the biggest issues facing the Club this season was the renegotiation of our rental agreement with the Town of Cornwall for our new Clubhouse and our ice shed. A price was negotiated which, although an increase, is considered to be reasonable. A members’ survey was conducted with over 90 members responding, which will help determine the direction for the Club to take next season.

Brent Irving was acclaimed as a new Board member.

Congratulations to all the winners of our Club Leagues this year. You will be receiving gift certificates from our generous sponsors, as soon as we finish collecting them!

Monday Night:

Round 1 winners: Angus Kennedy, Brad Gardiner, Marjorie Matthews, Stephanie O’Keefe

Round 2 winners: Lorianne Davies, Melody Beck, Lynda Turnbull, Jeff Chisholm

Round 3 winners: Eric LeBlanc,  Brad Gardiner, Rebecca Rolfe, Colleen MacDonald

KFC Tuesday Night:

It’s been another great year at the Cornwall Curling Club with lots of winners and runners-up in provincial, regional, and national events. Here’s a list (let me know if I’m missing any).

Provincial Pepsi Junior Women’s champs (repeat winners):

(L-R): Veronica Smith, Chloe McCloskey, Sabrina Smith, Katie Fullerton, coach Bill Hope

Provincial Pepsi Junior Women’s Runners-up:

(L-R) Amanda MacLean, Jane DiCarlo, Emily Gray, Aleya Quilty, coach Lori Robinson

Pepsi Juniors coaching award: Butch McGee, coach of the Emily Keen women’s rink

Butch McGee (file photo)

Cornwall’s Meghan Ching and Emily Keen rinks both finished  in a 3-way tie for first, with 2-1 win-loss records at the Future Scotties.

PEI Masters winner – the Shirley Berry rink

Shirley Berry rink (L-R): Shirley Berry, Sandy Hope, Arleen Harris, Evelyn Rogerson

PEI Masters women’s runners-up: the Diane MacKay rink, which included Valerie MacLean, Lynne Thiele  and  Donna Boulter

Photo: Open Division Stick Curling Champions Roddie MacLean (left) and John Dennis (right) with Shirley Lank, Curl PEI Past President (centre)

Photo: Women’s Division Stick Curling Champions Elaine Hughes (left) and Etta Reid (right), with Ernie Stavert from Stick Curl PEI.

Photo: Women’s Division Stick Curling runners-up Shirley Lank (left) and Mabel England, with Ernie Stavert from Stick Curl PEI.

Provincial Mixed runners-up, the Mark MacDonald rink

PEI Mixed Runners-up  (L-R): Clair Sweet, Curl PEI representative from the Maple Leaf Curling Club, Mark MacDonald, Shirley Berry, Brad Gardiner, Karen Currie

Provincial Seniors Women’s runners-up, the Shirley Berry rink:

Runner-up Berry team (L-R): Shirley Berry, Sandy Hope, Shelley Ebbett, Arleen Harris, sponsor Marc LeClair.

Provincial Senior men’s runner-up rink includes Club member Mark O’Rourke

Runner-up MacDonald rink (L-R): George Koke from Curl PEI, Mark Victor, Mark O’Rourke, Kevin Champion, sponsor Marc LeClair. Missing from photo: Rod MacDonald

O’Connor Glass Under 18 women’s runners-up, the Meghan Ching rink:

Megan Ching rink – Women’s Runners-up (L-R): Connor MacPhee from Curl PEI, Meghan Ching, Rachel O’Connor, Lauren Lenentine, Breanne Burgoyne,  David O’Connor from sponsor O’Connor Glass, coach Pat Quilty

O’Connor Glass Provincial Under 16 mens winners – the Donald DeWolfe rink:

Photo (L-R): Curl PEI representative Kevin Smith, Nick Johnston, Cameron Jenkins, Avery Wells, Donald DeWolfe, coach Aleya Quilty, sponsor David O’Connor

O’Connor Glass provincial U16 runners-up, the Lauren Lenentine team

Photo (L-R): Curl PEI representative Kevin Smith, Lauren Lenentine, Rachel O’Connor, Breanne Burgoyne, Elly Whitney-Coulter, coach Pat Quilty, sponsor David O’Connor

O’Connor Glass U16 Coaching Award winners: Aleya and Pat Quilty

(L-R): Aleya Quilty, David O’Connor from sponsor O’Connor Glass, Pat Quilty (Margaret O’Connor photo)

O’Connor Glass Provincial U16 men’s Fairplay award – Mitchell Schut

(L-R): David O’Connor from sponsor O’Connor glass, Mitchell Schut (Margaret O’Connor photo)

Provincial KFC Under 13 bronze medallists, the Mitchell Schut rink

Photo: Mitchell Schut rink

(L-R): Coach Butch McGee, Mitchell Schut, Liam Kelly, Chase MacMillan, Liam Barbrick, Kevin Smith (Curl PEI)

Butch McGee, coach of the Schut rink was the recipient of the U13 coaching award

Photo (L-R): Butch McGee, Kevin Smith from Curl PEI

The James Dalton rink, which includes Cornwall members Lauren Lenentine and Breanne Burgoyne, won the U21 division of the Advantage Communications Provincial Junior Mixed

Winning Team Photo (L-R): Kent MacPhee, representing sponsor Advantage Communications, James Dalton, Lauren Lenentine, Matthew MacDonald, Breanne Burgoyne, coach Kelly MacDonald

The Alan MacLean rink, which includes Cornwall’s Rachel and Noah O’Connor were the U21 runners-up.

U21 runners-up (L-R): Kent MacPhee, representing sponsor Advantage Communications, coach Glen MacLean, lead Ava Whitney-Coulter, 2nd Noah O’Connor, 3rd Rachel O’Connor, skip Alan MacLean

The Mitchell Schut rink from Cornwall and Crapaud were the runners-up in the U16 section

Curl PEI rep. Kevin Smith, Mitchell Schut rink, coach Dario Zannier

The Fair Play sportsmanship award in the Under 16 Division went to Mitchell Schut.

Curl PEI rep. Kevin Smith, Mitchell Schut

An eight-ender was scored by the Donald DeWolfe rink at the Harvey’s Open Cashspiel in early January at the Crapaud Community Curling Club.

Photo (L-R): Donald DeWolfe (skip), Avery Wells (mate), Riley Taweel (second) & Nick Johnson

(lead).

The women’s division was won by Clarke –Stavert when they defeated a team from Yarmouth by stealing a point in the final end of the game. This marks the 4th win by Clarke- Stavert team in the 5 year history of the women’s division. PEI women remain undefeated in the championship games as the remaining year was won by the Shirley Lank and Audrey Callaghan duo. As a rookie team in the event, Hughes –Reid  finished with a respectable 2-3 record missing the playoffs when they lost a tie-breaker.

Cornwall’s Bill Hope fills in for Ted MacFadyen on Silver Fox rink in Maritime Masters Men’s Final

Shirley Barry rink wins Maritime Masters Women’s Division

The women’s champions are the Shirley Berry rink from the host Cornwall club, who had a 4-1 record. Their one loss came at the hands of the runner-up team, the Judy Burgess rink of Truro, by a 7-6 score, who finished at 3-2 Other members of the Berry foursome are Sandy Hope, Arleen Harris, and Evelyn Rogerson.

Here’s our final on-ice picture of the year, as our head icemaker, Lance Lowther, dons his skates, and checks out the ice for the last time until the fall. With the warm weather the next couple of days, it’ll melt fast! Enjoy your summer, and we’ll see everyone back here in October!

The “insignicant” lead that the Blue (Jacobs) team had over the Red (Jones) rink had on Friday night became much more significant on Saturday, with the Blues winning most of the games, and ending up winning by the widest v margin in the history of our closing spiel, with a final point count of 267.5 to 157.

Even a visit from J Jones herself could not spur the Reds onto victory!

Photo: J Jones and one of her teammates

Also in attendance for our closing spiel were Murdoch and Muirhead from Scotland, making an early appearance in PEI to scout things out before they compete in the Players’ Championship, later this month in Summerside:

Photo: Scotland’s Murdoch and Muirhead

The Blue team, obviously better at curling than at math, rallied their troops, even though their win was a fait accompli by that time.

Photo: Blue rally

Meanwhile, the Reds were fueling up on burgers and sausages, hoping for a miracle to occur in the afternoon.

Unfortuately, it didn’t, and the most successful Red winner all day was Lorianne Davies, who won the reverse draw for a free one-draw membership next year. Her husband Angus (Blue), along with Danielle Girard (Red) and Dean MacEachern (Blue) won Balance Plus brooms in the same draw.

Photo: MC Bob Fowler, Lorianne, Danielle, Dean, Angus

During the afternoon, Jeff Taylor (who bears some resemblance to J Jones) kept the quarters flying with some trivia (even though Alanis Morissette it NOT the youngest  number 1 Grammy album of the year winner – it’s Taylor Swift!)

Jeff (sorry about the focus – it’s hard to shoot pictures and toss quarters at the same time!)

Finally, it was meal time, and everyone enjoyed a delicious supper of lasagna, garlic toast and caesar salad, with Skor bar trifle for dessert, served up by Trent DeRoche catering.

After supper, it was time for the wrapup and winners’ circle (and the agony of defeat for we Reds!). Master of Ceremonies Bob Fowler took to the mic (although he really doesn’t need one!)

Photo: Bob Fowler

He thanked all the event sponsors, including PEI Brewing Company, Country Style donuts for the morning coffee, and Countryview Golf Club for gift certificates.

Club Vice President Frank Martin then presented principal bonspiel organizer Carlene Peters with flowers as a token of appreciation for all her work, which even included getting flowers and making medals for the event winners, as well as rounding up all the prizes.

Carlene thanked everyone who helped out, including Ray and Barb who worked on the draw, and even yours truly for publicizing the event (although it sounds like she found my Friday night update a bit biased towards the Reds!)

Photo: Frank, Carlene

Finally, the big moment was at hand. Carlene loaded up her flowers, and, with the help of Reds Angus Kennedy and Lorianne Davies, got ready to hand out the medals and let the Blue teams, in order of points earned, choose their prizes from the tables.

Top Blue team was the Lester Callbeck rink, which included Joe Callaghan, Ann Greyborn, and Dean MacEachern

Photo (L-R) Dean, Lester, Ann, Joe

You can find all the winning teams pictured in our photo album.

As a grand finalé, all the Blues posed with their trophy and medals for a group shot.

This year’s event was a huge success, with a full draw, and wrapped up another successful season at the Cornwall Curling Club. In closing, Bob reminded everyone about the annual golf tourney at Countryview, coming up on June 21 (email the club at cornwallcurling@eastlink.ca if you’d like to sign up). We’ve also got our Annual General Meeting coming up (more info as it approaches). We hope to see everyone back here in mid-October for our next season!

After two complete rounds at the PEI Brewing Co. closing spiel, Blue is maintaining its lead – 160.5 points to Red’s 119.5.

Red will have to rally for the third and final round!

The Blue (Jacobs) team picked up an insignificant 91-65 lead after opening day play at the PEI Brewing Company closing spiel – a lead which the mighty Red (Jones) team expect to easily overtake on Saturday.

Here are a few pictures from opening day.
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The third and final round of the season for the Wednesday evening Ladder League wrapped up last night, with the Ray Biagé  rink winning the A pool, and the Paul Neima team taking the B. Sponsor for this round was Clyde River Golf Links. The winning teams from both pools will be receiving prizes for winning the round.

The Biagé rink, which included third Mark MacDonald, second Rebecca Rolfe, and lead Derek MacEwen, had only one loss in the five week round – the same record as the Paul Durant team, but they beat Durant in their round robin encounter and take first place.

The Neima team won all four of their games in the round (they had one bye). The Donald DeWolfe rink were runners-up, with one loss and a bye. The Joe Mackinnon foursome had the same record, but lost to DeWolfe in their game. The Neima rink includes third Dwayne McNeill, second Joe Callaghan, and lead Ankur Deshpande

Here is a summary of this season’s winners. Great to see that we are sharing the prizes around, with no team winning twice!

Round One A pool: Emily Keen, Kayla Schut, Jessica Watts, Jenny Mutch
Round One B Pool: Robert Thibodeau, Angus Kennedy, Dave Hunt, Des Nantes

Round Two A pool: Karen Currie, Valerie Acorn, Mark Perry, Leonard Gotell
Round Two B pool: Paul Durant, Jamie Ballem, Danny Kneabone, Alan Acorn

Round Three A pool: Ray Biagé, Mark MacDonald, Rebecca Rolfe, Derek MacEwen
Round Three B pool: Paul Neima, Dwayne McNeill, Joe Callaghan, Ankur Deshpande

We missed four weeks this season due to inclement weather (which always seemed to arrive on Wednesday!) and had an extra week off at Christmas due to Christmas and New Year’s days being on Wednesday, and wish to thank everyone for sticking with us, with these issues to deal with.  See you again next season!

– Derek MacEwen
Wednesday evening drawmaster

The Daytime Curlers held their annual wrapup event this morning, and, from the looks of the pictures, everybody had a great time!

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Here are the opening draws for the PEI Brewing Company Closing Bonspiel:

Friday April 4^th

6:00 pm

Ice 1

Red   H. Kamphius, J. Orr, C. Soltermann. S. O’Keefe   vs

Blue  K. Currie, B. Gardiner, A. Greyborn, E. MacPhail

Ice 2

Red   C. MacDougall, B. Murphy, D. Nantes, K. MacDonald   vs

Blue  L. Callbeck, J. Callaghan, D. Rhodenhizer, L. Peters

Ice 3

Red   J. Taylor, J. MacPhail, B. Dykerman, D. Farrell   vs

Blue  E. Leblanc, K. Glydon, A. Acorn, H. Diamond

7:30 pm

Ice 1

Red   M. Sanderson, C. Nicholson, S. Degrace, P. Sanderson   vs

Blue  R. Biagé, C. Sweetapple, L. Nickerson, H. Smith

Ice 2

Red   A. Kennedy, C. Currie, C. Peters, L. Egan-Morrison   vs

Blue  S. Hope, F. Martin, B. Irving, R. Boyle

Ice 3

Red   B. MacMillan, B. Field, G. Younker, J. Anderson   vs

Blue  B. Fowler, M. Stewart, D. Sigsworth, A. Mason

Ice 4

Red   R. Thibodeau, D. Girard, S. Sobey, TBA   vs

Blue  B. Sutherland, A. Morrison, M. Proude, E. Richard
9:00 pm

Ice 1

Red   S. Ebbett, V. MacLean, H. MacLeod, D. MacEwen   vs

Blue  V. Chowan, A. Davies, J. Peters, L. Thiele

Ice 2

Red   L. Davies, M. Perry, G. Dykerman, K. Nickerson   vs

Blue  D. Kneabone, L. Gotell, D. Godfrey, P. Ling

Ice 3

Red   T. Dunn, V. Acorn, B. Anderson, P. Cole   vs

Blue  G. Peters, J. MacMillan, H. Lapalme, B. Farrell
Ice 4

Red   B. Hope, D. Boulter, F. Weiler, A. Sanderson   vs

Blue  W. Nicholson, P. Field, S. Murphy, D. MacKinnon

Some fine-tuning has been done on ths weekend’s team rosters/colours.
Here is the revised list.
Red Teams (Jones) 2014 (skip to lead)
#1    Hank Kamphuis, Jim Orr, Colleen Soltermann, Stephanie O’Keefe
#2    Shelley Ebbett, Val MacLean, Hanny MacLeod, Derek MacEwen
#3    Cathy MacDougall, Bob Murphy, Des Nantes, Kim MacDonald
#4    Brenda MacMillan, Bernie Field, George Younker, Jean Anderson
#5    Lorianne Davies, Mark Perry, Gerald Dykerman, Kim Nickerson
#6    Tom Dunn, Valerie Acorn, Boyd Anderson, Phyllis Cole
#7    Bill Hope, Donna Butler, Jean Peters, Angela Sanderson
#8    Myrna Sanderson, Cindy Nicholson, Steve DeGrace, TBA
#9    Angus Kennedy, Carl Currie. Carlene Peters, Louise Egan-Morrison
#10    Jeff Taylor, Jessie MacPhail, Bernie Dykerman, Dena Farrell
#11    Robert Thibodeau, Danielle Girard, Sandra Sobey, TBA

Blue Teams (JACOBS) 2014 (skip to lead)
#12    Karen Currie, Brad Gardiner, Ann Greyborn, Edith MacPhail
#13    Lester Callbeck, Joe Callaghan, Debbie Rhodenhizer, Leonard Peters
#14    Bob Fowler, Marg Stewart, Debby Sigsworth, Alan Mason
#15    Vern Chowan, Angus Davies, Jane Peters. Lynne Thiele
#16    Ray Biagé, Lee Nickerson, Helen Smith. TBA
#17    Sandy Hope, Frank Martin, Brent Irving, Russell Boyle
#18    Eric Leblanc, Kim Glydon, Alan Acorn, Heather Diamond
#19    Bryan Sutherland, Alfred Morrison, Marlene Proude, Edmond Richard
#20    William Nicholson, Paul Field, Shelley Murphy, Dick MacKinnon
#21    Gordon Peters, Joe MacMillan. Hélène Lapalme, Barry Farrell
#22    Danny Kneabone, Leonard Gotell, Donnie Godfrey, Paula Ling

Two rinks from the Charlottetown Curling Complex won the battle of PEI cities this afternoon, beating teams from the host Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside to take both the men’s and the women’s finals at the provincial The Dominion Curling Club Championship. Six of the Island’s seven curling clubs were entered in each division.

Photo (L-R): Phillip McInnis, Adam Arsenault, Cory Arseneau, Rodney Hood (sparing for Justin Arsenault)

The men’s side was won by the rink of Phillip McInnis, Adam Arsenault, Justin Arsenault, and Cory Arsenau, with Rodney Hood sparing for Justin in the final, playing lead, while Cory moved up to second  The rink, who finished round robin play with a 3-2 win-loss record doubled the previously-undefeated Silver Fox team of Leo Stewart, Barry Cameron, Paul Matheson, and Alan Montgomery by a 6-3 score.with steals of a single point in the third end, and a deuce in the sixth giving them the advantage.

Photo (L-R): Tammi Cudmore, Julie Scales, Jane DiCarlo, Anne Chouinard

The Tammi Cudmore rink went undefeated to win the women’s division, with a 9-2 victory over the Kim Aylward foursome in the final.  A pair of deuces gave the Charlottetown team a 4-1 lead after three ends, which they followed with steals of one and four points to give them a 9-1 lead by the fifth end. Aylward took a single in the sixth, but it was handshake time. Playing with Cudmore, a former PEI women’s champ, were Julie Scales, Jane DiCarlo, and Anne Chouinard. Rounding out the runner-up Aylward foursome were Nancy Sinclair, Michelle Weaver, and Debbie Caissy.

The winning Cudmore and McInnis rinks will advance to the national The Dominion Curling Club Championship, November 24-29 at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax.

The semi-finals, between the second and third place teams following round robin play, took place this morning, with Summerside’s Aylward rink beating the Iva Griffin foursome from the Western Community Curling Club in O’Leary 9-3 in the women’s division, and the McInnis team defeating the two-time defending champion Alan Inman squad from the Crapaud Community Curling Club by a 7-2 score in the men’s. The semi winners then advanced to this afternoon’s finals against first place Cudmore and Stewart.

All profits from The Dominion Curling Club Championship are re-directed to Spinal Cord Injury and developmental curling initiatives in communities across the country. For more information about the Championship, including eligibility rules, visit thedominioncurls.ca.

The annual Pink Ladies women’s funspiel wrapped up today at the Montague Curling Club, with ten teams taking part. The rink of Myrna Sanderson, Lorianne Davies, Pam Sweetapple, and Angela Sanderson from the Cornwall Curling Club were the event winners. The Bernie Field rink, also from Cornwall, were the runners-up.

Photo (L-R): Angela Sanderson, Pam Sweetapple, Myrna Sanderson, Lorianne Davies, Montague Curlng Club President Scott Annear