There were few surprises on Qualifier Night of the Wednesday Night Ladder League, which has no new teams this year (just some new players), and most of the randomly-matched teams ending up in the same pool they were in for most of last season. The handicappers picked the game between the Bob Fowler and Gord Peters teams to be the most evenly matched of the night, and they were bang on. The game was tied up coming home, and Fowler had the hammer, but was facing an army of guards out front. He tried an angle raise to the centre, but couldn’t pull it off, and ends up in the B pool for the first round, which is sponsored by Don Lowther Snow Removal.
Here are the Round One pools (team numbers assigned at random):
Pool A
A2-Gordon Peters, Hank Kamphuis, Gerald Dykerman, Pat MacInnis
A5-Ray Biagé, Rebecca Rolfe, Barb Duncan-Biagé, Derek MacEwen
A4-Paul Neima, Brad Gardiner, Mile Lafontaine, Dwayne McNeill
A3-Bob MacWilliams, John Berry, Roy Coffin, Jim Farquharson
A8-Karen Currie, Valerie Acorn, Mark Perry, Len Gotell
A1-Angus Kennedy, Cindy Nicholson, Terry Wiseman, Linda Matthews
A7-Veronica Smith, Katie Fullerton, Sabrina Smith, Chloe McCloskey
A6-John DeLuca, TBA, Peter Buchanan, Edmond Richard
Pool B
B2-Bob Fowler, Paul Durant, Jamie Ballem, Allan Acorn
B7-Kathy Reeves, Nancy MacKinnon, Heather Pierce, TBA
B5-Joe MacKinnon, Derrick Cameron, Mitch Freeman, Darrin MacKinnon
B1-Colleen Soltermann, Susan Carruthers, Sandie Williamson, Theresa Finkle
B3-Karen Montgomery, Ronalda Baillie, Vicki Cotton, Cyndi Russell
B6-Kelly Watts, Derek Gallant, Wayne Goodwin, Cathy Handren
B4-Joerg Soltermann, Lew Black, Hans Wicki, Dan Delaney
B8-Martin Vanderaa, Bill Vanderaa, Darren Vanderaa, TBA
Spares:
Tom Dunn 626-3391
Frank Weiler 388-0905
As we have an even 16 teams in two pools, each of the three rounds will consist of a full seven game round robin. Note that there is no curling on Nov. 24, as the opening ceremonies for The Dominion Canadian Club Curling Championship will be happening on the ice surface. There is also no curling on Dec. 29. Pools will alternate early and late draws. As we gave the A pool the early draw for game 1 last year, we are starting them with the late draw this year.
Round One Draws:
October 27
6:30 pm Pool B
Ice 1: B5-Joe MacKinnon vs B6-Kelly Watts
Ice 2: B1-Colleen Soltermann vs B2-Bob Fowler
Ice 3: B3-Karen Montgomery vs B8-Martin Vanderaa
Ice 4 B4-Joerg Soltermann vs B7-Kathy Reeves
8:30 pm Pool A
Ice 1: A5-Ray Biagé vs A6-John DeLuca
Ice 2: A1-Angus Kennedy vs A2-Gordon Peters
Ice 3: A3-Bob MacWilliams vs A8-Karen Currie
Ice 4 A4-Paul Neima vs A7-Veronica Smith
Nov 3
6:30 pm Pool A
Ice 1: A2-Gordon Peters vs A3-Bob MacWilliams
Ice 2: A8-Karen Currie vs A4-Paul Neima
Ice 3: A1-Angus Kennedy vs A6-John DeLuca
Ice 4: A7-Veronica Smith vs A5-Ray Biagé
8:30 pm Pool B
Ice 1: B2-Bob Fowler vs B3-Karen Montgomery
Ice 2: B8-Martin Vanderaa vs B4-Joerg Soltermann
Ice 3: B1-Colleen Soltermann vs B6-Kelly Watts
Ice 4: B7-Kathy Reeves vs B5-Joe MacKinnon
Nov 10
6:30 pm Pool B
Ice 1: B1-Colleen Soltermann vs B7-Kathy Reeves
Ice 2: B6-Kelly Watts vs B8-Martin Vanderaa
Ice 3: B2-Bob Fowler vs B5-Joe MacKinnon
Ice 4: B3-Karen Montgomery vs B4-Joerg Soltermann
8:30 pm Pool A
Ice 1: A1-Angus Kennedy vs A7-Veronica Smith
Ice 2: A6-John DeLuca vs A8-Karen Currie
Ice 3: A2-Gordon Peters vs A5-Ray Biagé
Ice 4: A3-Bob MacWilliams vs A4-Paul Neima
Nov 17
6:30 pm Pool A
Ice 1: A5-Ray Biagé vs A1-Angus Kennedy
Ice 2: A6-John DeLuca vs A4-Paul Neima
Ice 3: A7-Veronica Smith vs A3-Bob MacWilliams
Ice 4: A8-Karen Currie vs A2-Gordon Peters
8:30 pm Pool B
Ice 1: B5-Joe MacKinnon vs B1-Colleen Soltermann
Ice 2: B6-Kelly Watts vs B4-Joerg Soltermann
Ice 3: B7-Kathy Reeves vs B3-Karen Montgomery
Ice 4: B8-Martin Vanderaa vs B2-Bob Fowler
No league on Nov. 24 due to The Dominion Canadian Curling Club Championship
Dec 1
6:30 pm Pool B
Ice 1: B5-Joe MacKinnon vs B3-Karen Montgomery
Ice 2: B7-Kathy Reeves vs B8-Martin Vanderaa
Ice 3: B6-Kelly Watts vs B2-Bob Fowler
Ice 4: B1-Colleen Soltermann vs B4-Joerg Soltermann
8:30 pm Pool A
Ice 1: A5-Ray Biagé vs A3-Bob MacWilliams
Ice 2: A7-Veronica Smith vs A8-Karen Currie
Ice 3: A6-John DeLuca vs A2-Gordon Peters
Ice 4: A1-Angus Kennedy vs A4-Paul Neima
Dec 8
6:30 pm Pool A
Ice 1: A6-John DeLuca vs A7-Veronica Smith
Ice 2: A4-Paul Neima vs A2-Gordon Peters
Ice 3: A3-Bob MacWilliams vs A1-Angus Kennedy
Ice 4: A8-Karen Currie vs A5-Ray Biagé
8:30 pm Pool B
Ice 1: B6-Kelly Watts vs B7-Kathy Reeves
Ice 2: B4-Joerg Soltermann vs B2-Bob Fowler
Ice 3: B3-Karen Montgomery vs B1-Colleen Soltermann
Ice 4: B8-Martin Vanderaa vs B5-Joe MacKinnon
Dec 15
6:30 pm Pool B
Ice 1: B1-Colleen Soltermann vs B8-Martin Vanderaa
Ice 2: B7-Kathy Reeves vs B2-Bob Fowler
Ice 3: B5-Joe MacKinnon, vs B4-Joerg Soltermann
Ice 4: B6-Kelly Watts vs B3-Karen Montgomery
8:30 pm Pool A
Ice 1: A1-Angus Kennedy vs A8-Karen Ccurrie
Ice 2: A7-Veronica Smith vs A2-Gordon Peters
Ice 3: A5-Ray Biagé, vs A4-Paul Neima
Ice 4: A6-John DeLuca vs A3-Bob MacWilliams
End of Round One
Finally, here are some quick rule reminders:
Some quick rule reminders:
(1) You cannot have more than two members of your Tuesday night team on your team (even as a spare) on a Wednesday night
(2) If we miss a night for some reason, that night will not be played, and the next night will be as originally scheduled. As each pool has a discrete ice time each night, it will be possible to cancel either the early or late draw on a given night, and not mess up the scoring.
(3) You only need one original member of your team to be there, and three players in total to avoid a default (we’d rather curl than have a default!)
(4) 3 teams move up and three move down the ladder at each round’s end
(5) buzzer rule in effect in both early and late draws
(6) No ties- draw to button with sweeping (your team only) to decide winner
