Fourteen teams have signed up for this season’s Wednesday evening (semi-competitive) Ladder League. We are pleased to welcome some experienced curlers to our league who have recently moved here from other provinces. A couple of Junior teams from last year have moved to the Tuesday Competitive League, and one is no longer together due to other commitments, while the Clara Jack junior team is joining us.
Here is the October 23 Qualifier Night Draw, with matchups selected at random. Winning teams will go to Pool A and losing teams will go to Pool B for Round One. We will have the round one draws a few days after Qualifier Night. Draws will posted on the Draw Board, in the Draws section of CornwallCurling.com, and in the Wednesday Guardian.
6:30 pm
Ice 1: Greg Robertson, Laura Arsenault, Kim Pippy, Jeff Arsenault
vs Mark MacDonald, Nelson Dougay, Geoff Boyle, Roger Richard
Ice 2: Clara Jack, Beth Walsh, Grace Bulger, Aurora Ulvstal
vs Landon Warder, Sue Pollard, Chris MacDougall, Hank Pollard
Ice 3: Greg Groves, Donald Weeks, Marjorie Matthews, Ken Monaghan
vs Peter Joostema, Stephen Hickey, George Zafaris, Bob Wakelin
Ice 4: Kellie-Lynn Younker, Danika Venoit, Katelyn Burgoyne
vs Kelly Watts, Cathy Handren, Paula Ling, Krista Affleck
8:30 pm
Ice 1: Josh McInnis, Jesse Kennedy, Mitch Dunphy, Bob Deziel
vs Hank Kamphuis, Gerald Dykerman, Pat MacInnis, Charlie Burns
Ice 2: David Younker, Gary O’Sullivan, Rebecca Rolfe, Doug Campbell
vs Kim Nicholson, Jean Sinclair, Darlene Howlett, Dena Farrell
Ice 3: Rob Gallant, Hans Wicki, Derek Gallant, Derek MacEwen
vs Paul Neima, Alan Mason, Jeff Hannam, Randy Goodman
Here are the rosters (if they don’t fit on your smartphone screen, swipe to scroll right and left)
2019 – 2020 Season Rosters
(Players can play any position and may change from game to game if they want)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Skip | Paul Neima | Skip | Greg Groves | Skip | David Younker |
| Third | Alan Mason | Third | Donald Weeks | Third | Gary O’Sullivan |
| Second | Jeff Hannam | Second | Marjorie Matthews | Second | Rebecca Rolfe |
| Lead | Randy Goodman | Lead | Ken Monaghan | Lead | Doug Campbell |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | |||
| Skip | Kim Nicholson | Skip | Rob Gallant | Skip | Hank Kamphuis |
| Third | Jean Sinclair | Third | Hans Wicki | Third | Gerald Dykerman |
| Second | Darlene Howlett | Second | Derek Gallant | Second | Pat MacInnis |
| Lead | Dena Farrell | Lead | Derek MacEwen | Lead | Charlie Burns |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | |||
| Skip | Kelly Watts | Skip | Mark MacDonald | Skip | Greg Robertson |
| Third | Cathy Handren | Third | Nelson Dougay | Third | Laura Arsenault |
| Second | Paula Ling | Second | Geoff Boyle | Second | Kim Pippy |
| Lead | Krista Affleck | Lead | Roger Richard | Lead | Jeff Arsenault |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | |||
| Skip | Josh McInnis | Skip | Peter Joostema | Skip | Clara Jack |
| Third | Jesse Kennedy | Third | Stephen Hickey | Third | Beth Walsh |
| Second | Mitch Dunphy | Second | George Zafiris | Second | Grace Bulger |
| Lead | Bob Deziel | Lead | Bob Wakelin | Lead | Aurora Ulvstal |
| 13 | 14 | ||||
| Skip | Kellie-Lynn Younker | Skip | Landon Warder | ||
| Third | Danika Venoit | Third | Sue Pollard | ||
| Second | Katelyn Burgoyne | Second | Chris MacDougall | ||
| Lead | TBA | Lead | Hank Pollard | ||
| Spares: | |||||
| Sharon Campbell (902) 626-6322 |
Following Qualifier Night, we will then play three seven-week rounds, with each team playing the other six teams in their pool, plus one crossover game, where they play a team from the other pool. The A and B pools will alternate between 6:30 and 8:30 pm draws times on sheets 1 through 3, with the crossover game always taking place on sheet 4 at 6:30, so please make know when you are playing the crossover so you don’t show up for the wrong draw. Sheet 4 at 8:30 is not used by this draw. The B pool will get the early draw the first night of Round One, as they had the late draw the last game last season. The A and B pool winners from each round will receive prizes from our generous sponsors. At the end of each round, the bottom three teams from the A pool will drop down to B, while the top three teams from B will move on up to the A pool, so there will be lots of movement between the pools.
Looking at the calendar, we have exactly 21 weeks, or three rounds, of curling. Round One will go on Oct. 30, Nov. 6, 13, 20 and 27, plus Dec. 4 and 11. Round Two will start Dec. 18, and continue after Christmas and New Year’s days off, on Jan. 8, 15, 22, 29, and Feb. 5 and 12. Round three will go Feb. 19 and 26, and March 4, 11, 18, 25 and April 1.
Rules (credit: some come from the Ottawa Curling Club’s Ladder League)
- Open semi-competitive league. Any player can play any position, and you can change from game to game.
- Following Qualifier Night where we only need to know who won, you will mark “W” for a win, “L” for a loss, or “LD” for a loss by default on the scoresheet, along with your team’s points scored, on the scoresheet on the draw board. In the case of a default, award point per end to the winning team. In the case of a tie, award an additional point for the draw to the button winner. If your score is not marked and you win, you will get one point more than the losing team. If you lose and didn’t mark, you will receive zero points.
- To break ties at the end of the round between teams with the same record, the tied teams are ranked by applying the following rules in order until one tie is broken. If a one or more ties remain, the rules are applied to each tie starting from rule 1. The process continues until all ties are broken and all teams are ranked.
- The teams are ranked using their head-to-head record against the other teams in the tie. A Loss will beat a Loss by Default.
- The teams are then ranked using the point differential for their games in the round against the other teams in the tie.
- The teams are then ranked using the point differential for all the games in the round against all teams.
- The teams are then ranked using their initial ranking in the round.
- Ties: Decided by skip’s rocks with sweeping permitted (by your team only – the other team cannot sweep your rock).
- Avoiding defaults/using spares: At least one regular team member (and three players in total) must be present for the game to count, or else a default is posted. Spares should not play a higher position than the player replaced.
- Storms: Any games cancelled due to storms, etc. will usually not be played, unless it is the last week of the draw (drawmasters decision). All subsequent weeks will remain where they were, Any changes to this will be posted on CornwallCurling.com.
- Teams may reschedule games to a different date and /or time by mutual consent. but ice time is hard to find!
- The buzzer will be used to ensure the teams are off the ice within the 2-hour time period. If the buzzer sounds, teams will complete the current end in play to finish the game. If tied, the standard draw to the button will then take place.
– Derek MacEwen
Wednesday Night Drawmaster