The 2nd Annual Winter Jam Junior Bonspiel was a huge success this weekend!
We had 24 teams – including 15 from off Island participate in three divisions – that’s 48 games in a very limited amount of time.
While I wish I could say everything went off without a hitch – the ice plant decided it was just too cold out on Saturday morning (while unfortunate, I totally understand ice plant it was brrrrrr out there!). However, thanks to our friends at Lowther’s Refrigeration and our ice tech Ron we were back up and running in about three hours and still managed to get all the draws in that day!
Thank you to Lowther’s for their quick response!
During the delay our teams were challenged to create mascots and they were awesome! Congrats to Team Burwash for the win!
On Saturday afternoon during ice maintenance time, we hosted Curlmaster – a gameshow based on the British TV show Taskmaster.
Robbie Doherty hosted as we watch clips of three of our junior curlers doing previously recorded “tasks” of a ridiculous nature.
In the end Lily Whalley (Cornwall) squeaked past Tavin Nicholson (Summerside) and Kolin Beaton (Cornwall) to claim the coveted Curlmaster trophy – which was modeled after Robbie’s face.
As soon as editing is completed the live show and pre-recorded clips will be posted on our YouTube page for all to see!
Tavin Nicholson, Kolin Beaton, Champion Lily Whalley, Robbie Doherty, and Travis Jones
While things happening off the ice were fun, the real focus of the weekend was in the ice rink where we had great competitive play and good sportsmanship.
In the U15 Division the playoff teams were (in seeded order): Team Patel (Oromocto, NB), Team Demont (Moncton, NB), Team Berrigan (Timberlea, NS) and Team Brothers (Montague, PE).
Team Berrigan won the final over Team Brothers, with Team Patel taking bronze over Team Demont.
U15 Division Champions – Team Berrigan
U15 Division Runners Up – Team Brothers
U15 Division Third Place – Team Patel
In the Red (U18) Division the playoff teams were (in seeded order): Team Brown (Saint John, NB), Team Smith (Moncton, NB), Team Haight (Cornwall, PE), and Team Myers (Cornwall, PE).
Team Haight won the final over Team Brown, with Team Smith taking bronze over Team Myers.
Red Division Champions – Team Haight
Red Division Runners Up – Team Brown
Red Division Third Place – Team Smith
In the Yellow (U18/20) Division the playoff teams were (in seeded order): Team Carter (Oromocto, NB), Team Bruce (Cornwall, PE), Team Pugsley (Moncton, NB), and Team Hanson (Fredericton/Oromocto, NB).
Team Bruce won the final over Team Hanson, with Team Carter taking bronze over Team Pugsley.
Yellow Division Champions – Team Bruce
Yellow Division Runners Up – Team Hanson
Yellow Division Third Place – Team Carter
Congrats to all the medalists and thanks to everyone who came and made this such a great event.
We greatly appreciate the patience shown by the teams and crowd during the delay and are grateful to those who helped get things back on track afterwards.
We look forward to another great Winter Jam next season and wish each of these teams a great rest of their curling season! If I counted correctly, I believe five of the teams here will be playing at the national U18 event in Timmins in a few weeks!
More photos from the weekend are below!
