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"On the Button" - By
Sandy Eastlake
(as featured in the Napanee Beaver)
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April 11th, 2013 |
My, oh my. Another season of curling has come and gone but I am sure all
of you had great fun and lots of terrific curling to last you until next
October. Your board of directors is pleased that the Annual General
Meeting was well attended and that all 12 positions are filled. Returning
President Debbie Currier and Vice President, Heather Ramshaw thank you all
for giving up a few hours of your time on Sunday to ensure all club
activities are running smoothly and to your satisfaction.
This season’s closing
Martin and Walters was great fun for all and a huge success thanks to our
sponsor – the Canadian Tire Gas Bar. We had three full draws with members,
non members and family configurations. Breakfast goodies were donated by
Maureen McDonald, Marg Isbester, Michele Penner and myself; a delicious
lunch Captained by Liz Graham with helpers Maureen McDonald, Cindy Lawson,
Debra Markman, Shirley Bush and Jennifer Clarkson. The pot luck supper
coordinated Jane Hough, Sharon VanGent, Susi Reinink, Joelle Dickson, Jo
Sutton and again many curlers chipped in to help. The Martin & Walters
trophy winner this year was Roger & Karen Mills, Brent Mills, Nicole Day
with the Lynn Crossman button high trophy going to the Donald family,
Kirk, Ingeborg, Stephen and Amy. Dave Travers, Andrew Hanna, Kirk Donald
assisted Steve with the turkey/ham toss. At the bar we had Bar Director
Don Currier with Bill Ryan, Shirley MacDonald, Doug Pennell, Tom Ayling
plus Steve and I. The ice was great as usual thanks to Don, Frank, Steve
and Phil Berry. My thanks to all curlers for their contribution to the
Pot Luck supper. The turkey/ham was won by Dave Haines and Laurie
VanStraalen who donated back her winnings giving us $ 84 to add to our
junior fund so thanks to all you ‘sock footed’ curlers. I best not forget
a big thank you to Steve for doing whatever was needed prior to and on the
day of the event. Steve also wants to thank all the ‘burly’ men who
assisted him, Don Currier and Frank Dunham carrying the rocks downstairs.
The event netted a profit of $ 205 higher than usual/expected due to the
frugalness of Liz Graham plus the turkey/ham was on sale
As promised last week I
have a lot of winners for you. The Monday Men’s Club Champion trophy and A
Division winner went to Paul Dickson, Jim Stapley, Steve Angel, Daryl
Pritchard, Kevin McLean. The B division winner was Walter Genereux, Doug
Pennell, Kees VanGent, Art Dawson and C division winner Mark Dunham, Frank
Dunham, Bill Casselman, Phil Berry. Tuesday Up&At’Em’s winner was Walter
Genereux, Lorraine Wilson, Tom Ayling, Joan Reynolds with runner up Frank
Dunham, Don Kerr, Shirley MacDonald, Phyllis Babe. Tuesday mixed winner
was Robert & Jane Hough, Liz & Andy Graham with Hugh Sharpe, Cathy Palmer,
Anne Marie Whalen Knapp, Jan Lees coming a close second. Moving right into
Wednesday seniors we had Ed File, Tom Ayling, Frank Banks, Gale Rogers
with Ken Healy, Al Wrigglesworth, Tim Smith, Jan Lees in second and
Walter Genereux, Kees VanGent, Bill Ryan, John Kennelly coming third. The
Wednesday evening ladies had the team of Gayle Johnson, Sandra O’Neill,
Lana Jaeger, Chantelle Packman winning and Heather Ramshaw, Lana Latimer,
Brenda Kerr, Joanne Fenwick placing second. The Thursday ladies winner
was Jane Hough, Susi Reinink, Barb Graham, Liz Griffiths with runner up
Michele Penner, Lorraine Wilson, Liz Goldie, Marg Isbester. The Thurdsay
evening men’s third draw was won by four individual persons gaining the
most points over a six week period as all curled on a different scheduled
team each week with winners being Skip - Steve Eastlake, vice - Peter
Wilkie, George Moniz and spare (one of the five on the junior team –
Keegan Scott, Caleb Posterski, Joey Botting, Jake Anderson, Denis Holden)
the four placing second were Stan Yallup, Walter Bell, Scott Webber, Karl
Gray, The ever popular Friday night mixed was won by Don & Debbie Currier,
Hugh & Liz Goldie with second going to Ken & Beth Clancey, Scott & Jodi
Webber and third was Daryl/Lana & Lana Latimer, Matt & Chris Downey.
I would like to remind you
that the drop off times for items for the Elegant Junk Sale are Tuesday
April 23rd from 5 pm to 8 pm; Thursday 25th from
10am to 2 pm; Friday 26th from 10am to 2pm and 5pm to 8 pm or
please call Ellyn McEwen or Shelley Alkenbrack. These ladies would like to
thank Don Pearson - Canadian Tire Gar Bar for allowing they to advertise
on their sign. I believe they are still looking for more volunteers for
the snack bar and in general for the sale itself on Saturday, April 27th
from 9am to 3 pm rain or shine. If you have books and are not available
these days, please call Shirley Bush 354-5659 as she has offered to
collect them for us.
See you all at the Banquet
on April 19th and do not forget to call myself at 354-7138 if
you still have not got your tickets as the deadline is April 12th
due to ordering meals. I will end this seasons’ article with a huge thank
you to the Napanee Beaver for allowing me to keep all curlers and non
curlers alike aware of club events and happenings.
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April 4th, 2013 |
Our Grandmaster zone winning team of Ted Davie, Barton MacLean, Paul
Spooner, Kees VanGent curled in the Provincials at the Thornhill Curling
Club last weekend and really had a great time. Although curling well they
did not bring home the trophy --- better luck next year guys.
The closing Martin & Walters Funspiel is full with an awesome 24 teams
again this season so come out Saturday and see some curling before the ice
plant is turned off later in the day. Wow – another season has passed,
where did Feb/March go. Our annual Banquet is slated for Friday April 19th
with tickets on sale now from your league directors.
I have some information for you from your Fundraising Directors Shelley
Alkenbrack and Ellyn McEwen about our Elegant Junk Sale on Saturday April
27th from 9am to 3pm. You may drop off your collection of
items at the club on Tuesday, April 23rd from 5 to 8 pm,
Thursday, April 25th from 10am to 2 pm, Friday, April 26th
from 10 am to 2 pm. A garage sale is never complete without a book table
so check out your shelves and drop off your used books (or movies – no
VHS) anytime. There will be refreshments for sale so come out to the club
and browse for that ‘special’ something you have been looking for. There
is a sign up sheet at the club if you have time to assist with this event
and after curling finishes just call Shelley or Ellyn.
Our Annual General Meeting is on Sunday, April 7th at 1 pm and
has a lot of important items on the agenda so come out and voice your
opinions on how to possibly make the club even more successful than it
already is. In case you cannot make the meeting I am happy to relate that
this has been another very successful season for the club. All our
bonspiels were well attended with curlers far and near having a great
time; a lot more than usual of our members entered OCA events with some
(as previously reported) even making it to the Regionals/Provincials; and
a lot of our members entered bonspiels at other area clubs; and most of
the weekends at the club were booked with club events or community events.
I want to take this time to thank all club volunteers who have donated
their time over and over again all season long. Without you, it would be
impossible for your Directors to continue offering the best of the best to
members and outsiders alike. To all our club sponsors who are thanked
officially in articles thoroughout the curling season, again - thank you,
thank you, thank you.
Next week will be my last article so stay tuned and I will have a large
list of all the 3rd draw winners for you plus the results of
the Martin & Walters.
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March 21st, 2013 |
Congratulations to Heather Ramshaw, Murray Halliday, Anne Whalen-Knapp,
Gary Thompson on your win for the second draw of the Tuesday night Mixed.
Our closing Martin & Walters on Saturday April 6th is filling
quickly so talk to your family and friends and sign up soon. We play two
‘fun’ curling games, have lunch and then eat a delicious pot luck supper,
all for $ 10 a person. The evening will finish out with our annual
‘Turkey/Ham’ toss with the winner in male/female categories received half
the pot and our juniors the other half. When this is finished all are
welcome to put on their skates and enjoy a round or two on the best,
clean, non-gouged ice in Napanee. The next day is our closing General
Meeting on Sunday April 7th with five positions needing
filling; Ladies Games, Ladies Bonspiel, Fundraising, Bar/Rental and Mens/Mixed
Bonspiel. Recently a few of our positions are filled by co-directors and
this seems to be working smoothly so please talk to fellow curlers and
join us on the Board. There is a nomination box in front of the kitchen
counter. Our annual Banquet is slated for Friday April 19th
with tickets on sale now from your league directors. To finish the season
with a bang - first ever Elegant Junk Sale on Saturday April 27th.
Shelley and Ellyn are working hard with the organizing of this event so
check your closets and start putting items aside for this huge ‘garage
sale’. Dates for drop off will be posted soon so watch the bulletin board
plus they are having a used book table and books may be left at the club
from now until the end of the season.
Good luck, curl well, have fun to Robert Dickson, Marcia Difazio, Scott
Dickson and Sheryl French who are representing Napanee in the JSI Mixed
Regionals being held at the Russell Curling Club this weekend.
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March 14th, 2013 |
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March 7th, 2013 |
The annual Town & Country Bonspiel last Wednesday was a huge success
thanks to convenor Jack McNamee and his committee of Hugh Sharpe and
Robert Hough. Due to the weather, winners were chosen by hign points for
each draw rather than hight points ranked from both draws so the 1st
draw men could go home. The 1st draw winner Vic Matthews from
Kingston thanked Jack and all the kitchen workers for a delicious lunch by
Captain Sandi McNamee, Sharon VanGent, Susi Reinink, Joanne Fenwick,
Shirley MacDonald. The 2nd draw winner Kees VanGent from
Napanee continued the thank you’s with praising the ice by Frank Dunham
and Jim Stapley and the bar staff of Al Thompson, Jack Barker, Tom Ayling
and Jack McNamee. McNamee ended the presentations by thanking all the
sponsors without whom he coould not have done the great job he did –
Murray Halliday with 2 rounds of golf at Napanee Golf & Country Club, Clow
Farm Equip, Country Depot, L&A Mutual, Moore Bros, ONeills’s Farm Supply,
Waste Management, Home Hardware, Hart’nHart.
Congratulations to Monday winners Rob Dickson, Ryal Rowe, Scott Dickson,
Dave Hart for the A event; Bill Hogg, Jim Emmons, Tim Smith, Gord Mitchel
on the B win and Daryl Latimer, Paul McDonald, Andrew Hanna, Don Pearson
in the C event. Monday Men's Club Championship is now under way and
formatted, hopefully, to make it competitive and interesting for all
teams. All teams have a chance to win as there are A,B,C division winners
and a Club Championship plaque. Phil chose the format due to losing 2
cancelled weeks and having an odd number of teams in the overall Monday
Men's draw.
The sign up sheet is now posted for our closing Martin & Walters on
Saturday April 6th which is a great way to end the season so
bring your family and have some fun. Other calendar items to note are our
closing General Meeting on Sunday April 7th, our annual Banquet
on Friday April 19th and our first ever Elegant Junk Sale on
Saturday April 27th. Shelley and Ellyn are working hard with
the organizing of this event so check your closets and start putting items
aside for this huge ‘garage sale’. I understand they are also having an
‘estate table’ with some antique/heirloom items….I am excited already.
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February 28th, 2013 |
Hooray for Ontario and way to go to Kingston for hosting a successful 2013
Scott Tournament of Hearts. Good luck in Latvia!!!
The 2nd draw of most leagues are now finished and as promised here are a
few more winners. In the Tuesday Up&At’Em we had Stan Yallup, Susi Reinink,
Ted Kennedy, Nancy Larochelle finishing first with 6 wins followed closely
by Ed File, Jo Sutton, Heather Baker, John Kennelly with 5 wins and 26
ends. This league’s winners are always hard to determine a winner as so
many teams are real close, therefore an honourable mention to Sandi
McNamee, Kees VanGent, Tom Ayling, Jane Wittish on coming third with 5 and
24 and Al Thompson, Don Kerr, Marilyn Cole, Joan Banks coming fourth with
5 and 23. Our Thursday Night Men’s league showed Ian Munro, Blaine
Williams, George Moniz, Rome Dorval winning the draw with Brian Chadwick,
Walter Bell, Scott Webber, Ray Taylor in the runner up position.
Our season is not over yet. The closing Martin & Walters is Saturday April
6th , so watch for the sign up sheet being posted soon. Our closing
General Meeting this season will be on Sunday, April 7th at 1 pm with the
agenda being emailed or available for pick up by March 1st and last but
not least is the club annual banquet, set for Friday, April 19th with
tickets going on sale soon and available from your league directors. Wait,
I almost forgot our first ever "Elegant Junk Sale" on April 27, 2013 being
organized by our fundraising directors Shelley Alkenbrack and Ellyn
McEwen. Watch the bulletin board for further info on all these events
still to come.
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February 21st, 2013 |
Our annual Sweetheart Dinner last Thursday was a huge success. Sixty
ladies were wined and dined by our gentleman curlers who outdid themselves
with decorating, cooking, welcoming, serving, and cleaning up. As we
entered the club we were welcomed by Robert Hough, George Elvins and
Darrell Pritchard who also assisted serving the dinner. On the bar to
satisfy our thirsts were Jack McNamee and Jack Barker; while assisting the
chef with the cooking was Bill Ryan, Doug Baker, Tom Ayling and Murray
Halliday. To start off the evening meal was an appetizer table that made
me wonder if I would have room for the actual dinner. Most of the
gentlemen catering to our every want throughout the gala, added a
scrumptious dish. Serving the well presented and delicious dinner courses
was the aforementioned plus Doug Alkenbrack, Gary Thompson and Joe
Jackemeck. We were entertained before and during the dinner by Sam Wood.
Thanks to Sandy Kennelly’s craft skills, at each place setting was a
beautiful handmade chocolate rose. The MC and server for the evening, Kees
VanGent introduced the host committee of Head Chef and Chairman Jim
Kennelly, himself with Lia Dufour, Sandy Kennelly, Sandi McNamee, Shelley
Alkenbrack. Kees thanked all the sponsors who helped make this a night to
remember
starting with Connie Pritchard of Pritchards Linen who also assisted with
the decorating, Christine Ramshaw of The Playground Licensed Child Care
Centre, Gray’s IDA Drug Store, A Cut Above, Shelley Alkenbrack, Sandy
Kennelly and Jim Mullen of the OT Group. Lia Dufour took the mike and
thanked all for attending and especially thanked the men from the Thursday
Night League for giving up their curling so this dinner could happen. I
heard that discussion is already underway for next year’s event.

Congratulations are in order for the team of Sheryl French, Gayle Johnson,
Marcia Difazio and Patsy Mitchell on making it past the zone Trophy
playdowns to curl in the Regionals in Arnprior March 2-3…Good curling and
Good luck Ladies.
I have some 2nd league winners also to congratulate. Our
Wednesday ladies showed Gayle Johnson, Anne-Marie Whalen-Knapp, Brenda
Kerr, Alberta Goody coming first with Sheryl French, Nancy Osborne, Deb
Kowalik and Joelle Dickson placing second. In our Thursday ladies league
the team of Jane Hough, Elaine Badgley, MaryJane
Elvins, Debora Markman won the draw closely followed as runner up was Deb
Currier, Susi Reinink, Liz Goldie, Bonnie McTaggart. The rest of the
leagues are finishing up this week so I will have more winners for you in
my next article.
Our season is not over yet. Still to come is the annual men’s Town &
Country bonspiel being held Wednesday, February 27th, the
closing Martin & Walters Saturday April 6th, our closing
General Meeting this season will be on Sunday, April 7th at 1
pm and last but not least is the club annual banquet, set for Friday,
April 19th. Wait, I almost forgot our first ever "Elegant Junk
Sale" on April 27,
2013 being organized by our fundraising directors Shelley Alkenbrack and
Ellyn McEwen. Watch the bulletin board for further info on all these
events still to come.
Men in picture: Left to Right; Jack Barker, Jim Kennelly, Bill Ryan, Gary
Thompson, Darrell Pritchard, Tom Ayling, Doug Baker, Jack McNamee, George
Elvins, Doug Alkenbrack, Robert Hough, Murray Halliday, Kees VanGent, Joe
Jackemeck.
See you at the Scotties!!!!!!
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February 14th, 2013 |
Most leagues are finishing up the last week or so of the second draw so
league directors are again busy getting their lists made to see who is in
the third and final draw and who is going south. If you want to curl in a
league you do not curl in now you need to contact the director of the
league you want to join as soon as possible to ensure yourself a spot. Our
club team of Andy Palmer, Cathy Palmer, Robert Hough and Jane Hough curled
last weekend in the annual Empire Life bonspiel in Kingston and came 8th
out of 24 team. Way to go guys! OCA zone playdowns are now completed and a
lot of club teams participated this year with two winning and proceeding
to the Regionals. Each year we have more teams making it to the second
step towards the Provincials so congratulations to all of you and the best
of luck to the Dickson rink who still have the Mixed Regionals in March to
look forward to.
Don Currier, your Bar Director has been busy enlisting event captains for
the rentals and other events still to come. Please check out what events
are still to come on the main calendar and offer your volunteer hours to
help him man the bar for these events. Your kitchen directors Gail Maracle
and Lana Jaeger are still looking for a few spots to be filled on the
kitchen rosters again to cover events to the end of the season, so if you
do not have smart serve please offer your services to the kitchen. As the
convenor of the Martin & Walters being held Saturday, April 6th, I know
they are looking for a lunch captain and helpers for this fun filled
closing event.
NDCC will be hosting it’s first ever "Elegant Junk Sale" on April 27, 2013
from 9a.m.-3 p.m at the club on York St. "Estate Table", good used
clothing, tools, toys, and small household items available. (NO large
furniture pieces) Light refreshments. Sale to be held rain or shine!
Please contact Shelley Alkenbrack and/or Ellyn McEwen for further
information on the sale and on items you have collected and want to
donate. As a great fundraising event for the club, it promises to be a lot
of fun.
As you read this article I am probably ‘gussying up’ of our annual
Sweetheart Dinner being held tonight. I for one cannot wait to be wined
and dined by our gentlemen curlers.
Mark your
calendar for the annual men’s Town & Country bonspiel being held
Wednesday, February 27th. Our closing General Meeting this season will be
on Sunday, April 7th at 1 pm. The club annual banquet is set for Friday,
April 19th and tickets will be available early March.
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February 7th, 2013 |
Three teams of our ladies curled in Montebello early January in a three
day point/win-loss event. Most of these ladies go every year and in fact I
believe Jean Morrison’s team won it a few years ago. Well, I am pleased to
congratulate the team of Debbie Currier, Sandi McNamee, Heather Baker and
Liz Goldie for bringing home the trophy this year, winning all 4 games to
make it to the podium as the Grand Champions. Morrison’s team of Susi
Reinink, Ellyn McEwen and Joyce Meredith came fourth and the team of
MaryJane Elvins, Sue McConnell, Shelley Alkenbrack and Sherry Pringle
curled good games but did not quite make it into playoffs. I must have had
a ‘senior’ moment because I thought I congratulated all of you in my
January 17th article. Sorry girls!!
Congratulations to Robert Dickson, Marcia Difazio, Scott Dickson and
Sheryl French on their A side win in the OCA zone Mixed playdowns last
weekend in Brighton besting Paul Atkin from Trenton and then Dave Collyer
from Quinte. They will now curl in the Regionals 23-24 March at the
Russell Curling Club. Also in Brighten playing in the OCA zone Senior
Mixed was the team of Darrell Scott, Kelly Roantree, Roger Mills and Karen
Mills who lost the chance to go to the Regionals in an extra end, nail
biting game.
Shelley Alkenbrack and Ellyn McEwen our Fundraising Directors are
organizing a spring yard sale with a twist….to take place at the Curling
Club on York St, on Saturday, April 27th,from
10a.m.-3 p.m, rain or shine. We are asking our members to keep this
project in mind when cleaning out your basements and garages. All
good quality items
which have outgrown their usefulness will be accepted for this sale. Are
you downsizing, or helping older relatives do so? Keep in mind that we
would like to have an “estate table”, selling linens, silver, tea
cups, china and crystal, as well as all manner of household items which
are no longer needed by their owners. Toys and tools are popular items at
yard sales, and we hope to have a good selection of those as well. Good
used clothing is always in demand, especially seasonal things for kids, so
please keep these categories in mind when you do your spring purge. We are
planning to have light refreshments available, as long as we can get some
volunteers to help with that aspect. It promises to be a successful event
if we have the support of all members! Watch for more news of this
fundraiser as April draws near!
The long awaited ‘Sweetheart Dinner’ by Jim Kennelly 396-6962 is close to
sold out so call soon to get that extra ticket to bring a friend or family
member. This is a great night out for the ladies and served by our
gentlemen curlers and especially nice this year as it is being held right
on Valentine’s Day, Thursday, February 14th. Mark your
calendar for the annual men’s Town & Country bonspiel being held
Wednesday, February 27th. Call Jack McNamee I think he still
has a few spots to fill 354-2414.
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January 31st, 2013 |
Last weekend our annual Mixed Bonspiel was a hugh success thanks to Rob
Dickson and his committee of Scott & Paul Dickson, Lana Jaeger, Lana
Latimer, Cindy Woodcock, Marcia Difazio, Louise VanHeighten, Jane Pearson,
Darcelle McCutcheon and Jim Head. The winning team skip Spencer Cooper
with player Trish Scharf, NDCC Scott Dickson, Kim Brown from Ottawa took
the mike and thanked all the kitchen staff starting with Friday Goodies by
Rob himself followed by Saturday morning goodies by Lana Jaeger, Phyllis
Babe, Stan Yallup, Vivian Moore, Doug and Joyce Meredith. The food
continued to be served with lunch by MaryJane Elvins with Charlene
Huffman, Sheila Pennell, George Elvins, Sherry Pringle end ing
with a ‘pasta bar’ supper by Lana Jaeger, Mike Seeley, Linda Bongard and
Sue Weir along with many of the curlers chipping in. The runner up in A
was Ian Munro’s team of Liz Graham, Andy Graham, Anne-Marie Whalen-Knap
with Ian thanking the bar staff of Director Don Currier with Doug &
Heather Baker, Bert Kea, Jim Head, Jack&Sandi McNamee, Ken & Beth Clancey,
Tom Ayling, and Al Thompson for keeping glasses topped up and the ice crew
of Don & Frank with Robert Hough, Phil Berry, Don Pearson, Blaine
Williams, Hugh Sharpe and Jim Sunstrum for presenting great ice all
weekend long. The B winner was Rob Dickson, Marcia Difazio, Daryl Latimer,
Darcelle McCutcheon with runner up Matt Bulmer from the Richmond CC, C
winner Rob Gray from Carleton Place and D winner Gary Rusconi from
Stirling. Rob ended the presentations by thanking Home Hardware, Wilson
Sports and Stone Monk Clothing for their kind sponsorship.
Our team of Louise VanHeighten, Jane Pearson, Cindy Woodcock and Lana
Latimer made it to the semis last Sunday in the Regional OCA Intermediate
Women playdowns. Great try ladies, it is great advertising having a club
representative at these events.
Our Ladies Club Bonspiel has been cancelled due to lack of participants, I
guess curlers just have to pick and chose when to curl and when not to,
the winter passes so fast. Thanks a lot Debbie Currier, Benita Murphy and
Liz Graham for all your time spent putting together this normally popular
Club Event. The long waited for ‘Sweetheart Dinner’ by Jim Kennelly
396-6962 is close to sold out so call soon to get that extra ticket to
bring a friend or family member. This is a great night out for the ladies
and served by our gentlemen curlers and especially nice this year as it is
being held right on Valentine’s Day, Thursday, February 14th.
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January 24th, 2013 |
Last weekend we hosted the Senior Men’s and Womens OCA Regionals which
consists of 8 men’s rinks and 8 women’s rinks from 4 zones in Eastern
Ontario. Convenor Steve Eastlake thanked all the ladies in the kitchen for
allowing the players and spectators the opportunity to purchase lunch
and/or supper. Starting with complementary morning goodies by Michele
Penner who also convened all Saturday meals with helpers Sandra Semple,
Janet Hobin, Jordan VanVlack and Andy Palmer ; followed with Sunday
complementary morning goodies by Gail Maracle and Sandy Eastlake and
ending with lunch by Captain Lana Jaeger with helpers Deb Kowalik and Jane
Pearson. Steve further thanked Don Currier and Frank Dunham for terrific
ice with crew of
Darrell Scott, Daryl Latimer, Phil Berry, Chris Goody, Roger Mills, Mark
Dunham, Bill Casselman, Kirk Donald, Bill Ryan allowing them to do the
many scrapes required for this event. Next he thanked the bar staff
Director Don Currier, Al Thompson, Tom Ayling, Heather Ramshaw, David Van
Vlack, Jordan Van Vlack, Jack Barker and Andy Graham and lastly his a ssistants
Dave Travers and Andy Palmer for letting him go home and get some sleep as
these two days started at 7 am and ended well past midnight. The OCA is
very pleased with our club’s organization of this Regional event.
The Scott
Tournament of Hearts held a ‘CoolShots’ event last Saturday and one of
Napanee’s 5 teams entered won and will now be competing in the finals
during the Event February 16-24th at the Heart Stop Lounge
(Memorial Center-Kingston). Congratulations Darrell and Keegan Scott. The
Cool Shots competition was a table version similar to a shuffleboard
table.
Congratulations are in order for Robert Heyman, one of our club juniors,
on his winning of another side event for the Scotties. A competition was
held to be ‘Junior Star for a day’ with the winner being assigned to a
team at the Scotties for a whole day and receive a free event jacket plus
money. Each junior participant had to submit a 100 word essay on the
sport of curling.
This coming up weekend is our Mixed Bonspiel Friday to Sunday January
25-27 giving you the opportunity to visit and see some great curling. Our
Ladies Club Bonspiel follows the following Sunday, February 3rd.
The annual Hospice Bonspiel slated for February 9th is really
filling up so check the bulletin board and call Peggy now to ensure your
team’s inclusion. There are still a few tickets for our annual Sweetheart
Dinner so don’t wait too long to get yours; call Jim Kennelly 396-6962 or
the club and have yours put aside.
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January 17th, 2013 |
The Senior Men’s Bonspiel last Saturday was a huge success thanks to
Walter Genereux and his committee of Hugh Sharpe, Ken Healy and Cor
Vanddenberg. Sixteen teams curled their best to be declared the winner of
the trophy, eight from Napanee and eight from area clubs. This bonspiel is
very popular and Walter always has a waiting list. Walter started his
speech by thanking Briar Fox for their sponsorship of four rounds of golf
and Quinn’s Meats for allowing the kitchen volunteers to serve up Prime
Rib for supper over and above the prizes of steaks to give to the winners.
Robert Paul, Bill Hogg, Robert Hough and Kees VanGent topped the event and
Robert thanked all the ladies (and gentleman) for delicious food all day
long. Starting with goodies by Shirley Bush, lunch followed by Captain
Marilyn Cole and helpers Sandi McNamee, June Hicks, Lorraine Wilson, Helen
Brown, Liz Griffiths and ending with supper by Captain Ingaborg Donald
with helpers Liz Goldie, Hugh Goldie, Sue Weir, Debbie Currier, Anjo
VanVark, Bonnie McTaggart, Alberta Goodie, and roast bakers Doreen Brummel,
Ellyn McEwen, Jane Hough, Sharon VanGent. I heard Hugh Goldie had a lot of
trouble with ‘dish pan hands after peeling 40 lbs of potatoes. Frank
Dunham with Don Currier, Phil Berry, Kirk Donald as the second place
winner thanked the bar staff of Don Currier, Tom Ayling, Steve Eastlake,
Jim Head and Ken Healy. Walter ended his spiel by thanking the ice techs
Don and Frank with helper Steve Eastlake for great ice to curl on all day
long. Way to go..Walter..great job as usual.
Last weekend 4 of our juniors competed in the OCA Bantam Boy
competition but lost out in the semi’s on Sunday. I heard they all had a
great time so congratulations to Keegan Scott, Caleb Posterski, Denis
Holden and Joey Botting. Our ladies rink of Louise VanHeighten, Jane
Pearson, Cynthis Woodcock and Lana Latimer curled in the OCA Intermediate
Women’s zone in Tweed and are moving on to the Regionals in Ottawa later
this month. Good Luck and Good Curling.
This weekend we are
hosting the Senior Men’s and Womens OCA Regionals so come out and see some
great curling. We are fortunate to have a club team on the women’s side so
good curling to Sheryl French, Gayle Johnson, Kelly Roantree, Cathy
Palmer.
WOW!!! We have an 8 ender to add to the plaque on the wall at the
club. Congrat-ulations to Darrell Scott, Sheryl French, Bob St John and
Deb Kowalik. They will receive recognition from the OCA with pins, etc. To
count all 8 of your rocks in one end is not easy nor is it done very
often. I believe our plaque has only 10 or 12 of these ‘should I say
lucky’ teams since the club’s start in 1957.
Next
up on our Bonspiel calendar is our Mixed Bonspiel Friday to Sunday January
25-27, then our Ladies Club Bonspiel Sunday February 3rd . We
are again having the popular Sweetheart Dinner thanks to convenor Jim
Kennelly, along with Kees VanGent plus assisting is Lia Dufour, Sandi
McNamee, Sandy Kennelly and Shelley Alkenbrack on Thursday, February 14 at
6:00 p.m. Designed to celebrate the women of the club and friends, it is a
chance to relax and enjoy an evening out courtesy of the thoughtfulness of
the men from the Club plus the Thursday Night Men’s League who has offered
their night to us. A delicious three-course meal featuring prime rib as
the entree as well as entertainment promises to deliver a great way to
celebrate Valentine's Day. Only 64 tickets will be sold to members first.
After January 28, friends may get tickets upon availability. Tickets may
be obtained during scheduled men's, women's, and mixed league games until
Jan. 28 or by calling the club 613-354-3761 or Jim Kennelly at 396-6962.
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January 10th, 2013 |
Happy New Year from your board of directors at the Napanee & District
Curling Club. As you are reading this article you should be finished with
nursing 'stiff muscles' from all those Xmas goodies. Your directors have
been busy over the holiday season starting with Steve Eastlake who
assisted our Ice Tech’s in replacing a fan while they Don & Frank did a
controlled melt – hope you all noticed the beautifully clean ice. Don
Currier was busy restocking the bar, Gail Maracle/Lana Jaeger cleaning up
the kitchen, Cindy Woodcock/Lana Latimer, Deb Currier/Gayle Johnson, Phil
Wilson, Shirley Bush/Sandy Eastlake setting up the new draws, Dave Travers
revising his junior schedule, Bill Ryan doing club maintenance like
polishing the floor, Heather Ramshaw revising our WebSite and on a break
as there will not be a Highland Lassie bonspiel this year because of our
support for the 2013 Scott Tournament of Hearts being held Febuary 16-24th
at the KROCK, Shelley Alkenbrack/Ellyn McEwen rushing around looking for
more ways to increase our fundraising revenue, Robert Dickson who after a
short break from organizing the successful Men’s Open is busy compiling
teams, setting up the draw, deciding on decorations, etc, etc for our
annual Mixed Open Bonspiel January 25-27th. As Membership
director I just had to sit back and drink a brew or two while waiting for
new members to call me – life is great, isn’t it.
I have other
league winners from the first draw not reported prior to the holiday.
Tuesday Up&At'Em took a lot of calculation with many teams at 5-6 wins but
was won by Stan Yallup, Dave Haines, Shirley MacDonald and Linda Veley who
had no loses and 2 ties; followed by runner up Frank Dunham, Bert Kea,
Jennifer Clarkson and Janine Murray with 6 wins, one tie and one loss.
Tuesday Mixed had the team of Andy Palmer, Cathy Palmer, Paul McDonald,
Maureen McDonald in the top spot with Louise VanHeighten, Linda Blake,
Arnold VanHeighten and Bonnie McTaggart taking the runner up prize.
Wednesday Men’s Seniors had Ken
Healy, Paul Spooner, Doug Pennell, Allen Wrigglesworth winning; Second –
Joe Jackemeck, Phil Berry, Tim Smith, Dennis Snider; Third – Ray Snider,
Richard Linnett, Wayne Chadwick, Blaine Williams.
Thursday ladies was won by Jane Hough,
Lorraine Wilson, Heather Baker, Janie Alkenbrack followed closely by
Benita Murphy, Jo Sutton, Liz Goldie and Robin Stockfish. Our popular
Friday night Mixed showed the team of Darrell Scott, Sheryl French, Deb
Kowalik, Bob StJohn winning and Gayle Johnson, Guy Johnson, Stephen
Kostenuik, Liette Beaulieu coming second followed by the third place
winner Bill Hogg, Brenda Kerr, Don Kerr, Wendy Berrette. Congratulations
to all of you.
Don’t forget to mark your 2013 calendars for the Senior Men’s Bonspiel
Saturday, January 12th followed by our Mixed Bonspiel Friday to
Sunday January 25-27, then our Ladies Club Bonspiel Sunday February 3rd
with the sign up sheet posted on the main bulletin board. The sign
up sheet for the Mixed Open is on the mixed bulletin board which will be a
lot of fun with ‘Amazing Prom Night’ as its theme. This event is for 24
teams and I can tell you from first hand experience Saturday night is a
blast although curling Sunday a.m. is not so much fun—haha
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December 20th, 2012 |
Congratulations are in order to the winners of the Monday night men’s
league. Nineteen teams curled their best over the last 7 weeks resulting
in Robert Dickson, Ryan Rowe, Scott Dickson, Dave Hart winning the A side;
Ray Snider, Dave Haines, Jim Sunstrum, David Coles the B side and Darrell
Scott ending at the top in the C Division. Each draw teams move up and
down depending on their number of wins. This draw shows Ray Snider and
Mark Dunham advancing to A with Walter Genereux and Dave Travers moving to
B. Darrell Scott and Ken Healy advance to B while John Deman and Daryl
Latimer move to C.
Congratulations are also in order to the team of Sheryl French, Gayle
Johnson, Kelly Roantree and Cathy Palmer who are advancing to the
Regionals in the OCA The Dominion Senior Woman playdowns being held at our
club January 19-20th Paul Dickson on the men’s side was not as
fortunate and will not advance to the Regionals even after great games
coming down to the last shot. I heard that he had it sewn up but the
opposition made ‘one of those plan D’ shots.
The final game in the
Grandmasters ‘over 70” curling event had our team of Ted Davie, Barton
MacLean, Paul Spooner, Al Thompson playing in the finals against Ron
Hutcheson from Tweed. Ted won the game with Kees VanGent filling in for
Paul Spooner. Ted had to win two games as he was in the B side so played
Tweed twice who started out in the A side as this is a double knock out
event. Good luck and good curling to all of you in the Provincials in
Thornhill sometime in March. I think you should take Kees to – right Kees
!!!!
The club closes on
Saturday, December 22nd with league play returning on
Wednesday, January 2nd. Don’t forget to mark your 2013
calendars for the Senior Men’s Bonspiel Saturday, January 12th
followed by our Mixed Bonspiel Friday to Sunday January 25-27, then our
Ladies Club Bonspiel Sunday February 3rd. The sign up sheet is
on the mixed bulletin board for the Mixed Open which will be a lot of fun
with ‘Amazing Prom Night’ as its theme. This event is for 24 teams and I
can tell you from first hand experience Saturday night is a blast although
curling Sunday a.m. is not so much fun—haha
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December 13th, 2012 |
The Thursday night men’s league has
completed its first round robin so congratulations are in order for winner
Paul Dickson, Al Thompson, Allan Wrigglesworth, Desmond French and runner
up Daryl Latimer, Doug Pennell, Don Hogan, Scott Busby. Monday men have
completed their last game of their round robin but results were to late
to make this article so I will have standings for you next week. The rest
of the leagues are ending their draws on the last week of curling prior to
the Xmas break.
The Napanee & District Curling Club has quite a few members who have
volunteered to work at the exciting 2012 Scott Tournament of Hearts
being held in Kingston February 16-24th. Some of the lady
volunteers have asked who all is volunteering for the idea of ‘carpooling’
so there is a sign up sheet at the club on the bulletin board. I have
tickets for anyone interested.
We are again hosting the
Grandmasters ‘over 70” curling event which started on Monday 10th.
We have two teams Walter Genereux and Ted Davie, Tweed has two and Quinte
has one. The next game is tomorrow, Friday 14th so good luck
guys. The winner of our zone will curl in the Provincials in Thornhill
sometime in March.
If you have any
information to pass on please do not hesitate to email me
s_seastlake@kos.net. Xmas is coming fast but remember we have a lot
more for you in the New Year. A sign up sheet is posted on the bulletin
board for any member wanting some ‘refresher’ training on Sunday, January
6th or wants to just throw some rocks to limber up after the
holiday season. First up is the Senior Men’s Bonspiel Saturday, January 12th
followed by our Mixed Bonspiel Friday to Sunday January 25-27, then our
Ladies Club Bonspiel Sunday February 3rd. Hospice is holding
their popular charity bonspiel on Saturday February 9th and our
‘men catered’ Sweetheart Dinner is back and will be held on Valentine’s
Day, Thursday February 14th.
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December 6th, 2012 |
Here we are into the final month of curling prior to the Xmas break. Your
league directors are now sending around sign up sheets for those curling
in the second draw which starts Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013.
If you wish to curl in a league you are not already in please call the
league coordinator soonest to ensure you a position.
All
curlers are curling their little hearts out to get their name on the
trophy and I have some standings for you as of Sunday 02nd
December. Monday men has Robert Dickson closely followed by Ian Munro in
A; Ray Snider trailed by Brian Chadwick in B; and Ken Healy leading with
Darrell Scott closely behind. Tuesday Up&At’Em as usual has five-six teams
very close with Stan Yallup and Bill Ryan ahead right now. Andy Palmer
with Robert Hough are leading in the Tuesday Mixed while the Wednesday
Seniors show Joe Jackemeck and Frank Dunham neck to neck and the Thursday
Mens has Paul Dickson ahead by a margin from Daryl Latimer. Wednesday
Ladies have Marcia Difazio and Sheryl French tied while Thursday Ladies
has Jane Hough in the lead followed by Sandi McNamee. Last but definitely
not least is the every popular 22 team Friday Mixed who has five teams all
tied right now - Jane Pearson, Darrell Scott, Gayle Johnson, Doug Pennell
and Linda Blake. If these teams all continue winning games and stay neck
to neck poor Cindy will have a hard time calculating the winners.
The
semi annual General Meeting held last Sunday, thanks to16 avid members
dropping what they were doing to attend, some planned and some last minute
(literally) gave us a quorum so the meeting did not have to be adjourned.
Your Board of Directors were then able to get some very important
financial items passed thus allowing us to continue with the day to day
operation of the club.
There
is a new web site for curling information whether a game, instruction,
interviews etc - go to
www.curl.ca/curlingtv . They have done a terrific job designing this
and apparently coverage of the Season of Champions event is available for
viewing within 48 hours of the live broadcast as will the other events as
they are played. The instructional videos are very informative too and
cover a wide spectrum of all curling aspects.
I am sure you are aware of the 2012 Scott Tournament of
Hearts being held in Kingston February 16-24th; tickets are
on sale now and include a wide variety of packages to chose from. As a
member of the Greater Kingston Area Curling Association we are being given
a special promotion offer to do some fundraising for the club. There is
absolutely no obligation but if you are planning on getting tickets for
yourself and/or a loved one for Xmas or just as a friendly gesture; please
get them thru the club representative – Sandy Eastlake 613-354-7138.
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November 29th, 2012 |
Our annual
Ladies Open Bonspiel last Saturday was a huge success thanks to convenor
Heather Ramshaw and her committee of Liz Graham, Heather Baker, Jennifer
Clarkson and Andy Graham as draw master. A great day was wrapped up with
Heather thanking her sponsors Christine Ramshaw, Shirley Bush, Playground
Licensed Childcare and raffle donations by Heather Baker, Norma Jackemeck,
Gloria Cawley. The Gananoque team of Lynne VanDalen, Carolyne MacNeil,
Tracy Moulton and Kathy Grier defended their last year’s win to again take
the trophy. Lynne thanked Heather and all the ladies in the kitchen
starting with breakfast by Captain Jane Hough with Robert Hough; lunch by
captains Jim and Sandy Kennelly with Elizabeth Vandenberg, Joan Reynolds,
Shirley MacDonald; snacks by Liz Graham with Benita Murphy and Sandi
McNamee; ending with a delicious supper by Captain Beth Clancey with Ken
Clancey, Linda Blake, Lana Jaeger, Lisa Mooney, Mike Seeley, Jane
Allen-Cortes, Linda Bongard, Barry and Doreen Brummel. All the teams
received team pictures thanks to Jim Head. The second place team from
Garrison, Donna McQuillan thanked Don Currier, Frank Dunham, Daryl
Latimer, Drew Easton, Phil Berry for great ice to curl on. Grace
Armstrong’s rink from the Picton Curling Club thanked the bar staff of Tom
Ayling, Jack Barker, Ken Clancey, Don Currier for keeping her girls happy
and coming fourth was our local rink skipped by Gayle Johnson who thanked
Heather and all the many, many volunteers it took to make this a bonspiel
to remember. Kudos to you – Heather.
You will be
happy to know that Team Ontario from the Quinte Curling Club won the 2012
Dominion Canadian Championship (Skip Caroline Deans with Sheri-Lynn
Collyer, Kendra Lafleur and Lynn Stapley). TSN will have a one hour
special next Sunday highlighting both the men's and women's final games.
The airing will take place between the Canada Cup games so it will be in
the early afternoon on Sunday Dec 2. Don't know exact time. They will also
be introduced at half time break of the Dominion Skins final aired Jan
20th at 1:00 pm. They get an all expense paid trip to the Skins at the
CasinoRama that week. It is great to have a team from our zone win
this event as it goes to show all of us that any team, anywhere, anyhow,
anytime can make a name for themselves and according to Jim Stapley have a
lot of fun at the same time.
Don’t forget
to attend our annual Semi-Annual General Meeting on Sunday at 1pm.
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November 22nd, 2012 |
Things are
moving along smoothly at the Napanee & District Curling Club. Our club is
only as successful as it is because all members ‘do their part’ whether
sweeping the ice, cooking or serving in the kitchen, pouring drinks,
fixing toilets, hammering walls, etc, etc. It takes a huge amount of time
to ensure all aspects of the day to day operation at the club is/are
covered. If you have not yet registered for assisting somewhere with this
vast ‘pot of duties’ please give your name to one of the directors so we
know your availability and willingness to help. To those who have already
done a job or two, the board thanks you. I always report on the volunteers
who assist at bonspiels but sometimes forget those who assist during the
week or behind the scenes when something needs doing. One face I see
around the club doing this and that and this again is Tom Ayling. He is
always behind the bar, on the ice with Don or Frank, sweeping up a mess
Bill has made and the list goes on. Another face is Shirley Bush who is
around all the time making sure there is coffee to drink both during
bonspiels and during league play. Thanks to both of you.
Our annual Ladies Open Bonspiel is Saturday 24th so
come over to the club and see some great curling. Your directors are busy
getting ready for our Semi-Annual General Meeting on Sunday, December 2nd
at 1 pm. There is a lot of business to discuss so make sure you mark your
calendar and help us help you. I would like to remind you that there is a
copy of the draft on our updated By Laws on the kitchen counter so if you
have any questions do not hesitate to ask as your Board of Directors need
to have the final draft passed at this meeting.
There are very few Saturdays/Sundays available to rent for a
friendly bonspiel/funspiel so if you are thinking of this please call
Shirley Bush 354-5659 because if you wait too long these open dates could
be gone.
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November 15th, 2012 |
The
annual Men’s Open Cash Spiel last weekend was a huge success thanks to
Robert Dickson and his committee of Ryan Rowe, Scott Dickson, Paul
Dickson, Jim Head with Lana Latimer looking after the raffle table. The
comments from many of the teams was about the food, how they have never
been fed to the extent they were here. The teams wanted to be sure the
ladies of the kitchen were acknowledged along with the support of the
local sponsors that ensured all were welcome upon arriving and welcome to
come back on their departure. The winning team of Dayna Deruelle from the
Brampton CC repeated all curlers comments that the ice was in top
condition thanks to the ice crew headed by Don and Frank with helpers Drew
Easton (one of our avid juniors), Bill Ryan, Dave Travers, Tom Ayling,
Bart MacLean, Bill Creighton, Blaine Williams, Steve Anderson, Cor
Vandenberg, Ray Moore and Don’s ever helpful wife Debbie Currier. The
runner up team from RKCC, Jonathan Buek thanked the bar staff of Director,
Don Currier, Doug&Heather Baker, Brian Chadwick, Laurie VanStraalen, Steve
Eastlake, Tom Ayling, Beau Maracle, Merv Connery, Darrell Pritchard,
Arnold VanHeighten, Jim Head, Jack&Sandi McNamee. The winners of the B,C,D
events were Bill Blad, Rideau CC; Ryan Rowe (Dave Collyer), Napanee;
Nathan Martin, Oshawa CC along with the rest of the curlers stood up
during presentations to honor all the kitchen crews for the excellent
meals and snacks starting Friday and not ending until lunch was served on
Sunday. Thank you captains Lana Jaeger, Gail Maracle, Heather Baker, Linda
Blake, Moira Sickling, Shirley Bush, Liz Graham and all helpers Sherry
Pringle, Ann Whalen-Knapp, Louise VanHeighten, Lana Latimer, Doug Baker,
Elizabeth Vandenberg, Joan Reynolds, Helen Brown, Jo Sutton, Jennifer
Clarkson, June Hicks, Jane Wittish, Janine Murray, Charlene Huffman, Cindy
Woodcock, Karen Brant, MaryJane Elvins, Cindy Lawson, Marg Isbester, Kelly
Woodcock, Jane Hough, Elizabeth Goldie, Elaine Badgley, Beth Primeau, ,
Frank&Joan Banks, Cathy Palmer, Benita Murphy, Janet Hobin. Some of these
captains and helpers worked two or three shifts over this three day event
and we thank you all.
Robert Dickson took the
mike and thanked his many sponsors for their continuing support of this
annual event: North Key Construction was the event sponsor followed
Wartman Funeral Home, Boyer Napanee, Burke’s Printing, Access Automotive,
New Vision Chiropractic, George A. Grant, McDougall Family Fund), Woodcock
Automotive and Tire Center (Maui Woodcock), Canada Trust, Pringle Ford,
Wade Mitchell – Exit, Pritchard’s Decorating, Stonemonk Clothing, Shefa
Water Solutions, La Pizzeria, D&D Electrocraft Ltd, Hallam Auto Sales,
Tammy’s Country Kitchen, Courtyard Marriott – Ryan Rowe, Canadien, Lawn
Care, Richmond Laundromat, David Isbester Barrister, Emmons Welding,
Sunlife Financial, Sam’s Door & Window, Byron Perry Auto, Fox Motor Inn,
M&B Masonry, Wagar&Myatt Ltd – Barry Brummel, LCP Property Maintenance,
Easton and Main, MacLauchlan Brstr, Dr. Andy Palmer, Holiday Inn
Belleville, Wilson Sports, Loyalist Golf and Ctry Club, Quinn’s Meat,
Goldline, A&M Sports, Al Oldfield Sales, Ripplebrook Farms, Lennox Dairy,
The Wine Store, Mainstay Natural Foods. Due to the generosity of these
many, many sponsors and the vast number of club volunteers the 24 team
bonspiel was a huge success– way to go Rob – guess you can finally get
some much needed sleep !!!
Congratulations are in
order to one of the four teams participating in the Royal Kingston Men’s
Senior Bonspiel - Frank Dunham and his team of Don Currier, Phil Berry,
Kirk Donald took third after losing the flip on a tied second/third place
finish. I understand two of the other teams had less luck and the third
actually had no luck at all. Any team going out bonspieling should please
call me with the information – the rest of our members are very interested
in what is happening around the area.
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November 8th, 2012 |
Curlers are now settled into their games and all is running smoothly at
the club. Your league directors can now take a big breath before they have
to do it all over again when compiling the second draw. Due to the hard
work of Ellyn McEwen and Shelley Alkenbrack, I am pleased to take this
opportunity to thank all our club sponsors whom without the club would
have a much more difficult time managing the day to day costs at the club.
A big round of applause to all of you. Thank you - Woodcock’s 401
Automotive & Tire Centre who kindly sponsors on and off the ice ads, Barry
Brummell Wager & Myatt Ltd Real Estate Broker, Brenda’s Pizza Factory,
Centre Street Auto, D & L Carpentry & Kitchen Design, George A Grant
Insurance Broker Inc, Giant Tiger, Goodyear Canada, Hart N’ Hart, L & A
Mutual Insurance Company, Money Concepts, The Napanee Beaver, Canadian
Tire, North Key Construction & Orkney Residential, Nudura, Patricia Dafoe
Insurance Agency Inc, Pet Panache, Pringle Ford, Pritchard’s Decorating &
Linens, Quinn’s Meats, Thousand Island Flooring, The Dominion Of Canada
General Insurance Company, True Comfort, Waste Management, Wilcon Doors,
Aura by Colour Connection, A & M Sports, Country Traditions Frozen Foods,
Exit Reality, Tim Horton’s, Napanee Opticians, Quinte Curling Supply,
Murray Drywall, Scotia Bank, Home Hardware Building Centre, and Shaws Home
Furniture. We are fortunate to have a further list of club sponsors who
help us make all our bonspiels the success they are and these businesses
are thanked throughout the season as the event happens.
Quinte Curling Supplies
has changed their date and will be at the club Friday, November 16th
so please make a note of the date change.
By the time you read this
article, you should have the agenda for the Semi Annual General Meeting on
Sunday, December 02nd at 1 pm. There is always important
business to handle so try your best to make the meeting and help us help
you. The change requested for our new set of By Laws is on the table at
the front of the club so take a minute and read this document. Most of the
new By Laws were agreed upon at the closing General Meeting and the change
requested is typed on the front of the folder displayed. If you did not
get your agenda or have questions about the By Laws please do not hesitate
to call myself or Debbie Currier, your President.
Soon to come is our second
bonspiel of the season and this is the popular Men’s Open November 09-11th.
Many, many volunteers are needed to ensure the success of this event and
I will be reporting on the Men’s in next week’s article. I believe The
Napanee Beaver will also be covering this event. The weekend after is our
also popular Ladies Open so as you can see we do not have a shortage of
terrific curling for you to come out and watch.
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November 1st, 2012 |
The Napanee & District Curling Club has 241 members this season, 22 of
whom are new curlers and/or new to the club. Membership is down by about
12 due to curlers moving and/or injuries that need time to heal. Most of
those needing mending are planning on starting in the new year. We have a
lot of full draws starting with Monday having 19 teams, Up&At’Em not very
far behind with 17, Tuesday mixed has 9 teams, Wednesday Snrs 13,
Wednesday ladies a solid 8; Thursday ladies also 8; ending with the
popular Friday night mixed having 22 teams this season. The Friday Mixed
league is a great way to end the week with Sharon VanGent setting up teams
to make a meal and serve it to those curling real early and coming from
work or just not wanting to cook at home.
Dave Travers is still signing up Juniors
and they are welcome to come out any Wednesday at 4:00. All new juniors
get to curl for two weeks prior to paying their membership. Dave is
looking for curlers to assist him with the Junior program on Wednesday
from 4:00 – 5:30. As all curlers know – without Juniors today there will
be no curlers tomorrow. Please check your availability and call or talk to
Dave 373-0016.
With Xmas just around the corner, cross a
few persons off your list by giving them our 2011 cookbook ‘From Our Home
to Your Home’. Contact Shelley Alkenbrack and/or Ellyn McEwen today. For
the convenience of our members, Quinte Curling Supplies Dave Collyer and
Sheri-Lynn MacMillan will be at the club on Friday, 23rd of November. They
will have available a large selection of curling goods from major
manufacturers.
Preparations for the 32 rink Men’s Open
Bonspiel convened by Robert Dickson on the weekend of November 09-11;
followed by the Ladies Open convened by Heather Ramshaw on Saturday,
November 24th are well under way so watch for sign up sheets at the club.
Our semi annual General Meeting will be on Sunday 02nd December at 1 pm.
The 2012/2013 NDCC telephone directories
are now available at the Club. Thanks again to Burke Printing for their
continuing support in the printing of these directories.
We still have some Saturdays/Sundays free
so if you are planning on holding a curling day for your fellow workers,
employees and/or associates please call Shirley Bush 354-5659 as the
vacancies fill very quickly.
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October 25th, 2012 |
By the time you are reading this article most of you have already
completed your first game of the season at the Napanee & District Curling
Club. Our retail stores enjoy this time of year as their sales of ‘muscle’
cream increase quite a bit. Many, many, many volunteer hours are required
to get ready for any upcoming season. Steve Eastlake, Ice Director, Don
Currier our Ice Technician and Frank Dunham our assistant Ice Technician
thank Jim Stapley, Chris Goody, Tom Ayling and one of our juniors, Drew
Easton for their assistance during the long installation process. This
season these men had the added headache of installing a new compressor and
motor – way to go boys…you did it and on time!!!! I, as Membership
Director am especially thankful for them being on time as I have therefore
been able to ensure all new curlers have received a full clinic prior to
their first game thanks to Marcia Difazio, Ian Munro, Cam McFayden, Ted
Davie, Gayle Johnson and Bill Hogg. Bill Ryan your House Director thanks
Ron Reynolds, Jack McNamee, Tom Ayling and Darryl Pritchard for setting up
the outside addition. He also thanks Sandra Semple, Gail Maracle, Sandi
McNamee, Rome Dorval, Jack Barker, Phil Berry and Stan Yallup for
assisting him in the yearly preseason club clean up. Your league directors
have finalized the draws and can take a long breath, thanks to Phil
Wilson, Lana Latimer/Cynthia Woodcock, Debbie Currier. Up&At’Em is also
set to go thanks to Shirley Bush and myself. The kitchen is clean and
ready for bonspiels – in fact has already hosted our Swing & Sweep –
thanks to Lana Jaeger/Gail Maracle. The bar is organized and ready for
business thanks to Don Currier who foretunately stepped into this position
as it was not filled at the closing General Meeting. Dave Travers has had
his first day of junior curling with new youths joining regularly. The
fundraising directors Shelley Alkenbrack/Ellyn McEwen are busy compiling a
list of our weekly members draw while our money is growing thanks to Lia
Dufour and our meetings are well organized thanks to Elizabeth Vandenberg.
Robert Dickson is busy organizing the very popular Men’s Open Bonspiel
November 09-11 and Heather Ramshaw the Ladies Open Saturday 24th November.
Heather already has the ‘first notch’ in our successful bonspiel belt
engraved after hosting the Swing & Sweep last weekend. All in all, we,
your Board are ready for a funfilled exciting season at the club.
Heather
Ramshaw, convenor of the 10th Annual Swing & Sweep reported: This year’s
event began with a beautiful fall morning for golf with a Shot Gun start
at 10AM at the NGC. Several people commented that the lucky weather we had
was "Eleanor watching out for us"! Lunch was served at the curling club (chili
and buns) by Heather Baker and Peggy Sunstrum. Tom Ayling and Karen Brant
had the bar open and Don Currier with help from Paul McDonald kept
everyone served all afternoon. Curling was played by all participants on
the great ice prepared by Don Currier with help from Steve Eastlake.
Dinner was a team effort this year. Lana Jaeger prepared the ham with a
special mustard sauce. Jane Hough, Gail Maracle and Marilyn Cole made
scallop potatoes and continued to help out in the kitchen for the whole
dinner. Shirley Bush also contributed a pan of potatoes. Kim Dickson
prepared the caesar salad and Heather Ramshaw contributed the dessert of
apple crisp and ice cream. Other helpers included Robert Hough, Peggy
Sunstrum and Christine Ramshaw. Chris Ramshaw presented the trophy to this
year’s winners; the Dickson Team of Paul, Robert, Scott Dickson and Paul
Obress. The Sunstrum Team of Jim, Jeff, Neil Sunstrum and Rob Galt were
runner-ups. Christine Ramshaw sold “mulligans” as a fundraiser and
everyone who entered got their name in a draw for several items which
included two valuable Halloween treat baskets donated by Christine.
Heather thanked all participants, volunteers and supporters for an
excellent day once again. A special thank you to everyone who stepped up
to volunteer on short notice especially Peggy Sunstrum who was at the club
all day; Heather Baker who donated the selection of breads for lunch; Kim
Dickson who helped with the scoring and draw and Lana Jaeger for her
guidance and support. A very heartfelt thanks to Chris, Heather and
Christine from all of us for continuing with this successful event at such
a difficult time.
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April 5th, 2012 |
My, oh my. Another season of curling has come and gone but I am sure all
of you had great fun and lots of terrific curling to last you until next
October. Your board of directors is pleased that the Annual General
Meeting was well attended and that 11 of the 12 positions are filled. Your
new President Debbie Currier and Vice President, Steve Eastlake thank you
all for giving up a few hours of your time on Sunday to ensure all club
activities are running smoothly and to your satisfaction.
This season’s closing
Martin and Walters was great fun for all. We had three full draws with
members, non members and family configurations. Breakfast goodies were
donated by Jane Hough, Eleanor Ramshaw and myself; a delicious lunch
Captained by Shelley Alkenbrack and Ellyn McEwen with helpers Cathy
Palmer, Heather Wemp, Brenda Kerr and other curlers off and on. The pot
luck supper coordinated by Eleanor Ramshaw and Sharon Vangent with helpers
Jane Hough, Lana Jaeger and again many curlers chipped in to help. The
Martin & Walters trophy winner this year was a family affair – Paul,
Rebecca, Emily, Hanna Murphy with the button high going to the team of
Rick Guthrie, Marg Palimaka, Wayne Guthrie, Chuck Galway who also assisted
Steve with the turkey/ham toss. The most honest curling team, Barry
Brummel’s rink received gift cards compliments of the Canadian Tire Gas
Bar (Don Pearson). At the bar we had Bar Directors Beau and Gail Maracle,
Phil Wilson, Tom Ayling and Linda Veley. The ice was great as usual thanks
to Frank Dunham. My thanks to all curlers for their contribution to the
Pot Luck supper and also to Todd Dickson who added a couple of tasty
dishes from his new restaurant Easton & Main on Snow Road. The 50/50
turkey/ham won by Don Pearson who donated back his winnings and the ham
won by Emily Murphy gave us an additional $ 72 to add to our junior fund
so thanks to all you ‘sock footed’ curlers. I best not forget a big thank
you to Steve for doing whatever was needed prior to and on the day of the
event. Steve also wants to thank all the ‘burly’ men who assisted him and
Frank Dunham carrying the rocks downstairs. The event netted a profit of $
293 higher than usual/expected because the turkey was donated and lunch
was compiled of a lot of donated items.
As promised last week I
have a lot of winners for you. The Monday men’s Club Champion trophy went
to Andy Palmer, Jim Stapley, Stephen Paul and Gordon Mitchell with the
team of Paul Dickson, Steve Angel, Daryl Latimer, Darrell Pritchard
receiving the runner up prize. The B division winner was John Deman, Paul
Spooner, Barton MacLean, Murray Holiday with runner up Ray Snider, Jim
Sunstrum, Dave Haines, David Coles. Tuesday Up&At’Em’s winner was Stan
Yallup, Connie Pritchard, Elizabeth Vandenberg, Anjo VanVark with runner
up Ted Davie, Kees Vangent, Shirley MacDonald, Linda Veley. Tuesday mixed
winner was Andy Palmer, Liz Graham, Arnold and Louise VanHeighten with
runner up Daryl Latimer, Cathy Palmer, Ed Kurc, Angela Eskerod. Moving
right into Wednesday seniors we had Chris Ramshaw, Tom Ayling, Wayne
Chadwick, John Kennelly, Barry Robinson winning the draw with Robert Paul,
Barry Brummel, Jack Barker, Jim Kennelly taking the second position. The
Thursday ladies winner was Jean Morrison, Jane Hough, Sandy Kennelly,
Angela Eskerod with 2nd place going to Sandy Eastlake, Lorraine
Wilson, Marilyn Cole, Elizabeth Vandenberg. The ever popular Friday night
mixed was won by Daryl/Lana Latimer, Matt/Chris Downey with Barry/Doreen
Brummel, Rick Guthrie, Marg Palimaka taking 2nd place and
Jane/Don Pearson, Mike/Linda Seely taking the 3rd position.
See you all at the Banquet
on April 27th and do not forget to call Gayle Johnson 354-3581
if you have not got your tickets yet, April 20th is the
deadline due to ordering meals. I will end this seasons’ article with a
round of applause to the Napanee Beaver.
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March 29th, 2012 |
As you read this article most of the leagues have completed their last
draw of the season – where did the winter (or lack thereof) go. Next week
will be my final article and I hope to have all the draw winners for you.
Full coverage on the Martin & Walters set to go with three full draws on
Saturday will also be included in my last article. The Napanee Beaver will
be covering the banquet.
Our
team of Andy Palmer, Sheryl French, Darrell Scott and Cathy Palmer curled
in the Regional Senior Mixed at the Cataraqui Golf & Country Club last
weekend and made it into Sunday where they were knocked out. Great try
guys!!
Tickets
for our annual Banquet being held Friday, April 27th are still
available so call co-ordinator Gayle Johnson (354-3581), but do not wait
too long as there is a deadline for ordering food.
Remember the closing General Meeting Sunday at 1:00 pm and come assist us
with carrying out all club business. In case you cannot make the
meeting I am happy to relate that this has been another very successful
season for the club. All our bonspiels were well attended with curlers far
and near having a great time; a lot more than usual of our members entered
OCA events with some (as previously reported) even making it to the
Regionals; and a lot of our members entered bonspiels at other area clubs;
and most of the weekends at the club were booked with club events or
community events. I want to take this time to thank all club volunteers
who have donated their time over and over again all season long. Without
you, it would be impossible for your Directors to continue offering the
best of the best to members and outsiders alike. You can see from the
volunteer chart in the foyer how many of you it takes to complete the
many, many tasks that we have to contend with year after year. To all our
club sponsors who are thanked officially in articles during the curling
season, again - thank you, thank you, thank you. I would love to list all
of you again but I do not believe I would be granted 4 pages of the
Napanee Beaver to do so. Lastly, a hearty thank you to The Napanee Beaver
for allowing us this article space all season long and for their covering
of all our bonspiels.
The
organizing committee for the 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts are still
accepting volunteer applications. For further information on volunteering
go to
http://www.curling.ca/championships/scotties/volunteer/
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March 23rd, 2012 |
The Martin & Walters Bonspiel Saturday March 31th will have three draws
this year but there is still room for a couple of teams. You can sign up
as a team or but there is also individual spots. I have emailed each skip
to confirm your start time so if you have not received this please call
me. The closing General Meeting will be Sunday, April 1st at
1:00 pm. This meeting is to carry out curling business plus the
nominations of (7) vacant Directors. Mark your calendar so you remember to
attend and assist us with the many duties required to make the day to day
running of the club the success it has been since it’s incorporation.
Congratulations to the team of Ian Munro, Al Thompson, Mark Baker and Dan
McGrath on your winning the Thursday night Men’s league draw two and to
the runner up team of Daryl Latimer, Paul McDonald, Bill McCormack and
Andrew Hanna. Monday Men’s league are now into A&B playoffs so good luck
to all of you. At press time the 3rd draw winners were not
available but I will have them for you next week. The rest of the leagues
are finishing up their third draws and curling their best to obtain their
name on the ‘trophy’.
Plans
for our annual Banquet being held Friday, April 27th is well
underway but Debbie Currier could use some help with setup and tear down
so please give her a call at 613-388-9228. Tickets are now on sale so make
sure you get yours soon from co-ordinator Gayle Johnson (354-3581), Robert
Dickson, Debbie Currier, Cindy Woodcock, Eleanor Ramshaw or myself (check
flyer at the club for other sellers)
Volunteer sign up for the 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts is underway.
Over 400 volunteers are needed both before and during the event being held
at the K-Rock Center, February 16-24, 2013. They are also looking for
‘Director’ position volunteers. For further information on volunteering go
to
http://www.curling.ca/championships/scotties/volunteer/
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March 15th, 2012 |
It looks like we will be having three draws for the Martin & Walters
Bonspiel Saturday March 31th but there is still room for a couple of
teams. You can sign up as a team or but there is also individual spots. I
will soon be calling each skip to confirm your start time. The closing
General Meeting will be Sunday, April 1st at 1:00 pm. This
meeting is to carry out curling business plus the nominations of (7)
vacant Directors. Mark your calendar so you remember to attend and assist
us with the many duties required to make the day to day running of the
club the success it has been since it’s incorporation.
Congratulations to the team of Ian Munro, Al Thompson, Mark Baker and Dan
McGrath on your winning the Thursday night Men’s league draw two and to
the runner up team of Daryl Latimer, Paul McDonald, Bill McCormack and
Andrew Hanna. Monday Men’s league are now into A&B playoffs so good luck
to all of you. At press time the 3rd draw winners were not
available but I will have them for you next week. The rest of the leagues
are finishing up their third draws and curling their best to obtain their
name on the ‘trophy’.
Plans
for our annual Banquet being held Friday, April 27th is well
underway but Debbie Currier could use some help with setup and tear down
so please give her a call at 613-388-9228. Tickets are now on sale so make
sure you get yours soon from co-ordinator Gayle Johnson (354-3581), Robert
Dickson, Debbie Currier, Cindy Woodcock, Eleanor Ramshaw or myself (check
flyer at the club for other sellers)
Volunteer sign up for the 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts is underway.
Over 400 volunteers are needed both before and during the event being held
at the K-Rock Center, February 16-24, 2013. For further information on
volunteering go to
www.curling.ca .
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March 8th, 2012 |
Congratulations are in order for Heather Ramshaw on her success in
convening another terrific Highland Lassie. With the assistance of
Christine and Eleanor Ramshaw plus Liz and Andy Graham all had a great
day. The winning team Heather McMillan, Cathy Lyman, Lynn Witheridge, Pam
Davison from the Royal Kingston Curling Club thanked Heather and all the
ladies in the kitchen starting with breakfast by Eleanor Ramshaw; lunch by
Captain Mary Jane Elvins and her helpers Heather Wright, Debora Markman,
Helen Brown; and finishing with a delicious supper by Kitchen Director
Lana Jaeger with helpers Peggy Sunstrum, Linda Veley, Anjo VanVark, Merv
Connery, Marcia Difazio, Lisa Mooney, Liz Graham, Eleanor Ramshaw. The
second place team Judy Poirier from the Garrison GCC continued the thank
you’s by asking for a hearty hand to the bar staff of Captain Al Thompson
and his staff of Andy Graham, Doug Pennell, Barry Brummel, Dan McGrath,
Brian Chadwick, Tom Ayling and Jack Barker. Janet Bryant, Prince Edward CC
and Betty Bush from RKCC along with all the ladies had nothing but great
comments on our ice thanks to Frank Dunham, Don Currier, Phil Berry. Hugh
Goldie piped the 9AM draw onto the ice for a special ceremony to honour
the Highland Lassie participants. Heather took the mike back and thanked
all those assisting her, all the teams for coming and mostly important the
sponsors whom without she would have had a hard time ensuring the success
of this bonspiel. Thank you - Marj Pearce, Playground Licensed Childcare
Centre (Christine Ramshaw), Community Living/Whats in Store, Flowers by
Barbara, Starlet Boutique, The Blue Cove and Touch of Class, Michele
Penner, Heather Ramshaw plus the Raffle Donations from Marj Pearce,
Christine Ramshaw, Eleanor Ramshaw, June Hicks, Shirley Bush, Way to go
Heather !!!!
Other
congratulations goes to Jack McNamee and his committee of Hugh Sharpe,
Robert Hough, Cor Vandenberg for a fun filled and successful Town &
Country bonspiel. The ladies in the kitchen did an outstanding job serving
up a delicious lunch captained by Sandi McNamee with helpers Deb Currier,
Shirley MacDonald, Michele Penner and Liz Griffiths. Henry Peel from RKCC,
the winner, thanked Al Thompson and Jack for keeping all thirsts quenched
and the ice crew of Frank Dunham and Don Currier for nice fast ice. Jack
ended with thanking all for coming, his committee and especially Clow
Farm Equipment, Country Depot, L&A Mutual, Moore Bros, O’Neill Farm Supply
and Waste Management for their continuing sponsorship of this event. Great
job, Jack !!!
The final
game of the over 70 Grand Masters played last Thursday was won by the
team of Doug Niblock, Gord Buchan, Alex McKinney, Bill Wiley from the
Lonnie Curling Club. They will now curl in the Provincials in Thorn Hill
Golf and Country Club at the end of the month. Good luck guys ---- bring
home the gold for zone 4 !!
The
Martin & Walters Bonspiel Saturday March 31th sign up poster is now on the
bulletin board. Signup can be as a team or individual curlers (who will
be put on a team). The closing General Meeting will be Sunday, April 1st
at 1:00 pm. There are seven directors finishing their term so take a
minute and read the nomination form. The statement of duties for each is
beside the nomination box, plus, please talk to the current Director for
more detailed information. This meeting will also cover the replacing of
our current ByLaws with new ones so beside the nomination box is our
current ByLaw(s) – a book of Draft proposed ByLaw with redline marking
changes - and a book of the draft but without redlines so it is easier to
read. Please contact me or Deb Currier if you have any questions.
As you
read this article, the recruiting for the 2013 Scotties Tournament of
Hearts is underway. Please check the Canadian Curling Association’s
website
www.curling.ca for further information on volunteering.
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February 23rd, 2012 |
Congratulations to the team of Andy Palmer, Sheryl French, Darrell Scott
and Cathy Palmer on their win in the OCA Zone Senior Mixed playdowns and
good luck at the Regionals being held at the Cataraquie Golf & Country
Club March 24-25th. Good luck also to the two teams entered in
the Zone playdownsDominion Silver Tankard march 10th at the
Royal Kingston Curling Club (Robert Dickson, Ryan Rowe, Scott Dickson,
Brandon Scott and Paul Dickson, Andy Palmer, Darrell Scott and Don
Currier. The team of Paul Dickson, Don Currier, Darrell Scott, Kirk Donald
are curling this weekend in Tweed for the OCA Zone Tim Horton Colts so
great curling guys.
Up next on
our calendar is the Highland Lassie on Saturday the 25th then
the Town&Country on Wednesday February 29th so try to make a
game or two and see some great curling as both of these events have a full
slate of 16 teams. The annual Mixed ‘PROM NIGHT’ bonspiel will be held at
the culb Friday to Sunday March 23-25th and will also show you
some great curling and some great outfits. Watch for the signup sheet
being posted soon on the club main bulletin board. Also soon to be posted
is the ever popular closing Martin & Walters Bonspiel on Saturday March
31th followed by the closing Annual General Meeting at the club on April 1st
at 1 pm. The agenda for this will be emailed/mailed by the 1st
of March. There are seven directors finishing their term ( Mixed Games
Director, Ice, Kitchen, House, Junior, Membership, Men’s-Mixed Bonspiel)
so take a look at your availability and offer your services to ensure the
Board of Directors are all able to complete their duties by having each of
these positions filled.
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February 16th, 2012 |
I am finding it hard not to put a personal slant on this club article but
forgive me if I am doing just that. Bravo volunteers, we did it. I am sure
all reading this will attest that 2012 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior
Curling Championship was a huge success for the Town of Greater Napanee,
the Napanee Sports Association and of course the Napanee & District
Curling Club. From the bottom of my heart I thank over 200 volunteers for
all their many, many hours dedicated to assisting us with this event. Hats
off to the members of our Curling Club, members of the Sports Association,
volunteers from the town, members of the Royal Kingston Curling Club,
Cataraqui Golf and Country Club, Prince Edward Curling Club (Picton),
Quinte Curling Club, Loonie Curling Club and the boisterous volunteers
from Century 21. I also want to thank our club juniors plus juniors from
Royal Kingston, Cataraqui, Campbellford, Loonie, Garrison and our Special
Olympians for carrying team placards at the opening ceremonies all week
long. These juniors will have the memory for a long time of mingling with
the top junior curlers in Canada.
Curling
leagues resumed play on Monday 13th so most of them have
already played their first game of the 3rd and final draw for
this season. Congratulations to the 2nd draw winners in the
Thursday Ladies league Benita Murphy, Jane Hough, Linda Veley, Joan Banks
with runner up Marj Pearce, Jo Sutton, Heather Baker, Angela Eskerod.
Hopefully I will have other 2nd draw winners for you next week.
Mark your
calendar for the Town&Country Bonspiel set to go for Wednesday 22nd
followed by the Highland Lassie on Saturday the 25th and the
annual Mixed Friday to Sunday March 23-25th. Our Mixed
Bonspiel is usually end January so for those who think they may have
missed it make a note of these new dates and pass it on to fellow curlers
from other clubs who normally attend this fun filled Bonspiel. This years’
theme is “prom night” so you should be seeing a vast variety of ‘frilly’
attire.
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February 2nd, 2012 |
As you are reading this article I am at the Strathcona Paper Center
getting ready for the ‘FunRock’ curling this evening. Napanee is about to
be invaded with 26 teams of young adults competing in the 2012 National
Junior Curling Championship, their family members and friends both
curlers and not. I believe all Napanee accommodations are full to capacity
and our restaurants are gearing up for lots of hungry curlers and fans.
Thanks to the hard work of the host committee over the last year and the
hard work to come by another 190 volunteers we are hoping to show visitors
and participants a great week of curling, camaraderie, and just plain fun.
The Napanee & District Curling Club is fully set up with extra ice seating
inside the lounge and bleachers on sheet 4 to handle the many spectators
coming to watch their favourite team. If you would like to watch a
game or two, tickets are available for as low as $8 per draw and are
available at the door of both the Strathcona Paper Centre and the Curling
Club.
I have
to apologize to a group of lady curlers on getting who was old and who was
not mixed up in last weeks’ article. The team of Gayle Johnson/Rebecca
Murphy, Jane Pearson, Cindy Woodcock, Lana Latimer won the B side of the
Intermediate Ladies Zone playdowns and curled in the regionals and were
knocked out after very close games. The team of Sheryl French, Gayle
Johnson, Marcia Wagner, Karen Mills won the D Event in the provincial Best
Western Women’s Challenge. The team of Sheryl French, Gayle Johnson,
Louise VanHeighten, Kelly Roantree won the A side of the Dominion Senior
Ladies zone and continued in the Regionals last weekend where they had
three close games but did not make the Provincials.
Back at the
club, I have some league winners for you. Up&At’Em was again hard to
determine a winner until after the final game last Tuesday.
Congratulations to Frank Dunham, Lia Dufour, Gale Rogers and Helen Brown
and runner up Ed File, Darrell Pritchard, Shirley McDonald and Joan
Reynolds.
NDCC league
curling will resume on Monday 13th February with the
Town&Country Bonspiel set to go for Wednesday 22nd followed by
the Highland Lassie on Saturday the 25th. Lana Jaeger is still
looking for a few kitchen helpers for the Lassie so please call her if you
have a few free hours on the 25th.
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January 26th, 2012 |
Congratulations to the team of Sheryl French, Gayle Johnson, Marcia
DeFazio and Karen Mills for their D Event win at the Best Western
Challenge 16 team Provincial play down held last weekend at the Prince
Edward and Stirling Curling Clubs. Way to go ladies!! Next weekend the
team of Sheryl French, Rebecca Murphy, Louise VanHeighten and Kelly
Roantree will be curling their best at the Regional Dominion Senior Women
at the Quinte Curling Club. Have fun and good curling ladies. We also have
the team of Andy Palmer, Sheryl French, Darrell Scott and Cathy Palmer
competing in the Zone Canada Gold Whisky Senior Mixed on February 3rd
weekend. Good curling to you too.
The volunteer
chart is now posted in the new foyer so take a look and see all the little
‘x’ marks depicting how much volunteer time is required to run all our
events. I will be adding to this as the event takes place. If you have not
had a chance yet to do your volunteer duty(s) please get in touch with one
of the directors as they can really use you in the bonspiels and rentals
yet to come.
The club is now into its
last week prior to our two week shut down for the 2012 Canadian Junior
Curling Championship. We held jacket and accreditation distribution last
weekend and had a great turnout; although I would have liked to have not
come home with the 46 jackets not picked up. Volunteers have been
contacting me and I am making arrangements on how – where to get their
jackets to them. For those of you who have not contacted me - beginning on
Friday 26th all jackets will be at Sandi McNamee’s house for
pick up but please call ahead 613-354-2414.
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January 19th, 2012 |
Bill Ryan would like to
thank his helpers assisting him ‘sprucing up the club and renovation the
benches. Thanks to Andrew Hanna, Phil Berry, Al Thompson, Tom Ayling,
Chris Ramshaw, Ron Reynolds, Jack McNamee and Darrell Pritchard.
The 19th Annual
Senior Men’s Bonspiel convened by Walter Genereux with his committee of
Hugh Sharpe and Ron Reynolds was a great success and a lot of fun for 64
of our ‘more experienced’ curlers. Thanks to the sponsorship of Briar Fox
Golf and Country Club and Quinn’s Meats all winners went home with a nice
prize. Walter did not have to give the mike up right away as his team won
the Bonspiel with David VanVlack, Doug Pennell and Allan Wrigglesworth.
Walter started his thank you’s with ‘it has taken me 17 years to get my
name on the trophy once again – not bad eh! Excellent food all day long
kept all the curlers in top performance for their three six end games.
Starting with morning goodies by Lia Dufour, then a delicious lunch by
Marilyn Cole with her team of Jane Wittish, Liz Griffiths, Lorraine Wilson
and Helen Brown and ending with a scrumptious dinner by Gail Maracle with
helpers Marg Isbester, June Hicks, Lana Jaeger, Sue Weir, Elaine McWhirter
and renown carver Hugh Sharpe. The runner up team of Mullins men from
Killaloe with Joe as skip, Jim, Gerry and Terry continued the thank you’s
with praising the ice by Frank Dunham, Bill Casselman and Steve Eastlake
then thanking the bartenders Lia Dufour, Jack Barker, Bert Kea, Moira
Sickling, Karen Brant and Dennis Snider. Well done Walter!
Our ladies team of Heather
Ramshaw, Christine Ramshaw and Kim Dickson won the bonspiel at the Quinte
Bonanza Invitational last weekend. Great curling ladies. We had a couple
of other teams out and about but at this time I do not have any results.
Two club teams were curling in Picton with these teams playing each other
for the C Event bragging rights; Ian Munro, Brian Hobin, Dave Travers and
Andy Graham bested Phil Wilson, Tom Shillington, Scott Webber and Andrew
Hanna. Our OCA Dominion Senior Ladies team of Sheryl French, Gayle
Johnson, Louise VanHeighten and Kelly Roantree are going to the Regionals
later in January. I do not have any results for our OCA Senior Men’s team
of Paul Dickson, Andy Palmer, Don Currier and Darrell Scott.
Monday at the club we
hosted the Grandmasters again this year thanks to Steve Eastlake. Three
teams are in this over 70 event. Alex McKiney from the Loonie club won
both games and will face the winner of Friday’s 9am game being played
between our team of Walter Genereux, Frank Dunham, Paul Spooner and Kees
VanGent against Bob Bateman from Tweed…Good curling and good luck guys!
The host committee is
getting very excited as should you all. Tickets are now on sale so stop in
or call the SPC 613-354-4423. Volunteer jacket/accreditation pick up has
been set at the Strathcona Paper Centre in the Shelin Pool lounge on the
second floor on Friday, 20th January from 6-8pm, Saturday 21st
from 1-4pm; and Sunday 22st from 1-4 pm. All volunteers should have
received an email on this but if you have any questions do not hesitate to
call me 613-354-7138.
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January 12th, 2012 |
Curlers have now limbered
up from the holidays and are trying to curling their best to aid their
team’s winning the 2nd or 3rd draw depending on the
league.
First of all, I want to
congratulate the Junior team of Chris Lewis, David Staples, Scott Chadwick
and Geordin Raganold on their participation in the Junior Pepsi Provincial
Playdowns at the Russell Curling Club last week. These four gentlemen were
true ambassador’s for the Napanee & District Curling Club plus I know they
had a lot of fun at the same time. This team curled 7 games ending the
round robin with a 5-2 standing thus putting them in 2nd place.
Although losing a tough game in the semi finals, these four ensured to all
that a team from a small club like Napanee can and will be representing us
in a National Junior competition in the not to distant future. Give
yourselves a pat on the back, guys!!!
Back at the club Monday
Men’s have completed their second draw with the team of Rob Dickson, Ryan
Rowe, Scott Dickson, Dave Hart winning A and runner up was Robert Paul,
Robert Hough, Paul McDonald, Paul Murphy; B winner was Dave Travers, Steve
Eastlake, John Stimpson, Dennis Snider with runner up Ian Munro, Brian
Hobin, Jim Head, Andy Graham; C winner was Brian Chadwick, Mark Lyons,
Frank Banks, Drew Chadwick with Walter Genereux, Doug Pennell, Art Dawson,
Peter Wilkie taking the runner up prize. The Travers/Munro teams move into
A division and the Chadwick/Genereux teams move up to the B divison. In
the Wednesday Senior League Bill Hogg, Don Walker, Al Thompson, Bill Ryan
won the draw with Dave Travers, Murray Halliday, Jaan Lees, Gerald
McCracken taking the runner up spot.
Come out and see some great curling at our annual Men’s Senior Bonspiel on
Saturday 14th of January. Next on the club calendar will be the
Ladies Open Saturday, February 25th followed by the Town &
Country on Wednesday 29th February. In between these events the
club will be closed from Monday, January 30th with league
curling starting up again Monday, February 13th to allow us to
be the host of the 2012 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling
Championship. The host committee is getting very excited as should you
all. Tickets are now on sale so stop in or call the SPC 613-354-4423.
Volunteer jacket/accreditation pick up has been set at the Strathcona
Paper Centre in the Shelin Pool lounge on the second floor on Friday, 20th
January from 6-8pm, Saturday 21st from 1-4pm; and Sunday 22st
from 1-4 pm. All volunteers should have received an email on this but if
you have any questions do not hesitate to call me 613-354-7138.
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January 5th, 2012 |
Happy New Year to all of
you. I hope you all had as great a holiday as Steve and I did.
One of our juniors, Bryce
Garrett competed in the BDO draw to the button and made it to the finals.
Congratulations Bryce!! For the finalists of Draw to the Button
Competition the prize was One set of curling shoes, a broom, curling
gloves provided by Gold Line ( $400.00 value) and a curling jacket signed
by all the curlers participating in the BDO and a two year free membership
provided by Capital One.
The ‘refresher clinic and
skips training set for Sunday 8th January has been cancelled. I
guess all our members are satisfied with their game, plus the fact that,
most use this day to get back into the groove but because of how the
holidays ended have already curled their first game of the season and
limbered up that way. If for some reason you do still require some
assistance just call me 354-7138 and I will arrange one on one training
for you.
Next up on our calendar of
events is our Men’s Senior Bonspiel on Saturday 14th of
January.
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December 15th, 2011 |
OCA zone playdowns are now reaching their end with
Regionals and Provincials still to follow in the new year. I am happy to
congratulate the team of Gayle Johnson, Jane Pearson, Cynthia Woodcock and
Lana Latimer on their winning the Intermediate Women and continuing on to
the Regionals at the Richmond Curling Club January 21/22. The Team of
Robert Dickson, Ryan Rowe, Kyle Martin and Scott Dickson will be
representing us in The Dominion Men’s Tankard at the Brighton & District
curling club December 16/18. Have fun and good curling guys. This is the
event that leads to the Ontario Men’s Curling Championship (Tankard) which
we hosted in 2010.
On the home front,
congratulations to Glenn Jerome, Bill Creighton, Ray Taylor and Andrew on
their win in the Thursday Men’s League with Steve Eastlake, Mark Baker,
Paul McDonald and Gerry McCracken winning the runner up prize. The second
draw has now commenced with a 10 team round robin taking these men into
the new year.
We are again hosting a
‘refresher clinic’ and ‘skips training clinic on Sunday, January 8th
at 1 pm. There is a sign up sheet at the club on the main bulletin board.
This clinic is normally held the first Sunday in January but I thought I
would give all you participants and my instructors a break; couldn’t see
anyone learning or teaching with one of those ‘morning after’ not feeling
so well, days.
I am please to announce
that the organizers of the BDO Canadian Open curling event being held at
the KRock center from Dec 14th to the 18th have
added a little something for all area juniors. Seven of our club’s juniors
will be competing on Saturday at 11:00 am. This is an open event - no
charge to come and watch the competition. The CBC will be there filming
this event for later broadcast. All members are invited – come out and
support these participants. The "fans" will be directed to designated
areas per club and per player. The CBC will be panning the designated
areas during the event, to show crowd reactions. This sounds like a lot of
fun for Emily Murphy, Gordon Servage, Bryce Garrett, Avery Smith, Joey
Botting, Caleb Posterski and Cameron Woodcock. If you are interested in
tickets for the event itself, please check out
www.k-rockcentre.com/
For any organization or
business thinking about renting the club for a funspiel, please do not
wait too long to decide. Most weekends in the new year are already booked
so call Shirley Bush 354-5659 as soon as you can to book one of the last
free spaces. It is never too late to join the club, if you are new to the
area and/or have a free day or evening; please call me 613-354-7138 and I
will try to find you a position. Curlers are into their second draw but
the third draw will not start until after the 2012 Canadian Junior Curling
Championships which we are hosting February 4th to the 12th.
Tickets are now on sale at the Strathcona Paper Center so if you are
undecided on a Xmas present or two , this would make a great gift for all
you avid curlers.
I want to wish you all a
very Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year. There will not be an article next
week as Steve and I will be laying on a beach with drinks in hand at a
gorgeous resort in Puerto Plata. Here’s to a prosporous 2012!
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December 8th, 2011 |
Congratulations to our junior team of Chris Lewis, David Staples, Geordin
Reganold and Scott Chadwick who curled in the OCA Pepsi Junior Men’s
Regional playdowns at the Smith Falls Curling Club last weekend and won
the B side to move on to the Provincials January 4-8 at the Russell
Curling Club. The boys lost the A final in a very close game against Brett
Lyon-Hatcher from the Huntley Curling Club then went on to win the B final
in an extra end against Ryan McCrady from the Rideau Curling Club. You are
now one step closer to representing us at the 2012 Canadian Junior Curling
Championship being held here in Napanee, February 4th to the 12th.
On the subject of junior curlers, our Junior Director, Dave Travers would
like to thank all of the volunteers who have donated so much time to the
Wednesday junior Curling program up to the Christmas break. Thank you to
Ian Munro, John Deman, Mark Dunham, Scott Webber, Melissa McNichols; and
Allen Wrigglesworth. Dave hopes that their support continues throughout
the rest of the season. Dave would also like to ask for additional
volunteers to assist in the junior program. This would expand the
availability of individuals and relieve the strain when some cannot make
it out. Currently we have 38 Junior Curlers and hopefully we will keep
expanding. Please call Dave at 613-373-0016 or talk to him at the club.
The board, and I am sure most of the members would like to thank Bill Ryan
and his crew of Chris Ramshaw, Dave Travers, Bill Spencer, Ron Reynolds,
Darrell Pritchard, Cor Vandengerg, Gord Mitchell and (naturally Eleanor
Ramshaw ensured the workers were all fed well) for installing the
temporary weather shelter on the steps of the curling club. It looks great
guys and the crests look like they have been there forever. This will keep
the weather and the mess out of the club until we can get on with more in
depth outside renovations.
On the subject of volunteers, we have a lot of ‘behind the scene’
volunteers who never seem to get recognized in my article so I thought now
is a good time to do so. A few of these dedicated people are: Shirley Bush
who looks after the club coffee fund and ensures free coffee is available
for all club bonspiels by selling coffee on Tuesday and Thursday; Eleanor
Ramshaw who dedicates her time weekly to satisfy our hungry Senior men;
Tom Ayling who is forever lugging beer cases, assisting Eleanor, assisting
Beau, assisting – well whoever needs something done around the club and
our Ice Technician, Don Currier who has been very helpful assisting our
new members with a quick lesson or two just to refresh what they were
taught at the free clinic at the start of the season. Thanks to all of
you.
The General Meeting held last Sunday did not take long. President, Phil
Wilson called the meeting to order and immediately closed the meeting as
we lacked a quorum to continue with club business. Once the meeting was
closed Phil opened up a discussion period so we could get the feelings of
those 11 who were present on some items the directors will now move
forward with themselves. I am really disappointed. I am sure you all know
how many hours your directors put in during the season but I guess you do
not realize the extra effort and time they spend preparing reports to keep
you all up to date. On the other hand, we assume you are all quite happy
with the running of things and the way the board is handling the day to
day operation of the club or you would have attended on Sunday to voice
your opinions and/or concerns.
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December 1st, 2011 |
The annual Ladies Open Bonspiel last Saturday was another success for the
club thanks to convenors Heather and Christine Ramshaw with their
committee of Liz Graham, Eleanor Ramshaw and draw master Andy Graham. The
winning team from Gananoque Dorothy Campbell with Lynne VanDalen, Chris
Fox and Kathy Grier thanked the kitchen ladies starting with breakfast by
Eleanor Ramshaw with Joyce Woolley providing a wonderful assortment;
followed by a delicious lunch by Sharon VanGent with Susi Reinink, Sandi
McNamee, Phil Berry, Sandy/Jim Kennelly; and ending with an incredible
stuffed pork supper by Beth Clancey with Ken Clancey, Don/Brenda Kerr,
Lana Jaeger, Phyllis Babe, Elaine McWhirter, Doreen Brummel and San Yallup.
The other two game winners continued the thanks with Caroline Deans from
Quinte thanking the bar staff of Tom Ayling, Andrew Hanna, Brian Hobin,
Dan McGrath, Ken Clancey and our December captain Brian Woodcock; Gayle
Johnson’s Kingston/Napanee team thanking Don Currier and Frank Dunham with
helpers Jim Stapley, Hugh Sharpe and Darrell Latimer for great ice to curl
on and ending with Rebecca Murphy thanking all the above and handing the
mike back to Heather. Heather thanked all for coming and asked for a round
of applause for the sponsors Playground Licensed Childcare (Christine
Ramshaw), Michele Penner, Sandra Semple and the raffle prize donators
Eleanor Ramshaw, Gail Spencer, Shelley Alkenbrack, Heather Baker, Debbie
Currier, Heather Ramshaw. Way to go Heather and well done!!
Congratulations are in order for some of the first draw winners. In the
Tuesday morning Up&At’Em it was the team of Ed File, Elaine Badgley, Steve
Anderson, Liz Griffiths with co runnerup teams of Walter Genereux, Lia
Dufour, Phil Berry, Janie Alkenbrack. In the Tuesday night Mixed the team
of Louise VanHeighten, Murray Halliday, Arnold VanHeighten, Roger Trumen
won the draw with Brian Hobin, Janet Hobin, Laurie VanStraalen, Joane
Wright having a close runner up finish.
Our members are now competing in other club’s bonspiels and I am pleased
to relate winners or those just having fun as they occur. First up we had
4 Napanee teams competing in the Tweed Senior Men’s Bonspiel last Thursday
with the team of John Deman, Paul Spooner, Murray Halliday and Phil Berry
winning their event while Bill Casselman, Robert Paul and Ray Snider’s
teams all had a great day of fun and socializing. This time of year is
also busy with Ontario Curling Association zone playdowns and I am happy
to announce that our junior team of Chris Lewis, David Staples, Geordin
Reganold and Scott Chadwick won the A side of the Pepsi Junior Men and
will be competing in the Regionals – good luck and great curling to the
four of you next weekend in Smith Falls. We were fortunate to have a
second Junior team representing Napanee at this event and the team of
Braden Scott, Cam Woodcock, Keegan Scott and Gilmour Johnson curled some
good games losing the B side on Sunday. Congratulations to all of you,
what better way to advertise our great junior league at the Napanee &
District Curling Club and by the way this event was/is the first step up a
ladder ending here in Napanee with the 2012 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior
Curling Championships. Meanwhile on the adult side the team of Paul
Dickson, Robert Paul, Robert Hough, John Deman represented Napanee in the
Tim Horton’s Master Men zone playdowns and although curling some great
very close games they are not moving on to the Regionals.
Let me know of your success when you go away curling, but please remember,
I have a deadline so would appreciate your information by Monday noon.
See you on Sunday at 1 pm for our Semi Annual Meeting.
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November 25th, 2011 |
The Pie Social and Talent Auction Sunday
Nov.20th at the Napanee & District Curling was a great success. Convenors
Shelley Alkenbrack and Ellyn McEwen with their helpers Gail Maracle, Liz
Graham, Elaine Badgley, Cheryl Rattray with Bill Ryan and Tom Ayling as
our greeters did a great job displaying a huge number of items donated by
many, many members and local businesses such as Community Living, Abigail
Spear, April’s Image, Chit Chat Café, Copuntry Quarter Quilt Shop, Empire
Theatre, Fairmont LeChateau Montebello, Grand Theatre, Hampton Inns,
Labatt’s Brewery, Marion Coon, Maritime Travel, Marj Pearce, Milady’s
Lace, MY-FM, Picturesque, Royal Coachman, Sand’n Sea, Sears Home, IT
Assistance, Susan Garnett, Toronto Blue Jays Club to bid on. The event was
well attended by members and guests and thanks to Neil Lambert’s Auction
Service the auction ran smoothly with most folks going home after an
enjoyable afternoon with a tangible item, either a pie or a sale item or
service. To Neil, Sally and Marion, thank you. The big winner is the club,
as we can add to our coffers for the renovations yet to come. We are
indeed fortunate to live in such a generous community. Set up and clean up
of any event is always important so we need to add to the above list Linda
Blake, Deb Currier, Sherry Pringle, Elizabeth Vandenberg, Jack McNamee.
Wow, almost forgot the most important person after Shelley and Ellyn;
thank you David VanVlack for keeping all thirsts quenched.
As promised last week, here are the winners of the
Monday night Men’s League. A – Robert Dickson, Ryan Rowe, Scott Dickson,
Dave Hart with runner up Andy Palmer, Jim Stapley, Stephen Paul, Gord
Mitchell; B – Darrell Scott, Keegan Scott, Brayden Scott, Cam Woodcock
with runner up Ian Munro, Brian Hobin, Jim Head, Andy Graham; C – Glenn
Jerome, Jim Head, Neil Sunstrum, Gerry McCracken with runner up Walter
Genereux, Doug Pennell, Art Dawson. Congratulations to all of you.
On the subject of volunteers, we have a lot of ‘behind
the scene’ volunteers who never seem to get recognized in my article so I
thought now is a good time to do so. A few of these dedicated people are:
Shirley Bush who looks after the club coffee fund and ensures free coffee
is available for all club bonspiels by selling coffee on Tuesday and
Thursday; Eleanor Ramshaw who dedicates her time weekly to satisfy our
hungry Senior men; Tom Ayling who is forever lugging beer cases, assisting
Eleanor, assisting Beau, assisting – well whoever needs something done
around the club and our Ice Technician, Don Currier who has been very
helpful assisting our new members with a quick lesson or two just to
refresh what they were taught at the free clinic at the start of the
season. Thanks to all of you.
Come to the club Saturday and watch some terrific
curling during our Ladies Open November 26th convened by Heather Ramshaw.
Our Semi Annual General Meeting will be Sunday, December 4th at 1 pm so
mark your calendar and help your Board of Directors ensure the day by day
operations at the club are being carried out to the best of everyone’s
ability.
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November 17th, 2011 |
The annual Men’s Open Bonspiel last weekend was
a huge success with lots of fun and curling by 112 men from far and wide.
The comments from many of the teams was about the food, how they have
never been fed to the extent they were here. The teams wanted to be sure
the ladies of the kitchen were acknowledged along with the support of the
local sponsors that allowed this to be a major cash spiel. Phil Wilson
and his committee of Rob Dickson, Scott Dickson, Ryan Rowe, Jim Head,
Paul McDonald, Paul Dickson, Hugh Sharpe and Beth Primeau ensured all were
welcome upon arriving and welcome to come back on their departure. The
winning team of Robert Dickson, Ryan Rowe, K. Martin, Scott Dickson
reiterated all curlers comments that the ice was in top condition thanks
to the ice crew headed by Frank and Don with helpers Steve Eastlake, Ken
Healy, Steve Anderson, Robert Hough, Rob Moffat, Murray Halliday, Al
Thompson, Bill Casselman, Mark Dunham, Tom Ayling and Bill Hogg. The
runner up team from RKCC, Jonathan Buek, Jay Boyce, Greg Higgs, Al Cram
thanked the bar staff of Captain David VanVlack, Tom Ayling, Brain
Woodcock, Jack Barker, Dennis Snider, Karen Brant, Bert Kea, Laurie
VanStraalen plus some of the curlers assisted. The winners of the B,C,D
events were Steve Lodge Brockville; Ken Healy/Bob Tester – Napanee/RKCC;
and Ian Munro – Napanee along with the rest of the curlers asked for a
standing ovation to all the kitchen crews for the excellent meals and
snacks starting Friday and not ending until lunch was served on Sunday.
Thank you captains Sherry Pringle, Lana Jaeger, Sandra O’Neill, Linda
Blake, Moira Sickling, Shirley Bush, Benita Murphy helpers Brenda Kerr,
Louise VanHeighten, Sandy Semple, Joelle Dickson, Joanne Fenwick, Jane
Wittish, Mary Jane Elvins, Margaret Palimaka, Sheryl French, Jo Sutton,
Janet Hobin, Gail Spencer, Jamie Alkenbrack, Lana Latimer, Cindy Woodcock,
Elizabeth Goldie, Karen Brant, Jordan Van Vlack, Gail Maracle and Nancy
Larouche.
Phil took the mike back
and thanked his many sponsors for their continuing support of this annual
event: North Key Construction was the event sponsor followed by Access
Automotive, Boyer Napanee, Wartman Funeral Home, Burke’s Printing,
Woodcock Automotive and Tire Center (Maui Woodcock), John Belanger Farms,
Tim Hortons Napanee, Quinn’s Meats, Emmons Welding, AM Sports, The Wine
Store, Mainstay Natural Foods, Wager & Myatt (Barry Brummell/Greg Wager),
Dr Andy Palmer, Sam’s Door & Window Centre, Precision Siding, Glengrove,
Oran, All About Signs, Hallam Auto Sales, Clow Farm Equipment, Pringle
Ford, State Farm, The Loaf N’ Ale, A Cut Above, Strathcona Solar
Initiatives, D&D Electrocraft Ltd, La Pizzeria, Brian Chadwick Farm, Exit
(Wade Mitchell) Hampton Inn, LCP, Bob McGaw Insurance, Century 21, TD Bank
Napanee, Grant’s Insurance, Rigney Building Supplies, Stonemonk Clothing,
Summit Roofing, Fox Motor Inn, Dickson Lawn Care, Lens Bakers, Tammy’s
Country Kitchen, What a Wash Napanee, Saputo Cheese. The raffle table was
full of a variety of items for curlers to win thanks to Kingston BDO
Committee, Marriott Courtyard Inn, Shoeless Joe’s, Spuds Griddles, Delmers
Auto Centre Oil and Lube, Al Oldfield Sales, Napanee Home Hardware,
Walmart, Rob Dickson, Napanee Canadian Tire, Threadworks and Adsnack.
Congratulations Phil, another great Men’s Open Bonspiel.
See you this Sunday Nov.20th at the Napanee &
District Curling Club, 178 York Street – at 1:30 with the auction starting
at 2:15 pm for our Pie Social and Talent Auction which is open to curlers
and non curlers alike. Here is a sneak preview of items….. A Collector's
item for sure - New York Rangers Leather jacket--"Original Six"
style/colours; Blue Jay Jose Bautista print, autographed and custom
framed; an offer to create an audio-visual CD presentation of your
favourite vacation or family event photos; passes to a couple of Kingston
Frontenac home games in Nov/Dec; Golf anyone? local or farther afield,
passes for two with a cart; several beautifully custom designed and
quilted items.
Next up on our bonspiel
slate will be the Ladies Open November 26th convened by Heather
Ramshaw. The Monday men have completed their first draw and I will have
the winners for you next week.
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November 10th, 2011 |
Come on down to the Napanee & District Curling
club for it’s annual Men’s Open Bonspiel this weekend from Friday the 11th
to Sunday the 13th and see some terrific curling. Teams from
all over the area will be vying for that ever sought after ‘winner’s
circle with the top team getting their name on the trophy. Our club raffle
has been lucky for Shelley Alkenbrack $80, Walter Bell $ 80.50, Phyllis
Babe $ 80 and Marg Isbester $ 80 all having their number picked for our
50/50; drawn each Friday until there is a winner. For those members who
have not signed up yet, it is never too late. Just put your name and $1
for each week that you enter on an envelope and place in the box provided.
The Board of Directors heartily thank all our many, many
sponsors whom without we would not be able to carry out all the daily,
weekly, monthly procedures required to make the club the success it is.
Thank you Dominion of Canada Insurance Co, AM Sports, George A. Grant
Insurance Brokers Ltd, Quinte Curling Supply, Aura by Colour Connection,
Money Concepts, Scotia Bank, Wagar & Myatt Rea; Estate (Barry Brummell),
Murray Drywall, Sun Life-(Peter Wilkie), Brenda's Pizza Factory, The
Napanee Beaver, Country Traditions Frozen Foods, Napanee Oil Change
Centre, Tim Horton's’ D&L Carpentry & Kitchen & Bath Design, Napanee
Opticians, True Comfort Heating and Cooling, Exit Realty, North Key
Construction, Waste Management, Giant Tiger, Nudura Integrated Building
Technology, Wilcon Garage Doors, Hart 'n Hart, The Co-operators Insurance,
Woodcock's Automotive & Tire Centre, Home Hardware Building Centre, Pet
Panache, Homestyle Deli, Pringle Ford, L&A Mutual Insurance, Pritchard's
Decorating & Linens, Lafarge Canada, and Quinn's Meats. We do have a great
number of other sponsors who support our bonspiels each and every season
and I will be thanking all of them in one of my articles throughout the
season.
Next up on our bonspiel
slate will be the Ladies Open November 26th convened by Heather
Ramshaw; but before that is our:
“PIE SOCIAL & TALENT AND TREASURES AUCTION Sunday Nov.20th
at the Napanee & District Curling Club, 178 York Street – time 1:30 with
auction starting at 2:15 pm. Shelley and Ellyn will have a great variety
of items for you to bid on thanks to Neil Lambert offering his services as
Auctioneer. COME ONE !!! COME ALL !!!
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November 3rd, 2011 |
The Napanee & District Curling Club hosted an OCA Level three coaching
clinic last Saturday and Sunday. There were 60 persons involved on
Saturday and 20 on Sunday including Richard Hart who was a nice surprise
for those of us working that day. We have not seen him since the 2010
Ontario Curling Championships (Tankard). Steve Eastlake convened the event
with Don Currier ensuring the ice was ready, Paul McDonald at the bar for
drinks, and myself looking after the 10:30 and 3:00 snacks (assisted by
Steve). The 60 participants enjoyed a delicious lunch on Saturday made at
home by Michele Penner with Gail Spencer assisting her and then the 20
curlers on Sunday were pleased to be served another delicious lunch by
Lana Jaeger and I believe Steve assisted Lana or so he says. The OCA was
very grateful to Napanee for giving up a weekend and allowing them to
train a great number of level three coaches for future events. Thanks
Steve!!
As promised last week I now have some added information on our first ever
Pie and Talent Auction from Shelley Alkenbrack. Quote: Sunday, Nov.20, is
fast approaching, and with it our first ever “PIE SOCIAL & TALENT AND
TREASURES AUCTION”. Thanks to all members who have completed their auction
donation forms, and signified their intent to donate a service or item for
the bidding event. It is still not too late to make a contribution—decide
on what you wish to donate, fill out the auction details form, available
at the club on the main bulletin board, and place it in the box located on
the bar. We need these details in advance to make up the program listing
for the day of sale. Bring the actual item to Friday night curling,
NOV.18, or on Saturday from 9 am- 12 noon for set-up. You will be amazed
at the variety of donations thus far—from computer coaching to
genealogical research, quilts to Christmas baking packages, a gourmet
dinner to some very special items for the sports fans among us. This is
the perfect opportunity to find that unique gift for someone special, and
help out the Renovation Fund at the club in return. Plan to attend on
Sunday Nov.20th, at 1:30 pm and bring your appetite for delicious pies to
start off the event on a tasty note! Auction commences at 2:15 pm.
Unquote.
This event is open to members and non members alike so mark your calendar
and come to the club on November 20th for a chance to bid on a vast
variety of items such as: Have you ever wanted to try ice fishing? Does
your family tree need some more research? What about a unique gift for the
sports fan at your house? Who can advise me on quilting accessories and
patterns? Solve all these dilemmas and more at the Pie Social/Talent
&Treasures Auction on November 20th at the club, 1:30 pm until all is
sold.
Our new 2011 cookbook ‘From Our Home to Your Home’ is selling like
hotcakes so get your copy soon. The Men’s Open, November 11-13 and the
Ladies Open November 26th are both getting close to a full slate so call
Phil Wilson (Men’s) or Heather Ramshaw if you are interested and have a
team or as an individual wanting to be on a team.
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October 27th, 2011 |
The Volunteer Appreciation luncheon was a lot of fun thanks to convenor
Lana Jaeger and her helpers Moira Sickling, Jane Pearson, Lana Latimer,
Shelley Alkenbrack, Helen Brown plus this month’s bar Captain, Paul
McDonald. Volunteers with their spouses were served a delicious ham and
scallop potato lunch and Paul kept all glasses topped up. Lana added an
extra bonus for all the wine drinkers by having Anita Ramski from Pelle
Island Winery display their wines after lunch. Anita had a wide variety of
wines for attendees to taste and purchase. Thanks, Lana. The telephone
directories are now ready for pick up in the bottom information box thanks
to the kind sponsorship of Burke’s Printing.
The Swing & Sweep convenor Heather Ramshaw gives thanks to Country
Traditions Frozen Food Outlet, East Creations/Carrie East (Homemade Custom
Bracelet); New York Café; Richmond Grocery; The Napanee Golf Course; and
The Playground L.C.C.C for their kind sponsorship which made the Swing and
Sweep the success it was (as reported in last week’s The Napanee Beaver).
Our new 2011 cookbook ‘From our Home to Your Home’ is now on sale thanks
to co-ordinator Sandi McNamee and her crew of Michele Penner who started
the procedures, Eleanor Ramshaw, Sharon VanGent, Liz Graham, Janet Hobin
who all helped edit plus the proof readers Jordan VanVlack, Eleanor
Ramshaw, Liz & Andy Graham, Roger Trueman. Sandi especially thanked all
members and friends for your contribution of recipes for this new
cookbook. I know from over 4 calls myself on submission errors this
endeavour was not an easy task.
The 2012 Canadian Junior Media Event held Monday, 24th October at the
Napanee & District Curling Club had some 40 persons listening to Mr.
Stephen Paul update all on this exciting event being held from 4th to the
12th of February. This was covered by the Napanee Beaver so I will say no
more.
The sign up sheet for the Men’s Open, November 11-13 and the Ladies Open
November 26th are now posted. As are volunteer request sheets for all the
many events we host over the season. If you have not signed up or can work
a different event than you stated on your application please call Lana
Jaeger or just check the sheets on the bulletin board in the kitchen. If
you have Smart Serve and are not already volunteering for the bar please
call Beau Maracle. Next week I will have further information for you on
the Pie Social and Auction
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October 20th, 2011 |
This year’s 9th Annual Swing and Sweep convened by Heather and Christine
Ramshaw began with everyone debating if the rain would hold off. In the
end, everyone did golf with a Shot Gun start at 10AM at the NGC. Some got
a little wet but were welcomed at the club by Eleanor Ramshaw with her
crew of Sandi McNamee, Heather and Jonathon Wright and Jane Hough with
bowls of piping hot soup and sandwiches. Paul McDonald had the bar open
and with helpers Maui Woodcock and Dan McGrath kept everyone served all
afternoon. Don Currier was thanked more than once for great, fast ice.
Dinner was prepared by Eleanor Ramshaw with help from Jordan Van Vlack,
Jane Allen-Cortes, Kim Dickson (mac and cheese) and Christine Ramshaw
which included smoked ham, scallop potatoes, caesar salad, vegetables and
apple crisp for dessert. Chris Ramshaw presented the trophy to the winners
–Jim Sunstrum’s team of Neil Sunstrum, Rob Galt, John Botelho (golf)/Bill
Ryan (curling). John Dickson’s team of Sandra Semple, Joelle Dickson and
Dave Hollis were runner-ups. Other winners were Men’s Closest to the Pin
and Longest Drive – Bill Spencer; Ladies Longest Drive – Cindy Woodcock;
Ladies Closest the Pin – Tracey Dickson. Christine Ramshaw sold
“mulligans” as a fundraiser and everyone who entered got their name in a
draw for a great prize table with all monies going towards the 2011-2012
Fundraising Campaign. Heather thanked all participants, volunteers and
supporters for an excellent day once again; with a special thanks to
Eleanor Ramshaw, for her tireless efforts. Heather – we applaud you for
another very wet but successful Swing and Sweep.
Preparations for the 32 rink Men’s Open Bonspiel on the weekend of
November 11-13; followed by the Ladies Open Saturday, November 26th are
well under way so watch for sign up sheets at the club. Organizing any
event takes lots of preparation time and the Canadian Junior Curling
Championship is no different. The host committee is busy setting up their
schedules to ensure all is in place and that enough volunteers are signed
up to enable us to make this event successful and fun for all. If you are
planning to offer your time during this exciting period please let us know
as soon as you can so committees can make sure they have enough help,
jackets can be sized and ordered - the list of ‘to do’ goes on. The NDCC,
Sports Association along with the Town of Greater Napanee thank you
members and non members alike for offering your services during the week
of this event from February 4th to the 12th. Call me 613-354-7138 with any
questions you may have.
Remember to sign up for the first ever "Pie Social/Talent and Treasures
Auction", to be held Sunday, Nov.20/11 at 1:30 pm at the Curling Club on
York St. Details are posted at the club or call Shelley Alkenbrack
354-5660 or Ellyn McEwen 354-1769 for more information. Bring your family
and friends for a unique shopping experience. Also remember the club
Appreciation Day Saturday October 22nd from 3 to 5pm to thank all the
volunteers for assisting in the beautiful renovation project and giving us
an opportunity to show off the new lounge/kitchen/bar. Not a member but
thinking about joining, please drop in Saturday and I will be happy to
show you around.
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October 6th, 2011 |
Our Fundraising directors at NDCC are pleased to announce the first ever
"Pie Social/Talent and Treasures Auction", to be held Sunday, Nov.20/11 at
1:30 pm at the Curling Club on York St. The event begins with dessert and
coffee, and auction viewing, with the auction start at 2:15 pm. The $5.00
admission will provide you with a piece of delicious homemade pie, tea or
coffee, and an auction program with your bidding number on the back. There
will be silent auction items as well as a live auction portion, under the
capable leadership of our own Neil Lambert. Already our members are
talking about what item or service they might like to donate for the
cause. We encourage our juniour members as well to participate, by
donating some volunteer time to help a senior with fall cleanup, or
perhaps a night of babysitting during the Christmas holiday season. There
are many suggested items that might help stimulate your creativity, so
check out the details posted at the club and fill out a donation form
today. All proceeds go to the Renovation fund at the club. Call Shelley
Alkenbrack 354-5660 or Ellyn McEwen 354-1769 for more information. Please
remember...this event is open to anyone in the community for bidding.
Bring your family and friends for a unique shopping experience. These
items/services would make great holiday gifts for anyone on your list!
It is still
not too late to sign up for our weekly 50/50 drawn on Friday evenings. You
do not need to be there to win, you just need to be signed in. There is a
list and envelopes on the table as you enter the club right beside the
50/50 House.
Your bar and
kitchen directors are busy compiling their list of volunteers for all the
different bonspiels we host during the season so watch for the sign up
sheets and/or talk to Lana Jaeger or Beau Maracle. Beau would like to
thank Dennis Snider, Barry Brummel, David VanVlack, Paul McDonald for
volunteering to be a Bar Captain again this year. I believe Beau is still
looking for a couple more Captains. (sorry if I missed someone)
The first
club event will be the Swing & Sweep on October 15th which has a full
slate; followed by the 32 rink Men’s Open Bonspiel on the weekend of
November 11-13.
Thanks to
Beth Primeau this season’s first Newsletter is at the club for you to read
so if you have not read it, take a minute and do so as it is very
informative.
Organizing
any event takes lots of prep time and the Canadian Junior Curling
Championship is no different. The host committee is busy setting up their
schedules to ensure all is in place and that enough volunteers are signed
up to enable us to make this event successful and fun for all. The NDCC,
Sports Association along with the Town of Greater Napanee thank you
members and non members alike for offering your services during the week
of this event from February 4th to the 12th. Call me 613-354-7138 with any
questions you may have.
Sandy
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September 22nd, 2011 |
Wow, it’s that time of year already – or some might say – its’ about time.
The Napanee & District Curling Club welcomes all members new and old to
its 2011/2012 curling season. Just to warn you, you better have your
sunglasses on when you walk into your newly renovated lounge, kitchen and
bar. Many, many, many volunteer hours under Co-Ordinator, Bill Ryan and
his Committee of Chris Ramshaw, Darrell Pritchard and Beau Maracle with
consultants Brian Woodcock and Connie Pritchard were chalked up this past
summer. Along with the above, great thanks goes to (in alphabetical order)
Steve Anderson, Tom Ayling, Jack Barker, Phil Berry, Don & Debbie Currier,
Lia Dufour, Frank Dunham, Steve & Sandy Eastlake, Andy Graham, Jim Head,
Brian Hobin, Jim & Sandy Kennelley, Shirley MacDonadl, Gail Maracle, John
Marshall, Gerry McCracken, Jack & Sandi McNamee, Ian Munro, Eleanor
Ramshaw, Ron & Joan Reynolds, Sandy Semple, Bill & Gail Spencer, Dave
Travers, Cor & Elizabeth Vandenberg, Kees & Sharon VanGent, Linda Veley,
Len Weir, Phil Wilson for their tireless hours spent on these renovations.
Bill Ryan stated the volunteers put in over 700 hours and this is not
counting his 700 hours – thanks does not quite say it Bill. We are
planning an appreciation day at the club so watch for an email and/or a
flyer at the club announcing particulars on this important event Saturday,
October 22nd.
I am happy to say that the ice will be ready for members to
‘brush up’ on Thurs 22nd/ Friday 23rd from 7 to 9pm.
The new member clinic is slated for Sunday, 25th at 1 pm so if
you have not been called/emailed yet please call me at 354-7138.
On another note, I am sure you are all aware of us hosting the
2012 Canadian Junior Curling Championships in February especially with The
Beaver’s informative article a couple of weeks ago. As volunteer chair I
am now receiving volunteer forms and we will need more than the 200 we had
for the successful Tankard as both venues are being curled in. You do not
need to be a curler to volunteer for this event hosted by the NDCC, the
Sports Association and the Town of Greater Napanee. Feel free to call or
email me at
s_seastlake@kos.net plus the form is available on our web site
www.ndcc.ca , at the club and at the Strathcona Paper Center. The town
businesses realized a lot of extra February revenue from the Tankard and
we see no reason that the Juniors will not be the same as they are 26
teams strong versus the 11 at the Tankard.
See you on the ice……………..
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April 7th, 2011 |
As
promised in last weeks’ article here are the third and final draw winners.
Monday Men – Club Champion – Robert Dickson, Scott Dickson, Ryan Rowe,
Dave Hart with runner up Andy Palmer, Kevin MacLean, Stephen Paul, Gord
Mitchell; B – Ian Munro, Brian Hobin, Rick Siegner, Andy Graham and runner
up Bill Hogg, Dan Reynolds, Barry Small, Tim Smith; C – John Deman, Ted
Davie, Paul Spooner, Barton MacLean, runner up Chris Galamb, Troy Galamb,
Jim Emmons, Ashley Arnold. Moving on the Wednesday Mens Seniors showed
winner Dave Travers, Barton MacLean, Bill Ryan, Bruce Finley with runner
up Paul Dickson, John Deman, Wayne Chadwick, Larry McNeill and finishing
the men with Thursday’s winner Ryan Rowe, Bill Creighton, Eric Bishop/Rick
Lombardi, Andrew Hanna and runner up Darryl Latimer, Doug Pennell, Terry
Young, Don Pearson. The Tuesday Up & At’Em had Shirley Bush, Gail Maracle,
Barb Graham, Roger Cole as the winner with Eleanor Ramshaw, Lia Dufour,
Phil Berry, John Kennelly getting the runner up prize. The Wednesday
ladies winner was Sheryl French, Kelly Roantree, Linda Gray, Sandy Semple
with runner up Cathy Palmer, Beth Clancey, Brenda Kerr, Joanne Fenwick and
the Thursday ladies winner was Shirley Bush, Norma Jackemeck, Barb Graham,
Joan Banks with Jane Hough, Lorraine Wilson, Heather Baker, Janie
Alkenbrack coming in second. The Tuesday night mixed had David & Jordan
VanVlack, Laurie VanStraalen, Dan McGrath taking home the trophy while
Bill & Sandy Casselman, Lynn McPherson, Gale Rogers received the runner up
prize. Last but definitely not least – this league has 24 teams vying for
the winners circle – is the winner Kees & Sharon VanGent, Linda Blake,
Andrew Hanna with second place Gayle & Guy Johnson, Jane & Don Pearson and
third was Sheryl French, Darrell Scott, Bob St. John, Deb Kowalik.
The Annual Meeting was well attended and a lot of business was conducted.
Your board thanks you for helping us make some hard decisions.
This season we had 16 teams in the closing Martin & Walters. Thanks to
Steve Eastlake for assisting me the day was a great success. We started
with breakfast by Sandi McNamee, Karen Brant, and myself; then lunch by
Shelley Alkenbrack, Maureen McDonald and Eleanor Ramshaw. The 4 table pot
luck was supervised by Sharon VanGent. Keeping all thirsts satisfied were
Jim Mullin, Beau Maracle, Jim Sunstrum and Phil Wilson. The ice was
terrific thanks to Frank Dunham and Steve thanks all those strong men who
assisted him in carrying the rocks downstairs. The bonspiel was won by
Stan Yallup, Tom Ayling, Phyllis Babe, Linda Veley with 2nd
place going to Moira Sickling, Kees VanGent, Barry Small, Jackson Readman;
and the top button award went to Christine Ramshaw, Geoff Perry, Allison
Madden, Bill Madden. The famous barefoot turkey/ham toss supervised by
Rick Guthrie, Marg Palimaka, Wayne Guthrie, Chuck Galaway showed all the
spectators how making it to the button is really not that difficult. My
thanks to John Little who after winning the turkey donated his half of the
winnings back to the juniors and Jane Allen-Cortez winning the ham did the
same. There were also a couple of other donations made by curlers not
willing to ‘get their toes cold’. Thanks to you all, the juniors are now $
102 richer. What a great way to end the 2010-2011 curling season. Wait a
minute, it is not quite over as we have the banquet on Friday, April 29th.
Please call me if you forgot to get your ticket.
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March 31st, 2011 |
The closing Martin & Walters has a full slate of 16 teams and all is ready
to go. If any of you decide you have the day free, call the club or myself
and maybe I can get you playing game or two. Our Annual General Meeting on
Sunday at 1 pm has a lot of important items on the agenda so come out and
view your opinions on how to possibly make the club even more successful
than it already is. In case you cannot make the meeting I am happy to
relate that this has been another very successful season for the club. All
our bonspiels were well attended with curlers far and near having a great
time; a lot more than usual of our members entered OCA events with some
(as previously reported) even making it to the Regionals; and a lot of our
members entered bonspiels at other area clubs; and most of the weekends at
the club were booked with club events or community events. I want to take
this time to thank all club volunteers who have donated their time over
and over again all season long. Without you, it would be impossible for
your Directors to continue offering the best of the best to members and
outsiders alike. You can see from the volunteer charts in the foyer how
many of you it takes to complete the many, many tasks that we have to
contend with year after year. To all our club sponsors who are thanked
officially in articles during the curling season, again - thank you,
thank you, thank you. I would love to list all of you again but I do not
believe I would be granted 4 pages of the Napanee Beaver to do so.
If you have not received your Banquet Ticket for Friday, April
29th prior to the end of curling, please call me at 354-7138 to
get your ticket. If you have a couple of hours to assist with the set up
on Thurs 28th or the clean up on Saturday 30th
morning please call Sandi McNamee 354-2414.
Next week will be my last article and I
will be listing all the third draw winners so make sure you get your copy
of the Napanee Beaver to find out who all made it to the winner’s circle.
I heartily thank the Napanee Beaver for allowing me this article and Beth
Primeau for our monthly newsletter as without these periodicals, you would
have no idea on the hustling and bustling that goes on day after day at
the club.
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March 17th, 2011 |
The curling club is into it’s last three weeks and it is hard to believe
the season is almost over. All your directors are getting ready for the
closing General Meeting, Sunday April 3rd and at the same time
your Vice President, Sandi McNamee is busy ensuring all is ready for the
Banquet on the 29th of April. Tickets are being sold as you
read this and Sandi has a signup sheet on the bulletin board for helpers
needed for set up and clean up. Hopefully you can find a few hours on the
Thursday before or the Saturday after to help because more bodies means
less hours for each person who does volunteer has to work. If you find you
have a few hours to spare after curling has ended, just call Sandi
354-2414.
The signup sheet for the closing Martin & Walters on Saturday, April 2nd
is filling quickly and it looks like there may be three draws vice two.
However, I never know until the very last so I will call or talk to all
skips during the last week of curling to ‘fine tune’ when you curl. I have
heard that Rick Guthrie is very anxious to see you all out there in your
bare feet trying to win a turkey or ham, not sure if this is true or not.
There are still spots open so talk to your neighbors, family and friends -
sign up and enjoy this fun filled day of curling. Everyone gets a prize
and I try to make sure the prize table is full of ‘glittery’ gifts to
choose from. You will be served a delicious lunch and supper will be a
three table spread of tasty home cooked dishes as it is a pot luck. Oh,
don’t forget your skates and for those really ambitious, probably a dry
pair of socks.
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March 10th, 2011 |
This season has been and is still a very successful one for the club.
Lots of exciting things have happened around the club and the community.
For one, we have been fortunate to be awarded the 2012 M&M Meat Shops
Canadian Junior Curling Championships next February. Members and non
members alike have been submitting the volunteer form that was circulated
a few weeks ago. There are still copies at the club and you can also get a
copy off our web site
www.ndcc.ca so look one over and let us know of your willingness to
participate in the organization of this exciting event. The host committee
members will be more than happy to answer any questions you may have on
the job descriptions, so talk to: Stephen Paul - Chair, Robert Paul, Chris
Ramshaw, Steve Eastlake, Andy Palmer, Paul Murphy, Joe Jackemeck, Kevin
Hill, Robert Plumley or myself. The host committee will be working all
summer completing the organization plans and set up which is necessary to
make such a large event successful and fun for all who attend but mostly
for the curlers themselves.
Also exciting is the kitchen/bar renovations we have planned
to start in late April/early May. Just think about how the club will look
and how much room the kitchen staff will have when you walk in for your
first game next season. If you have not seen the rough drafts of what we
are planning, they are on a board in the lounge. This project also needs
volunteers and you do not have to be a professional to offer your
services. Just talk to Bill Ryan, Chris Ramshaw, Beau Maracle or Darrell
Pritchard and volunteer some hours of your time. The volunteer form which
was mailed to all members, is also on our web site and/or you can just
call one of the guys.
The closing Martin & Walters on Saturday, April 2nd sign up
sheet is now on the bulletin board. You may enter a team or just place
yourself as an individual in the position you normally play. This is a lot
of fun and great way to end the season. The closing general meeting is at
1 pm on Sunday, April 3rd so mark your calendar and attend with
your ideas on how to make the club more of a success than it already is.
I
am already getting calls on our Open House on March 13th from 1
pm to 4 pm (see full advertisement page ____ )so if you are/were thinking
of joining the club next season; call me 613-354-7138 and come out and try
throwing a rock or two.
Lastly, the final event of the season is the Annual Banquet which is
Friday, April 29th. Tickets are now on sale so get yours today.
There is a list on most bulletin boards for you to find out who is selling
the tickets.
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February 24th, 2011 |
Here we are into the last month of curling so teams in all leagues are
curling their hearts out as this is the last chance to get their name on a
trophy. Congratulations to the Thursday Men’s second draw winner Walter
Genereux, Al Thompson, Phil Berry, Dave Hollis with runner up Ian Munro,
Steve Cooper, Terry Young, Grant Miller.
The Town & Country bonspiel held last Wednesday
was another success for the club thanks to Jack McNamee, Hugh Sharpe and
Robert Hough. The winning team of Ian Munro, Brian Hobin, Rick Siegner,
Andy Graham thanked Captain Sharon VanGent and helpers Heather Baker,
Shirley MacDonald, Connie Pritchard, Debbie Currier for morning goodies
and a delicious lunch. The second place team of Robert Paul, Robert Hough,
Paul McDonald, Frank Dunham continued by thanking the bar staff of Beau
Maracle, Sandi McNamee, Arnold VanHeighten. The third place team skipped
by Vince Brennan from Sterling had great comments on our ice thanks to
Frank and Don with helpers Steve Eastlake and Robert Hough. Jack ended the
spiel by thanking all his sponsors for their generous donations: My CanDo
Tech, Canadian Tire Gas Bar, Waste Management, Clow Farm Equipment,
O’Neills Farm Supplies, Country Depot, Moore Bros and Labatts.
The Highland Lassie Bonspiel held last Saturday added another
paragraph to our book of successes thanks to Director Heather Ramshaw and
her committee of Eleanor and Christine Ramshaw,
Liz Graham and drawmaster Andy Graham. All the 64 curlers started off the
day with coffee cakes, fruit, yogurt, coffee and/or tea by Eleanor Ramshaw;
then these ladies were piped on the ice by Hugh Goldie with Marj Pearce
having the honor of throwing the first stone. The winner of the bonspiel,
Heather McMillan from RKCC along with her team mates Cathy Lyman, Lynn
Witheridge, Kelly Tindale thanked the ladies for a delicious lunch by
Captain MaryJane Elvins and helpers Susi Reinink, Norma Jackemeck, Elaine
Badgley, Moira Sickling, Ann Roantree and a scrumptious supper by Captain
Sandi McNamee with Jane Wittish, Anne and Merv Connery, Roger and Marilyn
Cole. The second place team winner Janet Fowlow raised her glass to the
bar staff of Tom Ayling, Doug Baker, Phil Wilson, Arnold VanHeighten, Ken
Clancey, Brian Woodcock while third place Betty Bush commented on the
terrific ice by Frank Dunham, Don Currier and Phil Wilson. The fourth
place team Colleen Bennett was also RKCC although our team of Cathy Palmer
did make it to the prize table. Our ladies will just have to curl harder
next season, right girls! Heather asked for a round of applause for her
sponsors Marj Pearce for wonderful gift bags from Starlet and Playground
Licensed Childcare Centre (Christine) for beautiful table centerpieces
from Janet’s Flowers of Napanee. She continued with thanks to the ladies
who donated to the raffle table: Marj Pearce, Christine, Eleanor and
Vivian Moore. Heather also donated and ran a very well organized event
which is why all these ladies keep coming back and keeping our bonspiels
full. Hats off to you, Heather.
The Ford Hot Shots competition, Sunday, March 06th is
cancelled as there was not enough curlers to make it practical. Remember
to mark your calendar for the closing Martin & Walters on Saturday, April
2nd and the closing general meeting April 3rd at 1
pm. On that note, you should have the agenda by now, but if not please
call me. There are six Directors whose term is up so take a look at the
statement of duties on the counter with the nomination box and offer
yourself for a two year term assisting us in ensuring the smooth day to
day operation of the club. The nomination form is included with the
agenda; but if you would like further information on what is involved talk
to the current director of the position you are thinking of filling.
I
am already getting calls on our Open House on March 13th so if
you have ever considered joining the club; call me 613-354-7138 and mark
your calendar.
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February 24th, 2011 |
The very successful sweetheart dinner last Wednesday was well attended by
63 of our lady curlers. We were welcomed by convenor Phil Wilson and past
convenor Ron Graham, served delicious appetizers carried around on trays
by the kitchen staff of Kees VanGent (also MC), Joe Jackemeck, George
Elvins, Robert Hough, Darrell Pritchard who then delivered a very tasty
three course supper. This well presented meal was prepared by chef Dennis
Snider, Bill Ryan, Tom Ayling, Roger Cole, Andy Graham. The ladies were
entertained by Tim Hallman with Kee’s assistance describing anecdotes of
life for women. We really needed his input and I am sure all went home
with fresh information on handling husbands. The whole evening was magical
with Jack McNamee and Jack Barker keeping the glasses topped up. Phil
thanked the sponsors for their generous donations which assisted in making
this evening the success it was: Connie (Pritchard Decorating and Linen),
ChitChatCafe, Threadworks, Natalie Parent, Pampered Chef, Classic Cuts,
Heather Baker and Elaine Badgley. Although not helping during the evening,
she wined and dined with the rest of us, Phil’s second pair of hands, Lia
Dufour deserves a round of applause along with all the ‘guys’. Hats off to
you all!!! Oh, I almost forgot, although it is still blooming in my
window, to end the evening on a high note, Phil and Ron distributed a
beautiful carnation to all of us.
Congratulations are in order for the 2nd draw
winners of the Thursday ladies: Eleanor Ramshaw, Susi Reinink, Elizabeth
Goldie, Joan Reynolds with runner up Shirley Bush, Debbie Currier, Heather
Baker, Sandy Kennelly; the Wednesday ladies showed Gayle Johnson, Beth
Clancey, Sandra O’Neil, Chris Downey with runner up Marcia Difazio,
Heather Wemp, Karen Brant, JoAnne Fenwick winning; the Up&At’Em was the
team of Frank Banks, Lorraine, Wilson, Phil Berry, Joan Reynolds with Ed
File, Bill Ryan, Elizabeth Vandenberg, Phyllis Babe coming in second; the
Tuesday Mixed was won by Bill and Sandy Casselman, John and Norma Collins
with Louise VanHeighten, Liz and Andy Graham, Gale Rogers taking the
runner up spot. The Friday night mixed and the Thursday night Mens is not
yet determined so I will have those for you next week.
The boys KASSAA (schoolboy/schoolgirl) team of Robert Kaiser, Denis
Holden, Gordon Servage, Cameron Woodcock came home with the C event trophy
while the girls team of Heather Raabe, Chris Galamb, Jenna Raabe, Braden
Scott won the A event and are now proceeding to the EOSSAA (Eastern
Ontario) in Brockville at the end of the month. Good luck, good curling,
and have fun!!
The OCA Mixed and Senior Mixed last weekend showed spectators a lot of
great curling thanks to convenors Steve Eastlake and Michele Penner.
Eleanor Ramshaw and Vivian Moore kept all fed while Brian Wood, Jim
Sunstrum, Tom Ayling, Ken Clancey ensured all thirsts were satisfied.
Frank and Don with helpers Rick Siegner, Tom Ayling, Hugh Sharpe, Kees
VanGent, Bill Ryan made sure the ice was in topnotch condition all weekend
long. David Collyer from the Quinte Curling club and Scott Kerr from
Trenton continue on to the Regionals on the Mixed side; while Randy
Hutchinson from Land’O’Lakes and Alex Tosh from RKCC proceed on the Senior
Mixed event.
The Ford Hot Shots competition, Sunday, March 06th is a lot of
fun. I have heard that the winner last season, Brenda Travers is competing
to get her name on the trophy twice in a row so let’s all try to best her
this season.
The club is holding a free Open House (advertisement also in this weeks
Beaver) on March 13th so if you have ever considered joining
the club; call me 613-354-7138 and mark your calendar.
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February 17th, 2011 |
Most of the leagues are finishing their second draws and signing up
curlers for the last and final draw of this season…What…already…oh, my!!!
The volunteer board in the foyer is filling in quickly and I thank all of
you for offering your time in assisting with making our events the success
that they are. There are still a few names without one of my little ‘x’s
so please check your calendar against our event calendar and sign up
today. Monday Mens are now into the last draw of the season and I am happy
to relate the 2nd draw winner to you. A- Robert Dickson, Scott
Dickson, Ryan Rowe, Dave Hart with runner up Don Currier, Kirk Donald, Al
Thompson, Rome Dorval; B-Mark Dunham, Frank Dunham, Murray Halliday, Phil
Berry with runner up Chris Ramshaw, Don Walker, Jim Mullen, Ray Taylor;
C-Hugh Sharpe, Walter Bell Steve Cooper, Barton MacLean with runner up
Brian Chadwick, Mark Lyons, Frank Banks, Mark Baker. The teams of Munro
and Wilson move to B and Maracle and Deman move to C while the winners of
B and C move up.
The team of Rebecca Murphy, Louise VanHeighten, Cynthia Woodcock, Lana
Latimer are curling in the Intermediate Regional playdowns the Feb 26th
weekend at the Cataraqui Golf and Country Club, so good luck and good
curling. Our junior team of Scott Chadwick, Jenna Raabe, Chris Galamb,
Heather Raabe had two great games at the OCA Junior Mixed Zone last
weekend at the Stirling Curling Club, but did not make it to the winners
circle. I heard you all had a great time and lots of great shots…way to
go!!! The teams of Ian Munro, Bill Hogg, Dave Travers, Paul Spooner and
Paul Dickson, Robert Paul, Robert Hough, John Deman finished 3rd
and 4th in the round robin Cataraqui senior league. Good luck
to Ian who is now in the playoffs and has won his first game.
We
are hosting the OCA Mixed and Senior Mixed this weekend and have two teams
entering each event. The winning two teams from the Mixed and the Senior
Mixed will curl in the Regionals being held at the Carleton Place Curling
Club. Best of luck to our entry teams of Andy Palmer, Rob Dickson, Don
Currier, Paul Dickson. I wonder if you can determine which two teams are
in which event??? Not sure, come to the club Saturday and/or Sunday and
watch some terrific curling.
The Town & Country bonspiel is next Wednesday February 23rd,
followed by the Highland Lassie on Saturday, February 26th,
plus there is a sign up sheet on the bulletin board for the Ford Hot
Shots, Sunday, March 06th.
By
now you should have received the Volunteer Form for the M&M Meat Shops
Canadian Junior Curling Championships but if not there are copies on the
bulletin board at the club. This event has 26 teams (13 Men/13 Women)
curling their best during a full round robin and then playoffs with the
goal being the prestigious gold medal and a chance to curl in the Worlds.
The volunteer form is also on our website
www.ndcc.ca so if you have a friend or two who want to offer their
time during this 9 day event do not hesitate to give them the address; and
of course you can always call me at 354-7138
s_seastlake@kos.net.
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February 10th, 2011 |
Our Junior curlers are having fun and learning the finer details in the
sport of curling at the same time. We have 28 junior members curling on
Wednesday afternoon and/or Sunday evening. Dave Travers, our Junior
Director thanks Ian Munro, John Deman, Heather Wemp, Scott Webber, Mark
Dunham and Bill Spencer for their many hours assisting him. The Napanee
Junior Boys entered the Ontario Curling Association (OCA) competition for
Bantam Boys at the Royal Kingston Curling Club for the first time in many
years. The team consisted of skip: Liam Kennelly, Third: Cameron
Woodcock, Second: Gordon Servage, Lead: Denis Holden and Spare: Rob
Kaiser. The Team played an exceptional first game, however losing 6-4 in
favor of the Welch rink. This lead the boys into the B division where
again they had another great game unfortunately lost again by a score of
5-4. This event provided the boys with a great deal of experience and
exposure to curling competition. Also a team was entered into the Under
the Sea bonspiel at the RKCC on the 5 Feb 2011 on a last minute call up on
the morning of the bonspiel. The team consisted of Skip: Liam Kennelly,
Third; Denis Holden, Second: Rob Kaiser and Lead: Bradley Hartin. The RKCC
coordinators thanked the boys and the parents for pulling together a team
at the last minute to enable the event to be completed with a full draw.
It was a great event and the team stood third overall in the point spiel.
Dave thanked the parents of the players for supporting the boys and the
club for this event. I want to thank Dave for giving up many, many hours
coordinating, instructing, and travelling with our juniors both at the
club and away. Our junior program allows new members to join all season
long and any new curlers get to curl for two weeks to ensure they like the
sport (although I do not know what’s not to like). If you have a son or
daughter or friend who might like to try, call Dave Travers 373-0016. Good
luck and good curling to our junior team Braden Scott, Jenna Raabe, Chris
Galamb, Heather Raabe at the OCA Junior Mixed Zone playdowns Feb 11-13th
at the Stirling Curling Club.
On
the adult side we had a team of men and a team of women curl in the OCA
Intermediate zone playdowns but neither made it to the podium. Thank you
Paul Dickson/Rebecca Murphy for representing the club and better luck next
year. I will again remind you that if any of you are travelling to another
club for a bonspiel, please let me know as the rest of us would like to
know of your bonspieling success. We are hosting the OCA Mixed and Senior
Mixed February 19th weekend and have two teams entering each
event. Good luck to all of you.
There may be a ticket or two left for the Sweetheart dinner, February 16th
so call Phil Wilson 396-2226. The Town & Country bonspiel is on Wednesday
February 23rd, the Highland Lassie on Saturday, February 26th
and please note: The Ford HotShots has moved to Sunday, March 06th.
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February 3rd, 2011 |
The annual Mixed Open bonspiel last weekend was a great success thanks to
the hard work of Rebecca Murphy and her committee of Jane Pearson, Lana
Latimer and Cindy Woodcock with drawmaster Cor Vandenberg and Hugh Sharpe.
Walking into the club was like going thru a mirror to the Rome Empire days
thanks to additional decorators Louise Van Heighten, Lana Jaeger, Kelsey
Pearson, Darrell and Connie Pritchard, Ken and Beth Clancey. The winning
team of the event was Andy Palmer, Sheryl French, Darrell Scott, Cathy
Palmer who thanked Rebecca and the ladies for the delicious food that was
made available all weekend long. Starting on Friday evening with Heather
and Doug Baker, Sandy Semple, Don and Genny Payne and continuing with
Saturday breakfast by Sandra O’Neill, Vivian Moore, Chris Downey, Rebecca
Murphy; Saturday lunch served by Lucille MacDonald, Bob Deline, Paul and
Maureen McDonald, Marg Palimaka, Sandi McNamee (director); then Rebecca
organized a delicious catered Roman supper complete with antipasto by
Cedar Crest Catering. The event runner up team skip Neil Oswald – from
Dundas, Ont thanked the bar staff of Beau Maracle (director), Tom Ayling,
Jack Barker, Steve Eastlake, Doug Baker, Linda Veley for ensuring all
thirsts were quenched and maybe some more thoroughly than others. The B
winner Ian Munro, Liz Graham, Andy Graham, Lia Dufour besting RKCC’s Dave
Poirier continued by thanking Frank Dunham, Don Currier with helpers Tom
Ayling, Steve Eastlake, Al Thompson, Andy Graham, Kees VanGent for
terrific ice to curl on. The C event winner Robert Dickson, Trish , Scott
Dickson, Marcia Difazio outcurled Garrison’s Williams team and the D event
team of Don Currier, Debbie Currier, Kirk Donald, Ingebord Donald bested
Jack McNamee, Sandi McNamee, Jim Kennelly, Sandy Kennelly. The mike was
returned to Rebecca who thanked her sponsors of Grant’s Insurance,
Shoeless Joe’s, Home Hardware for their continuing support. Rebecca has
been convening this very popular and successful bonspiel for over 8
seasons now and deserves a lot of credit. Way to go girl!!!!
The team of Andy and Cathy Palmer, Robert and Jane Hough curled in the
Cataraqui Invitational Mixed and ended runner up in the A event. I believe
they ended up runner up in A last season too. To the west Frank Dunham,
Hugh Sharpe, Bill Casselman, Robert Paul received the runner up prize in
the Brighton Senior Men’s bonspiel.
For those of you who have still not been able to participate in a club
event, do not dispare, there are still many events on the calendar. Next
up is the Town & Country bonspiel on Wednesday February 23rd,
the Highland Lassie on Saturday, February 26th and the Ford
HotShots Sunday, March 13th, plus the Martin and Walters
Saturday, April 2nd which ends the season each and every year.
Meanwhile, all us ladies are getting ready to be wined and dined at our
annual Sweetheart dinner on Wednesday 16th so get yourself and
a friend a ticket and join us for an evening of fun and camaraderie.
Members and non members alike need to look at the Club bulletin board –
yes - it is the ‘long awaited’ Volunteer Form for the M&M Meat Shops
Canadian Junior Curling Championship that we are hosting in partners with
the Napanee Sports Association and the Town of Greater Napanee, February 4th
to 12th in 2012. If you have any questions at all or you are
not around the club, do not hesitate to call or email me. Sandy
613-354-7138
s_seastlake@kos.net
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January 27th, 2011 |
I
am so looking forward to being wined and dined at our annual Sweetheart
Dinner on Wednesday, February 16th. The first annual
“Sweetheart Dinner” in February 2006 was started by Ron Graham during his
presidency and Lia Dufour, our Treasurer. This event was decided upon by
the men of the club as a thank you to all club ladies for their many
volunteer hours and also as a club fundraiser. Liz Graham, our ladies
director at the time, after talking to the curlers, suggested Wednesday
night so these ladies could attend as they already had babysitters, were
not working, etc. This event was such a great success that discussion on
the second annual was actually started that night. The meal is completely
organized, cooked and served by our gentlemen curlers. We are wined and
dined starting with greeters taking coats upon arrival and being presented
with a carnation. We are served appetizers and wine with our dinner. At
the end of the evening, we are helped putting on our coat as we leave with
very satisfied smiles on our faces.
This year will be the fifth annual as last season was cancelled because of
the Tankard. The Sweetheart Dinner this year is Wednesday, February 16th
and there are a limited number of tickets sold so talk to your
family and friends and get your ticket(s) soon by seeing/calling Phil
Wilson 396-2226 or Lia Dufour 354-1174. This dinner is open to members,
past members and friends alike so get your ticket today and you will not
be disappointed. How many times do we get to see our men curlers all
decked out with tie and all!!!!
Last Friday at the club we hosted the Ontario Zone Grandmasters Curling
Event. I am pleased to say that the team of Walter Genereux, Don Walker,
Paul Spooner, Gerry McCracken won both their games so advance in the A
event being played Friday, February 4th. Walter will play
against the winner of the B event being played earlier on the 4th
with the teams of Ted Davie, Ray Snider, Al Thompson, Andy Graham trying
to best the team from Land O’ Lakes with Bob Bateman, Don Bittle, Lloyd
Danford, Lloyd Juniper. The winner of this B game will play Walter at 1
pm. This is a double knockout event so depending on who wins this game,
these teams may play again on Friday, February 11th. The winner
of the event will go to Thornhill for the Ontario Grandmasters Provincials
late March. Good luck to all of you. The team of Walter Genereux, Ed File,
Paul Spooner, Andy Graham won our zone last season and had some great
games in Thornhill in 2010. The team of Andy and Cathy Palmer, Robert and
Jane Hough curled in the Cataraqui Invitational Mixed and ended runner up
in the A event. I believe they ended up runner up in A last season too.
Good curling guys!!!
This weekend is our annual Mixed bonspiel starting Friday and ending
Sunday, so if you would like to watch some great curling games or if you
just want to socialize with Romans and Senators drop in for a visit.
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January 20th, 2011 |
Welcome to all the new and returning curlers who have joined our club for
the remainder of the season. We hope you will have fun in our club and if
you have any questions do not hesitate to call me or talk to your League
Director. Please take a minute and check out all the information posted on
various bulletin boards thoroughout the club.
The fourth annual Ladies’ In-Club
bonspiel last Sunday was a huge success
with 56 ladies each curling two 6-end games. The bonspiel committee of
Benita Murphy, Eleanor Ramshaw, Janet Hobin, Debbie Currier, Lorraine
Wilson, Liz Graham with drawmaster Cor Vandenberg and greeters Bill Ryan
and Ron Reynolds did a great job coordinating this event with the help of
many other club members. The winning team of
Beth
Clancey, Susi Reinink, Anne Whalen Knapp,
Sandy Kennelly
thanked
Eleanor
Ramshaw assisted by Joelle Dickson, Sandy Semple, Lia Dufour, Jim Kinnelly
and Barry Brummel for a delicious lunch. The second place team of Shelley
Alkenbrack, Peggy Sunstrum, Joane Wright, Janie Alkenbrack thanked the bar
staff of Captain Daryl Latimer and helpers Jack Barker, Brian Chadwick,
Beau Maracle, Gerry McCracken and Barry Brummel. Thank you’s continued by
the third place team of Laurie VanStraalen, Debbie Currier, Kim Manning,
Genny Payn as they thanked Don Currier, Tom Ayling and Al Thompson for
terrific clean ice. All the teams were thankful to Jim Head who ensured
they all went home with a team picture. The day ended with Liz Graham
taking back the mike and asking for a round of applause for the sponsors
Jennifer Clarkson and Lambert Auctions and continued with thanking Elaine
Badgley, Gail Maracle and Jim Kennelly for setting up the pot luck supper.
The aim of this bonspiel is to allow ladies from all the different draws
to get to know each other and have fun together. Way to go ladies….you
really succeeded. I just hope I can join you all next season for the fifth
annual!!!
Last weekend we had three teams travel to
Montebello to curl. The team of MaryJane Elvins, Sue MacConnell, Donna
Malekos, Shelley Alkenbrack (two are RKCC members) won two of their 3
games and made it to the prize table. . I understand that this is an
annual trip for most of these ladies so better luck next time to Sandi
McNamee and the Jean Morrison rinks. We also had a team in the OCA Masters
with Frank Dunham, Ted Davie, Paul Spooner, Kees VanGent and although they
curled well and won two games they did not advance to the Regionals. Two
teams also curled in the Picton Sportsman bonspiel last weekend with the
team of Ian Munro, Brian Hobin, Steve Eastlake, Andy Graham winning runner
up in the C event. The other team of Phil Wilson, Ken Healy, Tom
Shillington and a gentleman from Kingston had close games and a lot of
fun.
You will all notice that those ‘little x’ marks on the volunteer board are
multiplying nicely. I want to take a minute and thank some of our ‘behind
the scene’ volunteers. Beau Maracle has a great crew of monthly captains
and we thank you Tom Ayling, David VanVlack, Dennis Snider, Daryl Latimer,
Brian Woodcock and Jack McNamee for making Beau’s job a little easier. On
the house side, Tom Ayling is always around to assist Bill Ryan, Frank &
Don, Sandi McNamee or just about anyone who needs assistance including
being Beau’s second set of hands all season long. Chris Ramshaw is always
available with an extra pair of hands for anyone asking as is Darrell
Pritchard. The Wednesday Senior men do not have enough praise for Eleanor
Ramshaw for feeding them lunch each and every Wednesday and with very
little assistance (Eleanor does allow Sandi McNamee or Sharon VanGent to
fill in occasionally). Shirley Bush ensures all day leagues have a hot
full pot of coffee available. Sharon VanGent makes it possible for Friday
night curlers to have a bite to eat by setting up teams to make meals each
Friday – thank you to the teams who have already fed the hungry curlers.
Kirk and Ingeborg Donald make Cindy Woodcocks job easier by looking after
Tuesday night mixed and Ken Clancey assists Bill Hogg with Thursday night
men. I know there are a lot more ‘behind the scene’ volunteers and I will
report on them as I receive further information from your board directors.
For those who have not had a chance to volunteer yet – please check our
calendar of events and sign up now. Fact or fiction, you tell me, men can
find their way around a kitchen too!!!
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January 13th, 2011 |
By now all members should have ‘limbered
up’ after the holidays. I wonder how many of you noticed the fresh look of
the ice. Thanks to Frank Dunham and Don Currier a thorough cleaning was
conducted over the holidays. This involves closely watching gauges while
the ice melts, sweeping up all the debris, resurfacing the sheets with new
floods to be able to continue with normal shaving and pebbling. This took
a lot of hours over the holiday season and we are grateful for all your
hard work ensuring us the best ice possible to curl on.
The Senior Men’s Bonspiel held last
Saturday was another success thanks to Walter Genereux and his committee
of Hugh Sharpe with drawmasters Steve Eastlake and John Deman. Tony Bush’s
winning team thanked all the ladies for their many hours of cooking
although he did comment that the smells from the kitchen would have been
hard to take on a empty stomach but thankfully he was fed all day long so
did not have to worry. The day started with morning goodies by Shirley
Bush, followed by a delicious lunch by Marilyn Cole with helpers Doug and
Joyce Meredith, Jane Wittish, Lorraine Wilson, Roger Cole. Elizabeth
Vandenberg and helpers Sue Sharpe, Joan Reynolds, Diane Davie, Barb
Graham, June Hicks and Liz Goldie served a scrumptious supper. The second
place winner Ian Munro continued with thanks to Walter and the bar staff
of Lia Dufour, Jo Sutton, Brian Woodcock, Paul McDonald, Phil Wilson,
Karen Brant. The two game high winner Ed File thanked Frank and Don with
helpers Hugh Sharpe, Steve Eastlake, Brian Chadwick for great fast ice.
Walter took the mike back and asked for a big round of applause to his
sponsors Quinn’s Meats and Briar Fox G&CC.
While the Seniors was being held at our
club the team of Scott Dickson, Kevin MacLean, Daryl Latimer, Chris
McTaggard curled in the OCA Fairfield Inn & Suites (Marriott) at the
Campbellford Curling Club. Although they had two very close games they did
not make it to the winner circle. However, also at Campbellford, our
ladies team of Sheryl French, Gayle Johnson,
Marcia Difazio, Karen Mills won the OCA Best Western Challenge besting the
Mary Stewart Ross RKCC team in the finals and are proceeding to the
Provincials being held at the Prince Edward Curling Club January 21-23.
Congratulations ladies and good curling in Picton! Our other team of
Louise VanHeighten, Jane Pearson, Cindy Woodcock, Lana Latimer had two
tough games and also had a lot of fun.
The refresher clinic last Sunday attended
by a dozen members was well run thanks to Beau Maracle and Scott Chadwick
(ended up helping by being in the club – thanks Scott). Thanks also to
Andy Palmer for giving his Sunday to train some new club skips.
The annual Ladies Club Funspiel is next
on Sunday 16th so if you did not sign up but now are free, call
Debbie Currier at 388-9228. The Annual Mixed Bonspiel January 28-30 is
getting closer and I have heard there will be a lot of Romans, statesmen
and gladiators attending; sounds like great fun!!!
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January 6th, 2011 |
Belated Happy New Year from the Napanee &
District Curling Club. I hope you all had the great holiday I did. With
the curling club being my home away from home or sometimes my home is
actually my second home --- who can keep track --- I really enjoy using
this article to keep you all up to date and well informed on club events,
the success or lack of success of our members who travel to other clubs
competing for that honor to be the team with their name on a trophy, plus
any other bit(s) of curling information that happens throughout the
curling season. I can’t thank the Napanee Beaver enough for allowing me
space each and every week.
All your league directors have now
finished setting up the second draw and most of you have already completed
your first game of 2011. I am happy to congratulate the first draw winners
starting with the Wednesday Ladies – Sheryl French, Jordan VanVlack, Lana
Jaeger, Chris Downey; runner up Louise Van Heighten, Beth Clancey, Brenda
Kerr, Cindy Crowson winning by a few ends as they were tied with Rebecca
Murphy and Gayle Johnson at 5 wins each. The Tuesday Up & At’Em winner was
Marj Pearce, Al Thompson, Bernice Pringle, Heather Baker; runner up Grant
Miller, Kees VanGent, Tom Ayling, Joan Banks. The Tuesday Mixed winner was
Hugh Sharpe, Sue Sharpe, Louise VanHeighten, Anne Whalen-Knapp; runner up
Robert Hough, Jane Hough, Jann Lees, Joane Wright. The winner of Friday
Mixed could not be determined until the end of the very last game on
Friday Dec 17th with the team of Don & Debbie Currier, Hugh &
Elizabeth Goldie coming out on top with Gayle & Guy Johnson, Don & Jane
Pearson a close second. Better luck next draw to the team of Kees & Sharon
VanGent, Linda Blake, Andrew Hanna who missed both first and second by
only a couple of ends. The Monday men are already well into their second
draw, so I will continue with the winner of the Wednesday Senior Men’s
being the team of Paul Dickson, Ray Snider, Murray Halliday, Roger Cole;
runner up Walter Genereux, Doug Pennel, Phil Berry, Jack Barker. The
Thursday Men’s winner was Ryan Rowe, Don Fox, Bill Creighton, Eric
Bishop/Rick Lombardi; with runner up Brian Chadwick, Steve Eastlake, Bill
Spencer, Dennis Snider besting Ian Munro and Bill Casselman by just a few
ends. Last but definitely not least is the Thursday ladies winner Debbie
Currier, Lorraine Wilson, Lia Dufour, Charlene Huffman; runner up Shirley
Bush, Janet Hobin, Heather Baker, Diane Davie. Congratulations and good
curling to all of you.
Next up on our schedule of events is the
refresher clinic / skips training on Sunday 9th at 1 pm. Please
sign up at the club or call me. I do not want to have my instructors on
hand if none of you are interested in a few tips to get rid of the bad
habits picked up in the first draw or to just throw rocks. I know a
couple of you are interested in the Skips Training with instructor Andy
Palmer but there is room for more curlers so sign up or call me. You do
not need to be a Skip or even a Vice to take this training therefore
learning a little more about the game and the strategy behind rock
delivery. The Senior Men’s Bonspiel on Saturday the 8th is
full so if you want to see how ‘the old guys’ do it, come on out and
watch. Our annual Ladies Club Funspiel is next on Sunday 16th
and the sign up sheet is posted on the bulletin board. This is a fun day
for all club ladies and if you want more information talk to Debbie
Currier or Benita Murphy. Also remember to mark your calendar for the
Annual Mixed Bonspiel January 28-30. Rebecca is still looking for helpers
and I believe she can also use a few more individual curlers so call her
354-5445. Peggy Sunstrum is busy setting up her annual Hospice Bonspiel on
Saturday 22nd so if you are interested call Hospice today.
Here it is only the 6th of
January and already the club is back into ‘hustle and bustle’ mode. I
really do not want to miss relating winners, runner up teams or teams just
having fun at other curling clubs so don’t forget to call me after you
return home. I understand a couple of ladies teams are off to
Montebello….good luck and great curling.
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December 16th, 2010 |
Our annual Ladies Club Fun Bonspiel has
been moved to Sunday, January 16th . The convenors felt that
with the popular Hospice Bonspiel on Saturday 22nd a lot of the
ladies would not want to curl two days in a row. If you would like further
information on the Hospice Bonspiel please call Peggy Sunstrum at
354-2664. This is a very worthy fundraising event that shows all curlers a
great time on the ice, tasty food and lots of socializing.
We had two teams enter the Dominion Men’s
Tankard Zone playdown in Trenton last weekend, although they all curled
well, neither made it to the finals. Thank you goes to Paul Dickson, Andy
Palmer, Kevin MacLean, Darrell Scott and Robert Dickson, Scott Dickson,
Ryan Rowe, Brad Simpson for representing our club in this event. Without
area clubs offering ice time to host these OCA events there would not be
the need for any of the Provincial playdowns such as the Ontario Men’s
Curling Championship which we successfully hosted last season. In February
2011 we are hosting the OCA Mixed and Senior Mixed zone playdowns. Steve
Eastlake stated that he goes to all the OCA symposiums and is pleased to
be able to offer our club for an event or two, thus easing the
responsibility of other area clubs. Steve went on to say that we also have
hosted and will again host the GrandMasters Senior Zone playdown on
Fridays in February. In fact, last season our team of
Walter Genereux, Ed File,
Paul Spooner, Andy Graham won the zone playdown and had the honor of
representing us at the Provincials at the Thornhill CC March 26-27th,2010
All leagues are now into their last game of this draw and I
will have the results for you in my article on Thursday, January 6th.
A lot of the leagues are holding pot luck luncheons and/or evening goodies
so members get a head start on ‘that extra bite’ of xmas goodies. Remember
not to over indulge too much…that first game in January is always a
‘groaner’. Merry Xmas to all and to all happy curling !!!!
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December 9th, 2010 |
Leagues at the club are now finished or
close to finishing the 1st draw so all are adding ‘that little
extra’ to try to make it to the prize table. I do have some interesting
standing for you though as of Friday 3rd Dec. There are 2 teams
tied with 5 wins each (Marj Pearce and Frank Dunham) in the Up & At’Em
with 4 teams right behind them with 4 wins. In the Tuesday mixed there are
4 teams tied with 5 wins each (Hugh Sharpe, Andy Palmer, Robert Hough,
David VanVlack); Thursday ladies also show a 4 way tie (Debbie Currier,
Shirley Bush, Benita Murphy, Sandy Eastlake. This closeness lets you know
that even with ‘drawing from a hat’ teams are very closely matched. The
Wednesday ladies has Sheryl French in the lead followed closely by Rebecca
Murphy; Wednesday Seniors has Frank Dunham with second place being Paul
Dickson. The Friday night mixed has about 7 teams all close with Louise
VanHeighten and Daryl Latimer having only a one game lead.
Monday night Men’s
have now started their second draw with the winners of Draw 1 being: A
Division: 1st - Robert Paul, Robert Hough, Paul McDonald, Paul Murphy;
runner up - Paul Dickson, Steve Angel, Daryl Latimer, Darrell Pritchard; B
Division: 1st - Ian Munro, Brian Hobin, Rick Siegner, Andy Graham. Runner
up - Phil Wilson, Ken Healy, Tom Shillington, Chris McTaggart C Division:
1st - David VanVlack, Barry Brummel, Bill Creighton, Karl Gray; runner up
- Beau Maracle, Jim Head, Phillip St. Jean, Gerald McCracken.
Congratulations to all. The B winners and runner up moves to A and the C
winner and runner up move to B. The two bottom in A and B move down,
therefore each draw now has new teams to compete against.
On December 5th was our Semi
Annual General Meeting was held . All club business was discussed, moved
and approved allowing your Board to continue with the day to day required
duties to ensure the rest of the season is as productive as the first
half.
The sign up sheet for our annual Ladies
Club Fun Bonspiel Sunday, January 23rd . is now posted so sign
up soon. There is a sign up sheet for our annual ‘refresher’ clinic on
Sunday, January 9th at 1 pm. Andy Palmer will be
holding a ‘skips training’ clinic at the same time in the lounge. This
clinic gives you the opportunity to get tips/help on the bad habits
developed since the start of the season. I will have clinic instructors
there to assist anyone who asks. Also in January is our Senior Men’s
Bonspiel on the 8th, convened by Walter Genereux and our annual
Mixed Bonspiel from 28th to 30th convened by Rebecca
Murphy. Rebecca has posted the sign up sheet for the Mixed and as usual
the first 12 teams are guaranteed a spot with excess teams on the waiting
list. She is usually looking for a few individual curlers to fill spots
where someone has gotten sick so if you would like to curl call or get in
touch with Rebecca. You might offer some volunteer time to Rebecca and be
on her committee, thus ensuring the event is the success it always is
without Rebecca running around trying to do three jobs.
If you have not seen a sign up sheet for any of the second
draws by now, please call your league director to ensure your spot on a
team in January.
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December 2nd, 2010 |
I
am happy to report that teams from the club continue to represent Napanee
at other bonspiels. On Thursday, 25th we had three teams
compete in the Tweed Senior Men’s Bonspiel. The Land O’ Lakes Curling Club
(Tweed) always shows us a good time both on and off the ice. The team of
Paul Dickson, Bill Casselman, Kees Van Gent, Barry Brummel won the honor
of being first to the prize table while Ted Davie, John Deman, Barton
MacLean, Paul Spooner and Frank Dunham, Robert Paul, Robert Hough, Hugh
Sharpe both had one win and one loss. Paul Dickson had a very busy 3 days
as he then entered into the OCA Senior Men’s Zone playdowns with teammates
Andy Palmer, Don Currier and Darrell Scott held in Stirling Friday and
Saturday. They curled well but lost in an extra end on Saturday. The
Stirling Curling Club also offers great fun and sport during any event
they host.
Back at the club, the Ladies Open last
Saturday convened by Heather Ramshaw with committee members Eleanor and
Christine Ramshaw, Jennifer Clarkson, Liz Graham with drawmaster Andy
Graham. Sixteen teams of ladies from as far away as Ottawa and as close as
Kingston curled their best to be the ‘winner’ and first to the prize
table. This year it was Maelane Hums with Diane Costantin, Brenda McNeely
and Linda Miller from Carleton Place. Maelane thanked all the kitchen help
starting with coffee cake, fruit and yogurt by Eleanor Ramshaw and
Jennifer Clarkson followed by a tasty soup and sandwich lunch by Ingeborg
Donald with helpers Kirk Donald, Jane Hough, Phil Berry and Susi Reinink.
A delicious supper of stuffed pork with all the trimmings by Beth Clancey
with helpers Ken Clancey, Brenda Kerr, Ron Kerr, Cindy Crowson, Tom Ayling
and Linda Veley. The other two games winners were Heather Ramshaw-NDCC,
Gayle Johnson-NDCC and Betty Bush-RKCC who continued to thank the bar
staff of Tom Ayling, Linda Veley, Daryl Latimer, Ken Clancey and Brian
Woodcock. Frank Dunham with Robert Hough, Al Thompson, Rick Seigner and
Peter Wylie ensured the ladies had terrific ice to curl on. Heather
Ramshaw ended her announcements by thanking all for attending, her
committee for their many hours of work, all the volunteers and lastly, a
special thank you to the event sponsors: Jennifer Clarkson, Shirley Bush,
Christine Ramshaw, Playground Licensed Childcare, Colio Wines-Gerry
Henderson, Eleanor Ramshaw and Gail Spencer. Way to go, Heather another
successful event for the club to brag about.
On December 5th at 1 pm is our
Semi Annual General Meeting. Be sure to get there early to ensure yourself
a good seat. Remember to mark your calendar and sign up at the club for
our annual Ladies Club Fun Bonspiel Sunday, January 23rd..
Also in January is our Senior Men’s Bonspiel on the 8th,
convened by Walter Genereux and our annual Mixed Bonspiel from 28th
to 30th convened by Rebecca Murphy; so check the main calendar
or call the convenor if you are interested.
All leagues have posted or will post soon their sign up sheet
for the second draw starting early January 2011. Any curler or new member
wanting to join and curl for the rest of the season, please call Sandy
Eastlake 354-7138. If you are a member but wish to join a league you are
not currently curling in, you can also call me or call the League Director
him/herself. The full Executive is listed above the main bulletin board.
Do not wait too long as each and every league fills up quickly. Any junior
wishing to start curling or just wanting more information , please call
Dave Travers 373-0016.
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November 18th, 2010 |
In case you have not read a paper, been
listening to the radio or talking to a friend, I thought I better inform
you that it is true and not just a rumour - we are hosting the 2012 M &M
Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championship. The club will host this
event in partnership with the Town of Greater Napanee and the Napanee
Sports Association. I am very excited and I imagine most of you are too.
This is a real honor for the Napanee & District Curling Club and a ‘boon’
for the Town of Greater Napanee not to mention all our junior curlers or
soon to be juniors and how excited they must be to realize they will be
able to watch the best of the best. I am glad I have the Annual Men’s Open
Bonspiel held last weekend to report or I would go on and on and on.
The Men’s Open convened by Phil Wilson
with committee members John Deman, Jim Head, Paul McDonald and Hugh
Sharpe, drawmaster, Beth Primeau, 50/50 coordinator did another terrific
job of ensuring 96 curlers had a great weekend. Frank Dunham and Don
Currier with helpers Steve Eastlake, Barry Small, Don Pearson, Bill
Casselman, Brian Chadwick, Steve Angel received nothing but praise for the
fast ice conditions. The winning team from Napanee, Robert Dickson, Ryan
Rowe, Brad Simpson, Scott Dickson thanked all the ladies for keeping them
fed from Friday to Sunday. The meals never stopped starting Friday with
Captain Eleanor Ramshaw and helpers Christine Ramshaw, Heather Ramshaw,
Sandi McNamee (Kitchen Director-who seems to hang around assisting with
most meals), followed by breakfast Sat am with Gail Spencer and helpers
Bill Spencer and Jim Kennelly; lunch by Linda Blake with Maureen McDonald,
Jo Sutton Heather Wemp, Joanne Wright. The runner up team also Napanee,
Robert Paul, Robert Hough, Paul McDonald, Paul Murphy continued thanking
Moira Sickling with helpers Lana Jaeger, Gail Maracle, Lana Latimer, Linda
Gray, Karen Brant, Jordan VanVlack for a delicious prime rib dinner. The B
winner from Napanee Andy Palmer gave thanks to Shirley Bush with
Joan/Frank Banks and last but definitely not least lunch by Liz Graham
with helpers Janet Hobin, Benita Murphy, Susan Snider. Naturally, to go
along with the food and curlers really needed refreshments so the C winner
Ed Warren from Carleton Heights and the D winner Vic Matthews from RKCC
thanked Bar Captain David Van Vlack and his crew of Bill Ryan, Karen
Brant, Laurie Van Straalen, Ron Van Straalen, Tom Ayling, Ken Clancey,
Brian Woodcock, Ray Snider, Beau Maracle (Bar Director-whose face was also
quite recognizable most of the weekend), Arnold Van Heighten, Dan Mc Grath
and Jack McNamee.
Phil Wilson took the mike back and asked
for a round of applause for our sponsors without whom, this bonspiel would
not be the success it is each and every year. Thank you Shoeless Joe’s,
Quinn’s Meats, Courtyard Marriott Kingston, Burke Printing, Woodcocks 401
Automotive & Tire, Threadworks Custom Embroidery, Canadian Tire Gas Bar,
NorthKey Construction, M&M Meat Shops Kingston, Moore Bros, George A Grant
Insurance, Dr. Andy Palmer, Barry Brummell-Wager & Myatt, James R.
McCutcheon Insurance, CanDo Information Technology, Emmons Welding, State
Farm Insurance, AM Sports, The Wine Store, MainStay Natural Foods, Frankie
G’s Gourment Pizza & Sub. Way to go Phil….another success to mark up on
the board.
Next up is our annual Ladies Open Bonspiel
being held this Saturday the 27th. Come out and watch how our
ladies plus ladies from all over the area make curling look so easy. On
December 5th at 1 pm is our Semi Annual General Meeting and I
hope to see a lot of you in attendance to help us settle items needing
actioning, thus allowing us to complete the day to day operation(s) of the
club.
On Sunday, January 23rd is our
annual Ladies Club Fun Bonspiel including lunch, dinner, snacks, prizes
and lots of fun. The sign up sheet will be soon on the bulletin board so
mark your calendar and sign up for this fun filled day of curling and
socializing. Curling events never stop from the start of the season until
the end so take a minute and check the main calendar for an event or two
that you want to participate in. You may also want to check the OCA event
sheets, put a team together and curl in an event involving many other area
clubs.
Did I mention we are now the proud host
of……yes, I did.
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November 18th, 2010 |
Yesterday at the
club a dedication ceremony was held to thank the Ontario Trillium
Foundation for their kindness in granting us funds towards the procurement
of 64 new curling stones. I want to thank Marj Pearce for offering to
‘deliver the first stone’ as part of this ceremony. (being fully reported
on by The Napanee Beaver)
Now that most of the curling equipment has been
upgraded including these rocks, a new ice plant, new headers (pipes), new
heaters, an overhauled dehumidifier and many new motors, all since 2002;
it is time to start upgrading the ‘social’ area of the club. Over the
summer a subcommittee gave up many hours helping the Directors ‘fine tune’
a shopping list drafted by The Board for items needing attention in the
rest of the building. This committee delivered a report back to the
Directors with their list which includes tables, chairs, toilets and new
lighting plus diagrams and a plan to enlarge the kitchen, move and enlarge
the bar, plus add an addition to the front entrance. This Committee was
put in place to prioritize items for procurement using the funds received
from the Ontario Men’s Curling Championship. The funds are only available
because of the hard work and long hours of you, our curling members and
the volunteers from other organizations. The decision on these purchases
and these renovations was decided by a majority vote at the Special
General Meeting held September 25th, 2010.
The new tables and chairs will be arriving soon and the
four new toilets are ready to be installed. Once the furniture is in
place, members can look around and see the results of their many hours of
volunteer duties at the Tankard. The Board heartily thanks the committee
of Chair Brian Woodcock, Secretary Bill Spencer, Chris Ramshaw, Ron
Reynolds, Connie Pritchard and Paul Spooner. The large renovation project
will be ongoing and we again thank Brian, Connie and Chris for staying and
assisting us through with this large undertaking. The ‘draft’ diagrams of
these projects are on the bulletin board for any member interested to see
what we are planning. The sub committee report also had a list of
‘future’ items needing attention and your Board have these items noted and
all will be taken into consideration as funds become available.
See you at the Men’s Open Bonspiel tomorrow, Saturday
and/or Sunday. If you are busy this weekend then come and watch the ladies
at the Ladies Open on Saturday 27th.
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November 11th, 2010 |
Curlers are now settled into
their games and all is running smoothly at the club. Your league directors
can now take a big breath before they have to do it all over again when
compiling the second draw. Due to the hard work of Christine Ramshaw, I am
pleased to take this opportunity to thank all our club sponsors whom
without the club would have a much more difficult time managing the day to
day costs at the club. A big round of applause to Woodcock’s 401
Automotive & Tire Centre, Scotia Bank, Home Hardware Building Centre,
Bert’s Golf, Aura By Colour Connection,
A M Sports,
Country Traditions Frozen Foods
Outlet,
Exit Reality,
Tim Horton’s,
Napanee Opticians,
Quinte Curling Supplies,
Murray Drywall,
Wagar & Myatt Ltd Real Estate Brokers- Barry Brummell,
Sunlife-Peter Wilkie,
George A Grant Insurance Broker Inc- (Dougall Ins),
Napanee Beaver,
Pringle Ford, Giant Tiger,
D & L Carpentry & Kitchen Design,
Colio Estates Wine- Gerry Henderson,
Pritchard’s Decorating & Linens,
North Key Construction & Orkney Residential,
The
Dominion Of Canada General Insurance Company,
Quinn’s Meats,
Sign Me Up Hart N’ Hart,
Patricia Dafoe Insurance Agency
Inc,
L & A Mutual Insurance Co.,
Homestyle Deli,
Waste Management,
Napanee Oil Change (Wayne Clark),
Goodyear Canada. We have many more generous local companies who sponsor
each of our Bonspiel events and they will also be thanked as the event
occurs.
Congratulations to the team of Robert Dickson, Scott
Dickson, Ryan Rowe and Brad Simpson on winning the Trenton Men’s Cash
Bonspiel and collecting the $ 1,200 prize. Any member who has something
they would like passed along, with the generosity of The Napanee Beaver,
this article is the way to get your information to members and the general
public too. On that note, I need to apologize to Walter Genereux, Bill
Casselman, Doug Pennell and Kees Van Gent who came seventh while Frank
Dunhams team came eighth (not seventh) at the Senior Mens Bonspiel at the
RKCC (as reported in my November 4th article). There was a mix
up in information passed to me so I hope there are no hard feelings on
this error.
The Men’s Open Bonspiel, on 19th-21st
November is still looking for a couple of teams so check your calendar and
call Phil Wilson 396-2226 for a weekend full of food and fun and curling
and did I mention food.
The committee for our annual Ladies Club Bonspiel being
held on Sunday, January 23rd are now hard at work organizing
this event. All lady members are invited to participate with lunch,
dinner, snacks and prizes. A sign up sheet will be posted early December
but mark your calendar now so you do not miss out on this fun filled day.
As we pause and bow our heads, today on Remembrance
Day, we remember those brave men and women who courageously volunteered
for the cause of freedom and peace.
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November 4th, 2010 |
At the Napanee and District Curling Club we are
enjoying excellent ice which, for those of us still struggling with the
game, causes some frustration as we cannot, honestly, blame missed shots
on the ice! Thanks to Frank, Don, and their many helpers, for giving us
such wonderful ice. With 64 brand new rocks thanks to an Ontario Trillium
Foundation Grant, it is a real chore for Frank and Don to stay on top of
shaving and temperature techniques to ensure the ice is consistent with
‘new rock’ requirements. Also, Mr Weatherman is certainly not making it
any easier for them but we are certainly not complaining about the
mildness. Our guest curlers coming for the Men’s Open Bonspiel, on 19th-21st
November, and the Ladies Open, 27th November, will be in for a real treat.
There are still openings for curlers wishing to curl in the Men’s Open, if
interested, call Phil Wilson 396-2226.
The 2010/2011 NDCC telephone directories are now
available at the Club. Thanks again to Burke Printing for their continuing
support in the printing of these directories. If you would like a name tag
there is a sign up sheet on the main bulletin board. Speaking about
bulletin boards, there is a lot of information for all members on various
boards in different areas of the club. Take a minute or two before your
next game and read up on club happenings, events and other interesting
information such as volunteer chart in the foyer, which is now ready to
have those cute little ‘x’s added as the season progresses.
Club members are continuing to represent the club at
bonspiels throughout the area. On Saturday we had four teams at the Royal
Kingston Senior Men’s Bonspiel. The team of Robert Paul, Robert Hough,
John Deman, Paul Spooner came 4th while Frank Dunham, Dave
Travers, Bill Creighton, Ken Healy came 7th; with the other two
teams skipped by Walter Genereux and Ian Munro having some good games but
not making it to the prize table. Two teams were at the annual Tweed
Cashspiel but neither brought back a prize. It must have been some game
between Robert Dickson, against dad, Paul Dickson, with dad coming out as
the victor. Paul with team mates Andy Palmer (Kevin MacLean), Don Currier,
Darrell Scott beat Bruce Delaney (representing Canada at the 2010 World
Senior Championship) on Friday night so Robert with teammates Scott
Dickson, Ryan Rowe and Brad Simpson did not mind losing to ‘good old dad’.
By the time you are reading this article, you should
have received the agenda for the upcoming Semi Annual General Meeting on
Sunday 5th of December at 1 pm. If you have not received it and
it is not at the club for pick up call me 354-7138. On that same note, if
you do receive it by ‘snail mail’ and have an email address please let me
know.
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October 28th, 2010 |
With the first week of curling completed your league directors can now
breathe a sigh of relief that all their many hours compiling and comparing
lists of members to come up with a draw to please as many curlers as
possible actually succeeded, with only a few minor hiccups. I can assure
you from firsthand experience, all your sore muscles should/will be
throbbing less and less as the weeks progress. Monday Men have 21 teams;
Up&At’Em-18 teams; Tuesday Mixed-10 teams; Wednesday Senior Men-13 teams;
Wednesday Ladies-9 teams; Thursday Ladies-9 Teams; Thursday Men-9 teams
and Friday Mixed-25 teams.
Your kitchen and bar directors are busy compiling their lists
of captains and helpers to cover all the bonspiel volunteer requirements,
so if you did not indicate on your application where and when you would
like to work please check with Beau Maracle or Sandi McNamee. Our
bonspiels are very popular and normally full with waiting lists and this
is because of all your many hours of volunteer time. There are a new set
of guidelines on bar procedures being tried this season, so please, all
you smart serve volunteers take a minute and read the ‘redbook’.
I
would like to welcome aboard Beth Primeau who has kindly offered to
publish our monthly ‘Newsletter’ usually published close to the 1st
of each month. Any news of interest please contact Beth so she can add it
to the next edition.
Another reason the bonspiels are very successful is the
willingness of local sponsors to step up and add their contribution to the
clubs’ events. Already proving their generosity are Aura By Colour
Connection, Canadian Tire Gas Bar, Country Traditions, Dairy Queen, Mark’s
Work Wearhouse, Metro, Movies N More, Paul’s Pizzeria, Pizza Hut, Napanee
Golf Course, New York Café, Richmond Variety, Serendipity Studios &
Serendipity sweets, Shoeless Joe’s Restaurant, Spuds Griddle, Sunlife –
Scott Buckley, The Playground Licensed Childcare Centre and The Source
plus members Eleanor and Heather Ramshaw allowing Christine to have a wide
variety of items for the raffle table at the Swing and Sweep. Thanks to
all of you.
Although the season has just begun the club has already been
represented at the OCA Dominion Men’s Club Championship held at the Land O
Lakes curling club last weekend. Don Currier, Kirk Donald, Al Thompon,
Rome Dorval curled well winning their first two games making it thru to
Sunday but then unforetunately came in second at the Sunday games. Nice
try, guys.
The Mens Open Bonspiel – 19th-21st November,
followed by the Ladies Open - 27th November will show you some
terrific curling or maybe you will be in one of them and showing us your
great shots. The General Meeting is Sunday the 5th of December at 1 pm.
If
your organization thinks it may interested booking the ice to hold an
event for your workers/fellow members you better call Shirley Bush
354-5659 soon as the calendar of empty weekends are filling quickly.
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October 21st, 2010 |
The Napanee & District Curling Club warmly welcomes you to another season
of socializing and curling. Your Board of Directors: President/Mens-Mixed
Bonspiels – Phil Wilson; VicePresident/Kitchen – Sandi
McNamee;; Mens Games – Bill Hogg; Mixed Games – Cynthia
Woodcock; Juniors – Dave Travers; Ladies Bonspiel - Heather
Ramshaw; Fundraising - Christine Ramshaw; Ice - Steve
Eastlake; House – Bill Ryan; Ladies Games – Debbie
Currier/Gayle Johnson, Bar/Rental – Beau & Gail Maracle (Shirley
Bush), Treasurer – Lia Dufour; Secretary – Elizabeth
Vandenberg and myself your Membership Director are available at any
time to answer any questions you may have.
You must have noticed the extra ‘shine’ when you stepped onto
the ice for the first time. Steve Eastlake, ice director thanks Bill Ryan,
Tom Ayling, Andy Graham, Rick Siegner, Brian Hobin, Walter Genereux, Dave
Travers for assisting in painting the whole ice area plus a special thank
you to our Ice Techs Frank Dunham and Don Currier for their many hours
over and above ice installation with painting, laying of new carpet, and
the list goes on.
Your house director, Bill Ryan thanks Tom Ayling, Robert
Hough, Jack Barker, Al Thompson, Gord Mitchell, Cor Vandenberg and Ron
Reynolds for their assistance in ‘sprucing up’ the club in general.
Sandi McNamee, kitchen director thanks the strong crew of
Brian Woodcock, Darrell Pritchard, Bill Ryan, Don Currier, Steve Eastlake,
Tom Ayling and Darryl Latimer for moving, cleaning and installing the
extremely heavy new gas stove.
This year we have 248 members (up 12), 28 of whom are new to the club
and/or to curling in general. I would like to thank Gayle Johnson, Beau
Maracle, Cam McFadyen, Ian Munro, Kevin MacLean, Joe Jackemeck and Robert
Dickson for all their time insuring our new and returning members had
full instruction prior to their first game.
After the Tankard “Junior Day’ last year, our Junior program is already
showing a rise in numbers and we hope this trend will continue. All new
juniors get to curl for two weeks prior to paying , just to make sure they
like it plus do not have to purchase any expensive equipment. It is not
too late to join; come to the club any Wednesday at 4 pm or call Dave
Travers at 373-0016.
Remember to mark your calendar for the Mens Open Bonspiel – 19th-21st
November; Ladies Open - 27th November and the General Meeting
Sunday the 5th of December at 1 pm.
To all new members, if you have any questions at all, do not
hesitate to call me 613-354-7138; although any of the directors listed
above will be happy to assist you. See you on the ice…..
The 8th Annual “Swing and
Sweep” convened by Heather Ramshaw showed 16 teams of golfers and
curlers great fun, starting on a beautiful sunny morning with golf and
ending with two 4 end games of curling. Lunch was served at the Curling
Club by Eleanor Ramshaw with helpers Sandi McNamee, Chris Moore, Joane
Wright and Genny Payn. Beau Maracle and Phil Wilson had the bar open and
Tom Ayling kept everyone served all afternoon. Don Currier with help
from Steve Eastlake, Frank Dunham and Dave Travers ensured the terrific,
fast ice was ready to curl on. Dinner was prepared by Eleanor Ramshaw,
Chris Moore and Sandi McNamee with help from Charlene Huffman. The
ladies did a fantastic job considering they had no stove!! Thanks so
much. Eleanor Ramshaw presented the trophy to the winners –Darryl
Latimer, Cynthia Woodcock, Brian (Maui) Woodcock and Lana Latimer.
Allan and Peggy Swan with Lia Dufour and Jack Barker were runner-ups
with Joe Jackemeck and Jo Sutton winning Closest to the pin; Longest
drive - Stephen Paul and Taryl Kramp. Christine Ramshaw prepared an
amazing raffle table thanks to donations by many local sponsors.
Sandy Eastlake
BONSPIELS
Mens Open – Nov 19-21st – Friday to Sunday
Ladies Open – Nov 27th – Saturday
HotShots – Dec 12th – Sunday
Senior Men – Jan 8th – Saturday
Ladies Club – Jan 23rd – Sunday
Mixed Open – Jan 28-30th – Friday to Sunday
OCA Senior Mixed and Mixed Zone event – Feb 19-20th – Saturday
and Sunday
Town & Country – Feb 23rd – Wednesday
Highland Lassie – Feb 26th – Saturday
Ford Hot Shots – Mar 13th – Sunday
Closing Martin & Walters – April 02nd – Saturday
Banquet – April 29th - Friday
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April 1st, 2010 |
The closing Martin &
Walters had 20 teams ending this season with a fun filled day of curling,
eating, curling and eating. Starting with morning snacks, followed by
lunch, snacks (yes again) and ending with a 4 table pot luck. Thanks to
Sandi McNamee and her helpers Eleanor Ramshaw, Bernice Pringle, Joanne
Wright (daughter Allison), myself, and Sharon VanGent who coordinated the
pot luck supper. These ladies were assisted by many of our curlers also.
Keeping everybody’s glass topped up was Tom Ayling, Barry Brummel, Maui,
Eleanor Ramshaw, Beau & Gail Maracle, Bill Ryan, Ken Clancey and Elaine
Badgley. The winning team of Tom Ayling, Shirley MacDonald, Cindy Crowson
and Jim Wood thanked all the organizers but especially Don Currier for
terrific ice to curl on. Ayling also thanked those dreaded little pieces
of paper of which ensured his win. The Button High winner was Marc & Vicki
Babcock, Lucille McDonald, Bob Deline followed closely by runner up Don &
Jane Pearson, Darryl & Lana Latimer. The annual Turkey toss organized by
our Junior Director Dave Travers with helpers Brenda Travers, Steve
Eastlake and the Rick Guthrie team was won by Don Pearson and I won the
Ham. We both donated our winnings back to the Juniors who ended up with
another $50 in their kitty. I have been told that all had a great time and
my head confirmed this on Sunday.
The General Meeting
held Sunday to finalize business for the season was well attended and your
Directors have a few new business items to attend to over the summer. Your
Directors thank you for your caring about the daily operation of this,
your curling club.
Last week I promised
you the rest of the league’s winners so starting with Monday Mens we have
A-Don Currier, Kirk Donald, Al Thompson, Rome Dorval; B- John Deman, Ted
Davie, Paul Spooner, Barton MacLean; C-Phil Wilson, Cam McFadyen, Tom
Shillington, Chris McTaggart. The Wednesday Senior Mens winner was Chris
Ramshaw, Kees VanGent, Ron Reynolds, Wayne Chadwick followed by the
Thursday Mens Daryl Latimer, Paul McDonald, Jim Emmons, Terry Bawn. The
Tuesday Mixed showed Robert & Jane Hough, Laurie VanStraalen, Jack Green
making it to the winners circle and the Friday Mixed had Ken & Beth
Clancey, Daryl & Lana Latimer followed closely by Rebecca & Paul Murphy,
Laurie Bradshaw, John Taylor and Don & Debbie Currier, Hugh & Liz Goldie.
Wednesday night ladies
winner was Gayle Johnson, Kelly Roantree, Phyllis Babe, Linda Veley and
the Thursday ladies was won by Jane Hough, Susi Reinink, Bernice Pringle
with a spare. The ever popular Up & At’Em winners were in last weeks
article.
Before saying adios for
this 2009/2010 curling season I want to thank The Napanee Beaver for
allowing us to have space in the paper for this article and I again thank
Ted Davie for all his many articles keeping you informed on club
happenings.
See you all at the
Banquet Friday, April 23rd. Tickets are still available so call
Sandi McNamee 354-2414. Have a great summer and see you in the fall; boy I
hate that sentence as now I know for sure that the season is over. SOB!
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March 10th, 2010 |
LITTLE ROCKERS COME
5TH IN ZONE COMPETITION
Volunteers at the Napanee &
District Curling Club have again this season ensured the success of all
our bonspiels and they have been thanked in previous articles. Our club
rentals are also very important and we keep organizations returning year
after year because of our Smart Serve volunteers who step forward most
weekends during the season. These same Smart Serve persons step forward
each day of the week to ensure the bar is manned and all can get their
opposition a drink after a tense, close game. Beau Maracle and his
February Bar Captain Barry Brummel thank Bill Ryan, Al Thompson, Cindy
Crowson, Ed File, Andy Graham, Eleanor Ramshaw, Kees VanGent, Dennis
Snider, Jim Mullin for their assistance at these rental events.
The bar is only one area
of need followed closely by the kitchen, bonspiel committees, Director
committees, Maintenance assistants, Ice crews, Robert Hough who makes sure
we have somewhere to sit, Earle Bush who ensures the club is never full of
all that dreaded recycle, and the list goes on and on. The success of your
club depends on all 264 of you stepping forward and giving a few hours of
your time and I thank you. The vast number of “little check marks’ on the
Volunteer Chart in the foyer shows all how many persons it takes to
complete all these necessary duties. If for some reason you have not been
able to assist much and you have some hours prior to the Banquet there
will soon be a sign up sheet at the club for you to help us make this
seasons’ banquet great fun and a happy way to end the season. The more who
sign up to set up or clean up means less working hours for just a few.
Paul Dickson, Don Currier,
Mark Dunham and Darrell Pritchard lost in an extra end at the Colts
Regional last weekend. That must have been some terrific curling, nice try
guys!!
Dave Travers once again
took one of our junior little rock
teams to enter the Zone 4 Playdown for the Little Rock Championship held
at the Trenton Curling Club 7 March 2010. The team consisted of Maclean
Marlin, Kyle Hartin, Cody Milligan and Logan Kennelly. The boys played two
really good games finishing 5th and receiving a medallion each for their
effort. They really looked professional in their new NDCC Junior jackets
provided by the club. To all you juniors, keep up the good work and
naturally good curling; congratulations.
Come to the club Saturday
and see some terrific shot making as all participants try to win the
trophy at this years Ford Hot Shot Competition; then sign up for the
Martin and Walters closing funspiel open to members, family and friends
being held March 27th. Then attend the closing General Meeting
Sunday, March 28th at 1 pm.
Banquet tickets being co-ordinated
by Sandi McNamee are now available thru Sandi McNamee, Bill Hogg, Sandy
Eastlake/Shirley Bush, Ingeborg Donald, Gayle Johnson, Debbie Currier and
Cindy Woodcock. Phil and Cindy are also looking for crews to set up and
clean up the banquet, April 23rd. Cocktails at 6 pm, dinner at
7 pm and dancing at 8 pm. What a way to end another great season - plus,
as an added thank you for the successful 2010 Ontario Men’s Curling
Championship - we are leaving the cost at $20 per person this year even
with the rising cost of food and music.
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March 4th, 2010 |
NAPANEE JUNIOR CURLS WITH THE GOLDEN GAELS
Queen's University Golden
Gaels
Skip Jon
Beuk, Third
Andrew Inouye,
Second Chadd Vandermade,
Lead Scott Chadwick
Alternate Andrew Minty
are curling in the 2010 CIS/CCA UNIVERSITY CURLING
CHAMPIONSHIP being held this year in Edmonton, Alberta March 10-14th.
This goes to show that our
terrific Junior program can and will pay off for any of our juniors in
future years to come. Good luck and good curling Scott.
Meanwhile, Dave Travers
and Mark Dunham took two little rock teams to Trenton for the Moospiel.
One team came first in C and the other was runner up in the D event.
Congratulations to Marlin MacLean, Kyle Hartin, Cody Milligan, Logan
Kennelly and Austin Dunham, Isaia Dunham, Victoria Yeamans, Chellea
Webber.
On the other
side of the coin our Grandmaster (over 70) team of Walter Genereux, Ed
File, Paul Spooner, Andy Graham won our zone playdowns and are off to the
Provincials at the Thornhill CC March 26-27th. This was a 5
team double knockout with two club rinks, a Tweed team (who also advances
to the Provincials due to an injury), Belleville, and the Loonie Club.
Great curling gentlemen.
The Highland
Lassie convened by Heather Ramshaw and
assisted by Christine Ramshaw, Eleanor Ramshaw, Liz Graham plus Drawmaster:
Andy Graham thanked all for making this another successful bonspiel at the
NDCC. The winning team of Janet Fowlow from RKCC thanked Eleanor Ramshaw
for breakfast, Sandi McNamee and her helpers Helen Brown, Marg Martin,
Norma Jackemeck, Joanne Fenwich, Heather Baker for a delicious lunch,
especially the amazing sherry bisque, and Sharon VanGent with Doug &
Heather Baker, Merv & Anne Connery, Darrell & Connie Pritchard, Doug
Alkenbrack, Kees VanGent for a delicious stuffed chicken supper. The
second place team of Donna Poirier from RKCC/NDCC skipped by Gayle Johnson
thanked all the bar staff Tom Ayling, Brian Hobin, Jack McNamee, Jack
Barker, Paul Murphy, Brian Woodcock and then continued to thank Frank
Dunham, Steve Eastlake, Rick Siegner for terrific ice to curl on. Heather
then thanked the Piper, Connor Lamont and Marj Pearce for the opening
ceremonies and the sponsors Marj Pearce, Playground Licensed Childcare
Centre (Christine Ramshaw), Shelley Alkenbrack for their kind donations
which ensure the prize table at this event is always the best. She further
thanked those who donated raffle prizes; Marj Pearce, Christine Ramshaw,
Eleanor Ramshaw, Sandy Eastlake, Vivian Moore, Sally Lambert, Liz Graham,
Shirley Bush, Joan Reynolds and Jody Allum. Congratulations, Heather for
another fun filled bonspiel at the Club.
The season is not
over yet. Sign up and mark your calendar for the Pringle Ford Hot Shot
Competition Saturday, March 13th – call Christine 354-1511, the
closing Martin & Walters Saturday, 27th March – call myself
354-7138 and the Annual General Meeting Sunday, March 28th at 1
pm. Your agenda has been emailed to you or is available at the club. See,
still lots of events to come at the Napanee & District Curling Club.
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February 25th, 2010 |
NAPANEE CURLERS STILL KEEPING THE CLUB IN THE NEWS
Most leagues are now
starting their last draw – where did the season go. Congratulations to the
2nd draw winners and second place teams. Tuesday Up&At’Em
winner was Walter Genereux, Bill Ryan, Shirley MacDonald, Diane Noltiing
with runner up Jean Morrison, Paul Spooner, Gerry McCracken, Peter Wilkie.
These two teams only won by a margin as four other teams were closely on
their tail with 4 wins out of 6 games. The Tuesday Mixed co-winners are
Marc & Vicki Babcock, Jaan Lees, Danielle Brisban tied with Kirk &
Ingeborg Donald, Andy & Liz Graham followed by another tie in runner up
Bill & Sandy Casselman, Laurie VanStraalen, Lana Latimer and Jim & Peggy
Sunstrum, Bill & Gail Spencer. Obviously the teams in this league are
evenly matched to end the draw with two sets of ties. The Wednesday Ladies
league winner is Louise VanHeighten, Elaine Badgley, Phyllis Babe, Jane
AllenCortes with runner up Gayle Johnson, Karen Mills, Cindy Crowson.
Friday Mixed showed Steve Angel, Tom Ayling, Linda Veley, Cyndie Beleveau
coming first followed closely by Doug & Shelley Alkenbrack, Jim Head,
Ellyn McEwen / Ken & Beth Clancey, Daryl & Lana Latimer.
The annual Town & Country
bonspiel last Wednesday convened by Jack McNamee with helpers Hugh Sharpe,
Robert Hough and drawmasters Cor Vandenberg and Bob Cawley added another
notch in the clubs history of successful events. The winning team of Tom
Hayes, Noel Heron (skip), Daryl Heron and Mike Salmon thanked Jack but
especially thanked Sandi McNamee and her helpers Shelley Alkenbrack, Liz
Griffith, Cathy Palmer, Gail Spencer for a delicious prime rib lunch with
carvers Hugh Sharpe and John Deman. Tom continued to thank the bar staff
Cindy Crowson, Michele Penner, Jennifer Clarkson, Ed File and Captain
Barry Brummell. Frank Dunham and Don Currier provided excellent ice (as
usual). Jack ended by thanking all the 16 teams for participating and
asked for a round of applause to the sponsors: Home Hardware, Moore Bros,
O’Neill Farm Supplies.
As promised, Napanee is still in the news. The team of Gayle
Johnson, Louise VanHeighten, Cindy Woodcock, Lana Latimer won the “Queen
of the Castle’ bonspiel in Picton - congratulations ladies. Meanwhile
Andy Palmer, Cathy Palmer, Darrell Scott, Cheryl French represented
Napanee in the OCA Senior Mixed last weekend but did not advance and then
Paul Dickson, Gayle Johnson, Don Currier, Louise VanHeighten stood up for
Napanee in the Mixed OCA but also did not advance. Good try to both teams
and thanks for representing the club.
The Highland Lassie is this Saturday so come to the club to
see some great ladies curling. We have teams from all over the area
participating.
Saturday, March 13th is our annual Ford Hot Shots
Competition. With the kind sponsorship of Pringle Ford we are hoping for a
full roster of men and women. This is a fun day with lunch and prizes.
Divisions are made by what position you normally play so Skips will throw
against Skips, Vices against Vices, Seconds against Seconds and Leads
against Leads. This competition is for all to come out and try your luck
and/or natural skill of throwing a rock. Watch for the sign up sheet soon
to be posted on the clubs’ bulletin board. Check it out
www.fordhotshots.curling.ca just register free and play
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February 17th, 2010 |
Wow, a week of curling has
passed since the finals of the 2010 Men’s Curling Championship and I have
seen some terrific shot making; I guess a lot of us did take lessons.
First of all I want to
thank Ted Davie for his dedication in ensuring the Clubs’ article was
included in each and every week’s edition during the curling season and I
would be remiss to not thank The Beaver for allowing this article to
happen. Ted, good luck with your new endeavour - see you around the club
and who knows I am probably curling against you next Tuesday AM .
Publicity about the club
has been over welming and is not over yet. The team of Paul Dickson, Don
Currier, Mark Dunham and Darrell Pritchard won our Colts Zone playdown and
will be representing us at the Regionals in Gananoque March 6th
and 7th. Good luck and good curling. A couple of other teams
are curling in other Zone playdowns this coming up weekend and we all wish
you luck too.
The Monday Night Men’s is
now in their third and final draw with the second draw winners being A –
Don Currier, Kirk Donald, Al Thompson, Rome Dorval with runner up Paul
Dickson, Steve Angel, Darryl Latimer, Darrell Pritchard topping Bill
Hogg’s team by a couple of ends only. B – Chris Ramshaw, Ron Graham, Bill
Spencer, Jim Mullins with runner up Walter Genereux, Ken Healy, Phil
St.Jean, John Lees. C- Andy Palmer, Stephen Paul, Jim Emmons, Gord
Mitchell with runner up Braden Scott, Darrell Scott, John French, Chris
Goody. Congratulations to all of you.
Still to come around the
club is the Highland Lassie Saturday 27th of February. The
bonspiel is full but Heather Ramshaw is looking for helpers during the day
and also a nice gift for the raffle table would be nice. The Ford Hot
Shots is next on Saturday March 13th so watch for a sign up
sheet; followed by the closing Martin & Walters, but I will not go there
yet as I am still very into curling --- not having if over
As the Volunteer
CoOrdinator of the Tankard I want to remind all the volunteers to attend
our Thank You Wine & Cheese, Saturday 20th from 1 to 3 pm at
the Strathcona Paper Centre.
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February 10th, 2010 |
The
Tankard has left the building! I’m thinking it is already on its way to
the engraving shop to put Glen Howard, and the names of his teammates, on
the trophy, again, the fifth year in a row. They deserve a loud
CONGRATULATIONS for their achievements and now go on to represent Ontario
in the Canadian curling playdowns. The curling was incredibly good all
week. The eleven teams were quite well matched so that any one team was
capable of beating any other team on any day depending on their
consistency. Howard won all his games but was seriously challenged
several times, including the final against team Cochrane. The Howard team
will be excellent ambassadors for the province at the Brier in Halifax in
March.
When
Glen Howard made his acceptance speech, he said that the attendance at
this Tankard was the best he had experienced. All went very well and an
event Napanee can be very proud to have hosted. Much credit has to go to
the 2010 Tankard Host Committee chaired by Stephen Paul. His father,
Robert Paul, was the Sponsorship Chair assisted by Patti Sharpe and Karen
Mills; Chris Ramshaw was the Social Chair supported by his wife Eleanor,
and daughters Christine and Heather; Joe Jackemeck was the Advisor/Media
Relations Chair; Steve Eastlake was the Ice Chair assisted by our two ice
makers: Frank Dunham and Don Currier; Paul Murphy was the Finance Chair
supported by his wife Rebecca; Rob Plumley was the Game Operations Chair
assisted by Andy Palmer looking after the timekeepers/scorers and Bill
Casselman responsible for the team hosting; Kevin Hill, the Director of
Parks, Recreation & Culture Dept, was the Facilities Chair assisted by his
staff members: Vicki Hallam and Janet Uens; John Deman was the Logistics
Chair assisted for the many facets by Ron Graham and Phil Berry for
security and Phil Wilson for communications; and Sandy Eastlake was the
Secretary and Volunteer Coordinator of the nearly 200 volunteers required
to cover all the areas of responsibility. As one of the many volunteers,
I can attest to a very well run event supported by comments from Howard
and many other out-of-town visitors. To all those who contributed time and
talent, and especially those committee members, thank you, thank you! To
the many volunteers who came out every day, thanks for supporting the
Tankard event.
Meanwhile, back at the Club, curling will never be the same for most
Napanee curlers. Overwhelmed by the beautiful, smooth, consistent
deliveries and the amazing broom and weight control witnessed this week,
most of us have seen the many areas where we can improve and have seen
firsthand, every day, what is possible if you get it right – and practice
enough. It is going to be a tough week dealing with reality at the NDCC.
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February 3rd, 2010 |
Well, it is here! The
Tankard curling event finally arrived and the Town is a abuzz. The OCA
and the ice makers from the Club did a wonderful job transforming the
Strathcona Paper Centre, on the Goodyear side, from a hockey rink to five
beautiful curling sheets in the short period from Wednesday midnight to
Sunday noon. It is magic just to see, without the best provincial curlers
even on the ice. Then they arrive! Seeing them warm up by sliding half
way down the sheet and throwing a few rocks each to get a feel for the
keenness and curl of the ice is a thrill too! They make it look sooo
easy. Then the curling begins. Every team in the competition is worthy
of you taking the time to see a game or two. It will never get closer!
Get out there, the stands have lots of room for you.
It appears all is well as
all the planning for the event has come together nicely and everyone seems
content. The curlers are very happy with the ice and apparently they have
been overwhelmed by the hospitality. The many volunteers can be seen in
their ‘volunteer black and red jackets’ performing many tasks: timers and
scorers at the end of each sheet for every game; the busy ice helpers
cleaning, scraping, pebbling, placing the bumper pads and arranging the
rocks; the cooks preparing the meals for sale and all the food supplied to
the curlers; all the helpers in the Ice Hut gathering dirty dishes and
empty bottles, squaring off the area and cleaning tables and floors; the
security teams checking the tickets and watching the various areas that
need supervision/control and doing taste checks on the Horton boxes;
manning the tables at the front entrance giving directions and information
to all who ask; selling 50/50 tickets all day, every day; hosting each
curling team and assisting them when necessary like eating their
sandwiches; parading the curlers on for each draw; and the list goes on.
The organizing committee
deserve much credit for making this truly a memorable event for Greater
Napanee. Congratulations! The local hosts who accepted the challenge of
running the event (Napanee and District Curling Club, Napanee Sports
Foundation and the Ontario Curling Association in partnership with
the Town of Greater Napanee) are still busy making sure
everything runs as expected. Whereas the Dominion Insurance is the
Tankard sponsor, our local sponsors deserve much credit for supporting
this rather large undertaking for a Town our size: Premier sponsors:
Century 21 Lanthorne Real Estate Ltd, BMO, Lafarge Canada, and Waste
Management; Gold sponsors: CKWS, My FM, Napanee Guide, Kingston Whig
Standard and Belleville Intelligencer, Prince Edward and Lennox Addington
Community Future Development Corp, and Cogeco; Community sponsors: Geo A
Grant Insurance, Hampton Inn, Hart N’ Hart, M&M, Snappy Print, Jet Ice,
Shoeless Joe’s and Gay Lee. Please support them.
They have scheduled great
entertainment daily/nightly at the Ice Hut. The main event takes place
following the evening curling at 9:30 pm. The bar stays open until 1:30
am and they are having a fun time there every night. If you have not been
there yet, get off your behind before you miss it all. For more details
see the Tankard website at
www.2010tankard.com.
By the way, the actual
Tankard (trophy) is in the building.
January 27th, 2010
The Tankard week is fast approaching and there are some
neat side events being planned, besides the Ice Hut! For example, the
committee has invited about 400 local school children to attend a two hour
free curling seminar and watch the morning game at the Strathcona Paper
Centre on Wednesday morning of February 3rd, with no admission
fee. This is a great idea to introduce these kids to the game of curling
and for them to see, close and personal, the best curlers in the province
competing.
A local team of Frank Dunham, Hugh Sharpe, Jack McNamee
and Kees VanGent went to Campellford on the weekend for the Master Seniors
Bonspiel (that’s as old as it gets) and won their flight. They had won
the bonspiel last year and are awaiting word on their finish this year.
Well done (for your age!).
Curling is continuing this week at the Club but I daresay
most of the time and effort is being allocated to next week and the
Tankard. Our ice making volunteers start on Wednesday converting the
Strathcona Centre hockey ice to curling ice for the event. As mentioned
last week, their results will be tested by the Fun Spiel for volunteers
starting at noon with three groups of forty curlers participating. I
think I heard that Pringle’s Ford, or was that Boyer’s, were considering
something new and shiny for the big prize. And whether you are a curler,
a tv curling fan or an ice fisherman, you do not want to miss all the
shenanigans scheduled for the Ice Hut during the week. So, come out, see
our best provincial curlers in action and enjoy some of that home grown,
warm Napanee hospitality. See you at the Ice Hut!
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January 13th, 2010 |
I think I see signs of the after holiday blues at the Club. You know,
everyone feeling lethargic, bloated from too much holiday food and not
enough exercise, wishing they were someplace warm for a week or two,
wondering why their curling hadn’t improved after the long layoff… It’s
easy to feel sorry for oneself until you look at the images coming out of
Haiti. We have so much for which we should be thankful, besides curling.
Meanwhile, back at curling, there were several bonspiels in the area last
weekend. Reports received include the Andy Palmer rink of his wife Cathy
with Jane and Robert Hough placing runner-up in the “A” event at the
Cataraqui Annual Mixed. Phil Wilson took his rink of Ken Healy, Ray Vesey
and Tom Shillington to Picton for the Sportsman and was runner-up in the
third event.
Great
fun was had at the Club last Saturday during the annual Mixed Open
Bonspiel. The weekend event was modified to a one day ‘spiel because of
fewer entries. However, they demonstrated again that size does not matter
as everyone still had a great time. The event was organized by Rebecca
Murphy assisted by her committee members: Jane Pearson, Lana Latimer,
Cindy Woodcock, Beth Clancey and Louise VanHeighten. Michele Penner and
her team in the kitchen of Lucille McDonald, Bob Deline, Rick Guthrie and
Marg Palemeka contributed to the bonspiel theme by serving delicious
Mexican food. The excellent dinner was catered by Krysta Huyck. Winners
were Scott Buckley and his team from the Royal Kingston CC: Kim Dickson,
Dan Boers and Heather Ramshaw. The runner-up was Napanee’s Ken Clancey
with Louise VanHeighten, Daryl Latimer and Beth Clancey. The bar was ably
handled by Tom Ayling, Linda Veley, Peggy and Jim Sunstrum, Jordan and
Dave VanVlack with special margueritas by Brian Wookcock, apparently one
after another, after another, after another. Thanks to drawmaster Hugh
Sharpe and ice assistants Mark Dunham and Rick Seigner helping Don and
Frank.
Yes,
there is curling going on at our Club as usual but most curlers have their
minds on the Tankard week and the various events already scheduled. The
first event, named Olympic Day by the organizing committee, starts on
Sunday, January 31st, when forty of the Tankard volunteers take
part in a Funspiel on the new ice at the Strathcona, using Tankard rocks.
This will also be a test of the new ice and allow the icemakers a chance
to observe the results of their icemaking before the real competition
begins. The draw starts at noon with each team curling four ends and
continues with new volunteers curling at 1 pm and again at 2 pm. Sandy
Eastlake is coordinating the Funspiel and has posted the names for the
teams at the Club. Obviously, not all volunteers are able to curl in the
Funspiel but Sandy has a list of “stand-by” curlers ready to participate
should any of the original curlers have to cancel out.
The
Ice Hut, at the Strathcona Paper Centre, will be open to the public from 3
pm to 9:30 pm on Sunday and will host a fun-filled programme of ‘Olympic
Events’ coordinated by Chris Ramshaw. A reminder to all that the Ice Hut
events are open to the public and will include games, trivia, dancing and
food. And, those at the Strathcona will be able to watch the Tankard
teams practice from 5:30 to 8:30 pm. The popular group “On Tap” will
entertain in the Ice Hut from 6:30 – 9:30 pm. So, get in the Tankard mood
by coming out to the Ice Hut on Sunday and enjoy some fun and games with
curling on and off the ice, a hockey shoot out, cross country skiing and
more - and you might even win a gold medal before the Olympic games
begin. See you at the Ice Hut.
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January 6th, 2010 |
Here we are,
another week closer to the Tankard and there is a buzz in the air.
General ideas are reaching fruition through detailed planning and
meetings. Napanee is about to be over-run by curlers from near and afar
interested in seeing close-up our provincial Brier hopefuls competing to
represent Ontario. This is curling history so don’t be guilty of not
watching when it is being staged right here in Napanee where you could see
for yourself how exciting professional curling can be and the physical
requirements for those competing at that level. Get your tickets before
they are all sold out!
We had some late
reports in of other first session league results. The Thursday Mixed
winners were Robert & Jane Hough, Susi Reinink and Dan McGrath and the
runners up were Jim & Peggy Sunstrum, Lana Latimer and Andrew VanVlack.
In the Thursday Men’s, the winners were
Marc Babcock, Bill Ryan, Kirk Donald and Dennis Snider and the runners up
were Brian Chadwick, Steve Eastlake, Al Thompson and Bill Creighton.
Congratulations to all.
The
17th
annual “Deacon’s Bench” Senior Men’s Bonspiel was held on Saturday with
sixteen teams squaring off three times during the day. The Napanee teams
did very well this year with the trophy going to Andy Palmer’s rink of
Bill Hogg, Dave Travers and Gord Mitchell and the other three game winner
being another Napanee rink of Brian Chadwick, Steve Eastlake, Frank Banks
and Phil Berry. The two game winner, also from Napanee, was Robert Paul
with Ken Clancey, Robert Hough and Jack McNamee. The runner up was the
Tony Bush team from the RKCC including Reg Gore, Bruce Dowling and Dave
Finn followed by the Joe Jackemeck rink including Frank Dunham, Kees
VanGent and Hugh Sharpe. The one game winner was Walter Genereux and his
team of Ken Healy, David VanVlack and Barry Brummel.
Our thanks to the
bonspiel sponsors: Quinn’s Meats and the Briar Fox Golf and Country Club.
All winners went home with packages of steaks. Shirley Bush looked after
early morning coffee and buns for the first draw. A great soup and
sausage lunch was organized by Marilyn Cole assisted by Helen Brown,
Lorraine Wilson, Joan Banks, Doug and Joyce Meredith. The prime beef
dinner organized by Elizabeth Vandenberg with help from Diane Davie, Joan
Reynolds, Sue Sharpe, Gloria Cawley and Barb Graham was absolutely
delicious with Hugh Sharpe wielding his big knife, again. Bar Captain
David VanVlack was assisted by Bartenders Doug Baker and Gerald
McCracken. High Sharpe was the drawmaster assisted by Bob Cawley and Cor
Vandenberg. Thanks to Don Currier and Frank Dunham for excellent ice.
All in all, it was another success with local rinks doing very well at the
steak table. Thanks to all the volunteers.
This is the last
reminder that on January 16 will be the annual Mixed Bonspiel. For last
minute entries to the Mixed ‘spiel call Rebecca at 354-5445.
Welcome to all the new curlers who have joined our club for the remainder
of the season. We hope this is just the beginning of a wonderful, long
relationship. We hope you will have fun in our club but whether or not
you win the Provincials or the Brier/Scott’s in time - is now up to you.
All
volunteers for the Tankard received a letter from Stephen Paul, Chair of
the 2010 Host Committee, this week outlining what is expected from
volunteers and explaining when and where to pick up their accreditation,
what the pass means and restrictions, expected dress when on duty, parking
areas, check –in policy coming on duty and general responsibilities as
ambassadors throughout the week. If you didn’t get your copy, you should
ask and make sure you have one.
A
reminder that the Club will be closed for the duration of the Tankard 31
Jan to 7 Feb.
Hope you are all practising for the Ice Hut activities.
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January 6th, 2010 |
Well, after much celebrated
merriment, 2010 finally arrived and as we all staggered down to the Club,
weighed down by too much turkey and good cheer, we were immediately
uplifted by the sight of beautiful, new, clean ice. This very pleasant
new year experience was the result of all the hard work done over the
holiday period by our ice technicians and their volunteer helpers.
Everyone is filled with gratitude and thankfulness. Then, we had our
chance to curl and it even got better! The new improved keenness of the
ice is wonderful and so helpful to us older members who are having
increasing difficulties drumming up ‘normal’ take out weight. We will
soon run out of excuses for missed shots! Many, many thanks to Frank and
Don all those involved.
The year end was
also the end of the first draw in several curling leagues and we recognize
the various league winners. In the Wednesday Senior Men’s League the
winner was Joe Jackemack and his team of Ken Healy, Bill Anderson and Cor
Vandenberg. The runner-up was Bill Hogg and his team of Murray Halliday,
Gerry McCracken and Larry McNeil. In the Tuesday
Up&At'Em League
the winners were Frank Banks, Murray Halliday, Pat Keech Stevens and
Joanne Kellogg. The runners-up were Ed File, Bill Ryan, Gail Spencer and
Liz Griffiths. The first draw of the Thursday Ladies had co-winners: Jane
Hough’s rink of Jo Sutton, Joan Banks and Joanne Wright and Cathy Palmer’s
rink of Sue Sharpe, Marilyn Cole and Joan Reynolds. The runners-up were
Benita Murphy, Liz Graham, Heather Baker and Liz Goldie. Congratulations
to all winners in the first draw.
The 17th
annual “Deacon’s Bench” Senior Men’s Bonspiel will be held in Napanee this
Saturday, 09 January. The sixteen teams have been signed up for some
time and the local competition, just to enter the bonspiel, required
playoffs and we aren’t sure if that is because of the Saturday evening
menu or the new, improved ice but everyone wants to play in Walter
Genereux’s bonspiel, again!
A
reminder of the 2010 Mixed Open Bonspiel being held on January 16th.
Last I heard, there is still room for more rinks. This is an event you do
not want to miss if you are looking for curling and lots of fun. The
Mexican theme this year has got to be good for some laughs and many neat
costumes with curlers using those trinkets and hats left over from their
last trip south of the Rio Grande. For more information and entry forms
see the club website
www.ndcc.ca
Time
is running out for those procrastinating over tickets to see the Tankard –
as are the tickets- so get down to the Strathcona Centre or go online to
get your tickets now before it is too late. Detailed plans for the event
are taking shape and will be announced soon.
The
Club offers a hearty welcome to all our new curlers and those returning
after some absence. You have taken a significant step towards making 2010
a happier year. Finally, a special thank you to our instructors who
conducted the curling clinics on Sunday, 03 January: Andy Palmer for the
Skip’s Skool, Ian Munro for the new curler clinic and John Deman and Beau
Maracle for doing the refresher clinic. We all probably should have been
there. See you at the “Ice Hut”.
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December 16th, 2009 |
I suppose it wasn’t all bad news when the Kevin Martin team
beat the Glen Howard team in Edmonton on Sunday for the right to represent
Canada at the Olympics in February. Now we can all look forward to seeing
the Howard team in Napanee at the Tankard playoffs in February. By the
way, if you haven’t already got your tickets to attend some of those games
that week, I suggest you do not put off your purchase much longer as the
ticket sales are already well over the 12,000 mark and with the full page
adds in the newspapers opportunities to attend may disappear soon.
The Tuesday Up & At’Em league wound up this week with the
following results: first by Frank Banks and his team of Murray Halliday,
Pat Keach-Stevens and Joanne Kellogg with eight wins and a tie; second by
Ed File and his team of Bill Ryan, Gail Spencer and Liz Griffiths. All
enjoyed a great pot-luck feast after Tuesday’s draw.
All members are reminded that the Club will be closed for ice
maintenance from 24 December to 02 January. Clinics are now organized for
03 January: new curlers, refresher training and a Skip’s course.
Participants encouraged are to be at the Club ready to curl at 1 pm.
It is not too late, although it is getting close, to join our
club and get curling in the next session. Dues are pro-rated considering
the curling time remaining in the season so, don’t delay, call Sandy at
354-7138. Guys, give your wife/girlfriend a special gift this Christmas
by paying her fees for the rest of the season and let her get out and have
fun. Or, ladies, if you want to get your man out of the house, sign him
up for curling and you may never see him parked in front of the television
again.
A Napanee team of Frank Dunham, Kees VanGent, Hugh Sharpe and
Merv Connery had a unique experience this week when they were one of four
teams invited to the annual Looney Bonspiel. The Looney Curling Club is
the one sheet rink at Chaffey’s Locks. The other rinks were from
Cataraqui, Smith Falls and the Looney and the Napanee team won the ‘spiel.
If you really love curling and happen to win the lottery, you too can have
your own curling rink right beside your garage!
The first club bonspiel in the new year will be the Senior
Men’s on 09 January. The draw has been posted so good luck to our older
member participants. If you think you are too old to curl, come out and
watch the Seniors and you will realize just how old one can be and still
curl. Sticks and the replacement of knees and hips have extended our
curling time by at least ten years.
On January 24th there will be a Ladies In-Club
Bonspiel and the annual Mixed Bonspiel is scheduled for 15-17 January.
The social side of the Mixed is something you don’t want to miss. The
dress theme this year is Mexican Fiesta. Call Rebecca now at 354-5445 to
enter or check our website
www.ndcc.ca
The Club will be closed from 30 January to 07 February while
all the curlers volunteer at the 2010 Ontario Men’s Curling Championship.
The Board of Directors, all curlers and club volunteers wish
you all a very Merry Christmas and a new year filled with hope, health,
happiness and lots of curling. See you at the rink in 2010. Happy New
Year!
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December 8th, 2009 |
The first draw of curling
in most leagues is nearing completion prior to the holiday break. Curlers
in all leagues are putting their best game(s) together hoping to have
their names engraved forever on one of the coveted trophies. League
Directors are posting sign-up sheets for the second draw so remember to
find these lists to ensure you are entered in the next draw. If you are
not curling in any particular league but want to, please call the
applicable Director so he/she has your name. Also, any curler or new
members wanting to join and curl for the rest of the season, please call
Sandy Eastlake 354-7138. For those who are not sure who to call, the list
of the Executive is posted in the lounge and there are 2009/2010 telephone
directories with all members’ numbers available also in the Club.
Congratulations to Robert Paul, Don Currier and Larry Pringle and their
respective teams who won their Divisions in the Men’s Monday night
competition.
Our
Napanee and District Curling Club is well supported by our local business
community. Besides sponsoring our many bonspiels throughout the year, we
are blessed with their general support through advertising at the Club.
There are three different categories: wall, button and on the ice. Those
advertising on the walls of the Club include Wager & Myatt Ltd Real
Estate Brokers, Goodyear Canada, Doyle’s Windows, George A Grant Insurance
Broker Inc, Napanee Beaver, Pringle Ford, Giant Tiger, D & L Carpentry &
Kitchen Design, Colio Estates Wine, Canadian Awning & Canvas Products,
North Key Construction & Orkney Residential, The Dominion of Canada
General Insurance Company, Quinn’s Meats, Sign Me Up Hart N’ Hart,
Patricia Dafoe Insurance Agency Inc, Woodcock’s 401 Automotive & Tire
Centre and L & A Mutual Insurance Company. The “on the ice” group includes
Colour Connection, A & M Sports, Country Traditions Frozen Foods, Exit
Reality, Tim Hortons, Napanee Opticians, Centre Street Auto and Murray
Drywall. The button advertisers are: The Dominion of Canada General
Insurance Company, Scotia Bank, Home Hardware Building Centre and Bert’s
Golf. Our special thanks to all of you for your continuing support.
A Refresher Clinic will
be held at the Club on January 3rd from 1:30 pm. New curlers and
experienced curlers interested in improving their curling skills should
sign up on the sheets posted in the Club. Free instruction is available
to anyone who wishes to take the time. If you just want to practice, that
is also a good time to do so before the curling takes off again on January
4th. A Skips Clinic will be held at the Club the same day run by Andy
Palmer. For those curlers interested in advancing to the highest level on
a team, come and learn what Skips need to know tactically to maximize the
chances of winning. Learn, not necessarily to become a Skip, more about
the game so that you can understand what is happening during the game and
get more enjoyment when curling. Please sign the posted sheets.
The Napanee team of Robert Paul, Bill
Casselman, Robert Hough and Ray Snider curled in the Campellford Farmer’s
Bonspiel this week and finished 3rd of the 16 rinks entered.
Congratulations.
A final reminder of the
Men’s Senior Bonspiel on 9 January and the Mixed Open on 15-17 January.
The Mixed has a Mexican theme this year for the costumes, music and drinks
and there is still room for teams wishing to enter. Call Rebecca at
354-5445.
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December 1st, 2009 |
The big
attraction last weekend in Napanee was the Annual Ladies Open Bonspiel.
Heather Ramshaw, Ladies Bonspiel Director, was the Coordinator with
committee members
Eleanor Ramshaw, Jennifer Clarkson and Liz Graham assisting. Greeters
were Bea Moore, Kim Dickson, Jennifer Clarkson and Liz Graham, Draw
master Andy Graham and Master of Ceremonies Hugh Sharpe.
The
sixteen
entries included 4 Napanee, 1 Garrison, 1 Gananoque, 1 Carleton Place, 1
Ottawa, 1 Belleville and 7 Royal Kingston teams. The top point winner was
Betty Bush’s Team of Joanne Manion, Mary-Stewart Ross and Lil Rynbend from
the Royal Kingston (RKCC). The other two game winners were: Lin Jenkins’s
team from the RKCC, Rebecca Murphy’s team from the Napanee Curling Club (NDCC)
and Maelane Hums team from the Carleton Place Curling Club. Rounding out
the top 8 teams who were all offered a wonderful selection from the prize
table included teams skipped by Donna Smith (RKCC), Judy Poirier
(Garrison), Hilary Casey (Riverside Ottawa) and Heather Ramshaw (NDCC).
Of course, this was only possible because of the generous sponsors:
Jennifer Clarkson and the Playground Licensed Childcare (Christine Ramshaw)
with financial contributions and Gerry Henderson, Colio Wines, a donation
of a case of wine. The raffle and door prize donators were: Michele
Penner, Bernice Pringle (Community Living), Eleanor Ramshaw, Debbie
Currier, Heather Baker, Doris Ogley, Marj Pearce, Liz Graham, Lorraine
Wilson, Elizabeth Vandenberg, Sandy Eastlake, Napanee Tankard Committee,
Starlet and Quinte Curling Supplies.
Frank and Don with helpers Ray Moore, Bill Ryan and Rick Seigner ensured
the ice was keen and clean for the ladies. Bar services were provided by
Tom Ayling, Linda Veley, Darrel Latimer, Ken Clancey and Arnold Van
Heighten.
Breakfast was convened by Eleanor Ramshaw with Helpers Shelley Alkenbrack,
Liz Goldie and Jennifer Clarkson who provided a wonderful selection of
coffee cakes, fruit, yogurt, coffee and tea. Lunch was convened by
Ingeborg Donald with Helpers Kirk Donald, Janet Hobin, Phil Berry and Susi
Reinink who served a delicious selection of sandwiches, soup with special
rum flavoured cakes and tasty cookies for dessert. The big dinner was
convened by Beth Clancey with Helpers Ken Clancey, Vicki and Mark Babcock,
Chuck Gray, Stan Yallup, Phyllis Babe, Darrel and Lana Latimer and Peggy
Sunstrum. This was an incredible spread of caesar salad, buns and
stuffed pork done perfectly with gravy, potatoes, mixed vegetables and
baked apples. Nobody went hungry.
Three teams of the ‘older’ curlers ventured to Tweed on Thursday for their
Senior (had to be over 60) Bonspiel. The John Deman rink (vice Ted Davie,
2nd Paul Spooner and lead Bart Maclean) finished 5th
in the early draw. In the late draw, the Chris Ramshaw rink (vice Bill
Casselman, 2nd Kees VanGent and lead Andy Graham) placed 2nd
and the Robert Paul rink (vice Frank Dunham, 2nd Robert Hough
and lead Hugh Sharpe) finished 7th. Tweed , too, is known for
its keen ice and good food and no one was disappointed.
The 2010 tankard
Social Committee needs your help! If you have any items to assist
them in decorating the “Ice Hut” lounge please contact Sandi McNamee at
354-2414 (ie ice fishing items, fishing related souveniors, pictures,
banners, etc…)
All members are reminded of the semi-annual curling meeting on
Sunday, 06 December at 1 pm at the Club. A short briefing of the Tankard
arrangements will be given. And, if you haven’t already signed up for the
Hot Shots competition do so quickly or call Chris 354-2003.
A correction is required for last week’s article to the phone number for
Dave Travers and Junior curlers. It should have been 373-0016. Please
call and get your children involved in a life-long activity. Get them
involved and you will know where they are for years to come!
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November 24th, 2009 |
Well, the Napanee Men’s
Open Bonspiel has come and gone for another year but there are some
memories and images still lingering. I am sure you have already read
about the eight-ender that was scored on Saturday by a Napanee/RKCC rink
skipped by Chris Ramshaw, vice Bob Helliar, 2nd Tom Miller and
lead Phil Berry. Many curlers had never seen an eight-ender so it was a
neat addition to the bonspiel.
Phil Wilson and his bonspiel organizing committee of Paul
Macdonald, Jim Head, John Deman and Drawmaster Hugh Sharpe did a great
job, according to all reports. The support of the local event sponsors
(Home Hardware, Quinn’s Meats, Burke Printing and Woodcock 401 Automotive
and Tire) and other local commercial advertisers, teamed with the curling
volunteers, made this event the attraction that brings teams back year
after year. Many thanks to all involved. Well done, Phil.
Of the 24 teams competing this year, 19 of them were
returning from Ottawa, Winchester, RKCC, Napanee and Cataraqui with new
entries from Toronto’s Tam Heather, Gananoque, Killahoe, a new entry from
Cataraqui and two from Prince Edward. Winning the “A” event and the
$1000 first prize was the Suddergaard team from Cataraqui with the
Helliar rink taking second; the Munro rink from Napanee won the “B”
event, with Buckley from Cataraqui coming second; Schneider from the RKCC
won the “C” event with Hemming from Toronto placing second; and, the
Mullen brothers from Killahoe won the “D” event by beating the Napanee
Pringle rink. The curling was great helped partly by the excellent ice
provided for the contestants by Frank Dunham and Don Currier and their
many helpers: Art Dawson, Mark Dunham, Steve Eastlake, Robert Hough,
Dennis Snider and Rick Siegner.
Of course, in Napanee, the big attraction after our
hospitality is the food. This year was as good as any other thanks to the
kitchen volunteers. The Friday night early evening snacks were prepared
by Eleanor Ramshaw and Sandi McNamee and, later, the chicken wings were
prepared by Christine and Heather Ramshaw. Saturday morning breakfast
was prepared by Diane Davie and her team of Tom and Pat Keech Stevens and
Joan Reynolds. The Saturday lunch was organized by Linda Blake and her
team of Keith Chapman, Cory Royale, Charlene Huffman and Cindy Crowson.
The absolutely delicious beef dinner was prepared by Moira Sickling and
her team of Lana Latimer, Mary Jane Evans, Ellen McEwen, Lana Jager, Gail
Maracle and Cindy Woodcock with Hugh Sharpe doing the generous carving.
The Sunday morning breakfast was prepared by Shirley Bush with Joan and
Frank Banks followed by Sunday lunch done by Liz Graham, Janet Hobin, Jo
Sutton, Gail Spencer and Benita Murphy. Well done ladies (and those few
men assisting)!
Yes, the bar was open and provided the friendly service
curlers expect. For a great weekend of service, we thank Brian Woodcock
and his team of bartenders: Louise and Arnold Van Heighten, Beth and Ken
Clancey, Gerry McCracken, Tom Ayling, Michelle Penner, Jennifer Clarkson,
Jack McNamee, Cynthia Woodcock, Lana Latimer and Jim Head. Everyone
enjoyed the bar service, so thank you.
The preparations for the Tankard playoffs in February are
always going on within the Club. During the weekend, the Ontario Curling
Association (OCA) officials were in Napanee briefing the timers and
scoring officials for the event. Under the watchful eye of our
coordinator for local officials, Andy Palmer, the volunteer officials had
the opportunity to ask their many questions and were required to practice
“timing” a couple of ends during the bonspiel play. The Tankard event is
proving to be very beneficial for the Club as already at least fifteen
members are now more knowledgeable about OCA rules with respect to the
Tankard playoffs – with lots more to come. Get your tickets early at the
Strathcona Centre.
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November 17th, 2009 |
It didn’t
take long for curlers to get in the swing (and sweep) of things although
your curling reporter took considerably longer, missing his submission
date for two consecutive weeks. All leagues are well underway and those
with some Club responsibility are busy trying to deal with those loose
ends we all knew would arrive but were not sure what or where they would
be.
We are enjoying good ice again
this year which, for those of us still struggling with the game, causes
some frustration as we can no longer, honestly, blame missed shots on the
ice! Thanks to Frank and Don, and their many helpers, for giving us such
wonderful ice. Our guest curlers coming for the Men’s Open Bonspiel this
week, on 20th
– 22nd November, and the Ladies Open, 28th
November, will be in for a real treat. And the ice is not the best part!
If members have not yet
volunteered to help at one of the bonspiels, or for the many other jobs we
need to do as volunteers at the Club, don’t be shy. Step right up and ask
any of the Directors what you would like to do or what needs volunteers
and I’m sure we can fit you in someplace, sometime. A reminder that we
are able to keep our curling fees low, compared to other clubs in the
area, only because we do so much with volunteers versus hiring personnel
that then costs the Club which has to be passed on the members.
Volunteering is a win-win situation so please do your part.
The 2009-2010 NDCC telephone
directories are now available at the Club. Thanks again to Burke Printing
for their continuing support for these directories.
The John Deman team (Ted
Davie, Bart Maclean and Phil Berry) curled in the Thousand Island Seniors
at Brockville last Saturday and came second in their half of the bonspiel.
Very keen ice is such a treat for us older curlers!
Preparations for the Tankard curling playoffs, being held in Napanee
Strathcona Centre February 1-7, are well underway. Timers will be trained
during the Men’s Bonspiel this weekend. For more information visit the
website
www.2010tankard.com or call 354-4423.
And, it is not too late to
curl this year. Come and see us at the curling rink, or call Sandy at
354-7138, and we should be able to accommodate your needs. We are very
interested in more Junior curlers and all queries for that can be
addressed to Dave Travers at 373-9916.
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November 11th, 2009 |
We are enjoying excellent ice again this year which, for those of us still
struggling with the game, causes some frustration as we can no longer,
honestly, blame missed shots on the ice! Thanks to Frank, and his many
helpers, for giving us such wonderful ice. Our guest curlers coming for
the Men’s Open Bonspiel, on
20th – 22nd November, and the Ladies Open, 28th
November, will be in for a real treat.
If members have not yet volunteered to help at one of the bonspiels, or
for the many jobs we need to do as volunteers at the Club, don’t be shy.
Step right up and ask any of the Directors what you would like to do or
what needs volunteers and I’m sure we can fit you in someplace, sometime.
A reminder that we are able to keep our curling fees low, compared to
other clubs in the area, only because we do so much with volunteers versus
hiring personnel that then costs the Club which has to be passed on the
members. Volunteering is a win-win situation.
The 2009-2010 NDCC telephone directories are now available at the Club.
Thanks again to Burke Printing for their continuing support for these
directories.
The John Deman team (Ted Davie, Bart Maclean and Phil Berry) curled in the
Thousand Island Seniors at Brockville last Saturday and came second in
their half of the bonspiel. Very keen ice is such a treat for us older
curlers!
And, it is not too late to curl this year. Come and see us, or call Sandy
at 354-7138 and we should be able to accommodate your needs. We are very
interested in more Junior curlers and all queries can be addressed to Dave
Travers at 373-9916.
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November 4th, 2009 |
It didn’t take long for curlers to get in the swing (and sweep) of
things. All leagues are well underway and those with some Club
responsibility are busy trying to deal with those loose ends we all knew
would arrive but were not sure what or where they would be.
We are enjoying
excellent ice again this year which, for those of us still struggling with
the game, causes some frustration as we can no longer, honestly, blame
missed shots on the ice! Thanks to Frank, and his many helpers, for
giving us such wonderful ice. Our guest curlers coming for the Men’s Open
Bonspiel, on
20th – 22nd November, and the Ladies Open, 28th
November, will be in for a real treat. There are still openings for teams
wishing to curl in the Men’s so, if interested, call Phil Wilson 373-2252.
If members have not yet volunteered to help at one of the bonspiels, or
for the many jobs we need to do as volunteers at the Club, don’t be shy.
Step right up and ask any of the Directors what you would like to do or
what needs volunteers and I’m sure we can fit you in someplace, sometime.
A reminder that we are able to keep our curling fees low, compared to
other clubs in the area, only because we do so much with volunteers versus
hiring personnel that then costs the Club which has to be passed on the
members. Volunteering is a win-win situation.
The 2009-2010 NDCC telephone directories are now available at the Club.
Thanks again to Burke Printing for their continuing support for these
directories.
And, it is not too late to curl this year. Come and see us, or call Sandy
at 354-7138 and we should be able to accommodate your needs. We are very
interested in more Junior curlers and all queries can be addressed to Dave
Travers at 373-9916.
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October 29th, 2009 |
This season is an extra exciting one at the Napanee & District Curling
Club as we are hosting the Ontario Men’s Curling Championship – February 1st
to 7th in partnership with the Napanee Sports Association and
the Town of Greater Napanee. Ontario’s best and finest curlers from all
over the province will be competing for the chance to represent Ontario in
the Nationals (The Tim Hortons Brier) being held in Halifax this season.
The host committee has been working hard all summer to get prepared for
this event. As with any event a great number of volunteers are needed and
as per normal our curling club members have ‘stepped up to the plate’.
There is a requirement of 200 volunteers to cover the week and the club
has filled 150 of these positions. The rest have been recruited from town
organizations or other area clubs. Thanks to all of you.
Back at the club, league curling has the first week completed and most
sore muscles should be healed by the time you are reading this article.
Monday Men have 22 teams; Up&At’Em-20 teams; Tuesday Mixed-10 teams;
Wednesday Senior Men-12 teams; Wednesday Ladies-7 teams; Thursday
Ladies-11 Teams; Thursday Men-11 teams and Friday Mixed-22 teams. Gayle
Johnson our Wednesday Ladies director is still looking for curlers to fill
that 8th team spot, so if you are interested please call her at
354-3581.
Your directors are busy compiling all the bonspiel lists,
league rosters, league assistants, junior assistants and all other needed
volunteers to complete club duties for this season. If you notice help is
needed to fill a spot on the lists soon to be posted please step forward
and add your name.
Upcoming events to remember: Mens Open Bonspiel - 20th – 22nd
November; Ladies Open - 28th November and the General Meeting
Sunday the 6th of December at 1 pm.
Sandy Eastlake (filling in for Ted Davie)
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October 22nd, 2009 |
A
hearty welcome to another season of socializing and curling from your
Board of Directors: President/Kitchen – Sandi McNamee; VicePres/Mens-Mixed
Bonspiels – Phil Wilson; Mens Games – Bill Hogg; Mixed Games
– Cynthia Woodcock; Juniors – Dave Travers; Ladies Bonspiel
- Heather Ramshaw; Fundraising - Christine Ramshaw; Ice -
Steve Eastlake; House – Bill Ryan/Gord Mitchell; Ladies Games
– Debbie Currier/Gayle Johnson, Bar/Rental – Beau & Gail Maracle
(Shirley Bush) and myself your Membership Director at the Napanee &
District Curling Club.
This year we have 243 members, 35 of whom are new to the club and/or to
curling in general. I would like to thank Gayle Johnson, Beau Maracle, Cam
McFayden, Ian Munro and Andy Palmer for all their time insuring our new
and returning members had full instruction prior to their first game.
Steve thanks our two Ice Techs Frank Dunham and Don Currier plus helpers
Rick Siegner and Tom Ayling for installing the clean, fast ice you will be
curling on. Bill and Gord thank Ron Reynolds, Cor Vandenberg, Chuck Gray
and Dennis Snider for assisting with painting and general building
cleanup. There are many more to thank as set up for a new season takes
many, many hours of volunteer duties and those not listed above will be
thanked in a future article.
The club telephone directory will be available by the end of next week so
pick up your copy at the information centre. There are a lot of important
flyers on the tables and the various bulletin boards so be sure to
familiarize yourself with this information.
This years’ 7th annual Swing and Sweep convened by Heather
Ramshaw and Kim Dickson started off with a morning of golf; although on
the crisp side the sun warmed everyone quickly. Lunch was served at the
curling club (soup and sandwiches) by Eleanor Ramshaw with help by
Jennifer Clarkson. Beau Maracle had the bar open and kept everyone served
all afternoon with helpers Kees Van Gent, Brian Hobin, Brian Woodcock and
Dennis Snider. Curling was played by all participants on the great ice
prepared by Frank Dunham and his helpers.
Dinner was prepared by Kim Dickson, Eleanor & Heather Ramshaw with Anne
Angel and Cyndie Belleveau being a great help in the kitchen at
dinnertime. Christine Ramshaw prepared an amazing raffle table with
donations by many local sponsors and all monies will go towards the
2009-2010 Fundraising campaign for which she will report separately.
Heather and Kim thanked all participants, volunteers and supporters for an
excellent day once again; and a special thanks to Eleanor Ramshaw, for her
tireless efforts. Chris Ramshaw presented the trophy to the 7th
Swing&Sweep winners- Paul Dickson, Steve Angel, Daryl Latimer and Robert
Dickson and prizes to Runner up - Ian Munro, Brian and Janet Hobin and
Robert Hough, Men’s Closest to the Pin – Robert Dickson; Men’s Longest
Drive – Scott Buckley; Ladies Longest Drive – Louise Van Heighten; Closest
the Pin – Rebecca Murphy. I think most participants went home with
something or Steve just acquired the block of cheese he brought home.
Remember to mark your calendar for the Mens Open Bonspiel - 20th
– 22nd November; Ladies Open - 28th November and the
General Meeting Sunday the 6th of December at 1 pm.
To all new members, if you have any questions at all, do not
hesitate to call me 613-354-7138; although any of the directors listed
above will be happy to assist you.
Sandy Eastlake (filling in for Ted Davie)
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April 9th, 2009
Wow, curling is over –
finished – done !! Now all curlers are awaiting the 24th of
April for the Banquet. Convenor, Sandi McNamee is still looking for
assistance in set up / clean up. A couple hours of your time will help
alleviate long hours for a few.
Congratulations to the 3rd draw winners (2nd
for Mens Leagues): Tuesday Up & At’Em 3rd draw winners Stan
Yallup, Bill Ryan, Nance Wilkie, Marj Elliott with runner up Ed File,
Elaine Badgley, Phil Berry, Bill Neville; Tuesday Mixed: Louis
VanHeighten & team/ Marc Babcock & team tied with runner up Hugh
Sharpe’s team; Friday Mixed: Bill Hogg, Lana Jaeger, Barry Small,
Moira Sickling with runner up teams of Kees & Sharon VanGent, Joyce
McClelland, Charlene Huffman/Gayle Johnson, Guy Johnson, Gale Rogers,
Cory Royle; Wednesday Ladies: Janie Ryan, Kelly Roantree, Marilyn
Elliott, Val Buchan with runner up Donna Poirier, Ann Whalen-Knapp,
Lana Latimer, Amber Walsh; Thursday Ladies: Sandy Eastlake, Sue
Sharpe, Pat Benn, Liz Griffiths with runner up Marj Pearce, Sandy
McPherson, Debbie Currier, Cory
Royle; Wednesday Mens: Walter Genereux, Kees VanGent, Barton MacClean,
Roger Cole with runner up Robert Paul, Barry Brummell, Steve Cooper,
Bill Ryan; Thursday Mens: Gerry Haggerty, Jack McNamee, Bill Ryan, Pat
Mueller with runner up Marc Babcock, Wayne Young, Phil Berry, Bill
Anderson.
Dave Travers reported that his 28 juniors had a great
season and he would like to see them all return next season and bring
a friend with them.
The closing Martin & Walters was another great success
thanks my assistants Steve Eastlake, Dave & Brenda Travers. Sixteen
team drew those ‘little pieces of paper’ which are sometimes not so
beneficial with the winning team of Dave & Brenda, Steve & Sandy
beating the 2nd place team of Chris & Eleanor Ramshaw, Doug
& Heather Baker by ½ point. The top button score was won by Barry
Small, Lana Jaeger, Jim Head, Dan Reynolds. Thanks to the ever busy
bee in the kitchen Sandi McNamee lunch was delicious and I cannot say
enough about the 3 table pot luck. Paul McDonald, Arnold VanHeighten
kept all glasses filled and our Ice Techs Frank Dunham, Don Currier
ensured our last game was as quick and clean as the first --- well ---
in least until those pylons showed up.
A raffle table by our
fundraising director Christine Ramshaw was full of gifts to be won due
to the kind sponsorship of A & P, Coffee Cravings, Dairy Queen, Devine
Creations, Domino’s Pizza, Homestyle Deli, La Pizzeria, McDonald’s
Family Restaurant, Movies n More, Napanee Fish N’ Chips, New York
Café, Seasons Gourmet, The Playground L.C.C.C., Video 99, Wendy’s
Family Restaurant, and Work Men’s Wear House. Your ongoing support to
the curling club is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
The closing General
Meeting was attended not too badly resulting in no major new issues
and leaving the Napanee & District Curling Club with the new Board of
Directors starting with Kitchen - Sandi McNamee, Mens Mixed Bonspiels
- Phil Wilson, Ice - Steve Eastlake, Bar/Rentals - Beau Maracle, House
- Bill Ryan/Gord Mitchell, Fundraising - Christine Ramshaw, Ladies
Bonspiels - Heather Ramshaw, Ladies - Debbie Currier/Gayle Johnson,
Men – Bill Hogg, Juniors – Dave Travers; Membership – myself. The
directors meeting immediately following will elect our new President,
Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. The new board will be
advertised at the closing Banquet (and to repeat) Friday, April 24th.
Your executive wish
each and every one of you a very happy and hopefully a warm warm
summer. See you next fall on the ice.
On another note, any
one who has not turned in their request to volunteer for the Ontario
Mens Curling Championship next February and wish to do so, just call
me and I will get an application form to you.
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April 2nd, 2009 |
The Napanee & District
Curling Club is just completing its last week of curling and members have
been trying their best at their final chance to get their name on one of
the coveted trophies…Good luck and good curling to all 259 of you. This
has been a prosperous season for the Club with all our bonspiels being a
great success thanks to the hard work of our club volunteers. Your Board
of Directors thank each and every one of you for the many volunteer hours
you have given freely to ensure this success.
Your league directors Bill
Hogg, Janet Hobin, Gayle Johnson, Shirley Bush, Sandi McNamee, Cindy
Woodcock, Jane Hough were busy compiling the awards that were presented
this past week; the bonspiel crew – Eastlakes/Travers and Kitchen - Sandi
McNamee / Bar - Bakers are busy preparing for the closing Martin and
Walters – April 4th; your Vice President, Sandi McNamee is trying to
ensure all will be ready for the banquet April 24th; and all
directors along with the secretary and treasurer are typing their reports
for the closing General Meeting – April 5th at 1 pm. We hope to
see you there with thoughts and ideas on improving the day to day
operation of the club.
The GrandMasters Team of
Frank Dunham, Hugh Sharpe, Frank Banks, Kees VanGent won their first game
and had really close loses after that ending up as a semi finalist in the
C event. There were 16 teams participating with a delicious banquet on
Friday evening. They all had a great time and plan on participating next
season.
If you have not bought
your banquet ticket yet, it is not too late. Please call Sandy Eastlake
354-7138 However, we have a deadline due to ordering meals so ensure to
request your ticket before April 17th.
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March 18th, 2009 |
The young team of
David Staples, Scott Chadwick, Nick Schroeder and Neil Roberts won the
Napanee Curling Club championship this week by defeating Robert Paul’s
team (vice Robert Hough, 2nd Paul McDonald and lead Paul
Murphy) in a close final that went down to the last rock of the last end.
What a way to finish the curling season! These championship playoffs have
gone on forever and it took many wins to get to the finals. So,
congratulations to the “kids” who showed us all how it should be done and
we wish them all well as they go on to higher learning and more curling
challenges. We really enjoyed your participation this year.
All the other leagues are
running down to conclusion and those results will probably be available
next week.
So, keep listening for and
reading about the two curling events coming later this month: the Napanee
Geritol team of Frank Dunham, Hugh Sharpe, Frank Banks and Kees VanGent
are off to Thornhill on the 27-28 for the Provincial Masters and the
Provincial Junior Mixed in Marmora that includes David Staples and Scott
Chadwick. We wish you good curling and luck, if required.
Forms for those interested
in participating as volunteers in the 2010 Tankard Playoffs, to be held in
the Strathcona Centre next February, are available on the Club web site:
www.ndcc.ca.
The big curling social
event of the year, our annual banquet, will be held 24 April at the Club.
Tickets are now available from Sandy at 354-7138. This may be your last
chance to say ‘au revoir’ to your curling friends for the year.
This is the final reminder that our ice goes out on April 04th
this year with the traditional Martin & Walters Bonspiel and our General
Meeting is scheduled for April 05th at 1 pm. See you at the
banquet – wear your dancing shoes…
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March 11th, 2009 |
I am sure
many readers have heard of, or seen, the television programme about the
Week the Girls Left Town. Well, last weekend, there was similar
experience in Napanee as many curlers were out of town, bonspieling, and
it was very quiet for those remaining behind. Here is a clockwise report
of the various teams out there trying to put Napanee on the map.
In Kingston
on Saturday, at the annual Kidney and Lung Foundation Stick Bonspiel at
the RKCC, two Napanee rinks were pushing their rocks about. At this
annual fundraiser, the Chris Ramshaw rink (daughter Heather vice, Kim
Dickson 2nd and Tom Ayling lead) came out on top winning the
bonspiel. The other Napanee rink competing, and donating, was skipped by
Hugh Sharpe, vice Bill Creighton, 2nd Don Currier and lead
George Elliott.
Meanwhile, in
Picton on Saturday, three other local rinks were entered in the annual
Heritage Mixed Bonspiel. As usual, there was lots of good food, a few
drinks, socializing and even curling. The Johnson rink (Gayle skipping,
husband Guy vice, Louise VanHeighten 2nd and her husband Arnold
lead) won two of their three games and placed fourth. The HH team (Robert
and Jane Hough, Janet and Brian Hobin) and the ML team (Rebecca and Paul
Murphy, Lana and Daryl Latimer) both had a ball.
Also, in
Belleville on Saturday, at the Quinte CC, two more local teams were
enjoying the competition and hospitality in their annual Senior’s
Bonspiel. The Clancey team (Ken skipping, Ken Healy vice, Kees VanGent 2nd
and Walter Genereux lead) and the File team (Ed skipping, Brian Chadwick
vice, Frank Banks 2nd and Andy Graham lead) both had a good
day, both finishing in the top half of the sixteen teams
entered.
Just to the north, in Tweed, on the same Saturday, two more Napanee rinks
were competing in the annual Farmer’s Bonspiel. The Casselman team (Paul
Dickson skip, Bill Casselman vice, Scott Dickson 2nd and Steve
Cooper lead) had two out of three wins and the Davie team (Ted Skip,
Murray Halliday vice, Paul Spooner 2nd and Bart MacLean lead)
managed one of three wins. This is one of the most enjoyable ‘spiels in
Eastern Ontario and certainly has one of the best prize tables in the
area. Everyone goes home full of wonderful food, a neat prize wherever
you stand, and very satisfied because of their warm hospitality, high
level competition and great ice.
We are not through yet. Two of our curlers, Dave Travers and Steve
Eastlake, were in Renfrew at the annual Army Electrical Mechanical
Engineer NCO bonspiel. Their rink, who won the ‘spiel last year, came in
second this year, losing by a quarter of one point. I believe that is
equivalent to one point of the total scoreboard points for the bonspiel!
That is close. Well done guys and better luck next year.
In Ottawa, on
the same Saturday, a local Junior Mixed team of skip David Staples, vice
Laura Brown, 2nd Scott Chadwick and lead Gillian Moren were
winning the “B” side of the Regionals and will go to the Provincial
playdowns in Marmora on 28-29 March. Congratulations.
Just down the
river at Hawesbury, and yes on the same Saturday, more Napanee curlers
were competing in the Senior Mixed Regional playoffs. The team, skipped
by Andy Palmer with his wife Cathy, and the Bakonyi’s from Trenton, had a
great day but lost in the “B” semi-finals. Well done and better luck next
year.
Not on the
same Saturday, but earlier, our Napanee schoolboys team had won the KASSA
(zones) and the EOSSA (regionals) without comment. Please accept my
apologies for not reporting your curling success earlier. Skip Scott
Chadwick, vice Wes Kerr, 2nd Braden Scott and lead Chris Galamb
are scheduled to play in the Provincials in Grimsby on 28-29 March.
Congratulations! However, if you have been paying attention, you will
undoubtedly have discovered a problem – Scott is already playing in the
Junior Mixed Provincials, on the same dates, in Marmora. I do not
understand! I’ve been curling for nearly 60 years and have never had a
problem like that – and here is young Scott, in his mid-teens, pulled
between two Provincial playoffs on the same date. I am waiting to
see how he handles this predicament. I know that mediocre curlers do not
have these problems.
Last reminder that our ice goes out on April 04th this year
with the traditional Martin & Walters Bonspiel and our General Meeting
scheduled for April 05th at 1 pm. Our annual curling club
banquet is scheduled for 24th April. Avoid the rush, get your
tickets now…
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March 4th, 2009 |
Well, the local old guys did it with style
and ease! I’m talking about the Napanee Senior Master’s team (Frank
Dunham, Frank Banks, Kees VanGent and Hugh Sharpe) who won the Regional
playoffs on Friday. That team (often referred to as the Geritol Guys)
represent many years of curling experience and they are now off to the
Provincial finals at Thornhill on March 27th. Reliable rumour
has it that first prize this year is one year free room and board in the
sponsor’s home for the aged - and the loser gets two years of the same!
Good luck guys and if we don’t see you around we will know you won one of
the top prizes.
The Intermediate Zone playoffs were held in Brockville on the weekend.
Apparently, the curling was top notch but our home team (Paul
Dickson, Robert Paul, Paul Murphy and Paul McDonald)
just failed to qualify for the Provincials losing both the “A” side and
“B” side finals in well-played, close games. Good luck to the
Ottawa (Rideau) and Quinte teams who go on and better luck next year to
our local Pauls.
The club leagues play on but there is a noticeable lack of enthusiasm at
the rink as many of our curlers are snow birds down south – and the rest
wished they were. It is a great opportunity for those who wish to curl
more every week as someone is always looking for a spare or two.
If you see people running out of the curling club, don’t be alarmed. It
may just be our weekly fire drill. With a new system just installed, all
curlers are being reminded of what to look or listen for in case of fire
in the club and where to go and how to get there when alerted. It
reminds me of public school drills we all loved as it broke the monotony
of a dull class and may just be a new way of getting away from a game that
is very much not going your way, which we have all had. In fact, I have
had several, quite recently.
A
reminder that the Ontario Men’s Curling Championships (referred to as the
“Tankard”) will be held in Napanee Strathcona Centre next year February
1-7. To be successful, this event will require many volunteers. If you
are interested, and you do not have to be a curler, in helping, please
contact Sandy at 354-7138.
Another reminder that our ice goes out on April 04th this year
with the traditional Martin & Walters Bonspiel and our General Meeting
scheduled for April 05th at 1 pm. Our annual curling club
banquet is scheduled for 24th April. Avoid the rush, get your
tickets now…
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February 25th, 2009 |
Another Friday passed and the zone Masters’ playoffs continue. There are
now only two teams remaining for the finals scheduled for next Friday at
the Napanee Club: Napanee’s Frank Dunham, Frank Banks, Kees VanGent and
Hugh Sharpe and the Brown rink from Kingston. As the Napanee team have
already beat the Brown team once in round robin play, the Brown team will
have to beat the Napanee team twice on Friday next to win the right to
represent the Zone at the Provincials. Good curling Frank and his senior
boys.
Last Thursday, Tweed held their annual Senior’s Bonspiel and there was one
rink entered from Napanee. The Ted Davie team with John Deman vice, Paul
Spooner 2nd and Bart MacLean lead won second in their half of
the draw and a cash prize. Very keen ice and very good curling made it a
great day for all the competitors.
The Highland Lassie Ladies Bonspiel was held at Napanee last Saturday. The
well run bonspiel was coordinated by Heather Ramshaw, assisted by sister
Christine, mother Eleanor, Liz Graham, Jennifer Clarkson and Liz Goldie.
Drawmaster was Andy Graham. Food is always a big draw for attending the
Napanee bonspiels and this one was no exception. Breakfast was a
wonderful selection of coffee cakes, yogurt and fruit and was convened by
Eleanor Ramshaw with many helpers. Hugh Goldie piped the ladies for the
first draw onto the ice to give the day that special Scottish connection
and Marj Pearce threw the first ceremonial rock to officially open the
‘spiel. Lunch, convened by Sandi McNamee, and assisted by many, was a
very tasty sherry bisque, quiche, salad and butter tarts that received
raving reviews from the curlers. The prime rib dinner, with all the
wonderful veggies, topped off with a light chocolate crepe, was convened
by Shirley Bush and Barb Graham and their many helpers. Fortunately,
this meal was served after all the curling had been completed. Jack
McNamee and Doug Baker looked after the bar requirements and Frank, Don
and Rick Seigner did the ice preps. Sponsors were Marj Pearce and
Christine Ramshaw (Playground Licensed Childcare Centre) with raffle and
door prizes donated by Michele Penner, Bernice Pringle, Marj Pearce, Mary
Jane Elvins, Christine Ramshaw, June Hicks and Eleanor Ramshaw. Many
thanks to all the contributors who helped make the Highland Lassie what it
was. Oh yes, there was curling too! Sixteen teams from the Cataraqui,
Garrison, Picton, Belleville, Toronto Dixie, Royal Kingston and Napanee
clubs competed for the “silver”.
The top point winners were Judy Poirer’s team from Garrison that included
Bev Bacon, Donna Wright and Cheryl Harvey. The other two game winners
included: second place - Rebecca Murphy from Napanee; third place – Donna
Poirier from the Royal Kingston, skipped by local Gayle Johnson; and
fourth – Heather Ramshaw from Napanee. The best dressed Lassies were the
Roberta Hutchings team from Cataraqui.
The Napanee Intermediate team travel to Brockville this
weekend to compete in the Zone playoffs for the right to represent the
area at the Provincials. Good luck to Robert Paul and the other three
Pauls (Dickson, Murphy and McDonald) as they head out all decked out in
their Lafarge jackets. It must be handy to be able to yell “sweep Paul”
and everyone jumps.
Another reminder that our ice
goes out on April 04th this year with the traditional Martin &
Walters Bonspiel and our General Meeting scheduled for April 05th
at 1 pm. Hoping to see you there….
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February 18th, 2009 |
The curling season may be slowing but most of us are having trouble
keeping up with all the curling opportunities and activities at the Club.
This past weekend was a demonstration of all this!
On Friday, Napanee hosted the zone Master playoffs for the older curlers.
Five teams entered the competition, two from Napanee. Once the rocks
were all neatly placed in their corners after the last draw, one of our
rinks had been eliminated. Walter Genereux’s team (vice Ed File, 2nd
Andy Graham and lead Ron Graham) experienced two losses and are out of the
competition. Our other team, skipped by Frank Dunham, vice Frank Banks, 2nd
Kees VanGent and lead Hugh Sharpe, stayed alive and will be back next
weekend to continue the playoffs. Senior seniors still curling enjoy the
advantage of only having to compete twice/day but the competitions do go
on, and on.
Saturday, Cataraqui G&CC hosted the annual Pat Lidd bonspiel. If you ask
ten curlers at the ‘spiel what the words mean you will get ten different
answers so I am unable to interpret for you, and I was there! The number
of rinks is capped at twenty four and it is one of those bonspiels where
it is almost impossible to enter. Those who played this year will have
first offer next year and no one knows who the last rink was that refused
the offer. It is the sort of thing you find in wills being passed on to
the next generation of the same family. Some of us were able to enjoy the
experience because the original entry was short a player – snow birds not
yet returned! There were four teams from Napanee, and others from
Ottawa, Quinte and all Kingston clubs. Walt Genereux’s team (an active
senior who had Friday night to rest before hitting the ice again Sat
morning) with Robert Paul throwing last rocks, Kees VanGent at 2nd
and Ray Snider lead placed third; the Merv Connery rink with Ted Davie
skipping, Al Little vice, Jim Head 2nd and Merv throwing lead
were the highest points single game winner and the Frank Dunham and Ed
File rinks did well too. All enjoyed a wonderful roast beef dinner before
the prize presentation. Oh, by the way, the Brown rink skipped by Larry
Waller won the bonspiel taking home the coveted green fees at the Cat
G&CC. The winner for the past two years, Bob Hales (who apparently got
his start in Adolphustown when he was the Anglican Priest there in the
‘70s) missed out this year by a quarter of a point. Better luck next year
Bob!!
On Sunday, the Club held their annual Pringle Ford Hot Shots competition.
From all reports, it was a great event with some spectacular curling
demonstrations and great moose chilli for all. The event attracted more
than thirty contestants this year with Ken Clancey winning the “car” with
a score of 27 out of a possible 30. Well done Ken!! (Was that the same
Ken Clancey I saw curling Monday night??)
The Monday night playoffs for the Club championship continue. It seems to
be organized to end just about the time the ice goes out and is already
starting to compete with golfing preps for the summer. Nobody seems to
remember how they handled all these activities before retirement….
By the time you read this, the
annual Sweetheart’s Dinner will be over but will still be the talk of the
Town. The highland Lassie Ladies Bonspiel takes place at the Club on
February 21st. It is full but Heather still needs volunteers
to make this work. Those interested and can help, please call Heather at
329-4313. Our ice goes on April 04th this year with the
traditional Martin & Walters Bonspiel with our General Meeting scheduled
for April 05th at 1 pm. Please put these dates on your
calendar to attend and hoping to see you there….
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February 11th, 2009 |
As
winter moves on, slowly mind you, the various curling leagues at the Club
are heading for their last stages too. The groundhogs have now assured us
of six more weeks of curling, or was that winter, so we still have time to
perfect our delivery, win a game or even hit the broom, consistently.
Before we know it, we’ll be cutting grass again, wishing for Fall and the
curling season to start. It is a little quieter at the Club these days as
many curlers have gone south to get ready for the golfing season or just
to ‘hang out’ trying to replace that Canadian Pale with some Florida Red.
The
Men’s Monday Night Curling league has completed its final round robin and
has started their club championship double knockout play offs for the top
16 teams. The other 6 teams will continue their curling in a consolation
round robin event. The round robin winners this year were: A Division: 1st
Ken Clancey, Joe Jackemack, Kees Van Gent and Jack McNamee; 2nd
Andy Palmer, Bill Hogg, Steve Paul and Gord Mitchell; B Division: 1st
Paul Dickson, Steve Angel, Darryl Latimer and Darrell Pritchard; 2nd
John Deman, Ted Davie, Paul Spooner, Barton McLean; C Division: 1st
Rob Marriott, Bob Eamer, Mike Wilson and Barry Graham; 2nd Dave
Travers, Steve Eastlake, Steve Cooper and Patrick Mueller. Good curling
in the play offs!
Meanwhile, Napanee men’s rinks have been off bonspieling at
neighbouring clubs with some success. Recently at the Cambellford Super
Senior’s Bonspiel (apparently, you must be over 70 to enter) the Napanee
foursome of Frank Dunham, Hugh Sharpe, Frank Banks and Kees VanGent won
the big prize. And, at the Brighton Senior’s (these are the young guys
over 50) another Napanee foursome of Robert Paul, Hugh Sharpe, Bill
Casselman and Paul Spooner won the runner-up prize money. Great curling
guys and congratulations!
We all wish Dave Travers a speedy recovery and hope to see his
smiling face around the Club soon. His former service buddies in Petawawa
all await his visit to the Senior NCO ‘Spiel. Good luck up there and keep
your heads up, so to speak.
The winner of the Draw 1 Wednesday Men’s League was Bill Hogg, Murray
Halliday, Ron Graham and Gerry McCracken.
The Napanee Town and Country Bonspiel scheduled for February 11th
is full and teams are tuning up their skills for another chance to get to
the prize table.
The final preparations for the Annual Sweethearts Valentine Dinner are
almost complete with only a few tickets remaining. If you haven’t already
done so, call Ron at 378-0401 for tickets and we hope you are not too
late. Members are allowed to bring guests to the dinner, at the member’s
price.
On Sunday, 15 February, the Pringle Ford Hot Shots Competition will be
held at the Napanee Curling Club. I am sure most will remember seeing
this individual competition on television shown annually at the Brier.
Starting at 0900, the competition can accept up to 80 participants and
there are still some openings. The entry fee is $10 that includes a lunch
of moose/venison/beef chili. This is open to men and women curlers. For
those unaware of this competition you are encouraged to visit the Ford Hot
Shots web site for details. If you want to see a live competition, come on
down to the Club on the day.
Last weekend the zone Intermediate playoffs were held in Napanee and the
winning rink was our own Paul Dickson, Robert Paul, Paul McDonald and Paul
Murphy. Congratulations.,
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January 28th, 2009 |
You may have heard some noise from the
curling rink on Saturday night as the curlers participating in the Annual
Mixed Bonspiel played out their memories of “Woodstock”, the theme for
this year’s event. The rumors are that the costumes were truly fantastic,
displaying both imagination and ingenuity, with the players acting out
their parts as if they had been to the original event. And, there was some
good curling all weekend too!
Organized by
a committee of Rebecca Murphy, Jane Pearson, Lana Latimer, Cynthia
Woodcock and Phil Wilson, the event was another great success (from both a
fun and financial perspective). The committee, aided by Louise
VanHeighten, had decorated the club to give the necessary atmosphere for
total enjoyment. The drawmasters this year were Phil Wilson (I think he
may have spent the weekend at the Club), Hugh Sharpe and John Deman. In
accordance with the NDCC reputation, the food and bar services were as
good as it gets and were made possible by the hard working volunteers :
Sandi McNamee, Gale Rogers, David Hart, Heather Wemp, Sandy Kennelly,
Michele Penner, Eleanor Ramshaw, Joyce McClelland, Charlene Huffman, Phil
Berry, Christine Peets, Sharon VanGent and Connie Pritchard in the
kitchen. In the bar, we thank Jim and Ann Angel, Sandra Semple, Kees
VanGent, Jim Head, Tom Ayling, Arnold VanHeighton, Jim Peets and Doug and
Heather Baker. For good curling you need good ice and we thank Frank
Dunham and Don Currier for their continued good work ably assisted by Mark
Dunham, Steve Eastlake, Ron Reynolds, Steve Cooper and Robert Hough. The
sponsors for this year’s ‘spiel were Jean Morrison and the Napanee Beaver,
Chris Good’s Commonsense Financial, Grant’s Insurance, Shoeless Joe’s
Restaurant and Home Hardware. Thank you.
The big
winner of the A event on Sunday was the Ron Long rink (Vice Sheri
Henderson, 2nd Steve Henderson and Lead Kirsten Long) from the
Dundas Granite Curling Club. The runner-up was the Alex Tosh rink (Vice
Carole Rivington, 2nd Randy Neal and Lead Nancy Tosh) from the
Royal Kingston Curling Club. The A event Consolation winner was the Donna
Jeffery rink from RKCC (Gord Gillespie Vice, Debbie Gillespie 2nd
and Bruce Jeffery Lead). The B event winner was former Napanee curler
Dave Pallen and his St. Catherine rink (Vice Kristina Vanderlee, 2nd
Brent Craig and Lead Joanne McHenry) and the runner-up was our own Rebecca
Murphy (Vice husband Paul, 2nd Jane Pearson and Lead Jim
Head). In a real family affair, the C event winners were also from the
NDCC as Heather Ramshaw (Vice Scott Buckley, 2nd Kim Dickson
and Lead Duane Buckley) defeated her parents Chris Ramshaw (Vice Eleanor
Ramshaw, 2nd Doug Baker and Leads Heather Baker/Susi Reinick).
Finally, the D event winners from the Trenton CC was the Bob Fish rink
(Catherine Sutherland Vice, Mike Parry 2nd and Catherine Holmes
Lead) with the runner-up from the VanVlack clan out of the NDCC with Skip
Dave, Vice Jordan , 2nd Andrew and Lead Sandy – all VanVlacks.
Congratulations to all the winners.
There is
quite a buzz at the Club about the annual Sweetheart’s Valentine Dinner
scheduled for Wednesday, February 18th. This year’s organizer,
Ron Graham, has been busy with his volunteers organizing the menu and
selling tickets. This is a black tie event for the workers and the ladies
get all dressed up and let their hair down for a well-deserved night out
complete with wine and entertainment. The maximum capacity for this event
is 80 diners and any tickets remaining will be open to non-members as of
January 26th by calling Ron at 378-0401. Cocktails are at 6pm
followed by a delicious three course meal lovingly prepared and served by
the men. If ladies have the time and opportunity, you should put this
event on your calendar. Tickets $25.
The Men’s
Monday Flight curling concluded it’s regular draw this week so playoffs
commence next Monday. See the notice board at the Club, or call Bill at
373-8818, to find out when you curl next Monday night.
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January 21st, 2009 |
Well, by now everyone will have read in the local newspapers the big news
that the Tankard Curling Championships will be held in Napanee February
1-7 in 2010. Well, I can confirm that the ten best Ontario Men’s curling
teams in 2010 will be in town to compete for the right to represent
Ontario at the Brier scheduled for Halifax that year. The Napanee and
District Curling Club, in partnership with the Town and the Napanee Sports
Association, will organize and run this event. To be held in the
Strathcona Paper Centre converted to five curling sheets, this event will
add to the momentum created by the U18 Hockey tournament held here last
November of putting Napanee higher on the list of places to go in Ontario
and National for sport. Someone has predicted that we can expect an
economic spinoff of $500,000 in the area from this event. So, we have
earned the right to hold this exciting provincial curling playoff in
Napanee. What remains is the participation and cooperation of our
community, through volunteering, to help make this opportunity a real
success. I know we can count on our club volunteers to step up and help
but not yet sure about the rest of the community although we have a good
record. As the plans develop, we will let you know how you can help.
A reminder to those signed up for the Skip’s Clinic on Sunday, 1st
of February at 1 pm.
The third annual Ladies’ In-Club bonspiel was held on Sunday with 16 club
rinks participating. This event is to give all ladies, especially those
still in the labour market, in our club an opportunity to participate in a
bonspiel. Janet Hobin’s team of Heather Wemp, Liz Griffiths and Missy
Hutcheson won the trophy for most points in the ‘spiel. Second place went
to Jo Sutton’s team of Louise Van Heighten, Anne Whalen-Knapp and Cheryl
Lepine. In third, was Cynthia Woodcock’s team of Donna Poirier, Joyce
Meredith and Diane Davie. In fourth place was Sandy McPherson’s team of
Heather Ramshaw, Cindy Crowson, Anne Angel and Diane Nolting. Well done
to the organizing committee of Benita Murphy, Eleanor Ramshaw, Janet Hobin,
Lorraine Wilson and Liz Graham who did a great job with plenty of help
from many other club members. Breakfast and lunch were provided by
Eleanor Ramshaw assisted by Chris Ramshaw, John Foster and Diane Nolting.
The pot luck dinner was coordinated by Sandi McNamee, Elaine Badgley and
Ingeborg Donald assisted by Roger Cole. Andy Graham was the drawmaster,
Brian Hobin and Jim Peets the registrars and Don Currier looked after the
ice. Bartending duties were handled by Jim Angel, Doug Baker, Tom Ayling
and Jim Head. The committee wishes to thank the ladies who donated the
door prizes. The floral centrepiece was given by Sally Lambert. Other
gifts were donated by Jennifer Clarkson, Jane Hough, Michele Penner,
Eleanor Ramshaw and Liz Graham. Thanks to everyone who helped make the
day such a success.
The Mixed Bonspiel this weekend is full and the party hats have
been ordered. It promises to be a blast if the costumes are anything like
they were last year.
Get involved – curl.
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January 14th, 2009 |
Well another year has passed us by and many of us are still curling!
The results from the other curling club leagues for the first session of
curling are in and deserve recognition. Friday night winners were Rebecca
Murphy, Paul Murphy, Jane Pearson and Don Pearson and the runners-up were
Ken Clancy, Beth Clancy, Daryl Latimer and Lana Latimer. Wed Ladies
winners were Gayle Johnson, Donna Poirier and Louise VanHeighten. The
runners-up were Jo Sutton, Cheryl French, Laurie VanStraalen and Deb
Kowalik. The Thursday Ladies winners were Sandi McNamee, Susi Reinink,
Cheryl Scrivens and Sandy Kennelly. Runners-up were
Shirley Bush, Elaine Badgley, Bernice Pringle and Joan Reynolds.
The Tuesday night Mixed winners were
Bill Casselman, Sandra Casselman, Joyce Meredith and Doug Meredith and the
runners-up were Robert Hough, Jane Hough, Arnold VanHeighton and Louise
VanHeighten. The Thursday Men’s winners were
Ian
Munro, Stan Yallup, Steve Cooper and Karl Gray and the runners-up were
Walter Genereux, Ray Moore, Tom Ayling and Mark Baker. Well done to all
the winners of the first session.
The 16th annual “Deacon’s Bench” Senior Bonspiel
was held on Saturday, 10 January with sixteen teams competing for the
“high steaks” organized by Walter Genereux and Ron Graham. There were
eight teams from the host club Napanee and another eight from Brockville,
Royal Kingston, Cataraqui and Brighton. The big three game winners were
the Ron Engly rink from Brockville with the ever present Richard Waller
from the RKCC as the runner-up. Bill Hogg from Napanee was the high two
game winner with the Tony Bush rink from Royal Kingston the runner-up and
the Howard Herron rink, also from the Royal Kingston, in third. Napanee’s
Ian Munro rink won the high one game winner. All those winners won
various quantities of beautiful steaks from Quinn’s Meats. There was a
prize table for the other winners selected in the order that they finished
in the bonspiel. The curling was pretty good but the food, all day, was
better. Shirley Bush provided the breakfast snacks; Jane Hough, Marilyn
Cole and Lorraine Wilson did the lunch and the wonderful beef dinner was
organized and prepared by Elizabeth Vandenberg, Joan Reynolds, Diane
Davie, Eleanor Allison, Sue Sharpe and Barb Graham. Hugh Sharpe was
wielding his huge machete carving the very tasty beef. Hugh was also the
drawmaster ably assisted by the Adolphustown imports of AC Allison and Cor
Vandenberg. Our good ice was maintained by Frank Dunham and Don Currier.
Jeanne and Gerry McCracken, supported by Tom Ayling (he is always helping
somewhere), managed the bar all day. Special mention to the Fox and Brier
Golf Club for their generous donation of the golfing tickets as the raffle
prize and a special thanks to all the volunteers who helped make this
bonspiel so memorable for all the participants and maintained the Napanee
high standard we all now expect.
This is the last reminder that on January 18th
there will be a Ladies In-Club Bonspiel and that the annual Mixed Bonspiel
is scheduled for 23-25 January. For entries to the Mixed ‘spiel call
Rebecca at 354-5445.
Welcome to all the new curlers who have joined our club for
the remainder of the season. We hope this is just the beginning of a
wonderful, long relationship. We know you will have fun in our club but
whether or not you win the Provincials or the Brier/Scott’s in time - is
really up to you.
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December 24th, 2008 |
Well the
first section of club curling is now over and some of the results are in.
The Monday night Men’s Flight curling league has 22 teams and is divided
into three different divisions. The team of David Staples, Scott Chadwick,
Nick Schroeder and Neil Roberts finished first and Chris Ramshaw’s team
second while Don Currier’s and Walter Genereux’s teams were demoted to B
Division. Brian Chadwick’s team finished first in B division and was
promoted to A Division along with Frank Dunham’s team while the teams of
Rob Marriott and Dave Travers were demoted to C division. Ken Healy’s
team finished first in C Division and was promoted to B Division along
with Brian Hobin’s team. It must be noted that the Staples rink, the only
youth rink in the club, won all their games. It was suggested at the
annual meeting that the Staples rink should spot all other rinks at least
four points to make it a closer contest. Go guys, go and well done!
The only
other league results in at this time are from the Tuesday morning Up &
At'Em league. The winner was the Ed File rink of Lorraine Wilson, Jo
Sutton and Keith Chapman and the runner-up team of Ted Davie, Shelley
Alkenbrack, Barb Graham and Cor Vandenberg.
As
usual, the ice will be unavailable between December 23 – January 2 as the
ice crew will be doing a melt-down, clean and re-flooding to get the ice
in top shape for the next session. Don’t forget to sign up for the
Refresher Clinics to be held Jan 4th.
It is
not too late, although it is getting close, to join our club and get
curling in the next session. Dues are pro-rated considering the curling
time remaining in the season so, don’t delay, call Sandy at 354-7138.
Guys, give your wife/girlfriend a special gift this Christmas by paying
her fees for the rest of the season and let her get out and have fun. Or,
ladies, if you want to get your man out of the house, sign him up for
curling and you may never see him parked in front of the television again.
The
first club bonspiel in the new year will be the Senior Men’s on 10
January. The draw has been posted so good luck to the older member
participants. If you think you are too old to curl, come out and watch
the Seniors and you will realize just how old one can be and still curl.
Sticks have extended our curling time by at least ten years.
On
January 18th there will be a Ladies In-Club Bonspiel and the
annual Mixed Bonspiel is scheduled for 23-25 January. The social side of
the Mixed is something you don’t want to miss. The dress theme this year
is the Woodstock 40th Anniversary. Call Rebecca now at
354-5445.
The
Board of Directors, all curlers and club volunteers wish you all a very
Merry Christmas and a new year filled with hope, health and happiness.
See you at the rink in 2009.
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December 10th, 2008 |
It’s amazing how time flies by when you
are having fun! Here it is December and some of the curling leagues
are coming to a close. Anyone interested in joining for the
remaining two thirds of the curling season should make their wishes known
soon as new teams are being formed for the start of the next session.
There are special rates for those joining late with newcomers only paying
for the time left in the season. To join any of the leagues,
interested curlers are asked to contact Membership Director Sandy Eastlake
at 354-7138 and she can tell you what the cost is depending on how
frequently you plan on curling every week. Don’t delay – call now.
One of the leagues with special interest
in new curlers is the Wednesday Evening Ladies League. Designed to
allow working ladies a chance to curl every week, this league is pleading
for more participants to make the league more exciting and more
competitive. Here is a chance to leave hubby at home with the kids
so you can have an evening out with friends getting some fresh air,
exercise and some good clean fun. For those who used to curl before
work took all your time slots, here is a chance to get back in the game.
For those who have not enjoyed the experience – you have already left it
too long and need to get at it, now.
Our Junior programme has really taken off
with over twenty five participants. The numbers, their interest and
the calibre of curling will allow a few teams from the Club to enter some
Regional competitions to wet their appetites on that part of curling.
The Junior Director, Dave Travers, and his curler assistants, is very
pleased with the enthusiasm of the Junior curlers and their curiosity to
learn more about the game. Thankfully, several parents have
taken a keen interest in the programme too which has really helped the
kids and the instructors. Like the other leagues, it is not too late
for Juniors to join the programme by calling Dave Travers at 373-0016 or
Sandy Eastlake at 354-7138.
A Refresher Clinic will be held at the
Club on January 4th from 1 – 3 pm. New curlers and experienced
curlers interested in improving their delivery should sign up on the
sheets posted in the Club. Free instruction is available to anyone
who wishes to take the time. If you just want to practice, that is
also a good time to do so before the curling takes off again after the New
Year.
A Skips Clinic will be held at the Club on
Saturday 17 January run by Andy Palmer. For those curlers interested in
advancing to the highest level on a team, come and learn what Skips need
to know tactically to maximize the chances of winning. Once you know
the shot required, all you have to do then is to make the shot.
Deciding the right shot for the player is important, the second part is to
get the amount of ice required and the weight necessary to make the shot.
Come and learn how this is done, perhaps not to be a Skip but to learn
more about the game so that you can understand what is happening during
the game and get more enjoyment when curling.
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December 3rd, 2008 |
On
Saturday the Napanee Curling Club was filled with female curlers from far
and wide participating in the annual Ladies Open Bonspiel. Heather
Ramshaw, the Ladies Bonspiel Director, coordinated the event ably
supported by Eleanor Ramshaw and Jennifer Clarkson. Bea Moore and
Kim Dickson greeted all the rinks as they arrived and helped administer
the event during the day.
The 16 teams included 7 from the Royal Kingston, teams from Ottawa,
Carleton Place, Garrison and 7 from Napanee. The top point
winners were Donna Poirier’s Team with curlers from the Royal Kingston (RKCC)
and Napanee & District Curling Club (NDCC) with 35 1/2 points. The
team was skipped by Gayle Johnson, vice Nancy Tosh and second Louise
VanHeighton. The other two game winners included: second place -
Betty Bush’s team from the Royal Kingston Culring Club (RKCC), third place
– Hilary Casey’s team from the Riverside Curling Club in Ottawa and fourth
– Judy Poirer’s team from the Garrison Curling Club in Kingston.
Rounding out the top 8 teams who were all offered a wonderful selection
from the prize table included – Benita Murphy’s team, Jane Hough’s team,
and Rebecca Murphy’s team (all from the NDCC) and Maelane Hums team from
the Carleton Place Curling Club.
If you like eating the curling club is the
place to be. Saturday’s fare maintained our reputation as the best
food on the curling circuit. Eleanor Ramshaw and her team
provided a wonderful breakfast of cakes, yogurt and fruit, Ingeborg
Donald and her helpers served a delicious sandwich/soup lunch and Beth
Clancey and her team served an incredible stuffed pork dinner withal the
trimmings plus Doris Oglie’s apple pie. I suspect all the ladies
were on their treadmills on Sunday!
No club can run a bonspiel without the
usual volunteers giving their time and talents to make it all happen.
Bar Captain Doug Baker and his elves Ed File, Phil Wilson, Brian Woodcock,
Jack McNamee, Ken Clancey, Mark Baker, Tom Ayling and Linda Veley looked
after the ladies’ thirst needs. Frank Dunham and Don Currier, and
their many helpers, looked after the ice. The ladies seemed
very pleased with the keenness and curl of the ice.
Our sponsors were Sharon VanGent and
Jennifer Clarkson. Raffle and Door Prizes were donated by Michele
Penner, Bernice Pringle (Community Living), Jennifer Clarkson, Norma
Jackemeck, Eleanor Ramshaw, Christine Peets, Pat Benn, Debbie Currier,
Jane Hough and June Hicks.
A great time was had by all involved and
special thanks to Heather for all her work and the good results.
Michele Penner has organized a Napanee and
District Curling Club food drive to support the community needs through
the Salvation Army. This is the last week to bring in your donations
(place them in the Christmas decorated boxes just inside the door) as the
drive ends 9 December. Thanks Michele for reminding us of all those
in need at this time and giving us the opportunity to share.
Don’t forget to attend the General Curling
Meeting on Sunday 7 December at 1 pm.
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November 26th, 2008 |
The Napanee & District Curling Club is nearing the completion of the first
draw of curling prior to the holiday break. Curlers in all leagues are
putting their best game(s) together hopefully to be inscribed forever on
one of the coveted trophies. Your league Directors will soon be posting
sign up sheets for the second draw so remember to find these lists to
ensure you are entered in the next draw. If you are not curling in any
particular league but want to, please call the applicable Director so
he/she has your name. Also, any curler or new members wanting to join and
curl for the rest of the season, please call Sandy Eastlake 613-354-7138.
For those who are not sure who to call the list of the Executive is posted
in the lounge and there are 2008/2009 telephone directories with all
members’ numbers available.
Your new Bar Directors Doug and Heather Baker want to thank all volunteers
to date but especially thank the monthly Bar Captains: David VanVlack, Tom
Ayling, Barry Brummel, Jim Angel, Jack McNamee and Paul McDonald for all
their many hours helping with the day to day requirements of running an
efficient bar. They further thank all members who step forward and do bar
duty after each and every curling draw.
Frank Dunham and Don Currier, your ice technicians are doing a terrific
job giving us clean, keen ice to curl on. Lets support them by not wearing
fuzzy clothing and removing knees and hands (as soon as possible) from the
ice surface.
Saturday the 29th of November is our Ladies Open and Heather
Ramshaw invites all of you to come out and see some terrific curling.
Sunday, 7th December is our Semi-Annual General Meeting at 1
pm. All members are asked to come out and support your directors and the
decisions that need to be made each and every year to keep the club viable
and running smoothly. If you have not yet received your agenda by email or
snail mail please call Elizabeth Vandenberg 613-373-0099. There are extra
‘ proxies’ in the mail box on the kitchen counter so if you cannot make
the meeting give your proxy to someone who is…your vote is important to
the club as a whole. Sandy Eastlake
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November 19th, 2008 |
MEN’S OPEN A BIG SUCCESS
The
Napanee curling community were busy on the weekend with the 40th
Annual Men’s Open Bonspiel – either curling, watching or volunteering to
provide the many meals and bar services. Phil Wilson chaired the other
volunteers on the bonspiel committee. Although the number of rinks
entered was down this year from last, there were 24 entries from far and
very far: Royal Kingston and Cataraqui, Tweed, Winchester, Oshawa,
Carleton Heights, Scarborough, Kemptville, St. Catherines, Ottawa, and
North Grenville; some new faces and many familiar ones but, encouragingly,
many younger curlers in attendance! There were six local entries. The
Drawmaster was Hugh Sharpe assisted by his team of volunteers.
Friday afternoon, as all were gathering at the Club for their first game,
curlers were given hot soup and “make your own sandwiches” coordinated by
Sharon Van Gent and Eleanor Ramshaw. After 7: 30 pm, curlers were
treated to a Friday Night Wing Ding with delicious Chicken Wings sponsored
by Rice Financial and served by Christine Ramshaw and her crew. Nobody
wanted to go home and there were still wings left when the bar closed.
A
Saturday pancake and sausage breakfast was available for the morning
curlers prepared by Diane Davie and all her volunteers. Curling continued
for some and before we knew it Linda Blake and her group were offering a
hot chili lunch with all the butter tarts you could eat. You should be
seeing the pattern by now: we offer the visiting rinks so much food they
can barely wiggle their ears and then we invite them to curl. It does
give our local rinks a distinct advantage. Of course, the piece de
réstistance has always been the Saturday night roast beef dinner and this
year was no exception. It was a fantastic meal, topped off with home-
made pie, coordinated by Moira Sickling and her team of volunteers. Now
even the local teams were starting to waddle. Despite all this food, and
some drink, the curling continued - some winning and the other half
losing. By late Saturday night it was determined which teams would be
there again on Sunday for the final and deciding games, ie, those taking
home prizes.
Frank
and Joan Banks prepared the Sunday breakfast for the morning curlers. The
semi-finals were played and then lunch was served by Janet Hobin for those
competing in the four event finals. In the end, the Garth Mitchell rink
from St. Catherines won the A event (sponsored by Home Hardware) final,
taking home the $1000 prize plus next year’s entry fee to the Men’s
Bonspiel donated by Lafarge(Ottawa),defeating the Don Currier rink from
Napanee. All other winning and runner-up teams selected their prizes from
a very attractive prize table. The B event (sponsored by Joyce’s Meat &
Deli) was won by Cataraqui’s Ivan Suddergaard defeating Richard Roessner’s
rink from St. Catherines. The C event (sponsored by Burke Printing) was
won by Rob Dickson’s team from Tweed who defeated the John Deman foursome
from Napanee. The D event (sponsored by Woodcock’s 401 Automotive & Tire)
was won by the David Staples’ rink from St. Catherines who defeated the
Robert St. Pierre team from Winchester. Other generous sponsors included:
Shoeless Joe’s, M&M Meat Shops, Moore Bros., George Grant Insurance,
Optometrist Dr. Palmer, Barry Brummel of Wager & Myatt Real Estate,
McCutcheon Insurance, Mainstay Natural Foods, Hart n’ Hart, AM sports,
Napanee G&CC and Emmons Welding. Without our sponsors and volunteers,
there would be no bonspiel. A heartfelt thanks to both, again. And well
done Phil!!
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November 12th, 2008 |
CURLERS FOCUS ON HOCKEY
It’s
not often that the Napanee curling community is focused on hockey but this
past week was certainly one of those times. The National Women's U18
Hockey Championships really were the only games in town this week and what
a fantastic display of hockey they put on for those many who took the time
to go and watch. I’m not qualified to comment on what they did or how
well they did it but I do want to report on something that was very
obvious to me during the week at the Strathcona Paper Centre.
The
volunteer spirit of the curling club flowed over into the organization of
the U18 hockey this week, big time. Wherever you looked this past week,
you saw volunteers from the curling club busily engaged in the many duties
they had accepted. Eleanor Ramshaw, and her curling teammates, provided
all the lunches for all the volunteers, all week. And, Sandi
McNamee, and her curling teammates, provided all the dinners for
all the volunteers, all week. These were contract arrangements with the
Host Organizing Committee for food services and the money earned went to
the curling club. There was no money involved for the Security team but
John Deman had recruited many curlers who were involved with that all week
too. And, everywhere you looked, in so many other areas in the U18
organization, you saw curlers doing their thing for the community. And,
for those curlers who were not able to volunteer to help, they came to
watch games whenever they could. So, from my biased perspective, Napanee
curlers can be very proud of their contribution and support of this latest
wonderful, and successful, Napanee event.
Meanwhile, back at curling, the Club is busy preparing for the Mens Open
Bonspiel starting Friday, 14 Nov, running all weekend with the finals on
Sunday. The Ladies Open bonspiel will be held two weeks later on 29 Nov.
Come and watch some good curling, at the smaller Napanee rink, and enjoy
the friendly atmosphere at the Club. The next general curling meeting for
all members will be held at 1 pm on Sunday 7 Dec.
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November 5th, 2008 |
It didn’t take long for curlers to get in
the swing (and sweep) of things. All leagues are well underway and all
those with some Club responsibility are busy trying to deal with those
details we all knew would arrive but not sure what or where they would be.
We are enjoying excellent ice which, for
those of us still struggling with the game, causes some frustration as we
cannot, honestly, blame missed shots on the ice! Thanks to Frank, and his
many helpers, for giving us such wonderful ice. Our guest curlers coming
for the Men’s Open Bonspiel, on 14th – 16th November, and the Ladies Open,
29th November, will be in for a real treat. There are still openings for
teams wishing to curl in the Men’s so, if interested, call Phil Wilson
373-2252.
If members have not yet volunteered to
help at one of the bonspiels, or for the many jobs we need to do as
volunteers at the Club, don’t be shy. Step right up and ask any of the
Directors what you would like to do or what needs volunteers and I’m sure
we can fit you in someplace, sometime. A reminder that we are able to keep
our curling fees low, compared to other clubs in the area, only because we
do much with volunteers versus hiring personnel that then costs the Club
which has to be passed on the members. Volunteering is a win-win
situation.
The 2008-2009 NDCC telephone directories
are now available at the Club. Thanks again to Burke Printing for their
continuing support for these directories.
And, it is not too late to curl. Come and
see us, or call Sandy at 354-7138 and we should be able to accommodate
your needs. We are very interested in more Junior curlers and all queries
can be addressed to Dave Travers at 373-9916.
It will be a little quieter at the curling
Club this week as so many curlers are volunteers at the U18 National
Womens U18 Hockey Championship being held at the Strathcona Paper Centre.
Support your community and Womens hockey in Canada by watching a game or
two, around your curling.
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October 29th, 2008 |
Welcome back to another season of curling.
This year we have 244 members; 23 of whom are new to the club and/or to
curling in general. I would like to thank, Ian Munro and Andy Palmer
for their time and talents ensuring our new and returning members had some
instruction prior to their first game. Frank Dunham, our Ice Technician
thanks Don Currier, Rick Siegner,
Steve Eastlake and Tom Ayling for their assistance in the preparation of
the ice this year. The superb painting on the ice was carried out by Rick
& Phil of Capital Painting Ottawa. Our House Directors Bill Ryan and Gord
Mitchell give special thanks to Chris Ramshaw for the major renovation job
in the club kitchen/bar area helping to ‘spruce up the club’. All that and
a new floor in the kitchen too! It looks so much brighter and better –
thanks from all curling members.
Your new Board of Directors/assistants:
President/Men’s Section- Bill Hogg, VicePresident/Kitchen – Sandi McNamee,
Mixed Section- Cindy Woodcock, Ladies’ Section - Janet Hobin/Gayle
Johnson, Junior –Dave Travers, Ladies’ Bonspiels - Heather Ramshaw,
Men’s/Mixed Bonspiels –Phil Wilson, Fundraising - Christine Ramshaw, Ice /OCA
Rep- Steve Eastlake, House –Bill Ryan and Gord Mitchell, Rentals – Shirley
Bush, Membership – Sandy Eastlake/Ted Davie. Your treasurer Lia Dufour and
secretary Elizabeth Vandenberg are busy with one set of books or another.
This season in the various leagues we have: Mon Men - 22 teams; Wed Men -
10 teams; Thurs Men - 14 teams; Tues Up & At'Em - 17 teams; Tues Mixed -
11 teams; Fri Mixed - 16 teams; Wed Ladies - 7 teams; Thurs Ladies - 11
teams. Juniors have 20 curlers with more to register. A reminder, juniors
get to try curling without paying until the third week and no expensive
equipment is
needed so call Dave Travers at 373-0016 if interested.
We wish to thank our sponsors who have participated in our curling club
advertising programme:“on ice advertisement” is Colour Connection, A & M
Sports, Country Traditions Frozen Foods, Exit Reality, Tim Hortons, Centre
Street Auto, Napanee Opticians and Murray Drywall; Button advertisement is
Bert's Golf, Tammy's Country Kitchen, Scotia Bank and Home Hardware
Building Centre; and Wall advertisement is Wagar & Myatt Ltd Real Estate
Brokers, Goodyear Canada, Doyle's Winsows, George A Grant Insurance
Brokers Inc, Napanee Beaver, Pringle Ford, Giant Tiger, D & L Carpentry &
Kitchen Design, Colio Estates Wine, Canadian Awning & Canvas Residential,
The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company, Quinns Meats, Sign Me Up
Hart 'N Hart, M & M Meats, Patricia Dafoe Insurance Agency Inc and
Woodcock's 401 Automotive & Tire Centre.
Your Bar and Kitchen Directors have compiled their lists for volunteer
duties, so please check for your name as to which Bonspiel, event, duty
you are slated for. The Volunteer Chart in the foyer is posted for your
viewing pleasure!!! I believe Sandi McNamee is still looking for a few
Captains – great opportunity: less cooking, more organizing!
The telephone directories are ready for pick up thanks to the sponsorship
of Burkes’ Printing. There are lots of other periodicals/notices at the
Information Centre and on various bulletin boards so take a look this
week.
This past weekend, Napanee teams had a clean sweep at the Royal Kingston
Senior's Bonspiel: Winners Robert Paul, Paul Dickson, John Deman and Bill
Creighton and the runners-up: Walter Genereux, Ken Clancy, Bill Casselman
and Kees VanGent. Congratulations and what a great start to the season.
Remember to mark your calendar for the Men’s Open Bonspiel - 14th – 16th
November; Ladies Open - 29th November and the General Meeting Sunday the
7th of December at 1 pm.
I thank the Napanee Beaver who generously print our curling article every
week as yet another donation to the club. Many thanks.
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October 22nd, 2008 |
Well,
the 2008 curling season started off with some good and some bad
experiences!
First, the good experience. The 6th Annual “Swing and Sweep”
event, organized by Heather Ramshaw and Kim Dickson, was held on Saturday
and by all reports it was a great experrience, again. The event started
off in the morning with a Shot Gun start at the Napanee Golf Club. A soup
and sandwich lunch at the curling club by Eleanor Ramshaw was available
for participants at noon with normal bar services provided by Dave
VanVlack and Gerald McCracken. The two four end curling games followed
lunch with everyone enjoying the new, beautiful ice provided by Frank
Dunham and his many volunteer helpers. Everyone worked up an appetite for
the delicious dinner prepared by the organizers mothers (Eleanor Ramshaw
and Chris Moore), Sandi McNamee and other curlers. Thanks to Bea Moore
who tirelessly worked in the kitchen all day. At the curling club,
everyone pitches in and helps as necessary. That is part of the great
curling club experience in Napanee.
Christine Ramshaw prepared an amazing raffle table with donations by many
local sponsors with all monies going towards the 2008-2009 Fundraising
campaign. Thanks to our local sponsors.
A
Swing and Sweep plaque, with the 5 previous winners inscribed, was donated
by Chris and Eleanor Ramshaw and presented to the winners; Paul Dickson,
Steve Angel, Daryl Latimer and Robert Dickson. The Runner-up team was
Bill Hogg, Mark Dunham and Heather Ramshaw. Other prizes went to: Robert
Dickson for the Men’s Closest to the Pin, and Paul Murphy for the Men’s
Longest Drive. Joyce Meredith won both the Ladies prizes: Longest Drive
and Closest the Pin. Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all
participants and all those who made this event so successful and so much
fun.
And
now, some thoughts about the not so good experience. The organization of
curling clinics this year was a disaster and the person responsible should
try again next year. Well, that was me and I apologize to all those
inconvenienced and disappointed by this lack of attention to detail and
circulation of information in a timely manner. I will try it again next
year. Being away at the time did not help and when I did return my system
was not receiving e-mails, so even your complaints were not received.
Please accept my apology and feel free to remind me of my shortcomings at
the rink. My thanks to Sandy for trying to pick up the pieces.
See
you there.
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March 30th, 2008 |
Last
Wednesday the RKCC held their annual Grandmother/Great Aunt Bonspiel and
four rinks from Napanee competed. The theme was 'Support our Troops" and
96 ladies did just that, most in red with “Support our Troops” ballcaps,
etc. An Izzy Doll pattern was sent to all participants in the hope that
the bonspiel could collect a few to send to our troops for distribution to
children around the world on their patrols. A representative from Base
Kingston was the guest speaker and the ladies turned over 537 dolls -- 100
of them came from the Napanee Teams. Sandi McNamee, Norma Jackemeck, Heather
Baker and Diane Davie won both games and came 5th out of 24 rinks.
The Napanee rink of Walter Genereux, Ray
Snider, Ed File and Andy Graham were in Thornhill this weekend for the 2nd
Annual Provincial Grand Masters Curling Championships. This level is
limited to those curlers over 70 years old, so not all can compete!
Having previously won the Zone 4 playoffs, the Genereux rink represented
us well ending up as the runners-up in the Second event and were defeated
by well known provincial champ Joe Gurowski. Now that everyone knows your
ages (roughly) you can expect to see much more respect both at the Club
and on the street. Congratulations for putting Napanee on the Ontario
curling map.
The annual Martin & Walters, the final
curling club event of the year, was held Saturday and was great fun for
the sixteen teams. Convenor John Deman and statistician Sandy Eastlake
kept all entertained while Sandi McNamee ensured all hungers were sated
and Jim/Anne Angel quenched all thirsts. This is not your normal curling
bonspiel. Every end is designed to be different and presents various
challenges like curling around/through pylons, delivering your rock with a
stick, discovering it’s not the closest rock to the button that scores but
the ones in the house farthest from the button, etc. That’s why it’s
called a funspiel. The winners this year were Paul Spooner, Al Thompson,
Phil Berry and Jim Peets beating Robert Hough, Jane Hough, Frank and Mark
Dunham by just one end. All curlers picked out one of the many prizes
generously donated by Country Traditions, Mr. Sub, Pizza Hut, Flowers by
Barbara, La Pizzeria, Movies ‘N More, Paul’s Pizzeria, Dairy Queen and the
Smiling Wilderness Family Restaurant. Keeping with tradition, the curlers
then gorged themselves with a three table pot luck and those that were
still able tried their hand at the barefoot draw to the button turkey/ham
toss won by Steve and Sandy Eastlake. Many participants helped throughout
the day and we thank you all for helping us make this a funfilled ending
to the 2007/2008 curling season.
The annual general meeting was held at the
Club on Sunday. We can happily report that the Club had a good year and
remains financially stable, thanks mainly to our volunteers and our
advertising supporters. Thanks to all the Directors, plus the Treasurer
and Secretary, who managed our Club this year. Special thanks goes to
John Deman, outgoing President, and Bill Hogg, incoming President. We are
always happy to see new faces at the Club and we hope more in the area
will be curious enough to come out in the Fall when curlers get together
again for a season of fun – together - and see for themselves.
This is the final reminder that the annual
curling Banquet will be held at the Club on Friday, 18 April. This is an
evening of cocktails, dinner and dance overshadowed by FUN so call and get
your tickets from Sandy at 354-7138.
As this is the last article this season, I
thank the Beaver for their generosity and cooperation in printing
our weekly article on curling activities in Napanee. Hopefully, I will be
writing to you again in the Fall. Have a great summer and stay in shape
for curling next season.
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March 19th, 2008 |
The
Napanee & District Curling Club is now into its last two weeks of curling
and all members are trying their best for their final chance to get their
name on one of the coveted trophies…Good luck and good curling to all 280
of you. This has been a prosperous season for us with all our bonspiels
being successful thanks to the hard work of club volunteers. I have never
been part of a club with an 88% volunteer rate and I personally thank all
of you. For you other 12%, next season will have plenty of opportunities
for you to get this rate even higher.
Club teams representing us
at other Club Bonspiels have been successful too. Added to the events
already written about is the 7th Annual Marvin Valensky Memorial
Stickspiel (an event which raises funds for the Kingston Chapter of the
Kidney Foundation) at the Royal Kingston Curling Club; Hugh Sharpe, Ed
File, Don Currier and Ric Jones were the bonspiel winners Ron Graham's
team with Chris Ramshaw skipping, Ron vice, Heather and Christine Ramshaw
came in second. Christine also came in second in the ‘draw to the button’
shoot out. She was just inches away from the button and donated the $100
prize back to the Kidney Foundation. Wow, what club representation!!
Meanwhile, Andy and Cathy Palmer/Paul and Rebecca Murphy won the D
Event of the Trenton Mixed skins. Way to go guys!!
The Monday Mens are down to three final teams
vying for the Mens Club Championship. Robert Paul, Robert Hough, Paul
McDonald, Paul Murphy in A is patiently waiting to play the B side winner
whose final game is between Ken Clancey, Joe Jackemeck, Mark Dunham, Jack
McNamee versus Walter Genereux, Ray Snider, Jim Head, Barry Small. By the
time you read this article one of these teams will have won and will be
playing Robert Paul on Monday 24th of March.
Your league directors are
busy compiling the awards to be presented the last week of curling; the
bonspiel crew and Kitchen/Bar Directors are busy preparing for the closing
Martin and Walters – March 29th; your Vice President is trying to ensure
all will be ready for the banquet – April 18th ; and all
directors along with the secretary and treasurer are typing their reports
for the closing General Meeting – March 30th at 1 pm. All these
and more are posted on the easel for your information. See you on the
ice…….Sandy Eastlake
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March 12th, 2008 |
Ted
Davie is doing a great job on this article but he is away at the Brier so
you will have to put up with my write-ups for a couple of weeks.
The “Hot Shots”
competition convened by Chris Ramshaw with Christine as his assistant and
Eleanor making a delicious chili lunch was great fun. Twenty-two curlers
raised, tapped, doubled and drew their best to be the annual Hot Shot
winner; thanks to the sponsorship of Larry Pringe, Pringle Ford. This
seasons’ winner was Case VanGent with runner up Cheryl Scrivens. The B
event winner was Cynthia Woodcock with runner up Sandy Eastlake…Better
luck next year, guys!!!!
The second draw for Thursday men's had Ian Munro, Dave Haines,
Grant Miller, Dennis Snider as the winning team with Brian Chadwick, Jack
McNamee, Phil Berry, Terry Young in 2nd place. Most of our
leagues are now into their last draw --- where did the curling season go
--- although the winter itself can be over any day now!!! The other
league(s) second draw winners are not available to me at this time so
check out our informative Web Site
www.ndcc.ca maintained by Heather Ramshaw or on the tables in Rebecca
Murphy’s monthly Newsletter. Thanks ladies.
The sign up sheet for helpers for the Banquet Friday, 18th
April is posted and tickets are available from Bill Hogg (convenor),
Shirley Bush, myself, Jane Hough, Janet Hobin, Gayle Johnson and Angela
Cronk. Also posted is the sign up sheet for our annual closing
“Martin&Walters” which is great fun for members, family and friends. The
convenor John Deman has a few surprises up his sleeve and the pot luck
supper is always a mouth watering display of many different dishes.
Your agenda for the closing General Meeting Sunday, 30th
March at 1 pm has been emailed and there are copies for those without
email on the kitchen counters or our Web Site. This year 7 of our 12
Directors’ terms are up and although some of them have agreed to stay for
another term we really need members who have not served to step forward
and fill the vacant positions. Your current outgoing Directors have
approached a lot of you already or will be doing so soon. So please review
the nomination form and volunteer to do your part to ensure the continued
prosperity of this your curling club. See you on the ice……….Sandy
Eastlake
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February 27th, 2008 |
In case you missed them,
the Highland Lassies have come and gone for another year. If you missed
the colour and the swirl of tartan kilts you may have heard the piercing
sound of the bagpipes. Master Piper, and NDCC member, Hugh Goldie added
some pomp and ceremony as he “piped” the participating lady curlers on the
ice for the two first draws. You had to be there to appreciate just how
special it can be. The annual ladies bonspiel, coordinated by Heather
Ramshaw and her always supporting family members Eleanor and Christine,
with the assistance of Liz and Andy Graham, was a wonderful experience for
the 16 teams involved. This year there were representative teams from
Toronto (2), Picton, RKCC (6), Cataraqui, Garrison and Napanee (5). The
food, ice and hospitality maintained the Napanee standard of ‘second to
none’. Rebecca Murphy’s Napanee team of Jane Pearson, Cindy Woodcock and
Lana Latimer was the top point winner with second place going to Judy
Poirier’s Garrison team, third place to Grace Armstrong’s Picton team and
fourth place to Colleen Bennett’s Royal Kingston team. Rounding out the
top 8 teams who were all offered a wonderful selection from the prize
table included Fran Cooney’s RKCC team, Jordan VanVlack’s NDCC team,
Benita Murphy’s NDCC team and Mary Jane Elvin’s NDCC team. Well done to
the many volunteers who made this bonspiel another NDCC success and thank
you for your time and talents.
The second round of the Tuesday morning Up & At’Em league was won by
Sandi McNamee (George Elliott, Rick Siegner and Jennifer Clarkson) with
two teams tied for the runner-up: Ted Davie (Elaine Badgley, E.
Vandenberg/M. Therien and Bill Neville) and Sandy Eastlake (Rich Libby,
Shelley Alkenbrack and Marg Martin).
An important aspect of developing and maintaining curling as a
recreational choice in Napanee is our Junior curling programme. For
reasons not completely understood, we have been having some difficulty
attracting enough junior curlers to come out to learn about the game.
However, Ian Munro continues the programme and was pleased to host the
Eastern Ontario Junior Curling League and the Eastern Ontario
Little Rock League teams at the NDCC on 17 February. Napanee did
not have any curlers in the Bantam or Junior teams but had two Little Rock
teams (under 12). Both teams played well and the players reported that
they enjoyed their first ever experience at this level of competition.
The next event for our Little Rock curlers is the Moo Spiel in Trenton in
early March and curlers are preparing enthusiastically for their second
appearance in that annual event.
Despite our lack of Junior curlers feeding the system, we are
seeing some success this year for our high school curlers. Mark Dunham
has continued to work with high school students interested in curling for
several years with mixed results. He himself was a product of a school
curling programme which produced many wonderful curlers, some still in the
club. Mark is very pleased with his NDSS Boy’s School team this year.
The team led by the very competent young curler Scott Chadwick includes
Wes Kerr, Justin Murray and Chris Galamb. Last week, in Kingston, they
won the KASSAA (Kingston Area Secondary School Athletic Association)
playoffs and will represent our area in the EOSSAA (Eastern Ontario
Secondary School Athletic Association) held in Garrison Mar 5-6. Napanee
supports you all the way to the National Schoolboy’s Championship! Go for
it NDSS – and good curling.
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February 20th, 2008 |
I think the town is still buzzing with the excited talk of the success of
the Sweethearts Dinner held at the club for our Ladies on 13 February.
All those fancy dressed men, under chief cook and bottle washer Jim Angel,
did well to organize, prepare and serve a very good meal with all the
trimmings. Thanks to all the men who participated and helped make the
evening memorable. I discovered we did have some outside help that should
be recognized: Heather Baker provided the wonderful dessert selections and
Sandi McNamee roasted the potatoes for us. Thanks ladies. We obviously
needed your help. Special thanks to John Stimpson who provided wonderful
mood music on piano and guitar during the entire dinner and then music for
dancing following the meal. It was a very nice touch and added greatly to
the success of the night. Ladies should mark their calendars for next
year’s similar event now.
Walter has pulled it off yet again! On
Friday, the finals for the Zone Grand Masters were held at the Club and
Napanee has another winner this year. Walter Genereux (teammates Ray
Snider, Ed File and Andy Graham) won the privilege to represent this Zone
at the Provincial playoffs in Thornhill the weekend of 28-30 March by
defeating the Hutchinson team from Tweed. Who says there isn’t much sport
left in men over 70?
Unknown to
me last week was the good news that another Napanee rink had won a local
bonspiel. Gayle Johnson (vice Kim Pringle, second Kelly Roantree, and
lead Louise VanHeighten) won the Queen of the Castle bonspiel in Picton on
09 February. Well done ladies and thank you for spreading the ever
increasing curling reputation of Napanee.
The results
of the first curling league draw are published; a bit late but better late
than never. Monday night Mens: A Draw: Ian Munro and Paul Dickson,
B Draw: Bob Marriott and C Draw: Cam McFadyen; Up & At’em: Ray
Snider and Jean Morrison; Tuesday Mixed: Marc Babcock; Wednesday
Seniors: Dave Travers; Wednesday Ladies:June Hicks; Thursday
Ladies: Michele Penner; Thursday Mens: Ian Munro and Friday
Mixed: Ken Clancey. Congratulations to all winners and their teams.
Curling
watchers are reminded that the Ladies Highland Lassie bonspiel will be
held at the club on Saturday, 23 February.
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February 13th, 2008 |
BONSPIEL
TIME
It is
February and that means bonspiel after bonspiel after various levels of
provincial playoffs. It’s hard to keep up with all the activity. This
past week for Napanee curlers was no exception.
On
Wednesday, Jack McNamee coordinated the annual Town & Country one-day
bonspiel at the NDCC. There were two last minute cancellations but the
remaining fourteen rinks played two eight end games each and between games
were treated to a delicious meal provided by Sandi McNamee and her team in
the kitchen. Congratulations to the bonspiel winner skip Walter Genereux
and his team of Don Walker, Ray Snider and, import lead from RKCC, Ernie
Carter. Apparently, the success was mainly due to their import! As
usual, there was plenty of bird seed to go around for the other
competitors.
On Friday,
the Club hosted the first level of the Zone Playoffs for the Provincial
Senior Masters. Napanee was represented by Walter Genereux (teammates Ray
Snider, Ed File and Andy Graham) and Frank Dunham (teammates Hugh Sharpe,
Frank Banks and Ron Reynolds). There were also a rink from Quinte and
another from Tweed. After the dust settled, Genereux was the two game
winner and received a bye to the finals. Dunham and Tweed (both one game
winners) square off next Friday morning at the Club and the winner of that
game gets to play Genereux in the afternoon but must beat him twice to
advance to the Provincials in Thornhill. How many other sports provide
opportunities for provincial competition for those over 70 years of age?
Just another advantage of the game of curling that one appreciates as we
get older.
On Saturday,
four Napanee rinks entered the 25th Annual Pat Lid Bonspiel at
the Cataraqui CC. Congratulations to the Frank Dunham rink (John Deman,
Robert Hough and Murray Halliday) for tying for second. Some may wonder
when Frank has time to maintain our wonderful ice!!
All friends,
family and fellow curlers congratulate Rob Dickson and his rink for making
it to the Provincial playoffs in Waterloo last week. We were all
disappointed (probably nothing compared to Rob and his teammates) with the
final results there but we are all still are in awe of their success just
to get to Waterloo. Thinking of the thousands of Ontario curlers who
would have been very proud just to make it through even one level of the
competition required to get to Waterloo, it was a fantastic accomplishment
for Rob and his team to represent the zone at these Provincial Brier
playoffs. They should be proud, as we are, of their curling success. It
seems to me that Howard and the rest were just fortunate that the Dickson
rink didn’t find their groove earlier. Beating Middaugh in the 10th
draw and Lobel (one of the finalists) in the 11th draw, must of
felt reeeaaal good. There will be another day, Rob, and look at the
experience you are collecting at your age. Let this be a warning order for
future Brier hopefuls in Ontario: the Dicksons will be back!
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February 6th, 2008 |
SWEETHEARTS
VALENTINE DINNER
Well, it’s
that time of year again when our thoughts turn to romance (hard to believe
that only happens once a year now) and the curling club is abuzz about the
annual Sweethearts Valentine Dinner. Traditionally, on a night close to
Valentines Day, the men of the club hold a dinner for the ladies in the
club, and guests too when there is space available. And when I say
“hold”, I mean the men organize, prepare, cook and serve a special dinner
for their loved ones with minimal assistance from the women. It’s hard
not to get a lot of free advice. This year the dinner will be held on
Wednesday, February 13th. The night starts at 6 pm with the
“gathering” of the guests at the curling club, dressed to the hilt, who
are greeted by men in “fancy” attire. The guests are served choices of
tasty hors d’oeuvres and offered the cocktail of their choice. While this
is going on, you will see and hear the wild scurry of men in the kitchen
putting the finishing touches on the three-course meal soon to be served.
At 7 pm, the guests are formally seated and the dinner commences with a
light and delicious consommé followed by the main course (kept as a secret
until served) and an incredible dessert – not quantity but quality this
year. And, of course, a wine of your choice will be offered. The
programme says “entertainment” is included and, I believe, that is still
being developed and rehearsed as I write. This is one of the big hits of
the season and nobody should miss it.
Limited to
only 80 seats due to space limitations at the club, tickets are initially
sold to members only. However, after January 21st, tickets are
also available to any lady who wishes to come. The cost is $25/ticket and
if there are some men out there wondering what to give their loved one for
Valentines this year (while you are down south golfing), here is a special
deal. Tickets are still available from Ron at 613 354-3761. Don’t wait
too long or you may miss the opportunity of the season. Hopefully, we
will see 80 ladies on the 13th.
The Town and
Country Men's Bonspiel is this Wednesday, February 06 and the Ladies
Highland Lassie is on February 23. Both spiels are full.
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January 30th, 2008 |
GOING TO THE
MOVIES AT THE CURLING CLUB
The annual Mixed Open Bonspiel was held this past weekend attracting
curlers from far and wide. Lots of good fun and good curling were
conspicuous all weekend. Organizer Rebecca Murphy did a great job pulling
the many volunteers together to produce the results achieved. The
Clubhouse was well decorated for the “Movie Theme” with posters and cinema
paraphernalia and most teams took up the challenge with fantastic movie
costumes for the Saturday night dinner and dance. Thought, work and
creativity were demonstrated with the various entries representing the
movies Titantic, Monty Phython, Blues Brothers, Wizard of Oz, Matrix and
others. It was quite obvious that the participants had come to have fun
and the winning combination of friendly hosts, engaging visitors, great
food and an obliging bar staff made for a great weekend. As curlers were
leaving the big question seemed to be: “What is the theme for next year?”
Oh yes, there was plenty of great curling too! Finals were held Sunday
and congratulations goes to our local rink of Ken Clancey, Linda Blake,
Daryl Latimer and Beth Clancey won the “A” event, runner-up was the Tim
Bakunyi rink from Quinte CC, and the third place consolation prize was the
Rob Gray rink from Carleton Place. The “B” event winner was Amber Moulton
and her Junior team from St. Catherines and Ottawa and the runner-up was
Dave Wolovick from the RKCC. “C” event winner was NDCC’s Andy Palmer and
runner-up was Dave Travers also from the NDCC. “D” event winner was Dean
Clark from RKCC and runner-up Jim Mullen from the NDCC. Rebecca had
organized great prizes for all the winners thanks to our sponsors the
Napanee Beaver and Commonsense Financial.
You might not realize the number of volunteers required for the
decorating, draw, ice, kitchen and bar necessary to run a bonspiel for
three days. For this event we needed over 50 and in the NDCC tradition
they came out and gave their time and talents willingly and that is truly
the success of our Club. As has come to be expected in Napanee, the food
was terrific all weekend: Fri night snacks, Sat breakfast, lunch and
dinner and Sun breakfast and lunch. The Sat night feast was catered by
Water’s Edge Catering and it was delicious! From where I sat during the
weekend observing the many volunteers, special mention goes to Rebecca
Murphy for all her hard work and great organizational skills and to Tom
Ayling who was everywhere all weekend: bartender, helping prepare the ice
and ably assisting the drawmaster. Thank you both, and all the other
volunteers, from all your grateful club members.
Congratulations to the Andy Palmer rink consisting of wife Cathy, Jane and
Robert Hough who won the Open Mixed bonspiel at the Cataraqui CC last
weekend.
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January 16th, 2008 |
WEEKEND FULL
OF CURLING
The Napanee & District Curling Club was a
very busy place this past weekend. Saturday was the annual Senior Mens
Bonspiel and Sunday was a Ladies Club Bonspiel.
The
fifteenth annual Senior Mens “Deacon’s Bench” Bonspiel, organized by
Walter Genereux, was a booming success. Eight Napanee teams and eight
outside teams from Brockville, Kingston clubs and Quinte met for three
six-end games and the Napanee teams fared very well. The high point three
game winner was the Joe Jackemeck team (Frank Dunham, Dave VanVlack and
Kees VanGent) from the home club. The other three game winner was the
John Deman team (Ted Davie, Paul Spooner and Hugh Sharpe), also from
Napanee. The high point two game winner was the Larry Waller rink from
the RKCC. Waller has won this bonspiel for the past SEVEN years. The
high point one game winner was Mike Breen, also from the RKCC. The
winning rinks all received boxes of steaks. Thanks to the sponsors:
Quinn’s Meats, Brier Fox Golf Club and Goodyear.
In case you
are wondering, the name “Deacon’s Bench”, comes from the Bonspiel
Trophy. A friend of Walter’s, very handy with his hands, had built a
Deacon’s Bench and with the left over wood he made a small curling rock of
wood that bears the plaques with the names of the annual winning rinks. As
everyone has come to expect, the food was absolutely wonderful again this
year. Soup and a sausage roll for lunch, organized by Jane Hough and her
team, and a full roast beef dinner, organized by Elizabeth Vandenberg and
her team. Lia Dufour and Jacquie Brown handled the bar. Don Currier
looked after the ice which continues to impress all curlers.
Last year,
in an effort to get the lady curlers of the club from the various leagues
together so that they might make new friends and join more leagues, a
Ladies Club Bonspiel was held. It seemed to work, everyone had a good
time and so the second annual was held on Sunday. The normal Skips are
displaced by the Vices and generally all the ladies curled in different
team positions. The Cheryl Scrivens rink (Jo Sutton, Diane Davie and Joan
Banks) won the trophy (yet unnamed) created by Sherry Pringle, Jane and
Robert Hough. Help us find a name for this trophy (wedding cake shape
topped by a chicken wire curling rock). The ladies have a “regifting”
exchange where they pass around gifts better suited for someone else. A
“pot luck” supper topped off the day.
On Jan 6th
three local ladies teams caught the organized bus and headed for the
annual three days of curling and fun at the Chateau Montebello. Napanee
teams have been going to this event for many years and it has a great
reputation for being well worth the cost. Winning teams host the losing
teams in their Chateau rooms after each game so the ladies they take the
necessary “supplies” for the duration. At the end of the bonspiel, the
ladies entertain each other with skits, song, whatever and generally have
a ball. Hospitality provided by all the curlers seems to be the secret of
their success. See Jean Morrison if you want to go next year.
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January 9th, 2008 |
CURLING
AGAIN
Curling starts with enthusiasm this week with all leagues active. All
those new Christmas brooms, shoes and apparel will be on display as
curlers take to the ice. Even the ice has had a make over as Frank Dunham
and his band of hard workers did a melt down to get all the dirt on the
surface, scraped the dirt off and it now looks like as bright and clean as
it did when we started curling in October. Hopefully, all curlers will
take note and observe the requirement to wear only clean footwear on the
ice, cleaning the bottoms of their shoes every time they go out on the
ice.
The holiday
break was also used to train more “Smart Serve” bartenders and we now have
over 50 trained with another 20 taking the course soon. Well done to all
those involved with solving this problem so quickly and thanks to the many
bartender volunteers.
The clinics
were held on 6 January as planned. Andy Palmer trained another 10 skips,
John Deman trained 6 new curlers and many members came out to get back in
the “swing”. Practicing ends as the leagues get going again.
Happy New
Year to all curlers and especially to those readers north of the Soo who
try to keep track of what is going on in Napanee by reading the Beaver
weekly.
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December 19th, 2007 |
CURLERS TAKE
A CHRISTMAS BREAK
This week marks the end of
organized curling at the Napanee District Curling Club for 2007. The Club
will be closed from December 22 and will undergo ice maintenance from 27
Dec to 02 Jan inclusive. Some scheduled curling will take place the first
week of January but members are encouraged to contact their league
coordinators to check what team they are on and when they next curl.
Another reminder that there will be a
refresher curling clinic (and Skip clinic) on 06 January at 1 pm. Members
interested in either clinic, or require more information, are to contact
Sandy at 354-7138. If you did not sign up for the clinic but would like
to throw some rocks, practice your slide or lean on your broom like a
Skip, please feel free to join the clinic on the 6th. This is
a special welcome to new members who may like some extra time to improve
their style and game.
There are two bonspiels scheduled at the NDCC
in January: the Senior Mens on Saturday 12 January and the Mixed Open on
Fri/Sat/Sun the 25-27 January.
Make a member of your family very happy on
Christmas morning by giving them a membership to the NDCC for the
remainder of the 2007-2008 season. Good chance you will know where they
are and what they are doing, some of the time.
Your Board of Directors wish all members of
the Club a very merry Christmas and good curling in the new year. This is
the last On the Button article until January ’08.
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December 12th, 2007 |
NAPANEE HOSTS TSC
TANKARD PLAYOFFS
The Zone 4
TSC Tankard playoffs held in the Napanee Curling Club this past weekend
were exciting and quite successful thanks to the many volunteers. The
curling results were covered in special earlier articles in the Beaver
and Whig.
Our ice, and
our icemaker Frank Dunham, received compliments from many of the
competitors. Keen help for the icemaker all weekend was provided by Mark
Dunham, Rick Siegner and Ray Moore. The bar catered to the many
spectators and curlers thanks to Andy Graham and Bill Casselman.
Over the
weekend the hungry crowd were fed by Eleanor Ramshaw and her team of Lana
Jaeger, Debbie Currier, Anne Angel, Angela Cronk and Adrienne Laing.
Special thanks to Sandy Kennelly for her delicious pies served both
Saturday and Sunday meals. It’s the sort of touch that makes curling in
a Napanee competition uniquely special.
While the
competition was on the ice, the club conducted a Smart Serve course for
some of our bartenders in preparation for the new provincial laws that
become effective in January 2008. Those aspiring to be a bartender at the
club in 2008 need to have this course before 08 Jan and volunteers are
encouraged to sign the list on the notice board for the next course.
There will
be a refresher curling clinic (and Skip clinic) on 06 January at 1 pm.
Members interested in either clinic, or require more information, are to
contact Sandy at 354-7138.
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December 5th, 2007 |
JUNIOR CURLING AT THE NDCC
During the winter, the young are often attracted to more popular school
sports like hockey and basketball but we all know that we should be
planning for things to do when we “grow up”. This is not a question of
maturity but one of physical capabilities as we age. Individual sport is
where we all end up, eventually, for the rest of our lives. Golfing in
the summer and curling in the winter, both with good social opportunities,
is a winning Canadian combination for the rest of our lives. Most of us
wish we had started both, sooner. Curling for the young offers something
to do (vice nothing to do) during the winter months with the added bonus
of regular exercise, competition with friends and a controlled social
opportunity – all for a very reasonable rate – and its great fun! The
long term potential of a curling club is usually measured by its Junior
curling programme and the NDCC is trying to attract more young curlers and
some more experienced curlers to assist in their training and education.
Last year, the
NDCC sponsored a 4H programme to design a curling club. Last week, the
winner of that competition was selected and awarded a free membership in
the Junior curling programme for the year. Congratulations to Amanda
Sherwood.
There are
currently 25 Junior curlers registered ranging from 6 to 16 years.
Through a cooperative agreement there are another twelve 4H members and
offers have been made to the local schools for them to join as well.
Ian Munro, the
Director Junior Curling, is encouraged by the response this year but would
like to see more. However, even with the present number curling, he needs
more help. The Juniors curl twice/week: Wed 4-5:30 and Sun 7-8 pm. Ian
needs adults to assist Wed and they do not need to be curling instructors
– more like adult supervisors to help keep the programme focused and the
Juniors curling safely. On Sun, he could really use one or two
experienced curlers. Come on members of the NDCC, call Ian at 354-1828
and volunteer to help.
This year Ian
is looking for some out of town competitive games for his Junior curlers.
The Eastern Ontario Junior Curling League (EOJCL - all clubs from
Brockville to Belleville) will have some league games together on 16 Dec
with another outing 17 Feb and someone with a few hours to help organize
these events would be appreciated.
Parents, you need to give Ian a call too, either for more info or to
register your child.
Members are
encouraged to watch for “sign up sheets” for the next period of curling
and any new curlers interested in joining please call Sandy at 354-7138.
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November 25th, 2007 |
LADIES
OPEN ANOTHER CLUB SUCCESS
It was
another busy week at the Napanee & District Curling Club but the two main
events this week were the Trillium Grant recognition ceremony on
Wednesday, already fully covered by the press, and the Ladies Open
Bonspiel held on Saturday, 24 November. Jordan VanVlack, bonspiel co-ordinator,
was extremely happy with the whole day. As usual, the volunteers did
their good work and the warm, friendly atmosphere at the Club made all our
visitors feel very welcome. The sixteen teams were mainly from Kingston
and Napanee but there was one, again this year, from as far away as the
Riverside Club in Ottawa. They played two games each and the team with
the highest points won which was the Judy Poirier rink from Kingston
Garrison. And as the teams were leaving, they made it clear that they
will certainly be back next year for the Open and probably at our next
Ladies ‘spiel (Highland Lassie) in February too. With great food all day,
super ice, very good prizes and the typical friendly Napanee atmosphere,
why wouldn’t it be a great success?
The great
food was the result of breakfast captain Shelly Alkenbrack, lunch captain
Ingeborg Donald and dinner captain Sandi McNamee and their teams of
helpers. The super ice continues thanks to Frank Dunham and Don Currier
and all their bonspiel helpers. The good prizes were from our many local
sponsors and coordinated by Liz Graham and Misty Ventura. Interesting to
note that Jordan had organized the draw so that the ladies had time
between their games to eat and do some local shopping of which,
apparently, many took full advantage. The drawmasters were Hugh Sharpe
and Phil Harrington while Anne and Jim Angel, Earl Bush and Jack Barker
ran the bar.
The next big
event at the Club will be the mens Ontario Curling Association and the
ladies Scott zone playdowns on 8/9 December. These involve those Eastern
Ontario teams with aspirations of representing their provinces at the
annual Brier and Scotts and guarantees excellent curling for those
interested in watching the games live. Come on down and check out the
great atmosphere that weekend, enjoy a drink with the other spectators
and see in person how the experts behind the glass seldom make a mistake.
If you are not a club member, come and see why our club as such a great
reputation. It is not too late to join the club for curling in the second
half after Christmas!
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November 18th, 2007 |
MEN’S OPEN
A SUCCESS - AGAIN
The annual
Men’s Bonspiel was a success again this year thanks to the good fun, great
food and genuine fellowship provided by the Club. However, this, as
always in our club, was built on sound organization and the many,
energetic, reliable volunteers who are the saving grace for all our
events. For most of our visiting curlers this weekend, the support given
by our many volunteers blew them away. If they could be so lucky!
Organizationally, Phil Wilson, Bonspiel Chair, and his team of volunteers,
kept the schedule on track, on time, for a well-run affair. Well done
Phil! The 32 rinks included curlers from Oshawa, London, Ottawa, Quinte,
Tweed and many other closer clubs. The Milne team, from Richmond, use
this bonspiel every year as a reunion of college mates and includes one
curler from France who keeps coming back to Napanee. His accumulated air
miles may be of a future 50/50 draw prize.
The competition this year was
excellent, with many extra end games, and may be connected to the fact
Napanee will host the OCA Zone Playoffs 8/9 Dec. The Zone winners will
playoff later to determine which team will represent Ontario at the
Brier. Several of the rinks in our bonspiel will return to compete for
the OCA Zones. The winners for this year were: A event- John Collins,
Quinte and Runner up Ivan Suddergaard, Cataraqui; B event- Cam McFadyen,
NDCC and Runner-up Ian Munro, NDCC; C event- Andre Chapman, Quinte and
Runner-up Ed Warren, Carleton Heights; and D event- Bob Tester, Cataraqui
and Runner Up Kevin McLean, NDCC. Congratulations to the winners and
thanks to all participants for making this a great spiel.
Then there
was the food! It’s hard to believe so few men could eat so much in one
weekend. There was a lot of sweeping this weekend and most were there
without their wives. What’s to hold them back? Even good food requires
organization and Sandi McNamee, our Kitchen Director, provided that for
us. She had able Captains, and their teams, to look after every meal:
Friday night Captains Sharon VanGent, Eleanor and Christine Ramshaw;
Saturday breakfast Diane Davie, Saturday lunch Linda Blake and Saturday
dinner Joan Ives; Sunday breakfast Shirley Bush and Sunday lunch Liz
Graham. The lady volunteers waited on the men all weekend in a manner
they were unaccustomed to, and the men loved every minute of it. Thank
you ladies. Let’s hope the men are willing and able to do as well at the
Ladies’ Open Bonspiel next weekend.
Not to mention those responsible for the
excellent ice everyone enjoyed would be a major oversight. The club
gives a special thanks to Frank Dunham, Don Currier and their many
assistants for a job well done. According to our visitors, our ice is as
good as any ice in Eastern Ontario. Keep it up guys!
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November 11th, 2007 |
Welcome back all last year’s curlers and a
special hello to our new curlers. Where else in the neighbourhood can
you get regular exercise, good clean fun, fellowship and weekly winter
social opportunities for such a reasonable price? The NDCC is still the
best kept secret in Town.
As you
should note, Sandy Eastlake has moved on from this column after many
years of dedicated contributions. All members of our curling club are
in debt to her for the many facets of the club she had directed, some of
which she is still doing. I’m sure many are unaware of what she does
year after year so here are some facts. The Membership Director, that’s
Sandy, organizes the membership applications, registration days, takes
all that info and puts it into the database (that includes identifying
those curling in each league, new curlers, those only curling in one
league, volunteers in all aspects of our club and those wishing
lockers), sends league lists to each league Director, sends relevant
volunteer lists to each functional Director, sends membership lists to
OCA and Treasurer, coordinates e-mail address distribution and types,
copies and distributes our annual telephone directory. Now the rest of
us can start to curl. Of course, she is still busy organizing the
clinics for our new curlers and allocating lockers to all those who had
requested. If you consider the number of curlers in our club, hopefully
you will realize all the work that this lady has done for some time.
Next time you see Sandy at the club, thank her for her dedication and
the hard work she has done/continues to do for our curling club. Heck,
demonstrate your gratitude, buy her a drink!
Each year
the Club is fortunate to have local sponsors advertise in our Club which
provides much appreciated revenue. These have been done in three
categories this year: wall advertisement (Barry Brummell – Wagar & Myatt,
Goodyear Canada, Doyle’s Windows, Geo A Grant Insurance Brokers, Napanee
Beaver, Pringle’s, Giant Tiger, M & M Meats, D&L Carpentry, Colio Estate
Wines, Cdn Awning & Canvas, Hart N’ Hart, Napanee Bulk Food, North Key
Construction & Orkney Residential and the Dominion of Canada General
Insurance); on ice advertisement (Colour Connection, A & M Sports, Country
Traditions, Exit Reality, Tim Hortons, Shear Magic Hair Styling & Spa,
Napanee Opticians and Dairy Queen) and the button advertisements (Tammy’s
Country Kitchen, Scotia Bank, Home Hardware and Bert’s Golf). If you have
the opportunity, please support our sponsors.
A reminder
to check the list of volunteers posted by Kitchen Director Sandi McNamee
to see when you might be doing breakfast next or if you are to bring pie
or cookies for the Men’s Open Bonspiel this weekend, 16-18 November. The
general public is welcome to watch curling any time but a very good time
would be during that weekend when the quality of competition is expected
to be very high. Hope to see you at the Club.
"On the Button" - By Sandy
Eastlake
(as featured in the Napanee Beaver)
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November 7th, 2007 (including info not published
October 31st) |
Welcome back to another fun filled season of curling. This year we have
270 members; 31 of whom are new to the club and/or to curling in
general. I would like to thank Joe Jackemeck, Gayle Johnson, Craig
Manley, Beau Maracle, Cam McFayden, Ian Munro, Andy Palmer and Kim
Pringle for all their time insuring our new and returning members had
full instruction prior to their first game. Steve Eastlake and
Frank Dunham, our new Ice Technician heartfully thank Don Currier, Rick
Siegner, Dave Travers, Ian Munro, Andy Graham, Chuck Gray, Brian Hobin,
John Deman, Chris Ramshaw and Tom Ayling for their assistance in the
preparation of the ice which took many, many extra hours because of the
installation of the new Headers (pipes). This expensive Header
replacement was completed upon receipt of a grant from the Ontario
Trillium Foundation and we thank them immensely. Our House
Director Jennifer Clarkson give thanks to Cor Vandenberg, Tom Ayling,
Ian Munro, John Deman, Shirley Bush, Chris Ramshaw, Chuck Mercer, Steve
Eastlake, Jim Angel and Frank Dunham for helping ‘spruce up the club’.
The 5th annual Swing and Sweep showed members and friends a great day on
the links/on the ice thanks to co-ordinators Heather Ramshaw and Kim
Dickson. I heard that the weather conditions were much more friendly
than last year. Lunch was ready and served at the curling club
(soup and sandwiches) by Eleanor Ramshaw. Jim and Ann Angel had the bar
open and Bill Ryan and Shirley MacDonald help keep everyone served all
afternoon. Curling was played by all participants on the great ice
prepared by Frank Dunham. Dinner was prepared by Chris Moore, Eleanor &
Heather Ramshaw, Sandi McNamee and a few other curlers. Beth Clancey
helped out as well in the kitchen all day. All participants helped
with the clean up of the club and dishes. Jim Sunstrum's team of
Hugh Sharpe, John Deman and Jeff Sunstrum won the spiel with the Ian
Munro's team a close runner-up. Gift baskets prepared by Jennifer
Clarkson and the Wilton Cheese Factory as well as a picture donated by
Christine Ramshaw from the Playground Childcare Centre were raffled off
at the end of the night with monies going towards the 2007-2008
Fundraising campaign. Heather and Kim thank all participants, volunteers
and supporters for an
excellent day once again; and a special thanks to Eleanor Ramshaw and
Chris Moore, their mothers’ for their endless help with any activity
their girls volunteer for.
Your new Board of Directors (and assistants): President/Mens-Mixed
Bonspiels - John Deman, VicePresident/Mens Games - Bill Hogg, Mixed Games
- Diane Shea, Kitchen - Sandi McNamee, Junior - Ian Munro, Ladies Bonspiel
- Heather Ramshaw/Jordan VanVlack, Fundraising - Christine Ramshaw, Ice -
Steve Eastlake, House - Jennifer Clarkson, Ladies Games - Janet Hobin/Gayle
Johnson, Bar/Rental - Jim Angel/Tom Ayling/Shirley Bush and myself
your Membership Director welcome you to another fully scheduled winter of
curling. Your treasurer Lia Dufour and secretary Elizabeth Vandenberg are
busy with one set of books or another.
Our leagues this season
have: Mon Men - 20 teams; Wed Men - 10 teams; Thurs Men - 10 teams; Tues
Up & At'Em - 17 teams; Tues Mixed - 15 teams; Fri Mixed - 26 teams; Wed
Ladies - 7 teams; Thurs Ladies - 11 teams. Juniors have 20 curlers with
more to register. Remember, juniors get to try without paying until the
third week and no expensive equipment is needed so call Ian Munro
354-1828.
Your Bar and Kitchen
Directors have compiled their lists for volunteer duties, so please check
for your name as to which Bonspiel, event, duty you are slated for.
The Volunteer Chart in the foyer is posted for your viewing pleasure!!! I
believe Sandi is still looking for a few Captains – come on ladies – it is
just “cooking’ after all.
The
telephone directories are ready for you to pick up thanks to the
sponsorship of Burkes’ Printing and there are lots of other
periodicals/notices at the Information Centre and on various bulletin
boards
Remember to mark your calendar for the Mens Open Bonspiel - 16th
– 18th November; Ladies Open - 24th
November and the General Meeting Sunday the 2nd of December at 1 pm.
I
want to thank The Napanee Beaver for letting me be ‘a little wordy’ in
this my first and last article of this curling season. I am remiss in not
getting part of this published last Wednesday. I have thoroughly enjoyed
writing to you and I know my successor, Ted Davie will also keep you well
informed with club happenings/events. It is time for you to see someone
elses smiling face each week in our On The Button’ article.
See you on the ice or in the lounge…..I have been heard to say more than
once “Its twelve o’clock somewhere”.
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October 31st, 2007 |
The Napanee & District Curling Club has now completed its first week of
curling with 270 members; 31 of whom are new to the club and/or to
curling in general. I would like to thank Joe Jackemeck, Gayle Johnson,
Craig Manley, Beau Maracle, Cam McFayden, Ian Munro, Andy Palmer and Kim
Pringle for all their time insuring our new and returning members had
full instruction prior to their first game. Steve Eastlake and Frank
Dunham, our new Ice Technician heartfully thank Don Currier, Rick
Siegner, Dave Travers, Ian Munro, Andy Graham, Chuck Gray, Brian Hobin,
John Deman, Chris Ramshaw and Tom Ayling for their assistance in the
preparation of the ice which took many, many extra hours because of the
installation of the new Headers (pipes). This expensive Header
replacement was completed upon receipt of a grant from the Ontario
Trillium Foundation and we thank them immensely. Our House Director
Jennifer Clarkson give thanks to Cor Vandenberg, Tom Ayling, Ian Munro,
John Deman, Shirley Bush, Chris Ramshaw, Chuck Mercer, Steve Eastlake,
Jim Angel and Frank Dunham for helping ‘spruce up the club’.
Your new Board of Directors (and assistants): President/Men's-Mixed
Bonspiels - John Deman, VicePresident/Mens Games - Bill Hogg, Mixed
Games - Diane Shea, Kitchen - Sandi McNamee, Junior - Ian Munro, Ladies
Bonspiel - Heather Ramshaw/Jordan VanVlack, Fundraising - Christine
Ramshaw, Ice - Steve Eastlake, House - Jennifer Clarkson, Ladies Games -
Janet Hobin/Gayle Johnson, Bar/Rental - Jim Angel/Tom Ayling/Shirley
Bush and myself your Membership Director welcome you to another fun
filled winter of curling. Your treasurer Lia Dufour and secretary
Elizabeth Vandenberg are busy with one set of books or another.
The 5th annual Swing and Sweep was another success thanks to
co-coordinators Heather Ramshaw and Kim Dickson. I heard that the weather
conditions were much more friendly than last year. Lunch was ready and
served at the curling club (soup and sandwiches) by Eleanor Ramshaw. Jim
and Ann Angel had the bar open and Bill Ryan and Shirley MacDonald help
keep everyone served all afternoon. Curling was played by all participants
on the great ice prepared by Frank Dunham. Dinner was prepared by Chris
Moore, Eleanor & Heather Ramshaw, Sandi McNamee and a few other curlers.
Beth Clancey helped out as well in the kitchen all day. All participants
helped with the clean up of the club and dishes. Jim Sunstrum's team of
Hugh Sharpe, John Deman and Jeff Sunstrum won the spiel with the Ian
Munro's team a close runner-up. Gift baskets prepared by Jennifer
Clarkson and the Wilton Cheese Factory as well as a picture donated by
Christine Ramshaw from the Playground Childcare Centre were raffled off at
the end of the night with monies going towards the 2007-2008 Fundraising
campaign. Heather and Kim thank all participants, volunteers and
supporters for an
excellent day once again; and a special thanks to Eleanor Ramshaw and
Chris Moore, their mothers’ for their endless help with any activity their
girls volunteer for.
Remember to mark your calendar for the Men's Open Bonspiel - 16th
– 18th November; Ladies Open - 24th November
and the General Meeting Sunday the 2nd of December at 1 pm.
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April 4th, 2007 |
As I write this article, the second last of the season I do it with mixed
feelings. I really want to get into my flower gardens but I also wouldn’t
mind being on the ice. The General Meeting went well and we thank all
those who attended. John Deman thanked the outgoing Directors, Ken and
Joan Ives, Chris Ramshaw, Ron Graham, Liz Graham and Linda Smith for all
their many hours spent for the betterment of the club. There were no major
issues to report for the minutes but we welcomed the new Directors Janet
Hobin/Gayle Johnson, Christine Ramshaw, Sandi McNamee, Jim Angel and Bill
Hogg. Unfortunately we did not get a nominee for the Ladies Bonspiel
position and we would like all of you ladies to consider volunteering and
filling this position.
On a better note I want to congratulate all the third draw
winners. Starting with Monday Mens Club Championship – Steve Angel, Paul
Dickson, Daryl Latimer, Darrell Pritchard with Don Curriers rink taking
the runner up spot; followed by Wednesday Senior winner Walter Genereux,
Ron Graham, Al Thompson, Walter Bell; then Thursday Mens winner Marc
Babcock, Daryl Latimer, Scott Chadwick, Moe Drew. Next in line was the
Tuesday Up & At’Em with winner Walter Genereux, Elaine Badgley, Paul
Spooner, Anne Angel; the Tuesday Mixed winner Cam McFayden, Kirk and
Ingeborg Donald, Beth Primeau. The Friday Mixed winner was Ken and Beth
Clancey, Daryl and Lana Latimer. Last but certainly not least was the
Ladies winners of Wednesday of Linda Blake, Jane Pearson, Anne Knapp,
Laurie VanStraalen; then the Thursday ladies winner Janet Hobin, Elaine
Badgley, Marilyn Cole, Norma Clarkson. Good curling to all of you.
The Martin and Walters held last Saturday showed 24 teams
having to draw from the dreaded envelope. Thanks to John Deman and his
committee of Joan Ives, Shirley Foley, Paul McDonald, Ken Ives and myself
the day was a great success with Liz Grahams’ team taking the top position
with Don Pearson, Terry Young and Ray Moore. All participants made it to
the glittering prize table and then proceeded to enjoy a three table pot
luck. Lana Latimer won the eventful turkey toss later in the evening and a
few of our members’ children enjoyed a final skate before the ice plant
was shut down.
Last on our agenda for the 50th season is our
annual banquet on Friday 27th April. If you somehow did not get
your ticket please call me 354-7138. This is going to be the biggest
banquet ever as ex curling members and honored past presidents have been
invited. The Beaver will be graciously covering this event so I will say
adieus for this season; leaving you with this reminder --- invite all your
friends to join us next year for another fun filled season at the Napanee
& District Curling Club and call me with their address so I can send them
an application early next fall. Have a great, fun summer and see you on
the ice in the fall…….
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March 28th, 2007 |
The 2nd annual Hot Shot competition last Saturday was great
fun. Thanks to the sponsorship of (Ford of Canada) Larry Pringle the lucky
winner Bill Hogg now gets a chance to win a two year lease on one of their
gorgeous vehicles. The convenor Chris Ramshaw did a great job keeping
statistics with the help of Ron Graham, Bill Hogg, Heather Ramshaw and
many of the participants. Eleanor Ramshaw, Barb Graham and Joan Ives
served up a delicious Chili and Salad lunch with various kinds of chili
prepared by Eleanor and Ron.
By the afternoon the event was down to the final four curlers:
Tom Ayling, Bill Hogg, Heather Ramshaw and Frank Dunham. Ayling and Hogg
both made the dreaded “double takeout” resulting in a tie so they had to
do a “closest to the button” shoot out. As all the rest of the
participants watched with fingernails in mouth, Hogg bested Ayling by only
a rocks’ difference. Great curling to both of you and thank you Chris for
a fun filled day at this the second last Saturday of this 2006/2007
curling season.
Next up is the closing Martin & Walters, Saturday the 31st and
I am pleased to say we have three draws this year. Further information
call John Deman 352-5523. Last, prior to the Banquet on the 27th
April, is the closing General Meeting on Sunday, 1st of April
at 1 pm. This meeting is for all members to voice their opinions and views
on the day to day running of YOUR curling club.
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March 21st, 2007 |
The Napanee & District Curling is now into its last two weeks of curling
for the 2006/2007 season. With this being the 50th year of the
club, Eleanor Ramshaw and her committee of Sharon VanGent, Benita Murphy
and Sally Lambert are busy with the preparations of making this the best
banquet ever. Ron Graham convenor of the banquet still can use your help
with set up or clean up, so sign up today on the kitchen bulletin board
and make our preparations easier and faster (as the saying goes “the more
the merrier”). You should have no trouble getting your ticket(s) for this
banquet, just ask Shirley Bush, Liz Graham, Chris Ramshaw, Jane Hough,
Angela Cronk or myself.
The club was well represented last week at the Sterling Ladies
St Patrick bonspiel on Wednesday by two of our ladies teams. Shirley Bush,
Sandi McNamee, Liz Graham, Cheryl Scrivens ended up 3rd and
Myself, Michele Penner, Barb Graham, Lorraine Wilson came 8th.
We also had two teams in the Tweed Ladies bonspiel last Saturday and we at
least made the draw come out even. I am not naming names but we had a
great time.
I am sure you all know by now there sign up sheets on the
easel for the Hot Shot competition on the 24th and the closing
Martin & Walters on the 31st. The Hot Shots is a lot of fun as
we all try to copy the TV elite curlers making double takeouts, draws to
button…and so on. For further information call Chris Ramshaw 354-2003. The
closing Martin & Walters is for curlers to finish the season playing a
game or two with their teammates but also it is for any member wanting to
get in one more game prior to season shutdown. The sign up sheet has team
listings AND individual listings. Individuals will be curling too so if
you signed up as an individual please check – your name is already in a
team position or will be shortly. This is a closing FUNSPIEL so join us
with family and friends. Call John Deman at 352-5523 if you have further
questions about this fun day.
For all you winning teams, presentations and awards will be
made next week, the last week of the season. Congratulations to all of
you!! This leaves a lot more time for dancing at the banquet and by the
way, my dance card is not full yet……….
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March 14th, 2007 |
The Napanee & District Curling Clubs’ “Little Rockers” (a newly formed
team of young juniors) competed at the zone 4 playdowns in Belleville on
Saturday March 3rd. The team consisted of Thomas Hatch (lead), John
Edwards (second), Gabriel Charlebois (vice) and Lian Kennelly (skip). The
team finished the day with an impressive one win and one loss record.The
first game was against the Trenton club. Each team took three ends with
the Napanee group finishing on top with a score of 6-4. The second game
was against a challenging group from Quinte. After losing the first four
ends the Napanee group rallied back to take the final two ends losing 5-2.
The curlers would like to thank Ian Munro, Janet Hobin and Scott Chadwick
for helping them develop their skills throughout the 2006 - 2007 season.
The team will compete again on March 25th in the Reid's Dairy second
annual little rock Moo-spiel in Trenton and we wish them good luck, good
curling and a lot of fun.The little rock program is showing more and more
young juniors trying the sport of curling as these rock react the same as
a regular curling rock but are half the weight.
From one extreme to the other, two of our Senior Mens teams
are also due a congratulations for making it to the winners circle at the
annual Quinte Seniors Mens Bonspiel. In this 3-6 end game event Walter
Genereaux, Ken Clancey, Kees VanGent and Ken Healy placed third while the
team of Ed File, Brian Chadwick, Frank Banks and Andy Graham placed sixth.
Great curling gentlemen.
Our annual Banquet on the 27th of April will be
extra special in this our 50th season at the club. You can get
your ticket from Shirley Bush, Liz Graham, Chris Ramshaw, Andy Palmer,
Angela Cronk or myself. There is a lot of set up and clean up for this
annual event and we are looking for help with the set up and/or the clean
up of the club for the banquet, so please volunteer and do your part to
make it a little easier on the Directors and organizers of this your 50th
Anniversary banquet. The sign up poster is on the bulletin board near the
kitchen waiting for your signature.
As the season winds down you still need to ensure your
calendar is marked for the Hot Shot competition on the 24th;
the closing Martin & Walters on the 31st and the closing
General Meeting on the 1st of April at 1pm. All members should
have received their agenda by now but if not please check the mail box on
the kitchen counter. If yours is email and you did not receive it let me
know. There are extra copies at the back of the mail box. You should
consider filling one of the six directors positions and ask your friends
to do the same. Included in the agenda package is a nomination form with
the six positions listed and a brief description of their duties. A full
statement of duties is hanging near the minutes and also beside the
nomination box. Feel free to talk to the current director and he/she will
give you an even fuller description of what is involved for the position
you are planning on volunteering for.
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March 7th, 2007 |
The club hosted the OCA Regional playdowns last weekend and thanks to the
long hours of kitchen captain Eleanor Ramshaw and her crew of Charlene
Huffman, Sandy Cassleman, Elizabeth Goldie, Sandra Semple, Sue Mercer,
Shirley MacDonald, Lorraine Willows, Janet Hobin and Anne Angel she
managed to keep all 64 curlers well nourished from morning snacks, lunch
and supper from Saturday morning until late Sunday. Our OCA representative
Steve Eastlake thanked Andy Palmer for his assistance and the ice crew of
Gary Cound, Frank Dunham and Ray Moore. The curlers gave their thanks to
Paul McDonald and HankJohn Reinink for quenching their thirsts.
I imagine most of you have been watching the Briar this week
and have seen the Ford “HotShots” competition that all the teams
participate in each and every year. We will be having our 2nd
annual Ford HotShots at the club on Saturday 24th March so make
sure you mark your calendar. Chris Ramshaw is busy preparing the sign up
sheet so be on the look out for it on the bulletin board.
Congratulations are in order for Chris Ramshaw, Ron Graham,
Christine Ramshaw and Chuck Mercer on their 3 game win and third place
position at the Stick Bonspiel at the beautiful new Royal Kingston Curling
Club last weekend. I have it from a good source that Mercer actually got
to practice in his league game last Tuesday….way to go Shirley.
A few other happenings around the club are drawing near so be
sure to look for the posters advertising the closing Martin & Walters on
the 31st of March and the General Meeting on the 1st
of April --- and no it is not an “April Fools” joke. As an owner of the
Curling Club it is in your best interest to attend this General Meeting to
keep yourself informed on the events and finances of your club. The
tickets for the banquet on the 27th of April are now available
for purchase; please see Shirley Bush, Liz Graham, Chris Ramshaw, Andy
Palmer, Angela Cronk or myself. With this being our 50th season
many guests are being invited and we urge you to help by getting your
ticket as soon as possible. We are looking for help with the set up and/or
the clean up of the club for the banquet, so please volunteer and do your
part to make it a little easier on the Directors and organizers of this
your 50th Anniversary banquet. The sign up poster is probably
already hanging in the lounge waiting for your signature.
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February 28th, 2007 |
All the leagues are now into the last draw of this the 50th
anniversary season at the Napanee & District Curling Club. Your directors
are now busy preparing for the closing General Meeting on the 1st
of April and getting ready for your annual banquet on Friday, April 27th.
I am happy to announce the last of the second draw winners and
as with the first draw most of these leagues had to wait for the very last
game to find out the winner. This really shows the competitiveness of each
team whether they are self picked or drawn from “that sometimes dreaded
hat”. I have heard it from a good source that Earle Bush has even been
threatened and/or bribed when it comes to drawing those team names.
Congratulations to the Tuesday Mixed winners Bill & Sandy
Casselman, Mike & Trish Szafranski, with runner up Marc & Vicki Babcock,
Merv & Anne Connery. Next is the winning team from the Up & At’Em league –
Linda Smith, Sandi McNamee, Carmen Milligan, Gail Spencer followed closely
by Ron Graham, Jacquie Brown, Liz Griffiths, Wayne Tunstead. The Wednesday
ladies ended their draw with Joanne Jones, Susi Reinink, Brenda Charette,
Jane McQueen winning their draw with the runner up team of Liz Graham,
June Hicks, Anne WhalenKnapp, Joan Reynolds. The Thursday ladies league
ended with Sandi McNamee, June Hicks, Barb Graham, Elizabeth Goldiewinning
the draw and Benita Murphy, Susi Reinink, Pat Benn, Marilyn Cole right on
their coattails as runner up. Last, but with 24 teams, definitely not
least is the Friday Mixed winning team of Ken & Beth Clancey, Daryl & Lana
Latimer followed by 3 teams tieing for runnerup due to the closeness in
the standings – 1st - Jack & Sandi McNamee, Kees & Sharon
VanGent; 2nd - Paul Dickson, Lana Jaeger, Brian & Cynthia
Woodcock; 3rd - Don & Debbie Currier, Hugh & Elizabeth Goldie.
Congratulations again to all of you. I also have some good news for a
couple of the Friday teams on the first draw results. After recalculating
and finding some lost data, Diane Shea announced there was three teams in
contention for the winning position and because of byes, etc she has named
all three 1st draw winners: Ken Clanceys’ team (listed above) and Jim &
Peggy Sunstrum, Grant & Cindy Crowson and Scott Dickson, Kim Dickson, Paul
& Jane McQueen with the team of Paul Dickson (listed above) taking the
runner up position.
We are hosting the Regional Intermediate men and women play
downs this weekend, 3rd- 4th; so come out and see some terrific
curling games. Don’t forget to mark your calendar for our annual closing
Martin & Walters funspiel set for Saturday the 31st of March
this year.
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February 21st, 2007 |
Last
week was a busy one at the Curling club. The Sweetheart Dinner convened by
Ron Graham with helpers John Deman, Shirley Bush, Lia Dufour, Jennifer
Clarkson, Connie Pritchard, Sharon VanGent and Brock Laing showed our lady
members how elegant our men can be all dressed up in “not curling” garb.
The ladies had only oohs and aahs for the delicious meal prepared by Jim
Angel with helpers Ted Davie, Chuck Mercer, Bill Ryan, Roger Cole, Andy
Graham and served to the ladies in 5 courses by John Deman, Kees VanGent,
Joe Jackemeck, Bill Hogg, Darrell Pritchard, Chuck Gray and Jim Sunstrum.
At the bar Earle Bush and Jack Barker kept all thirsts quenched and Mr.
Tim Hall provided entertainment for the ladies throughout the evening. Mr
weatherman kept myself and a few others from enjoying this festive night
out but I have heard it from many sources that the entire evening was
terrific. Ron Graham gave his thanks to all his helpers and to all the
kind sponsors of Wallaces Drugs, Mayhew Jewellers, The Basket Case,
Pritchard Linens, Colio Estate Wine, Smarts Florists, Marie Davy, Wellness
in the Woods, Sherry Pringle, Michele Penner, MaryAlice Paul, Jennifer
Clarkson and Marg Pearce.
The
Highland Lassie Bonspiel last Saturday gave us another notch in our
successful bonspiel belt. Linda Smith thanked her committee of Michele
Penner, Shirley Bush. Bea Moore and drawmaster Ron Graham for helping her
obtain this notch. Linda went on to thank all her sponsors for enabling
her to present a gorgeous prize table – Marj Pearce, Lynja Injections,
Lockharts Fine Linens, Gray’s IDA and the Silver Corkscrew. The winning
team from Cataraqui Roberta Hutchins thanked all the helpers for a great
day and especially the kitchen crew. Our Kitchen Captains Shirley Bush,
Gloria Cawley and Joan Ives presented hearty meals all day long and they
thanked their helpers of Penny Flaro, Jane Hough, Marg Martin, Shelley
Hudgins, Tricia Cammaart, Mary Alice Paul, Ken Ives, Joan & Frank Banks,
Ann & Merv Connery, Shirley Foley and Marilyn Cole. The second place team
from RKCC, Donna Smith continued with a thank you to Earle Bush, Andy
Graham and Ken Ives at the bar and Gary Cound, Rick Siegner, Robert Hough
for great ice to curl on. The Napanee teams did well with Heather Ramshaw
coming third, Shirley Bush fourth, Jean Morrison fifth and Jordan VanVlack
eighth. Thanks Linda for all your work…..it really showed on Saturday.
Another highlight of the evening was a presentation by Fran Clooney and
Linda Miller of RKCC who gave our club a 50th anniversary
quilted wall hanging depicting our curling club pin/years of operation and
various quilted rocks. This presentation shows the closeness and
camaraderie of all the curling clubs in this area and we thank RKCC
immensely.
In my
next On the Button article, I will have a list of the second draw winners
which are still being compiled and are not ready for me to publish yet.
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February 14th, 2007 |
Happy Valentines’
Day. I am going thru my wardrobe looking for something comfortable to wear
tonight to our 2nd Annual Sweetheart dinner at the Napanee &
District Curling Club. I imagine our gentlemen servers are sorting through
their closet and ironing their outfit for tonight also.
The Town &
Country bonspiel held last Wednesday was another success for the club. The
winning team of Robert McPherson from Belleville thanked Jack McNamee/Hugh
Sharpe and their committee of Robert Hough, Paul Murphy and Robert Paul
for an excellent day of curling, dining and socializing. Hugh Sharpe
thanked all the sponsors for letting him present the wide variety of
prizes for the winning teams: Home Hardware, O’Neill Farm Supply, Country
Depot, Clow Farm Equipment, Moore Bros.,RONA, Hank John Reinink and Sharpe
himself. Ian Munro the 2nd place winner went on to thank Sandi
McNamee and her crew of Michele Penner, Susi Reinink, Joan Reynolds,
Marjorie Elliott for a delicious dinner; Carmen Milligan and George
Elliott for keeping all the 64 curlers glasses topped up and Gary’s crew
of Frank Dunham and Rick Siegner for great ice to curl on.
The
Monday night Men’s League is now into the Club Championship playoffs with
the top 16 teams playing a double knockout format. The teams of Robert
Paul, John Deman, Ken Clancey, Rob Dickson, Chris Ramshaw, Ian Munro, Ed
File, Andy Palmer, Don Currier, Frank Dunham, Paul Dickson, Kevin MacLean,
Ken Healy, Tom Hayes, Ken Ives and Reg Gore will be battling it out over
the next 7 weeks for that coveted name on the trophy winning position. The
second draw winners were A division – Robert Paul, Robert Hough, Paul
McDonald, Paul Murphy; B division – John Deman, Ted Davie, Paul Spooner,
Bart MacLean; C division – Tom Hayes, Gerry Haggerty, Jim Head, Steve
Cooper. Honorable mention goes to Rob Dickson, Don Currier, Bob Eamer and
their team mates for winning the runnerup positions in this 2nd
round of curling.
Come out
to the club on Saturday 17th for our Highland Lassie bonspiel
and watch some more terrific shot making by 16 ladies teams from all over
the area. See you there……….
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February 7th, 2007 |
Some of your league directors are busy preparing lists for the final draw
of the season while others are busy tracking the win/loss ratio of their
league(s). The winter this year – or lack thereof, until now – seems to
have simply past me by. If your leagues’ second draw is nearing
completion, please remember to sign up for the last draw of this the
2006/2007 curling season.
The volunteer board is filling nicely with the check marks I wait
patiently to see and I thank you all for your continued help with the bar,
kitchen, ice and the list goes on. Thanks to Robert
Hough, who takes a lot of time welding and fixing all the broken chairs
that happen to “fall apart” during the season, we all have a place to sit
when we arrive at the club. However, if you haven’t had time or been
approached to help yet – and now have an hour or three to spare - contact
one of the directors – and lend a hand. Once each of you look at the
Volunteer Board you will see how ALL of you are needed to pitch in and
keep the club looking nice, running smoothly, and financially prosperous.
There are still a lot of events from now until the end of the season
needing bar, kitchen, committee or just general setup/clean up helpers.
Still to come is the Town & Country Bonspiel, Wed 7th and the
Highland Lassie Bonspiel, Saturday 17th. I am also looking
forward to the “Sweetheart Dinner” on Wednesday, 14th February.
Full information about our club happenings are available at
www.ndcc.ca thanks to Heather Ramshaw and as I write this article,
Bill Hogg is busy preparing February’s Newsletter.
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January 31st, 2007 |
During the curling season each and every year a lot of club curlers form
teams and enter Bonspiels at other area clubs. Congratulations to
Andy/Cathy Palmer and Robert/Jane Hough on their B division win at
Cataraqui last weekend. Great curling to Hugh Sharpe, Robert Paul, Bill
Casselman and John Deman who won their division at the Mens’ Brighton
bonspiel.
Our
annual Mixed Bonspiel was another great success thanks to Rebecca Murphy
and her helpers Jane and Kelsey Pearson, Brenda Charette, John Deman,
Sherry Pringle. All 96 curlers walked into the club Friday and were
immediately put in a dancing mood by all the “50’s” decorations. Thanks to
Jean Morrison The Napanee Beaver, Chris Good – Commonsense Financial and
Goodyear Napanee; Rebecca was able to present a very impressive selection
of prizes for the winners of this 3 day bonspiel. Ian Munro’s team of Liz
Graham, Andy Graham and Lia Dufour won the spiel this year with the
assistance of spare John Deman for the final game against Andy Palmer on
Sunday afternoon. John thanked all the many, many volunteers starting with
the ice crew of Gary Cound, Steve Eastlake, Ray Moore, Rick Siegner, Frank
Dunham and Andy Graham. Walter Genereux, the C division winner thanked the
drawmasters’ Ted Davie, Tom Ayling, John Immersel and Hugh Sharpe for
their many hours of calculations and went on to thank the kitchen staff
for keeping his team and the other 23 teams well fed all weekend long.
Kitchen Captains Vicky Babcock, Cynthia Woodcock, Joanne Jones, Cindy
Crowson and Joan Ives gave their thanks to helpers Bob Deline, Lucille
McDonald, Marc Babcock, Alice Clarke, Laurie Vanstraalen, Diane Davie,
Alison Madden, Margaret Martin, Donna Poirier, Lynn Trueman, Joan
Reynolds, Anne Angel, Lori Morris and Jane Pearson. The D winner Jack
McNamee asked for a round of applause to the bar staff of Captain Ken
Clancey and helpers Paul McDonald, Daryl Latimer, Gerry and Jean
McCracken, Joan and Ken Ives, Arnold VanHeighten and Jim Mullin who made
sure all thirsts were quenched. Ken Clancey the B winner thanked Rebecca
and her committee for another great weekend of curling, socializing and
fun.
There
are still a few tickets available for the 2nd annual
“Sweetheart Dinner” February 14th .Be sure to ask your friends
and neighbors to join you for an evening of being catered to from the
minute you walk in the door until the serving of desert. I understand that
Ron has a waiting list of male members wanting the privilege of catering
to our every whim (not sure if this is fact or fiction). Call Ron Graham
378-0401 for guest tickets.
Be sure to visit our
website
www.ndcc.ca ; updated weekly by webmaster: Heather Ramshaw. Next up on
our calendar of events is the Mens Town & Country on the 8th of
February followed by the Highland Lassie on the 17th of
February. I believe both of these events have a full slate of 16 teams.
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January 24th, 2007 |
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I am happy to
congratulate the top four teams with the most points at the Ladies
Funspiel on the 14th January. Good curling goes to Jo Sutton,
Lorraine Willows, Vibeke Brooks, Bea Moore and Lia Dufour, Sharon
VanGent, Missy Hutcheson, Joan Banks and Sherry Pringle, Susi Reinink,
Anne Angel, Diane Davie and Janet Hobin, Lori Morris, Shirley MacDonald,
Doris Ogley, Jacquie Brown. These four teams are not necessarily in
point winning order – I seem to have misplaced my rough notes!!. All
club ladies are in agreement that this should become an annual event; to
repeat last Wednesday’s pat on the back -- great job Liz Graham and
committee.
Continuing with
congratulations, I now have the last of the 1st draw winners.
The Wednesday Senior Mens league was won by Joe Jackemeck, Paul Spooner,
Phil Berry, Ron Reynolds with runner up Robert Paul, George Elliott,
Bert Kea, Steve Cooper. The Thursday Mens Club league was won by Marc
Babcock, Brian Chadwick, Phil Berry, Bill Creighton with the runner up
of Walter Genereux, Scott Chadwick, Paul McDonald, Hugh Sharpe. Great
curling gentlemen.
The “Sweetheart
Dinner” February 14th committee promises all our ladies a
fancy night of wining and dining. If you still require a ticket call Ron
Graham 378-0401. Rebecca Murphy and her committee are busy preparing for
the Mixed Bonspiel this weekend 26-28th January so please
call Rebecca if you can find time to help her out with decorating, etc.
This year we are honoring the 50th season of the club; so
drop by and watch some competitive curling games and see what 1957 was
all about.
Next up on our
calendar of events is the Mens Town & Country on the 8th of
February followed by the Highland Lassie on the 17th of
February. I believe both of these events have a full slate of 16 teams.
You can find these and much, much more about the club and club
activities past and present on our website
www.ndcc.ca ; beautifully designed by webmaster: Heather Ramshaw.
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January 17th, 2007 |
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Senior Mens Bonspiel held last Saturday was a great success and
showed a lot of spectators some terrific curling. After thanking Walter
Genereux and Ron Graham for hosting another rememberable bonspiel; the
overall winner Larry Waller from RKCC thanked all the kitchen and bar
staff who ensured that each and every curler never went hungry or
thirsty. Jacquie Brown, Michele Penner and Gerry McCracken looked after
the 64 curlers thirsts while Kitchen Captains Jane Hough and Elizabeth
Vandenberg served up delicious meals for lunch and supper. These two
gals thanked all their many helpers starting with Pat Benn, Diane Davie,
Lorraine Wilson, Brenda Charette, Elizabeth Goldie, Robert Hough, Gloria
Cawley, Eleanor Allison, Barb Graham, Liz Griffiths, June Hicks, Diane
StLouis, Sue Sharpe along with Shirley Bush who provided the breakfast
snacks. Walter thanked Hugh Sharpe, Bob Cawley, Ace Allison, Cor
Vandenberg for their drawmaster/misc duties and went on to thank Gary
Cound and his crew of Steve Eastlake, Dave Travers and Ray Moore for
providing excellent ice to curl on. Last but definitely not least are
the kind sponsors without whom this bonspiel could not present the
decorative array of prize items: Briar Fox Gold & Country Club, Quinn’s
Meats and Goodyear. Way to go Wally……
The Ladies Club
Funspiel last Sunday was another great success. Our first in many, many
years showed over 64 lady members curling two 6 end games to make it
first to the very colourful prize table. Liz Graham, Benita Murphy,
Eleanor Ramshaw, Lorraine Wilson, Janet Hobin all worked very hard
setting this day up and ensuring all curlers were enjoying the entire
day. Andy Graham did a great job with the tallying; we were met at the
door by Jim Angel, Chuck Mercer, Brian Hobin; while Frank Dunham, Rick
Siegner, Chuck Mercer made sure the ice was in top notch condition.
Lunch was provided by Eleanor Ramshaw, Robert Hough, Bill Ryan, Jim
Angel, John Foster, Chris Ramshaw, Sandi McNamee, Chuck Gray and Frank
Banks. Barry Brummel and his crew of Earle Bush, Bill Ryan, Jim Angel
and Chris Ramshaw ensured all drinks were topped up as/when necessary.
Along with the colourful prizes, Liz thanked Christine Ramshaw, Sally
Lambert and many other members for donating Raffle Prizes. I must tell
you though – as I type this article I have muscles I did not know I had
up to yesterday and I am sure many of our regular SKIPS are in the same
sore situation. It was fun being out of the house and entering into all
the gab sessions that happen each and every game by the front end as
they glide up and down the ice. I imagine the VICES of our club got a
real eye opener on the strategy and concentration needed to win a
curling game. Great job Liz…….
The “Sweetheart
Dinner” February 14th committee is busy selling tickets now,
so if you do not have yours yet – please call Ron Graham – 378-0401 as
there are probably only a few left. Shirley Bush has been busy filling
our rental calendar and there are not many opening left, so if you are
still deciding whether to have a curling event for your staff/workers
this season, you better call her 354-5659 and book it as soon as
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January 10th, 2007 |
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Welcome back to
the second half of curling at the Napanee & District Curling Club for
the 2006-2007 season. I hope you all had a great Xmas and a happy New
Years’ Eve with friends and family. I am happy to announce
some other 1st draw winners (the others were in the Friday
Dec 15th edition of The Beaver) and as you will see a lot of
teams were very close in each and every draw. Good luck in the second
draw and try to take that extra end or two – it just may make you one of
the second draw winners!!! The Wednesday and Thursday Mens leagues are
both still completing their 1st draw and I will have their
results later this month. The Tues Up & At’Em ended close as
usual with the last game of the season being needed to decide the
winner. At least 6 teams were in contention. My team of Kees VanGent,
Joan Banks, Wayne Tunstead won the draw with the team of Ed File, Gerry
McCracken, Steve Cooper, Bea Moore right behind us point wise. The
Friday Mixed showed two teams as winners due to ties in the number of
wins and the number of ends – congratulations goes to the teams of Jim
Sunstrum, Peg Sunstrum, Grant Crowson, Cindy Crowson and Scott Dickson,
Kim Dickson, Paul McQueen, Jane McQueen. The runner up team was Ken
Clancey, Beth Clancey, Daryl Latimer, Lana Latimer. The Wednesday ladies
winner was Gayle Johnson, Jo Sutton, Sue Mercer, Penny Flaro with the
runner up team being June Hicks, Susi Reinink, Bernice Pringle, Joyce
McClelland. The winners circle for the Thursday was the team of Jacquie
Brown, Susi Reinink, Helen Brown, Marg Martin with runner up Liz Graham,
Janet Hobin, Sue Mercer, Liz Griffiths. This league also had to wait
until after the last game to decide the winner as there were 4 teams in
contention for this coveted position. Next up on our calendar
is the Senior Mens Bonspiel January 13th which has a full
slate of 16 teams participating. On the 14th of January Liz
Graham and her committee are hosting a 50th anniversary
special club ladies funspiel and it will be a full slate of over 64
curlers ending with a potluck dinner. If you have not been called yet on
your team and time, please call Liz. Our 24 team Mixed Bonspiel is the
26-28th January weekend and I believe it is also full (or
close to being). The theme this year is “The 50’s Happy Days”, so put on
your thinking caps and come out and show off your best dressed Fonzie.
We have even more bonspiels/events for you to mark your calendar for
starting with the Town & Country the 7th of February, the 2nd
annual Sweetheart Dinner the 14th of February, the Highland
Lassie the 17th of February and finally the closing Martin &
Walters booked for Saturday the 31st of March 2007. I will
have more on these events and a few others as the season
progresses. See you on the ice………… |
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December 13th, 2006 |
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The Monday Mens’
Flight League have now finished their 1st draw and are
starting the 2nd. In the Monday Mens there are 3 divisions,
and after the first draw the bottom two teams in A move down, the top
two in B move up, the bottom two in B move down and the top two in C
move up. Points are amassed from the 1st and 2nd
draws to determine who plays for the Club Championship trophy.
Congratulations to the 1st draw winners: A – Robert Paul,
Robert Hough, Paul McDonald, Paul Murphy; B – Frank Dunham, Mark Dunham,
Scott Chadwick, Steve Paul; C – John Deman, Ted Davie, Paul Spooner,
Bart McClean. The runners up in B and C also move up – B to A – Robert
Dickson, C to B – Jim Sunstrum. The newly formed divisions will play
another round robin and points will be added to the teams’ yearly
standing for each win or tie.
The Tuesday Mixed
is also starting their second draw and congratulations goes to the
Robert Hough rink with Linda Blake, Steve Cooper, Jane Hough on their 1st
draw win. The runner up team of Bill Casselman with Sandra Casselman,
Dave Coles, Deb Coles were a very close second. In fact they were tied
all through the draw but the tie had to be broken with ends taken
because when the played each other they tied the game.
The rest of the
leagues are completing their 1st draws and the 2nd
will not start until January. Again, a number of teams in each league
are very close win wise, so the names at the top right now may not be
the Draw Winners when all the rest of the two games have been played.
Starting with the Wed Seniors - the Hogg/Walter/Sharpe rinks are all
tied for first spot; the Thursday Mens has the Babcock rink in the lead;
the Wednesday Ladies is the Gayle Johnson rink; the Thursday Ladies is
the Liz Graham rink; Friday Mixed has the Sunstrum/Hudgins ring neck to
neck and last but not least is the Up & At ‘Em Tuesday morning leader
Sandy Eastlake with Frank Banks right on her tail.
This will be my
last article until the new year so I wish all of you good curling and
good luck for the two games still to be played this year. Remember to
mark your 2007 calendar with our “still to come” events. The Senior Mens
– 13 Jan; Mixed Open – 26,27,28 Jan; Town & Country – 7 Feb; Highland
Lassie – 17 Feb and the OCA Regional playdowns – 3-4 March.
Have a very Merry
Xmas and a Happy New Year………See you all on the ice in 2007!!!!
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December 6th, 2006 |
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As we enter the
month of December, your league directors are all busy preparing sheets
for you to sign up for the 2nd draw starting early January. Actually
some of the leagues are starting their second draw later this month so
be sure to check each pertinent bulletin board for the leagues you
belong in. If you do not see a sign up sheet please call the League
Director to ensure your spot in the next draw. If you are not in a
certain league now but would like to be in the next draw (ie Tuesday Up
& At’Em – sign on the sheet posted AND call Shirley or Sandy).
We are having a
refresher clinic on Sunday the 6th of January and there is a
sign up sheet on the big easel. Mark your calendar and come out between
1 and 3 pm for instruction or even if you just want to throw a few
rocks.
Heather Ramshaw,
our WebSite hostess has lots of information posted for your attention so
remember to periodically check out this well organized Site –
www.ndcc.ca . Sometimes the draw sheets are all used up and you
missed getting one --- they are also on the website.
Our semi-annual
General Meeting held last Sunday had to be adjourned due to a lack of a
quorum. The Board of Directors worked hard getting their reports ready
for you, our auditors worked over the summer ensuring our finances
were/are in order and thanks to our Treasurer and Secretary all was
ready for this --- your General Meeting. Your directors thank those who
did come out and we did answer questions asked; as we can and will do
for any member who asks for club information. I am a little – no a lot -
disappointed in the 286 members we have this year for not caring enough
to support the running operation of this ‘member owned’ Napanee &
District Curling Club.
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November 30th, 2006 |
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Prior to calling
up the winning team of Donna Smith from RKCC at the Ladies Open bonspiel
last Saturday, Linda Smith thanked her committee of Bea Moore, Michele
Penner, Shirley Bush and Mike Smith. Linda went on to give a heartfelt
thanks to the kind sponsorship of VanGent Enterprises, Grant Insurance,
Silver Corkscrew, Lockharts Fine Linens for allowing her to present such
a wide variety of prizes for the 8 winning teams to pick from. Donna
Smith went on to compliment Napanee on another successful bonspiel by
thanking Ron Graham, the Drawmaster; Gary Cound, Steve Eastlake, Rick
Siegner, Frank Dunham and Ray Moore for great ice which added to her
teams’ ability to win two games and make if first to the prize table.
One of our teams skipped by Heather Ramshaw placed 5th and
continued the thank you’s by saluting the bar staff Earle Bush, Brock
Laing, Shirley Bush and the Kitchen helpers for morning nibblies, a
delicious lunch followed by a scrumptious supper. Kitchen Captains
Shirley Bush, Norma Clarkson, Beth Clancey took a bow and thanked all
their helpers starting with Vibeke Brooks, Kirk & Ingeborg Donald,
Brenda Travers, Maggie Moniz, Diana Harrington, Doug & Joyce Meredith,
Cindy Emmons, Gail Spencer, Chuck & Scott Gray. Returning to the mike to
make the door prize draws, Linda thanked Brenda Travers, Shirley Bush,
Michele Penner, Sue Sharpe, Eleanor Ramshaw, Helen Brown, Liz Griffiths,
Elizabeth Vandenberg and myself for making and donating a wide variety
of door prizes to be won by 9 lucky winners.
To celebrate
our 50th season, our Fundraising Director Ron Graham now has
beautiful new 1957/2007 club pins for sale. Also, if you talk to Norma
Jackemeck ($65.65) and Joyce Meredith winning ($70.50) two of our lucky
50/50 draw winners it will remind you to register now (a LOONIE a week)
as next weeks’ winner might be you. For you new members who are not
sure how the 50/50 draw works, names are drawn every week and if a
member has not registered another name is drawn until there is a winner.
Remember to mark
your calendar for the General Semi-Annual Meeting Sunday, December 03rd
at 1 pm.
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November 23rd, 2006 |
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The
finals at the Men's Open on Sunday was a breath holding, nail biting
super finish to a terrific weekend of great curling and great fun. With
the help of Connor who had everything he could possibly cross crossed;
his uncle Robert Dickson made an extra end (tap back and stay) take out
to win the bonspiel for Napanee/Stirling with his teammates of Ryan,
Scott and Jeff. Phil Wilson thanked his committee of Sharon
VanGent, John Deman, Paul McDonald, Chris Ramshaw, Jim Head, Jack
McNamee and Tom Shillington for making this years’ spiel another easy
one to convene. Drawmasters and umpires Phil Harrington, Hugh
Sharpe and Ace Allison did a great yet tiring job of keeping all the
statistics in order. Phil went on to thank all the sponsors for enabling
him to present such an impressive prize table; Gibbard Furniture,
Clarica, Home Hardware, Joyces Meat & Deli, Burke Printing, Princess
Auto, George A. Grant Ins., M&M Meat Shops, James R. McCutcheon Ins.,
Wagar & Myatt, Dr. Andy Palmer, Mainstay Natural Foods, Moore Bros,
Goodyear, McKeown & Wood, Final Lap, AM Sports, Battlefield Eqpt, Selby
Livestock, Access Auto, Hart N Hart, Briar Fox, State Farm-Gerry
Haggerty, CI Investments,Sub & Griddle, Napanee Golf & Country Club.
As the
winning teams took their turn at the table they thanked Gary Cound,,
Dave Travers, Rick Siegner, Frank Dunham, Andy Graham and Jack McNamee
for excellent ice. The Bar Director Ken Ives and Head Captain David
VanVlack thanked Jim Head, Jacquie Brown, Kim Dickson,
Heather/Christine,/Eleanor Ramshaw, Shannon Stevens, Terry Young, Jordan
VanVlack, George Moniz, Bill Ryan, Doug Scrivens for their tireless
manning of the bar over these enjoyable three days. As every year the
participants commented over and over again - the food is the reason we
keep returning (along with the curling of course!!). Our Kitchen
Director Joan Ives thanked her Captains Sharon VanGent, Eleanor Ramshaw,
Maureen McDonald, Linda Blake and Liz Graham for organizing all
the helpers needed to keep 128 curlers coming back for more all weekend
long. Starting with Friday lunch, sandwiches, wing ding; Saturday
breakfast, lunch, delicious roast beef dinner; and ending with Sunday
breakfast and lunch. Great work ladies and gentlemen – Heather Ramshaw,
Sandi McNamee, Norma Jackemeck, Paul McDonald, Brock Laing, Debbie
Currier, Bob Woodcock, Alice Clarke, Phil Berry, Ann & Cathy Whalen,
Frank & Joan Banks, Liz Griffiths, Cynthia Woodcock, Bernice Pringle, Jo
Sutton, Lana Jaegaer, Benita Murphy, Pat Keech-Stevens, Tamara Mitchell,
Hugh Sharpe, Ken Ives, Valerie Gore, Janet Hobin, Ellyn McEwen, Doreen
Brummell and the meat cookers plus all the pie making experts. Thanks
Phil for another very successful bonspiel at the Napanee & District
Curling Club.
Remember to mark
your calendar for the Ladies Open - 25th November and the
General Semi-Annual Meeting Sunday, December 03th at 1 pm.
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November 15th, 2006 |
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All the leagues
are settled into their game(s) and are trying their best to get their
name on one or more of the Draw Winner trophies. Although all curlers
want to win, one of the nice things about this great game is we really
do not care if we lose either. The important thing to most members is to
have “a good, close game”. As I have stated before it is the only sport
where the winner buys the first round ; whether it is coffee or
something stronger.
Steve Eastlake
your OCA Representative has all the OCA events that you can enter posted
on the bulletin boards; so if you are thinking of entering one of these
events, please make sure you check the closing date on each entry. It is
imperative that you ensure you are able to make all levels of each event
because after you win the Zones, there are the Regionals and in some
cases Nationals for you to attend. All these Zone events are what leads
up to the great curling you see on TSN, maybe you can be one of them.
Ken Ives, your Bar
Director thanks David VanVlack, Jack McNamee, Barry Brummell, Carmen
Milligan and Paul McDonald for joining him as his monthly Head Captains.
Their volunteering takes some of the work load away from Ken but each of
you who signed up to help with the bar will lessen his load even more so
please say yes when called by one of these Head Captains to fill a bar
duty slot. There is a full list of events on the main calendar so if you
would like to do a ‘little bit more’ maybe you can call Ken and be an
Event Captain (someone who gets helpers for a certain event on a certain
day).
The Mens Open
Bonspiel starting on Friday the 17th with the finals on
Sunday afternoon has a full slate of 32 teams and promises you some
terrific curling; so if you have time drop in and watch a game or two.
Next weekend on Saturday 25th November is our Ladies Open and
it also has a full slate of 16 teams. In fact with only 4 teams of club
ladies being allowed in – three teams were drawn out and my team was one
of them –drats!!! However, it is ensuring to know we have so many
interested bonspielers at our club. Maybe some of you might decide to
check out the OCA events I mentioned above.
The other clubs in
our area support all our bonspiels and we try to send teams to all of
their bonspiels too. If you have thought about “maybe” entering one of
these, do not hesitate to check out all of them on the various bulletin
boards around the club. Take a novice curler with you as
beginner’s luck works in the game of curling also!!
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November 8th, 2006 |
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It is great to be
back curling and the long winter never seems so long when we all spend
so many hours ‘on the ice’.
If you have had a
chance to look on the kitchen bulletin board you will have
noticed that your Kitchen Director Joan Ives
has most of our seasonal positions filled; however she is still short a
few Captains. Please consider filling one of these vacancies. There is a
very thorough book of “how to” and after all, it is just cooking for a
crowd which all of us have done at one family reunion or another.
As you look at the
very colorful, clean and fast ice you need to remember it is our
sponsors (and naturally Gary Cound) who make all this possible. We
heartfully thank A&M Sports, Wagar & Myatt - Barry Brummell, Bert Kea,
Colio Estate Wines, Colour Connections, Country Traditions, D&L Kitchen
& Bath, Dairy Queen, Doyles Windows, Exit Realty, Giant Tiger, Goodyear,
Grants Insurance, Hampton Inn, Home Hardware, Lynja Injections, M&M
Meats, Napanee Beaver, Napanee Opticians, Pringle Ford, Scotia Bank,
Shear Magic Hair, Tammy’s Country Kitchen, Tim Hortons for their
continuing support of the Curling Club.
Remember to mark
your calendar for the Mens Open Bonspiel - 17-19h November;
Ladies Open - 25th November and the General Annual Meeting
Sunday, December 03rd at
1 pm.
You should have the agenda by email by now or if not, it is ready for
pick up at the club.
Our Juniors are
still registering so call Ian Munro 354-1828 if your children are
interested in curling. We now have a set of Little Rocks to accommodate
the smaller new members. For further info please call myself at
354-7138. All new Juniors get to try curling for two weeks prior to
paying their dues, just in case they do not like curling (although I do
not see how anyone cannot love the game of curling).
This seasons’
telephone directory is available at the
Information
Center thanks to
the sponsorship of Burkes Printing. The Name Tag sign up sheet will be
removed so I can order the name tags next Tuesday the 14th so
if you want a name tag please sign up soonest. There is always lots of
information posted on different bulletin boards around the club, so take
a minute and update yourself on club events and happenings.
See you in the
hack!!!. |
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November 1st, 2006 |
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Welcome to the 50th season of curling at the Napanee &
District Curling Club. This season we have 282 members which include 36
new members, 25 of who took our free clinic. I would like to thank Joe
Jackemeck, Gayle Johnson, Craig Manley, Beau Maracle, Cam McFayden, Ian
Munro and Andy Palmer for all their time insuring our new members had
full instruction prior to their first game. They also gave some helpful
advice to some of our returning members. Steve and Gary thank Frank and
Mark Dunham, Rick Siegner and Dave Travers for their assistance in the
installation of the ice. Our Bar and Kitchen Directors Ken and Joan
Ives along with our House Director Jennifer Clarkson give thanks to Barb
Graham, Eleanor Ramshaw, Lorraine Wilson, Jim Angel and Anna Kerr for
their help in preseason clean up and the new washroom plaques. It seems
neither Jim nor Anna are even curling, yet we put them to work – thanks
Jim and Anna. Jennifers’ hard work sure shows around the club and
Eleanor Ramshaw has completed the “50 years of the Napanee & District
Curling Club” albums which are available for all to take a trip down
memory lane. Great job Eleanor – your many, many hours of work can now
be viewed by all members.
Our Monday Mens
has 23 teams; Tuesday Up & At’Em has 20; Tuesday Mixed – 14; Wednesday
Seniors – 12; Wednesday Ladies – 7; Thursday Ladies – 12; Thursday Men –
12; and Friday mixed has 25 teams. All the league directors Chris
Ramshaw – Mens; Liz Graham – Ladies; Up & At’Em – Shirley Bush and
myself; and Mixed – Diane Shea and Andy Palmer have done an outstanding
job setting up the draws for the first round of the season.
John Deman and Linda Smith have all our Open
Bonspiels organized, Ron Graham is busy collecting your money, Ian Munro
is registering new Juniors, Lia Dufour is rubbing her hands together
after each hefty deposit, Elizabeth Vandenberg is typing away getting
the agenda ready for the General Meeting Sunday 3rd December;
Shirley Bush has been busy filling our rental calendar and there are
very few openings left to rent so if you think you want to host a
curling day you should call as soon as possible and last but I hope not
least my duties as Membership Director are slowing down and I can almost
stop hounding everyone. Oops I forgot There is always lots of
information both on the tables and on our many bulletin boards to keep
all members up to date on club happenings. Our monthly Newsletter is
available for your reading thanks to the detective work done by Bill
Hogg. Please take a minute, look around and read all that is available.
It goes without saying that any member with a question or problem should
seek out one of the Directors whose names are listed directly above the
main bulletin board.
The 4th annual
Swing and Sweep was the first notch in this seasons successful bonspiel
belt, thanks to co-coordinators Heather Ramshaw and Kim Dickson. Lunch
was ready and served at the curling club (soup and sandwiches) by
Eleanor Ramshaw and helper Shirley MacDonald. Bill Ryan and Shirley
MacDonald had the bar open and served till later in the afternoon when
Ken and Joan Ives took over till after dinner. Curling was played by all
participants on the great "fast" ice prepared by Gary Cound once again.
Dinner was prepared by Chris & Bea Moore, Eleanor, Christine, Heather
Ramshaw, Kim Dickson, Sandi McNamee and a few of the curlers. Bill
Hogg's team of Gloria Cawley, Ron Graham and Elizabeth Vandenberg won
with the Chris Ramshaw team only a half a point behind. All participants
helped with the clean up of the club and dishes. Heather and Kim thank
all participants, volunteers and supporters for an excellent day once
again; and a special thanks to Eleanor Ramshaw and Chris Moore, their
mothers’ for their endless help with any activity their girls volunteer
for.
Remember to mark your calendar for the Mens Open Bonspiel - 17th
– 19th November; Ladies Open - 25th
November and the General Meeting Sunday the 3rd of December
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October 11th, 2006 |
 | Here we are, almost ready for another great season at
the Napanee & District Curling Club. This is the 50th Anniversary
of the club so your Directors and our Anniversary Committee are
busy planning some special tributes. The ice is being installed as I
write this and all your Directors are busy putting paperwork together.
Please feel free to drop in for some curling advice or just throw a few
rocks from 7pm to 9pm on Thurs 19th and Friday 20th of October.
Come out and see some curling at our annual Swing & Sweep, Saturday
afternoon on the 21st. For all you "soon to be" curling pros -- if you
have not received a call on our free new member/curler clinic on
Sunday 22nd October by Wednesday 18th, please call Sandy
Eastlake at 354-7138. |
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April 5th, 2006 |
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The closing
Martin & Walters funspiel held last Saturday showed the 64 curlers a
good time all day long. Convener John Deman with myself as Drawmistress
want to thank all our helpers for making this the successful day that it
was. The delicious lunch was by Shirley Bush, Lia Dufour, Eleanor
Ramshaw, Christine Ramshaw and many curling helpers. Our bartenders Ken
and Joan Ives, Paul McDonald, Christine Ramshaw did a great job
replenishing empty glasses. The ice was great thanks to Gary Cound,
Steve Eastlake and Dave Travers. Gary and Steve also thank all those who
helped carry the rocks downstairs. The famous “turkey/ham” toss was made
possible by the assistance of Daryl Latimer, Dave Travers and Phil
Wilson. Although called up to the winning table last (it was April Fools
after all) the first place team by luck alone – the 7th and 8th
ends were good to us – was the Dave & Brenda Travers/Steve and myself
Eastlake rink who will get their name on the Martin & Walters trophy and
the 2nd place team of Jack & Sandy McNamee/Kees & Sharon
VanGent will get their name on the Lynn Crossman Memorial Plaque.
In thanking all
the ice helpers in my last article I neglected to thank Casey McTaggart
for all her assistance on Wed and Friday nights. Thanks a lot Casey.
The closing
General Meeting held last Sunday ended with a full slate of Directors
and there was no new business to relate to you all. Your outgoing
President, Ron Graham thanks all those who came to the meeting and for
their continual support of the club and the Executive.
Don’t forget your
banquet ticket for Friday, April 21st. If you miss getting one this
coming week, please call me at 354-7138 and I will arrange getting
tickets to you. Heather Ramshaw is looking for helpers for setup and
cleanup so please call her and help make the banquet the best ever.
This is my last
article as “The Beaver” will be covering the banquet so I wish you all a
very happy summer and hope to see you all back again next season.
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March 29th, 2006 |
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Thanks to
the kind sponsorship of Larry Pringle, Pringle Ford for Ford of Canada;
the “Ford HotShot” curling tournament held last Saturday was another
great success for the Napanee & District Curling Club. Chris Ramshaw and
his committee of Heather Ramshaw, Ron Graham and Bill Hogg ensured all
31 participants had a good day drawing, raising, hitting or completely
missing set up stones on each of the four sheets of ice. Eleanor Ramshaw
served up a delicious lunch cooked by herself and Ron Graham and there
was plenty for curlers wanting more after their second try at the
HotShot competition. Ken and Joan Ives tended bar and did a great job
keeping everyone’s glass topped up. Gary Cound ensured the ice was keen
and Frank Dunham kept it clean. The winner was Jim Mullen by outdrawing
Ken Clancey who took second place followed by Linda Blake and Doug
Scrivens. The day was based on points collected just like seen on TV
and a good time was had by all. Just wait til next year, a lot of us may
not take a practice shot – they all seemed to be the one that would
score rather than the second real shot…..oh well!!
Remember to mark
your calendar for the Annual General Meeting on Sunday 2nd of
April at 1 pm. Come out and watch some “interesting” curling shots this
coming up Saturday at our annual closing Martin & Walters funspiel which
has a full slate of 16 teams.
Don’t forget your
banquet ticket for Friday, April 21st. If you miss getting one this
coming week, please call me at 354-7138 and I will arrange getting
tickets to you. Heather Ramshaw is looking for helpers for setup and
cleanup so please call her and help make the banquet the best ever. |
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March 22nd, 2006 |
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As the
Napanee & District Curling Club enters its’ last couple of weeks of
curling I want to give our thanks to all those who helped Ken Ives this
season with the bar during rentals. Each week after one of our bonspiels
all the volunteers are thanked for their many hours spent making the
event a successful one. Our rentals are very important to the club and
to the community. Without our volunteers who help make the day a success
for those who convene the event for the group that is renting the club;
we could not offer these rentals. First are the five Head Captains David
VanVlack, Darrell Pritchard, Jack McNamee, Jim Mullin, Paul McDonald who
each take a month and help Ken with the bars’ organization for that
month. Next are all the volunteers who make these rentals the success
they are: thank you: Jack Barker, Frank Burch, Earle Bush, Ken Clancey,
Bill Creighton, Mo Drew, George Elliott, George Elvins, Ed File, Ken
Healy, Bob Heintz, Brian Hobin, Shawn Hutchinson, Bert Kea, Daryl
Latimer, Jack Magilton, Beau Maracle, George Moniz, Doreen Brummell,
Robert Paul, Don Pearson, Eleanor Ramshaw, Steve Roantree, Doug Scrivens,
Rick Siegner, Tom Stevens, Al Thompson, Kees VanGent, Dave Wilson, Terry
Young. Our Ice maker, Gary Cound wants to thank Rick Siegner, Frank
Dunham, Ray Moore, and Steve Eastlake for their help keeping the ice in
good condition for these rentals. Shirley Bush, our rental
representative thank you all for making it easy for her to book the year
with all these rentals. There are probably a few volunteers I have
missed here and I thank you also.
Tickets are
now on sale for the Banquet on Friday 21st April so please
see Heather, Chris, Liz, Shirley or myself.
The sign up sheet
is posted for the closing Martin & Walters on April 1st, so
if you have not already signed up, please do so as it gets full quickly.
This is open to members and non members alike (I like to get new members
for next season from this event…haha) with two draws at 10 am and 11:30
am followed by lunch and a second game then a “four table wide” pot luck
supper. If you have any questions please call John Deman at 352-5523.
Remember to mark
your calendar for the Annual General Meeting on Sunday 2nd of
April at 1 pm. |
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March 15th, 2006 |
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Congratulations
are in order for the Palmer/Murphy rink on winning the C event in the
Mixed Skins Bonspiel last weekend in Trenton. Trenton hosted this spiel
involving 24 teams and I understand a great day was had by all the
curlers and the spectators. Three of our ladies rinks also did well in
Perth and Stirling at one day Point Spiels. Each of these teams won one
game and lost one game but with enough points to place in the prizes.
Way to go…..Norma Jackemeck, Shirley Bush and Sandi McNamee/Michele
Penner.
Chris Ramshaw is
still looking for curlers to play in the Hot Shot competition on the 25th
of March so make sure you sign up on the poster at the club.
All the third
draws plus a lot of other club info is always available at
www.ndcc.ca thanks to Heather Ramshaw, so take a few minutes and
check it out. There are some great photos to see also.
Any member who has
not yet received their agenda for the closing meeting on Sunday, April 3rd
should check the mail box on the kitchen counter. Any Email curlers who
have not received their copy there are spares in the same mail box in
the back but please add your name and email to the list also provided.
Tickets are now on
sale for the Banquet on Friday 21st April so please see
Heather, Chris, Liz, Shirley or myself.
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March 8th, 2006 |
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I am happy to
inform you that the team of Chris Ramshaw, Ron Graham, Heather Ramshaw,
Christine Ramshaw won the Stickspiel at the Royal Kingston Curling Club
last Saturday. With 24 teams competing for this honored first to the
prize table position winning is not an easy feat. Congratulations to the
four of you.
The sign up sheet
for the Ford “Hot Shot” competition sponsored by Larry Pringle of
Pringle Ford on behalf of Ford of Canada is filling up quickly so get
your name in as soon as you can. Join us on Saturday 25th for
some great fun. Chris Ramshaw and his committee are looking forward to a
full slate of HotShot curlers all day Saturday.
You should have
received the agenda for the closing General Meeting on Sunday April 02nd
(or it is waiting for you to pick up at the club). Included with
the agenda is the slate of Director positions’ that need filling. Each
of the 12 Director positions are two year terms --- please consider
filling one of them. If you are really leery on taking on a Directorship
due to lack of experience, then in least consider becoming one of the
Directors assistants’ so you can learn the job and possibly take over
the spot in two years time. Most of the current Board of Directors have
been on the Executive quite a few years and are starting to “peter out”.
There is a Statement of Duties on the kitchen counter along with the
Nomination Box and each Director has an even more detailed list of
duties so you will know exactly what you will be committed to do. Please
remember the current Board of Directors were leery their first year too.
The plans
for the Banquet on April 21st are almost completed and
tickets are now available from Chris Ramshaw, Heather Ramshaw, Liz
Graham, Shirley Bush and myself. The convener, Heather Ramshaw is
naturally looking for a work crew so call her and help us make the
banquet another successful one. |
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March 1st, 2006 |
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All the leagues of
the Napanee & District Curling Club are now into their last draw of the
season – Boy, is it March already!!! I am happy to give you some of the
second draw winners. Monday Mens A was Ian Munro, Brian Hobin, Rick
Siegner, Andy Graham; B was Robert Paul, Robert Hough, Paul McDonald,
Paul Murphy; and C was Ken Healy, Dave Haines, HankJohn Reinink, Bert
Kea. They are now into the Club Championship and other playoff games.
Tuesday Up&Am’Em was myself, Jacquie Brown, Gerry McCracken, Marg
Martin. Tuesday Mixed was Andy Palmer, Cathy Palmer, Ed Lazier, Carol
Lazier and Friday Mixed was the Bill Hogg, Diane Shea, Chuck Gray,
Angela Cronk rink. The Wednesday ladies had Rebecca Murphy, Jane
Pearson, Kelsey Pearson, Anne Whalen-Knapp as their winner and Thursday
showed Shirley Bush, Sue Sharpe, Connie Pritchard, Joan Reynolds making
it to the winning circle. Congratulations to all you runner up teams
also. Eleanor Ramshaw hopes you are all still investigating any
curler/member you can think of for the picture gallery and for our
Honorary Membership Plaque and for the OCA Regional/Provincial pictures
and names.
There are a few
more volunteers busy around the club whom I feel need mentioning. Ian
Munro thanks Lucille McDonald and Ray Moore for all their help with the
Junior program and Heather Ramshaw coached the Schoolgirls in Arnprior –
thanks Heather. The new taps in the ladies washroom glisten thanks to
Chris Ramshaw.
Chris Ramshaw is
also convening a Ford “Hot Shot” competition with the kind sponsorship
of Larry Pringle of Pringle Ford. This is slated for all members on
Saturday, 25th March and a sign up poster is at the club
ready for your signature.
Remember to mark
your calendar for the closing Martin & Walters April 01st ---
maybe John and Linda are dreaming up a special little “fool” idea; The
Closing General Meeting Sunday April 02nd; and the Banquet on
Friday April 21st. Speaking about the Banquet, members have
expressed their concerns on the time it takes to distribute the awards
so your directors have decided that all awards will be given out the
last week of curling. The Banquet will still have the winner program on
the tables and the league Directors will still recognize these winners
in their speeches; there will just not be the handing out of the prizes.
We can then get into the dance part of the Banquet and as I am always
telling all you gentlemen, my dance card is never quite full.
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February 22nd, 2006 |
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The Highland
Lassie Bonspiel convened by Linda Smith and her committee of Shirley
Bush, Lorraine Wilson, Bea Moore, Sandy Eastlake and Mike Smith showed
the 12 out of town rinks another great day at the club. Four club teams
were curling against these twelve to win and make it to the beautifully
displayed prize table. Linda gave a big thanks to her sponsors Marj
Pearce, Lynja Injections, Lockhart’s Fine Linens & Gifts, Gray’s IDA,
The Silver Corkscrew for enabling her to set up this nice variety of
prizes. Linda continued to thank Susi Reinink, Norma Clarkson, Jane
Hough, Michele Penner and myself for donating items for the raffle
table.
The winning team
this year, Mary Jane Gunning from Tweed expressed her thanks to all the
helpers who make the Napanee bonspiels’ the success they are starting
with her favorite bartenders Earle Bush and Jack Barker. The ice was
great thanks to Gary and crew of Frank Dunham and Rick Siegner. The
Drawmaster, Ron Graham ensured all the figures were totaled properly and
at the end of the day; three of our four teams were fortunate enough to
make it to the prize table. The other three (two game) winners, Donna
Smith and Colleen Bennett from RKCC and Donna McQuillan from Garrison
thanked all the kitchen ladies for the never ending food they served
starting with morning snacks by Michele Penner; followed by a
scrumptious lunch by Charlene Huffman and her helpers Joyce McClelland,
Doreen Moore, Margery Elliott, Susi Reinink; and ending with a delicious
dinner by Joan Ives and her helpers, Chuck/Sue Mercer, Frank/Joan Banks,
Doug/Joyce Meredith, Barb Whitehead, Norma Jackemeck, MaryAlice Paul,
Ken Ives. Thank you Linda for another successful Napanee bonspiel.
Last Wednesday
was our first annual “Sweetheart Dinner”. As I walked into the
beautifully set up curling club lounge and my coat was taken and I was
handed a carnation, I knew my guests were going to be very pleased that
they chose to come to this event. Our Fundraising Director, Ron Graham
and his committee of Brock Laing, John Deman, Lia Dufour, Jennifer
Clarkson and Chef Roy Wilson and Chuck Mercer plus servers Phil
Harrington, Jim Sunstrum, Chuck Gray, Darryl Pritchard, Andy Graham and
Steve Cooper really overdid themselves with this the clubs’ first annual
dinner. Ron Graham thanked all the kind sponsors Smarts’ Flowers, IDA
Drug Store, Wallace Drug Store, Mayhew Jewelers, Colio Estates Winery,
Phil & Diana Harrington, Susan Snider, Sherry Pringe, Doug Meredith,
Michele Penner, Marie Davy, Home Hardware, Bert Kea, Rich Libby and
Connie Pritchard without whom this evening could not have been quite so
complete. The photographer Rich Libby will ensure this evening is never
forgotten as he was snapping away all evening, John Stimpson the
keyboard player supplied beautiful background music for the entire
evening and the ladies were further entertained by the musical voice of
Walter Genereux. Lia Dufour did the thank you speech from all the
ladies to all the above hard working men. I hear the men are already
planning the menu for next year although I am not sure if this is just a
rumour that myself and the other 79 ladies hope is true.
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February 15th, 2006 |
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The Town
& Country bonspiel last weekend was another great success. Sixteen teams
curled their best for the honour of making it to the well laid out prize
table. Thanks to Doug Ellis Motorsports, O’Neills Farms, Home Hardware,
Country Depot, Clow Farm Equipment, Moore Bros, Bishops Seeds and Hank
John Reinink the table displayed a wide variety of items to choose from.
Winning the bonspiel and first at the table was Ian Munro and team who
thanked Jack McNamee and his committee Robert Hough and Hugh Sharpe for
the well organized day of curling. Ian went on to thank Gary and crew
Steve Eastlake, Rick Siegner, Frank Dunham for terrific ice and the bar
staff: event captains Wendy McFarland and Joanne Coulter and helper Don
Walker for their watchful eye in keeping all thirsts quenched. Ian and
all the other 63 curlers gave a standing ovation for Kitchen Captain
Sandi McNamee, Michele Penner, Cathy Palmer, Liz Griffiths, Diane Shea
for a very filling and satisfying supper (at lunch time).
In my last
article, I mentioned Eleanor Ramshaw is coordinating a picture gallery
and she needs some help. In reviewing some of our old albums, she
noticed a couple of “Honorary Members” who are not listed on the plaque.
Over the years paperwork gets misplaced or lost and we need all of you
to put on your thinking caps and help us make the Honorary Membership
list a complete one. Also, she needs you to think about any Regional or
Provincial competitions that you or someone you know was involved in.
Bill Hogg has listed a few of them but that got us all thinking about
who else in the club over the years represented us past the Zone levels
in OCA competitions.
Next on our
seasonal calendar is the first annual “Sweetheart Dinner” on Wednesday,
15th February. Eighty women will be catered to and
entertained all evening long. I can’t wait to tell you all about it next
week.
The Highland
Lassie Bonspiel is next Saturday 18th Feb so come and see
some great curling.
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February 8th, 2006 |
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The Napanee &
District Curling Club hosted the OCA Colts/Trophy Zone playdowns last
weekend and thanks to Eleanor Ramshaw and her helpers Marg Martin,
Allison Madden, Christine Ramshaw all the curlers were well fed. Jim
Mullins (February Head Captain) and Christine Ramshaw kept their thirsts
quenched while Gary Cound and Steve Eastlake (also the convenor – our
club OCA Rep) ensured the ice was at its best. We had one team entered
and they made it to the B side semi’s where they lost in an extra end.
Better luck next time Frank. The winners of the Colts were Wooding from
RKCC and Barnard from Stirling; the Trophy was won by Fowlow from
Cataraqui and Bakonyi from Quinte.
In checking
our Volunteer Board in the front foyer, there are a few other club
volunteers I have been remiss in thanking. These helpers are “behind the
scene” and sometimes get missed. Liz Graham our ladies director gives
her thanks to Benita Murphy and Lorraine Wilson; Ian Munro thanks Mel
and Larry McTaggart, Marilyn Kendall, Frank Dunham for their help with
the Junior Tim Horton league; Jennifer Clarkson our house director
thanks Chris Ramshaw, Jack McNamee, Elaine Badgley, Adrienne & Brock
Laing, Ken Ives, Eleanor Ramshaw for all their help in installing the
beautiful new trophy shelves, cleaning trophies (I believe Jennifer did
a lot herself), installing lights, setting up the new picture gallery
(to come) and many, many other jobs that were needed around the club.
Robert Hough takes a lot of time welding and fixing all the broken
chairs that happen to “fall apart” during the season. There are
naturally many, many more behind the scene volunteers and I thank them
now and will continue to let you know who they are as the season
progresses. However, if you haven’t had time or been approached to help
yet – and now have an hour or two to spare - contact one of the
directors – and lend a hand. Once each of you look at the Volunteer
Board you will see how ALL of you are needed to pitch in and keep the
club looking nice, running smoothly, and financially prosperous.
Still to come is
the Town & Country Bonspiel, Wed 8th; the Highland Lassie
Bonspiel, Saturday 18th; and we are hosting the Tim Horton
Juniors again on Sunday 12th February. I am also looking
forward to the “Sweetheart Dinner” on Wednesday, 15th
February.
Full information
about our club happenings are available at
www.ndcc.ca thanks to Heather Ramshaw and as I write this article,
Bill Hogg is busy preparing February’s Newsletter.
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February 1st, 2006 |
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The Mixed Open
Bonspiel last weekend was another big success for the Napanee & District
Curling Club. Thanks to the sponsorship of The Napanee Beaver, Home
Hardware, Common Sense Financial (Chris Good), Goodyear Napanee, The
Playground (Christine Ramshaw), and the Michele Penner clan; the raffle
prizes and the ever sought after prize table was full of terrific prizes
as every other year. Rebecca Murphy and her committee of Phil Harrington
(Drawmaster – all weekend long), Paul Murphy, Jane and Kelsey Pearson,
John Deman, Brenda Charette, and Joanne Jones thanked these sponsors and
all the club volunteers for making her job a busy but easy one.
First to the prize
table was the Robert Dickson rink again this year followed closely by
the Ken Clancey rink. These two rinks had nothing but praise for all the
kitchen crews who served them and the other 22 rinks of curlers all
weekend long. Starting with Friday pizza and wings, Saturday morning
goodies, Saturday lunch, Saturday dinner (catered by the ever popular
James Madden), Sunday morning goodies and ending with Sunday lunch not
one of the 96 curlers left the club without stating “boy am I full – I
ate too much”. Thank you Vicki Babcock and crew of Kathy Wager, Beth
Wylie, Penny Moore; Michele Penner; Joanne Jones and crew of Natalie
Cox, Cheryl Scrivens, Carol Harvey, Benita Murphy, Ann Whelan, Jane and
Kelsey Pearson; Rebecca herself for Sunday breakfast and last but never
least Melissa Harris, Lana Latimer, the Pearsons and Elizabeth
Vandenberg for the ending lunch. The B and C winners Andy Palmer and
Dave Travers thanked Gary Cound and his helpers Rick Siegner, Ray Moore,
Steve Eastlake for good and clean ice to curl on. This year Napanee
teams were fortunate and curled well enough to have teams in each of the
4 event finals. Way to go curlers and a big pat on the back to Rebecca.
The Poirier rink who have been coming for years had nothing but a huge
thank you to all the volunteers in their speech at the prize table. Wait
I almost forgot the most important helpers of any bonspiel, the BAR
staff. Thanks to Ken Ives (Director), Joan Ives, Brock and Adrienne
Laing, Bill Ryan, Shirley MacDonald, and Cindy Crowson all the curlers
glasses were kept topped up and none went thirsty for long. All of the
spectators were awed by the unusual colourful clothing worn this weekend
on and off the ice; any real hockey players attending would have been
very envious.
Remember to mark
your February calendar for the Town & Country Bonspiel, Wed 8th;
the Highland Lassie Bonspiel, Saturday 18th; and we are
hosting the Tim Horton Juniors Sunday 12th February. I am
also looking forward to the “Sweetheart Dinner” on Wednesday, 15th
February.
Check out our web
site for some Mixed “in action” pictures
www.ndcc.ca Heather will have them on soon.
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January 25th, 2006 |
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The
Senior Mens Bonspiel held last Saturday was a great success and showed a
lot of spectators some terrific curling. A lot of the teams were very
close to each other point wise and after the final tallying by Phil
Harrington it was nice to see a Napanee rink make it to the prize table
first for a change. The overall winner Ken Clancey and team thanked
Walter Genereux and Ron Graham for convening another great bonspiel.
Second place was also a Napanee rink and Frank Dunham thanked Gary Cound
and Steve Eastlake for great ice to curl on (actually Frank himself did
part of the maintenance). Thanks continued for the ever watchful
bartenders Jacquie Brown and Michele Penner. The 2 game high winners
from RKCC, Bill Judd and Tony Bush and all the other curlers had nothing
but good to say about our famous “feed the guys all day long” policy.
Eleanor Ramshaw thanked her lunch helpers Susan Snider, Joan Banks, Ed
Adams, Shirley Bush and Diana Harrington thanked Sue Sharpe, Elizabeth
Vandenberg, Barb Graham, Gloria Cawley, Barb McLean, Pat Benn, Diane St.
Louis for helping her prepare a scrumptious dinner. Naturally, our
skilled meat carver, Hugh Sharpe, was on hand to assist the ladies. The
prize table was well presented thanks to the sponsorship of Goodyear and
Briar Fox Golf and Country Club. Ron Graham purchased all the meat and
thanked Quinns Meats for their continued support of the bonspiel.
Next on our
Bonspiel agenda is the 24 rink Mixed Bonspiel this coming weekend 27th
to 29th; Friday evening, all day Saturday, and Sunday; come
to the club and see some great shot making. I understand Rebecca and
committee have a new game planned for all to try!! Wonder what it is???
I can’t wait to see all the expertly made costumes of Hockey teams
arriving to play in this Bonspiel.
Remember to mark
your February calendar for the Town & Country Bonspiel, Wed 8th;
the Highland Lassie Bonspiel, Saturday 18th; and we are
hosting the Tim Horton Juniors Sunday 12th February. I am
also looking forward to the “Sweetheart Dinner” on Wednesday, 15th
February.
All this and more
is there for the reading on our well set up website thanks to Heather
Ramshaw. You need to check it out at
www.ndcc.ca
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January 18th, 2006 |
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We are now well
into the second draw here at the Napanee & District Curling Club.
Everything is running smoothly and all you members registered for the
Mixed Bonspiel are hopefully busy sewing and pinning your “Hockey Night
in Canada” costume(s). The spiel will be here before you know it. From
Friday 27th till Sunday 29th Rebecca Murphy and
her committee will be busy ensuring all curlers are well taken care of
both on and off the ice. I imagine she is looking for help with the
decorating phase of the bonspiel, one can never have enough sets of
hands; so if you have a few hours to spare please call Rebecca at
354-5445. Meanwhile, Walter Genereax is busy getting ready for his
Senior Men's Bonspiel on Saturday 21st. We are hosting the
OCA Zone play downs for the Colts and the Trophy Feb 4-5th,
so you call also see some great curling that weekend.
The
“Sweetheart Dinner” committee is busy selling tickets now, so if you do
not have yours yet – please call Ron Graham – 378-0401 as there are
probably only a few left. Shirley Bush has been busy filling our rental
calendar and there are not many opening left, so if you are still
deciding whether to have a curling due this season, you better call her
354-5659 and book it as soon as possible.
The Royal Kingston
Curling Club is running a fundraiser and has a great “package deal” for
anyone wanting to go see some of the Scott Tournament of Hearts in
London. This will include pick up at Flying Jay, bus to London, one
night hotel, games on Thurs 2nd and Fri the 3rd of
March. I will have a poster at the club with the info but you can also
see it at
www.royalkingston.com (click on Scott bus trip…..) or call me at
354-7138.
Coming
up later in February is the Town & Country Bonspiel, Wed 8th;
the Highland Lassie Bonspiel, Saturday 18th; and we are
hosting the Tim Horton Juniors Sunday 12th February; so there
continues to be lots of excellent curling to be watched at the club for
the rest of this season. Luckily, it also gives me lots to write about,
so this article will continue to be printed thanks to The Beaver staff.
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January 11th, 2006 |
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Gore Mutual
Schoolgirl “A” side Zone winners: Congratulations to…..
Casey McTaggert,
Natalie Murphy, Jessica Hinchey, Alissa Goodfellow, Dana Boldrick
The Regionals are
to be in Arnprior on February 4-5 and if the girls progress the
Provincials are in Simcoe on February 16-19th.
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January 4th, 2006 |
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Welcome
back to the second half of curling at the Napanee & District Curling
Club for the 2005-2006 season. I hope you all had a great Xmas and a
happy New Years’ Eve.
I am happy to
announce the 1st draw winners and as you will see a lot of
teams were very close in each and every draw. Good luck in the second
draw and try to take that extra end or two – it just may make you one of
the second draw winners!!!
The Monday Men’s A
Division winner – Ian Munro, Brian Hobin, Rick Siegner, Andy Graham
(5w2t) with runner up Andy Palmer, Bill Hogg, Mike Smith, Bruce Finlay ;
the B Division winner – Steve Angel, George Moniz, Kirk Donald, Al
Thompson (5w32p) with runner up Dave Travers, Steve Eastlake, John
Stimpson, Daryl Latimer; C Division winner – Tom Hayes, Gerry Haggerty,
Jim Head, Don Pearson (5w1t)with runner up Scott Chadwick, Brian
Chadwick, Mark Lyons, John McDonald. The top two teams in B & C move up
a division and the bottom two in each division move down. The Wednesday
Senior Men’s winner – Robert Paul, Dave Travers, Gerry McCracken, Bill
Creighton (9w) with runner up Walter Genereux, George Elliott, Mel
Therien, Al Thompson. The Thursday Men's winner – Ian Munro, Dave
Travers, Max Christie, Jack Magilton (7w41.5ends) with runner up Ken
Clancey, Daryl Latimer, John Stimpson, Walter Bell (7w41e). The Tuesday
Mixed winner Robert Hough, Jane Hough, Chuck Mercer, Sue Mercer (14pts)
with runner up Cam McFadyen, Linda Blake, Bert Kea, Jared Coleman. The
Friday Mixed showed three teams as winners (14pts) due to ties – Ken
Clancey, Marg Pearce-Wilson, David Wilson, Beth Clancey and Bill Hogg,
Diane Shea, Chuck Gray, Angela Cronk and Rebecca Murphy, Jane Pearson,
Paul Murphy, Don Pearson; plus an honourable mention with 12 pts to Paul
Dickson, Lana Jaeger, Phil Wilson and Shannon Stevens. The Tues Up &
At’Em was close with only a 1 end difference between the winner Jack
McNamee, June Hicks, Earle Bush, Norma Clarkson and the runner up Jane
Hough, Sharon VanGent, Chuck Mercer, Rosemary Roffey. The Wednesday
ladies winner was Liz Graham, Janet Hobin, Brenda Charette, Gwyenth
Thompson with runner up Rebecca Murphy, Jane Pearson, Kelsey Pearson,
Natalie Cox (also won the two week playdown). Last (but not least) to
the winners circle for the Thursday Ladies is my team of Janet Hobin,
Joan Banks, and Janice Noble/Shirley McDonald with runner up of Jane
Hough, Bernice Pringle, Alice Clarke, and Bea Moore. Congratulations….
Tickets are now
being sold for our “Sweetheart Dinner” on the 15th of
February so watch for posters advertising this special dinner being
cooked and served by our Male members. Any questions please call Ron
Graham at 378-0401.
Ian Munro is
expecting a lot more juniors this week (Wed and/or Sun) and if you have
still not registered your child it is not too late to do so. All new
curlers get to try a couple of weeks prior to paying their fee and all
fees are prorated till the end of the season. Please call Ian 354-1828.
Next
up on our calendar is the Senior Men’s Bonspiel January 21st
and our 24 team Mixed Bonspiel on the 27-29th January. The
theme this year is “Hockey Night in Canada”, so put on your thinking
caps and come out and show off your best dressed hockey
team.
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December 14th, 2005 |
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The
Napanee & District Curling Club hosted the Special Olympic play downs
last Sunday. Four teams of curlers from Napanee, Lindsay and Picton had
a great time both on and off the ice. Thanks to Marilyn Cole and myself
they all had morning snacks with their coffee. A delicious lunch was
prepared for them by Shirley Bush and served by Shirley, Marilyn Cole
and Marilyn Elliott. Shirley gave thanks to Les from Picton for helping
with the clean up. Steve Eastlake ensured the ice was clean, fast and
ready for each of the three games played.
The “Sweetheart
Dinner” slated for February 15th is well past the planning
stage and tickets will be available shortly. If you have any questions,
please call our fundraising director, Ron Graham 378-0401.
Ian Munro
has now visited all the schools in the area and it appears that our
Junior league will have a lot more members in the new year.
All the leagues
are into their last couple of games prior to the holiday season and I
wish all of you “good curling/good luck”.
All your directors
are busy compiling/preparing the 2nd draw of the 2005/2006
curling season and we ask you to be patient. Your new skip for January
will be calling you prior to the first game in the New Year. Some of the
leagues will have the new draw ready to hand out in the last week of
curling so make sure you check the Information Center in case your
league is one of them.
Wishing you a very
Merry Xmas and the best of New Years. See you all in 2006!!
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December 9th, 2005 - SPECIAL
FRIDAY EDITION |
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The Napanee &
District Curling Club is hosting the “Special Olympic” curling playdowns
on Sunday, Dec 11 with teams from Lindsay, Picton and Napanee
participating. This playdown will be starting at 9 am and games will be
played til approx 3 pm.
Ian Munro, one
of our Junior Directors is planning on visiting all the schools to
ensure students both senior and junior are aware of our great Junior
Program at the club. He hopes to also get the “Little Rock” program
running in early January, so if you have a child interested in trying
please call Ian at 354-1828. If you would like further info you may also
call myself at 354-7138. Our Junior leagues are on Wednesday after
school and seniors on Sunday at 7 pm. All new members get to try the
sport for a couple of weeks prior to paying for their membership. There
are no equipment costs (all children have warm clothing and a pair of
clean sneakers).
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December 7th, 2005 |
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As the Napanee &
District Curling Club enters December and the last few games of the
first draw, I thought I would let you all know the standings so far.
Starting with the Monday Men – A is Ian Munro, B is tied with Reg
Gore/Cam McFadyen, C is Tom Hayes; Tues Up & At’Em is tied with Andy
Graham/Jack McNamee; Tuesday Mixed is also tied with Cam McFadyen/Andy
Palmer; Wed Seniors is Robert Paul; Wed Ladies is Liz Graham; Thurs
Ladies is tied with Diane Shea/myself; Thurs Mens is Ken Clancey; and
finishing with Friday Mixed into a three way tie with Les Corbay/Bill
Hogg/Ken Clancey. As you can see from the amount of ties the next 3-4
games are crucial and all teams will be curling their best to be the
first draw winner. You will need to check the bulletin boards as league
directors have posted sign up sheets for any member wanting to curl in
the second draw starting 2nd January. A member not already in a
particular league now needs to sign up as soon as possible to ensure a
position is available in January. Most of the leagues have their second
draw completed prior to the last game of this draw because it is very
hard to get a hold of everyone over the holidays. This way all teams
know their mates and if a spare is necessary for the first game in
January members have the list of spares available. Another good idea is
to call the League Director responsible for a league you want to join
(if you are not already part of said league) and this will definitely
let us know who wants to curl when. All phone numbers are in our
Telephone Directory and if you do not have one, pick one up at our
information center.
Ian Munro, one of
our Junior Directors is planning on visiting all the schools to ensure
students both senior and junior are aware of our great Junior Program at
the club. He hopes to also get the “Little Rock” program running in
early January, so if you have a child interested in trying please call
Ian at 354-1828.
Our fundraising
director, Ron Graham and his committee are organizing a Valentines
Ladies Dinner – being prepared and served by our men – on Wednesday 15th
February. This dinner is for members and non-members alike, but space is
limited. For more info please call Ron at 378-0401. Watch for the sign
up sheets soon to be posted at the club and there will also be a sign up
sheet for cooks, servers, and committee members.
A refresher clinic
and a skips training clinic is slated again this January and the date is
Sunday the 8th at approx 1 pm. A poster and signup sheet is
probably already on the bulletin board as you read this article so
remember to enroll if you are interested in further curling lessons or
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November 30th, 2005 |
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The Ladies Open
Bonspiel held last Saturday was a great success. Linda Smith thanked her
committee of Shirley Bush, Joan Ives, Lorraine Wilson, Marilyn Cole,
Diane St. Louis and myself for making her convenors’ job an easy one.
Actually, Linda always has these little “goodies” to assemble and I am
all fingers but with the others we got the job done. In her speech, the
winning team from Riverside, Marlene McCallum exclaimed “what do I pick
– everything is so beautiful” about Lindas’ prize table thanks to the
kind sponsorship of VanGent Enterprises, Grant Insurance, Lockhart’s
Fine Linens and The Silver Corkscrew. Ella Brisson from RKCC continued
the speeches as 2nd to the prize table and thanked the
Kitchen, the Bar and the Ice helpers for making this year another great
one for her team. Ella has been coming back year after year due to the
great food, great bar service, great ice and naturally great friendships
at our club. All the other winners had the same positive remarks and in
the same order. Our kitchen is always appreciated and helps us keep
outside teams returning year after year. This is to the thanks of all
our volunteers. Kitchen Director and Captain for all three meals was
Michele Penner. Starting with breads and fruit, followed by a delicious
lunch and ending with a scrumptious supper, Michele thanked her helpers
Rosemary Roffey, Marg Martin, Vibeke Brooks, Brock Laing, MarjPearce
Wilson, Gloria Cawley, Lori Morris and Diane St Louis. I did hear that
Michele needs to give the well presented supper dish a more exotic name.
Our Bar Captain Earle Bush and Jack Barker ensured all the ladies
special orders were looked after. The IceMaker Gary Cound thanked Casey
McTaggart, Frank Dunham and Rick Seigner for helping keep the ice clean
and fast. The drawmasters Lia Dufour and myself ensured all the numbers
tallied properly by the end of the draws for Linda to call up the top
eight teams for their prizes.
Next Sunday, 4th
December is our Semi-Annual General Meeting at 1 pm. All members are
asked to come out and support your directors and the decisions that need
to be made each and every year to keep the club viable and running
smoothly.
In the New Year we
have a full slate of many more Bonspiels. As you can see from above, our
Kitchen Director is taking on far too many Captain/kitchen helper
positions and there are so many of you who could “take up the slack”.
Please have a look of what is to come and what openings need filling
from the list on the Kitchen bulletin board and call Michele.
Our Junior league
is very small this season but it is not too late to register. Our club
also has a set of Little Rocks to help the younger curlers, so all you
members with children wanting to try curling after watching Mom/Dad for
so many years; please call myself 354-7138 or Ian Munro 354-1828 or
George Moniz 354-0129. Our Junior Leagues are now Wednesday (vice
Monday) at 4 pm and Sunday at 7 pm. There is nothing to buy prior to
your child joining – all kids have runners and warm clothing….and each
child gets to try curling for a couple of weeks before having to pay
their membership.
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November 23rd, 2005 |
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Congratulations to the winning team of Robert Dickson from Sterling
and to the Bill Hogg rink who took 2nd place in the A event
of the Mens Open held last weekend at our club. It is the second in a
row for Sterling but not for Robert as Scott skipped last year. All the
winners from A to D took a long time deciding on which prize to select
from the wide variety thanks to the sponsorship of Gibbard Furniture,
Clarica, Home Hardware, Joyces’ Meat & Deli, Burke Printing, George A.
Grant Ins., M&M Meat Shops, James R. McCutcheon Ins., Wagar & Myatt, Dr.
Andy Palmer, Mainstay Natural Foods, Moore Bros, Goodyear, McKeown &
Wood, Final Lap, AM Sports, Battlefield Eqpt, Access Auto, Nibourg Waste
Management, Hart N Hart, Briar Fox, Napanee Golf & Country Club. John
Deman thanked his committee of Sharon VanGent, Phil Wilson, Paul
McDonald, Chris Ramshaw, Jim Head and Jack McNamee for making this year’
spiel another easy one to convene. He was quoted as saying “a well oiled
machine never breaks down”. Drawmasters and umpires Phil Harrington and
Hugh Sharpe ensured all the figures were totaled correctly and the 50/50
was the highest ever thanks to Kim Dickson and Heather Ramshaw.
As the
winning teams took their turn at the table they thanked Gary Cound,
Steve Eastlake, Dave Travers, Rick Siegner and Frank Dunham for terrific
ice to curl on. The Bar Directors Ken Ives/Jacquie Brown and Head
Captain David VanVlack thanked Jim Head, Kim Dickson, Heather Ramshaw,
Frank Banks, Laurie VanStraalen, Shannon Stevens, Daryl Latimer, Terry
Young, Beau Maracle, Ed and Carol Lazier for their tireless manning of
the bar over these enjoyable three days. According to all the 128
curlers served over and over and over again all weekend long – the food
is the reason they keep returning. The Kitchen Captains Sharon VanGent,
Eleanor Ramshaw, Maureen McDonald, Linda Blake, Joan Ives, Shirley Bush,
Liz Graham and our Kitchen Director Michele Penner give a huge thank you
to all the helpers starting with Friday lunch, sandwiches, wing ding;
Saturday breakfast, lunch, delicious roast beef dinner; and ending with
Sunday breakfast and lunch. Great work ladies and gentlemen – Bernice
Pringle, Norma Jackemeck, Jane Hough, Paul McDonald, Lucille McDonald,
Alice Clarke, Lorraine Wilson, Lorraine Willows, Phil Berry, Norma
Clarkson, Tricia Cammaart, Connie Pritchard, Brenda Charette, Melissa
Harris, Helen Brown, Joan Banks, Beth Clancey, Liz Griffiths, Gail
Maracle, Moira Sickling, Sue Mercer, Valerie Gore, Janet Hobin, Joan
Reynolds, Darrell Pritchard, Hugh Sharpe and the meat cookers plus all
the pie making experts. Thanks John for another very successful bonspiel
at the Napanee & District Curling Club.
Remember to mark
your calendar for the Ladies Open - 26th November and the
General Semi-Annual Meeting Sunday, December 04th at 1 pm.
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This season we
have 277 members at the Napanee & District Curling Club. Our Monday mens
has 22 teams; Tuesday Up & At’Em has 18; Tuesday Mixed – 10; Wednesday
Seniors – 10; Wedneday Ladies – 6; Thursday Ladies – 11; Thursday Men –
10; and Friday mixed has an awesome 31 teams. All the league directors
Chris Ramshaw – Mens; Liz Graham – Ladies; Up & At’Em – Shirley Bush and
myself; and Mixed - Heather Ramshaw have done an outstanding job
setting up the draws for the first round of the season. Heather deserves
a special thanks because to give 31 teams the time they want (when
possible) on Friday night with four different times involved is not an
easy task.
We are
trying a new format this year for the Bar with a Head Captain each month
and event captains for the bonspiels with each having many helpers to
recruit. Ken Ives, with the November Head Captain, David VanVlack have
been busy getting bar teams set up for the November bonspiels, rentals
and league play. With the new format each Head Captain will set up their
crews for the month so there will not be a complete team list posted. If
you have not been contacted yet – wait for it – Ken and his Head Captain
has not forgotten you – it is a long season (HAHA). Ken has a full list
of all who volunteered at registration (over 100 members) and he also
has a sign up sheet posted on the side of the bar pop machine so you can
put your preference of duty after looking at the Bonspiel/Rental
calendar. Please also consider being one of the “event captains” and
call Ken.
Remember to mark
your calendar for the Mens Open Bonspiel - 18-20th November;
Ladies Open - 26th November and the General Semi-Annual
Meeting Sunday, December 04th at 1 pm. You would have
received your agenda by now by email or it is at the club for those
without email. I had a slight problem sending to Sympatico customers, so
if you did not get yours please let me know and/or pick one of the extra
ones up at the club.
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This past summer
has been a busy one at the Napanee & District Curling Club. A lot of
renovations have been completed and a major clean up was carried out by
our House Director, Jennifer Clarkson. She heartfully thanks Chris
Ramshaw, Ken Ives, Liz and Andy Graham, Ian Munro, Jack McNamee and
Frank Dunham for all their many hours at the club dry walling and
painting and stripping and…..the list goes on. Her cleaning crew of Liz
Graham, Ian Munro, John Deman, Ana & Dave Haines, Gloria Cawley, Kees
VanGent, Marg PearceWilson, Eleanor Ramshaw, Barb Graham, Lorraine
Wilson and Shirley Bush has the place shining from top to bottom.
Eleanor provided lots of delicious treats for the crew and Earle Bush
cut the grass. Michele Penner has spruced up the kitchen and Jacquie
Brown has a sparkling bar area.
As the ice lights
were turned on for each of the first draws the members were impressed
with the glaring colorful ice. Gary Cound our Ice Maker and Steve
Eastlake our Ice Director give their thanks to Rick Siegner, Frank
Dunham and Chuck Mercer for all their help over the last 5 weeks and
also Ken Clancey, Bill Ryan, Bob Heintz, Dave Travers and Chuck Gray.
The preseason
clinics had an attendance of over 24 new curlers plus many members
wanting help and I want to thank Cam McFadyen, Andy Palmer, Ian Munro,
Joe Jackemeck, Joe Maddison, Les Corbay and Beau Maracle for all their
help.
Kim Dickson and
Heather Ramshaw made sure the 3rd annual Swing and Sweep was
a huge success. I heard that it took a few hours for fingers to thaw
though. Lunch and Dinner was looked after by Christine & Bea Moore,
Eleanor, Christine & Sara Ramshaw, Jennifer Clarkson, Marg PearceWilson
and Jane Hough plus other curls who chipped in to help. Jacquie Brown
and Michele Penner tended bar and Graham Weatherby assisted in preparing
and calculating the draw figures. Jim Mullin and his brothers won the
spiel with Daryl Latimers team a close second. The excellent day was a
great kick-off for another successful season at the club.
The available
weekends for clubs or associations to rent the club are filling quickly
so if you would like to book a date, please call Shirley Bush 354-5659.
The Mens
Open Bonspiel is set for 18-20 November and our Ladies Open is set for
the 26th November. Remember to mark your calendars and come
see some great curling games. Our General Semi-Annual Meeting is slated
for Sunday, December 04th at 1 pm so watch for your agenda
which is being compiled as I type this article.
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