WHERE FRIENDSHIP IS A TRADITION UNIONVILLE CURLING CLUB NEWS |
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| VOLUME 15, NUMBER 2 | February 1999 |
| PROVINCIAL
WINNERS Congratulations to our own Kim Gellard and team! Kim has Sherry Scheirich at Vice, Sally Karam at second and Allison Ross at lead. They won Ontario playdowns in Niagara Falls January 30th by beating Ann Merklinger twice - No mean feat! Now on to the Scott Tournament of Hearts February 20-28 in Charlottetown, P.E.I. WE ALL WISH YOU GOOD LUCK! Good luck to our Bantam Girls Team and Bantam Boys team at Provincials! See Junior news and OCA news! PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Hi Folks, welcome to 1999. What a winter so far eh! We’ve already recorded the snowiest month of the century and they say there’s lots more to come. This weather makes it more like a curling season than |
anything
we’ve had for quite some time. We’re halfway through the season and all appears to be going well. All sections are busy and participation in all Club events has been terrific. Lots of out-of-club activity too. We had a super New Year’s Eve party and many thanks to the volunteers who made it possible. Plans are already underway for the big bash of "2000". Speaking of volunteers, they are always needed. If you’d like to help out in any way please let me or one of the Operating Committee Chairpersons know. It’s a little work but a lot of fun. How about these swinging rocks! We had Shorty Jenkins work on them December 21 and initially they curled far too much, but this was to be expected. They’ve settled down now to a nice 3 to 4 foot curl, as he said they would. It sure makes the curling a lot more fun doesn’t it? |
AN EARLY
REMINDER – Connie McDermott will be heading up the
committee for our 5th Annual Auction in the
spring. Watch for further details on the bulletin boards.
It has become one of our year’s highlights and a
great party! We encourage all of you to participate. All the best for the last half of the season and – GOOD CURLING! BILL CREBER PRESIDENT MEN’S SECTION REPORT We have just completed 2 rounds in the schedule and we would like to congratulate the following winning teams: SCHEDULE 1: Draw Curling Monday: Ross Baker, Brian Cloke, JackQuinn, Tom Kaivik Mike Donahoe, Igors Svistunenko, Gordon McPhee, Reinhard Zank |
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| Wednesday: Bruce Ander, Jim Fryer, Dan O’Brien, Alex Dillen Team Entry Tuesday: A: Dennis Osborne, Frank Szyszka, Brian Gemmell, Bill Wright B: Ross Baker, Glen Nelson, Don Bubar, Lloyd Martin Wednesday C: Rick Chilton, Gord Chilton, Ralph Stone, Glenn Fox SCHEDULE 2: Draw Curling Monday: Jim Bell, Ron Beveridge, David Ashley, John Wallace Bill Wright, Bill Lee, Glenn Fox, Doug Whalen Wednesday Rick Chilton, Cap Cowan, Neil Downs, Craig Harvey TEAM ENTRY Tuesday A: Jim Bell, John Bell, Doug Gorrill Rob Hargrave B: Rick Chilton, Gord Chilton, Ralph Stone, Glenn Fox Wednesday |
C: Carl Glatt, Dan Cleutinx,
Mike Donahoe,John Wellwood UPCOMING EVENTS: Two of the year’s major events are being held during February, and already both events have been over-subscribed. February 12 & 13 – The Unionville Men’s Open Bonspiel February 15-19 – The Dixon-Garland Bonspiel Everyone is invited to come out, watch the curling and, in particular, enjoy the hospitality that both of these events are famous for. DUNCAN MCDOUGALL MEN’S SECTION CHAIRPERSON O.C.A. NEWS Zone Entries
Bantam Boys B Side Zone Winners and Region Winners |
Mike Anderson, (skip),
Andrew Mannik (vice), James Hardman, (second), and Mike
Horner, (lead). Congratulations and Good Luck at Bantam Provincials at Annandale in February! Intermediate zones will be played February 27-March 1. Labatt Mixed and Senior Mixed on March 20-22. Silver Tankard on March 6-8. Bantam Mixed and Junior Mixed March 6-8. Give these events a try, it’s a great experience. Good luck and good curling! BILL CREBER O.C.A. REP. DAY LADIES SECTION Bill Hood Memorial Bonspiel Mollie Hood joined us for the afternoon and stayed to present the trophy to the winners, Pat Seawright, Laura Ferguson, Lennie Reynolds, And Shirley Edamura. CONGRATULATIONS! 9 AM DRAW– First Place |
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| Joyce Miles, Isobel Nigh,
Sue Smith & Nadine Bradford Second Place Janet Stover, June Speers, Joanne Schoch and Wendy Ternowesky. Third Place Fran Allan, Nancy Brown, Terese Temoin-Downs and Ina Grant. 10:30 AM DRAW First place team was the overall winner Pat Seawright and her team. Second place was Andrea Kerr, Katy Maulson,Laurie MacAllister and Edith Svistunenko. Third Place – Blanche Leslie, Yvette Stephenson, Ann Dann and Pat Hackbusch. Thank you to the able committee of Connie McDermott, Robbyn Greene, Joyce Sherman and Terri Savoury who did a great job running this spiel. Christmas Bonspiel. Many thanks to the committee of Mary Anne McLeod, Ruth Oster, Linda Payzant and Lorene Reid for a great Christmas and Food Bank Bonspiel . We would like to thank Marg Hicks for her sponsorship again this year! The winners of this bonspiel were Mary Gellard, Connie Taylor, Donna Fitzpatrick and |
Wendy Parent. In second
place was Mary Grant, Yvette Stephenson, Maureen Dudley
and Laurie MacAllister. First Schedule Finals and Christmas Luncheon On December 15 we completed our first schedule with playoff games followed by our Christmas Luncheon. The Unionville Broadloom Trophy was presented by Helen Wright to the winning team of Pat Seawright, Ann Agnew, Karen Blackman and Georgia Cameron. First runner-up was Gail Beveridge, Dawn Webb, Clara Nowski and Laurie MacAllister. Second runner-up was Mary Kulmala, Connie Taylor, Sue Musgrave & Irene Kubica. Third runner-up was Colleen Hamar, Laura Ferguson, Terese Temoin-Downs and Barb Mingie. Karen Davis, owner of Grandma’s Treasures presented the trophy to our winners Lois Roberts, Joyce Sherman, Judy Young & Ingrid Hollett. First runner-up was Connie McDermott, Dorothy Boynton, Marg Hicks and Wendy Brown. |
Second runner-up was Mary
Gellard, Nancy Brown, Janet Bernardo & Ruth Boehnke. Third runner-up was Fran Allan, June Speers, Sue Davies & Betti-Ann Lavitt. After curling everyone enjoyed a delicious buffet made by Pat Sweeting and arranged by Doris Matthews. Thanks to Doris and her committee for doing a fine job on the decorations in the Club and on the tables. It really looked wonderful. Mary Kulmala had some help from Joyce Miles and together with the aid of four "actors", they entertained us with a Christmas skit. This was followed by some traditional Christmas Carols sung by the "Choir of Renown". Thanks to Joyce we also had a visit from Santa! Mary collected donations for the Yellow Brick House in Aurora. Thank you for your generosity! JANUARY CLINIC On January 7, Mary Gellard ran a clinic for interested Day Lady curlers. This was one of the best clinics we have had, so you may be sorry if you missed it. We learned new ways to sweep, throw and time the rock. This format was very successful and hopefully we |
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| can do it again this way.
Thank you Mary for taking the time to help us and for
donating the prizes which were won by Liz Savage and
Kathy Cassin. LADIES ONE DAY OPEN BONSPIEL The Ladies ONE DAY OPEN Bonspiel was held on January 8th. Gail Beveridge, our Chairperson this year, and her committee of ten did an outstanding job of running this spiel. Pat Reid and her team of Marilyn Pleckaitis, Carolyn Jackson and Lee Purves from Avonlea won the trophy for the second time in a row. Runner-up to the trophy was the team from Tam Heather skipped by Barb Fernandez. Marcia Morley of Scarborough Golf and Country Club was the winner of the Royal Doulton figurine. PROVINCIAL SENIORS Two teams represented Unionville at the zones in Annandale in November. They were Pat Seawright, Lois Roberts, Carole Murray and Blanche Leslie and the team of Andrea Kerr, Fran Allan, Janet Stover and Dawn Webb. Andrea Kerr’s team won the B side and went on to the Regions. ALL-STAR ‘SPIELS These mini spiels started again this year with the Mutiny Spiel November 26th. |
The next one is the
Valentine Spiel February 11th. Be sure to
watch the bulletin board and sign up if you wish to
participate. CONGRATULATIONS TO KIM GELLARD and her team of Sherry Scheirich, Sally Karam and Allison Ross who came second in the Southern Ontario playdowns in Kingston. Kim and her team played in the provincial playdowns January 25-30 in Niagara Falls. Upon conclusion of round-robin play the top three rinks competed in a playoff with the winnerr representing Ontario at the Scott Tournament of Hearts . I hope everyone is enjoying their curling season and the new friendships you have made and that you will continue to support the remaining events we have planned for you. BONNIE COCHRANE LADIES CHAIRPERSON BUSINESS WOMEN’S SECTION The Business Women’s section has had a strong beginning to the curling season. A full membership roster has ensured complete teams and a healthy list of available spares has |
provided valuable support.
We thank the willingness of some of the Day Ladies
members to spare for our section. A strong and committed
executive has worked hard to support all of the
activities the Business Women enjoy. Our Christmas dinner held early in December was extremely well attended with fun and frivolity high on everyone’s list. At this time winners of the first draw were announced. They were as follows: Tuesday Gayle Coleman Judy Robertson Heather Reid Nancy Keyzers Wednesday Cathy Gostlin Jane Morgan Myra Scott Joan MacFarlane Thursday Marilyn Lowe Barb Otani Cheryl Milne Kim Parker The Business Women’s Bonspiel Committee once again planned, organized and delivered a very successful bonspiel – The In-Club Pasta Spiel. This annual event is very popular with our members, as much for the excellent food as for the competition on the ice. |
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| The winners were as follows: First Place Anne Azlen Cathy Meanchoff Myra Scott Tina Svistunenko Second Place Gayle Coleman Judy Robertson Judi O’Brien Lynda Levesque Third Place Joan Allen Ann Millard Marg Curtis Sally Sandiford The next event organized by the Bonspiel Committee is Guest Day which will be held on Saturday February 20. At this time members of our section are encouraged to invite friends to the Club to learn the basics of the game. Some basic instruction is provided¸ short games are played and a lunch is included. Guest Day has proven to be a successful means of bringing new members into our Club. Our second schedule is drawing to a close and we look forward to special evenings of decadent desserts at which time prizes will be awarded for the second draw. MARILYN LOWE BUSINESS WOMEN’S SECTION |
MIXED COMMITTEE The mixed curling group has almost finished their second draw and will soon be starting the third and final one! Hope everyone is enjoying their curling – your Mixed Committee is working diligently to ensure success for this season. The Committee is looking for new members for the next season – if you would like to volunteer contact Mike or Paula Donahoe (294-5147). We also need one or two people to chair the Committee for next season! There has been great participation in our bonspiels. The Nuts and Bolts Spiel held in November was a success with the following teams making it to the prize table: First Event Silvio Roy, Deb Nicol, Simon Lau & Steven Soule Second Event Mike Purcell, Kelly Tooley, Heather Robertson & Peter Koens Third Event Gail Beveridge, Linda Payzant, Michael Boorman & Cheryl Milne Fourth Event Igors Svistunenko, Bill Mack Christine Couperthwaite & Peggy Adams |
First Draw Winning teams
follow – these teams are now eligible for the
playoffs at the end of the year: Nancy E. Smith, Neil Smith, Marian McMahon Craig Dingee Charlie Fisher, Doug Whalen Bruce McFadden, & Marilyn Jannett. John Nicol, Deb Nicol, Dwayne Vincent & Marilyn Parsons Neil Downs, Terese Temoin-Downs, Kelly VanCamp & Patrick Redmond Mike Donahoe, Paula Donahoe John Bean & Janice Warwick Brian MacMillan, Ann Millard, Vic Ternowesky & Norm Craven The Trivial Pursuit Spiel was co-sponsored again this year by Ron Cooley and Charlotte Kelly. Wayne and Lynn Morrison had a 1960’s theme all worked out for this fun spiel. The winners of the bonspiel were: Winners Draw A THE ANIMALS – Rick Chilton, Phil Polocelli, Sue King & Peter Gun Runners-up THE HOLLIES Sylvio Roy, Dorothy Boynton, Paul Pike & Craig Harvey |
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| Winners Draw B (3 man teams) LOVING SPOONFUL Marilyn Lowe, Doug Lee, John Heath Runners-up THE BYRDS Cathy Gostlin, Al Johnson, Heather Robertson Life’s a Ranch Spiel was sponsored by Don Garland. This spiel combines the efforts of a team entry made up of new and experienced curlers and will start February 26-27, l999. Brian Monti and Louise Ferri have great curling, food, and entertainment planned! Watch for the sign-up sheets. Just a reminder for all mixed curlers – PLEASE – make sure you note when your games are and if you have a scheduling conflict get a spare and let your skip know you won’t be at the game. Skips – if you find yourself in a one sided game and want to quit, consider the players for whom this may be their ONLY game and keep playing to at least six ends so all players get some curling in – THANKS! Good curling to the end of the season everyone! PAULA DONAHOE |
MIXED COMMITTEE BANTAM-JUNIOR SECTION The Bantam-Junior In-House Round Robin finished their draw of 7 games and the winner with a record of 5 wins and 2 losses was Dan Woodley’s team. Congratulations to Dan Woodley, (skip), Steven Anderson (vice), Kyle Woodley.(second) & Caitlin Rolfe (lead) PROUD PROVINCIALISTS Coach Linda Corcoran thanks her Bantam girls team for the "absolutely excellent effort" at the Junior Women’s Provincial Championship in Minden. Meaghan Stolll’s team finished 6th out of eight teams but, of the five games they lost¸ four were decided on the last rock in either the 10th or 11th end. As one example of their high quality of play, they were tied with the Jennifer Hanna team from Ottawa going into the 10th end. This team went undefeated in round-robin play. Another example of this team’s character was displayed during the game against the only other all-bantam team at this Junior Championship. Unionville |
found themselves down 6-0
after 4 ends. This team bore down and by stealing 1 point
6 ends in a row went on to win the game 6-7 in 11 ends! What more could you expect from our bantam team that went undefeated in Junior Zones in Oshawa and Junior Regionals (A side winners) in Lindsay!! Congratulations Meaghan Stoll (skip), Kelly Cochrane (vice), Heather Nicol (second) and Tammy Sale (lead)! AWSOME EIGHT-ENDER On Monday January 11, Lindsay Osborne’s Markham District High School team scored their first eight-ender! They achieved this momentous steal against Richmond Hill High School at the Richmond Hill Curling Club. It happened in the second end and the team, all Unionville Curling Club members, went on to win the game 24-1 in 6 ends. Congratulations to Lindsay Osborne (skip), Heather Nicol (vice), Jennifer Wilson (second) and Tammy Sale (lead). BANTAM REGIONAL WINNERS: Michael Anderson (skip), Andrew Mannik, James Hardman and Mike Horner. |
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| Meaghen Stoll (skip), Kelly
Cochrane, Heather Nicol and Tammy Sale. GOOD LUCK to all of you at Annandale in February! DEB AND JOHN NICOL CHAIRPERSONS EDITOR’S DESK Looks like we have some very good teams to watch from Bantam Boys and Girls, right up to our Provincial Ladies team as they go on to compete throughout the next few weeks. Unionville Curling Club can always be proud of our curlers and their level of play. You should see the shots these bantam teams call and make! We have a proud heritage, as well as a bright future. GOOD LUCK TEAMS! MARILYN PARSONS EDITOR Wendy Sear, Typist |