IN THE NEWS...
We had 12 teams participate in the Advance Saving Under 17 Bonspiel, with Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island sending their Boys and Girls Canada games teams. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped and Alan Menzies for organizing the event (coach for Jade-Krista’s team). Winners were:
Div Winner Div Runner up
A-Girls Team Daigle (Jade-Krista) A-Girls Nfld. Canada Games Team
B-Girls Fred Curl Club-Barry B-Girls P.E.I. Canada Games Team
Fund raising draw prizes went to Mariette Demers (escape weekend) and Glen Daigle won a curling broom.
Curl for Heart is Saturday March 20, and see Terry or Denise Tweedie to enter a team. If you are not curling, you can help by making a donation. Team signup sheet are on the board as well as pledge sheets at the bar.
Friday night dinner this week will be a Boiled beef dinner and ice time is available. If you have not been to a supper this year we encourage you to come as our last Friday supper is March 19.
Just a few notes to pass along, Dominion Bonspiel starts March 18 at the Beausejour and we have a team of Berthe Richard and Glen Daigle representing our club. Jade and Krista will be curling March 19-20 at Riverside Curling club in Quispamsis for the right to represent New Brunswick for the Canada Games. Megan Woodburn has registered a team for the NB Mixed championship in Woodstock for March 26-28. Want to wish these teams good curling as they compete to represent New Brunswick. New Brunswick Curling web site should have live scores for these events.
Little Rock-Juniors is finishing up on Tuesday March 23 with a closing party for the kids. We want to thank Jeannine Hannay, Blake Hannay, Mark Ankenmann, Krista Flanagan and Eric Carruthers for working with our youth program. We have some excellent young curlers from beginners to older kids and it is rewarding to see their progress.
Tomorrow night’s supper will be Chicken Pot pie, potatoes, vegetable(s) and dessert. Come and enjoy a great meal served up by Robina and her crew. Please note that ice time is not available this week due to the junior spiel.
Congratulations to the Little Rock team of Carly Hannay, Mary Robichaud, Micah Carruthers and Cloey Quigley for a third place finish in the Kenny Coates Under 15 spiel. Also congratulations to Paulette Girvan for entering the Final 6 NB senior playoff. She played with Debbie Dickenson who had a 2-3 record. Ten seniors from our club had a visit to the Sackville club as part of a home and home visit.
Playoff schedules are posted
on the board for the Commercial and Team night. Time and date played depends
upon loss or win so check the schedule.
Curl for Heart takes place on
Saturday, March 20th. Be sure to enter a
team or give a donation. Forms are available
at the bar. Chairpersons are Terry and
Denise Tweedie.
FEBRUARY 24, 2010
Curl for Heart is scheduled for Saturday March 20 and forms will be on hand to enter a team or collect pledges. It is a fun day and a great cause. Chair persons are Terry Tweedie and Denise Tweedie.
Team night regular schedule finishes this week and playoffs will start the first week of March. Schedule and information will be posted later this week.
Friday night supper this week will be Chinese and ice time is available if you want to throw a few rocks after. Bring a friend or family and enjoy a fine meal.
Commercial league will commence a playoff schedule next Sunday. We would like to thank the following sponsors for their support.
Richard Service Station Tom Dwyer
Daigle Survey Glenn Daigle
Cartier Coop Wesley Johnson
Global Windows Shawnessey Gallagher
Bay View Tech. Brent Lawson
Napa Auto Ross Agnew
Best wishes to Paulette Girvan who is curling in the final 6 of NB seniors and to the team of Carly Hannay, Mary Robichaud, Micah Carruthers and Cloey Quigley who are now off to compete in the Kenny Coates Age 15 & Under. Both events are this weekend.
Ladies, please note that the PJ party is on Apr 30 at Domaine in St. Ignace.
We have a large collection in the change rooms and not sure if they are used or not. We have removed brooms and if you want your broom left here please put it back in the change room. Brooms not put back will be stored till end of season and then either used by club, sold or disposed of.
FEBRUARY 17, 2010
Curling's Top Ten Songs!
Kevin Martin is now 4-0 at the Olympics! Cheryl Bernard sits at 3-0!
Longtime Ottawa curler and coach Bill Rogers and his son Jeff have unveiled a curling app for an iPhone or iPod. Called the ROG (Rodge) the downloadable app is a curling stopwatch with plenty of features, including a trio of traffic light-modelled coloured indicators that tell you when and when not to sweep. For more information, check out therog.ca.
Brier Field - Jean-Michel Menard defeated Pierre Charette in the Page 2 matchup, but lost to Martin Ferland in the semi-final. Ferland then lost an extra-end final to Serge Reid, who advances to his second Brier. In Saskatchewan, Darrel McKee will make his second Brier trip (first as a skip). Manitoba will be represented by Jeff Stoughton, who won an extra-end final against Mike McEwan to earn his eighth Brier trip. Alberta’s Kevin Koe will take on his brother Jamie at the Tim Hortons Brier (Halifax, March 6-14), after the latter took the Territories crown. Northern Ontario will send Brad Jacobs.
Senior Funspiel is Friday February 19, and the cost is $10.00 per person with a registration sheet on the board.
Dominion Bonspiel Qualifiers will start this Friday and continues Saturday. Come and watch some our best curlers trying to represent the club at the Provincial meet.
Friday Night Supper this week will be a turkey dinner. Bring a friend or family and enjoy a fine meal.
Friday night ice time - Due to Dominion qualifier and a junior game no ice available this week. Note no ice available on March 5 as we have a junior cash spiel. Junior spiel (under17) has some of the best talent in the Maritime's.
In junior action, This Friday our Little Rock team skipped by Carly Hannay will play a game against a boy’s team from the Beausejour Curling Club. They are preparing for the Kenny Coates Under 15 Bonspiel February 25-26 in Saint John.
Want to remind members that if you park in the middle row please be sure to park far enough towards the rink to allow a lane of parking in front of the building.
Stain Glass art was donated by Sharon Demchuk. Tickets are on sale at the bar.
Congratulations to Paulette Girvan who will be a part of a team going to the Seniors Provincials starting February 24.
Curl for Heart will be on Saturday March 20. Chairpersons are Denise & Terry Tweedie. Expect registration, pledge sheets etc. to be here this week.
Olympic Updates - Team Canada Men's & Women's are at 1-0 as of this writing!
FEBRUARY 15, 2010
By GEORGE KARRYS, Special to QMI Agency
It’s finally here. Curling’s greatest showcase, on the sporting world’s biggest stage, hosted by Canada, the No.-1 curling nation.
And here is everything you need to know about the next two weeks of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic curling competition that could be crammed into some 550 words:
YOUNG GUNS: The pre-Games gold goes to Great Britain women’s skip Eve Muirhead, known as the Next Big Thing. At just 19, she’s the youngest curler in the field, she’s won the past three world junior championships (including last year’s title on this very same Olympic curling ice) and she’s utterly fearless. Muirhead is tall, telegenic and bleeds Scottish blue: She’s also a champion in golf and — wait for it — the bagpipes. In a word, wow.
WILEY VETERANS: Keep an eye on Swiss men’s skip Markus Eggler. He throws second stones — like Canada’s Russ Howard did four years ago in Turin — and was elevated to skip position at last year’s worlds in Moncton, to take the heat off Swiss last rocker Ralph Stoeckli. The energetic, passionate Eggler won the world title as a skip back in 1992, has Olympic bronze from Salt Lake in 2002 and first battled Canadian skip Kevin Martin at their debut international event back in 1986 — the world juniors.
CHINA SYNDROME: Wang Bingyu’s women’s team started curling around 2001 — as full-time, fully funded professional athletes — and became world champions last March. The men’s squad finished fourth at their first worlds just two years ago. This is what can happen when a world superpower decides it wants to win gold in an Olympic sport. But the Olympics are different. Will this new kind of pressure crack the veneer of the unflappable, technical perfection of China?
OLD EUROPE: Two of Europe’s biggest markets happen to provide world curling’s saddest story. France and Germany boast decades of membership in the World Curling Federation and virtually zero growth in grass-roots development. If not for the obsessive nature of their handful of curling-crazed athletes, things would be even worse. Good performances from these veteran teams might help, but their winter sport bosses need to take a long-overdue look in the mirror.
BOOB TUBE: No, we’re not talking about the new women’s curling calendar, which is back with seven athletes who are competing in Vancouver. No less than six Canadian networks will be broadcasting the Roaring Game in multiple languages: CTV, TSN, Sportsnet, RDS, APTN and the OMNI channels. There are also hundreds of hours on three NBC networks. Things kick off with a bang on Tuesday at noon ET on Sportsnet, as Canada battles Norway in a potential men’s podium tilt. Nachos and dip, anyone?
GAME OF THE WEEK: Feb. 20, 10 p.m. ET on Rogers Sportsnet. Canada against Great Britain. Kevin Martin vs David Murdoch. Enough said.
PARTY PALACE: While it’s almost criminal there is no formal place for people to whoop it up before, between and after games, the athletes and fans will certainly create a celebration out of nothing. The historic Vancouver Curling Club is sure to be the place to party.
FEBRUARY 15, 2010
We ask skips and mates to help prevent rocks from hitting the hacks especially on glass end of the rink as they have been taking a beating as of late.
The format for the Dominion Bonspiel is a double knockout and starts Friday February 19th and continues Saturday. Come and watch some our best curlers trying to represent the club at the Dominion spiel. Game time is 7:00 pm.
There will be a Senior Fun spiel is Friday Feb 19, 2010 and cost is $10.00 per person with a registration sheet on the board,
Note that on February 19th all ice surfaces are in use at 7:00pm. On March 5 the junior bonspiel will have all 4 sheets in use.
Junior Bonspiel will be March 5 to 7th. We are having both provincial champions from NB, 2 teams from Nfld. 2 from N.S. and 1 from PEI. They are 4 teams entered in Canada games selection spiels. We will have some of the top junior talent here including Jade and Krista as NB Provincial champions.
Your next Friday Night Supper is this week, on February 19th. On Robina’s menu, is a great turkey meal, with coffee and desert.
On March 13-14, we are organizing a clinic for level one coaching. Clinic includes ice time, instruction in good delivery and techniques. We want to train coaches to work with schools to develop curling. Clinic will be done by Brian Rice. Cost of clinic is $125 per person. We are filing for a grant to cover expenses and see Linda Hanson for more information..
Stain glass art was donated by Sharon Demchuk to the club to raise funds. We are selling tickets at $2.00 each or 3 for $5.00 at the bar.
FEBRUARY 14, 2010
FEBRUARY 10, 2010
TORONTO - A sitcom based on the Paul Gross curling movie "Men With Brooms" has been picked up by CBC-TV.
The broadcaster says the ensemble comedy will be part of a slate of new series it plans to announce in the spring. The show is about a group of four guys who hang out in the same small-town curling club that was featured in the 2002 movie.
But the story takes place several years after the original tale and features all new characters and cast members.
Executive producer Paul Mather says Gross makes a guest appearance in the first episode as curling star Chris Cutter.
No air date has been set.
Mather, who wrote the pilot and serves as showrunner, says the cast consists mainly of young, unknown actors from Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.
"It's a really fast-paced thing and I think it's actually pretty modern and funny," says Mather, whose writing credits include CTV's "Corner Gas" and CBC's "Little Mosque on the Prairie."
"I'm quite happy with how it turned out, but it's definitely something that everybody can watch."
Mather is also the executive producer behind CTV's upcoming sitcom "Dan for Mayor," which debuts March 1. The 13-episode series is about a hapless bartender played by "Corner Gas" alum Fred Ewanuick and his run for mayor of a small Ontario town.
Mather says he may have to do some juggling if "Dan for Mayor" gets picked up for a second season while he's working on "Men With Brooms."
"Hopefully it won't conflict because it would be like choosing between your children," he says.
FEBRUARY 3, 2010
A Winner - Beaver, Greg Sutherland, Barry Lewis, Jim Currier, Gerry Wilkins
A Runner Up - Rexton, Glenn Daigle, Neil Wood, Roland Daigle, Rod McDonald
B Winner - Gage, Dean Grattan, Ken Bettle, Gerard Gilbert, Will Lacey
B Runner Up - Rexton, Blake Hannay, Josephat Blanchard, Bernard Vautour, Jean Claude G
C Winner - Rexton, Benoit Michaud, Mike Arsenault, Howard MacLaren, Jean Charles Allain
C Runner Up - Rexton, Rod Girvan, Andrew Graham, Dan Roberts, Derek Brown
D Winner - Beaver, Les Dryden, Dan Leblanc, Bill Tweedie, Bob MacInnis
D Runner Up - Rexton, Drew Sawyer, John Hudson, Maurice Daigle, Calvin Flight
The “Under 17 Zones” take place here on Saturday. There are 2 girl teams and 3 boys teams entered. We have a team skipped by Carly Hannay, mate Mary Robichaud (Beausejour), Micah Carruthers second and Chole Quigley entered. Our team is just out of little rocks and we want to wish them well.
Advance Saving Mixed bonspiel is fast approaching. Posters and registration forms are up at the club and on the website. If you would like to enter as a team or as an Individual, please see Ronnie Robichaud or Walter Holleran. The bonspiel is February 12-14th.
Friday night supper this week is Pork Loin roast. Come and enjoy a fine meal.
Wednesday Adult curling takes place each and every Wednesday from 10-12 and there is no fee for members. Each game is 6 ends, and teams are made each week.
Commercial League resumes this Sunday afternoon after taking last weekend off due to the Men's open. We have corporate sponsors for majority of teams and want to thank them for their support. Some of the sponsored teams are:
Team1 Imperial Manufacturing skip Gilles Robichaud
Team2 Presto Stitch skip Denis Gallant
Team3 G.L. Caissie skip Gilles Richard
Team4 Robichaud Surveys skip Ron Robichaud
Team5 Babin Paving skip Everard Richard
JANUARY 27, 2010
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Curlinghats.com - You must have seen them on TV by now! I have, a few times on TSN and even at a few live events. Well, until Friday at 5pm, you can order them and receive a discount of 20% if you put the word FACEBOOK in the checkout promotion line!
Hannay’s Men’s Open Bonspiel is this weekend and starts Friday afternoon. We would like to extend a welcome to all visiting clubs and hope that you enjoy yourself. Chairpersons are Shawnessey Gallagher and Howard McLaren. Visitors are welcome. Hannay’s is providing a vehicle so we can operate a shuttle service.
We would like to welcome back Jade and Krista from Team Daigle. Their team was 5-7 at the national M&M Juniors which was the same as team NB in 2009. They have done well and we are proud of them. It was a first for our club to have members at a national bonspiel.
Reminder if you want to enter a team for the Dominion Bonspiel, the club deadline is January 29th. Win the club event, you go to Beausjour to play the best club teams in New Brunswick. As of today they have 18 men’s teams and 13 women teams are registered. Provincial event is March 18-21, 2010. Club entry fee is $60.00 per team and goes towards provincial entry fees.
Commercial League will not play this Sunday due to the bonspiel.
Wednesday Curling takes place from 10-noon; there is a 6 end curling game open to all members. Come and join the fun.
Our next supper is Friday February 5 and on the menu is a Pork Loin Dinner.
Our club is displaying art from the Eleanor Graham and Bonar Law students to help promote their work. The art will be sold at the end of the season and 50% goes to charity. Students are from all Kent County and silent auction sheets are at the bar.
Under 17 Zones will be held here on February 5-7. We have a young team skipped by Carly Hannay entered.
Reminder to all members paying their dues in two installments, that their balance is to be paid by January 31, 2010.
Congratulations to Ronald Robichaud who is the new president of the NB Surveyors Association.
At the 2010 M&M Meat Shops Juniors, Team NB featuring Jade & Krista from our club finished off the round robin at 5 Wins & 7 Losses! Congrats girls on a great effort!
Reminder that tonight is BBQ Dinner at the club from 5-8pm! Bring a group along and enjoy a great meal, all for $10! Then hit the ice for a little fun!
Monday & Tuesday night new draws have been added to the Leagues link on the left!
HOMER SIMPSON NEWS
VANCOUVER -- Homer Simpson is set to become the world's most famous curler in a special episode of the animated series -- an unlikely torchbearer for a sport craving respect at the Winter Olympics.
The beer-swilling, doughnut-guzzling cartoon character will pursue his Olympic dream in the episode of the popular, long-running series being aired days before the Feb. 12 opening ceremony of the Vancouver Games.
Curlers, once touchy about their sport being lampooned, say they are delighted, having learned to laugh at themselves, and will celebrate their place in the television spotlight with beer-and-doughnut parties across the United States.
"It brings attention to the sport," Rick Patzke, the chief operating officer for USA Curling, told Reuters. "I think it is a great thing.
"We tend to take things more good-naturedly now. In fact we're encouraging clubs to hold beer-and-doughnut parties.
"We don't take it personal. Really, Homer and Marge are the quintessential curlers. They are able to laugh at themselves, drink beer and eat doughnuts."
Curling, first played in medieval times on Scotland's frozen lochs, is an ancient game struggling to find its place in a modern sporting world.
Since becoming part of the Olympic programme at the 1998 Nagano Games, the sport has worked hard to shed its reputation as a game played at weekends by unfit men and women.
While top curlers compete with the same intensity as Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps, their good-natured approach to competition is another hallmark of a sport mocked for its image.
"I would say attitudes have changed since 1998," said Patzke. "Back then the attitude was: "Hey, they are making fun of our sport, don't even bother talking to the media".
"There's been a lot of education done on both sides and now both have embraced it."
Though it is still very much a niche sport, the world has become increasingly intrigued by curling.
It attracted significant audiences during the past two Winter Games, topping television ratings for all Winter Olympic sports, according to USA Curling, while cultivating a surprisingly hip following.
American country singer Toby Keith is a confirmed fan and Patzke says he has it on good authority that rockers Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi have on occasion rented ice time and picked up the brooms.
Plans have been developed for a curling-based reality show called "Rockstars""with the winner getting a chance to represent the United States at a future Olympics.
The U.S. curling teams even have their own 'Hurry Hard' condoms, a brand name inspired by the screams that can be heard at any curling rink as skips urge sweepers to clean the ice in front of the rock with shouts of: "Hurry, hurry, hard".
Canada has had a long love affair with the sport and, with nearly one million registered curlers, has more people playing the game than the rest of the world combined.
Among Canadians, curling enjoys mainstream status with events attracting sold-out crowds and top television ratings.
Record low temperatures of minus 46 degrees Celsius failed to deter 16,000 curling fans from nearly filling Rexall Place in Edmonton last month to watch Kevin Martin defeat Glenn Howard for the right to represent Canada at the Vancouver Games.
In Canada, the best curlers compete on a professional circuit, their sweaters covered with as many sponsors' logos as a Formula One car.
In Vancouver, only the Canadian men's and women's ice hockey teams will be under greater pressure than the curlers to win gold and tickets to the finals are hard to find.
"The CCA would have liked a larger venue, especially being in Canada," Canadian Curling Association CEO Greg Stremlaw told Reuters. "We certainly could have filled a larger building if it had been built.
"We try to leverage the Games, use it as a catapult to attract people to the sport. We just happen to have it as part of our culture here and we have been quite successful."
Names such as Eddie "The Wrench""Werenich and Schmirler "The Curler""are as familiar to Canadians as hockey players.
When Brad Gushue's rink took gold at the 2006 Turin Olympics the Newfoundland foursome returned home to a heroes' welcome and the new Team Gushue Highway.
Werenich was one of Canada's greatest curlers but in 1988 found himself at the centre of national controversy when he was told he was too fat and had to lose weight if he wanted to represent the country at the Calgary Olympics.
No other curler touched Canadians as much as Sandra Schmirler, who won the 1996 world championship while six months pregnant then two years later skipped Canada to a first Olympic gold medal in Nagano.
When Schmirler died of cancer in 2000, all Canada mourned. Flags in her native Saskatchewan were flown at half-mast and Prime Minister Jean Chretien expressed the country's loss.
JANUARY 20, 2010
After 14 draws, Team Daigle (with Rexton's own Jade & Krista) lost 8-4 to Saskatchewan's Paulsen. They currently sit at 3-6. Keep an eye on their progress at Season of Champions!
We had 2 teams attend the Teachers Bonspiel in Saint John this past weekend. Team skipped by Norman Richard finished as A winner and Louis Emile Daigle was A consolation winner.
Congratulations to Louis Emile Daigle who was selected to be a volunteer at the Ford World’s Championship in Contina D Ampezzo, Italy.
Friday Supper this week will be BBQ chicken. Bring a friend or family to enjoy a fine meal.
JANUARY 19, 2010
From the Times & Transcript:
Hannay wins A division
REXTON -- Jean Hannay of the host Rexton Curling Club won the A division of the 25th annual Rexton Ladies Open curling competition on the weekend.
Hannay and her rink of Bernice Ryan, Huberte Michaud and Emma Cormier defeated Anna Action of the Sackville Curling Club 7-3 in the final. Acton's team included Miki Mcmahon, Sharon Macintyre and Uta Bartlett.
In the B division final, Paulette Girvan of Rexton and teammates Bev Smith, Muriel Glencross and Denise Robichaud beat Norma Lutes of Moncton's Beaver Curling Club and her team of Gwen Carter, Joan Adams and Judy Steeves.
The C division final saw Rexton's own Meghan Woodburn, Denise Babineau, Mariette Demers and Denise Tweedie earn a decisive victory over Rexton's Lorraine Stewart, Janice Robichaud, Suzanne Holleran and Geneva Leblanc.
Lucy Duplessis Curling Beausejour team of Vi Cormier, Christine Arsenault and Lynne Melnuk of Moncton squeeked out a win in the D division final over clubmates Marie Robichaud, Jeannette Robichaud, Hubie Pierce and Ursala O'Toole.
JANUARY 18, 2010
JANUARY 17, 2010
In the ‘A’ Division final, Jean Hannay (Rexton) defeated Sackvilles Anna Acton 7-3. Hannays team consisted of Bernice Ryan, Huberte Michaud, & Emma Cormier. Acton team was comprised of Miki Mcmahon, Sharon Macintyre, and Uta Bartlett!
Over in the ‘B’ division; Paulette Girvan (Rexton), Bev Smith, Muriel Glencross and Denise Robichaud defeated Norma Lutes (Beaver), Gwen Carter, Joan Adams and Judy Steeves!
On the ‘C’ final, Rexton’s own Meghan Woodburn, Denise Babineau, Mariette Demers and Denise Tweedie walked away with a decisive victory over Lorraine Stewart (Rexton), Janice Robichaud, Suzanne Holleran and Geneva Leblanc!
Finished up the tournament in the ‘D’ section, Lucy Duplessis (Beausejour) and her team of Vi Cormier, Christine Arsenault and Lynne Melnuk squeeked by fellow club member Marie Robichaud, Jeannette Robichaud, Hubie Pierce and Ursala O’Toole.
Only 2 spots remain open in the 2010 Men's Open taking place on Friday, January 29th! 30 Teams are already signed up for our 25th Annual Men's Open! Better sign up now if you have not already. Contact Shawnessey Gallagher today!
After three games of play at the 2010 Women's Jr. Nationals, Team NB with Jade and Krista from our club are now at 2-1. Stay tuned to your club website for updates!
Jade & Krista are on their way to play at the M&M National Juniors bonspiel in Tracy-Sorel, Quebec. You can visit the CCA Junior website for team pictures, schedule and live scores at www.seasonofchampions.ca/2010juniors.
Official Course is being held in Moncton on Saturday January 23 for level 1-2 officials. The course covers all the rules along with time clocks. The club will pay the entry fee if you are interested. In 2011, we are hosting the NB Mixed Provincials here and would like to provide some officials. It would be helpful for us to have that knowledge to assist in bonspiels or club operations. If you are interested please see Don Teakles at the bar.
The Commercial League schedule is now posted on the board until February 21. Playoff is over 5 weeks and all teams play to the last day. Please note the different start times and 6 end games for January 17th and February 14th as we have bonspiels. There will be NO curling on Sunday January 31st (Men’s bonspiel).
Your 25th year Anniversary Committee is going to have a draw for a sweater on Friday, January 22. Tickets will be 1/$1 or 3/$2. All funds raised will go to assist in our 25 year celebration of our club.
Come on out Wednesdays, from 10-Noon for some great pick up Curling. There is no fee to club members.
The next Friday Night Supper will be held on January 22, 2010. On the menu is BBQ chicken, desert, coffee & tea!
JANUARY 2, 2010
Today, we are home to 2 curlers who are Provincial Champions. Jade Carruthers and Krista Flanagan playing on Team Daigle, who won the provincial Junior Championship last week in Moncton. The final game was won on a draw to the button; out drawing a rock behind cover by inches. It is a remarkable achievement for any team to represent their province at a national event. Jade and Krista will be off to the M&M Meat Shop Nationals in Sorel, Quebec, held on January 16-24. Congratulations!!!
Moments after receiving their Provincial NB Jackets!
DECEMBER 31, 2009
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
A Ladies Bonspiel meeting is scheduled for Monday, January 4th at 5:30 at the club. Everyone is welcome! Any men interested in helping out throughout the weekend of the Ladies Spiel, Jan 15-17, can contact Megan @ 523-6334 or megan.woodburn@nbed.nb.ca (Here are just a few way you could help: serving the ladies Sat night; helping Robina in the kitchen Sat night; we're looking for a DD for the ladies Sat night after the banquet to shuttle ladies to their hotels; etc.)
DECEMBER 23, 2009
EMAIL PROBLEMS - In the last few weeks I have sent out weekly emails all to have them bounce back to me. There seems to be a problem with the server company that I have been using, which is also the website provider. I have lost all of my contacts, email wise. So if you could email me at this address, I can update my new email list - rextoncurlingclub@rocketmail.com
Added a few more pictures of the roof project last week, in the Club Pictures section. Check them out!
Our latest link has now been added to the site, featuring our bonspiels! You can get the latest information, find out who to call, where to sign up and all the bonspiel details online!
Here is an interesting article from Reuters, about Curling and Condoms! Two words I never would have thought that I would have used in the same sentence!
DECEMBER 11, 2009
Roar of the Rings - Berthe Richard, Paulette Girvan, Mariette Demers and Camilla Vautour are in Edmonton AB taking in the action for the Olympic trials. They are sending daily E mail to keep us posted. Keep an eye on the spectators on TSN to see if you can spot them.
We were the fortunate recipient of grant (Heart Start) towards a purchase of an
Automatic External Defibrillator from The Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation.
The unit will stay in the Building for emergency use. Machine is easy to use 3
step process with voice commands. Over 1000 people die in NB of sudden cardiac arrest each year (5% survivor
outside hospital). A defibrillator combined with CPR increase the odds to over
30%. We need to do a part day training in CPR/AED in 2010.
The next
Friday Night Supper is on Jan 8, 2010. A list of suppers and dates is at the bar
Also being published in Kent
focus and L’Etoile later this month. We thank all who have come this fall and
encourage all members to try to come in the new year.
Wednesday Senior Curling takes place each week from 10 am till noon. Come in and join the fun, and there is no fee for club members.
Four Senior teams from our club went to the Beausejour Curling Club for a fun day a few weeks back. They are
arranging a home and home series with Sackville and have an invitational day
event planned for Friday Jan. 22, 2010.
The Club has mailed out our posters for our three big bonspiels. Our Gallant's Assurance Ladies is
on January 15-17 with your chairlady being Megan Woodburn. Hannay’s Men’s Bonspiel is on
January 29-31 and your chairpersons are Shawnessey Gallagher and Howard McLaren. Our
Mixed Bonspiel is February 12-14 and sponsored by Advance Saving Credit Union with Ronnie Robichaud and Walter Holleran running the show!
Check the NBCA web site for list of all bonspiel/events planned in New Brunswick.
In our Little Rock/Junior program we now have over 20 registered kids and they are planning a Christmas party
on December 15. Jeannine Hannay is the chairperson. Coaches and assistants are Mark
Ankermann, Eric Carruthers, Krista Flanagan and Blake Hannay. They have formed
a girl’s team which is planning on competing in the 14 & Under Events.
We had 123 people attend Dinner Theater for Friday night and 129 people on Saturday night. There was 2 great shows with an excellent meal and the crowds seemed to really enjoy themselves. The dinner theater attracts people to the club from all over Kent County and helps the club raise some funds. I would like to thank all the club members who helped with peeling vegetables, club setup, kitchen and serving/cleanup duties. I estimate that we had over 120 volunteer hours and over 20 members volunteering. Thank you to all who helped.
The vegetable trays you enjoyed after curling was from a donation made by St. Louis Coop in lieu of Appreciation week. If you did not receive a pen see Don at the bar.
This is the last week to order a new Name Tag, if you want one. Each name tag costs $6.00.
This Friday, December 4 is our last Friday Night supper for 2009. We are serving “stuffed pork chop” dinner. Bring a friend or family member and enjoy a fine home cooked meal for $10.00 per person. Meal is from 5 to 8 pm.
Wednesday Seniors Curling takes place from 10-12 weekly. New teams are formed each week.
We had 3 Senior teams attend a fun day at the Miramichi Curling Club.
DECEMBER 1, 2009
The club is having an appreciation week to thank all members of the club for their efforts to raise funds through our draw night. We, as a group sold 1000 tickets which was amazing.
If you lost your name, or need a new one, there is a new list is on the board to order a name tag. The cost is $6.00 per person.This Friday and Saturday we will be having a dinner theater. We are looking for volunteers to work either night to assist in the kitchen. See Don Teakles or Linda Hanson if you would like to pitch in. Will need some help to move tables, staging after curling on Wednesday. Also, the kitchen will need help Wednesday for vegetables. Club will be in process of being setup on Thursday so it will look different.
Senior Curling takes place each Wednesday from 10am-12pm. Teams will be made each week and no cost to members.
Our next Friday night supper
is on December 4th and on the menu is
stuffed pork Chops. This will be our last Friday Night supper in 2009. Cost is
$10.00 per person.
A spare list is posted on the board as well as copies available. Remember on
Monday and Tuesday we also have one team with a Bye.
This past Friday we had a Rexton Girls team play a Boys team from the
Beausejour club with both games ending with a tie score. Both teams plan on entering Kenny Coates 14 & Under Bonspiel.
We want to remind you to pay your dues and locker fees.
Louis Emile Daigle will be a volunteer at the Olympic selection tournament “Roar of the Rings” in Edmonton AB Dec 6-13.
Welcome back fellow curlers. A special welcome is extended to new curlers.
If you did not receive your 25 year pin when you registered see Club Manager.
This is our 25th anniversary and club is decorated with decals in the club house and on the ice. A committee is working on events and more information will follow.
Dues: We want to remind you to pay your dues and locker fees.
Leagues: Monday 9 teams and a bye each week. Tuesday has been changed to 9 teams and a new schedule. Team Night is 20 teams and schedule posted till Nov 26 th. After Nov 26 the team league is split into 2 divisions and you play against 9 different teams. Committee chairperson is Norbert Parent.
Commercial league has 15 teams and is looking for an additional team. See Brent Lawson. Times are going to 4:30 and 7:00 pm.
Pro Shop has specials this week. Grippers and broom heads are on sale as well as shoe’s and other items.
We have set up a hand cleaning station at the club entrance and before going on the ice.
We will have our first Friday night supper on Nov 13th. Meal time is 5 pm to 8 pm. Cost of meal will be $10.00 and includes dessert.
Visit our new web site @ www.rextoncurlingclub.com. We will have all league schedules posted as well as upcoming events.
We have 3 dinner theater tickets left for Friday night, November 27th! Cost is $35.00 per person and meal of choice is a turkey dinner.
Registration Night, Saturday October 24; All evening! Open Curling following until October 30th with regular league play starting the first week of November!
Elimination Draw Results
1 - Yves Robichaud $3000
2 - Michael Vautour $1000
3 - Janet Landry $500
4 - Carole Chevarie $250
5 - Terry Tweedie $250
6 - Claudette Deguire $100
7 - Yvon J Robichaud $100
8 - Lucie Cormier $50
9 - Bernard Landry $50
10 - Gemma Gray $50
Dinner Theater featuring Live Bait theater performing "Up on the roof top"! Two Dates - Friday Nov27 (turkey), Saturday Nov 28 (roast beef)!
Price $35.00 each or buy table of 10 in advance for $330 Cash.
Annual Elimination Draw takes place on Saturday, Sept. 19! There will be a spaghetti supper for $5 from 5-8pm. First prize is $3000, and tickets are only $20 each! Call the club @ 523-9003 for more info!
On Saturday, October 3 will be our Annual Fall Market featuring crafts, baked goods, produce and artists from 8:30 to 1:00 pm. We expect over 30 vendors! Breakfast is from 8-11 in the lounge for only $5.00.
Info on the Canadian Woman's Friendship Tour to Scotland can be found here. You must have Adobe Reader to view this.
Subject: The Ride for Mental Health
Hello Curling Fans, Our curling friend and a member of our senior ladies curling team, Carol Thompson is currently driving an RV following her husband Mel as he cycles from BC to Newfoundland this summer to raise money in support of mental health programs and services that help people living with mental illness. Mental illness is very personal to them as their daughter Lindsay suffers from it's effects. Lindsay is travelling with them and at times cycles along with Mel. A website has been established and Carol has been sharing many stories with everyone on the site's blog.
Please check it out at http://www.therideformentalhealth.org/
Not only is Mel cycling but he and Lindsay have spoken at numerous events along the way to raise awareness. A very difficult thing for Lindsay to do but so very brave! We are hoping to reach as many people as we can in the curling fraternity about this amazing journey they are on. Cheers!
Anne Dunn
New Vice President Walter Holleran! Congratulations!
Jr. Curler Krista Flanagan shares some pictures with us!
2009/2010 Executive updated!
New pictures added from the Annual General Meeting on Monday!
New pictures added from the Yard Sale on Saturday!
Calender Of Events link is now available to Members Only! To sign up, email the Webmaster!
Our new website is now online (1050am Atlantic)! Check it out at www.rextoncurlingclub.com
Have you ever wondered how curling rocks were made? It's an interesting process to say the least. Check out the link below!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUy9ake9q8w&eurl=http%3A%2F%2F