An almost-full contingent of OCC members and friends had their faith in the old phrase "it never rains on the golf course" upheld on June 9th, as the rains held off and the golf took place. A shotgun tournament at Hylands, preceeded by lunch and followed by dinner and prizes at the OCC, saw 140 players participate.
Karen Allen and friends presented the sparkling new Bonnie Matheson Memorial trophy to the winning net team of Jim Stewart, John Galligan, Brad Shinn and Bill Coleman.
Low gross honours for a 63 went to Lovel Lord, Bill Fletcher, Kirk Smyth and Dave Korim, with runners-up at 64 gross to Brian Dunlop, Jean-Marc Isabelle, Jim Pamplin and Gilles Tessier.
Runners-up in the low net category were the teams of Ben Cliffe, Greg Bornhurst, Doug Clarke and Dave Sterling, and Jeff McKnight, Heidi Rausch, Brenda Vaillancourt and Karen Pilon.
Dorothy McEvoy won both the women's longest drive and closest to the pin. Longest drive for men went to Jean-Marc Isabelle, and closest to the pin was Robbie MacLeod.
Many thanks to numerous sponsors (especially John Steski of Criterion) for their generous prizes, to Rae Brown for the organizing work, and to Paul Turenne and crew for their help barbequing the steaks. A good time was had by all!
Six teams participated in playdowns held May 1st and 2nd to determine the order of priority for admission of new teams (if any) to the Cash League next year. The winning team is a Junior team, skipped by Christopher Ciasnocha who has previously played out of the Navy and Granite club.
Jack Bylsma's team was the runner-up. The teams in order of finish were skipped by Allan Derby, Cheryl McBain, Jesse Ruppell (Granite) and Dan Ray.
We have a new club champion with the defeat of the Bryan Cochrane foursome of Bill Gamble, Ian MacAuley, and Mike Pastuch by the Earle Morris team. This win by Earle and his team of Gord Schade, John Colquhoun, and Bob Boland brings Bryan's domination of the club championship to an end after three years.
Congratulations to Earle's team, and to all those who made it to the championship playdowns.
Another Perryspiel has been completed marking the end of the 2000 curling season. The Perry was a successful event again this year. There were a few challenges in scheduling, mostly due to the Easter weekend but these were overcome and a good time was had by all.
The results are as follows, congratulations to all:
Men's Event Winners
A - Flight - Eric Johannsen - OCC
B - Flight - Earle Morris - OCC
C - Flight - Ian MacAulay - OCC
D - Flight - Andre Proulx - OCC
Consolation Flight - Brad Shinn OCC
Men's Event Runners up
A - Flight - Rodger Bertrand - Buckingham Curling Club
B - Flight - Gerry Chartrand - OCC
C - Flight - Joe Leblanc - Navy Curling Club
D - Flight - Matt Kasun - Cumberland Curling Club
Consolation Flight - Robin Love - Rideau Curling Club
Mixed Event Winners
A - Flight - Pierre Harvey - OCC
B - Flight - Brad Shinn - OCC
C - Flight - Greg. Richardson - Rideau Curling Club
D - Flight - Scott McDonald - OCC
E - Flight - Phil Sager - OCC
Consolation Flight - Jerry Shore - OCC
Mixed Event Runners up
A - Flight - Paul Winford - OCC
B - Flight - Dwayne Lowe - Pakenham Curling Club
C - Flight - Michael Webber - Navy Curling Club
D - Flight - Ken Campbell - OCC
E - Flight - Mike Burke - OCC
Consolation Flight - Stephan Amyot - OCC
Ladies Event Winners
A - Flight - Joyce Potter - OCC
B - Flight - Jenn Hanna - OCC
C - Flight - Lois Graham - Navy Curling Club
Ladies Event Runners up
A - Flight - Karen Allen - OCC
B - Flight - Donna Lamoureux - OCC
C - Flight - Jane Askin - OCC
Senior's Event Winners
A - Flight - Bruce Lonsbery - OCC
B - Flight - Rod Matheson - OCC
C - Flight - Bill Dickie - Cornwall Curling Club
Senior's Event Runners up
A - Flight - Ray Maloney - OCC
B - Flight - Dave VanDine - Rideau Curling Club
C - Flight - Ken Ross - OCC
The team of Reg Plaster, Donna Lamoureux, Randy Garland and Dianne Sullivan were declared Provincial Champions in Labatt Senior Mixed play on Sunday. They ended up in a tie with the Gary Holmes St. Catherine's rink at 6 and 1 after round-robin play. In the Sunday morning tie-breaker, they came out on top with a steal of one in an extra end.
Another successful Roy Blair Bonspiel was held at the OCC last week, and a good time appeared to be had by all -- especially the Saturday night crowd who partied into the wee hours of Sunday morning in the true spirit of Roy Blair.
The Men's section winning team was Doug Johnston, Sheldon Weatherstone, Marcel Gagnon and Bert Callum with a point total of 76. The runners-up in men's with 72 points were John Steski, Bob Gamble, Mark Armstrong and Mike Ouimet. Those two teams have thereby won the right to represent the Club in the Holiday Inn / Ramada Challenge in the fall.
In Women's play, the winners were Cheryl McBain, Heidi Rausch, Cathy MacLeod and Ruth Buckland with 73 points. The Anne Merklinger foursome (Sandra Ribey, Jan Vanden Tillaart and Maureen Riley) came in second with 61.
The Mixed team of Jeff McKnight, Heidi Rausch, Marcel Gagnon and Elsa Godin-Gagnon, walked away with the top score of 86, followed by Mike Aprile, Laurie Shields, Steve Bethune and Susan Roe with 71.
Winners have now been declared in all leagues, and the Club Championships are in full swing -- from Monday April 10th to Saturday April 15th.
Monday Ladder: Brad Shinn, John Galligan, Chris Dehaan, Jeff Miller
Business Women: Joyce Potter, Muriel Potter, Janelle Sadler, Faye Linseman
Cash League: Ron Diguer, Danny Lamoureux, Brady Bryson, Dave Francey
Business Men: Jack Bylsma, Gary Cound, Doug Shorkey, Bill Oakes
Mixed 1999: Roger Blais, Judith Blais, Greg Smith, Deb Gerylo
Mixed 2000: Rod Matheson, Margaret McLaughlin, Paul & Darlene Engelbrecht
Saturday a.m.: Randy Garland, John Chiarelli, Jack Ross, Bob McKenzie
Daytime League: Ed Gardner, Phil Plunkett, Vince Lafleur, Gib McElroy
Sunday League: Katerine Allaert, Ralph Washburn, Fred Barbieri, Ben Hamel
All league winners will receive a golf shirt with an OCC crest and the name of the league and year embroidered on it.
In Regional play in Trenton on April 1 - 2, Reg Plaster's senior mixed team survived as B side winners and advance to the Provincials. Reg, Donna Lamoureux, Randy Garland and Dianne Sullivan will play at the Highland Curling Club in London from April 12th to 15th.
Three other OCC teams playing in the Regionals failed to advance: Dave Korim (with Laurie Shield, Mike Aprile and Andrea Leganchuk)and Brad Shinn (with Lynn MacPhee, Larry Simpson and Helene Roberge) in the JVC Mixed, and the Rod Matheson team in the Labatt Senior Mixed.
The annual spring information meeting was held on Tuesday to allow the board to inform the membership of work, events and the general state of the operation of the club. This meeting also presented the opportunity for the introduction of our new manager, Emile Tougas, who will be replacing Stephan Amyot in May.
Emile brings significant training and experience in facilties management as well as a long involvement in curling. We welcome him to the OCC and to Ottawa and we look forward to working with him in the years to come.
The Danny Lamoureux Shield is awarded to members who stand out as volunteers at the club and who make a large contribution to the success of the club. The award was given out at the Spring meeting by Danny, to Bob Carradus and Jack Casserly for their contributions in the 1999 and 2000 seasons. To Bob and Jack congratulations and thanks.
Teams representing the Ottawa Curling Club had a strong hold on all final play at the Senior Mixed Zone playdowns in Metcalfe this weekend.
In the A final, Reg Plaster, with Donna Lamoureux, Randy Garland and Dianne Sullivan, defeated Rod Matheson's team. In B semi-final play, Murray Russell, with Sandra Chisholm, Gerry Chartrand and Wendy Russell, topped Ken Ross, with Collette Deschamps, Dave Johannsen and Jane Askin. That put the Russell team against the Matheson team in the B final. Rod Matheson, with Margaret McLaughlin, Paul Engelbrecht and Darlene Engelbrecht, joins the Plaster team in a trip to the Regionals next weekend in Trenton.
Congratulations to all, and good luck.
Congratulations to the OCC team of Wally Morris, Rod Matheson, Paul Engelbrecht and Gord Pringle for their convincing win of the Senior's Grand Aggregate in play at the Rideau Sunday evening. They defeated Granite's Claude Lamy 8-3. Other OCC event winners included Roger Mitchell, Bob Preston, Ralph Joncas and Ken Ross. Many OCC members were among over 1,100 curlers who participated in the five-day annual event at clubs throughout the area.
The spring general meeting will be held on March 28th (just before the Blair draft). This meeting will allow your board of directors to fill you in on the state of the business and club operations.
Ottawa retained the Currier Cup on Saturday, March 11th, with a 16 to 10 victory over Buckingham in a two-game combined-score competition. Sixteen players from each Club took part, and enjoyed the curling and the comaraderie. This event originated in 1866. Play was revived last year, after a seven-year hiatus, with representatives from both clubs being Board members and volunteers. Buckingham will host the event in 2001.
The OCC's Ken Ross rink finish the Masters Provincial playdowns as runnerup behind Jim Sharples. The Ross rink finished the week with a 5-2 record to Sharples' 6-1. Congratulations to Ken and his team.
You can directly access the results on the OCA website.
Another OCC junior team has qualified for provincial playdowns. Phil Sager and his rink of Pascale Letendre, Will Hamilton and Heather Long are off to the Provincial Junior Mixed playdowns at the Quinte Curling Club February 16 -19.
The Board has confirmed a new sign up policy developed by the Match Committee,
after an open forum and a survey of prime leagues. The full policy will be posted
on bulletin boards at the Club this week, and will be summarized in the upcoming
Newsletter. The highlights:
* Sign Up deadline: July 15, 2000.
* Team sign up forms to be completed and handed in at the bar.
* A deposit of $50 per person (which will be applied to membership fee
or refunded to teams who don't get in )to accompany team sign up.
* Playdowns to be held May 1st and 2nd for NEW TEAMS who would like to
play in the Cash League.
* Fee Payment Deadline: Sept. 1, 2000 (in accordance with By-Laws).
Congratulations to Jan Ellis, this year's Festival Network volunteer of the year. Jan received the award in recognition of her tireless efforts throughout the Welton Beauchamp Curling Championships.
Stephan Amyot has submitted his resignation, effective May 1st, 2000.
He and Patti McKnight have set their wedding date as July 29th and Steve will be seeking employment in Toronto at the end of the curling season.
Because of the changes that have been made in the responsibilities of our Manager over the past 15 months, the Board of Directors has decided to once again search widely for a replacement. We will be advertising in print in the next issue of the Ontario Curling Report, in our newsletter and on various web sites. We invite those interested to submit a resume and a letter of interest. The deadline for applications is February 25, 2000. Resumes may be forwarded to the OCC via email (in Word or Wordperfect format) to manager@ottawacurlingclub.com, via FAX: (613) 235-2178, or Canada Post: Ottawa Curling Club, 440 O'Connor St., Ottawa, K2P 1W4.
A Statement of Qualifications and a copy of the current Strategic Business Plan are available from the office or online here.
Ron Diguer prevailed last night and will now go on to represent the OCC at regional playdowns in Brockville this weekend. Ron will be joined by teammates Danny Lamoureux, Dave Francey and Brady Bryson.
Bryan Cochrane's rink representing the RCMP won the A spot on Sunday afternoon. Also representing the OCC this weekend were the rink's of Brad Shinn, Ken Campbell, Dave Merklinger and Gord Schade.
In play Sunday morning, Jan. 16th, Julie Reddick's Oakville team defeated Jenn Hanna's OCC foursome (Jenn, Dawn Askin, Steph Hanna, and Melanie Robillard) in the finals of the Teranet Junior Women's play. The Reddick team now goes on to the Nationals.
In Teranet Junior Men's play, Jason Young, skipping a team out of Burlington, is representing Ontario at the Nationals for the second straight year. Last year Jason played second on the John Morris team that went on to win both the Nationals and Worlds.
Cheryl McBain's rink made a strong showing at the OLCA challenge round, fighting their way to the B final only to succumb to Deb Thompson's Thornhill rink. Cheryl was joined by Deb Karbashewski, Andrea Leganchuk and Jennifer Simpson in the playdown.
The OCC had three teams in competition this weekend at the Holiday Inn Challenge Zone Playdowns at the RCMP club. Teams skipped by Eric Johannsen, Dave Johannsen and Steve Mitchell participated but failed to advance. Eventual winners were Kevin Holmes of RCMP and Bill Sobering from Glengarry. If you would like to play next year, you may wish to consider Eric's name strongly at the Blair draft in April, he seems to be a perennial at this event.
Congratulations to Muriel Potter who was vicing this weekend for Diane Harris' City View rink which won the Senior Ladies Provincial Playdown. Muriel will now go on to the Nationals in Portage la Prairie January 22 - 30.
Donna Lamoureux's squad did the Ottawa proud by rebounding from two single point defeats to rattle off three successive wins to return to contention before succumbing to eventual finalist Jill Greenwood.
Gerry Chartrand's rink found themselves in a three way tie for first after an extremely impressive round-robin, unfortunately in the semi-finals they fell victim to eventual winner Bob Turcotte whom they had already beaten once earlier in the week.
Jenn Hanna's junior ladies team, consisting of Jenn Hanna, at skip, Dawn Askin , vice, Steph Hanna ,2nd and Melanie Robillard at lead won the annual Merck Frosst Junior Bonspiel in Toronto over the Xmas holidays. In winning the spiel the girls won the first prize of a 10 day trip to Switzerland, tentatively scheduled for Feb 1/00 to Feb 10/00 (depending on the results of the Provincials).
The intinerary for the trip is as follows
Feb 01, Arrive Zurich, Switzerland
Feb 02, Travel to Basel , sightseeing and then curling with the
Swiss juniors
Feb 03 ,Sightseeing during the day, curling in the evening, dinner
with host families
Feb 04, Travel to Engleberg and curl in the International Junior
Cash Spiel Feb 04-06
Feb 07, travel Bern, friendly games @ Bern Curling club, then to
Hotel
Feb 08, Travel to Gridelwald sightseeing & lunch depart for
Arlesheim & dinner with host families
Feb 09, Travel to Basel, lunch & party @ Reichenstein castle
Feb 10, depart Zurich for home
The girls are billeted for the most part with the team of Swiss girls who came over here to curl in the Merck Frosst. Next year the girls will host a Swiss team that will be participating in next years Merck Frosst
The team of Ken Ross, Rod Matheson, Rae Brown, Cec Morriss, with Gord Perry Jr. as fifth man will be representing the OCC at the Masters provincials. Ken's team came out of the regionals on the B side, with Bill Dickie winning on the A side.
The Ottawa has hosted the annual challenge with the Rideau CC, and being the gracious hosts that we are, we let them win (by a rather large margin of 13 points). A good time was had by all of the participants and we look forward to bringing the cup back from the Rideau next year.
Ken Ross with the team of Rae Brown, Gord Perry Jr. and Cec Morriss lost to Bill Dickie of Cornwall in the "A" final, but came back to defeat clubmate Rod Matheson in the "B" final, and so move on to Regional play in Kingston on December 18th and 19th.
Cheryl McBain is the "B" side representative for Zone 1 in Regional play in Arnprior December 18 - 19.
In Senior Ladies Regional play in Picton, the OCC was represented by Donna Lamoureux and Maureen Morris. Donna's team won the "B" side and will go on, with "A" side winner Diane Harris of City View, to Provincial play at Richmond, January 4 - 9th.
The Gerry Chartrand Senior Mens team has successfully gone through both Zone 1 play and Regional play. They won the "B" side in Picton, and proceed to Richmond for the Provincials.
The OCC's Gerry Chartrand team has come out of weekend play at Russell / Navan as "A" side winners. They defeated another OCC team, Reg Plaster, in the A final Sunday afternoon. Cornwall's Bill Dickie came out on top against Reg in the "B" final.
Other OCC teams competing in the zones were Bruce Lonsbery, John Chiarelli, and Ken Ross.
Congratulations to OLCA Junior regional Champions Jenn Hanna & Pascale Letendre.
Both teams move on to Provincials January 11th in Bobcaygeon.
The Welton Beauchamp - The Championships, the 1999 edition is over, and it was a very successful event again this year.
The Winners were:
Mens: Mike Harris
Women: Kathy Floyd
Seniors: Reg Plaster
Congratulations to the winners, especially our own Reg Plaster.
Many thanks to all involved. It takes a lot of volunteers to make an event this size work and again this year we had a great team helping out at the OCC.
The Welton is sponsored by Welton Beauchamp Nixon Inc..
On the weekend of Oct. 30/31st., Jenn Hanna's team won, for the 2nd year in a row, the Whanncliffe Chrysler Junior Bonspiel's women's section in London, Ontario, defeating a team skipped by former teammate Denna Schell. Playing with Jenn were Dawn Askin, Stephanie Hanna and Shelly Moore. The win gets them a repeat trip to Calgary in late December for the Kingsmouth International High Performance Clinic and Bonspiel run by the CCA.
OCC teams put in a great showing at the RCMP Mixed bonspiel, Oct. 30/31, with the
following teams taking home some cash:
A event winners: Layne Noble, Debra Gerylo, Bill Johnston, Elaine Brimicombe ($1,500)
C event winners: Ian Palangio, Laurie Shields, Mike Aprile, Andrea Leganchuk ($400)
The AT&T Canada cashspiel was held at the Ottawa on the weekend of October 8th with Brent Kirkham's rink taking home the top prize of $2200. The second place money ($1200) went to another OCC team, Reg Plaster.
Other qualifiers where: Dave Murphy, Jeff McCrady, Keil Gallinger and Bryan Cochrane.
Many thanks to the spiel organisers (sponsors), Tim Brown and John Steski.
The Cheryl McBain team carried the OCC colours to the Mike Harris Championship of Champions spiel. They made it to the quarter finals of the consolation round. Apparently the golf was better, they won four rounds.
A great time was had by all, to quote one team member "Mike throws an excellent bonspiel".
The Rubber Leg spiel was held on Oct 1st and 2nd with 28 participants. While this was a smaller group than hoped everyone had a good time, good food and everyone went home with a bottle of wine from the prize table.
This year there are some changes to Sunday curling.
The Family League will be a fixed team league, playing between
8:30 and 10:30 Sunday morning.
The Junior programme will run between 10:30 and 12:00. The format
is the same as last year.
The Sunday draw from the board will run between 12:00 and 2:00 in
the afternoon. As in past years this league will be instuctional
for the first six weeks of the schedule.