The
deadline for signing up for leagues has passed. Any team that did not sign up
prior to July 13th will be ranked in order of sign up. See the sign
up policy for more details.It is with regret that we inform you of the passing of a member of the Ottawa Curling Club. Bob Boyle passed away on Tuesday, July 17. He was an avid golfer and curler. His obituary will be in the Ottawa papers on Friday, July 20. The wake will be at Hulse Playfair and McGarry on Sunday, July 22 from 2 to 4 pm. A service will be held in the chapel at 4 pm.
The
deadline for signing up for leagues has passed. Any team that did not sign up
prior to July 13th will be ranked in order of sign up. See the sign
up policy for more details.
Survey
Results are inHave a look at the survey results from the fall of 2001.
The City of Ottawa Bonspiel is looking for a volunteer from the Ottawa Curling Club. If you have previously enjoyed the event, or are just interested in helping out, please contact Emile, our club manager for more information.
The club will be open during the summer within the following hours:
| Monday | 9am. to 6pm. |
| Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday | 9am. to close |
| Friday | 9am. to 6pm. |
| Saturday and Sunday | Closed but will be open for parties and banquets |
Please call Emile Tougas (the club manager) at 234-4119 to arrange for parties or banquets.
The Kitchen and Pro Shop will be closed until September.
The Ottawa Curling Club website has a new home and a new look! Please be sure to let the webmaster know if you have any problems using the new site. We will be adding more and more to the site over the summer, so be sure to check back and see what we've been up to!
The Gordie Perry once again has wrapped up as a tremendous success. Special congratulations to the winners: Women - Shannon Barry (OCC), Men - John Morris (OCC), Mixed - Dwayne Lowe (Pakenham), Senators - Fred Brownlee (Granite), Seniors - Barry Mersereau (City View). Check out the Gordie Perry Bonspiel page for full results. A thanks to all who participated in making this year's bonspiel a success.
The 2001-2002 edition of the OCC sign up policy has now been posted. Be sure to check it out!
The Ottawa Curling Club was represented by Layne Noble's foursome in Kingston during the JVC Mixed Provincial finals. Layne's team started slowly, but won 3 critical games to qualify for a tiebreaker. After taking the short route to the provincial, the team took the long route to the final. After difficult games in the tiebreaker and the semi-finals, they succumb to Wayne Tuck's team, from the Ilderton Curling Club, in the final. Layne's team was
| April 18, 3:30PM | Draw 1: | Noble vs. Ziola | Loss 7-2 |
| April 18, 8:30PM | Draw 2: | Noble vs. MacDonald | Win 5-4 |
| April 19, 12:30PM | Draw 3: | Noble vs. Gregg | Loss 7-4 |
| April 19, 8:00PM | Draw 4: | Noble vs. Ray | Loss 7-6 |
| April 20, 9:00AM | Draw 5: | Noble vs. Racette | Win 10-0 |
| April 20, 4:30PM | Draw 6: | Noble vs. Currie | Win 8-7 |
| April 21, 12:30PM | Draw 7: | Noble vs. Tuck | Win 6-3 |
| Tiebreaker: | Noble vs. Ray | Win 9-3 | |
| Semifinal: | Noble vs. Ziola | Win 4-3 | |
| Final: | Noble vs. Tuck | Loss 9-1 |
This year's golf tournament is scheduled for Friday June 1, 2001. Spots are going extremely fast, so if plan to participate sign up soon. The sign up sheet is currently located in the viewing lounge behind sheet four.
The play downs to qualify for open spots in the Wednesday Night Cash League will be held immediately following the Perry spiel. The qualifier games will start Monday May 7 and conclude Wednesday May 9, 2001.
On Sunday April 8, four teams, comprised of OCC volunteers and a few board members, travelled to the Buckingham Curling Club to compete for the Currier Cup. The OCC got ahead early, scoring 7 in the first end on sheet two. The group managed to hang to their early lead and win by 11, successfully defending their title. Next year's Currier Cup will be hosted by the Ottawa Curling Club during the final month of the 150th anniversary season.
At the JVC Mixed Regionals, held at the Hylands C.C., Layne Noble's foursome won the 'A' event are headed to the Mixed Provincials. Congratulations to
The JVC Mixed Zone 1, at Alexandria, was won by Layne Noble's team. The 'B' side was claimed by the Korim/Diguer tandem.
The Roy Blair Bonspiel finished Friday night, with the Mens 2 and Mixed division playing their final games. Mens 1 finished their games on Thursday night with Doug Johnston's team knocking of Emile Tougas team to claim top spot. Mens 2 was decided with Jeff McKnight's squad topping the Clark team. The Mixed final featured bantam Jennifer Norris, who came up a little short against the Aprile rink.
On the weekend of March 25, 2001, the Bantam team skipped by Jennifer Norris claimed top spot in the Perth Junior spiel. Congratulations on a great weekend. The team was
The date for this year's event is April 20 to May 6, 2001 and the entry fee is $170.00 per team. More information is available, and you can also enter the spiel using the online entry form. If you are having difficulty accessing the online entry form, try using Internet Explorer.
The Ottawa Curling Club was well represented this past weekend in the 2001 City of Ottawa Bonspiel. Gerry Anton's and Glenn Bunting's rinks won events in the Open section, while Ken Ross' team won in the Senator's division. Layne Noble's team was runner-up in the Grand Aggregate, losing a close one to Brian Fleischhaker's Jr. rink from the Granite C.C.
The Ottawa Curling Club's Little Rocks and Junior program are on the look out for curling equipment. If you're planning to replace your broom or shoes, consider donating them to the up and coming curlers in our Little Rocks/Junior program.
On Saturday March 3, 2001 Geoff Colley Jr's Saturday morning rink scored an 8 ender in the 6th end of their game. We won't mention the team that lost count of the rocks in play against them. Nice job team Colley! The rink is
The Ontario Colleges Atheletic Association held its provincial curling championships in Peterborough from March 8-11. Algonquin went 4-1 through the round robin, finishing first, earning a spot in the finals. They defeated Confederation College 7-5 to win the title. The team also took 3 of 4 all star positions for the tournament. The team is
| Brian Forrest | Navy CC | Skip |
| *Nathan Hewitt | Arnprior | Vice |
| *Tyler Reid | Rideau CC | Second |
| *Mike Aprile | Ottawa CC | Lead |
Brian Vance's Junior Mixed team finished 2-5 at the Junior Mixed Provincial finals this week. The competition was held at the Bluewater Curling Club in Owen Sound. The event was won by the St.Amand team from St. Catherines. The team is
| February 14, 8:00PM | Draw 1: | Vance vs. Epping | Oakville C.C. | Loss 7-3 |
| February 15, 12:00PM | Draw 2: | Vance vs. Farnell | Bradford C.C. | Win 7-6 |
| February 15, 7:00PM | Draw 3: | Vance vs. Showler | Woodstock C.C. | Win 10-3 |
| February 16, 9:00AM | Draw 4: | Vance vs. Koivula | Orangeville C.C. | Loss 8-2 |
| February 16, 4:00PM | Draw 5: | Vance vs. Harris | Uxbridge & District C.C | Loss 9-5 |
| February 17, 12:00PM | Draw 6: | Vance vs. Letendre | Rideau C.C. | Loss 9-3 |
| February 17, 7:00PM | Draw 7: | Vance vs. St. Amand | St. Catherines G.& C. | Loss 10-6 |
Bryan Cochrane's rink had an excellent week in Woodstock at the Nokia Cup finals. Wins Thursday night versus Wayne Middaugh and Friday against John Morris would have handed the team first overall. The team ended the week 5-4, qualifying for a tiebreaker against Turcotte. Congratulations to Brian, Doug, Ian and John for a great week of curling, and representing the club well at the Nokia Cup.
| February 5, 2:00PM | Draw 1: | Cochrane vs. Long | Win 9-4 |
| February 5, 7:30PM | Draw 2: | Cochrane vs. Turcotte | Loss 11-6 |
| February 6, 1:30PM | Draw 3: | Cochrane vs. Corner | Win 8-3 |
| February 6, 7:00PM | Draw 4: | Cochrane vs. Moffat | Loss 11-5 |
| February 7, 1:00PM | Draw 5: | Cochrane vs. Ingram | Win 7-4 |
| February 7, 7:00PM | Draw 6: | Cochrane vs. Kirkham | Win 9-6 |
| February 8, 1:00PM | Draw 7: | Cochrane vs. Howard | Win 9-8 |
| February 8, 7:00PM | Draw 8: | Cochrane vs. Middaugh | Loss 7-1 |
| February 9, 2:00PM | Draw 9: | Cochrane vs. John Morris | Loss 7-4 |
| February 9, 7:00PM | Tiebreaker #1: | Cochrane vs. Turcotte | Loss 9-4 |
Rod Matheson remains hot, winning the Ontario Tim Horton's Masters competition. Rod played third for Bill Dickie of Cornwall. The team went 6-1, edging out Jim Sharples team who finished second at 5-2. Rod will be off to beautiful Winnipeg for the Canadian Masters finals held at the end of March 2001.
Congratulations to OCC member Joelle Sabourin. Joelle, and the Quebec Provincial Mixed Team won the Canadian Mixed Championship with a tenth end steal versus Nova Scotia's Mark Dacey. Joelle was also named to the 2nd all-star team as lead.
The club would also like to acknowledge the accomplishments of our teams that have made it to the provincial level. Congrats to Joyce Potter's Sr. Ladies team, Chris Ciasnocha's Jr. Mens team, and Jenn Hanna's Jr. Ladies. Club members Dwayne Lowe-Sr. Mens, Lovell Lord-Sr. Mens and Marion Dupont also played at provincials this season.
Come
join your teammates at the Ottawa Curling Club to celebrate the end of a millennium....
For only $20 per person, you will enjoy and evening of dinner and dancing.
This price includes a roast beef dinner (special needs can be accommodated),
2 bottles of wine per table of 8 and door prizes!
Buy your tickets now at the bar. Your table arrangement can be booked on sheets in front of the Member Services bulletin board at the club.
For more information, contact Andrea Leganchuk.
The main event was won by Wayne Middaugh's team from Victoria Harbour, Ontario consisting of Graeme McCarrel, Ian Tetley and Scott Bailey. They took away $15,000 by defeating Kerry Burtnyk's team from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Playing with Kerry were Jeff Ryan, Rob Meakin and Keith Fenton. They won $9,000.
The women's event was won by Sherry Fraser's team from Richmond BC. made up of Sherry, Diane McLean, Corie Beveridge and Christine Jurgenson. They won $9,000. The runner-up was team Bradley from Charlottetown PEI. The team consisted of Shelly Bradley, Janice MacCallum, Leslie Allen and Tricia MacGregor. They took away $6,000.
The senior's event was won by Dave Van Dine's foursome from the Rideau Curling Club in Ottawa. Playing with Dave were Eldon Coombe, Lovel Lord and Joe Potter. They won $6,800. They defeated Bob Turcotte from Toronto. Bob's team was made up of Roy Weigand, Bob Lichti and Steve McDermot. Their winnings were $3,700.
A GREAT BIG THANK YOU goes to the Executive Committee of Donalee Anderson (OCC), Heather Caswell (Ottawa Hunt), Sue Kollar (OCC), Gord Kritsch (Welton Beauchamp), Danny Lamoureux (CCA), Rene Frigault (RA Centre), Joe Pavia (OCC), Greg Richardson (Rideau), Paul Woolner (RCMP) and the countless volunteers who spent many hours doing a myriad of tasks.
The Ice Team did a superior job. The ice was excellent.
For the more, visit the web site at: www.theweltonbeauchamp.com
The Board has approved the lease of Jet Ice tanks to assist Ian, the Ice Guru.
One of our highly successful junior teams has won the London Junior Cashspiel for the second time. The Jenn Hanna rink went undefeated through the spiel on the weekend of October 28/29 to take home the top prize of $1000.00. Playing with Jenn were Dawn Askin at 3rd, Steph Hanna at 2nd and Melanie Robillard at Lead.
It has been pointed out by one of our readers that this is actually Jenn's third straight year winning this spiel. The first time was with the team of: Denna Schell, Julie Colquhoun and Leesa Broder.
Food service is available:
Monday to Friday: 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Saturday: 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Sunday: The kichen is closed, however soup and sandwiches are available from
the Bar.
The OCC will be introducing a new chit system for the Bar and Kitchen, see details.
Plans are underway for the celebration of the OCC's 150th Anniversary during the 2001-2002 season. All members who are interested in working on the committee which will oversee the many activities planned for that year are asked to contact Barbara Brown or the club manager.
Bryan Cochrane defeated Reg Plaster in the Final of this bonspiel, played on Thanksgiving weekend. Playing with Bryan were John Steski, Ian MacAuley and Doug Johnston. Reg had Gord Kritsch, Paul Englebrecht and Dave Johannsen with him.
Randy Garland's team of Bob Boyle, John Chiarelli and Bruce Lonsbery scored an 8 ender at the Navy Senior Spiel.
The selection committee has awarded the Ice contact for the 2000-2001 season to Ian MacAulay. Ian is not a stranger to the OCC, and now we look forward to working with him in his new role as our Ice Technician.