Friday, October 31, 2008
Happy Birthday!
Please be sure to wish our Rink Manager, Doug McLellan, a Happy Birthday today. Age - unknown. Happy Birthday Doug!
OCTOBER 31st - HAPPY HALLOWEEN
The Friday Mixed crew took to the ice for many heated contests on Oct 31st. The Marcel Chacun crew provided potato and hamburger soup for lunch and we were all very appreciative. You will see a few shots of the group on and off the ice and also Marcel Chacun and Debbie McLellan, washing dishes after lunch.
Jim Lyons, the coordinator for all the Senior leagues can be seen with our Ice Maker, Geordie Barkley, taking copies of the Friday Mixed schedule.
OCTOBER 31st, 2008
Happy Halloween,
The first week of curling is almost complete and it has gone very well. Senior men kicked it off on Tuesday morning, followed by the Afternoon Ladies league, and the Evening Ladies.
On Wednesday, our club hosted the Trilight Girls League and then we saw the High School kids out for a pratice before their league starts.
Today the Friday Mixed league will see their first action.
Last night the Curling Club held a small, but very productive Annual Meeting and Executive Meeting.
The pictures show the Trilight League and the kids practicing.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Great Job VCC Staff
Just another quick thank you to Doug and Deb McLellan, Karla Gardiner and Darla Hayward, George Barkley, Ethel Karwandy, Kevin Barkley and all the volunteer help that was required to get the rink up and running again this season. The place looks super and I'm sure all members will enjoy the efforts you've made to guarantee another successful season. Thanks again from the Virden Curling Club executive.
Don't forget our annual meeting, Thursday, October 30, at 7:00pm, upstairs at the VCC. All members welcome. Thanks, VCC President 2008/2009 Cory Barkley
Don't forget our annual meeting, Thursday, October 30, at 7:00pm, upstairs at the VCC. All members welcome. Thanks, VCC President 2008/2009 Cory Barkley
CURLING TO START TOMORROW
The ice is ready and now Geordie and his crew are putting final touches to the rink to get ready for members of the Virden Curling Club on Tuesday, Oct 28th.
Cory and Kevin Barkley, are seen here cleaning the windows for the lounge.
Senior Men are first to hit the ice tomorrow at 10am, followed by the Tuesday Afternoon Ladies and Evening Ladies on Tuesday night. The Trilight Ladies league will open their season in Virden on Wednesday and there are 19 Mens teams competing in the Wed. night Mens league.
On Friday the Senior Mixed League will close the week with two draws.
We are looking forward to seeing you all.
Friday, October 24, 2008
FRIDAY, OCT 24th, 2008
The Virden Curling Club is close to being ready, to welcome back its members for another season of curling. A crew including Darcy Hayward, Dwayne, Kevin and Cory Barkley assisted the Club staff in bringing up the rocks and benches and carrying up beer to the club bar.
Geordie flooded the ice surface three times yesterday, starting at 6am and finishing at 7pm and it is close to being ready. Friday all the carpets in the building will be cleaned.
Tuesday Senior Mens will be the first to hit the ice on October 28th.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
WESTMAN SUPER LEAGUE
It was billed as a grudge match, on Wednesday night in the Westman Super League. Graham Freeman, along with Kevin and Dwayne Barkley and Kevin Cooley took on Allan Lyburn's foursome, including Cory Barkley, Scott Ramsay and Mark Taylor. When the dust cleared it was Cory Barkley with bragging rights on this night. Also in action, was Kelly Skinner's team, with Darcy Hayward, Allan Lawn and Trevor Taylor who also marked up a victory.
Skinner and Lyburn now share top place at 3 and 0 with Freeman now at 2 and 1.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
WESTMAN SUPER LEAGUE - Oct 22nd
Five prominent Virden Curlers are curling in the Westman Super League, played in Brandon every Wednesday evening. Graham Freeman along with Kevin and Dwayne Barkley, Darcy Hayward, curling with Kelly Skinner and Cory Barkley curling with Allan Lyburn. Todate, these teams all are 2 and 0.
Tonight, Oct 22nd, is of particular interest as Graham and his team curl Allan Lyburn, while Kelly Skinner takes on Lisa Blixhaun of Brandon.
Full results, team pictures, etc can be viewed at the Westman Super League link that you will find within our blog. Good luck to all these curlers tonight.
Tonight, Oct 22nd, is of particular interest as Graham and his team curl Allan Lyburn, while Kelly Skinner takes on Lisa Blixhaun of Brandon.
Full results, team pictures, etc can be viewed at the Westman Super League link that you will find within our blog. Good luck to all these curlers tonight.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
ONE WEEK TO THE START OF THE 2008 / 09 SEASON
Things are definitely progressing very well at the Virden Curling Club. Geordie and Ethel spent the day touching up and finalizing the painting job and then they were joined by Cory Barkley, Kevin Barkley, Claude Karwandy and Doug McLellan to add end lines, t-Lines, the centre lines, four foot lines and some of the rope bumpers. It is now really taking the form of a first rate curling club.
Curling begins on Tuesday, October 28th with the Senior Mens, Afternoon Ladies, Juniors and Evening Ladies.
Karla Gardiner and Darla Hayward are busy stocking their bar and eagerly looking forward to seeing everyone return for a brand new season.
Start your preseason stretching and we look forward to October 28th.
Curling begins on Tuesday, October 28th with the Senior Mens, Afternoon Ladies, Juniors and Evening Ladies.
Karla Gardiner and Darla Hayward are busy stocking their bar and eagerly looking forward to seeing everyone return for a brand new season.
Start your preseason stretching and we look forward to October 28th.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Hello, Welcome Back, and Thank You
Hi everyone. Just wanted to greet all to our new Virden Curling Club Blog site, and welcome your comments, questions, and ideas.
We wanted to personally thank our rink staff, new and old, who have been very busy preparing for the upcoming season. Our ice staff (old), George Barkley, Ethel Karwandy, and Kevin Barkley, have been very busy with putting the surface together that we've all come to expect. We must also thank Barry Hayward and Bill Barkley who yearly have helped with the whitening of the ice and did so again this year. Thanks guys.
We are very fortunate to have hired some familiar faces to our off ice staff this season. Doug and Debbie McLellan will be in charge of the canteen and day to day management of the VCC, while Darla Hayward and Karla Gardiner will manage the bar operation. They have all been busy "learning the ropes", and we feel very confident that they will all do a wonderful job.
Special thanks to Doug for taking his own time to put this blog together and give you an inside look at the day to day work. Doug also requires thanks for his work on the ice with George and his staff as he gets broke in as an "icemaker", pretty good from what I've seen!
Also congrats to Virden's Darcy Hayward for winning the King Spud Mens Cash Bonspiel in Carberry on the weekend with the Kelly Skinner rink of Hamiota. They defeated Ian Beavis of Morden in the final and took home $3100. Virden's Graham Freeman and rink of Kevin Cooley, Kevin Barkley, and Dwayne Barkley also did well with a semi-finalist finish and pocketing $1250. Well done everyone!
On behalf of the VCC executive, we hope you enjoy the 2008/09 season and look forward to seeing you on and off the ice!
There is openings on our VCC executive for this season, anyone interested please let me know. Thank you, VCC President 2008/2009 Cory Barkley
We wanted to personally thank our rink staff, new and old, who have been very busy preparing for the upcoming season. Our ice staff (old), George Barkley, Ethel Karwandy, and Kevin Barkley, have been very busy with putting the surface together that we've all come to expect. We must also thank Barry Hayward and Bill Barkley who yearly have helped with the whitening of the ice and did so again this year. Thanks guys.
We are very fortunate to have hired some familiar faces to our off ice staff this season. Doug and Debbie McLellan will be in charge of the canteen and day to day management of the VCC, while Darla Hayward and Karla Gardiner will manage the bar operation. They have all been busy "learning the ropes", and we feel very confident that they will all do a wonderful job.
Special thanks to Doug for taking his own time to put this blog together and give you an inside look at the day to day work. Doug also requires thanks for his work on the ice with George and his staff as he gets broke in as an "icemaker", pretty good from what I've seen!
Also congrats to Virden's Darcy Hayward for winning the King Spud Mens Cash Bonspiel in Carberry on the weekend with the Kelly Skinner rink of Hamiota. They defeated Ian Beavis of Morden in the final and took home $3100. Virden's Graham Freeman and rink of Kevin Cooley, Kevin Barkley, and Dwayne Barkley also did well with a semi-finalist finish and pocketing $1250. Well done everyone!
On behalf of the VCC executive, we hope you enjoy the 2008/09 season and look forward to seeing you on and off the ice!
There is openings on our VCC executive for this season, anyone interested please let me know. Thank you, VCC President 2008/2009 Cory Barkley
Sunday, October 19, 2008
MEYERS NORRIS PENNY CLASSIC - MEDICINE HAT
The Allan Lyburn rink from Brandon ( with Cory Barkley ) had a very close game losing 5 to 4 in an extra end. They unfortunately will be coming home early, but had some very good games. Their first loss was to Wade Whyte of Edm. who qualified out of the A event. The other two games were hard fought 5 - 4 losses. Watch for more Bonspiel updates as the season progresses.
MEYERS NORRIS PENNY CLASSIC - MEDICINE HAT
Randy Ferbey and Wade White were the first two qualifiers, Saturday night in Medicine Hat. White beat Allan Lyburn on Friday.
Lyburn will play L. Heller of Medicine Hat at 1pm on Sunday. Lyburn's team, including Cory Barkley, have a tough trail to follow, having to win three in a row, at 1pm, 4pm and 7pm if they are to qualify for the top 8 teams and the money on Monday.
Lyburn will play L. Heller of Medicine Hat at 1pm on Sunday. Lyburn's team, including Cory Barkley, have a tough trail to follow, having to win three in a row, at 1pm, 4pm and 7pm if they are to qualify for the top 8 teams and the money on Monday.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
MEYERS NORRIS PENNY CLASSIC - MEDICINE HAT
Allan Lyburn ( Cory Barkley ) lost their second game, 5 to 4, to Jeff Erickson on Edmonton. Now the Lyburn team have their backs against the wall. They play L. Heller of Medicine Hat tomorrow at 1pm to stay alive.
Friday, October 17, 2008
MEYERS NORRIS PENNY CLASSIC - MEDICINE HAT
Cory Barkley is playing this weekend in Medicine Hat, with Allan Lyburn, Scott Ramsay and Mark Taylor. There are 32 teams from Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the USA. Randy Ferbey, Brad Heidt and Mark Johnson (USA) are some noteable names in this top notch spiel.
The Lyburn rink played today at 4pm and lost 7 to 3 to the Wade White rink from Edmonton. They now move to the B event and will meet the winner of Brent MacDonald ( Edm ) and Jeff Erickson ( Edm ) at 2pm tomorrow.
You can get complete updates at the following site:
http://www.worldcurlingtour.com/events.php?eventid=1961&view=Round-Robin
Good luck to Cory and his team .....
The Lyburn rink played today at 4pm and lost 7 to 3 to the Wade White rink from Edmonton. They now move to the B event and will meet the winner of Brent MacDonald ( Edm ) and Jeff Erickson ( Edm ) at 2pm tomorrow.
You can get complete updates at the following site:
http://www.worldcurlingtour.com/events.php?eventid=1961&view=Round-Robin
Good luck to Cory and his team .....
Thursday, October 16, 2008
PAINTING THE ICE WHITE
Getting curling ice ready for use by the Members of the Virden Curling Club is a very interesting process. This is Geordie Barkley's 15th year and he makes it look easy. On Thursday, Oct 16th he got together a small crew to paint the ice white and now it looks like a curling rink. Bill Barkley, Barry Hayward, Ethel Karwandy, Cory Barkley, Doug McLellan and of course Geordie Barkley, worked for about 3 hours to paint the ice white.
Bill and Barry took bags of dry ice whitener and mixed it to feed it to a very neat spraying system, managed by Geordie. It took about 5 coats to get the colour to the desired thickness, and then 4 more light coats of finely misted water to seal the deal.
This weekend rings, hoglines, etc will be applied as we approach the first day of curling on Tuesday, Oct 28th. More reports to come.
Cory Barkley and his team are headed tonight for a cash spiel in Medicine Hat and we wish him all the best.
Bill and Barry took bags of dry ice whitener and mixed it to feed it to a very neat spraying system, managed by Geordie. It took about 5 coats to get the colour to the desired thickness, and then 4 more light coats of finely misted water to seal the deal.
This weekend rings, hoglines, etc will be applied as we approach the first day of curling on Tuesday, Oct 28th. More reports to come.
Cory Barkley and his team are headed tonight for a cash spiel in Medicine Hat and we wish him all the best.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
DAY 9 OF FLOODING - VIRDEN CURLING CLUB
Geordie and Ethel have now put more than 5,000 gallons of special water donated to the club by the ERCO Worldwide plant, situated just west of Virden. Tomorrow will be a big day, as they have assembled a small crew to assist in whitening the ice. There were a few problems with a compressor early in the process, but things now have been running very well.
The first curling day, October 28th, is quickly approaching and we are getting excited about the start of a new season. Watch for more posts soon.
The first curling day, October 28th, is quickly approaching and we are getting excited about the start of a new season. Watch for more posts soon.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
2008 / 09 VIRDEN CURLING
Hello Curlers,
The 2008 / 09 curling season is quickly approaching. Geordie and Ethel have been working very hard to put the ice in and it is progressing very well. They starting flooding on Tuesday, Oct 7th and will be adding the whitener very soon.
Unfortunately, Wendy Elliott will not be returning as Club Manager. The Executive has hired Doug and Debbie McLellan to take her position to manage the general running of the club and take care of the canteen and Carla Gardiner and Darla Hayward to manage the bar.
The first day of curling will be Tuesday, Oct 28th and the fee schedule has been set for the coming season.
The Executive and the staff of our Curling Club look forward to the start of the season and seeing you all again.
The 2008 / 09 curling season is quickly approaching. Geordie and Ethel have been working very hard to put the ice in and it is progressing very well. They starting flooding on Tuesday, Oct 7th and will be adding the whitener very soon.
Unfortunately, Wendy Elliott will not be returning as Club Manager. The Executive has hired Doug and Debbie McLellan to take her position to manage the general running of the club and take care of the canteen and Carla Gardiner and Darla Hayward to manage the bar.
The first day of curling will be Tuesday, Oct 28th and the fee schedule has been set for the coming season.
The Executive and the staff of our Curling Club look forward to the start of the season and seeing you all again.
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