THE BOARD & STAFF OF
THE VIRDEN CURLING CLUB
WOULD LIKE TO WISH ALL
OUR MEMBERS
THE MERRIEST CHRISTMAS
AND ALL THE BEST IN 2010.
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Thursday, December 24, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
FRIDAY MIXED - LAST CURLING BEFORE CHRISTMAS
RANDOM SHOTS AROUND THE RINK
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18th, 2009
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SENIOR MIXED SUPPER
LINDA AND LIL
ART
JOHN AND DOUG
JIM AND GRANT
COFFEE BEFORE CURLING
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18th, 2009
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ART
JOHN AND DOUG
JIM AND GRANT
COFFEE BEFORE CURLING
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
GOLDEN GAL ZONE PLAYOFFS - VIRDEN
Kay Brethour, Linda Wilson, Vicki Smith and Irene Draper
HAMIOTA
Carol Wilson, Maxine Heritage, Frankie Good, Karen McKinnon
VIRDEN
GOLDEN GALS
ZONE PLAYDOWNS
VIRDEN - Dec 7th to 9th, 2009
Eight teams competed in the Zone playdowns for the right to go to the provincial Golden Gals Competition to be held in Killarney in early February.
Teams from Virden, Shoal Lake, Hamiota, Binscarth and Miniota participated with 2 teams to advance to the provincials.
The Kay Brethour foursome from Hamiota defeated Carol Wilson of Virden on Tuesday afternoon to win the first spot in the 16 team provincials.
Carol then dropped to the 2nd qualifiers final, where she defeated the Thelma Parr team from Binscarth.
Next year the Golden Gals Provincials will be held in Virden.
Monday, December 7, 2009
ROAR OF THE RINGS - SCHEDULE AND SCORES
FOR THE SCHEDULE AND SCORES FOR TIM HORTONs ROAR OF THE RINGS
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Saturday, December 5, 2009
ALBERTA STORM CREATING HEADACHES FOR COMPETITORS
EDMONTON — Friday’s storm through Western Canada caused some concern for local organizers of the Roar of the Rings Canadian Olympic curling trials.
Many of the participants were slotted to arrive just two days before the event’s Sunday start at Rexall Place.
Kelly Scott’s rink from Kelowna, B.C., was delayed by just 20 minutes as a snowstorm swept over most of the West. Scott’s WestJet flight did eventually get off 20 minutes after its original departure time and she was expected to arrive into Edmonton at 1:10 p.m.
There was also some distress that the two women’s Calgary rinks – skipped by Cheryl Bernard and Shannon Kleibrink – may be experiencing some slick driving conditions as they headed north along the Queen Elizabeth 2 Highway.
Volunteer drivers were already encountering slippery conditions early Friday morning as they
were picking up athletes at the Edmonton International Airport.
Several of the participants, including Glenn Howard, Jennifer Jones, Stefanie Lawton and Crystal Webster, arrived on Thursday.
The competition, which features eight men’s and eight women’s teams, will eventually determine Canada’s Olympic reps for the 2010 Vancouver Games.
More than 150,000 tickets have been sold for the eight-day event.
“All the draws are starting to look very, very good,” said Jackie-Rae Greening, Roar of the Rings chairperson. “We would still love to get a few more bums in the seats on opening day (Sunday).”
Opening ceremonies are slated for 11 a.m. on Sunday with the first draw (for the women) scheduled for 1 p.m.
Tickets for that initial draw will also get you into the opening ceremonies as well as entrance to Keith’s Patch for entertainment during and after. Sunday is also Boston Pizza Family Day, with tickets available for $15 for the afternoon festivities.
Tickets are available through Ticketmaster.
mannicchiarico@thejournal.canwest.com
Many of the participants were slotted to arrive just two days before the event’s Sunday start at Rexall Place.
Kelly Scott’s rink from Kelowna, B.C., was delayed by just 20 minutes as a snowstorm swept over most of the West. Scott’s WestJet flight did eventually get off 20 minutes after its original departure time and she was expected to arrive into Edmonton at 1:10 p.m.
There was also some distress that the two women’s Calgary rinks – skipped by Cheryl Bernard and Shannon Kleibrink – may be experiencing some slick driving conditions as they headed north along the Queen Elizabeth 2 Highway.
Volunteer drivers were already encountering slippery conditions early Friday morning as they
were picking up athletes at the Edmonton International Airport.
Several of the participants, including Glenn Howard, Jennifer Jones, Stefanie Lawton and Crystal Webster, arrived on Thursday.
The competition, which features eight men’s and eight women’s teams, will eventually determine Canada’s Olympic reps for the 2010 Vancouver Games.
More than 150,000 tickets have been sold for the eight-day event.
“All the draws are starting to look very, very good,” said Jackie-Rae Greening, Roar of the Rings chairperson. “We would still love to get a few more bums in the seats on opening day (Sunday).”
Opening ceremonies are slated for 11 a.m. on Sunday with the first draw (for the women) scheduled for 1 p.m.
Tickets for that initial draw will also get you into the opening ceremonies as well as entrance to Keith’s Patch for entertainment during and after. Sunday is also Boston Pizza Family Day, with tickets available for $15 for the afternoon festivities.
Tickets are available through Ticketmaster.
mannicchiarico@thejournal.canwest.com
EDMONTON - All hail Hans.
That was the common message as curlers ventured off the ice after their first practice sessions on Saturday for the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings Olympic curling trials at Rexall Place.
Head icemaker Hans Wutrich and assistant Dave Merklinger have the four sheets of ice swinging just to the curler’s liking.
Head icemaker Hans Wutrich and assistant Dave Merklinger have the four sheets of ice swinging just to the curler’s liking.
“It’s fantastic. Hans and Dave are the best icemakers out there, you couldn’t ask for better. There’s lots of swing, which is the way we like it,” said Lori Olson-Jones, an Edmontonian who throws third stones for Calgary’s Crystal Webster. “You can make everything on ice like this.”
Each of the 16 rinks competing had an hour of practice, moving from sheet to sheet in 15-minute intervals in preparation for Sunday’s start to the event, which will determine Canada’s Olympic reps for the Vancouver Games.
Each of the 16 rinks competing had an hour of practice, moving from sheet to sheet in 15-minute intervals in preparation for Sunday’s start to the event, which will determine Canada’s Olympic reps for the Vancouver Games.
“It was a little heavy to start off with, but I think that’s just the icemakers making sure the pebble holds up for today,” said Saskatchewan’s Amber Holland. “It’ll be good. It’s always good. There’s a lot of swing and those rocks - you know they’re going to finish and finish hard.”
There was plenty of movement on Saturday.
There was plenty of movement on Saturday.
“It’s pretty keen and it’s curling a lot, which we love, so we couldn’t ask for more,” said Calgary’s Cheryl Bernard.
“You can tell it’s still breaking in a little, on the heavy side, but it’ll be a lot quicker as the week goes on,” said Kelowna, B.C.’s, Kelly Scott. “There’s curl out there. You can go into the far 12-foot and it curls right to the centre line. You can make any shot out there. It curls to the wings, it curls to centre and certainly it’s very weight sensitive. If you under-throw a hit or over-throw a hit you’ll really get a different amount of curl so that’s where communication and that precision will come in.”
It’s interesting to note, that original plans to use the actual Olympic rocks for this event (which were used in Prince George, B.C., for pre-trials) were scuttled by the World Curling Federation.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
TIM HORTON'S ROAR OF THE RINGS - OLYMPIC TRIALS
TIM HORTONS ROAR OF THE RINGS
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http://www.seasonofchampions.ca/rotr/draws_tsnBroadcastSchedule.asp
CLICK HERE FOR TSN BROADCAST SCHEDULE
http://www.seasonofchampions.ca/rotr/draws_tsnBroadcastSchedule.asp
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