Kingsville Curling Clips - Curling Club of Kingsville

Kingsville Curling Clips
January 31, 2014
by Amanda Smith & John Campbell
The Curling Club of Kingsville will be hosting a few upcoming events for curlers and
non-curlers alike.
There will be a FREE Learn to Curl session and Open House on Saturday February 22,
2014 from 1pm-4pm. Come as a single or couple, or better yet, bring a team of
friends and have a fun-filled afternoon. There will be instructors at the rink. Please
bring clean, running shoes and wear warm, comfortable clothing.
The “RONA Truax 2014 Men’s Wild Goose” Bonspiel is taking place on February 28 to
March 2 at the Kingsville Curling Club. Hurry in and submit your team! Any questions
can be directed to [email protected] or (519) 980-9297.
Our Club is still offering the Junior program between 2pm-4 pm on most Sunday
afternoons. You’ll never know if your child is the next Olympian, until they try
curling! Please call in advance at 519-733-3056.
The Winter Olympic Games hosted in Sochi, Russia are sure to include some of the
greatest curlers playing the game this year! These Games will be Jennifer Jones,
skip for the Canadian Women’s Team, first appearance as an Olympian. Her
teammates include Dawn Askin, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer. Skip Brad Jacobs for the
Canadian Men’s Team will be joined by fellow teammates, Ryan Fry and brothers,
Ryan and Ej Harnden.
According to www.sochi2014.com, Curling first appeared at the 1924 Olympic Winter
Games in Chamonix but only in 2006 was it formally accepted by the International
Olympic Committee and played inTurin. Curling was a demonstration sport at the
1932 (Lake Placid), 1988 (Calgary) and 1992 (Lillehammer) Games and has been an
official Olympic sport since 1998 (Nagano).
Let’s cheer for our Canadian Curlers!
Our new hot water heater. Our old water heater was a commercial low efficiency
175,000 BTU 90 gallon A.O. Smith. The bottom had rusted out and the water heater
was kaput. Our new one (after looking at many options) is a residential high
efficiency power vented 75,000 BTU 75 gallon Rheem. It is currently being financed
as a rental unit from Reliance. We are attempting to change the project for the
grant commitment we received from the Windsor Essex Development Committee
from the roof re-shingling to the water heater. If approved we may buy the water
heater. We expect the new unit will satisfy our requirements for hot water. One
problem we are currently having is with the booster hot water heater for the
dishwasher. We are hoping it simply requires replacement elements which will not
be that expensive. We need to have this back on line by the Sweet Hearts.
First half Monday Night Men’s championship team. Congrats to Skip Graeme
Robson, Vice Les Kovacs, Second Bruce Cooper, and Lead Jason Wingerden. The
Robson rink defeated the Carl Young rink in a close battle. Everyone was a winner in
the Monday Night Men’s League. Thanks to Sarah for managing the bar (and
Amber), thanks to Carl Young for picking up the prizes (Sanford & Son provided
meat at cost – thank-you), and thanks to Andrew & Nik Willemsma for helping yours
truly (Convenor, John Campbell). The painting that the guys are holding in this
photo is actually the Men’s first half trophy.
COLTS ZONE PLAYDOWNS IN OUR CLUB!...
Be sure to mark your calendars for Feb 15th & 16th... Our Club is hosting OCA Colts
Zone 16 playdowns featuring the Rick Law team representing the Curling Club of
Kingsville!.... There will soon be a call for volunteers to help run the event and in any
event plan to come out and Cheer on our own competitive curlers!
For more information about the Curling Club of Kingsville, please visit:
www.kingsvillecurling.com or find us on Facebook!