News - Ayr Curling Club

AYR CURLING CLUB
210 Northumberland St, Ayr, ON, N0B 1E0
www.ayrcurlingclub.ca
@ayrcurlingclub; Ayr Curling Club
April 2016
Marilynn Carey – September 21, 1941 - March 27 2016
Members of the Ayr Curling Club were shocked and saddened to hear of the sudden passing of
our dear life time member Marilynn Carey, who suffered a massive stroke.
Marilynn has been an active member for at over 40 years. During her time at the club,
Marilynn’s contributions were many and varied.
Dave Cleave, one of our adult members, remembers Marilynn helping him when he was a
junior curler.
She was President of the Ladies Division 1980-81 and later sat on the main board for some
years.
Marilynn also spearheaded the fundraiser of the annual salad luncheon around 1986.
Marilynn was league convener for the Monday afternoon and Inter-City ladies’ league for many
years. She and her committee members hosted our Ladies Snowflake Bonspiels for years. In the
year 2000 Marilynn wanted to celebrate the club’s 150th anniversary with making the Ladies
bonspiel a two day event and it was a great success.
Marilynn was always our go-to-gal for decorating ideas or improvements to the club. She did
her research looking for the best buys. Thanks to Marilynn, we have acquired many new items
for our kitchen and the comfortable armchairs we sit on to watch curling. She also acquired the
tables that everyone gathers around to enjoy the delicious meals we are famous for.
Marilynn’s decorator touch can be seen in the paint colours and flooring choices. She painted
and re-cushioned the bench in the front entrance and supplied the window valance. Marilynn
donated many of the decorative items in the club.
When you pick a book from the used bookshelves and enjoy your read, think of Marilynn. She
started this fundraiser including donating the shelving. Every spring she would box up the
books to be sold at the annual garage sale and then take any of the unsold books to a venue that
could use them.
To recognize her many contributions to the club, Marilynn received the Lifetime Membership
award in 1999.
Whether you are new member or have been a member for many years, the name Marilynn
Carey has a familiar sound.
We are going to miss her immensely but are so thankful that the Ayr Curling club was blessed
with her presence. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all her family and friends.
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Spring Draw Results
Saturday May 14 is the date of the annual Ayr
community garage sale. Each year, the club runs a
bake table, book sale and BBQ. The garage sale nets
the club around $1000. We can’t run this event
without you.
Scotch Doubles:
9:00am – Doug Hoegy & Kevin Schmidt
10:00am – Scott Shannon & Heather Smyth
7:00pm – Tim Warford & Rob Schaff
To sign-up to help, e-mail the club and we’ll add your
name to the sign-up sheets. This is a great volunteer
opportunity as there are a variety of ways to
contribute; you could bake, cook breakfast or lunch or
you could sell the baking, books or breakfast/lunch.
Men’s Social:
newsletter.
If you won’t be at the club, just send an e-mail to the
club and we will add your name to appropriate list.
Scotch Tasting Event
On Saturay, April 30th, the Fundraising Committee is
hosting a scotch tasting event. Guests will have an
opportunity to taste a scotch from each of 5 different
regions in Scotland. Various appetizers will be
served with each scotch.
We will have a speaker to talk about the scotches.
The tickets for the evening are $75. If you or your
guest is not a scotch drinker, there are tickets
available that include the appetizers and one
alcoholic beverage. These tickets are $40.
If you are interested, please contact Alicia Struke via
email or by phone at 519-696-2702.
Please let your friends and family know of this event!
ANNUAL MEETING NOTICE
Each year we hold an annual meeting to elect new
board members, president and vice-president. You
will hear an update on highlights of this past season
and plans for the future. You also will have the
opportunity to ask questions of the board.
Results
available
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Ladies Social:
Denise Ontonovich (skip); Nancy Padacz/Pat
Dannecker (vice) Shirley Hambly (second) and
Kathy Daley (lead)
Choose-your-own (year-long results):
A Champion: Rod Gerth (skip); Vicky Stere
(vice); Chris Hickey (second); Cindy Davis
(lead)
B Champion: Sean Dunnett (skip); Jeff Hambly
(vice); Otis Hall (second) and Dave Cleave
(lead)
A-Consolation Champion: David McGinnis
(skip); Chris Kapogines (vice); Alex Eagle
(seond) and Rick Waugh (lead)
B-Consolation Champion: Peter VanStrien
(skip); Rob Schaaf (vice); Jason Cober
(second) and Bill Evers (lead)
Thursday Mixed Social:
Team Scrabble: Janet Redman (skip); Jim
Gerrard (vice) Doug Hogey (second) and
Mariann Haley (lead)
Team Mouse Trap: Jeff Ontonovich (skip);
Donna Swift (vice); Scott Amos (second) and
Carole Bradley (lead)
Friday Mixed Social:
John Perrin (skip); Mike Paling (vice) and Dan
Staats (lead)
Jeff Hambly (skip); Jean Al (vice); Grant
McDonald (second) and Kathy Daley (lead)
If the meeting agenda is not enough, we will have a
pasta dinner before the meeting. Dinner is at 6:30pm
and the meeting starts at 7:30pm.
The meeting is Wednesday, May 25th. I hope to see
you there!
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Fundraising Update
Membership Raffle
The membership raffle was won by Alicia Struke.
Alicia will be able to curl next year for the price of her
raffle ticket. (Yeah!)
2nd Annual scotch doubles bonspiel a
success
On April 2nd & 3rd 32 teams of curlers from as far away
as Chicago participated in a scotch doubles bonspiel.
Each team played 3 games to seed them into one of 4
events. At the end of the two long days, the team of
Damien Villard and John Vibert won the first event
playing against members Susan McDonald and Alicia
Struke.
The second event was won by Sarah Filipchuk and
Ryan Murphy. Our very own Chris Lynar and Dan
Miller won the third event and the fourth event was
won by Liz Armstong and Sylvia Chupka. Pictures of
the winners are below.
This bonspiel couldn’t have happened without the
help of many members. Thanks to Susan McDonald
and her sister Nancy Davis who sponsor the bonspiel
in honour of their parents Dorothy and Donald Engel.
Mike Faw prepped food that could be available all day
and evening long. Many club members stepped in to
help when the bar needed to be staffed.
Finally, a big thanks to David McGinnis who had the
vision to create a scotch doubles bonspiel last
season. He did an amazing job organizing what was
essentially two bonspiels back-to-back.
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During the week of February 8th to 12th, Jeff
Ontonovich coached the Ontario Provincial
Visually Impaired curlers at the National
Championship in Ottawa.
After a week of
competition against other provinces, his team
beat Team Canada in the final to become the
new Team Canada and will compete as such
next year.
Hall Available for Rent
During the off-season, the club is an ideal
location for birthday Parties, anniversary
Open Houses and Bridal and baby showers.
As a club member you would receive a
discount. Contact Connie for Details.
Looking for something unique?
Try an antique!
Great selection of furniture, art,
lighting, glass, china and more!
Also visit us for a large selection of estate and costume
jewelry.
Victoria Antiques & Heirlooms
Corner of King St. & Hachborn St. In the village of St. Jacobs
Open Tuesday- Saturday 10:30 to 5:30, Sundays noon til 4:30 PM
226-748-4491 or visit us on Facebook
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Scotch Doubles Bonspiel Winners
For the second year, Susan McDonald (in blue) and Nancy Davis (in coral), sponsored the scotch doubles
bonspiel in honour of their parents Dorothy and Donald Engel who were club members.
1st Event winners, Damien Villard and John Vibert of
the Galt Curling Club
2nd Event winners Sarah Filipchuk and Ryan Murphy,
Chicago Curling,
Club members, Dan Miller and Chris Lynar receive
their trophies for winning the 3rd event.
4th event winners, Liz Armstong and Sylvia Chupka of
Brant Curling Club
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Choose-your-own winners
Teams in the Choose-your-own (CYO) league are formed on their own. During the year, points are
accumulated. After each draw, the teams are reseeded based on the results of the draw. At the end of the
regular season teams are seeded in to an A- and B-pool. After the playdowns, champions and consolation
winners are declared in each of the A-and B-pools.
Below are the happy winners:
Club Champions – Team Gerth. From L-R Tricia B-Side champions - Team Hambly. From left to right:
McEwan (spare), Vicky Stere (Vice), Rod Gerth Dave Cleave (lead), Otis Hall (second), Sean Dunnett
(Skip), Chris Hickey (second) and Cindy Davis (lead)
(skip) and Jeff Hambly (vice).
A Consolation Winners – Team McGinnis. From L-R B Consolation Winners – Team Van Strien. From L-R
Alex Eagle (second), David McGinnis (skip), Chris Rob Schaaf (vice), Peter Van Strien (Skip) and Jason
Kapogines (vice) and Rick Waugh (lead)
Cober (second). Missing on the last night was Bill
Evers (lead)
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Scenes from the wind-up spiel 2016
The wind-up bonspiel organization was a group effort. Connie Awde, MD Hoegy, Susan McDonald, Alicia
Struke and Brenda Totten the theme, food, prizes for the wind-up spiel. David McGinnis and Rick Totten kept
the games rolling by acting as our draw masters. And as always our ice team members of Jeff Hambly and
Jim Howley ensured we had ice to curl on. Ben Graham and Dan Miller helped run the short game and
barefoot curling. Keith helped us empty the stock in the bar.
And thanks to all of you who participated in curling and got into the spirit by interpreting your country’s
costumes so creatively.
Head ice-maker, Jim Howley hogged a rock!
Team Italy – aka Chef Boy-R-Dee: Kevin
Schmidt, Mary Diane (MD) Hoegy, Doug Hoegy
and Jen Schmidt
John Moreland of Team Scotland rocking the kilt.
What a lovely group of fraulein’s representing
Team Germany. Heidi Ostner, Scott Amos,
Susan McDonald and Gayle Salter-Kennedy
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Team France – more affectionately known as the French Kiss – ooh la la. And if you’re not sure who
is under the makeup – Mike Faw, Lindsay Palmer, Sue Faw and Ben Graham
Team Greece representing the ancient Greeks and the
current Greeks in need of a bailout – Cassandra StrukeConrad, Steve Conrad, Jim Struke & Alicia Struke (always
having something
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A colourful team Costa Rica showing off their
plumage – Trevor Oakley, Lesley Oakley, Pete
Bender and Amanda Bender
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Team Newfoundland (hopefully they are not seceding from the dominion) winning their game! Gerry
Hancock, Mariann Haley, Sean McCammon and Kelly McCammon
A perfect scotch doubles score from the Scotch Doubles Bonspiel
Tim Warford and Rob Schaaf are proud owners of that score!
Whether you’ll be on the golf course, gardening, camping or motorcycling, have
a safe and enjoyable summer. Hopefully we will see you at the annual meeting
on May 25th. If not, we’ll see you in September for registration.
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