The curling rink’s semi-AGM will be at the Club on October 11 @ 6:30 PM. The Oct 11 meeting is when dues are set for the ensuing curling season. The executive will be meeting in late September and then the tentative agenda for the semi will be forthcoming. I have started making the agenda which already includes several suggestions from members but should have general membership input.

Ray

For those who are using the delivery stick or are considering giving it a try:

There have been some inquiries about the Club having a stick-delivery clinic. I have been speaking with Nova Scotia champion stick-delivery Bill Spinney regarding another stick-delivery workshop similar to the one he and his team partner, Ron Crowell, gave at the Club several years ago. This could be an excellent opportunity for those of us who use a stick to have a refresher course plus expose those considering the stick method to give it a try with top-quality instructions.

This workshop WOULD NOT be part of the curling clinic that Phil and Turning Point are organizing for November 3; it will be on a separate day and at a different cost.

At this stage, we are still in the inquiry stage. The cost divided to the participating Club members would be Bill and Ron’s travel costs from Truro and back plus their dinners. If we get non-members we can charge them a set fee.

Let me know by Tuesday (September 18th) if you are interested so I can have a number to work with.

Thanks

Ray

The Adult Intermediate Clinic is now full at 16 curlers as of Monday Aug. 27th. But only 2 signed up for the Beginners Clinic. I will make up a waiting list for the afternoon session.

Donalda Mattie and the Turning Point Curling School are holding 2 curling clinics on Sat. Nov. 3rd at the Chedabucto CC in Boylston. The morning session is for Adult Beginners beginning at 9am until noon. The afternoon session is for more seasoned curlers who want to upgrade their skills. Both sessions are limited to 16 curlers each. The afternoon session already has 9 curlers signed up. Both sessions are $40 plus HST for club members and $50 plus HST for non club members. To register please contact Phil at 902-533-2539 or 902-863-8922. You can also email the club at chedabuctocurling@gmail.com.

All of the curling rink’s construction is done but the Chedabucto Curling Club (CCC) still owes $20,348.60 to the Royal Bank’s renovation/expansion loan. This appeal is your opportunity, if you have not contributed, to please assist the CCC via your financial generosity. (Profits from last weekend’s BBQ, duckie race and stick pick go entirely towards the CCC’s annual operational costs.)

By the end of August, Treasurer Holly and I will be finalizing the list of donors’ names and completing the five categories of donations acknowledgements as they will appear on the 4’x8′ donation board to be affixed to the wall where people enter the CCC lounge — with all donations, regardless of the amounts — being indicated. It would be sincerely helpful and truly appreciated if you have yet to make a donation, for you to please make that contribution towards the construction’s approximately $220,000.00 cost. If you already have given — thank you — but you may add more to that amount. (The CCC mailing address: PO Box 107, Boylston B0H 1G0.)

I have attached the tentative design of the donors’ board that is being constructed by Waterline Graphix. You will note that all donations — regardless of their amounts — will be displayed as the CCC’s way of acknowledging your welcomed financial support. Your name will appear in one of the five specific categories; the CCC will not be indicating the exact amount donated, just its general financial compartment.

If you have not donated towards the CCC renovations — please make your financial contribution.

Sincerely,
Ray

Donors board sample