Results from our 53rd Edgar Sceles Memorial bonspiel are in. Eight teams battled hard to try and win the big trophy. Two teams finished undefeated but with our pts system Team Long ( Alison Billard, Gavin Dort, Paul Long, and Ryan Sangster) beat out Team O’Connor (David O’Connor, Fred Sullivan, Ruth Gunn, and Bill Walters) by 17pts to win it all. This is Paul Long’s 2nd straight Edgar Sceles win. In 3rd place 5pts back of Team O’Connor was Team G. Jamieson (Collie Purcell, Byron Grady, Mary E. A. Connolly, and Gerry Jamieson). Our MODG Closest to the Pin wiinner was Bill Walters with a close measure of 2.75″. A huge thank you goes out to the Sceles family who donated $$ to help with prizes and food. Others who donated prizes were Con & Con Construction, Chedabucto Home Hardware, Capers Construction, Bowie Electric, MODG, and Cross Roads Electric. Thanks also goes out to our Kitchen committee who fed us all weekend., our bonspiel committee who put this all together, our ice prep crew who kept the ice keen, our bar crew who kept us refreshed, and to Reid Jamieson who entertained us Sat night.
Here is the team list and schedule for the bonspiel:
Our 1st bonspiel of 2024 is fast approaching. On Jan. 19/20 we are holding the Edgar Sceles Memorial Bonspiel. For those of you who are not familiar with this bonspiel it recognizes one of our founding members, Edgar Sceles. The Sceles family in the past used to donate sterling silver pins to the club to hand out to the winning team. Unfortunately they cannot obtain these pins any more and as of last year donated money to the winning team instead of pins. With this being the 60th anniversary of the club our social committee, led by Breanne Chisholm, will be promoting our entertainment on the Saturday night of the bonspiel. One of our local entertainers, who now lives in Halifax, Reid Jamieson (Joe’s brother), will entertain us from 8 until close. It will be $10 at the door for non-bonspiel curlers. There will also be a supper organized by our Kitchen committee. $$ amount TBA. Supper and entertainment are included in the $35 fee per curler. Lunch and breakfast also TBA. Games will be 8 ends and each team will play 3 games. Club members signing up will be drafted onto teams by the skips. We encourage non members to sign up either as a team or be included in the draft. Draft is being held at the club on the 18th at 6:15pm. With the success of the Dice FUNspiel and the Turkey shoot let’s keep this going into the new year.
