Here is the schedule for the ExxonMobil/Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline Skins Cash Spiel.

As of today Feb. 25th we have added 15 new sponsors to our club for this 2018/19 season. Here is a list of the new sponsors:

AA Munro Insurance, A & W (Antigonish), Bumper to Bumper (Antigonish), Canso Ford (Port Hawkesbury), CO-OP Country Store (Antigonish), Decoste Interiors, Gateway Hyundai, Kent Building Supplies, MacDonald & Murphy Inc., Maples Retirement Living (Antigonish), Ron MacGillivray Accounting Services, Strum Consulting, Sunflower Natural Health, T-Mac Auto Glass (Antigonish), and Tri-Mac Toyota.

We also have 3 or 4 that are sitting on the fence trying to decide if they can do it. We have currently 60 signs in the club of which 53 are paid sponsors. Please if you are out and about and are in any of these new sponsors places please thank them for their support. For the full list of sponsor go to our ‘Our Sponsors’ site on this website.

Our featured sponsors of the week for Feb 18-22 are Ron MacGillivray Accounting Services, MacKeen Law Services Inc., and Strum Consulting.

The date for our annual 2019 ExxonMobil/Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline Skins Cash Spiel has been set for Mar. 8-10. New this year will be 2 divisions with a 60 & under division playing 8 end games at $120 per team and a division of 60 and older playing 6 end games at $100 per team. Scheduling will depend on the number of teams entered as will the division setup. Attached is the poster for the spiel. Both sign-up sheets for teams will go up tomorrow. When signing up please make sure you sign up in the appropriate one. Curlers who are 60 and over can play in the other division but not the other way around. I will attach the poster. Please pass the word around town to others who may want to play.

Our recent MacLeod Lorway Ladies Valentines FUNspiel happened on Feb 8 and 9th. A total of 7 teams participated a weekend of fun curling. Thank you to our major sponsor, MacLeod Lorway Insurance, who donated prizes and $$$ to help with the bonspiel. I would also like to thank Rodger Cuzner, M.P., Cape Breton – Canso, who donates his time to take out the 1st place team to a dinner at Des Barres Manor. Finally we thank the following sponsors/supporters who donated prizes for the prize table: Guysborough PharmaChoice (Alison Myers), Cutting Loose Hair Design & Tanning, Guysborough (Peter Lombardo), Mary Kay Cosmetics, Guysborough Intervale (Mary E.A. Connolly), Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), Guysborough (Kim Pellerine), Waterline Graphix (Sandra Winter), Ross Screenprint (Simon Hillyard), Thrill Hill Farm (Melissa and Andrew Grace), and A&W Antigonish. Of course a bonspiel cannot happen without the support of our members who donate their time and effort to help out with various duties like ice prep, bartending, kitchen duties etc..

After each team played their 3 games we ended up with Team MacDonald, Skip Lois MacDonald (aka Lusty), Kay Chisholm (aka Kissy), Mary K. Connolly (aka Mushy) and Francis Brymer (aka Flirty) taking home the trophy and 1st place prize. Team Jamieson won 2nd place. Proudly holding their Thrill Hill Farm’s prize certificate are (left to right) Lynda MacIntosh and Betty Bates. Missing: Evelyne Jamieson (skip) and Ruth Gunn, 3rd place was won by Team Mary E.A. Connolly. (left to right) Maureen Landry, Mary E.A. Connolly (skip), Emily Perry and Marion Brow, and 4th placewas won by Team Dobson. Holding their prizes are (left to right) Dawn Chubbs, Paula Dobson (skip), Mary Williams and Valda George. (photos: Maurice Landry). Hog line prize went to Junior curler Jenna Dort. Here are some pictures from the spiel: