Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling’s Elite 10 in Port Hawkesbury…

George Luddington and Phil O’Regan we invited to help out with the Ice Prep for the Elite 10 that happened on Mar. 16-19/2017. It all started with unloading the truck on Sunday Mar. 13th. On Monday the 14th the ice prep began with the painting of the hockey ice surface and then the lines, rings and logos went on. By Monday night we were ready to flood. Flooding continued on Tuesday. The curling ice was ready for the teams to practice by Wed afternoon. George and Phil had a chance to throw some rocks before they came on. Lots was learned from this experience. Here is a timeline of photos from the week long experience:

Monday Mar. 13th

Tuesday Mar. 14th

Wednesday Mar. 15th

Thursday Mar. 16th

Friday Mar. 17th

Saturday Mar. 18th

Sunday Mar. 19th

League playoffs start on Thursday Mar. 23rd….

Night League playoffs start on Thursday Mar. 23rd with Team Luddington (1st place) vs Team S. Brymer (2nd place) on Ice 1. On Ice 2 it will be Team B. Brymer (6th place) vs Team O’Regan (7th place). Winner of the 1 vs 2 game goes directly to the A final on Tues April 4th. Loser will play the winner of the 3 vs 4 game on Thursday Mar. 30th. The 3 vs 4 game is on Tues. Mar. 28th with Team Long (3rd place) vs Team Dobson (4th place) on Ice 1. The B final will be held on Thursday Mar. 30th with Team O’Connor (5th place) playing the winner of the 6 vs 7 game on Ice 2.

Day league playoffs start on Thursday Mar. 23rd. The top 8 make the playoffs. The playoffs will be a double knockout affair. At 9:30 Team DeCoff (3rd place) plays Team G. Jamieson (6th place) and Team Long (4th place) plays Team Worth (5th place). At noon Team MacDonald (1st place) plays Team Luddington (8th place) and Team O’Regan (2nd place) plays Team O’Leary (7th place). Playoffs will resume next Monday and games will be determined by Thursday’s results.

Congratulations and thanks to two outstanding Chedabucto CC members…..

Two of the Chedabucto Curling Club’s members deserve this thankful recognition. Last weekend George Luddington and Phil O’Regan volunteered their time — spread over the entire week and involving many hours — to assist with the ice preparation for the world-class curlers at the Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling — Elite 10, in Port Hawkesbury.

Their experiences, training and efforts will definitely benefit all users of the Chedabucto Curling Club since George and Phil are two of the Chedabucto CC’s main ice makers. (Today George and Phil were at the Chedabucto CC flooding our ice to prepare it for the home stretch of this curling season.)

George and Phil were honoured — due to their contributions to the Grand Slam’s ice preparation — to be invited to assist with the 2018 Grand Slam in Truro to again contribute their ice-making abilities to that high calibre curling event.

On behalf of all members and curlers at the Chedabucto Curling Club — I thank George and Phil for their hours of curling volunteerism and thoughtful labours that enables all of us to enjoy our curling games.

Best regards

Ray