It was suggested by a CCC member and approved by our Club’s executive on December 7 that hog-line violations have a “suggested” loonie contribution to the “hog container” located within the rink’s lounge or bar.  This proposal is meant to be a fun thing and a source of some humour when such light-weight shots occur.

At last evening’s game $2.00 went into the “hog container”; the contributions being done so in fun and appreciated. 🙂

Whatever the Club collects via such “violation-donations” will go back to the rink as a tiny additional revenue source.

Thank you and good curling.

Ray

Our featured sponsors of the week for Dec. 7 – 11th are East Coast Hydraulics & Machinery Ltd., MacGillivray Fuels, and Law Office Campbell & MacKeen.

Our featured sponsors for the week of Dec. 7-11th are East Coast Hydraulics & Machinery Ltd., MacGillivray Fuels, and Law Office Campbell & MacKeen.

At our annual Turkey Shoot on Friday Dec. 4th we ended up having four winners. One more than our usual three. The winners were as follows: Heather Manual, Diane Tulk (thrown by Junior Vanessa Dort), Junior Vanessa Dort and Lois MacDonald. We had a great turnout and I want to thank everyone who pitched to make it such a great start to the season.

For next Saturday, December 12, our Juniors’ head coach, Donalda Mattie, Turning Point Curling School, has helped to organize a Junior Jamboree at the Bluenose Curling Club, New Glasgow. (The rink is behind the buildings located across from the Aberdeen Hospital). The cost is $10.00 per youngster. (See the web link within this email for registration details.) Donalda has made the arrangements to enable Chedabucto CC’s Juniors to participate in the Junior session (1:00 PM -3:00 PM) with a pizza party to follow. This is an excellent opportunity for our Juniors to meet other Juniors, to learn new skills and to be involved in a game during the last hour of the jamboree. If you want, you can drop the Juniors off at the Bluenose rink shortly before 1:00 PM and then head out to shop with the stipulation that you must be back at the Bluenose rink by 3:00 PM for the conclusion of this jamboree. Donalda and I will be at the Bluenose rink.

Our challenge regards how we are going to transport the Juniors to and from New Glasgow for this worthwhile instructional session. I can take three Juniors BUT ONLY if parents will transport some of our young curlers. Parental (or your designate’s) involvement is critical for our Junior program to success and for our young curlers to be able to experience the great things that curling has to offer thus the necessity for parental/relative involvement. Our hope is that as many as possible Juniors from Chedabucto CC will attend. Registration via Donalda is by Thursday, December 10. If you have any questions re the jamboree please contact Donalda as per the poster within the following web site: http://www.chedabuctocc.ca/archives/3626 I will be contacting parents into next week to check on who is going and who will be driving them. If you have questions specific to me, please ask.

Best regards,

Ray

It is my pleasure to welcome Mike and Marilyn (Sceles) McLean as our newest Social members in the Chedabucto Curling Club Community Activity Society (CAS). Mike and Marilyn are ongoing supporters of the Chedabucto CC and will definitely bring their contributions to the rink’s activities.

Should you know of others who would like to join CAS under its Social membership classification, please invite them to apply. The dues for Social membership is only $25.00 (tax included) per year.

Best regards, Ray

Social members as described within CAS by-laws:

“Clause 2 – Membership (B)   6. Social members shall be persons 19 years of age or older subject to regular approval provisions who may attend the Club activities.  Social members shall not have voting or curling privileges.”