Update on the MacLeod Lorway Valentines Ladies FUNspiel… as of today Feb 6th we have 21 curlers who signed up before the early registration date of Feb 5th. Those curlers pay $20 each. The final registration date is Wed. Feb. 10th. We need at least 3 more curlers to have an even number of teams. If we get any more then the fee for them is $25 each. Unfortunately we can only have curlers who curl out of our club either as a member or spare. One good thing about yesterday’s announcement is we can now have spectators in the club to watch.

Night curling on Tues Feb 2nd (tonight) is cancelled due to bad weather…..

Our featured sponsors of the week for Feb. 1-7 are Make Yer Own Wine & Beer, MacDonald & Murphy Inc., and Micro Machining Ltd..

The Chedabucto Curling Club Community Activity Society (CAS) appreciates all who provide sponsorship to its society by allowing it to display and promote their businesses’ promotional signs to all of its members via email, within the rink, via Twitter, Facebook and CAS’s website: (https://www.chedabuctocc.ca/sponsors)

To continue to promote and support your business, CAS will now post sponsorship signs throughout the entire year. On behalf of the CCC Executive, members and volunteers, I thank you for your continued support.

Our annual Edgar Sceles Memorial bonspiel has come to an end. In all, eight teams competed for the right to wear the Memorial pins donated by the Sceles family (A BIG thank you) in honour of Edgar Sceles, a long time and one of the original members of the Chedabucto CC. This year with the Covid protocols in place it was a tough one to get organized. At first there was a thought we would not be playing since Sport NS had postponed curling until Jan. 25th. But with 32 eager curlers wanting to get back on the ice we were able to get it done. Part of the protocols was no ‘outside of the club’ curlers were allowed to participate and no spectators. It was also decided to not have food available for sale. It was also decided to minimize the prize table. So we ended up with enough prizes for the top three teams and the ‘Closest to the pin’ individual award.

As for the games after the round robin was complete on Sat night Team Long finished 1st in the ‘A’ division and Team Brymer was 1st in the ‘B’ division. Those 2 teams played for the trophy and pins on Sunday with Team Brymer squeaking one out by 2 points. Congrats to Team Brymer with skip Blair Brymer, mate Ryan Sangster, second Lois MacDonald and lead Brian MacDonald. Runner-up is Team Long with skip Paul Long, mate Emily Perry, second Margaret Hadley, and lead Heather Manual. We also had the 2nd place teams in each division play off for 3rd place overall. The teams were Team Jamieson and Team Grady. They played a hard fought game and in the end both skips needed to draw to the button to see who won since it had ended in a tie. Team Jamieson with skip Gerry Jamieson, mate Evelyne Jamieson, second Jack Leonard, and lead Marion Brow ended up winning. Team Grady with skip Victoria Grady, mate Vanessa Dort, second Hanna Manthorne, and lead Brooklyn Jordan were runner-up. 

During the bonspiel we had teams take a shot at the ‘Closest to the pin’ to use as a tiebreaker in case teams were tied after the round robin. Also we had an award for the individual ‘Closest to the pin’. And that winner was Emily Perry from Team Long whose rock landed right on the button. It should be noted that Paul Long’s rock also landed right on the button. It was Paul’s decision to offer the prize to Emily. Thank you Paul.

Finally I want to thank all who helped get this off the ground. Our bonspiel committee members Paul, Blair, Mary, and Phil all had input into how the event was going to be run. Thanks to all who helped get the ice ready each day: George, Paul, Blair, Maurice, Gary, and Rob. Thank you to all who helped sanitize both the ice area and the warm area during the bonspiel. I think most everyone took part in that. Thanks to all who helped out at the bar. And a big thanks to Linda who volunteered to clean up the club after we were all done today. 

Our annual Edgar Sceles Memorial bonspiel is happening this weekend starting tonight at 6pm. It will end on Sunday with a draw at noon hour for the Championship and 3rd place games. It must be noted that we are not allowed to have spectators in the club unless you are registered as a curler in the bonspiel or are working the bonspiel. This is not our decision but Sports NS. Also there will be no food provided so therefore bring your own. Here is the schedule and team list: