The Citizen, 2017-03-23, Page 9Curling club looks to
future with planning
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vice-president for the club. President
for the next year is Don Chesher.
The financial report was given by
Susan Alexander. Jeff questioned
whether there would be any adverse
reason to raising the dues next year
if the expenses rise and all agreed to
an increase.
Gary Pipe also thought some
strategic planning should be put in
place to encourage the future of the
club. It was moved that Gary head a
committee to brainstorm ideas to
bring forward. Ideas suggested
included getting children interested,
having a booth at the fall fair, new
curlers night instruction and others.
The final banquet and prize
presentation will be March 24 with
social at 6 p.m. and a pot luck meal
to follow.
In years gone by, the Brussels
Curling Club would host up to five
bonspiels a year. With less members
and rising costs, the Brussels Club
now hosts one mixed spiel. Thanks
to the efforts of club member Steve
Knight, his hard work, and the great
committee he has built, the March
mixed spiel has become a popular
and well run bonspiel. There were
20 teams participating in the spiel
and some teams even turned away
because it was full.
Last Saturday, the 20 teams took
the ice for a great day of curling on
very good ice. Many teams had not
curled on arena ice and were
impressed on how good it was.
Thanks to Abby and her crew for
their efforts in creating the good ice
and club members Mery Bauer,
Carman Bernard, Steve Knight and
Reg Vinnicombe for their all -day
efforts to pebble, nip and sweep the
ice to keep it in good shape.
The food committee of Jo -Ann
McDonald, Jane Zwep, Donna
Bauer, Dona Knight, Mary Bernard,
Marni Knight and all the club
members provided the delicious
fare. The prize committee of Carman
and Mary Bernard, Jeff Cardiff,
MaryAnn Thompson, Steve Knight,
Dona Knight and Jo -Ann McDonald
gathered the prizes and the
bartenders Donna and Mery Bauer,
and Lindsay and Lexi all helped
with the decorating. The
scorekeepers of Gary Pipe, Steve
Knight, Marni Knight and Steve
Steiss also helped make the day run
smoothly.
There were 20 teams participating
from Brussels, Mitchell, Palmerston,
St. Catharines, Listowel, Seaforth,
Vanastra, Goderich and Ilderton.
The first draw had the team of Rick
McDonald win the draw with 48.25
points. Second place team of Janet
McLean had 42.75 points and third
place was team Deb Coultes with 37
points. Fourth was George Zwep
with 36.5, fifth Judy DeJong with
35.5, sixth LeeAnn McDonald with
25, seventh Matthew Cardiff with
20.75, eighth Kriss Snell with 18,
ninth Mark Bancroft with 11 and
tenth place was Danica Zwep with
9.75 points.
The second draw was won by Pat
DeJong with 46.75 points and
second was Steve Steiss with 36.5
points. The third place team was
Cam Hume with 35.75 and fourth
went to Darrell Uhler with 34.75
points. The fifth place team was
Lorraine Blake with 33, sixth place
was Les Cudmore with 22.75,
seventh was Rick McGee with
22.25, eighth was Diana Dolmage
with 20 points, ninth Doug Dale
with 18.75 and tenth place was Brad
Knight with eight points.
There were a great variety of
prizes with meat prizes available
plus a wonderful assortment of
prizes provided by our many
sponsors of the event. No one went
home empty handed and everyone
enjoyed the day. Thanks to all and
we hope to see all out again next
year.
THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2017. PAGE 9.
Learning the ways of the rink
Maitland River Elementary School's Grade 6 class learned a lot about curling this year
through lessons at the Wingham and District Curling Club. Shown during a visit to the rink
earlier this month are Shawna Schuit, left, and Austin Walker. (Denny Scott photo)
A day for fun
The Blyth United Church hosted a broomall tournament at the Blyth Community Centre on
Tuesday, March 14 as a March Break activity. Three teams played throughout the day and two
large squads were made at the end of the day for a final game. Organizer Rev. Gary Clark said
the day was great with lots of people showing up to make it a success. (Denny Scott photo)
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