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Newsletter of the London Curling Club November 2011
Two of our teams competed in the Zone 15/16 Dominion Club Championship Playdowns held in Woodstock and Ingersoll Oct 22 & 23. Dave Mann’s Team with Skip Dave Mann, Third Kirk
Massey, Second Chris Sherman, Lead Bruce Thom captured one of the two Zone 16 qualifier spots by narrowly edging out Woodstock in the final game. Dave’s team now competes at the Provincial level in Acton and Milton Curling Clubs on Oct 28 – 30. Good luck guys!
Wendy Foster’s team of Skip Eileen Rochefort, Third Wendy Foster, Second Rhonda Persichilli,
Lead Dayna Dann made it through to the quarter finals in the Zone playdowns before being defeated by Highland.
What’s coming up: There are many OCA events coming up in the next month for which there
are entry deadlines to meet: Pepsi Junior Men and Women November 11, Tim Horton's Master Men and Women November 11, Best Western Intermediate Men & Women November 18, Scotties Tournament of Hearts and The Dominion Men’s Tankard both November 25.
TEAM MANN MAKES IT TO PROVINCIALS!!!!
The Last End -Pages 4-5-
Skills & Development -Page 8-
8 Questions for Braeden Moskowy
-Page 6-
What’s Next -Page 2-
Left to right...Bruce Thom, Chris Sherman and Dave Mann. Unable to be there for Team Picture...Kirk Massey.
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377 Lyle Street London, Ontario N5W 3R5
Telephone (519) 432-3882 E-mail [email protected]
Website www.londoncurling.ca
LONDON CURLING CLUB
CLUB STAFF
Club Manager Doug Petch
Office Manager Barb Colbourn
Head Ice Technician Kevin Breivik
Ice Assistants Mark Phillips
Derek Shadlock
Scott Breivik
Jason Laroque
Chris Becker
Ice Helper David Easter
Bar Coordinator Les Sonier
Bar Staff Hailey Blake Housekeeper Janice Henry
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President Connie Weir
Vice President Gord Sellery
Past President Don Agnew
Treasurer Larry Round
Secretary Pat Bell
Executive Director Sharon Drenth
PORTFOLIO DIRECTORS
Advertising Al McLaclan,
Leagues & OCA Paul Pergau
Member Services Roger Moyer
Skills & Development Joyce Hetherington
Pro Shoppe Bob Davis
Volunteers Fay Weiler
WEBSITE Eric Duggan
www.londoncurling.ca
ROCK TALK Karen Lowry
519-472-1625
Issue Deadlines: September 23
October 21
November 25
December 30
January 27
February 24
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT---
I hope everyone has had a great start up to the new season. Although numbers are down in a few of our leagues, other leagues are full. We’ve already had one very successful Skills Clinic, and another one is planned for Oct. 29th. Our thanks to Joyce Hetherington, Jack Nichol and all the volunteer instructors. The new Tuesday Mixed League (convened at the moment by yours truly) is up and running with four sheets of ice. The second 6-game draw doesn’t begin until Nov. 15th, so there’s still time to sign up. There is also lots of room in our Learn to Curl Program, so if you know of anyone who might be interested, please invite them to stop by the club some Tuesday evening to watch an LTC session or call the office for more information. This month will be a busy one. Bonspiel season kicks off with the WDS Early Bird on Nov. 9th. The Junior OCA Zone Playdowns take place on the last weekend of the month, and on Nov.29 th, we are holding our 2nd annual Wine & Cheese appreciation evening, to recognize the contributions of our sponsors and advertisers. Past President, Don Agnew, is also trying to organize a couple of Wednesday morning games to see if there might be sufficient support for a daytime mixed league. Good curling everyone!
President-Connie Weir
BID 3 COMMITTEE MEETING --- WHAT’S NEXT?
The Bid Committee is the planning committee for London area curling events, and includes representatives from the four area clubs: London, Hyland, St Thomas and Ilderton. September 21, 2011 was the date for the first Bid 3 Committee Meeting. 12 people attended, a combination of the Bid 2 (Brier) Committee and the Bid 3 Committee. We spoke about last year’s Brier and its outcome and then moved forward to discuss possibilities for the next major curling event for the London area.
•Treasurer’s Report – Each club paid $500 for committee expenses. There is $1075 left in the account. The account paid for chair, Peter Inch’s, one trip to the Halifax Brier in 2010. •Brier Report – Host city contributed $200,000, Province $500,000. The CCA will do a study regarding what monies went to tourism in the London area. Attendance at the Brier was 114,000 seats, 7,000 more than Hamilton and Halifax. Our relationship with the CCA is very good right now and Peter recommends we keep the momentum going and seek out the next event. Peter will only be consulting for the next event, however, and is looking for someone to step forward to be the new event chair.
•This committee’s first task will be to decide what event they would like to bid for. Since there will be a number of new members on this committee, it as suggested that a smaller event might be appropriate, to give the new team some experience.
The second meeting was held October 25th. Unfortunately, we were unable to comply with the committee’s request to have our 3 LCC representatives in place for this meeting. WE ARE LOOKING FOR 3 INTERESTED PEOPLE TO REPRESENT LCC ON THE BID 3 COMMITTEE.
This is an important committee, so please consider getting involved. If you are interested or would like additional information, please contact the club manager or any of the LCC Board members.
Sharon Drenth
GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!!! To the members who answered the request for volunteers – Many Thanks!!
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2011 OCA Pepsi Junior Zone 16 Playdowns at the London Curling Club Nov 26 & 27 The London Curling Club is the site of the 2011/2012 Ontario Curling Association (OCA) Pepsi Junior Men and Women Zone 16 Playdowns. Zone 16 includes all the curling clubs in our part of Southwestern Ontario including London, Highland, Ilderton, Ridgetown, Sun Parlor, Sydenham, Detroit, Sarnia, Chatham, Kingsville, St Clair Beach, Royal Oak, Forest, Glencoe, Blenheim, Leamington and Wallaceburg. The London Curling Club has produced many excellent youth curling teams including Bantam, Mixed, Men and Women Junior teams. Last year Eric LeDreff Kerwin (skip) with Hayley Hopkins, Ryan Vink and Lindsay Ross won the A side of the Zone 16 Junior Mixed while Grant Davies (skip) with Victoria Rode, Matthew Arcese and Rebecca Lane won the B side. Team Andrea Holstein (skip) and Team Russell Cuddie (skip) competed in the Bantam Playdowns with Team Holstein going on to the Regionals. Coming out of the London Curling Club and this area are also notable youth curlers such as Curt and David Easter, Blake Nichols, Wil Francolini, Richard Krell and Aaron Chapman who have been on Gore Provincial Schoolboys, Bantam Boys Provincial and Junior Men's winning teams. Come out to the London Curling Club during the weekend of November 26 and 27 to support our Zone 16 top Junior Men and Women curlers.
THE MILLER LEAGUE— The Miller League is the Monday night men's competitive league to determine the club champions. Last season the winners were the five man team of Dave Mann, Don Rawlings, Kirk Massey, Chris Sherman and Bruce Thom. They will represent the London Curling Club at The Dominion Club Championships in Ingersoll on the weekend of October 21-23. The curling season got started on Oct. 3 with 24 teams competing in 4 flights. The league is being convened by rookies Bruce Thom and Dave Mann. We would like to thank Ted Ellwood for his commitment as the league convenor for the past two years. If there is anybody interested in becoming a spare , you can sign your name on the list at the league board located at the side door exit. Thanks Dave and Bruce.
ROLLING STONES CURLING
The Rolling Stones kicked off their 35th year in London, with their annual meeting, on September 28th. All of the executive officers were returned by acclamation – Kevin Bentley, President; Bruce Turner, Treasurer; Rod Lawrence; Drawmaster. John Turcot has taken on the position of Communications Coordinator. We have ten returning skips from 2010/2011, including defending champions Kemp Charman (regular season) and Kevin Bentley (playoffs). John Richard and Kirk Taylor were elected as “new” skips for the forthcoming season. The Rolling Stones' Tri-City Bonspiel will be hosted this year by the Montreal chapter, on February 18, 2012. John Richard's rink won it all in Toronto, defeating London's Sean Burns in the final match. London will defend the overall championship after winning out over Toronto and Montreal. Bistro a Jo Jo, here we come! In early play this season, teams skipped by Burns, Richard, and Charman were undefeated in their first three games, with the Burns rink holding a slight edge, based on ends won.
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THE LAST END: The history of playing time
The rules regarding playing time have changed many times throughout curling’s history. Records show that at the first Olympic Winter Games in 1924 in Chamonix, France — when curling was a demonstration sport — all games were 18 ends long. And at the 1932 Games in Lake Placid, New York, matches were 16 ends. In Canada, the oldest curling event is the Brier, where until 1977 all games were 12 ends. It’s interesting to note that two morning-draw games at the 1976 Brier in Regina went to extra ends, in both cases pushing the playing time beyond five hours. In one case, the afternoon draw had to be delayed by 30 minutes to allow the earlier game to be completed. This forced the Canadian Curling Association to take a serious look at the situation and, beginning in 1977, reduced Brier games to 10 ends. That decreased the amount of time necessary to complete a game, but didn’t solve the problem. A new era began for the Brier in 1980, when the Labatt Brewing Company became the title sponsor. The event became bigger and better, with more spectators, more media coverage and more televising of games. And while CBC had been broadcasting the Brier finals for many years, the sport entered a new phase in 1985, when TSN arrived on the scene. The new network quickly gravitated to curling and events such as the Brier started to enjoy daily coverage. This created a new problem for the sport — curlers could no longer play at their own pace. To broadcast a 10-end game with 12 minutes an hour of commercials was taking an arduous three-and-a-half to four hours to complete. And so the time clock was implemented for the first time at the 1986 TSN Skins Game, eventually making its way to world play in 1989 at the first-ever combined world men’s and women’s championships in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After a four-year study, it was determined that for one team to complete 10 ends of play comfortably required about 75 minutes. At that time, television networks were inserting eight to 10 minutes of commercials an hour. Thus, a total of 150 minutes of game time, plus about 30 minutes of commercial time, meant that a 10-end game could be completed in about three hours. But coaches were becoming a more integral part of curling teams and it became necessary to allow time for coaching consultation. Each team was allotted 73 minutes of playing time and two separate one-minute time outs. But then it was decided that travel time had to be allowed for each team’s coach to arrive at ice level before the one-minute time out began. The issue became even more complicated when the maximum amount of commercial airtime allowed by the CRTC was expanded to 12 minutes an hour. (It has, in recent years, been increased further but curling has stayed at 12 minutes.) This meant that by allowing the 75 minutes of game time, plus coaching consultations per team, plus 36 minutes of commercials and at least four minutes of travel time per team, 10-end games were taking almost three-and-a-half hours.
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Marc Kennedy and Ben Hebert at the Olympics in Vancouver.
Pressure from television, fans and media over a number of years moved the CCA and WCF to decide, following the 2010 Olympics, that something had to change in order to get a 10-end game into a tighter window. Some felt that moving to an eight-end game was the answer. But there was concern that eight-end games could easily be over, for all intents and purposes, by the fourth end and would short-change television and the all-important spectators in the building, who still are the prime ingredient for the success of a major curling competition. After considerable deliberation, the governing bodies decided to reduce coaching time outs. In 2011, a new approach was introduced that provided each team with 73 minutes of playing time and while additional time-out minutes were not included, each team was allowed to call two one-minute coaching consultations within the limit of playing time. Which is to say, the clock wasn’t stopped for time outs and allowed a 10-end game to be played in 182 minutes, thus solving the three-hour time-maximum concern. The adjustment solved the time problem but coaches and teams weren’t happy with the change. Last spring, with these concerns in mind, the CCA went back to the drawing board to try to find a solution. At the CCA’s Annual General Meeting in June, a new format was presented and accepted that made the following adjustment: The game’s playing time will be reduced from 73 minutes to 71 minutes. During the course of a 10-end game, each team will have two 90-second time outs — including travel time for a coach to get to the ice surface — during which the clocks will be stopped. It remains to be seen if this will satisfy teams and coaches. The verdict will be in at the end of this curling season, when it will be assessed again.
THE LAST END: The history of playing time: (cont’d)
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8 Questions for Braeden Moskowy
Braeden Moskowy is the skip of the 2011 Canadian Junior Curling Champions. He also represented Saskatchewan at the Canadian Junior in 2010 and comes
from a notable curling family. His father Kelly played in the 2002 Brier. Having excelled at four other sports how did you come to concentrate on curling? When I watched my dad play the 2002 Brier in Calgary I decided that’s where I wanted to be. So from about age 13 my friend Matt Lang and I always talked about getting a green jacket and hanging a banner up at the Callie Curling Club in Regina. I’ll never forget when we finally did it. What did your friends say about your decision? I took a lot of heat from them but I didn’t let it bother me too much. I’d say, “We’ll boys we’ll see what you say when I’m playing on TSN someday.” What was your practice routine as a youngster? I’d pretend I was both Kevin Martin and Pat Simmons playing against each other. Then I’d play out the strategy to win the Brier. I was always throwing rocks to win the Brier.
What was your strategy as a junior? In juniors we were aggressive and tried to score as many points as possible early. We didn’t want to be close to a team that might be weaker than us in the late stages because anything can happen in the final end or two. How do you visualize shots? As I’m headed down the ice I see myself sliding out with the proper weight, releasing the rock, seeing it going over the hog line, coming into the house and making the shot perfectly. Some guys do it in the hack but I found doing it beforehand saves a lot of time. And before games I play out a lot of shots in my head and see them being made. I see myself making shots. What’s your mood on the ice? As a skip you have to play your cards close to the chest. It’s never a good thing for the guys to see you panicky or nervous so for the most part I try to stay as calm as I can. I’m no angel though. I’ve been known to have a few tantrums but I try to do my best. What’s the key to being a good competitor? You have to be supportive of your team-mates. But who they are is important too. I like playing with guys who have a lot of fire and aren’t happy with playing poorly. How do you handle big moments? I make my practice just like the game. I don’t just dump rocks into the house. I clean my rock, spin it, take a deep breath and try to make
every shot perfectly so that in the game it’s not “Holy smokes!” It’s exactly what I’ve been practicing to win and nothing’s changed. by Bob Skura http://www.howgreatgolfersthink.com/
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THURSDAY BUSINESS WOMEN’S LEAGUE
Our league has gotten off to a good start. We now have 13 teams plus a bye. Anyone interested in sparing is welcome to sign the list in either of the ladies’ locker rooms. We are planning a Pizza Fundraising Dinner for Thurs. Nov. 17th after the 5:30 game. There will be several types of pizza available, salad and cupcakes for $7.00. Tickets will be available Nov. 3rd and 10th. Congratulations to the Wendy Foster team of Eileen Rochefort, Rhonda Persichilli and Dayna Dann for representing our league at the Dominion play downs October 22nd and 23rd at the Woodstock and Ingersoll Curling Clubs.
The 15th Annual Southwestern Ontario Women’s Charity Cashspiel was a tremendous success over the weekend of October 14 – 17, 2010. Friday evening was the Celebrity Curling Clinic, where Jim Waite and 12 Star curlers provided instruction to a full house on improving your release, brushing, line of delivery and other curling skills. A wine and cheese reception followed, where sponsors and clinic participants had a chance to meet and mingle with the teams. Sixteen teams treated spectators to some impressive curling shots throughout the four days. On Monday, Peter Arnold presented the trophy to the Middaugh Team ( Sherry Middaugh, Jo-Ann Rizzo, Lee Merklinger and Leigh Armstrong) from the Brant Curling Club. The Middaugh team never lost a game all weekend, and beat the Birt Team (Suzanne Birt, Shelly Bradley, Robyn MacPhee and Leslie MacDougal) from PEI for the trophy. The four local curling clubs - Ilderton, London, St Thomas and Highland, have collaborated together over the past 15 years to provide this world class women's curling event, while at the same time raising close to $200 000 to support local initiatives in breast cancer research and care. With everyone’s support, we are able to continue to donate to the Donna Arnold Memorial Fund and continue to support our studentship at the Translational Breast Cancer Research Unit at London Health Sciences Centre. Marnie Dickout, Wendy Foster, Rhonda Persichilli and Deb Pullen London Curling Club representatives, SOWCC
Women’s Daytime Section News Opening Meeting – October 5th, 2011 – A time to socialize and share summer happenings preceded the Opening Meeting of the WDS on October 5th. Linda Peeling presided over the meeting and Past Chair Linda Round convened the event. New members were welcomed and introduced along with their Big Sisters. New members to WDS: Sandra Fox (from UWO League), Darlene ten Haaf (from the Mixed League), Heather Greenfield (from Evenings and Mixed Leagues), Carolyn Kezar from Evenings) and Ann Dutt (from Ingersoll CC). We wish these new members good curling. Fay Weiler was presented a corsage as the female recipient of last year’s Spirit of Curling Award and Bob Davis was recognized as the men’s Spirit of Curling recipient. Club manager Doug Petch welcomed everyone back and acknowledged the WDS participation in club activities. He was recruiting WDS members for interim manager’s duties. Doug reminded members of the fire safety exits and safety procedures on the ice. Connie Weir, club president spoke briefly regarding the updates to the club, cub activities and membership. Tea, coffee, a celebratory cake, fruit, cheese and crackers were served by Fay Weiler and Linda Round
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BOXING DAY CURLING Again this year we will offer limited Boxing Day curling for our members and their families/friends. Curling times will be 10:00 a.m.; 12 noon; and 2:00 p.m. All 6 sheets will be available, and a Bartender will be on duty from 11:00 a.m. The schedule will be posted mid-November on the bulletin board near the bar, so watch for it and sign up quickly. First come, first served is the rule. Plan your outing now. Doug Petch, Manager.
THE PRO SHOPPE CARRIES A COMPLETE LINE OF CURLING ITEMS.
BROOMS AND REPLACEMENT HEADS
LADIES AND MENS JACKETS, FLEECE VESTS, GOLF
SHIRTS, TURTLENECKS, CURLING PANTS
CURLING SHOES WITH VARYING SLIDER THICKNESS’
GLOVES & MITTS
CURLING PANTS
STOPWATCHES
PROTECTIVE HEAD BANDS
KNEE PADS & PANT SAVERS
GRIPPERS & SLIDERS & KITS
STABILIZERS AND DELIVERY STICKS
IF YOU DON’T SEE WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR,
PLEASE ASK
SKILLS AND DEVELOPMENT
GOOD NEWS: •We have 5 members registered to become our newest CLUB COACHES. They will take the 2 day course at Highland on November 12/13 while our Club picks up the tab. We will have more coaches to assist at our clinics. We are aiming for 1 coach to every 4 participants. In advance our appreciation goes out to Sandy Ronson, Peter Askey, Cam Ghent, Doug Wilson and Jim Lone. Good Luck!!
•Our October 1 clinics were fun, well attended and curlers left with a few new ideas to kick their game up a notch. We are grateful to our Club Coaches who generously gave us their time: Ken Walmsley, Jim Russell, Steve Hobbs, Dan McInnes, David Easter, Tim Lindsay, and Lead Club Coach, Jack Nichol. Fay Weiler was our very early morning registrar.
•Doing double duty on Sunday October 2 with our fine UWO students were Dan McInnes, Connie Weir, Jack Nichol and Joyce Hetherington.
BAD NEWS: •No more Clinics until January 7, 2012 at 7 pm and Monday February 20 at 10 am.
MORE GOOD NEWS: •We want to help curlers with their game—if any league or any individual want a short clinic on any curling topic, please contact us. We will deal with your choice of topics: use of the stick, curling delivery, team communication, and strategy.
YOUR IDEAS: • We are here, like your financial advisor, we are listening.
For Skills and Development, Joyce Hetherington
