Updated Monday, May 20, 2013

New Recreational League

City View Curling Club is starting up a new open recreational league this coming season. Check it out here, or see the Learn to Curl page.

Manager's Position at Navy

Navy Curling Club is looking for a manager for the 2013-14 season; deadline for applications is June 28. See details of the job here, or contact Jen Curry.

Summer League Posted

The Summer League at Carleton Heights Curling Club starts August 27. Registration form is now posted on the bonspiel page.

CCA Grants Announced

The CCA announced the recipients of the 2013 C.A.P. (Curling Assistant Program)grants to 24 Curling Clubs and 2 member associations across Canada. There are none from the Ottawa area, but to see who received how much and for what projects, click here.

Lefko on curling: The start of something special

Perry Lefko
When one member of Kevin Martin’s team left the squad, he recruited a Nedohin.
All puns aside, the news this week that David Nedohin has joined Martin’s Edmonton team hardly came as a surprise. Was there really any other choice? It just took some things to fall into place to make it happen. Full story...

Ice Tech for Navan

Navan Curling Club is looking for an Ice Technician for the upcoming season, to begin September 1. The contact is Vice President Scott Craven. More details here.

Rideau Gearing Up

Rideau Curling Club is gearing up to host the Canadian Mixed November 14-23. Chair of the event, Kim Canary, reports that plans are well underway. They are looking for a presenting sponsor, and are recruiting volunteers from the club and the curling community at large. To learn more about becoming a sponsor, contact Kim Canary. For more information or to volunteer, go to www.canadianmixed.com

A Review of the 2012-13 Season

Listed below are some of the teams who had great success at the Ontario, Quebec and Canadian Championships.

Jamie Sinclair of Manotick won the Pepsi Junior women and placed third, winning a tiebreaker, in the Canadian Juniors. Jason Camm was on the Ontario men's team, playing out of St. Thomas. They lost a tiebreaker so didn't make the playoffs.

Joyce Potter of Rideau won the Tim Hortons Masters Women, and went on to win the Canadian Masters in Thunder Bay.

Rachel Homan of Ottawa won the Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, and went on to win the Canadian Championship and won a bronze medal in the Worlds in Latvia.

Jaclyn Rivington won the Ontario Mixed Doubles, playing with Scott McDonald out of Highlands in London. At the Canadian Mixed Doubles, they lost the quarter final to the eventual winners from Quebec.

Hailey Armstrong of Perth & District Collegiate won the Ontario Gore Mutual School Curling.

Howard Rajala of Rideau won the Ontario Senior Men's championship, and won the silver medal at the Canadian Seniors in Summerside PEI.

Chris Lewis won the Ontario Junior Curling Tour Championship.

Craig Savill won the Ottawa Sports Award Male Athlete of the year 2012. Playing with Glenn Howard, the team won the bronze medal at the Tim Hortons Brier.

Jordan Mark of Winchester won the Sportsmanship award at the Pepsi Juniors.

Barb Kelly of Rideau won the Sportsmanship award at the Ontario Seniors

Ray Bushfield won the Coaching award at the Pepsi Junior Men. He was coaching Chris Lewis's team out of Huntley.

Michael Raby and his Ottawa team won the gold medal at the 2013 World Deaf Curling Championships in Switzerland.

Dwayne Lowe won the Ontario Firefighters Championship and lost in the semi final of the Canadian Championships.

On the Quebec Side, Richard Faguy of Buckingham won the Quebec Dominion curling Club Championship.

Jean-Michel Ménard won the Quebec Provincial Tankard and finished just out of the playoffs at the Tim Hortons Brier.

Agnès Charette accepted the award for the Quebec Junior Program of the Year for Buckingham Curling Club

Bonspiel Committee Members for OVCA

The Men's City of Ottawa Bonspiel and OVCA Mixed Bonspiel both need volunteers for their organizing committees. There are already people in place who look after the draw, ice allocation and sponsor recruitment. If you are interested in getting involved in any capacity, contact Elaine Brimicombe. The time commitment is not onerous, and being involved is a lot of fun.