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May 8, 2008

 

 

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Team Change for Joyce Potter
Cheryl McBain will be joining Joyce Potter's senior women's team next season. She will take over skipping duties from Joyce, who will now play third. Second is Janelle Sadler and lead Diana Favel.


Richmond Bonspiel Winners
Dave Van Dine of Rideau won the main event of the Richmond Bonspiel, with Karen Corkery, Steve Doty and Claudette Bockstael. Warren Reddick is presenting the trophy. For a list of other winners and more pictures, click here.

Changes at OVCA
Lily Ooi is the new Events Coordinator at the OVCA, replacing Kris Schulz. More details on the OVCA website.

Golf Tournament
Many curling clubs have golf tournaments during the summer. The OVCA golf tournament is on Friday May 30th at Upper Canada Golf course. It's open to all curlers. Click here to download the poster.

Curling Shots of the Year

CurlTV has on video what they consider to be 20 of the best curling shots this season.

New Committee for City Bonspiel
The City of Ottawa Men's Bonspiel has a new group dedicated to making the 2009 bonspiel another great success. Eldon Scott remains chair of the committee. To see who's who, visit the City of Ottawa Bonspiel website

Elaine Brimicombe leads OVCA Mixed Committee
The new chair of the OVCA Mixed committee is Elaine Brimicombe of the RA. To see who else is on the committee, see the OVCA Mixed Website.


OCA Spring Zone Meetings
The last of the Zone meetings is tonight at RCMP at 7:30 pm.

SuperSpiel Qualifer
The entry form is now available for the OVCA Junior SuperSpiel Qualifier which runs October 18-19 in North Grenville. See the Qualifier website for the entry form and more details.

Officiating Course
The OCA is offering officiating courses on September 6 (Level 1) and September 7 (Level 2) at North Grenville. Register through Curl Ontario.

Rogers TV Bursary Program
The Rogers Sports Zone Development Fund is a bursary program that offers a total of $10,000.00 to exemplary young men and women who are making their mark in Ottawa's high school sports community. The
bursaries are available to qualified local students who excel not only sports, but also in leadership, academics and community involvement. Application deadline is May 16. Application form

Team Howard Fantasy Camp
Held in Guelph September 26-28th. Their mission: "to ensure that this camp is the greatest curling experience of your life! Whether you are looking for help with your slide, your strategy, or you just want to enjoy some curling stories in the hospitality suite, this camp has something for everyone." Website