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Schedule
Welcome to all new teams and members, new curlers and all our
returning curlers. While a few faces are familiar, new teams this
year include:
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Thompson rink (Sharon Thompson, Joe
MacDonald, Jen Immerson and Ken Immerson)
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Bradbury rink (Eric Bradbury, Julie
Johnson, Richard Davis and Charlotte Davis)
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Fransky rink (Eric Fransky, Sandra Lusk,
Steve Hall and Janet Hall), and
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Richardson rink (Greg Richardson, Jennifer
Quaile, Rob Kanasy and Cynthia Czarnecki).
Welcome also Paul & Yvonne Cormier, and Art Ridgeway. If I have
missed any other new members, welcome to you as well and my
apologies for missing you.
The Friday Mixed League consists of 20 teams. The season includes a
total of 20 nights of league games and every team has 4 byes
throughout the season. For scheduling purposes, the season is split
into two rounds and game schedules are provided at the beginning of
each round. Please provide bye requests for Round 2 no later than
the first week of December.
We are a social curling league and each team plays most of the other
teams once throughout the entire curling season. In addition to the
league games, there are two fun spiels during the second round, a
Christmas party with a modest gift exchange, and a year-end banquet
where the final standings for the year are announced and there are
prizes for all who attend.
All teams want to play 8 ends. Expeditious play is the solution.
With the exception of the skip rocks, all players should be in the
hack with their rock cleaned and ready to throw the instant that
their opponent’s rock comes to rest. Being quick at getting into the
hack and cleaning your rock each member to see their opponent's rock
finish. If everyone can reduce the time it takes to throw the lead,
second and third rocks by five (5) seconds per rock, eight (8)
minutes a game can be saved. That is the difference it makes to
starting the 8th end or not.
There is no need to neatly store all the rocks after an end. Most
curlers can read and count and can select their own rock from the
pile. Simply push the rocks to their respective corners and let the
lead throw the first rock. If you want to store the rocks in order,
it can be done during the 20 seconds when the opponent’s rock is
going down the sheet.
A bell system is in place to ensure the 9:15 games start on time.
The bell sounds during the 7:05pm games at 8:50pm. All sheets are to
be vacated by 9:05pm so the 9:15pm games can start on time. Once the
bell sounds, teams complete the end that is in progress and do NOT
start another end. As long as one rock is 'in play' the end is
considered to be in progress. To be ‘in play’, the rock must have
been released from the players hand. There is no bell for the 9:15pm
games (if one sounds, it can be ignored). All teams play the same
number of early and late games.
The only ice available for make up games and practice time are
Tuesday’s at 9:15pm. Also available this year is the 7pm draw on
October 7th due to an extra night in schedule. Sheets must be
reserved by filling in the sheet posted in the upstairs cloak room
to ensure that the ice will be prepared for your game. Make up games
can also be scheduled the nights of the Fun Spiels in Round 2 if
necessary. Teams are encouraged to make up their games and avoid
unnecessary defaults.
The Friday Mixed League is self-funded and a social fee of $10 is
collected from each member near the beginning of the season which
helps subsidize the year end banquet. Tickets for the Christmas
party will be available for purchase mid to late November and
tickets for the year-end banquet will be available near the end of
the season.
Also, the weekly 50/50 draw will be run again this year. Half the
contributions of the 50/50 draw go to the draw winner each week and
the other half of the contributions help subsidize the year-end
banquet.
The 50/50 draw operates on the honour system. A bag containing the
50/50 tickets and envelopes for storing the money each week is kept
behind the bar. The last team to buy tickets should count and split
the money in half and place the monies in the envelopes provided.
The winning ticket number should be written on the 50/50 winners
sheet posted on the Friday Mixed board. Members not present when the
ticket is drawn can then check the board the following week. If the
weekly winner is not present when the ticket is drawn, the winner's
envelope should be placed in the bag and can be claimed at the bar
the following week.
50/50 winnings unclaimed by the end of the season will be re-drawn
at the season-end banquet. Note: For accounting purposes, please
ensure the 50/50 results each week is recorded in the file folder in
the 50/50 bag.
Any player hogging a rock must pay the piggy 25 cents. There is a
maximum of 2 rocks, or 50 cents. The piggy is stored with the 50/50
bag. All money raised from hogged rocks helps subsidize the year-end
party.
(a) A team shall include a minimum of two
players from the original team.
(b) Any member of the Carleton Heights Curling Club may act as a
spare for another team at any time as required.
(c) The spare must be playing in place of a paid member.
(d) A non-member may be invited into the Carleton Heights
Curling Club to curl as a spare on three (3) occasions free of
charge during a season. Following the three (3) free games, the
individual will be required to obtain a club membership in order
to curl in club leagues.
(e) A spare may only deliver stones in either the Lead or Second
positions in the delivery rotation of the team. A spare may act
as Skip or Vice-Skip while in the Lead or Second positions in
the delivery rotation of the team.
Exceptions to (e) are permitted in the Friday
Mixed League with the consent of the opposing team when the original
member of the team cannot be reasonably expected to play in a higher
team position. Please respect fellow members' strengths and
limitations, as appropriate, for league play.
Please make the most of your membership by participating in the
league events and supporting your curling club. I'm looking forward
to a wonderful curling season with everyone. Good curling to all!
Kathryne Jessup
Friday Mixed League Coordinator
Carleton Heights Curling Club
email: redkatiej@gmail.com
home phone: 613-843-9411
work phone: 613-580-2424, ext. 27515 (urgent matters only please!)
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