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Schedule
Standings
League Procedures
Spare List
Welcome back to all returning curlers and please welcome Luke
Morton, Ron Ruffo, Eric Stinson and Bob Brault who have joined our
league.
Our league size will remain at 20 teams (we had to turn away six
teams that expressed interest in joining our league).
We will continue with the format we used last year. There will be a
total of three rounds of curling. The first two rounds will consist
of 10 nights each and all teams will play 8 games and have 2 byes.
The third round will consist of 5 nights and all teams will play 4
games and have 1 bye. Three teams will be promoted and demoted from
each of the two divisions after each of the first two rounds. The
last round will consist of 4 divisions of 5 teams. The teams will
have been ranked based on last year’s final standings and subsequent
promotions and demotions.
We can accommodate a limited number of bye requests on a first come
first served basis prior to the first night of curling for each
round.
The bell ringing arrangement will be the same as last year.
As initiated last year the bell for the 5 pm games will sound at
6:40 pm. They are to vacate the ice no later than 6:55 pm. Our games
will start at 7:05 pm. The bell will sound at 8:50 pm and all sheets
are to be vacated by 9:05 pm and the next games will start at 9:15
pm.
Once the bell sounds teams complete the end that is in progress and
will 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 player’s hand.
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. If you can reduce the time it
takes to throw the lead, second and third rocks by five (5) seconds
per rock you will save eight (8) minutes a game. That is usually the
differential between starting and not starting the 8th end before
the bell sounds.
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 neatly store the rocks in
a specific order it can be done during the 20 seconds when the
opponent’s rock is going down the sheet.
At the moment the only ice available for make up games will be
Tuesday at 9 pm. Sheets must be reserved by filling in the sheet
posted in the upstairs cloak room. This puts an even bigger onus on
all teams to try and play all games as scheduled to avoid the
possibility of defaults.
A 50-50 Draw ill be conducted again this year. Weekly contributions
from the Monday Night Open League will be combined with weekly
contributions from the Thursday Night Open League and a draw will be
made Thursday night after the 9 pm draw.
Half the contributions will go to the draw winner and half the
contributions will go to a fund to subsidize the end of the year
party and prizes.
(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.
Please see the Spares List for a list of
spares and curlers wishing to join a team.
Again this year we will measure and record a draw to the button. The
draw to the button will be used as a tie breaker tool for
determining placement in the standing (Please see
Thursday Open
procedures for details). The measurements will be taken during the
first few weeks of the schedule.
Good curling everyone.
Richard Davis
Carleton Heights Curling Club
Thursday Open League Coordinator
ph 613 843 8465 |
