2014 Opening Spiel
Due to a power outage on Friday night that resulted in our ice plant going offline for about 5-6 hours and our ice starting to melt, the final round of the 2013 opening spiel had to be cancelled. On top of the time the plant was off and the warm weather at the time, when the plant was brought back online it was found that one of the fan motors had failed and the plant wasn't freezing at maximum capacity. This delay in freezing the ice again not only caused the cancellation of games in the Opening Spiel but also postponed the start of league play on Sunday. Only the strong effort of the ice crew to get the ice plant back online at full capacity, flooding and then shaving the ice for hours on Sunday allowed us to get the ice back in shape and continue curling.
The fact that curling was cancelled didn't deter about 30-40 curlers from attending the prize presentation and dance with DJ Jimmy. Jimmy, as always, kept the crowd dancing through the night and fun was had by all. Also during the evening we all enjoyed fresh, hot pizza from club sign sponsor Kenny's Pizza. So, even though mother nature got involved in a very bad way, I'm sure everyone will agree that the opening spiel was great fun non-the-less and a great success. Thank you to spiel sponsor Stephen's Rona for their support, to Bonspiel Chair Kelley Laughlin for doing a great job setting up the spiel and the party on Saturday and thank you to anyone and everyone who took part and/or helped out in any way with the 2013 edition of the opening. Now the curling year is truly underway. Good curling everyone!
The fact that curling was cancelled didn't deter about 30-40 curlers from attending the prize presentation and dance with DJ Jimmy. Jimmy, as always, kept the crowd dancing through the night and fun was had by all. Also during the evening we all enjoyed fresh, hot pizza from club sign sponsor Kenny's Pizza. So, even though mother nature got involved in a very bad way, I'm sure everyone will agree that the opening spiel was great fun non-the-less and a great success. Thank you to spiel sponsor Stephen's Rona for their support, to Bonspiel Chair Kelley Laughlin for doing a great job setting up the spiel and the party on Saturday and thank you to anyone and everyone who took part and/or helped out in any way with the 2013 edition of the opening. Now the curling year is truly underway. Good curling everyone!
