It as another hugely successful CC Computer Solutions Sweetheart Spiel this year when it took place at the club on February 10 and 11. There were a total of ten ladies teams that took part in the two day event and there was lots of great curling, fun, prizes and great food. Play got underway on Friday evening at 6pm and saw all teams play their first games of the event that night. Everyone was treated to a wine and cheese reception with the wine being donated by Schooner members Russell Fitzgerald and Martin Campbell, a longstanding tradition that started at the first Sweetheart. There was also a variety of dips, finger foods and sweets that everyone could enjoy that were brought by various club members and spiel participants.
Play resumed on Saturday morning with all teams playing two games on that day. Scoring was done based on a point basis with three points up for grabs for each win and two points available for every end you won. At the end of the day, all points accumulated would be tallied to determine a winner. In the case of a tie, plus/minus for points scored versus given up was also recorded with a maximum of plus five for each game. The Joanne Hunston rink of Sydney was our overall winner, having a near perfect event with three wins against no losses and only losing four ends for the entire spiel. Joining skip Hunston was Donna Arseneau, Mary Lou Andrea and Lois Higgins. They took home the coveted Sweetheart Sweatshirts. Second place was taken by another team from the Sydney Curling Club, the Marie Young rink. Marie was also 3-0 in the event but did not accumulate as many points as Hunston. Schooner's Carrie Cress took third spot, one point behind Young. Cress had two wins in three games, the only blemish being a loss to spiel winner Hunston and her squad. Skip Marie Young was joined by Joan Latimer, Cynthia Boutilier and Dianne Penney while Carrie Cress was aided by Julia Cormier, Jenn Haigh and Georgette Sparkes. Rounding out the top five were the Brittni Fernandes rink and the Lorraine McPhee rink. Fernandes team also had Amanda MacAulay, Val MacIntyre and Genevieve Andrea while skip McPhee was joined by Heather LeBlanc, Katherine Shaw and Leanna Campbell-MacDonald. Congratulations to our winners.
Saturday not only saw a lot of great curling, there was lots of great food to keep the curlers and guests fueled up for the day. We started with breakfast of muffins, fruit and biscuits and later that day all curlers were treated to a Chinese food dinner from the New Moon restaurant. Overall, a great day and a great spiel that was topped off with lots of prizes to be won by all the curlers. A big thank you goes out to Lynn Kelly for spearheading the event again this season and to everyone who helped her in planning and running the spiel. Thank you to returning sponsor, CC Computer Solutions for their continued support, to Martin and Russell for once again supplying the wine for Friday night's wine and cheese, to everyone who made and brought something to be enjoyed by the curlers and guests throughout the weekend, to the bartenders, ice crew, housekeeping and to anyone else who helped in any way. And last, but certainly not least, thank you to all the ladies who joined us to compete in the spiel. We hope to see you all back again next season.
Teams and Schedule Posted below
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Dinner on Saturday
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Schedule
Friday
Time:
6:00 PM
Ice 1 - Kelly v Cress
Ice 2 -
7:30 PM
1. Laughlin v McPhee
2. Young v Livingstone
9:00 PM
Ice 1 - Fernandes v Gallivan
Ice 2 - Hunston v Gale
Saturday
Time:
9:00 AM
Ice 1 - Kelly v Young
Ice 2 - Livingstone v McPhee
11:00 AM
Ice 1 - Cress v Hunston
Ice 2 - Gallivan v Laughlin
1:00 PM
1. Gale v Fernades
2. Livingstone v Kelly
3:00 PM
Ice 1 - Young v McPhee
Ice 2 - Laughlin v Hunston
5:00 PM
Ice 1 - Fernandes v Cress
Ice 2 - Gale v Gallivan
Prize Presentations will follow the last game.
Good Curling Everyone
