Turkey Spiel
Congratulations to Our Winners
Joe Erickson
Kathy Gale
Alex Turner
Marnie MacDonald
The Schooner Curling Club's annual Holiday tradition, the Keltic Kubota Turkey Spiel, was held at the club from December 9-11. A full roster of sixteen teams, eight in the Thursday division and eight on Friday, took part, the first time in a while we have seen a spiel run with a full slate of teams. We are certainly thankful that we were able to run this event before Covid caused government to impose more restrictions and limit play at the club.
Thursday night's opening games had the club filled with participants and spectators alike and Friday was much the same. On Friday night, everyone in attendance was entertained with an open mic night. Saturday was a full day of curling as all teams played two games each that day. Curlers were treated to lunch on Saturday to help keep energy levels up all day long. Heading into the final draw of the day, the Joe Erickson rink held a pretty commanding lead overall and it looked like they were a shoe in for first place. The Wally MacDonald rink had a chance to catch and pass them for first but would need to win their final game and take all six ends to garner enough points to capture the top prize. A monumental task for sure but one that MacDonald and his team almost accomplished, taking the game but falling just short of pulling off the upset, only winning five out of the six ends. MacDonald finished one point behind Erickson's rink who took first and won the Holiday Turkeys. Joining skip Joe Erickson was Kathy Gale and first-year Schooner members Alex Turner and Marnie MacDonald. Skip MacDonald was joined by Justin Humphrey, Gerard Polegatto and Paul 'Delio' Delassandro. Close behind in third place was the Lynn Kelly rink with skip Lynn, Eric MacLeod, Bernadette Cormier and Colleen MacLeod. Rounding out top five was the team of Richard Lorway, Lonnie Howe, Alison Grapes and Connie Howe in fourth and Keith MacEachern, Bob Smith, Tommy Youden and newcomer Kyriakos Michelakis taking fifth.
After a great weekend of curling, the spiel was capped off by a Holiday dance with music by DJ Jimmy. This was the first social event like this since the start of the pandemic. It was a great night and there was a big crowd that stuck around to party and ring in the Holiday season.
A big thank you goes out to everyone who took part, especially all of the first year Schooner members and those from outside the Schooner ranks that joined us. Thank you also to the Spiel Committee for a great job in planning, organizing and running the event and to everyone else who helped out in any way. Without the hard work of our volunteers, events like this would not be possible. We also want to send out a huge thanks for spiel sponsor, Keltic Kubota, for the generous support. We hope everyone had a great time and will join us next year for the 2022 Turkey Spiel.
Rosters and Schedules are posted below
December 9-11
$20 per Player - Open to Everyone
Choose to play one game on either Thursday or Friday Evening and play two games on Saturday.
Lots of fun, food and prizes. You could even win your Holiday turkey!
No curling experience necessary - We supply what you need to play
Contact the club for more info or to register.
Sponsored By:
Thursday/Saturday
Skip - Peter MacIntyre
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Skip - Cal Thistle
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Skip - Richard Lorway
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Skip - Keith MacEachern
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Skip - Wally MacDonald
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Skip - Gordie Cormier
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Skip - Russell Fitzgerald
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Skip - Gary Landry
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Friday/Saturday
Skip - Donna MacNeil
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Skip - Sid Murray
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Skip - Lynn Kelly
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Skip - Frances Ford
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Skip - Soren Dueck
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Skip - Rick WIndsor
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Skip - Walter Nichols
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Skip - Joe Erickson
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