Editor: Mark Romer

I don’t know about you, but I sure am glad I can enjoy

curling this winter since all other outdoor activity is a

bust (I do not include shoveling as an activity – mostly a

chore!). Anyhow, the competition season is now upon us

starting with the Calcutta this month and Shamrock in

March. Join in the fun or come and watch the action!

Vice President’s Bonspiel

The Vice President’s Bonspiel was held on January

3rd, 2019 and the 36 participants were eager to

start the New Year on our freshly resurfaced ice

sheets. Curlers of all ages from our day and

evening leagues participated in the 2 game x 4 end

draw format.

After the brooms had been stacked and celebratory

drinks poured, two teams tied for top honours.

Congratulations to skip Rick Hughes, with Claude

Tellier, Tom McPherson & Maureen Custy; and

to skip Mark Romer, with Paul Suchecki &

Cathy McKeown and to all who turned out to

compete and enjoy the evening. For more team

photos, check out our BLOG post on the MWCC

website.

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Interclub & District Bonspiel Here is a report from James Botsford: Interclub competition – Away, on Thursday, January 10th versus Glenmore

Curling Club

Results – Montreal West winning one of the four scheduled matches.

Winning team for Montreal West:

Skip: Doug Allan – 3rd: Jean Marie Martin – 2nd: Maureen Custy

Matches were followed by a luncheon ( Italian )

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Interclub competition – At home on Friday, January 18th versus Pointe

Claire Curling Club.

Results – split decision with Montreal West winning two of the four

scheduled matches.

Winning teams for Montreal West:

Skip: Doug Allan – Third: Jean-Marie Martin – Second: Maureen Custy – Lead: Randy Fraser

Skip: James Botsford – Third: Ray Dubrule – Second: Bill Bedford ( lead missing )

Montreal West hosted these matches which was then followed by a luncheon ( Beef Sakimoto )

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Interclub competition – Away, on Friday, January 25th versus Rosemere Curling Club

Results – Montreal West winning two of the three scheduled matches.

Winning teams for Montreal West:

Skip: Doug Allan – Third: Jean-Marie Martin – Second: Maureen Custy – Lead: Chip Mowat

Skip: James Botsford – Third: Ray Dubrule – Second: Peter Graham - Lead: Wayne Macdonald

Matches were followed by a Luncheon ( Seafood )

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There are 26 interclub matches throughout the curling

season (13 home and 13 away) with a 10am start time on

the ice. All MWCC members 50 years and older ( men or

women ) can sign up for these matches. The signup

sheets are in the lounge area and the cost to participate is

$12 per person

Husband to wife – “Today is a fine day."

Next day he says: “Today is a fine day.”

Again, next day, he says same thing – “Today is a fine

day."

Finally, after a week, the wife can’t take it and asks her

husband –

“Since last week, you have been saying 'Today is a fine

day.” “I am fed up. What’s the matter?”

Husband: Last week when we had an argument, you said,

“I will leave you one fine day.”

I was just trying to remind you ......”

Day Ladies Special presentation!

On Monday January28, 2019 Marc-André Robitaille from

Curling Québec presented Cathy Hughes with a plaque in

honour of her 3 years as a Governor with Curling Canada.

Congratulations, Cathy! The Day Ladies salute you and your

dedication to the sport of curling.

Day Ladies Match Report Here's a report from Susan Hussey:

2019 Curling season has begun with two new competitions:

Past President’s and Crystals. Everyone seems glad to be

back from the holidays and eager to begin a new year of curling.

These competitions will run for January and into February.

They will be followed by the Royal Montreal on Tuesdays and

the Fillies on Thursdays.

The Queen Bee ladder commenced Jan. 14 and will run until

March 18. We will then

begin play-offs and end the

season with a Skills

Competition.

I can’t understand why

women are okay that JC

Penny has an older women’s

clothing line named, “Sag

Harbor ”

Lachute Curling Club

Bonspiel

Here's a report from Joslyn

Shultz:

On Saturday, January 26,

Cathy Hughes (Skip),

Joslyn Schultz, Wendy

Yarnell and Mary Sutherland spent the day at the Lachute Curling Club, participating in their Ladies

Centennial Bonspiel. An eight-end morning game was followed by a delicious hot lunch, then a six-end

game in the afternoon. On behalf of Curling Canada, Cathy Hughes presented a plaque commemorating

100 years of Ladies Curling at Lachute. It was a wonderful day and everyone had a lot of fun.

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Bridge Groups

Here's a report from Hille Viires:

The next luncheon bridge is on Wednesday,

February 13, 2019.

All are welcome! The event is hosted by Sandra

Jones and Susan Leger. To reserve your table to

play cards or board games, sign the sheet in the

women’s locker room or email Hille Viires at

hvgk@sympatico.ca

Tuesday Bridge group continues with starting

time at12:30 PM. Come and join the fun.

Convenor: Cathy Wardlaw

Duplicate Bridge continues on Mondays at 1 PM. Convenors: Carlos da Roza: cell 438-870-7025,

carlos.daroza@gmail.com and Linda English: 514 697-9745,

I think it's pretty cool how Chinese people

made a language entirely out of tattoos.

Ladder

Here is a report from Howie Myers:

In the Past-President’s ladder on Tuesday

nights, Team Jean has overtaken Team

Grafton for the overall lead with a perfect run

in the 3rd session. With only 1 session left

before the playoffs, only 2 of the bottom 5

teams will have a shot to make the top 8!

In the Grafton Hunt ladder on Thursday

night, Team Grafton holds a slight lead

over Team Ship in the overall standings.

Once the last session of both Tuesday &

Thursday Ladders is finished, and before

the playoffs start, we will have a skins

game format on both Tuesday March 26th

& Thursday, March 28th.

A sign-up sheet will be put up shortly for

this event.

JEAN 41 GRAFTON 37

GRAFTON 39 SHIP 35

DEMPSEY 28.5 M. PHILION 33

CARTWRIGHT 28.5 R. PHILION 31

CADORETTE 27 CARTWRIGHT 26

WATSON 26.5 WEINGARTSHOFER 25.5

HALIBURTON 19.5 MARTIN 23.5

BELANGER 19.5 MYERS 23.5

DAROZA 19.5 WATSON 21.5

COHEN 18.5 DUBEAU 16

TOTEDA 18 WYATT 13.5

PP POINTS GH POINTS

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Wednesday Evening EHL

Here is a report from Claude Tellier: On January 9, 2019, we began our winter session

with 13 teams, an increase of two from the fall

session.

Among our roster of 52, we have several

newcomers, including Alain Côté, Denis Kubat,

Fred Hooper, Harvey Artsob, Joël Proulx, Liz

Codsi, Marie Falardeau, and Nicholas Haller. In

addition, some of our former members have

rejoined the EHL – Mike Simpson, Peter

Vaupshas, Greg Gelgor, Bonnie Soutar, and Mark

Romer. On behalf of the EHL executive, welcome to our group!

As always, we will need of replacement players on a weekly basis. If you are interested in some extra

playing time, please contact our Match Coordinator at match.ehl@gmail.com, and she will place you

on a team according to your skill level. Good curling!

Le 9 janvier 2019, nous avons commencé notre session d'hiver avec une liste de 13 équipes, soit une

augmentation de deux équipes par rapport à la session d'automne.

Parmi notre liste de 52 personnes, nous comptons plusieurs nouveaux arrivants, dont Alain Côté, Denis

Kubat, Fred Hooper, Harvey Artsob, Joël Proulx, Liz Codsi, Marie Falardeau, et Nicholas Haller. En

plus, certains de nos anciens membres ont rejoint la ligue du mercredi soir: Mike Simpson, Peter

EHL Standings – Jan 31, 2019

RANK TEAM TM# PTS #GP WIN TIE LOSS FORFEIT

4 Robbie Sproule 9 12 4 4 0 0 0

2 Sophie Belanger 10 12 4 4 0 0 0

9 Mark Romer 7 10 4 3 0 1 0

12 Guillaume Leboeuf 11 10 4 3 0 1 0

6 Mike Allen 1 8 4 2 0 2 0

5 Lester Shepherd 2 8 4 2 0 2 0

10 Angela Marszalek 4 8 4 2 0 2 0

7 Mike Simpson 12 8 4 2 0 2 0

3 Francois Monarque 13 7 4 2 0 1 1

8 Claude Tellier 3 5 3 1 0 2 0

11 Geneviève Lemieux 5 3 3 0 0 3 0

13 Peter Vaupshas 8 3 3 0 0 3 0

1 Karoyln Brault 6 2 3 0 0 2 1

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Vaupshas, Greg Gelgor, Bonnie Soutar, et Mark Romer. Au nom de l'exécutif de l'EHL, bienvenue dans

notre groupe!

Comme d'habitude, nous aurons besoin de joueurs de remplacement d'une semaine à l'autre. Si vous

voulez jouer des matchs supplémentaires, SVP contacter notre coordinatrice de match à

match.ehl@gmail.com, et elle vous placera dans une équipe en fonction de votre niveau de

compétence.

Bon curling!

Wilkinson Curling

Here is a report from Jim Doyle:

The second Trivia night will be held on

February 8th. Trish and Daniel

have been observed with smirks on

their faces conjuring up questions.

The Half and Half from the Trivia

night will benefit KURLING for KIDS

so we hope that all club

members come out and support this fun

evening.

Instructional

Here is a report from Jim Doyle:

The classes are progressing well and members are now talking about entering teams in the Shamrock.

The Green Singles competition will begin in February and continue to the end of the season in April.

Wilkinson Winter 2019 (as of Jan 18 )

RANK TEAM GP PTS WINS TIES

7 Jonathan Knight 4 10 3 0

9 Alex Hall 4 10 3 0

1 Ivo Duarte 4 9 2 1

2 Steven Fagen 4 8 2 0

6 Lester Shepherd 4 8 2 0

8 Jeff Cohen 4 8 2 0

3 Norm Savoie 4 8 1 2

7 Keith Kavanaugh 4 8 2 0

5 Claude Tellier 4 7 1 1

3 Mark Romer 4 7 1 1

9 Joelle Green 4 7 1 1

9 John Ford 4 6 1 0

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Junior Curling Here's a report from Jim Cochrane:

January, once again, turned out to be a busy month for our

Juniors. There were Interclub games for both the Little Rocks

and Big Rocks Interclub games. The Little Rocks played against

TMR at Glenmore. MWCC was represented by Clovis Leclerc,

Evan Meldrum, Simon Leclerc and Trevor Meldrum they

played well and displayed great sportsmanship against a clearly

younger and less experienced opponent. The Big Rocks played at

Pointe-Claire. Montreal West sent Leah Corbin-O’Kill, Nathan

Shepherd, Jeremy Shepherd and last-minute replacement

Clovis Leclerc. They played a stellar game and one of teams

won! Interclub is a great season-long event that allows for junior

curlers to play against others their age around Montreal and get a

feel for different ice at different clubs. Good luck to the teams in

February!

The marquee event of January is the annual Junior Invitational

Leprechaun Bonspiel. An event organized in partnership with

Kevin Alladin and Jim Ritchie, who put on a well-run

tournament with all the tradition, pomp and structure of a sanctioned event. There were 10 teams (2

from our Juniors) in the Recreational Division and 6 teams (including 1 of our former Juniors) in the

Competitive Division dressing up to the theme of Countries of Curling. Teams from North Grenville,

ON (Brazil) and TMR (Greece) won these competitions, respectively. Here are some of Kevin’s post-

bonspiel musings:

I would like to thank you all for your kind words regarding this year’s

Leprechaun. It was really heartfelt and humbling, the pleasure is all

mine. In fact, I should be thanking you all – Lester, Andrea, André, Jim,

all of the junior parents (including but definitely not exclusively: Tanya,

Mohan, Yoko, Denis, Sedika, Phenice, Patty, Tracey, and Charlene),

Anne, Mark W., Kari, Karl, Mirko and the entire board for the support

you have shown both me and the event. We also couldn’t have done it

without Jim Ritchie and his hard work. Thank you to the junior parents,

coaches and kids for showing the best that is Montreal West Curling

Club, and the warmth that our club has to offer.

The Leprechaun has been going on every year since 2003 – 16

consecutive years. There are not many spiels out there at any level that have that kind of longevity.

This is completely due to you all. Jim Ritchie and I have already started to plan next year’s event

– reviewing some new ideas, changes, modifications, etc. We hope you will want us to run this

again!

Lastly, we look forward to our annual fundraiser the Wankers Funspiel run by former Junior

coordinator Janet Walpole. The event is already fully booked and we look forward to an evening of fun

and sportsmanship.

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Canfir report from Chris Babajko:

Canfir is a mixed social curling league of various ages and skill levels.

We play Sunday mornings from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, followed by a light

lunch. If you are interested in sparing for Canfir, please send an email to

canfircurling@gmail.com

WMSCL - Here are the current standings from Anthony Altobello:

Even though there was a blizzard raging outside, I made it the half-mile to the bakery, where I

asked the owner for six rolls.

“Your wife must like rolls,” he said.

“How do you know these are for my wife?” I asked.

“Because your mother wouldn’t send you out in weather like this.”

Please take a moment

to check out Canfir’s

Facebook Page for the

latest buzz about our

league and the curling

world. While you’re

there, don’t forget to

“Like” our page.

WMSCL (as of jan 20 )

RANK TEAM WIN TIE LOSS DEF POINTS

1 Mike Simpson 11 0 2 0 35

2 James Botsford 10 0 3 0 33

3 Jonathan Knight 7 0 6 0 27

3 Angie Marszalek 7 0 6 0 27

5 Glenna Jacobs 5 1 7 0 24

6 Andre Lepine 4 0 9 0 21

6 Michael McKeown 4 0 9 0 21

8 Richard Hughes 3 1 9 0 20

CANFIR Standings (as of Jan 13)

RANK TEAM # WIN LOSS TIE PTS

1 5. Rob Williams 7 3 0 24

2 1. Bob LeMesurier 5 4 2 23

3 4. Pierre Cadorette 4 5 2 21

3 2. Danny Boyd 5 4 1 21

3 6. Howie Myers 5 4 1 21

6 3. Luc Arseneau 4 5 0 17

7 7. Sophie Belanger 3 7 0 16