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Celebrating50 Years

of competition, funand friendship!

ANNIVERSARY1964–2014

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Manager’s MESSAGE

T he Campbell River Curling Club is the heart of Campbell River’s Curling community. Our club is currently home to

350 members of all ages. We currently run with 17 draws a week that includes the following leagues: Competitive Mixed, Senior Mixed & Senior Competitive, Open, Ladies, Men, Social, Novice and Hangover. All leagues run 6 days a week with Bonspiels pushing to 7 days a week when required. The Curling Club has the ability to increase our membership and would love the opportunity to do so. We have an open door policy that welcomes anyone to drop in and we will do our best to give you a chance to “try curling”. We run free learn-to-curl clinics twice a year in September and again in the springtime. Curling is an affordable sport with an average cost of $6 an hour. We have a well-stocked Pro Shop inside the club where you can purchase anything and everything you may need. Our curling season starts the beginning of October and runs through to the end of March. Curling is a great 2nd sport for golfers and baseball players. If you would like to have your company participate in a fun spiel, we would love to help you plan that. The cost is $350 + tax for 4 hours or $750 + tax for a full day event. This includes our entire facility with staff. Although this club is owned by the membership it is 100% open to the public and everyone is welcome.

On the Cover: Junior Robbie Krysl in the semi-final at the 2013 Ralph Boyd Men’s Open.

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50th ANNIVERSARY

SUSAN JOHNSONAdministrator/Bar Manager

Please consider stopping in on our 50th Anniversary open house on February 22nd for a free coffee/snack and have a look around or even consider throwing a rock. If you have any questions in regards to the Campbell River Curling Club, please feel free to contact me at 250-287-4200 or email crcurl@shaw.ca We look forward to seeing you!

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Join us February 22, 2014for our celebration!

11:00 AM• Opening Ceremonies (Bagpipes)• Andy Adams, City Council Rep• Parade• Drop-in All-Day Curling• All Day Slide Presentation• On-going Curling Games

2:00PM• Larry Taylor, President• Andy Adams, City Council Rep• Kari Mathew• Terry Kratzmann• Susan Johnson, Manager• Cake Cutting by Original Members

4:00 - 8:00PM• Reception - Appys• Bar is Open (starting at 11am)

Free coff ee provided byTim Hortons, who are also celebrating their 50th Anniversary and complimentary goodies provided by club members11 am to 3 pm.

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Open HouseEVENTS

Club OPEN HOUSE

The Curling Rink will be hosting an OPEN HOUSEon Saturday, February

22nd to celebrate their 50th Anniversary. Everyone is welcome, young and old, as well as curlers from past and present. If you ever wondered what that long white building on Dogwood Street is all about, then come down for a visit and fi nd out! You can view the facilities, enjoy a cup of coff ee and a snack and even throw a few rocks with the help of our instructors, all for free! Th ere will be a slide show running upstairs as well as downstairs. Check out the pro shop and watch a few curling games by our local curlers. We will have two offi cial openings, one in the morning and one in the aft ernoon with some original shareholders doing the honours, cake cutting and, of course, bagpipes. For 50 years the Curling Club has survived with the

enthusiasm and involvement of all its members and is still owned by its shareholders. Make sure to check out our website www.crcurl.com or our facebook page, for lots of information on our club, people, history and more! Hope to see you there!!!

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We can deliver sandwiches and soups,fruit or veggie trays, chili’s or stews, desserts

and much more.

Call ahead for great homemade food!

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The Campbell River Curling Club is open to the public with no membership required.

Come in and enjoy refreshments in the lounge or a delicious meal in our CHILLY

WILLY’S café which off ers delicious weekly meal and drink specials.

Become familiar with curling by watching a game through our viewing area. If you are unfamiliar with the game, someone here will be happy to explain it to you. Catch your favourite sport on our big screen television or have a game of pool, darts or shuffl eboard in a super

friendly atmosphere. Although our mainstay is curling we also have a

fantastic venue to host parties. We can accommodate a banquet dinner for up to 150 people, including full bar

service. We rent our banquet facility for an amazing price of $300 + tax. So if you are planning a wedding, birthday, retirement, anniversary,

Christmas and/or a party then consider our hall for your event.

CONGRATULATIONS!Wishing the Campbell River Curling Club

50 more successful years!

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ClubFACILITIES

1965 Pacific Coast Ladies Curling Champions Kathy Enns, Louise Monteith, Frankie Serjeant, Jean Barber

and came in third at the Canadian National Championship in Calgary. Throughout the years, the club has hosted several zone playdowns, the 1994 BC Fire Fighters annual event, 1997 Provincial Mixed, 1997 B.C. Winter Games and the 2004 Provincial Senior Mens Championship. The club has honoured several life members including Mrs. B. Mitchell, Mrs. I. Watkins, Mrs. J. Rydeen, Ralph Boyd and Art De’Ath. Ralph Boyd

was recognized for outstanding achievements for the betterment of curling. He was a past President of PCCA, CCA and a member of Curling Hall of Fame and life member of the Governor General Curling Club. Offered at the club are curling clinics for beginners and advance curlers, coaches clinics, officials courses and

The Campbell River and District Winter Club, now know as the Campbell River

Curling Club, opened its doors in January 1964 with George Crossland as the first president. The founding members were Arnold Cameron, Duke Kersey, Mary Kersey, Tom Richardson, Elenor Geise and Ralph Boyd. Three hundred memberships were sold for $100 each which allowed the club to obtain a $40,000 mortgage to build a new, four-sheet curling rink. The club was built for about $75,000 and in 1977 the mortgage was paid in full. In February 1964, the population of Campbell River was 3,737 and 500 people used the new facility that year, which meant almost every seventh person in town was a curler. The rink also provided public skating for the community – 7 weeks during the year, 3 weeks before and after curling and 1 week at Christmas. The first major event hosted was the BC Mixed Championship in 1965 which was won by skip Barry Naimark of Vancouver. In 1968 Campbell River’s local fire fighters team, skipped by Bill McIntosh, won the Provincials

Campbell River Curling Club

50th ANNIVERSARY

Congratulations

To the Campbell River Curling Club on their50th Anniversary!

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Congratulations on celebrating

50 years of curling!

instruction for junior curlers. The very active Junior Program is for children 8 and up. It was started by Colleen Maga in 1990. For 50 years the Curling Club has survived with the enthusiasm and involvement of all its members and is one of the few 4 sheet curling clubs remaining totally owned by its shareholders.

Club HISTORY

1965 Provincial Ladies Provincial Champions Margo Conti, Connie Perriman, Sharon Redmond, Sheila Gurney, Coach Dick Knowles

1982 ~ Mens Club Champions (L-R)Milt Lansiedel, Don Perriman, Dean Thulin, Kris Perriman

2009 ~ Art De’Ath & Marg Walker have been curling partners for many years.

1982-83 Winter Games Gold Medalists (L-R) Brian Sterling,Mike Wykes, Coach Terry Kratzmann, Randy Carswell, Shelby Piggott 1983 ~ Stella Nickel

1991 ~ Garry Mitchell

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Ralph Boyd, an avid curler, was a founding member of both the Comox Valley and Campbell River Curling

Clubs. He served as President of the Campbell River Curling club, Vancouver Island Curling Association, Pacifi c Coast Curling Association and the Canadian Curling Association. Ralph was inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in 1987 under the Builder category. In 1994 Ralph was awarded membership into the Governor General’s Curling Club and was presented with a red jacket and pin at the 1994 Annual General Meeting of the Pacifi c Coast Curling Association. A fi ercely competitive player, he thoroughly enjoyed the fellowship of the game and the many friends he made locally and across the country from his association with the CCA and 25 year attendance at the Brier.

The Rare 8 Ender is a perfect score within a single end of team curling.

In an end, both sides throw eight rocks, and in an eight-ender, all eight rocks from one team score points. Eight-enders are extremely rare in competitive curling and are analogous to a perfect game in baseball or a perfect game in bowling (300). Eight-enders are so rare that the Canadian Curling Association has an award to recognize any eight-endersscored in Canada.

1964 ~ Mary Morgan, Jessie Jones, Helen Comeau and Anne Boydhave the 1st 8 ender in the new rink.

Aubrey Neff , a fi refi ghter from Vancouver, started the BC Firefi ghters Curling

Association and the Canadian

Firefi ghters Curling Association

in 1958. Th e Canadian

Firefi ghters Curling

Association partners with Muscular Dystrophy Canada to raise funds during the provincial playdowns and National Championships. Playdowns are held in every province and territory in Canada to declare representatives for the Canadian Championship. Th is year Manitoba will host the 55th games from March 26 - April 5. Competition is restricted to those in the fi re service. Th e Th ulin Rink has won the Provincials fi ve times, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2014. In 2010 they went on to win the Canadian Championship.

BC FIREFIGHTERSOne man’s dream remains a reality for all who continue to champion his cause...

2010 Canadian Fire� ghters Championship winners (L-R), Director Tom Kelly,

Skip: Dean � ulin, 3rd: Ken Dawson, 2nd: Rob Robinson, Lead: Rick McFarlane

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Congratulations to theCampbell River

Curling Clubon celebrating

50 years.

We wish them50 more to come!

Junior CURLING

Started by Colleen Maga in 1990, the Junior curling league was know as “Th e Little Rocks” and

were youth curlers from the ages of 7 to 12 years. Th ey used rocks that were half the size of a normal one to make things a little easier for the kids. Now the smaller rocks are replaced with regulation size rocks and the name was changed to the Junior Curling League. Th e future of curling lies with our ju-

nior curlers. Curling is a great winter sport for kids who don’t play hockey but love to be on the ice. Come out and give it a try, you never know how much fun you will have! Th ere is practice and coaching time for Juniors and new curlers on Tuesday and Th ursday at 3:30pm for free but the Junior program runs on Mondays at 5:15 to 6:45pm for ages 8 and up.

Over the years we have had many curlers participate as individuals but we have also had many that have passed the love of the sport down through their generations.Emi Koizumi is 90 years old and stillcurling strong with her grandson Kobe, daughter Eileen and son Ernie.

Family AFFAIR

2012 ~ Koizumi Family

1982 ~ Pat, Jim & Irma Riley1993 ~ Alvin, Peggy, Teresa & Rob Hobenshield

2006 ~ Glen, Vic, Rob & Wendy Vlaj

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Nicole McCurrie puts mom and dad (Sharon and Kevin McCurrie) to work, with her brother, Clayton, calling the shot from the other end. The McCurries turned the sea-

son-ending Campbell River Mixed Bonspiel into a family affair over the weekend and fared relatively well at the event, making it to the B final. “I think the parents held

them back,” was Kevin McCurrie’s answer when asked why they weren’t in the A final.

Terry FarrellSports Editor

Husbands and wives, friends and acquaintances and even an entire family made up the rinks playing in the final draw at the season-ending Mixed Open at the Campbell River Curling Club on Sunday.Fun was had by all and even a trend was bucked, as a Campbell River squad defeated a Courtenay rink in the A Event final.

Generally speaking, the hosts play a more congenial role when it comes to Campbell River bonspiels.Not this time.

Courtenay’s Randy Veitch, with Kim Jonsson as his third, Craig Bernes as second and Joanne Seppala at lead, had their way with Campbell River rinks, until they got to the main event.

They beat four local teams to make it to the A final, getting past Bill Essau, Chris Veary, Dean Thulin and Glen Vlaj.

But the hospitality ended in the championship draw, as the Campbell River rink of Lyle Boyce, with Lonnie Schopp third, Don Pennell, second, and Darlene Sloan throwing lead rocks, put a halt to the Courtenay domina-tion. And it was done in rather convincing fashion. Boyce scored four in the third end to take a 4-2 lead and never looked back, posting a 7-3 victory.The Boyce rink beat Ron Root, Terry Hastings and Ray Michell to get to the championship match.The most intriguing rink on the ice for the Sunday afternoon draw was playing in the B final.The McCurries turned the weekend into a family affair, as Clayton and Nicole – two of the club’s promis-ing juniors – teamed up with mom and dad, Sharon and Kevin, for the bonspiel. Clayton skipped and Nicole was third, with mom and dad carrying the front end. It was a rare opportunity for the kids to repeatedly tell the parents to sweep and clean and the younger generation was enjoy-ing every minute of it.“I think we’re holding them back,” laughed Kevin, when asked why the team wasn’t one sheet over, in the A final.

The McCurries faced Daryl Smith’s rink (Dodie Braithwaite, Paul Dashkawytch, Lynn Dashkawytch) in the B final.

The family foursome started well but had a disastrous finish. The McCurries led 5-3 after five ends, only to have Smith score three in the six and steal three in the seventh for a 9-5 victory.

The Courtenay rinks earned a measure of revenge in the C and D finals.Ron Root (Colleen Robson, Don Robson, Linda Lee Root) beat the Campbell River rink of Tom and Pat Veary, along with Ron and Bonnie Reynolds, 7-2 in the C final.

Another Courtenay rink, skipped by Wayne Harris, won the D event against the only female-skipped rink in the final draw. Gail Brulotte needed to draw to the four foot to force an extra end, but crashed on a guard, allowing Harris to steal one in the eighth for a 6-4 final score.

Boyce bucks a trend at season-ending Mixed Open Bonspiel

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Junior CURLING

Juvenile teams are from 11 - 16 years of age. Th e Stoyles rink, coached by Fred Davis, competed in the CR

Men’s Bonspiel earlier this month and were playing in the “C” event fi nal - they placed second in this event. Th ey won the Nanaimo and Campbell River Junior bonspiels this year. Th ey also play in the Wednesday night men’s league and are doing quite well against the bigger and more experienced men. With Alx as skip, Robbie Krysl as third, Andrew Corkum as second andStephen Herbertas lead.

1989 ~ Chris Hill Rink

Longest Marathon CurlingOctober 11-13, 2012

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Fun TIMESGuaranteed at the Curling Club!

GuinnessWORLD RECORD

Just aft er 10 p.m. Saturday, October 12, 2012, ten Campbell

River Curling Club compatriots secured a place in history aft er a marathon match which saw the curlers play 228 ends and rock their way into the Guinness Book of World Records. With the hard work and eff orts of the event organizers, Susanne Grundison, Al Wall and Cody Hall and the ten curlers Cody Hall, Andrew Veldhuis,

Paul Mansueto, Rhys Mansueto, Ed Mullen, Mike Fowler, Paul Miller, Cliff Carr-Hilton, Trevor McClung and John

LaPointe began their game with the goal of beating the standing record held by the Dumfries Curling Club in Scotland at61 hours, 39 minutes and33 seconds. Each player was allowed a two-hour break every eight hours and, because they were not permitted to leave, had to bunk down in a makeshift dorm with a view of the ice. A fundraiser was held in conjunction which raised over $15,000 for local charities.

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Stick & Special Needs CURLING

In the past few years the concept of delivering a rock with a “stick” has really caught hold. For some, kneeling down in the hack to deliver a

curling rock has become a chore due to bad knees, backs or hips which keeps them from returning to curling. Th e answer to the problem is delivering a rock with a stick. Come out and try it! Th ere is also curling available at the Campbell River Curling Club for Special Needs under the auspices of Th e Special Olympics. For more information, contact Susan Johnson.

Don’t know how to curl but want to try?No problem!

Th e Campbell River Curling Club hosts free curling clinics during the pre season but curling instruction is available at any time throughout the curling season.

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50th ANNIVERSARY

Original MEMBERSThe Campbell River Curling Club would like you to meet 5 of our original shareholders who are curling to this day. These 5 individuals still love the competition andfriendships curlingbrings.

Volunteer PROFILES Every club has extraordinary volunteers and the curling club is no exception. These volunteers stay on year after year. Without their help, the club would not beas strong as it is.

Graeme had never curled before and started here in 1966and curled until about 1975. As a businessman, he could only take part in the evening so he had to quit for a few years and came back to curl with the seniors approx. 15 years ago. Before the kitchen was built, they brought in a propane grill and used it outside the door. Later on, the men volunteered in the kitchen during the ladies bonspiel, serving them breakfast and lunch. It kept the club going as it didn’t cost as much as having a caterer. No one would climb up and paint the walls over the ice so he did it. Graeme painted the walls and stained the doors.

GRAEME STRACHAN

Jackie curled in Courtenay for 2 ½ years before there was a club here. Once the club opened in Campbell River, she curled here. She took a few years off for different reasons but rejoined in 1986 and has curled ever since. She was President for a year and Secretary for the winter club for a couple of years. In those years, everyone smoked on the ice. There were ashtrays at each end. After a day or two of curling during a bonspiel, there was dense smoke everywhere. They were a very active ladies club - everyone chipped in doing the banquets and entertaining.

JACKIE LANGDON

Ross curled here at the beginning and then took a leave until the late 1970’s, when he started curling again. In 1968, Ross was the lead on the BC Firefighters team that won the Provincial Championship in Kamloops. They placed third at the Canadian National Championship in Calgary. Other team members were Bill McIntosh, skip, Henry Enns, third and Terry Clooten, second. Ross continues and enjoys curling on a regular basis.

ROSS SPIERS

Ken originally curled in a small town on the prairies onnatural ice. He started curling here in 1964 and has been curling ever since. He played in the first mixed bonspiel. The early sixties brought many changes to Campbell River. A meeting was called to discuss building a curling rink here. Discussion was, do we build a two-sheet rink as the town is quite small? It was decided we have four sheets of ice, as this town was growing.

KEN CHASE

Joan curled in High School in Barrhead, Alberta. “We wereso happy to have our own building and not have to travel to Courtenay. It was so popular they had baby sitters upstairs to take care of the kids so the parents could curl. They would have to decide at the beginning of the year what colour their team sweaters would be. During their bonspiel, the costumes and skits were very entertaining. The brooms have sure changed over the years from corn brooms and beaver tail brooms, to what we have today. The old brooms used to make a snapping sound. They donated their trophies to the juniors. The men’s league used to run the bar, so on Sat. night they were there quite late. They went back in the morning to clean up and sometimes, there were people asleep in the back.”

JOAN PALMER

Larry started curling in Gold River many years ago and found it to be a very enjoyable and social sport. He moved to Campbell River in 1998 and joined the seniors curling. Larry has been on the Board of Directors for several years and served as Club President for the past 4 years. He is pleased with the volunteers’ work in maintaining and operating the facility. The club has hosted some major bonspiels and functions in our community, which would not have been done without our volunteers and staff. We welcome the public to drop in anytime and see what our club is all about.

LARRY TAYLOR

John joined the Campbell River Curling Club in the late 70’s, andloved the game so much he became a shareholder. He was elected tothe board of directors and has spent roughly 26 years on the board. The club is 100% owned by its shareholders and takes countless of volunteer hours to keep the club running. The Campbell River club is one of the most successful 4 sheet curling clubs in BC and our volunteers can be very proud of that accomplishment. John would like to thank each and every volunteer no matter how insignificant it may have seemed your help is always greatly appreciated. Keep up the good work.

JOHN LaPOINTE

Wylie started curling in Campbell River in 1980 after moving from Prince George. He started curling in fun spiels and later curled in the mixed league for ten years. Wylie joined the Men’s and senior league after his retirement in 1999. In 2004, he was approached about setting up a website for the curling club. Wylie loves the learning experience and challenges the website can bring and does an excellent job in keeping all the curling members up to date. He presently works on four other volunteer websites in this community. Please check out the Campbell River Curling Club’s website at www.crcurl.com.

WYLIE LEESON

Don joined the curling club in October 1990, and he has enjoyedcurling and volunteering in a variety of ways since then. He has served on the Board of Directors for a number of years in the past. As well, he has helped out with many of the Beginner and Intermediate clinics the club has hosted. Don enjoyed helping with the Junior Curling program for a total of four years. He is also a qualified coach and official, and he has offered his services to do both in the past. This season Don also helped out with a few Special Olympic curlers and had lots of fun when the curlers spent a day curling in Port Alberni.

DON PENNELL

“ Terry started curling in 1978 at the Campbell River Curling Club, where he met his wife, Judy. The highlight of his time has been coaching kids which started in 1981 and with his level 3 skills, he took Junior teams to win bronze, silver and gold medals in the Winter Games. He has coached high school teams who won Provincial competitions representing the island five times with players winning national and provincial championships. With 35 years’ experience around the club, Terry has won Volunteer of the Year award as his dedication to the club is immeasurable. His curling career took a turn in 2012 when the club needed an Ice Technician. Terry obtained his certificate and along with his many years of experience assisting past Ice Makers, he became the club’s Ice Technician.

TERRY KRATZMANN