2012 Tubie Races in Morrisburg

Two groups of Morrisburg Curling Club Thursday morning curlers enjoyed battling two very good foursomes in North Grenville in the former arena in Kemptville last week. Wally McDonald, Dave King, Bud Perry and Sue McIntosh tied their match, while Andy Patenaude, Len Bellamy, Glen Cougler and Keith Robinson won their game. The ice was fine, but the folks enjoyed the lunch that followed even more. We’ll see our new friends from North Grenville shortly for their return visit.

Last Wednesday, four of our senior ladies’ foursomes were in Ottawa at the Granite club. Alice Thompson, Betty Locke, Sharon Van Allen and Sandra Beckstead lost a tough one in the morning to City View, and after lunch went out again, this time against a Navy team. They felt they might have won, but some of the other curlers were guilty of slow play, and all of the six-end games were halted early, and the scores after five ends prevailed. It’s not the only club to penalize slow play, but it was unfortunate.

In the late draw, our other team, Greta McGann, Cheryl Thompson, Yvonne Mabo and Linda Murphy dropped their first match against Carleton Heights in the morning. After their lunch they returned to the ice and played a Kemptville team. They lost this one too, but several of our eight ladies won prizes, so they returned home knowing they had played well, and were slightly mollified over the day’s events.

The OCA Regional Playdowns for bantams are here on the 18th and 19th. It seems none of our local curlers made it past the zone playdowns. The bantam girls play on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m., and on Sunday boys and girls play from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. The top teams advance to the Provincials. Volunteers from the club for both days are needed for these events.

It was the local high school teachers’ funspiel in a rental on Saturday, not the high school students. Sorry for the error last week. Our little rockers are at a bonspiel in Metcalfe this weekend, and we should have their information next time.

The Lions club has a rental here on February 9th, and we will also require volunteers for that day.

We host our annual bonspiel for senior men from several clubs in February, and the Sullivan Cup, the two-team event featuring Metcalfe, Russell, Winchester, and our fellows. In addition, we host the annual Heart and Stroke bonspiel then.

Finally, we saw some great curling over the weekend, with all provincial finals for the ladies’ Tournament of Hearts bonspiel on the agenda. It was sad to see some former champions falling by the wayside, but we have more great curling to look forward to. Also, members of several champion teams of men played in a made-for-television event, an All Star bonspiel in which the four skips selected players from the other three teams. It was entertaining, and paid well for the participants.

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The Seaway Kickers U18 girls soccer team finished their regular season in first place with a final record of 10 wins and 2 losses. 

On July 30 the Kickers hosted the Nepean City girls soccer team and cruised to a 3-0 shutout win thanks to the keeping of Kailyn Douglas and Jade Millward.  

Kaitlyn Merkley started the Kickers scoring with a beautiful curving shot just inside the post off a nice corner kick by Jessica Hartle.  

The second goal of the game came after a tough battle for the ball by Kelsey Douglas, a good box out by Ashley Smith and a well placed shot by Michaela Morrow.  

The third and final goal was scored by Lesley-Ann Tupper after a nice passing play between Jessica Hartle and Bailey Hass. 

On August 8, the Kickers travelled to Confederation High School to take on the Nepean Hotspurs for another shutout win, this time by a 4-0 count. 

Kelsey Douglas’s hard charging style led to a standout goal after some great teamwork.  

Sarah Gudlaugsson benefitted from a great corner kick from Michaela Morrow for a tap in goal to make it 2-0.

The third counter came from Lesley-Ann Tupper who scored a nice goal after some fancy footwork.  

The fourth and final goal of the game came once again off a corner kick, this time from Jessica Hartle with a nice finish by Sarah Gudlaugsson. 

The regular season final game was played August 13 at Hill Crest High School under the lights on a turf field.  

The Kickers came out charging hoping to end  the season on a high note and did so with a 5-0 victory.

The Kickers got it rolling with a great defensive play by Abby Fawcett from a nice pass to Jessica Hartle who fed Kelsey Douglas for a great shot to start the game off.  

Goal number two was off a great corner kick with a header finish by Sarah Gudlaugsson and that was followed when Jessica Hartle sent another nice corner kick to Sarah Gudlaugsson for another nice finish.  

The next counter was all Lesley-Ann Tupper with a nice decoy by Kaitlyn Geurkink, which gave Tupper the room to dangle and dribble the ball in for a cheeky goal.   

The Kickers final goal started with some nice passing between Ashley Smith and Michaela Morrow and finished with a nice shot by Kelsey Douglas.  

Coach Dave Hartle has been very pleased with the defensive play of the midfielders and defenders as it takes a team effort for a win and an even better effort to finish the season with three straight shutouts.  The Seaway Kickers have their year-end tournament August 18, in Kemptville, with their first game at 10 a.m.

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wo of 11 skaters representing The Morrisburg Figure Skate Club at the 2015 Eastern Ontario StarSkate Invitational Championships (EOSIC) earned the right to advance to the Skate Ontario Championships, in Brampton, March 13-15.

Alexis Engwerda and Trina Dykstra-MacPherson put together some fine skates at EOSIC, February 13-15 at the Nepean Sportsplex and both are working hard on their programs for the upcoming All-Ontario.

In addition to the second place podium finish for Engwerda and Dykstra-MacPherson’s fourth place,  the other nine Morrisburg Club skaters had some good personal results and skated away from EOSIC with valuable experience. 

“It was great to have 11 skaters represent MDSC at EOSIC this year,” said Morrisburg club president Julie Van Hoof.  “All our skaters skated their best, and the club is very proud of all of them for the hard work and dedication that goes into their skating.”

“Our coaches are very supportive of each of their skaters and help them work through the nerves which is often common at a competition this big!”

“MDSC is very proud to have two of our skaters representing Eastern Ontario at the All Ontario’s in March.”

Following is a list of the EOSIC skaters with comments from their coaches. 

Abigail Jordan: 13th, Star 5 (over 13 category) – Coach Allison Scott

Abigail skated with great effort and poise throughout her program, to her captivating music “Seniorita” composed by Bond.  

Abigail’s program consisted of two spins (a camel-sit-change sit combination and a flying camel), six jump elements, two of which were axels and one double jump, and a spiral sequence.  She completed the axels, was rewarded points for complete rotation on her double jump, and skated fluently and persistently focusing on one element at a time. 

Alisha VanHoof: 9th, Ladies Gold–Coach Louise Dimmick

For Ali’s last year competing at EOSIC before going away to school, she chose to skate to selections from the movie Love Actually. This has been a favourite selection of music for her and fittingly her program is elegant and expresses her love of skating. 

After over 10 years of working with Ali, it’s been a pleasure to see her grow through the levels, challenges and successes. 

She opened her program at EOSIC with a beautiful combination spin followed by a great double flip double loop jump combination. Her program was filled with double jumps, spins, and difficult footwork and transitions. An especially nice highlight was her impressive death drop sit spin.

Cameryn Broad: 6th, Star 5 Ladies-Coach Danielle Napier

Cameryn had personal goals set going into EOSIC (to land her double Salchow for the first time in competition, get full marks for a three position combination spin and skate as clean as possible). She met and exceeded her personal goals. Not only did she land one double in her program, but she landed two doubles for the first time in competition.  Cameryn received full points for her combination spin. She skated well with only a few minor areas for deductions and finished with a personal best score of 15.76. 

Erika Jordan: 1st Star 4 (under 13)-Coach Allison Scott

Erika had an awesome program and she completed a clean skate. She completed all eight elements, which included two spins (a camel-sit spin combination and backspin), five jump elements, (two of which were axels the most difficult jump in her program) and a spiral sequence. Erika skated to the dynamic and lively music “Libertango’ composed by Bond with great speed and attack, had good height in her jumps and quality rotations and positions in her spins.  

She achieved gold status in five of eight elements and three silver, for first overall!  An amazing EOSIC accomplishment!

Gracie Fairbairn: Star 2 Ladies-Coach Danielle Napier

Gracie skated at her first EOSIC at the Star 2 Ladies level in which she received a bronze marking. Gracie skated very well. She landed the five jumps in her program and completed two spins. Her highest jump is a flip, which she landed very nicely and received a silver marking on. Overall, Gracie was very pleased with her performance. 

Katie Buter: Junior Bronze Coach Veronica Whyte

Katie moved up to the Junior Bronze level for the first time and had a good skate at her first EOSIC.  Skating to a beautiful piece by Yani, Katie attempted a double salchow for the first time at EOSIC which is a great milestone. Katie grows as a skater at each competition.

Kristyn VanHoof: Sr. Bronze, 

8th-Coach Danielle Napier.

Kristyn met the goal she set for her qualifying event which was to place top four in her flight to advance to the final group.

Kristyn had a strong qualifying event and for the first time in competition landed her double flip. Her program is very demanding with two double/double combinations, an axel combination, three spins and three double jumps. 

She finished the qualifying program flight in first place with 22.05 points to advance to the final where she had a strong skate but lost marks on her flying spin.  She finished in eighth place with a total of 21.20 points.

Mikaela Furo: Star 3, silver Coach Veronica Whyte

This was Mikaela’s second time to skate at EOSIC, this year skating at the Star 3 level. Mikaela had a good skate and received her silver status. During her performance, Mikaela showed how much her spins have improved.

Xandra Furo: Star 3, silver Coach Veronica Whyte

Xandra had a good skate for her second experience at EOSIC to receive her silver status. It was an exciting event for Xandra who showed how much power and flow she has in and out of her jumps.

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