Loss keeps Atom Bs in second place

We hear a lot of talk, in a negative way, about the “younger generation”, so here’s a story about an exceptional member of the other 95 per cent. 

Ewan Wilson, third generation of the curling Wilsons, was honoured last Monday night at a Little Rocks practice by three D-Js from radio station 104.5 from Cornwall regarding their “Kids With Class” program. It was a complete surprise to the youngster, doing his homework as he was before going onto the ice. There will be a write-up in the Seaway News, and there is considerable detail on the station’s website, variety104.ca/contest. 

Ewan is a very active eight-year-old in many sports, with considerable support and encouragement from his parents and grandparents. Ewan wins a $200 registered educational savings certificate, $100, a six-foot Subway sandwich, an ice cream cake, etc., donated by Cornwall businesses. He is also eligible for other prizes later on. The Little Rocks’ Christmas party was on Monday night. Sorry you missed it, folks. Congratulations, Ewan, and kudos to your family! You make all of us proud.

Moving now to the older generation, three teams of senior men travelled to Prescott last week for a friendly bonspiel. Our fellows won one game, lost one, and tied the third for a very friendly event, before lunch. 

The team members as per the schedule, were Dave King/Pete Zeran, Rick MacKenzie, Paul Dobry and Peter Byvelds, Sid Morell, Karl Duncan, Bud Perry and Al Gowanlock, as well as John Wilson, Arnold Barkley, Fred Langlotz and Ross Bennett.

These events are always a great opportunity for club curlers to meet and compete with those from other clubs in this friendly fraternity. The Bowman Trophy draw ends this Friday. 

The Morrisburg club hosted the Senior Zone Playdowns last weekend. This is a “double knockout” affair: two losses and you’re eliminated from further play. Contending against the perennial representatives from the Ottawa Curling Club were teams from Russell, Winchester, and R.C.M.P. 

For the men, RCMP’s Paquette lost out to Lewis, one of the three Ottawa Curling Club teams, for the “A” title. In the “B” final on Sunday, Paquette lost a very tight match in the 10th end to Morris, also of the Ottawa club. 

On the distaff side, Chisholm from OCC defeated Russell’s Sharon Courneyea, but lost to Janet Lapierre from Winchester in the “A” final in the afternoon. 

Going on to Regionals in Belleville again, with Janet are Janet Levere, Janet Thompson and our own Wendy Casselman. 

The “B” final saw Courneyea, who recently won our women’s invitational bonspiel, lose a very close match in the 10th end to Chisholm. The games were tight and well-curled before an appreciative audience. 

We had a great turnout from our club to handle the kitchen, the ice, the bar, and of course, to watch the competition. It was a very successful playdown, and the “A” and “B” winners will advance to the Regional competition at Belleville in January. As usual, the tournament was well-handled by Alan Brunt and Ian McGillis, still very active in the Ontario Curling Association. 

We’ll report next time on the results for the first half of the season in the various leagues, if the details are available in time.

The club’s decorating committee has done a great job of preparing the lounge for the Christmas season, and sprucing up the appearance of the clubhouse in general. We hope planning for the New Year’s Eve bonspiel goes well. There may still be a few openings left for the event. 

Party on, curlers!    

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Last Wednesday, Dale Adams, representing Ontario Power Generation, stopped in at the Morrisburg Arena to drop off a couple of early Christmas donations to the Morrisburg and District Figure Skating Club and the South Dundas Minor Hockey Association. The two organizations, that are responsible for keeping several hundred South Dundas youngsters busy and active in the winter months, each received $500 from OPG. On hand to accept for the Skating Club was president Julie VanHoof and board member Andy Lee while treasurer Pam Mullin accepted on behalf of minor hockey. The figure skaters will be putting their donation towards their “very important” sound system which this year will get a new microphone and some amplifier upgrades said Lee who expressed his thanks to OPG. Mullin, in thanking OPG on behalf of minor hockey explained the association uses the money to put “kids into hockey who couldn’t afford to play otherwise.”. Pictured above, l-r, are Mullin, Adams, Lee and VanHoof.

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On June 8th, 2013, at the ODHA Annual General Meeting, a motion was passed by the delegates to change the name of the “Ottawa and District Hockey Association” to “Hockey Eastern Ontario”, commencing July 1, 2013. 

The name change will become more consistent with what is used by the other Branches across Canada; it will clearly define the area serviced and will provide for increased marketability and branding opportunities.

The Ottawa and District Hockey Association was founded in 1920, by Captain Edward Archibald, and is one of thirteen Branches of Hockey Canada. 

The participant base consists of associations, leagues, players, coaches, trainers, officials, and volunteers. The ODHA has jurisdiction over that part of Ontario lying East of, and including the counties of Lanark, Renfrew, and all of Leeds (except the town of Gananoque and the portion of Highway No. 32 and south of Highway No.15 in the Province of Ontario. 

The ODHA is the voice of all its members and participants at the Hockey Canada level. As a not-for-profit organization, the ODHA is guided by a Board of Directors.

The objectives of the Association are: To promote and improve the sport of Amateur Hockey within the territory under its control; To secure the enforcement of the rules of the game as adopted by the ODHA; To conduct elimination competition for the different Association Champions as well as Challenges for

Inter-Branch and Canadian Championships; To adjudicate on all questions arising from and pertaining to Amateur Hockey within this Branch of Hockey Canada

A new logo depicting the name change will be produced, and unveiled at a later date.

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