By Dennis Rolland
Huntsville Curling Club Director of Curling and Bonspiels
Local curlers came together recently in a turkey-themed bonspiel to compete for top spot. In all, 64 curlers vied for top All-Star placements in Huntsville’s Bullock’s Independent Turkey Spiel on December 16.
Club members are randomly placed on teams and their points are individually recorded. The first game is followed by a sumptuous turkey dinner with all the trimmings. Then, on a full belly, all curlers are once again randomly put on teams for their second game where their individual scores are combined with their scores from the earlier game to determine the All-Star Curling contenders.
The top contenders in Draw 2 were lead John McDonald, second Tammy Harrison, vice Larry Hope, and skip Dale Heiydt (pictured above).
The top contenders in Draw 1 were vices Ron Kreutzer and Brad Cook who were tied for top vice in their draw, skip George Shapcott, second Lynn Thompson and lead Teresa Verkley.
Winners in Draw 1 with turkey prizes, from left, vice Ron Kreutzer and Brad Cook who tied for top vice, skip George Shapcott, second Lynn Thompson, lead Teresa Verkley.
And the 2017 All-Stars are …
After both draws concluded, the Top #1 All-Star team for the 2017 Bullock’s Independent Turkey Spiel was … drum roll… top All-Star skip, George Shapcott, top All-Star vice, Larry Hope, top All-Star second, Tammy Harrison and top All-Star lead Teresa Verkley.
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- Third place Draw 2 All-Stars with turkey pie prizes (from left) second Mick Parker, lead Denise Julian, vice Craig Abernathy, and skip Dave Rigby
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- Second place Draw 2 All-Stars with ham prizes (from left) lead Jan Clark, second Bill Thomas, vice Sandra Heiydt and skip Darrell Harper
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- Third place Draw 1 All-Stars with turkey pie prizes (from left) second Marg Dollar, lead Sally Powell, skip Andre Maurice and vice Bob Pegg
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- Second place Draw 1 All-Stars with spiral ham prizes (from left) Jamie Thompson holding lead David Crook’s prize ham (David left early), skip Mark Maslen, and vice Joan Deimling
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- Door Prize winners (from left) Barb Saunders, former President of OCA (Ontario Curling Association) John Francis and HCC past president Doris Kelly Capyk
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- HCC Mixed Curling Convenor, Darrell Harper, and Director of Advertising, Dave Rigby, dressed up to add Christmas spirit to the day
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- A big-time community supporter, Don Lupton is dressed up to carve the turkeys
Congratulations to everyone.
2018 Ontario Tankard is being played in Huntsville
The Huntsville Curling Club is now only seven weeks away from the opening rocks being delivered in the 2018 Tankard. It’s scheduled for the Don Lough Arena at the Canada Summit Centre in Huntsville from January 30 to February 4, 2018. The first three qualifying teams have been announced. They are: Team Epping, the sixth ranked team in the world; four-time world champion and defending Tankard champion, Team Howard; and Team Robillard from Ottawa.
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