Season s Greetings. December Message from the President. Seasons greetings one and all.

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1 December 2009 Message from the President Seasons greetings one and all. KW Granite Club Rink in The Park 99 Seagram Drive Waterloo, Ontario N2L-3B6 Phone: (519) Fax: (519) Website: Manager: Jim Uhrig Office: Karen Lowe President: Doug Suerich Past President: Neil Miskell Sec. Treasurer: Bill Simpson VP Admin: Deb Salonen VP Curling: Kathy Ryan House & Property Lew Ayers Lady s Rep: Lynn Bebenek Men s Rep: Gary Crossley Mixed Rep: I m happy to announce that Marc Joyce has invented a new volunteer position here at the club, and agreed to fill it. Marc will be our Bonspiel Consultant, responsible for recuiting volunteers to run our various bonspiels, and providing them with any support they need to promote and run great events. The goal is not to replace our existing group of wonderful event volunteers, but rather to help them out, and make it easier for new volunteers to step in. If you have any ideas for a bonspiel, or would like some assistance, Marc is now your first point of contact. We ll see how this new role evolves over time. There was a good turnout to see Kevin Martin when he came to our club. Not sure who in Toronto thought that he could land at Pearson Airport and be on the ice here in Waterloo in 60 minutes, but he did make it eventually. Kevin actually played an end on behalf of Kathy Ryan, and managed to steal a point, but opponent James Bromiley was able to overcome this blatant cheating and won the game. Team Bromiley can now say that they have a winning record against the reigning Brier champ. The competitive curling season is underway, and already the KW Granite Club has had some great results. We have details inside on some great performances in cashspiels, the Home Hardware inter-club event, and some early playdown results. December 11-13, our club will be hosting the Regional Playdowns for the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, which is why we ve featured the Hearts logo inside our rings this season. Come on out for a free chance to watch some of the best female curlers in Ontario as they fight for a spot in the provincials. Schedules will be posted around the club. Season s Greetings

2 Upcoming Events Bereaved Families Bonspiel (Open) January 16, 2010 World Curling Two er Jitney January 23, 2009 Day Ladies Bonspiel January 25, 2010 Seniorfest Bonspiel (Sr Men) February 6, 2010 Lea Bauman Masters (Men) February 17, 2010 Curling for Heart February 19, 2010 Valentine s Jitney (Mixed) February 20, 2010 Detroit Exchange (Men) March 12-14, 2010 Hospitaliano/Battle of the Sexes (Mixed) March 13, 2010 CONGRATULATIONS... To Sarah Wilkes for her Canadian University Fastball Championship To Danielle Inglis and Hilary McDermott for winning the Mount Lawn Gord Carrol Classic Cash Spiel To Alex Hughes and Pam Feldkamp for winning their events in the Home Hardware Junior Cash Spiel. Also making the finals was Bowie Abbis-Mills and the semis Peter Stewart and Steph Piper THANKS... To Steve Foster for repairs done to the wall in the men s change room Victoria Street North at 6:54 am on December 28 World Curling Two er Event - Saturday January 23, 2009 Suck on some Riccolo, sand off your wooden curling shoes, pull something on under your kilt (please) and join us for an International Evening of Curling. Format will be rotospiel or mini bonspiel style involving four, two end games. The theme is Worldly so show off your ethnic heritage, immigrate to a different country, or be an international curler of mystery. Numerous awards will be handed out for Best Foreign Rock Flickers and for Costume Design. To help underprivileged nations a handicap system will be in effect. All participants are asked to meet in the Granite Airlines Flight Departure Lounge at 6:45 PM on Saturday January 23 for pre-boarding instructions and customs inspection. A departure tax of $15.00 will apply to all passengers to cover some in flight snacks and duty free items. Watch for a sign up board in the curling lounge. This is an open event and is open to all club members and their guests. Sign up as a team, trio, twosome or soloist. If you sign up please show up all names on the sign up sheet on Thursday January 21 will be chitted for the cost. Flight requires a minimum of 40 curlers to a maximum of 96. Immigration Officer is Dave Leitch skipsdontsweep@hotmail.com or Cell # if you need an interpreter News from the ProShop... Goldline now offers a protective sports band. It reduces the possibility of injury in the event of a fall. See the Goldline website for further information. This product is available in the ProShop for $29.95 Did you know...our ProShop is stocked and managed by volunteers. This allows us to offer aggressive pricing and all proceeds go back to the Club. Merchandise is to be paid for at the bar. Special orders can be left as a note in the ProShop or with bar staff, Karen or Jim. Please help keep the ProShop neat and tidy by putting items and shoes back properly! OLYMPIC TORCHBEARER Tuesday Night curler Jill Oliver- Weeden will be carrying the Olympic Flame through Kitchener this month. She will be running from Indiana Street to the Saab dealership on

3 Bonspiel Corner 2009 Home Hardware Bonspiel Congratulations to Bryan Wooddisse and his team of Angela Cerantola, John Deutschlander and Dave McBride for winning the Cup Consolation event at this year s Home Hardware Bonspiel. Bryan would also like to extend thanks to Dave Holt, Jim Renaud and Lew Ayers who helped out as spares throughout the week. Recognition also goes out to the KW Granite teams who represented us well and made it to the event finals on Saturday November 26th: Brian Belfry (Trophy semi-finalist) John Scott (Cup semi-finalist) Ryan Sayer (Trophy Consolation finalist) Bruce McConnell (Trophy Consolation semi-finalist) Thanks to all 23 teams who participated. In a year where the overall number of teams dropped to 96, I am proud to report that the number of KW Granite teams actually increased! Please visit to see how the rest of our teams fared. Upcoming Bonspiels Jan 23: World Curling Two er Event Jan 25: Day Ladies Feb 6: Seniorfest Feb 20: Valentine s Jitney Feb 17: Lea Bauman Masters March 12-14: Detroit Exchange (at KW) March 13: Hospitaliano/Battle of the Sexes April 10: Little Rocks Please see the bonspiels section of the club website for more details: Odds and Ends I plan to use this column as a forum to recognize the achievements of our curlers at bonspiels throughout the season. If you have been to a bonspiel recently, I want to know how you did! Send your stories (both good and bad) to marc.joyce@gmail.com. Funny and/or amazing stories may get some kind of prize! Also, if you are entering a bonspiel and would like to encourage other members to participate, let me know and I will get the word out. I am looking for volunteers to sit on the organizing committee for the 2010 KW Fall Classic. Many of you have been loyal fans of this event for the past two years, so if you are interested in helping out, please get in touch with me. Monthly committee meetings will start in late January/early February.

4 Marc Joyce Bonspiel Consultant Men s Daytime Leagues Time moves on! We have already completed the first round of the Tuesday morning league. In first place was the team of Tom Powell, Dave Holt, Hans Schamp and George Heath. In second place was the team of Ed Ferguson, Bruce Lowe, Norm Green and Jim Tucker. Prizes are presented at our spring closing. New teams have been drawn for the second round on Tuesdays, and Karen has issued the schedule. New teams will be drawn on December 3 rd for the second round of the Thursday afternoon league. If you wish to make any changes see Tom Powell. Mark your calendar on Tuesday December 22 nd for the skins game ( be there by 8.30 AM ); there will be big cash winnings and lunch will be available. This skins game is for both the Tuesday and Thursday leagues and it returns the cash not paid out for the throw-offs. Friday Night Mixed Curling Our Dundee Wealth Friday Night Mixed League's first round schedule will be coming to an end at the end of this month and we will start round 2 on January 8, After the games on December 18th, all teams will be re-slotted within our four events based on the first round results for competitive balance. If any teams already know a Friday where they would like to have their bye in January, let me know and we'll try to accommodate it. So far it appears like Team Leitch is the overall league juggernaut this year, going the first 6 games without a loss. On behalf of our league sponsor (Michael Collins of Dundee Wealth) we want to wish everyone all the best for the coming holiday season and for AROUND THE RINK Hi Everyone. It s great to see everyone again this season. Just a few little blurbs this month. I d like to thank Carl Hoffman for helping me burn, flood, and prepare the ice for our Nov. flood. I would like to thank all the people for helping on the ice so far this year, whether it be sweeping, mopping, or nipping. It means a lot to the groups that are going on the ice on time. Just a little note when mopping, when you're finished at the end just pick it up, do not shake it. Then either hang it up or stand it up with the mop side down, to keep it a cool as possible. If you shake it or keep it off, the small tuffs of debris seem to find their way back on to the ice. Check and clean the inside of your grippers.

5 I know that some of you may get new sweaters for curling for Xmas. Make sure that they are washed first before you wear them on the ice. New sweaters, especially fleece, will drop little tufts of material on the ice and could cause the rocks to pick. See you Around the Rink and have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. From your friendly neighbourhood Ice Tech Sweeper McBroom BUSINESS LADIES LEAGUE Saturday November 7, 2009 the Business Ladies league hosted 16 teams at our annual Bonspiel. Fun, laughter, good food, good drink camaraderie highlighted the day. Several of the teams dressed to represent the countries participating in the Olympics with one team providing their own version of the Scottish Bagpipes. The winners of Draw 1:1 st Ruth Alexander London 2 nd Wendy Simpson K-W 3 rd Dorothy Taylor Milton 4 th Deb Salonen K-W The winners of Draw 2: 1 st Elaine Voisin Westmount 2 nd Laura Davis-Cook -Guelph 3 rd Sue Laurin Brant 4 th Joanne Searle K-W Of course events like this happen because of our wonderful sponsors. BOSTON PIZZA CASA MIA DELI & CAFE INC. CONNIE MORGAN CONSILIO S FINE FOODS CYNTHIA ROTH/LACKNER MCLENNAN INS. LTD. DIAMOND ESTATES WINES & SPIRITS LTD. DOSMAN SALES LTD. PRINTING & MORE MCDONALD S RESTAURANTS PINO S SALON & SPA LISA STRAYER/RBC DOMINION SECURITIES PAT DANNECKER/RBC RUMMERS WOBBLE ANTIQUES SHERRI HELMKA SHERRI S HOME & GARDEN THE WATERLOO INN & CONFERENCE CENTRE Please support our sponsors and say thanks for the support! On behalf of the Business Ladies Executive we thank each and every one of our participants because without you well it goes without saying. A GREAT BIG THANK YOU TO CAROL NICHOL & BARB READY and their TEAM for a wonderful day. On November 26 th the Business Women brought back Shopping Night. It was a huge success thanks to Kim and Pat for organizing all the vendors who participated. Don t forget to get your raffle ticket for the beautiful Christmas needle point picture that was donated by Connie Morgan s mother Gail. It is on display in the lounge.

6 Mark December 17, 2009 on your calendars, we will be celebrating Xmas. Pizza will be available for $1.00 a piece and raffle tickets will be available with the prize donated by Benjamin Tree Farm. Please check the calendar in the dressing room for additional information. The new schedule is available and is posted on our web site. Thursday night will not be the same without Barb Ready Barb recently had an accident and her curling season was ended very abruptly. BARB WE MISS YOU AND WISH YOU A SPEEDY RECOVERY!!!!! On behalf of the Business Ladies Executive we wish each and every one of you Happy, Healthy, Safe, Merry Xmas and a wonderful New Year filled with ordinary miracles. Day Ladies On November 9, our Tri-County Champions ( Lorna Allen & Team) convened the Fallfest In-Club Bonspiel which was sponsored by Marge and Jerry Meyer. Congratulations to our winners: First Place: Marge Meyer, Glad O Hara, Joan Snyder, Wendy Carrie Second: Val Rotar, Barb Ready, Lynn Bebenek, Martha Milne Third: Lorna Allen, Lynda Forbes, Jean Richardson, Glad Monahan Thanks again to Linda Pettus for organizing a lunch at Janet Lynn s Bistro on Thursday, November 19. Seventeen of our members attended. Linda will be planning another in Remember to check the bulletin board to sign up for this enjoyable opportunity. The Tartan Event convened by Sandy Elliott and Lynda Heath was completed on November 26. We thank Janice MacIntosh for her sponsorship of this event. The results are: First: Lorna Allen, Linda Egleston, Gerry McGregor and Margaret Fields Second: Wendy Simpson, Enid Mills, Sharon Stephens, Meribeth Anderson The M & M Meats Event (sponsored by M & M) was convened by Virginia Tkach and Virginia Nalasco and ended on December 1st. The results are: First: Val Rotar, Ruth McLaren, Joyce Bell, June Kobayashi Second: Edie Lowe, Maureen Brown, Sue Hallman, Jan Wilson On-going Tri-County Welding Supplies Club Championship Mondays at 1:00 conveners: Lorna Allen, Ilse Hoffman Ladies Inter-City Wednesdays at 10:00 Conveners: Marge Meyer, Marcia Condon Coming Events The Snowflake Event (conveners: Dorothy Hinschberger, Linda Egleston) begins on Thursday, December 3 at 9:15 and the Sweeping To Victory Event (conveners: Donna Haycock, Barb Ready) begins on Tuesday, December 8 at 12:45. On Tuesday, December 15 (12:15 p.m.), Sylvia Bell, Sharon Lidstone & the Elfettes will be convening our Christmas & Friendship Jitney (six ends) & Social. Former members have been invited to join us for refreshments from 2:00 3:30 following the Jitney. We are happy to report that this event is once again sponsored by Cameron s Flowers on Belmont, an over 20 year tradition!

7 Happy Holidays! The Granite Club thanks our Gold Sponsors: For information on sponsorships please contact the office

Message from the Prez

December 2008 Message from the Prez KW Granite Club Rink in The Park 99 Seagram Drive Waterloo, Ontario N2L-3B6 Phone: (519) 742-4281 Fax: (519) 742-1868 Website: www.kwgranite.com E-Mail: info@kwgranite.com