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Hot Shots Adult Curling Camp

Hot Shots LOGO BlueGrey 2016 1 copy 1 copyThe HOT SHOTS Curling Camp has been proud to call the Oakville Curling Club our Canadian home for almost two decades. 

The camp draws curlers from across the United States, Ontario and Quebec to this beautiful facility. This is an adult camp, open to individuals, couples, and teams.


We now have another season in the books. Click HERE to see the final bracket results for our ladder. My newly hired photographer (thank you very much, Ian) took the winning team photos. Also, Ian captured on video the final A level winning shot which propelled D'Arcy Reid's team into the championship. Check out our Men's Photo/Video Gallery

Congratulations to all the winners! I!

I also want to thank Casey for helping with the setup (and inspiration) for our food centerpieces on Thursday.

I hope to see you all in the fall, but in the meantime, keep it on the short grass!


So, Wed Night the WNL's had our season play-off finals. We had four great games, and they were watched by a full house of cheerleaders (over a 100), and a few behind the glass skips. Everyone was also able to enjoy some sweet and savoury light fare.

Our Division Champions are:

WNL 2022 23 D Winners
D - Joyce Fraser, Leah Barker, Katie Lonsdale


WNL 2022 23 C Winners
C - Janice Fendley, Nancy Trainor, Diane MacLeod, Heather MacTavish


WNL 2022 23 B Winners
B - Sarah Sils, Cara Sproat, Cindy Hawley, Cathy Bruttrum, Joanne MacMaster


WNL 2022 23 A Winners
and our A Champions - Janet Murphy, Sarah Reid, Jacquie Ramier, Victoria Swystun.


Congratulations to all.

Hope everyone has a great summer and see you all in the fall.

Submitted by Evelyn Gowan, WNL Games Convenor


I would like to take this opportunity to thank and apologize to our Thursday evening members who were inconvenienced last evening. We had a very unusual circumstance happen and we stuck out a hand to help those that have patronized us for the last 11 years. The Kurl for Kids (K4K) annual event was having its pre-event banquet at the Holiday Inn Oakville, where all the celebrity skips get matched up with their respective teams. As well, the top fund raisers are recognized for their unselfish dedication to raise funds for the Sandra Schmirler Foundation. This event, single handedly, has raised over $3 million dollars for neo natal research and development.

Unfortunately, there was a fire at the Holiday Inn just as their banquet was about to start. The whole hotel had to be evacuated while the six trucks attended to the laundry fire.

Bill Garner, the convenor of the event, called me and asked if there was anyway, they could come to the Oakville Curling Club. In a heartbeat our answer was yes. It was a refuge for all their participants to come to an environment where they feel welcome and comfortable.

It was chaos in the lounge just after 8pm. 140 unexpected guests joining the 64 men coming off the early draw and 64 men arriving for their evening draw. The line-up was deep. We even had convenors and directors offering to assist at the bar. Which is what I love about this club...people willing to assist in a moments notice.

Yes, yours truly donned an apron and started slinging beers. We did our absolute best to make up for an unfortunate situation.

I would like to thank our bartenders, Lisa and Stephanie, for being resilient and enduring what was supposed to be a fairly routine Thursday night. This will go down in the laurels of cool things that have happened in this club.

Thank you again to all the Thursday Night Men’s members that had to wait a little longer to get their pre and post-game beverages.

Good curling to all.

Ian Tetley
General Manager|Oakville Curling Club


wnl1Come out and join your fellow Wednesday Night Friends to enjoy some Sweet & Savoury Light Fare and Cheer on this year’s Finalists
Wednesday April 26th
6:30 – 10:00 pm
All games start at 6:40 pm
Prizes and Trophy Presentations at 9:30 pm

Tickets - $10.00 – available from the Nell Van Ymeren Team and Norma Discenza


In case there wasn’t reason to watch the 2023 World Men’s Curling Championship in Ottawa …

ian1ian2In June 2022, the World Curling Federation announced it’s 2022 Hall of Fame inductees. As a winner of three Briers and three World Championships, Oakville Curling Club’s Ian Tetley was named as one of five award recipients. Ian’s World Championships remain unique to this day as he did it playing second for three different teams: Hackner (‘85), Werenich (‘90) & Middaugh (‘98). Ian even has a 1993 Ice Hot International Curling Card (#65 – see right).

On Sunday April 9th, 2023, during the Gold medal game’s 5th end break, Ian will be officially presented with his Hall of Fame award. If you’re in Ottawa at the game or watching from home (scheduled 4:00pm EST start time), join the rest of the OCC Community in proudly watching the recognition of this remarkable career and curler!

Follow this link to the World Curling Federation’s announcement - another wonderful picture of Ian from days past.


2023 Pointsbet Email Graphic
A one-of-a-kind, tension-packed curling event that gives players and fans new ways to enjoy curling is headed to Southern Ontario.

The second annual PointsBet Invitational will be played Sept. 27-Oct. 1 at the Sixteen Mile Sports Complex. Sixteen men’s and sixteen women’s teams from Canada will take part in the competition, chasing a prize purse in excess of $350,000 in a sudden-death single-knockout format.
 
Here’s a look at what is available:

  • Full Event Package ($220-250): A single ticket to every draw of the PointsBet Invitational.
  • Weekend Package ($100 - $120): A single ticket to both Final Four and Championship Final draws.
  • Weekday Package ($40 - $50): A single ticket to two draws on either Wednesday, Thursday or Friday’s Sweep 16 and Elite Eight draws. 

CLICK TO BUY NOW
*All ticket packages are subject to standard facility and ticket service fees. 

SIXTEEN MILE SPORTS CENTRE   SEPTEMBER 27 - OCTOBER 1, 2023

We received the following inspirational email from the parent of OCC junior member Christopher Oka.


Hi Ian,

My son, Christopher Oka, curling lead for Team Rooney, just made it as Team Ontario 2 at U21 Nationals.

Christopher started lessons at the OCC when he was 10, and spent many hours over the years there with lessons, practice ice, training with Delores, Danny, Marg Byrne, and many other amazing club instructors. 

We thought some of the club members might want to see how great your youth curling is!

I've attached the front of the postcard the boys will be handing out to the other players.

Ruth Wentzell

NATIONALS postcard


They're into the final hours of preparing for the 2023 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, which will run in London from March 3-12.

See our own Scott Foster in action in London.

scott foster brier 2023

 Photos

PHOTOS: London Free Press - Final preparations for the Brier's return to London

PHOTOS: OCC Members Album

Interesting Links

 https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/curling/brier-recap-london-ontario-march7-1.6770572


Ian TetleyI would like to thank the Oakville Curling Club board for having the confidence in me to lead this club. Having been a member since 2008, I have watched the transition and improvements this club continues to make. This club is awesome in so many ways. From world class ice and ice maintenance, with state-of-the-art ice making equipment, to spectacular events and leagues all season long. But the best part of the Oakville Curling club are the members and volunteers. Their undying devotion to the game and this club has kept the club in an enviable financial position, year after year, so we can keep making improvements.

My vision is to keep making incremental improvements. One of those ways is through food. As a native of Thunder Bay, both curling facilities there have Chinese Food restaurants in them. Would I like to see that here? Maybe. If we could outsource the kitchen area to a local restaurant and our membership could get food, that would be fantastic.

I can see "Friday Night Fish Fry" for our mixed leagues happening. "Wednesday Wings", Tuesday and Thursday Beer and a Burger. This is all pie in the sky at the moment.

I am also a lover of the arts. I would love to see amateur and professional musicians developing and showcasing their talents here at the club. My hope is that the membership embraces some of these cultural events and visit the club for food or drink on a night that they normally do not curl.

My end goal is to make this club even better and more accessible, one member at a time. I have an open-door policy, so please walk in and introduce yourselves and let me know your ideas. Better yet, bring your friends, introduce them to this great game and we can all have a beverage together.

Good luck and good curling to all.
Ian


pointsbetThe 2023 PointsBet Invitational will be hosted at the Sixteen Mile Sports Complex Sept. 26-Oct. 1, 2023. The Oakville Curling Club has been selected as the event’s host club. Sixteen men’s and sixteen women’s teams from Canada will take part in the competition, chasing a prize purse in excess of $350,000 in a sudden-death single-knockout format. For more information follow this link to Curling Canada’s media release

As host club for the event, OCC members are being asked to continue to do what they have magnificently done for other events, volunteer & help during the event. More information about volunteer opportunities will be made available by Curling Canada’s once the volunteer link is live but, in the meanwhile, you can sign up for updates at the bottom of the Curling Canada volunteer page.


Cancel Ice ScreenshotAs the end of the season approaches, finding available ice time for make-up games becomes more difficult for everybody. As a common courtesy to the other members, we ask that if you are unable to play any of your upcoming games, take a minute to log into the OCC website and use the online system to cancel your game. This will make that timeslot available to others for make-up games.

If you are unsure how to cancel your league game…

  1. Log into the OCC site using your member ID.
  2. Under the Ice menu, select the Cancel League Ice option (see image).
  3. Another page will appear. Fill in the required details and submit the request when you are done.

Away Bonspiels ScreenshotHave some free time and interested in bonspiels hosted at other area clubs? With the recent website upgrades, you can now preview some of those events online. For those who liked to check the binder kept at the office, don’t worry, that will continue as well in the near term.

From the Curling menu, select the Bonspiels in the Area option to view the upcoming events at other area clubs. Included in the listing are the Event Name, Club, Date of Event and links to flyer(s) and event registration as provided by the area club.  You can also click on the Club name to link directly to the club’s site to get more details and information.