This page is dedicated to all the club teams and individuals that have done well in bonspiels or events.
We will update this whenever we get information from our members. Just let us know who has done well and we will
congratulate them!
Stefanison wins Skins - April 7th
This year's Skins was played with a very strong field of curlers. Steve Stefansion's
rink of John Lockett, Gerry Vandevalk, and Sue Biscope came away as the winners. This is
the second year in a row where Steve has won.
McAskin wins 100th Anniversary Royal Caledonian
Bev McAskin and her rink of Pat Riddel, Ursula Anderson and Barb Hunter were
the B Winners of the 100th Anniversary Bonspiel of the Ladies Curling
Association of the Canadian Branch of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club held
in Montreal. They received a commemorative banner marking the 100th
anniversary of the LCA and their achievement. To qualify for this bonspiel
in Montreal involving teams from Quebec and Eastern Ontario, the McAskin
rink first won the District 2 LCA bonspiel held here in Ottawa in which 40
rinks participated. Well done!
Merklinger Mixed Wins Junior Mixed Provincials
We have a new banner coming to the Granite Curling Club!
Congratulations to Lee Merklinger, Peter Gillich, Breanne Merklinger,
Brian Fleischhaker, and Bruce Merklinger (coach) who won the Junior
Mixed Provincials this April 3rd, representing Granite.
Walker wins LCA McDonald Patterson Roy Bonspiel
LCA McDonald Patterson Roy Bonspiel - Patterson Winners - Barbara Thompson
Walker (skip), Pat Riddell, Peggy Gray, Barb Hunter
Adams and Weagle win at Rideau Mixed - March 27
Lisa Weagle and Josh Adams won the Rideau Mixed Bonspiel (March 25-27)
playing front end for Paul Wood (Rideau) and Dawn Askin (Ottawa).
Murray Rink Wins at the City of Ottawa Bonspeil - March 21st
Kevin Murray, Blair McRae, Brad Forden, and Mike Sander won the Safeguard Businees
Systems Trophy (the 3rd event) at the City of Ottawa Bonspiel.
Attfield wins Branch - March 21st
The skip Gary Attfield, 3rd Beverly Attfield, 2nd Andrew Willman and lead
Melissa Skrebutenas won at the Junior Branch competition on Sunday March
21st. They move onto the Royal Caledonia playdown in Bedford Quebec on
March 27 & 28. However, Skip Gary Attfield will not be able to attend
because he will be curling in the
OFSSA Provincials in Sudbury.
Scott Hindle will be the skip in Bedford on behalf of Gary Attfield.
Sir Robert Borden High Team headed to OFSSA Provincials
We have 3 Bantam Curlers from Granite (skip Gary Attfield, 2nd Jake
Attfield and lead Ian Rathwell) who are on the Sir Robert Borden High
School team. They won the gold for this region and are off to Sudbury on
Tuesday, March 23rd for the
OFSSA Provincials.
Good Luck!
See the results online.
Schmidt off to Provincials for the Trophy
Susan Schmidt, Brenda Phillips, Denise Hoekstra, and Eileen Doyle are off to the provincials
for the Tim Horton's Trophy being played March 24-27. See the
OCA site for more information or see how they are doing.
Merklinger Mixed Win Regional
Lee Merklinger, Peter Gillich, Breanne Merklinger, and Brian Fleischaker
have won at the regionals and will represent the Granite at the Provinicials
being held at the London CC March 31-April 3. Track how they are doing
online at the OCA.
Jake Attfield to Bantam Mixed Provincials
Jake Attfield, representing Brockville Country Club,
is playing for Samantha Peters at the Bantam Mixed Provincials on March 31-April 3.
Follow how is does on the
OCA site.
Ceremonial Throw a Winner!
Charter Member Ruth Jamieson (now 89) threw a rock to re-enact the throwing of the first rock 50 years ago.
Kip Murchison held the broom as Ruth put the rock on the tee line without any sweeping from Doug
McKercher or Ralph Sweet! What a throw!
See the video!
(Warning - A very big file!)
50th Anniversary Bonspiel
The 50th Anniversary Bonspiel completed Sunday, February 22nd and was a great success. The format mixed
players from across the club, mixing Bantams and Juniors with Day curlers, Weekend players with Evening players,
day curlers with evening ones - every combination imanginable. Everyone seemed to enjoy the spiel and wondered
if we could repeat this more option than every 50 years!
The Gold Event winners of the spiel were the team of Blair McRae, Kryle Farmer,
Sylvia Dworschak, and John Sherar. Bill Adair, Catherine Burnside, Alan Sentence,
and Steven DiFilippo won the Silver Event. For all the results click here.
Granite Sweeps Zone 3 OCA Trophy and Colts - February 7-8
Granite swept the Zone 3 OCA Trophy and Colts, winning both A and B sides! All are off to the
Regionals being held February 28-29. Congratulations to:
- Susan Schmidt (skip), Brenda Phillips, Denise Hoekstra, Eileen Doyle
- Ling-Yue Hung (skip), Tracy Samaan, Raija Sawada, Stephanie, McDairmid
- Josh Adams (skip), Steve Forrest, Greg Dunn, Keith Coulthart
- Kevin Murray (skip), Blair McRae, Brad Forden, Mike Sander
Gibson and MacLeod Excell at the Crystal Heart
Carol Gibson's rink won the Seniors 1st event and Eunice MacLeod's
rink were runners-up in the 2nd. So congratulations to:
- Carol Gibson (skip), Catherine Burnside, Betty MacDonald, Pat Scrim
- Eunice MacLeod (skip), Wendy Kelly, Fran Olson, Eileen Wilson
MacLeod off to Provincials!
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The rink of Eunice MacLeod, Wendy Kelly, Fran Olson, and Eileen Wilson won the B side of the
Master Women January 26th and are of to the provincials!
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Bantam Team Wins 3 in a Row!
The Granite Bantam team of Ian Rathwell, Scott Hindle, Peter Sinclair, Andrew Denny
has started the new year with a string of victories:
- Granite Bantam Bonspiel, December 27-28: winner of competitive draw
- Almonte Bantam Bonspiel, January 17: winner of first draw
- Cornwall Bantam/Junior Bonspiel, January 25: winner of bantam trophy
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Pictured with their trophies
from the Granite win are (left to right):
Ian Rathwell, Scott Hindle,
Peter Sinclair, Andrew Denny.
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3 Granite Rinks at Zone 3 District Playdowns for the Masters
The following rinks qualified out of zone 3 in the Masters to go on to the district playdowns
to be held at Navy Jan. 24 and 25. From the district, two mens and two ladies rinks
ill move on to the provincial finals.
- Eunice MacLeod, Wendy Kelly, Fran Olson, Eileen Wilson
- Marg Stewart, Joyce Garinther, Jean Waddell, Ann Hagborg
- Fred Brownlee, Larry Durst, Geoff Wilson, Peter Scarlett.
Samaan Eight Ender
Congratulations to Tracy Samaan, Elizabeth Holmes, and Sandra Hession for their Eight Ender on January 20th!
For more on this and other Granite 8 enders, check out the Eight Enders page.
Hung, Collins, Adair win at OVCA Mixed - January 18th, 2004
Ling-Yue Hung,
Rick Collins,
Carole Fujimoto,
and Bill Adair won the Cruise Ship Centres Trophy at the OVCA Mixed. They were playing for the
Rideau Curling Club, but Ling, Rick, and Bill are Granite members as well.
Merklingers Runner-Ups at Provincials
Our Junior Women's rink finished second at the Provincials on January 11th. Congratulations to
Lee Merklinger [skip], Leslie Levere, Lisa Weagle and Breanne Merklinger.
Coulthart Wins First Calcutta Bonspeil
Keith Coulthart, Gary Attfield, Tom Egan, and Greg Miller won the Calcutta. Hats off to John Horrocks
and Dave Long for organizing the event.
Turkey Speil - December 14th
Congatulations to all, especially the Rookies Rock winners participating in their first spiel!
| Draw 1 |
Turkeys |
Pierre Chantal, Claude Laprade,
Christina Cull, and Jane Dallaway (Rookies)
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| Chickens |
Beth Zadorozny, Carl Casey,
John Shultz, John Sherar(Junior) |
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| Eggs |
Dorothy Horrocks, Gerry Vandevalk,
Gerry Allen, Coleen Kirby (Rookies). |
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| Draw 2 |
Turkeys |
Brian Kelly, Sarah Gatenby (Junior),
Jim Brooks, Jack Champagne(new to Granite this week!) |
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| Chickens |
Keith Coulthart, Garth Haugrud,
Eleanor Brooks, Barbara deCatanzaro (Rookies) |
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| Eggs |
Doug Sears, Geoff Wilson (President),
Marilyn Zeir, Heather McBrien (Rookies) |
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Ling-Yue Hung Zone 3 Winner
Ling-Yue Hung's team came through the B-side, with a victory over Sue
Schmidt's team in the B-final. The Hung team will be at the Regionals in
Napanee Jan 2-4. Team members are Ling-Yue Hung, Tracy Samaan, Raija
Sawada, Stephanie MacDiarmid.
Attfield a Zone 3 Bantam Winner - December 7th
Gary Attfield (skip), Kent Neale (vice), Jake Attfield (second), John
Sherar (lead), and Alex Young (5th) won the "B" side of the Zone 3 Bantams. Good Luck in the Reginionals on January 3 and 4!
Team Merklinger Provincial Bound
Team Merklinger (Lee Merklinger [skip], Leslie Levere, Lisa Weagle and Breanne Merklinger)
won the A-side at Junior Womens Regionals and advance to the Provincials being held January 8-11
at the Oakville Curling Club. Good Luck Merks!
Murphy Mixed Winners
Congratulations to the 2003 Winners! More coverage of the Murphy Mixed is on the
Murphy Mixed page.
A Event
Winner: Frank Kinahan (Skip), Beth Zadorozny (Third), Oleg Zadorozny
(Second), Edith Harvey (Lead).
Runner-up: Bill Adair (Skip), Kathy Adair (Third), Kurt Folkerson (Second),
Carole Folkerson (Lead)
B Event
Winner: Roger Tetreault (Skip), Carole Tetreault (Third), Steve Smith
(Second), Gwen Reimer (Lead)
Runner-up: Moe Chartrand (Skip), Evelyn Garnier (Third), Clyde Garnier
(Second), Heather Dufault (Lead)
C Event
Winner: Steve Stefanison (Skip), Eunice MacLeod (Third), Glenn MacLeod
(Second), Pat Stefanison (Lead)
Runner-up: Keith Coulthart (Skip), Sue Schmidt (Third), Hugh Trueman
(Second), Brenda Phillips (Lead)
D Event
Winner: Kevin Murray (Skip), Marsha Woodgate (Third), Brian Gatenby
(Second), Celine Ruest (Lead)
Runner-up: Lyle Tallon (Skip, Barbara Thompson-Walker (Third), Jim Book
(Second), Donna Tallon (Lead)
Merklinger Team off to a Good Start
It looks like we've gotten a littel behind reporting on the Merklinger team
(Lee Merklinger [skip], Leslie Levere, Lisa Weagle and Breanne Merklinger - coached by Bruce Merklinger).
So here's a summary of how they've been doing.
- Merklinger won the A side of the Junior Ladies Zones (Nov 21-22) in Deep River.
They advance to Regionals (Nov 29-30) at the Gananoque Curling Club.
- Merklinger qualified at the OVCA Junior Superspiel (Oct 31-Nov 2) and lost the quarter-finals, winning $500.
- Merklinger won the third event at the London Junior Bonspiel (Oct 24-26) with a 5-2 record.
- Merklinger won the consolation event at the Oakville Junior Invitational (Oct 11-12),
after losing the semi to Kelly Cochrane (the spiel winner).
- Merklinger team 3-2 at the Montreal Open, (Oct 2-5) a woman's spiel
where the two games they lost were close ones to Sherry Anderson and Suzanne Gaudet (the spiel winner).
Bantams win at Pepsi-Cola Junior/Bantam Bonspiel, November 15-16
The bantam team of Scott Hindle, Ian Rathwell, Andrew Denny, and Peter Sinclair
won the second event in the bantam section of the Pepsi-Cola Junior/Bantam Bonspiel
at the Royal Kingston Curling Club. Well done guys!
MacLeod win Mary Maguire
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The Eunice McLeod rink won the
Mary Maguire Trophy. Congratulations to Eunice McLeod, Wendy Kelly, Fran Olson, and Eileen Wilson!
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Hung Rink C-event Winners at RCMP Mixed Cash , Oct 23-26
- Ling Hung (skip)
- Rick Collins (third)
- Tracy Samaan (second)
- Chris Gillies (lead, Nortel League at Granite)
Richmond Opeing Bonspiel - Oct. 17-19
Hung Rink in final
- Ling Hung (skip)
- Tracy Samaan (third)
- Stephanie MacDiarmid (second, Rideau CC)
- Rick Collins (lead)
Weagle/Wigle/Beamish/Evraire make it to semi-final
- Ted Weagle - skip
- Marc Wigle - third
- Wayne Beamish - second
- Dave Evraire - lead
- Dave Long -third for first game
They lost against a team from the Navy but were reward $100 for their efforts!
DesRosiers' Eight Ender
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October 14th - Monique DesRosiers, Betty Campbell, Marielle Brook, and Rosemaire Schoulén scored an
Eight Ender during their play in the Day Ladies. See the Eight Ender page for more.
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Josh Adams in the Quarter finals OVCT Parliament Cup
October 8th - Josh made it to the quarter finals playing third for at the OVCT Parliament Cup,
the 2nd event in the Ottawa Valley Curling Tour.
Josh was playing third on Craig Saville's rink.
FYI - "The OVCT was founded to provide a venue for teams in the Ottawa Valley to compete
in higher quality curling events than were previously available. In it's inaugural 2001 - 2002
season the OVCT consisted of 5 events and a tour championship in which teams competed
for in excess of $65,000. In the 2002 - 2003 season the OVCT was composed of
5 events in which teams again competed for over $65,000."
50th Anniversary Opening Bonspiel , October 2 - 4, 2003
Draw A Winner
- Skip: Roger Tetreault
- Third : Joanne Bourgeois
- Second: Dave Long
- Lead : Art Olson
Draw B Winner
- Skip: Steve Smith
- Third: Gabrielle Lavigne
- Second: Owen Snider
- Lead: Hélène Lanoux
Hung Rink B-Event Finalists in Navy Open Cash, Sept 23-28
- Ling Hung (skip)
- Rick Collins (third)
- Carole Fujimoto (2nd, Rideau CC)
- Brad Forden (lead, Rideau CC)
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