To Go or Not to Go?

Q: Will the Snow keep you away?
A: Deb will send out an email advisory - safety comes first.

Reminder to let Deb know in advance when you have DATES SCHEDULED away.

Wanted

Looking for volunteer to post the weekly blog updates.

Thanks !

Wed. Nov 20th - Game ON!

Tip of the week:
Start your game by introducing your self & inviting everyone to "Good Curling!" Shake hands with both your own team & your opponents.

Shout Out:
Bottle drive at Manotick Curling Center this coming FRIDAY, November 22nd
Looking for volunteer parent drivers & youth to drive around & simply pick up empty booze cans/bottles donated by local area residents, in the following neighbourhoods within a 5km radius of our club:
-Village of Manotick (Clapp, Mill, Tighe, Dickinson) - 1 car plus 2 youth
-Village Walk (townhouse complex across from Giant Tiger) - 1 car plus 2 youth
-North Island (Bravar and all small streets down to Bridge Street) - 4 cars plus 2 youth/car
-South Island (neighbourhood immediately around the curling club) - 2 cars plus 2 youth/car

Sorting depot is located at:  5610 Van Vliet - just south of the curling club (look for the lobster traps)
Start time:  5.30pm to 8.30pm
Dinner:      Compliments of Team RAISE - Subway sandwiches
Proceeds:  Go to our building renovation Project RAISE

Please come out and lend a hand if you can.

Thanks everyone!

Snack Sign Up to Dec 18, 2013

Thank you, parents for signing up for TFL snacks! 

Bring whatever is comfortable for you, quick loaves (banana, lemon, ..), cookies, squares, chips, oranges, cheese, crackers, possibilities are endless. 

To help volunteers plan:

• 22 curlers and we usually invite the parents to partake too. 
• quick & easy to put out on the 3 tables; not too messy or too many crumbs that may go on the ice.

Date	Snack Provider
6-Nov	Emily Deschenes - banana choc cake & chips
13-Nov	Cindy Luckett - chocolate chip cookies & lemon cake
20-Nov	Joanne Kelley - Switch to another date
27-Nov	Jackie Monforton
4-Dec	Cindy Luckett
11-Dec	Lyndsay Walsh
18-Dec	Karen Kelly

Wed. Nov 6th - Game ON!

Can't make it - what do you do?

Do you have a school trip or family commitment, where you will be absent?  

For dates that you are already aware of, please EMAIL those dates to Deb our drawmaster to let her know.
We have several spares who can fill in BUT they need a couple of days advance notice to arrange for transport to Manotick.

We have had a terrific response and have had to TURN away youth curlers who wanted to play EVERY week.

Session with The Coach @ 4pm
 

                                                                  Ryan M.                     Cole                     Ryan J.

Congratulations to these TFL’s who Drew  Closest to The Button

                                Emma W                                             Daniel                               Elizabeth

 

Wed. Oct 23rd - We are off to a great start!

It was wonderful to meet everyone in person finally after corresponding via email over the summer!

This season our curling complement is made up of students from:

1. Kars on the Rideau, St. Matthews HS , St. Marks HS, John McCrae Secondary, St. Patrick's HS, St. Joseph HS, Longfield Davidson HS, Canterbury HS, De LaSalle HS, South Carleton HS and Cedarview Middle School.
2. Grades 7 to 11
3. 20% of the TFL'rs have been initiated into curling via the school Phys Ed program, while the majority have been in a structured program at local area curling clubs such as Manotick, Navy, Carleton Heights, Cityview.

It was unanimous that for both curlers & fans in the gallery that we are all there to learn something new & have fun!

Team Assignments: will be made up from those in attendance. Every effort will be made to keep teams/pairs together, however sometimes the math just doesn't work. In this instance it will a grand chance to play on a different team just for fun that day.

Starting Wed. Oct 30th:

•  4pm weekly - 30minutes of coaching on basic delivery techniques or to give the more experienced curler  a pointer to work on - Coach Kent or Coach Chris Y will meet you at the club. Just EMAIL Roz if you plan on coming early so we can be ready for you:
• Already on the list for 4pm:

                                        Ryan J.
                                        Ryan L.
                                        Cole

• As is tradition at the beginning of the season, we will have a draw to the button challenge to start our Day 2.
• Snacks will be provided compliments of Roz & Deb

A big thanks to the parents who stepped up and volunteered to jump right into the snack routine! Last year I went with healthy...however soon realised that crunchy & salty chips were clearly the TFL favourite. Note we are NOT a peanut free environment and for those with food sensitivities please come and see me.

We look forward to another fun & rewarding season full of curling!

Roz & Deb & Kent & Chris I & Chris Y

p.s If you have friends who want to join, it is NOT too late. We are also taking curlers who wish to be listed as a SPARE - that is a curler who can't commit to every week league but would like to be called in to 'fill-in' on a scheduled afternoon away.

Welcome to 2013/2014 Season Starts on Wed. Oct 23rd, 2013

Welcome, teen friendly league (TFL)!

The ice has arrived at Manotick curling Center and our league will
officially start on Wednesday, October 23rd.

We ask that curlers arrive between 4pm and 4.15pm.
Time to have a snack, change into your curling gear, warm up, chat to
your team mates.

This will be an opportunity to get to know each other!

For our first day,

1. Introductions
2. Walk through our club
3. Club etiquette
4. TFL blog - the place to find out weekly schedule, team assignments,
game on/cancelled.
5. Assemble into your team assignments.
6. Get our curling legs with a couple of ends of curling

See you in the Mahogany Lounge at Manotick Curling Center!

Roz, Deb,Kent

Last Day of TFL 2013 season

Q: What's happening on the last game of the season - Wed. March 27th?

4.30p - Skills competition
5.30p- Pizza & Awards

         a/ Curler with Best Spirit
         b/ Most Improved Curler
         c/ Season High Scorer

6.00p -  Alas the end of wonderful 1st Season. See you October!

Please remember:
1. Drop off your completed registration forms with Deb/Roz
2. Help us take our Teen Friendly flyer out into the community at your school, grocery store, local library.

Wed. March 20th & March 27th - last 2 games of the season!

TFL & families,

It is so hard to believe that we are now at the end of our season. Hope that everyone had a good March break whether that was chilling out at home or getting away to someplace with surf and sun.

Q: What's happening this week - Wed. March 20th?
A: It will be:
1.  the last regular season league game
2. Vote for the curler with the "best curling"
3. Vote for the curler who has "improved the most"
4. Tell us what kind of pizza you'd like

Q: How can you help spread the word about the "Teen Friendly League"?
A: We will have copies available of 2013/2014 registration form if you can help post a couple at your school, local library or grocery store,  workplace. Just spread the word!

Q: What's happening on the last game of the season - Wed. March 27th?
A: Skills competition & Pizza and if you say many nice things to Deb - some of her wonderful cranberry lemon loaves! Find out which curler earned the highest points for league play this season. We'll hand out the awards and look forward to your feedback on how we can make it a good recreational place to come and curl.

Some of you might be thinking of taking the leap over to competitive curling - just to let you know: Manotick Curling Club will be hosting the OVCA (Ottawa Valley Curling Association) Orphan Clinic - Saturday, March 23rd from 9a to noon. An event that brings to together curlers looking for teams & teams looking for coaches. All you have to do is show up and make sure you register  with the OVCA rep on site that day.

Finally, Citiview Curling Club be hosting a competitive youth league next season, for competitive level fixed teams, check out the OVCA website for details.

Thanks for making our 1st season - roaringly fun!

Roz, Deb & Kent

Weather & Curling as of 11:47am - Game is STILL on

TFL Game is still ON for today!

However SAFETY first. It will likely be a more trying drive getting home from the club tonight.

We'll figure things out with those who brave it out this afternoon.

See you at 4.15pm

Roz & Deb

Wed. Feb 27th - Lots happening !

TFL and families,

We are in our last month, can you believe it? 

Today - Wed. Feb 27th - there's alot happening, here goes...

1. We will have yet another high calibre curling guest, Mary Mattatall who is stopping by  at 5.45pm - 6pm to chat for about 15minutes with TFL about her experiences at the Scotties & answer any questions that our curlers might have.

Who is Mary?
 

Mary Mattatall has been curling for 25 years, which is pretty good for such a youngster!  She lives in Dartmouth and works for Public Works and Government Services Canada as a Property Manager. Mary has many curling accomplishments: Junior Provincial Champion, 2  Olympic Trials attendances, 2 Canadian Mixed Championships. 3  Mixed Provincial Championships. 5 Provincial Scott Championships. 8 Scott Tournament of Hearts Appearances. Her most memorable Curling Moment was winning the Regional Qualifier to make it to the 1997 Olympic Trials in Calgary.  The ONLY team east of Ottawa to make it to the trials. Other than curling she loves golf and do it yourself projects.

Her favorite saying: "Nothing in life is free.  For all things you must pay.....attention. And IF you pay......attention,  Life will unfold as it should."

2. Manotick Curling Club is hosting its annual cancer fundraiser on March 2nd. The organizing committee is offering many wonderful prizes in their Perky in Pink raffle draw. You get to pick which prize you want to go after:

• Goldline curling broom - men's
• Goldline curling broom - women's
• Sens Tickets (March game date)
• Golf & Dinner
• Professional Photo Shoot

 Come see Roz  for raffle tickets ($2 x 1, $5 x 3..I think) all proceeds towards a great cause!

3. Early registration for next season 2013/2014. We will have registration forms available for early registration for next season.

So that we can do some planning, we would like to get a good idea of just how many curlers will be returning. We'd like to get the word out to more curlers like YOU who love to curl but didn't know you could here at Manotick! So for any of your friends who register - you will get a free broom head valued at $15. Good to add to your stash of replacement parts for all that sweeping during games/bonspiels.

See you all !

Roz & Deb

No Game - Wed. Feb 13th

Sorry folks,

Valley League Playoffs are in progress and will continue for the entire week.

As a result, any regularly scheduled league play at Manotick has been pre-empted.

Back to regular programming

next week

Feb 20th

4.30pm

 

Yours in curling

Kent, Deb & Roz

Game Schedule starting Jan 16th thru to Final Game of Season on March 27th

TFL'rs & families:

Here's the schedule for the 2nd half of the season. There are:

1. No changes to the teams
2. No game scheduled for  March Break - Wed. March 13th during  - however if you are staying in town and would like to use our time slot for practice ice - go right ahead.
3. Early registration for 2013/2014 TFL season starts March 20th
4. Final game of the season:  Wednesday, March 27th: pizza & refreshments will be served, peer nominations for 'Most Improved TFL curler' & trophy award to team with highest score.

Thanks to many of the parents who have stepped forward to add so many 'yummy' treats to the snack line up each week!

Coach Kent - will be at the rink at 3.45pm for any TFL'rs who would like a little more practice time & feedback before game time which starts promptly at 4.30pm.

FANTASTIC job everyone on starting your games quickley - keep up the good work!

Date	Jan-16 Photo Graffitti Day & Team 50/50	Jan-23	Jan-30	Feb-06
Sheet 1	Team Zahab	Team CCHC	Team Stephenson	Team Zahab
Sheet 1	Team Stephenson	Team Fullerton	Team CCHC	Team CCHC
Sheet 2	Team Wallingford	Team Zahab	Team Daviau	Team Stephenson
Sheet 2	Team Fullerton	Team Daviau	Team Fullerton	Team Fullerton
Sheet 3	Team Daviau	Team Stephenson	Team Zahab	Team Daviau
Sheet 3	Team CCHC	Team Wallingford	Team Wallingford	Team Wallingford
Date	Feb-13 NO Game Valley Bonspiel in progress	Feb-20	Feb-27	Mar-06
Sheet 1	Team Stephenson	Team Zahab	Team CCHC	Team Stephenson
Sheet 1	Team Daviau	Team Stephenson	Team Fullerton	Team CCHC
Sheet 2	Team Fullerton	Team Wallingford	Team Zahab	Team Daviau
Sheet 2	Team Zahab	Team Fullerton	Team Daviau	Team Fullerton
Sheet 3	Team CCHC	Team Daviau	Team Stephenson	Team Zahab
Sheet 3	Team Wallingford	Team CCHC	Team Wallingford	Team Wallingford
Date	Mar-13 No game	Mar-20 Early Registration for 2013/2014 season	Mar-27 Mini-bonspiel & Most improved TFL & Pizza
Sheet 1	March Break	Team Zahab	Fun Day
Sheet 1		Team CCHC
Sheet 2		Team Stephenson
Sheet 2		Team Fullerton
Sheet 3		Team Daviau
Sheet 3		Team Wallingford

Happy New Year - 1st game of 2013 is Jan 9th!

Enjoy the rest of your winter break this week.

 

Our 1st game of 2013 is scheduled

for

next week

Wed. Jan 9th

 

Roz & Deb

 

p.s Last chance, to let Deb know if there is any interest in switching up teams for the 2nd half