ANNANDALE TEAM HEADED TO PROVINCIAL PLAYDOWN

by Jim Easson

    An Annandale Curling Club Junior Mixed team is one of the eight teams that will compete for an Ontario curling Championship this week.   Josh Hall teams up with Spencer Anderson, James McPherson, Yvonne Lalonde, and coach Donna Hall.  They will be in Marmora & Area Curling Club March 25 to 28 to compete in a "horse race" playdown, as the round robin winner will be the champion.

    Annandale Curling Club will again be hosting the OCA Silver Tankard Ontario finals on Sunday April 5.  Our Region will be represented by teams to be determined on April 4th.  Other upcoming events at the club include the closing banquet April 17 followed by the Last Chance Bonspiel April 18 and 19.

    The League play at Annandale is winding down.  The Competitive Ladies have their last draw next week and then they have a closing banquet the next week.  The Competitive Men's League has the final draws this week, and then there will be playdowns.

    Scheduled to take place at the Crystal Centre in Grande Prairie, Alta. from April 14-19, 2009, the Grey Power Players’ Championship will include both a men’s and a women’s draw featuring Canada’s top teams.  The Grey Power Players’ Championship will be the eighth and final 2008-09 Capital One Grand Slam of Curling series events. The top men’s and women’s teams on the Capital One Cup standings following the Grey Power Players’ Championship will each receive $50,000 (CDN). The second and third place men’s and women’s squads will each receive $25,000 (CDN) and $10,000 (CDN) respectively.  Team Glenn Howard with Pickering resident Richard Hart at vice, and the front end of Brent Laing, and Craig Savill is the defending champion, and the $25,000 first place purse is a great incentive to repeat.  Sixteen top teams are entered, and eight will qualify for a share of the $100,000 purse.

Jim Easson,
March 22, 2009

Return to Jim's Pin Pages or to Annandale Curling Club