TWO ANNANDALE JUNIOR PLAYERS ADVANCE TO PROVINCIAL CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP
by Jim Easson
The OCA Pepsi Junior Regional playdowns were held last weekend. Annandale had members on competitive teams in other zones.
Chantal Lalonde played with Danielle Inglis of Burlington in Zone 13 on a team that included Annandale curler Tracy O'Leary, now
at Laurier University. The Inglis rink won the B side of Region 4 and now advances to the Ontario Provincial Junior Women's
Curling Championship to be held at the Gananoque Curling Club from January 7 to 11.
Joan Moore curls with Danielle Loney of Midland in Zone 10 on a team that includes reigning Ontario champion Glenn Howard's
daughter, Carly. The rink advanced to the Region 3 in Meaford but were sidelined 0 -2. The local Region 2 Playdown was held at
the Oshawa Curling Club. Neither of the Annandale teams competing was able to advance to the Provincial Championship either.
The Junior Ladies team of Lesley Pyne, Stacey Hogan, Suzanne Miller and Katie Hickey with coach Jennifer McGhee went 2 -2.
The Annandale Junior Men's team of Michael Bryson, James McPherson, Sandy Martin and Josh Hall coached by Susannah
Moylan went 0 -2.
Competing in the OCA Senior Men and Senior Women Zones at Dalewood Golf on the weekend, Sandra Thain women's
Annandale team of Barb Luffman, Joan O'Leary and Janet Alexander advanced as there were only two Senior Women's entries.
They next play in the Regionals slated for Lakefield December 13 and 14. Annandale men's team of Carl Vickers with Dave
Gaudette, Doug Lawson, and Geoff Peck went 0 -2. Three other Annandale competitive curlers were on two additional teams but
none advanced. Warren Leslie was on an Uxbridge team skipped by Greg Timbers with Barry Acton and Kent Cochrane. Alex
Bianchi and Mike Trudeau were on an Oshawa foursome skipped by Brian Suddard with John Brotherhood.
Annandale will be hosting the first step in the chase for a Tim Hortons Brier entry. The TSC Stores Tankard Zone Playdown is
slated in the club starting Friday December 5 at 8.15 p.m. The draw is full with 16 men's teams playing a double knockout draw for
the two spots to the Regionals. Blair Metrakos skips one Annandale entry with Chris Van Huyse, Andrew Klein, and Scott March.
Another Annandale entry is skipped by Wes Johnson with Patrick Janssen, Tyler Anderson, and Spencer Yule. Wes and Spencer
are playing with competitive memberships and do not play in house leagues. There is no charge to drop into the club and watch
some of the action.
Annandale ran a Mixed Skins Cash Bonspiel at the club November 29 and 30. The A Event winners were skipped by Terry
Eastman, with Cathy Menard, Mike Menard and Linda Eastman who collected $338. Team Pinkney were runner-ups in A and took
home $327. In the B Event, Team Payne won over Team Jewer $351 to $250. In total, 18 teams competed in the Spiel which had a
total payout of $2,400.00 in 'skins'.
Team Glenn Howard, with Pickering resident Richard Hart at vice, and Brent Laing and Craig Savill on the front end, head to
Quebec City December 3 - 7. They will compete in The National, the second leg of the men's 2008-09 Capital One Grand Slam of
Curling series. Eight qualifiers out of eighteen top teams will compete for a share of the $100,000 purse. CBC will cover the event for the quarter-finals Saturday 11 am. and finals on Sunday at noon. The semi-finals are availble on Bold and cbc.ca at 6 pm Saturday.
November 30, 2008
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