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Continued from page 50 The Ottawa Valley Goodwill
It Is What It Is Pendergast was awarded the Member Curling Tour is a friendly mixed

of the Year. curling tour that features teams from
the concession prices are old school the Ottawa Valley and teams from
The
Doubles
Mixed
World
By Peter Collins reasonable. Pimento cheese or egg Curling Championships will be held Renfrewshire Province, Scotland,
salad sandwiches will run you a buck
and a half. The delectable Georgia in Korea from April 22nd to April which started twenty-five years ago.
29th, with twenty teams and twenty Every four years, curling couples
Peach ice cream sandwiches, a paltry
countries participating. Canada was from the Ottawa Valley travel to
one dollar. That sounds much more
reasonable that ten loonies for stale represented by Jennifer Jones and Scotland to curl, or Scottish couples
ost golf fans look forward to popcorn at the Bell Center! So, the Brent Laing having won the Canadian are hosted by the Ottawa Valley
Mthe Masters every spring as best golfers in the world, or should Mixed Doubles Championship by curlers, for the honor of hoisting
sort of rite of passage. It’s not because I say the ninety to one hundred who defeating Brett Gallant and Jocelyn the “Friendship Cup.” This past
the azaleas are in bloom, although are invited to the yearly competition, Peterman in the final in Sudbury in year the Cornwall Curling Centre
they are quite lovely in April. vie for the chance to win a green March. At this writing Team Canada was represented by Terry Hart and
This iconic tournament, located in jacket. It’s not just a regular green was at 5 wins and 1 loss and appeared Desiree McLeod as they travelled to
Augusta, Georgia, brings the hope jacket, it’s a “verdant” green jacket. to be headed for the playoffs. Scotland and were hosted by eight
of springtime, a chance for renewal, If you look up verdant green, you The Cornwall Curling Centre various curling clubs in Scotland’s
a little pomp and circumstance, and will find that it’s “greener and lighter hosted a U-15 curling event on Renfrewshire Province. The Ottawa
let’s face it, an escape from the last than the average moss green.” Show the weekend of April 16th / 17th Valley curlers were successful in
dredges of winter. It’s a privately some respect for verdant green, a few with eight teams participating from bringing the Friendship Cup back
run club that sponsors a tournament years ago one of these jackets sold at Huntley Curling Club, Ottawa Hunt to Canada. Bill and Denise Dickie,
which refers to fans as patrons. These auction for $680,000. So, you might Golf and Curling Club, Manotick (Cornwall Curling Centre), were
so-called patrons can’t bring cell think all this tradition and history Curling Club, Rideau Curling Club, past participants in the tour. The
phones onto the site and oh yeah, they should predicate that prize money and the Cornwall Curling Centre. Ottawa Valley will host the Scots in
can’t wear their ball caps backwards. for this hallowed competition would The winner of the event was Team 2026. The Cornwall Curling Centre
In other words, there was zero chance be underwhelming. Not so, in 2023 Benning from the Ottawa Hunt Golf
that they filmed Caddy Shack here. In the total purse was eighteen million and Curling club. Finishing 2nd will once again be running a learn to
a world that typically treats tradition dollars, the winner receiving over was Team Wilson from the Rideau curl program in the fall for people
and ceremony like moldy lunch meat, three million dollars. Wow, that might Curling Club and in 3rd place interested in learning the sport of
the Augusta course has managed to buy you a sand trap full of pimento was Cornwall’s Team Wright. The curling. Please check the website in
slow down the progress of time. Even sandwiches! Individual Skills Competitions saw early September for details.
Sydney Anderson coming in 1st with Until next year wishing everyone
Cornwall’s Sean Lalonde finishing in a great summer… hit them long and
2nd. Rounding out the top three was straight and we shall see everyone at
Lauren Norman. the Shorty’s in September.
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Kiyo Oka Closing Bonspiel Champions
L to R: William Gibbons, Maiden Fleming, Sean Lalonde, Kaleb Johnson
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