The Prince Edward Island Curling Association’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) and ADL Amateur Sport Awards Presentation will be held on Wednesday May 30, beginning at 5:30 pm, at the Charlottetown Curling Club.  Dinner will be provided.

Please RSVP to Amy Duncan by May 23. All reports to be tabled at the AGM are to be emailed to Amy by May 21.

Here are the updated Motions for Consideration to be addressed at the AGM (Motions 7 through 10 have been added).

2012 PEI Curling Association – Motions for Consideration

1. Be it resolved:

The changes to the Constitution be approved as presented.

Motion 1 – Changes to the Constitution

2. Be it resolved:

The changes to the By-Laws be approved as presented.

Motion 2 – Changes to the By-Laws

3. Be it resolved:

The policy on Residency Requirements to Compete in a Provincial Curling Championship be approved as presented for implementation in the 2012-13 season.

Motion 3 – Policy on Residency Requirements

4. Be it resolved:

The changes to the Policies & Procedures be approved as presented.

Motion 4 – Changes to Policies & Procedures

5. Be it resolved:

The Provincial Championship Rules of Play be approved as presented.

Motion 5 – Changes to Championship Rules of Play

6. Be it resolved:

The playoff formats for the 2012-13 season be approved as presented.

Motion 6 – Playoff Formats

7. Be it resolved: (submitted by Cornwall Curling Club)

The following rule is added to the Specific Rules of Play for the Provincial Dominion, in order to maximize the number of eligible curlers:

The Provincial Dominion Curling Club Championship will not be held during either weekend of March break.

8. Be it resolved: (submitted by Umpires Committee)

Rule # 18, regarding practice time, be changed from ten to eight minutes.

For each game, unless otherwise determined, both teams must be present and READY to go on the ice 30 minutes prior to game time. A coin toss for choice of practice time or colour will be done at that time. Failing to be present means you forfeit both last rock and rock colour. During practice, each team shall be allowed to throw eight rocks each way, or have a maximum of eight minutes (whichever comes first).

9. Be it resolved: (submitted by Umpires Committee)

5(a) under Specific Rules of Play for Provincial 17 & Under be removed.

If Time-clocks are used:

Teams will be allowed 59 minutes to play an 8 end game and 8 minutes each for an extra end.

10. Be it resolved: (submitted by the PEI Curling Hall of Fame and Museum)

Whereas, the Prince Edward Island Curling Hall of Fame and Museum has two directors that retired on May 9, 2012, namely Beverley Millar and Marilyn Sutherland, and would like the new board members, namely Arleen Harris and Margaret Nowlan, to be appointed by the PEICA to the Prince Edward Island Curling Hall of Fame and Museum Board of Directors for a five year term.

Sport PEI receives quite a few calls/emails regarding what Multi-Sport Module (MSM) NCCP Coaching Courses that are offered.

As many of you know, the old NCCP system of Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, etc… no longer exists.  If you want more information on “where you fit” in the new system as a coach please check this out: http://www.coach.ca/where-do-i-fit–p150095

Attached are 3 charts detailing which courses you need for your sport depending on “where you fit”.  The charts are for the 3 different contexts of Instructor Beginner, Competition Introduction (replaced the old level 2) and Competition Development (replaced the old level 3).

Here is a description of each color:

•             Integrated (RED)  -courses fully taken within the sport and offered by your sport

•             Required MSMs (GREEN) – courses taken with coaches from other sports and offered by Sport PEI

•             Optional MSMs (YELLOW) – for professional development

•             Which contexts are in development (LT. GREY) – this means that the National Sport Organisation (NSO) for the sport is currently developing these courses

•             Which contexts are not available (DK. GREY) – this means that the National Sport Organisation (NSO) for the sport decided that this context is not appropriate for the sport and no coaching course with be offered in this context

Basically, if the course is in Yellow or Green we offer it through Sport PEI and if it is Red it is offered by your sport’s Provincial Sport Organisation (PSO).

Take a look at the charts and where you fit in the sport as a coach and let me know if you have any other questions.

Click to view PDF of all sports

The 2012 Kraft Celebration Tour:
Nominate Your Community Today for a Chance to Win $25,000 and a Live Broadcast of SPORTSCENTRE on TSN

Calling all Canadians!  Is there a local curling club that needs new lights or a new chiller?  Be a hero and nominate your community for the 2012 Kraft Celebration Tour by following the easy steps below:
 
WHAT: The Kraft Celebration Tour

WHY: Because you could be one of 10 lucky Canadian communities this year to receive $25,000 from Kraft Canada to help renovate a recreation facility in your neighbourhood AND have TSN shine the national spotlight on your community with a live broadcast of SPORTSCENTRE right in your hometown.  The Kraft Celebration Tour takes place this summer from August 17-26 and each of the 10 winners will be a stop on the cross-country tour.
 
HOW: To nominate your community, it takes 5 minutes and 3 easy steps –
1)    Visit KraftCelebrationTour.ca
2)    Submit an essay of 500 words or less demonstrating your community spirit and how you would use $25,000 to fix up a recreation facility – plus up to 5 photos of your community
3)    Hit send and tell all your family and friends to do the same – the nomination period closes on Sunday, June 10, 2012

SOCIAL MEDIA: Since we’re all on Facebook and Twitter, visit and like the Kraft Celebration Tour Facebook Page (www.Facebook.com/KraftCelebrationTour) and follow all of TSN’s on-air personalities including Darren Dutchyshen, Jay Onrait, Dan O’Toole and Kate Beirness on Twitter.

(PEI Government photo)

The NCCP Competition Development Courses being offered by Sport PEI in June and July are now full, and we will not be taking any further registrations for these courses.  However, we will be keeping a waiting list and if demand is sufficient we will offer the courses again in the Fall. To place your name on a waiting list, please contact Victoria MacDonald at  sports@sportpei.pe.ca.

Jamie Whynacht

Leadership Training Coordinator
Sport PEI
P.O. Box 302
Charlottetown, PE
C1A 7K7
902-368-6648 (phone)
902-368-4548 (fax)

Don’t worry, the cheques are in the mail.

That’s the gist of the message being sent to the best curling teams on the planet in the wake of prize payouts from last month’s Sun Life Financial Grand Slam Players’ Championship in Summerside, P.E.I., drying up.

Several teams have been frustrated in their efforts to collect their winnings from the season-ending showdown, although none would speak publicly on the topic because they don’t want to put the promised payments in jeopardy. But one player, asking for anonymity, confirmed there’s a great deal of frustration over the situation as the payouts from the Players’ Championships are among the highest of the season.

Regina skip Stefanie Lawton won the women’s event in last month’s Sun Life Financial Grand Slam Players’ Championships in Summerside, P.E.I. Several teams have been frustrated in efforts to collect winnings from the season-ending showdown.

Photograph by: Colleen De Neve, Calgary Herald

But Kevin Albrecht of iSport Media and Management, which operates the Grand Slam events, said the lack of funding to cover the payouts was a simple mistake, and that new cheques and electronic payments were being arranged this week.

“It was just an honest administrative paperwork error that was out of the control of the Grand Slams,” said Albrecht on Tuesday. “It’s being taken care of as we speak, and the payments will be sent out by the end of this week.”

Summerside’s Sarah “Sally” Mae Basler, who played second on the Betty Linkletter rink, and, along with third Irene Silliphant, and lead Frances Henthorn, won three consecutive provincial women’s curling championships in 1952 through 1954, passed away on Saturday at the age of 97. Basler also served as Ladies President of the Summerside Curling Club in 1957-58, and vice-president of the PEI Ladies Curling Association during the 1962-63 season.

Basler is perhaps even better known in golfing circles, where she was a former owner and longtime supporter of the Summerside Golf and Country Club, which, for 24 years, ending in 2010, was the site of the Sally Basler Atlantic Canada Senior Open. Click for more in the Journal-Pioneer.

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Please RSVP to Amy Duncan by May 23.

Please submit any items of business you wish to have placed on the agenda at the AGM to Amy Duncan by May 8, 2012.

Please find below the current Motions for Consideration (and all documentation) to be addressed at the AGM.

Motion 1 – Changes to the Constitution

Motion 2 – Changes to the By-Laws

Motion 3 – Policy on Residency Requirements

Motion 4 – Changes to Policies & Procedures

Motion 5 – Changes to Championship Rules of Play

Motion 6 – Playoff Formats

Motions for Consideration

Amy Duncan

Executive Director

PEI Curling Association

aduncan@sportpei.pe.ca

P.O. Box 302

Charlottetown PE C1A 7K7

Tel: 902-368-4208

Fax: 902-368-4548

Update: these courses are now full. Please contact Victoria (see below) to be put on a waiting list for possible courses in the fall.

Sport PEI are offering FREE Competition Development (Comp Dev) courses in June and July with a limit of 30 participants.  All six modules of the Comp Dev program will be offered.   All courses will take part in Room 125 at the House of Sport (Sport PEI building) at 40 Enman Crescent in Charlottetown.

1.-Managing Conflict – June 4th 5-9 pm
2.-Leading Drug Free Sport – June 11th 5-9 pm
3.-Coaching and Leading Effectively – June 15th 5-9 pm, June 16th 9 am – 5pm
4.-Prevention and Recovery – July 5th 5-9 pm, July 6th 5-9 pm
5.-Developing Athletic Abilities – July 9th 5-9 pm, July 12th 5-9 pm
6.-Psychology of Performance – July 13th 5-9 pm, July 16th 5-9 pm

Please note – only members in good standing with a PEI Provincial Sport Organization (e.g. PEI Curling Assoc., etc.) are eligible for the free registration.  To register for these free courses, please contact:
Victoria MacDonald
902-368-4110
sports@sportpei.pe.ca

For more details about the courses, please contact:
Jamie Whynacht
Leadership Training Coordinator
Sport PEI
P.O. Box 302
Charlottetown, PE
C1A 7K7
902-368-6648 (phone)
902-368-4548 (fax)

Switzerland capped a perfect week, winning every game in the competition on their way to a 7-6 victory over Sweden to win the gold medal at the 2012 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Erzurum, Turkey, on Sunday.

Chantelle Eberle and Dean Hicke talk strategy (Photo WCF/Volkan Atar)

For Canada, an eight-game undefeated streak came to an end in quarterfinal action Sunday morning when Chantelle Eberle and Dean Hicke found themselves on the short side of a 10-1 score against Sweden.

In the quarterfinal, Sweden’s Per Noreen and Camilla Johansson controlled the game from the start and were up 5-0 by the fourth-end break. Canada just missed scoring a deuce in five when an attempted hit and stick rolled out. The Swedes made virtually every shot and by the end of the seventh end, held a 10-1 lead.

“They just made everything and we just missed everything,” summed up Eberle after the game.

Switzerland’s Martin Rios and Nadine Lehmann (Photo WCF/Volkan Atar)

In the Bronze Medal game, Austria’s Christian Toth and Claudia Roth defeated the USA’s Brady and Cristin Clark 12-7 after a score of 4 in the seventh end put the game out of reach.

Click for full story at the CCA website.