There’s a new World Curling Tour men’s event coming to Halifax – the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic at the Halifax Curling Club from November 15-18, with 16 teams, a triple-knockout format, and a total purse of $25,000. Live Scoring will be available at Curlingzone.com
Event website: http://www.worldcurl.com/events.php?task=Event&view=Main&eventid=5377#
The Centre for Curling Excellence 2018 MARITIME JUNIOR BONSPIEL takes place October 12-14, 2018 at Curl Moncton.
$200 per team * Guaranteed 4 games.
ELIGIBILITY: Must be under 21 as of June 30, 2018
ENTRIES: Space is Limited
Only PAID entries placed on draw schedule
DEADLINE: September 21, 2018
REGISTER ONLINE AT CURLMONCTON.CA
MAIL REGISTRATION FEE TO:
Curl Moncton Inc. * 80 Lockhart Avenue * Moncton, NB E1C 3B8
Cheques made payable to Curl Moncton Inc.
CANCELLATION POLICY: Refunds granted only under extraordinary circumstances.
Curl Moncton reserves the right to charge an administration fee for refunds
Here are the Competition Dates for this September’s Maritime Junior Competitive League at Curl Moncton:
Saturday, September 8, 2018 Sunday, September 9, 2018
Saturday, September 15, 2018 Sunday, September 16, 2018
Saturday, September 22, 2018 Sunday, September 23, 2018
Saturday, September 29, 2017 Sunday, September 30, 2018
***Register early – limited number of teams accepted per date.
Places will be confirmed once paid.
Postdated cheques must be dated no later than September 1, 2018***
REGISTER ONLINE AT CURLMONCTON.CA
MAIL REGISTRATION FEE TO:
Curl Moncton Inc.
80 Lockhart Avenue
Moncton, NB E1C 3B8
Cheques made payable to Curl Moncton Inc.
$80 per team per day
CANCELLATION POLICY: Refunds granted only under extraordinary circumstances.
Curl Moncton reserves the right to charge an administration fee for refunds.
A Junior Development Camp for ages 11-15, along with their coaches, will take place on November 18 at the Amherst Curling Club. $50 per person includes lunch and a hoodie. Register at NSCurl.com
Start your curling season off on the right foot by working on key elements of the game at the Academy of Curling Camp, with camps October 5, 6, and 7 at the Dartmouth Curling Club, led by Russ Howard, Mary-Anne Arsenault, and Grant Odishaw. See poster for details.
Young curlers from across the country will once again be able to further their academic and athletic ambitions, thanks to the Curling Canada Foundation’s For the Love of Curling Scholarship program.
Among the recipients last year were:
Applications are now being accepted for the 2018 For the Love of Curling Scholarships, which are funded through the generous support of the Canadian curling community, and have been raised in value from $1,000 to $2,500.
A total of 10 scholarships will be awarded to male and female curlers who best demonstrate athletic and academic prowess as well as community leadership.
“The For the Love of Curling scholarship announcement is an annual highlight for Curling Canada — even more so this year with the increased monetary value of the scholarships,” said Resby Coutts, Chair of Curling Canada’s Board of Governors. “That increase reflects Curling Canada’s commitment to developing the next generation of curling champions, on and off the ice.”
Two-time World Junior Women’s champions (2018, 2016) Kristin Clarke and Karlee Burgess, as well as current World Junior Men’s champions Tyler Tardi and Sterling Middleton, are all past recipients of the For the Love of Curling Scholarships. All four received their scholarship in 2016.
Additionally, Burgess is on the selection committee to decide this year’s recipients.
All of the 2018 scholarships will be awarded to deserving young athletes from across Canada to help post-secondary athletes cover some of their education and curling costs.
Emphasis will be placed on athletes who have competed at the provincial/territorial level or higher; who have maintained a good level of academic standing; while showing a commitment to curling through their involvement in coaching, instructing and/or volunteer activities. Athletes must be under the age of 23 as of Dec. 31, 2018, and not have received the For the Love of Curling Scholarship previously.
The application process runs from May 1 to June 30, 2018. Scholarships will be awarded in August.
For more information or to apply, visit online www.curling.ca/scholarship2018.
On an annual basis, Sport PEI awards three student-athlete scholarships valued at $1000. The criteria used to select the recipients includes achievements in sport, the classroom and their communities.
This year, the scholarships were made possible thanks to donations from Sport Centre Physiotherapy, Gemini Screen Printing & Embroidery, and Discount Car & Truck Rental. The 2018 Sport PEI Scholarship recipients are Lauren Lenentine (Bluefield), Emma Jinks (Charlottetown Rural), and Chris McQuaid (Colonel Gray).
Each of the student-athletes has excelled in the classroom, their sport, and their community. In addition to the three Sport PEI recipients, Ethan Boyd, of Three Oaks Senior High has been awarded the Earl F. Smith scholarship. The honor is named respectively after the PEI Sports Hall of Famer and recognizes a high school graduate embodying the spirit of multi-sport and competition.
Lauren Lenentine, a Bluefield graduate, will be studying Science at Dalhousie University in the fall and has plans to become a physiotherapist. This past year, she was an alternate for Team Canada at the World Junior Curling Championships in Scotland where Canada won gold. Lauren is a nine-time PEI provincial curling champion and was runner-up at the 2018 PEI Scotties Provincial Tournament of Hearts. She was recently selected as a recipient of the Sandra Schmirler scholarship, one of the most prestigious accolades in curling. The selection process for this scholarship is rigorous and competitive. Winners excel both athletically and academically. They also need to show community engagement aligned with a commitment to giving back and keeping Sandra’s legacy alive.
Emma Jinks, a four-time Canadian National Squash Champion and graduate from Charlottetown Rural, was the top recruit for the University of Virginia in the NCAA. She will play as the number one or number two spot on the varsity squad and plans on competing all four years with the Division One school. This past year, Emma won her third consecutive Sport PEI Junior Female Athlete of the Year award. She competed in the number one spot for Canada at the World Junior Squash Championships in New Zealand and finished ninth with thirty-five countries in attendance. At the Canadian Junior Open, which hosted eighteen countries, and 273 athletes, Emma managed to win the top tier U19 women’s division. She was the only Canadian to win a division in the entire tournament. With all her travel, Emma still kept a 94% grade average and has her Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award.
Chris McQuaid may not spend much time in PEI while competing in the QMJHL, but with hard work, he will graduate from Colonel Gray this year with a 95% grade average. He plans to continue playing for the Gatineau Olympiques this fall while studying Business online at UPEI.When he has time, Chris also competes as a track athlete and is undefeated at all events he has participated in during the school year. A community volunteer on PEI and Quebec, Chris has a bright future ahead of him.
The Earl F. Smith recipient, Ethan Boyd, has his sights set on making the Dalhousie men’s volleyball team this fall while studying Business Management. As the top male volleyball, and basketball, player in the province this year, Ethan leads by example with a quite personality but explosive skill. This was never more evident than when he helped Three Oaks High School win three volleyball championships in a row and a basketball championship for the first time in six years. Ethan is also involved in the community with Big Brothers/Big Sisters and spent time in Mozambique, Africa helping those in small communities.
Cornwall’s Lauren Lenentine is one of this year’s “SPIRIT OF SANDRA” scholarship winners. Previous winners have included Brooks Roche (2015) from Montague, and Veronica Smith (2014) from Cornwall.
ALEXA DIXON (Saskatchewan)
MEGAN SMITH (Ontario) 
LAUREN LENENTINE (Prince Edward Island) 
SELENA STURMAY (Alberta) 
SARA HOAG (Saskatchewan) Young curlers from across the country will once again be able to further their academic and athletic ambitions, thanks to the Curling Canada Foundation’s For the Love of Curling Scholarship program.
Among the recipients last year were:
Applications are now being accepted for the 2018 For the Love of Curling Scholarships, which are funded through the generous support of the Canadian curling community, and have been raised in value from $1,000 to $2,500.
A total of 10 scholarships will be awarded to male and female curlers who best demonstrate athletic and academic prowess as well as community leadership.
“The For the Love of Curling scholarship announcement is an annual highlight for Curling Canada — even more so this year with the increased monetary value of the scholarships,” said Resby Coutts, Chair of Curling Canada’s Board of Governors. “That increase reflects Curling Canada’s commitment to developing the next generation of curling champions, on and off the ice.”
Two-time World Junior Women’s champions (2018, 2016) Kristin Clarke and Karlee Burgess, as well as current World Junior Men’s champions Tyler Tardi and Sterling Middleton, are all past recipients of the For the Love of Curling Scholarships. All four received their scholarship in 2016.
Additionally, Burgess is on the selection committee to decide this year’s recipients.
All of the 2018 scholarships will be awarded to deserving young athletes from across Canada to help post-secondary athletes cover some of their education and curling costs.
Emphasis will be placed on athletes who have competed at the provincial/territorial level or higher; who have maintained a good level of academic standing; while showing a commitment to curling through their involvement in coaching, instructing and/or volunteer activities. Athletes must be under the age of 23 as of Dec. 31, 2018, and not have received the For the Love of Curling Scholarship previously.
The application process runs from May 1 to June 30, 2018. Scholarships will be awarded in August.
For more information or to apply, visit online www.curling.ca/scholarship2018.
The Trustees of the Joyce Myers Trust Fund, established under Curl Atlantic from profits from the 2003 Brier and the 2005 Roar of the Rings curling events in Atlantic Canada, have selected the 2018 recipients of its Curling Club Capital Works grants. This was the final year for the Joyce Myers Trust Fund Grants, as the Fund is now depleted.
The 2018 Joyce Myers Capital Works Grant recipients will each receive $1,500. The successful curling centres are:
NB – Beresford Curling Club, Carleton Curling Club, Florenceville Curling Club
NS – Glooscap Curling Club, Mayflower Curling Club, New Caledonian Curling Club
PEI – Charlottetown Curling Club
NL – Caribou Curling Club
Here is a list of the previous PEI grant recipients:
2017 – Maple Leaf Curling Club
2016 – Silver Fox Curling Club
2015 – Montague Curling Club
2014 – Charlottetown Curling Club
2013 – Maple Leaf Curling Club
2012 – Crapaud Curling Club
2011 – Cornwall Curling Club
2010 – Crapaud Curling Club
The Trustees created the grants as a means to assist member curling clubs within Atlantic Canada with capital projects. Expenses that are of a special and/or extraordinary nature will be eligible for funding. In other words, programs and initiatives that are both unusual and occur infrequently; they are not part of the regular, day-to-day operation of the club. Listed below are a few possibilities: The repair, replacement, purchase or construction of a curling facility or part of a curling facility. For example, the repair or replacement of a curling club roof; the repair, replacement or purchase of a plant asset or piece of equipment; the repair or replacement of ice making equipment; the purchase of special curling equipment; the purchase of little rocks for a junior curling program. Exempt from funding are any expenses of an operational nature. For example, membership dues, utility and tax bills do not qualify.
The Trustees of the Joyce Myers Trust Fund, established under Curl Atlantic from profits from the 2003 Brier and the 2005 Roar of the Rings curling events in Atlantic Canada, have selected the 2018 recipients of its $500 Student/Athlete Scholarships. This was the final year for the scholarships as the Trust Fund is now depleted.
Photo: Breanne Burgoyne (left) and Lauren Lenentine
Photo: Alex Gallant
Photo: Alex MacFadyen
The successful PEI applicants were Breanne Burgoyne and Lauren Lenentine from the Cornwall Curling Club, and Alex Gallant and Alex MacFadyen from the Silver Fox in Summerside. Burgoyne and MacFadyen were also awarded scholarships in 2017.
The other recipients are:
Ryan McNeil Lamswood from Newfoundland & Labrador, and Ryan Abraham, Karlee Burgess, and Kaitlyn Jones from Nova Scotia. No applications were received from New Brunswick.
The organizers of the second annual Cody Dixon Memorial Bonspiel, held January 19-21 at the Montague Curling Club, will be making a donation of $7,700 on Sunday during the IWK Telethon.
The annual bonspiel is in memory of Cody Dixon who passed away suddenly at the age of 23 after a brief illness, on September 11, 2016. Organizers would like to thank everyone who helped with the success of the 2nd annual event, and hope to see everyone at the third!