The Cornwall Curling Club is getting ready to host its 7th annual Masters Plus Bonspiel on Thursday November 21st and Friday November 22nd. Masters Plus teams include one player who is age 55 or older (the “Plus”), and three players who are age 60 and over.
16 teams are entered, representing six different curling clubs from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Off-Island teams are from Antigonish, Sackville, Sackville/Moncton, Sussex/Thistle St. Andrews in Saint John, and the Heather club in St. Andrews. All Island teams are from Cornwall. Draws are 8:30 and 11:00 am, and 1:30 and 4:00 pm both days.
Curling fans are invited to come out and take in the top-quality curling. Many of the teams have curlers who have won both provincial and regional titles.
Here are the skips and the draw:
Team Skips
- Vince Fisher 9. Gary Mitchel
- Barry Craswell 10. Doug Oulton
- Bryan Sutherland 11. Paula Dobson
- Sandy Hope 12. Elaine Smith
- Shirley Berry 13. Anna Acton
- Larry Nigh 14. Keith Bowser
- Tom Dunn 15. Ken Nicol
- Paul Arsenault 16. George Anderson
Draw (Thursday – November 21st)
Time Ice 1 Ice 2 Ice 3 Ice 4
8:30 1×2 3×4 5×6 7×8
11:00 9×10 11×12 13×14 15×16
1:30 4×5 2×7 1×8 3×6
4:00 12×13 10×15 9×16 11×14
Draw (Friday –November 22nd)
8:30 4×12 1×9 2×10 3×11
11:00 6×14 5×13 7×15 8×16
1:30 3×9 1×12 2×11 4×10
4:00 5×16 6×15 8×14 7×13
There will be practice before the 8:30 and 11:00 games on Thursday only. Practice times are 8:15, 8:20, 10:45, and 10:50. If time permits each player will throw 1 rock down and 1 rock back. The hammer is determined by toss of a coin. Rock colours are assigned.