Morris Curling Club
2011 Canadian Mixed November 13-20
Tickets on Sale Now for Canadian Mixed in Morris, November 2010
05/15/2010Tickets for the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, which will be hosted by the Morris Curling Club in November, are now on sale.
The Early-Bird Summer price for a full event pass is $65. This includes all 17 round-robin draws, all tiebreaker and playoff games, and all public entertainment events. Tickets can be purchased in-person at the Morris Super Variety OR Access Credit Union – Morris Branch. An on-line ticket purchase opportunity is also available at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship local website – www.morriscurlingclub.org/canadianmixed.
The $65 Early-Bird Summer price is in effect until August 31, 2010 and provides a significant saving. After September 1, the full event price of $75 will go into effect.
The Early-Bird Summer price represents an excellent opportunity for local fans and team supporters to purchase tickets for friends and family with a significant saving. It will also be used by local businesses as an opportunity to purchase tickets for promotional purposes at the same time as they provide direct support for the event.
Hosting the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship continues a recent tradition of offering elite curling entertainment in the Morris Curling Club. This includes the Scotties Tournament of Hearts won by Jennifer Jones; the 2009 Manitoba Curling Tour Championships won by Mike McEwen & Chelsea Carey; the 1st DEKALB SuperSpiels won by Crystal Webster & Vic Peters; and this year’s 2nd annual DEKALB SuperSpiels won by Sherry Middaugh and Mike McEwen.
The Canadian Mixed Championship, November 13-20, 2010, will bring together the Mixed champion teams of all ten provinces, Yukon/Territories, and Northern Ontario. Manitoba will be represented by four-time champion Terry McNamee and his Hamiota team of Lana Hunter, Allan Lawn, and Tanya Enns.
Co-chairs of the event organizing committee are Resby Coutts and Brenda Recksiedler. The Executive Committee includes Del Stevenson, Penny Roney, Barb Stevenson, Curt Recksiedler, Keith Rempel, and Brian Recksiedler.
It is anticipated about 125 volunteers will be involved in staging the event. For information about volunteering or other aspects of the championship, send an email to Resby Coutts – resby@morriscurlingclub.org.
Volunteers Needed
05/15/2010Volunteers are still required to fill out the support corps as we stage the next successful curling championship event in Morris. Our projected need is in the range of 125 volunteers, somewhat less than the number needed to stage the Scotties a few years ago.
A particular need, at this time, is to identify statisticians. Along with the usual need for timers and observers to assist the appointed on-ice umpires, we will require a skilled group of statisticians to score the game, shot-by-shot. As a Canadian championship event, the competitors rely on the stats provided by the host committee in their game-to-game preparations.
To volunteer for this opportunity or for more general participation in the November 201 Canadian Mixed in Morris, please contact Barb Stevenson or send an email to volunteers@morriscurlingclub.org
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“Come home to the Canadian Mixed in 2010”
09/23/2009Curl Manitoba has designated the Morris Curling Club’s Canadian Mixed Curling Championship as its’ official 2010 Manitoba Homecoming event.
Curl Manitoba was pleased to support the bid by the Morris Curling Club to host the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, November 13-20, 2010 and will be working with the Morris host committee through the coming season as they prepare for the next Canadian championship to be played in this province.
The Canadian Mixed in Morris will be co-chaired by Resby Coutts and Brenda Recksiedler.
“The Morris Curling Club is excited by the opportunity to add a Canadian Championship to the growing list of successful events it has hosted,” says Coutts. “We are especially excited to have our event recognized as Curl Manitoba's Manitoba Homecoming 2010 event.”
“We are very excited to be hosting the Mixed Championships in 2010 and are confident that Morris will put on another great curling event that is synonymous with Manitoba and curling.” stated Shane Ray Executive Director of Curl Manitoba. “ We believe that kicking off the 2010-2011 curling season with a National Championship will be a prelude to great things for Manitoba and curling and what a better way to top it than to designate it as our Homecoming event.”
An integral part of the marketing of the championship will be an invitation to Manitoba-born curlers to compete for their new territory/provincial entry in Morris and for Manitoba-born fans to ‘come home’ to support their new territory/provincial team.
Teams Decided
04/19/2010
The final teams were identified in early April as the competitors in the Canadian Mixed Championship to be hosted by the Morris Curling Club, November 13-20, 2010. Manitoba`s four-time champion Terry McNamee and his Hamiota team of Lana Hunter, Allan Lawn, and Tanya Enns should be among the championship contenders given that McNamee has medalled twice in three previous Mixed appearances.
Notable among the provincial representatives is Robert Campbell of Prince Edward Island – winner of the 1989 Canadian Mixed Championship, the last time the event was hosted in Manitoba. Campbell defeated the Manitoba Jeff Stoughton team of Karen Fallis, Rob Meakin and Lynn Fallis-Kurz in the Canadian final game in the Keystone Centre in Brandon. The Stoughton team had won the 1988 Canadian Mixed and repeated as Manitoba champions but were unable to repeat as Canadian Champions.
Two time Canadian Champion Paul Flemming and his Nova Scotia team and Charlie Sullivan and his New Brunswick team will also be among the favourites
The following information has been gleaned from Provincial Association websites across the country and summarizes information available to date on the teams who will be competing in Morris.
British Columbia: The Chilliwack Curling Club hosted the 2010 Williams Moving & Storage BC Mixed Curling Championship presented by Merit Travel. The Tom Buchy rink of Lori Buchy, Dave Toffolo and Robyn Toffolo from the Kimberley Curling Club defeated Royal City’s Doug Meger in the final game. The high scoring final went to an extra-end and finished 12-11 in Buchy’s favour. Buchy went undefeated through the 8 team round-robin event.
Alberta: The Medicine Hat team of Tim Krassman, Holly Stroh, Jeff Bodin, and Vicki Sjolie won the Alberta Championship , March 31-April 4 at Sylvan Lake Curling Club.
Saskatchewan: Steven Slupski (Moose Jaw Hillcrest CC) third, Allison Slupski, second, Derek Owens and lead Danielle Sicinski won the hard way, coming through the "C" event but won three playoff games including the final to capture the Provincial Mixed Championship in Martensville. Slupski beat Chantelle Eberle, 6-5 in the final, Eberle's only loss of the Championship. Eberle defeated Brennan Jones, 7-1 in the Page Playoff A vs B game to advance to the final after winning the "A" final Friday over John Krasowski, 7-6.
Slupski defeated Jones in the semi-final Sunday 8-6 in an extra end to move into the final. Jones won the "B" final over Slupski, 7-5 Saturday morning to advance to the Page playoff A vs B game. In the C1 vs C2 Page Playoff, Slupski beat Ryan Haight 10-9 in an extra end to move into the semi-final against Jones. Slupski and Haight won "C" qualifiers.
Northern Ontario: A 13-team playoff in Kenora was won by Craig Kochan, Liz Kingston, Colin Koivula, and Alyssa Begin representing the Fort William CC.
Ontario: Chris Gardner`s Arnprior CC team won the Provincial Championship, April 7-11 at Guelph Curling Club. The Gardiner foursome including third Erin Morrissey, second Brad Kidd, and Lead Kim Brown defeated Peter Mellor’s Kitchener-Waterloo Granite CC team in the final
Quebec: Simon Hebert and his Baie Comeau team of Noemie Verreault, Marc Rivard, and Vicky Tremblay won a extra end-final over Martin Ferland`s team at the 16-team provincial, March 29-April 4 at Amos Curling Club.
Nova Scotia: Paul Flemming and his Mayflower CC team of Kelly MacIntosh, Glen MacLeod, and Theresa Breen won the 8-team provincial March 26-31, 2010 at Digby.
New Brunswick: A 15-team Open entry provincial championship bonspiel took place at Woodstock Golf and Curling Club, March 26-28, 2010. The Riverside CC team of Charlie Sullivan, Becky Atkinson, Kevin Boyle, Jane Boyle defeated a Russ Howard family team in the final.
Prince Edward Island: The Charlottetown Curling Club’s Robert Campbell rink beat their clubmates, the Bill Hope foursome by an 8-3 score to win the M&M Meat Shops Provincial Mixed Curling Championship at the Crapaud Community Curling Club. Campbell, and his team of Rebecca Jean MacPhee, Robbie Doherty, and Jackie Reid, grabbed an early 5-1 lead with a triple in the second end, and a deuce in the fourth, and held on for the win.
The Campbell squad had won the A section of the double-knockout competition with an 11-5 victory over Hope, whose team includes his wife Sandy, along with David Murphy and Shelley Ebbett. Campbell then suffered his only loss in the event, losing a B section qualifier to the Eddie MacKenzie rink, also from Charlottetown, by a 6-4 score. Hope won his B qualifier 7-4 over clubmate Jody Jackson, who had advanced to that game by eliminating defending champion Kyle Stevenson, by an 8-5 score. Hope then beat MacKenzie 8-3 in the B final to set up the championship game against Campbell.
Campbell is an eight-time provincial men’s winner, but his only other PEI Mixed title was in back in 1988, when he went on to win the 1989 Canadian championship. His team at that time included Angela Roberts, and Mark and Kathy O’Rourke.
Newfoundland-Labrador: The Carol CC, Labrador City, team of Gary Wensman, Marcie Brown, Paul Mouland, and Steph Casmey won the championship with a 10-4 final win over Bruce Adam's team, Adam had to win twice but the Wensman team won the first game. .
Yukon-Territories: Championship was won by Steve Moss, Kalie Dobson, Brian Kelln, and Danielle Ellis March 11-14, 2010 in Yellowknife.