THE 2024 CONTINENTAL CUP SPONSPORED BY A&B FORD SALES LTD IN PERTH WITH GENEROUS SUPPORTING SPONSORS LISTED BELOW
The A&B Ford Continental Cup ran the week of April 1st to the 6th and was a great success. Seventy one curlers from four countries battled it out for (our version) world curling superiority with Norway coming away victorious. Scotland finished a very close second that was only determined using the tie breaking formula with Canada and Sweden bringing up the rear.
Gold medals were won by The Scots Men’s Team of Bob Mount, Peter Siemons, Richard Hayward and Alan Humphreys, Women’s team of Fran Laidlaw, Cheryl Ogston Shelly Xu and Tammy Morrison and Open team of Andy Morrison, Paul Clasby, Grayson Lewis-Beavis and Mary Clennett. The Norway Mixed Team of Phil Scriver, Deb Neill, Glenn Campbell and Kim Twyman won gold while the Norwegian tandem of Sharen & Brian Symondson won the Mixed Doubles Gold.
The 50/50 draw was won by Steve Scott who graciously donated his winnings back to the club. Thank you Steve.
I’d like to thank all the volunteers who helped throughout the week with cleaning, bar tending, food prep, serving, ice making and clean-up. Gosh curlers are a messy bunch. There always so much to clean up. Once again thank you. Without you we could not hold these events. Thank you Cheryl Wood for the wonderful lunch and dinner on Saturday. For those of you who haven’t volunteered to help out we really need you to step up next year. Everyone needs to pitch in to make these events successful. We can’t rely on the same people every time.
A great big thank you goes out to Leslie Armstrong for convening the Continental Cup. It’s a hard Bonspiel to convene and organize. It was a six day event with 71 participants. She had to find eight captains, organize the draft day and get the teams out to the participants as quick as possible. I think she was present for almost every draw and of course all day Saturday.
We also have to say a huge thank you to Jeff Hinton, A&B Ford Ltd and their representative Marg Lapensee for sponsoring the bonspiel. Without their support we couldn’t hold these events. Additional sponsors were Benson Autoparts, Rick’s Glass Medic & Tinting Ltd, NAPA Auto Parts and Lin-X Smiths Falls. They all supplied excellent prizes. Try to support our sponsors as much as you can.
This was the last bonspiel of a very busy season. Next year is the Perth Curling Club’s 150th Anniversary. Some big events are in the works to celebrate so keep your eyes open for the announcements and when the time comes sign up to help out.
Brian Symondson
Bonspiel Director
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Winners!