September 2008

Rainbow Rocker Curling League News Archives

BareYour Bones Bonspiel - Registration Now Open!!

The Rainbow Rockers, Ottawa's queer curling league, invite you to Bare Your Bones (like you need an excuse!...) in the Nation's Capital this Hallowe'en weekend.

The first annual Bare Your Bones Bonspiel is taking place October 31 - November 2. Registration for this triple-knockout spiel is only $320 per team and opens today, at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, September 19th. Get your team together and visit www.rainbowrockers.com/bareyourbones to register. Space is limited to 24 teams - 12 out-of-towners and 12 local Ottawa teams!

Bonspiel « Bare Your Bones »

Les Rainbows Rockers, la ligue de curling gai d'Ottawa, vous invitent à participer au Bonspiel « Bare Your Bones » (que vous avez besoin d'une excuse!...) dans la région de la capitale nationale la fin de semaine de l'Hallowe'en.

Le premier bonspiel annuel de « Bare Your Bones » aura lieu du 31 octobre au 2 novembre. L'inscription pour cet événement, qui sera de format triple-élimination, est seulement 320 $ par équipe et sera ouverte dès 9 h 00 ce vendredi, le 19 septembre. Rassemblez votre équipe et visitez le site Web www.rainbowrockers.com/bareyourbones pour vous inscrire. L'espace est limitée à 24 équipes - 12 d'en dehors de la région d'Ottawa et 12 équipes locales!

Schedule Rules 2008-2009

1) The 25 teams will be split into three divisions: A, B and C. They have been ranked to start the year based on past performance, skill level and composition of new members or teams.

2) The A and B divisions will have 8 teams each and the C division will have 9 teams.

3) There will be 3 rounds in which teams will move up or down from their respective divisions based on the following:

  • a) After round 1 and 2, the top three teams from C division move up to B division with the three bottom teams in B division moving down to C division.

    • Schedule and Game Times for 2008-2009

    Round 2 Schedule

    Updated, Sunday Nov 30

    Date Time Bye (C division only) Sheet 1 Sheet 2 Sheet 3 Sheet 4 Sheet 5
    Sunday November 30th, 2008 1:00 PM Currie vs Hebert McEachern vs Tremblay
    Sunday November 30th, 2008 3:00 PM Arbiter Ruddock vs Connors MacDonald vs Robbins Crance vs Gallant Peloquin vs Chow Nixon vs Lynch
    Sunday November 30th, 2008 5:00 PM Mantha vs O'Driscoll Wilson vs Patterson Cornelius vs Douglas Robichaud vs Vollrath Roy vs Joyce

    Schedule for October 5th

    The first curling match of the season is scheduled for October 5th.

    Date Time Bye (C division only) Sheet 1 Sheet 2 Sheet 3 Sheet 4 Sheet 5
    Sunday October 5th, 2008 5:00 PM Peloquin Robbins vs Arbiter Chow vs Gallant Douglas vs Connors Hebert vs Cornelius Patterson vs Mantha
    Sunday October 5th, 2008 7:00 PM Lynch vs Robichaud MacDonald vs McEachern Roy vs Ruddock Nixon vs Wilson O'Driscoll vs Joyce

    Curling Season Begins on October 5th

    Curling Clinic, Ottawa Curling Club at 440 O’Connor Street

    The OCC is hosting a curling clinic at two different times:

    • Sunday October 5th from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
    • Tuesday October 7th from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m.

    This clinic would appeal to novice and intermediate (experience -wise) curlers. Items to be covered include strategy, team dynamics, tolerance on shots, equipment critique, brushing review, delivery technique and releases.