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Hello Curlers!
This weeks activity will be a shot contest! Everyone gets 1 chance to do the shot. We will start with a Draw to the button! There will be two prizes, 1st ($30) and 2nd ($20). Measuring tapes will be on the ice surface for you to measure. Scoring - Please ensure you mark your wins and losses on the schedule. Merchandise - CWP Sweaters will return this year! We are waiting for our supplier to confirm pricing. If you are interested in getting a sweater, please reach out to David, Dean or Nicole. You can also respond to this email! Icebreaker Bonspiel - We will need volunteers November 6th to 9th to help over the weekend. We will need volunteers on Thursday afternoon to help set up the club and create welcome bags. We will need volunteers on Friday and Saturday providing general help and support (ticket sales, snacks out, etc.) and then on Sunday we will need help with take down. Please let David or Dean know if you are available to volunteer. We are still looking for raffle donations. Please let David or Dean know if you have a donation! Practice Ice - We are discussing with the Granite what practice ice we are able to have. Once we have a definite answer, we will share with the league. Good luck and good curling this week! David Happy Thanksgiving Curlers!
Who else is excited for the first night of curling tomorrow?! If you are on a bye tomorrow, please feel free to still come down to the rink for the AGM! As mentioned in our previous email, The Grand Slam of Curling Co-Op Tour Challenge is coming to Nisku tomorrow! With their commitment to diversity and inclusion, there will be some of their media personnel coming to our first night of curling. Please be aware they will be taking pictures and doing some recording. If you do not want to be part of it, please let us know and we will communicate that appropriately. They also are donating 3 sets of tickets to Championship Sunday to CWP. We will be doing a draw during our AGM for these tickets. Pride night at the Grand Slam of Curling - Don't forget to grab your tickets for the on ice lounge on Friday night! Games being played are: Wrana vs Lawes, Homan vs Yoshimura, Gushue vs Dunstone and Mouat vs Retornaz! We will be treated to some great curling. Get your tickets here https://tickets.silenticecenter.com/events/35285-draw-16 AGM Reminder - We will be giving everyone a drink ticket for the AGM. The buzzer will go off at 9 PM. Finish the end you are in and play one more. Please, no slow curling. There is a spot for elections, please consider joining their board. We are looking for a secretary position and additional board directors. Waiver - if you haven't signed the waiver yet, we will have some at the club for you to sign. Looking forward to seeing everyone again! David Good Evening Curlers!!
Are you just as excited as I am for the start of the season? We are all set to curl next Tuesday, October 14th at 7:30 PM! Reminder, if you have not yet signed the waiver you will need to sign it next Tuesday, so prepare to arrive early to sign! The AGM will begin immediately after curling is over. Reminder the buzzer will sound at 9 PM, for you to finish your end and play one last one. This will allow us to start the AGM at a reasonable time! Everyone will also be given a drink ticket to enjoy a beverage upstairs. The agenda was previously emailed on September 16th. We are still looking for board members. We are currently looking for someone to take on the secretary role and we need directors. While we do have a lot of volunteers who pitch in during events and activities, we do need more board members to help with planning and leading the league. Schedule is now posted on the website. Please review the schedule and make note of your byes. The spare list is located at the bottom of the team listing that was emailed out as well. Please review the email addresses. There are some teams who do not have emails for everyone. Some emails have also bounced back. Please ensure your entire team is receiving emails. If they are not, please send us an email so we can update/add emails for everyone. Icebreaker Bonspiel presented by TD November 6 to 9 - We are excited to announce TD Bank as our presenting sponsor for 2025. Registration is still open! Chat with your team and register for a fun weekend of curling! Registration night is Thursday November 6th and curling begins on Friday November 7th at 9:30 AM. There are 1000's in cash and prizes to be won during the weekend! Click here to register! We are also collecting donations for the raffle. If you, or a business you know, are interested in donating a prize, please let us know! We will also be looking for volunteers to help out for the weekend. Grand Slam of Curling - Co-Op Tour Challenge is coming to Nisku Tuesday October 14th to 19th. For the first time at the Co-Op Tour Challenge, Friday October 17th 8 PM draw is PRIDE NIGHT!! To help celebrate the occasion, we have a special discount code! Click here to buy your tickets! Click on Friday Night Pride special! This will get you tickets for the On Ice Lounge! The Grand Slam of Curling is a fantastic display of curling and they are excited to bring Pride Night to us! Some hotties are curling during that draw, including Scottish Skip Bruce Mouat! After curling events will begin on October 21st! Stay tuned for the schedule! Interested in hosting a bingo or trivia night? Let us know! We are always looking for volunteers to help us hosting these activities! David We've heard the demand for a weekend option and fun league and this year will be trialing a Sunday Funday League.
Capped at 12 teams total, the league will run Sundays from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. Registration is $650 / team of 4 or 5 players. 6 end games. Individuals may register to be paired with a team, pending availability of enough single registrations. Full payment must be received by e-transfer, cash, or Square by start of season. New this year you may also pay by Square using the link at the end of the confirmation message once you have completed this form. To register click here Questions? Email: [email protected]. Hello Curlers!
We wanted to share an update we received from the Granite today. Due to unforeseen circumstances, we need to delay our start date by 1 week. This means Curling with Pride 2025-2026 Season will begin officially on October 14th. Our Fall AGM will follow on October 14th. Should you have any questions please let us know. Hello Curlers,It’s only 3 weeks until we start curling again and we can’t wait to see you all at the Granite Curling Club on October 7th. While curling starts at 7:30pm, please plan to arrive at 7pm so you can sign a waiver before heading onto the ice. The waiver is attached, if you wish you can electronically sign it and return ahead of our first night of curling, you can print it and bring it with you, or get a copy at the club!
A schedule for the first draw will be emailed shortly. We are looking for a few more curlers to be placed on experienced teams. If you have registered as a spare and are interested in joining a team, please let us know! Our Fall AGM will take place on October 14th (note this date was pushed back a week from original notice due to unforeseen delays with the start of the season) after the game. The buzzer will ring at 9 PM so that the AGM can begin at approximately 9:20. All curlers will be given a drink ticket. Please plan to stay for some important updates on the upcoming season. Agenda Call to Order Approval of Minutes (attached) Presidents Report Treasurers Report Nationals Report Special Election - Looking for a secretary as well as board members to join. Adjournment A few other points: - a Curling With Pride Contact List will be sent out in the next couple weeks. The contact list will include team names, individual names, phone numbers and emails. Please let us know if you do not want to have your phone number or email listed. -we are looking for any individuals who are interested in joining the board for the season. Please contact us or let us know on the first night of curling you are interested. The board is currently looking for someone to fill the Secretary position, and additional board members as we are down to 2 Board members. We would like to thank Dustin Brown for his time on the board. -there are still a few spots available for the Ice Breaker (our annual bonspiel) being held November 7-10. Check out our website for more information -Sunday Funday League - Curling with Pride is proud to expand its reach to Sunday evening, offering a new league for beginner curlers. Registration will open shortly. The season will run October 19th to December 14th. It will feature 6 end games at a cost of $650 per team. We are looking for experienced curlers to help out October 19th and 26th to introduce the game to the new curlers. Know people who want to curl but not want to commit to a full season? This league is for them! -Curling Alberta fee - If you are curling in another league, please let CWP know, as every curler is expected to pay a fee to Curling Alberta. If your cost is covered by another league, CWP doesn’t have to pay a second time. League Champions (A-Division) Congratulations to our 2024/2025 League Champs - the Curly Qs
A-Division Runners Up - Sweeping Beauties A-Division 3rd Place - Hog Tuahs A-Division 4th Place - Bring Back My Curls B Division Champions Dix 'n' Chicks  B-Division Runners Up - Spice Curls B-Division 3rd Place - Flash My Hog Consolation Draw Winners - Bonspiel the Tea Dean Carlson Spirit of Curling Award Congratulations to our 2025 recipient David Gallant  2025 - 2026 Board Elections
President - David Gallant Vice President - Dean Carlson Treasurer - Nicole Petroskey Secretary - Vacant General Directors: Dustin Brown, Jennifer Jackson  Hi Everyone,
Merry Second Winter... or is it Third Winter? Fake Spring? Either way, hope you're staying warm... and good news, things are about to heat up at the Granite Curling Club as we head into the playoffs! But before we get to that... SPRING FLING - THREE TEAMS NEEDED I feel like a broken record, but we are REALLY hoping we can get three more teams signed up for the Spring Fling Bonspiel This promises to be an incredible event No experience necessary -- and you stand a really good chance at walking away with at least some prize money $575/team It includes your Saturday Night Dinner & Party... nightly entertainment... great prize money... and so much more! Please -- if you're interested -- sign up as soon as you can so we can finalize our schedule... if you aren't interested, do us a solid and share this with your social networks, at work, etc. We really want this to be a success. CWP PLAYOFFS Let's start with the Championship Division A new League Champion and B Division Champion will be crowned this year. The top four from each division have advanced to the Semi Finals and they are: Format for Pool A & B: 1 v 4, 2 v 3 – winners go to Final Losers go to Consolation NOTE:
Winner: $200 & bragging rights Runner Up: $100 3rd Place: $80 4th Place: $40 CONSOLATION DIVISION All other teams (teams that finished 5th and lower in each division) will play in a special consolation showdown Teams that finished 5th and 6th will play twice Bottom 4 in A and Bottom 4 in B will each play one game and have one bye The winner of each game will be entered into a draw to win $40 The Playoff Schedule is attached (I've also copied it into this email) NEWS AND NOTES
Hey Everyone,
We're down to the final few weeks of curling for the 2024/25 season - amazing how time just seems to slide right through the house. Some important updates to pass along your way NOTICE OF AGM The Curling With Pride AGM will be held on Tuesday, March 25th following curling The Agenda is as follows: 1. Call to Order 2. Approval of Previous Minutes (see attached) 3. President's Report (Season Update, Ice Breaker, Nationals) 4. Treasurer's Report 5. Elections 6. Season Winners (A Division, B Division, Spirit of Curling) 7. New Business
SEASON UPDATE The regular season will end on NEXT Tuesday, March 11th. DARTS will be the social activity. That will be followed by two weeks of playoffs (March 18 and 25). The top four teams in each division will make the playoffs. More details to come including an updated league schedule. Reminder: For playoffs, the buzzer will ring at 9:30pm. SPRING FLING BONSPIEL We have just THREE spots left for the Spring Fling Bonspiel and are asking anyone who is thinking of registering to please do so as soon as possible. We are trying to finish the program and finalize the schedule, so having final numbers would be greatly appreciated. Cost: $575/team Fun Fact: Did you know that when Edmonton hosted the 2014 Nationals and Ice Breaker Bonspiel -- the Bonspiel registration was $500/team... that's over ten years ago! This year's event will have nightly entertainment, a dinner and party at the Bison Lodge, tons of prizes and raffle prizes. It promises to be an unforgettable few days as we celebrate curling, community, and culture. To register: https://www.curlingwithpride.ca/spring-fling-registration.html CANADIAN PRIDE CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP Be on the lookout for some of our members - as they make the local media rounds to promote the 2025 Canadian Pride Curling Championships! We are also very much in need of volunteers -- both ahead of the event and during! On Tuesday, April 1st - we're asking anyone who is available - to please come down to the Granite and help us decorate and set up for the event. More details to come - but please circle the date on your calendar. And of course, we need volunteers to help ensure the event runs smoothly. We love putting on events, but they're only successful if we have people stepping up to help us turn our ideas into reality. To volunteer: Please email Trevor at [email protected] Thanks again for all your support this year -- chat soon! Hey Everyone, A bunch of updates to pass along your way... A reminder to stick around after curling for some BINGO! In the meantime... sit back, relax and enjoy... WIN A HOTEL STAY How would you like to win a free night stay at the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald? And this isn't just any ordinary room... You'll be staying at the Fairmont Gold Room. Privately perched upon the two highest floors of the hotel, your Fairmont Gold experience includes an exclusive lounge with deluxe continental breakfast served daily, and evening canapés, desserts, and honour bar. Please note: The gift certificate expires on May 1, 2025 This giveaway is thanks to a very generous donation by Lars and Trevor (seriously, they're amazing!) All money raised from this raffle will go to the 2025 Canadian Pride Curling Championship Tickets: $5 per ticket or get THREE tickets for $10! HOW TO ENTER Purchase in Person on Tuesday, February 25 -- come see a member of the executive and they can help you out! You can purchase with Square or Cash. OR ETransfer: [email protected] AND email us to let us know how many tickets you are purchasing (so we can cross-reference) We will draw and announce a winner on Wednesday, February 26th. SPRING FLING UPDATE Just FOUR SPOTS remain for the Spring Fling Bonspiel... it's going to be an awesome event with lots of entertainment and an unforgettable dinner / party on the Saturday Night. The event will run alongside the Canadian Pride Curling Championships. Visit curlingwithpride.ca to register! HELP NEEDED
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TEAM EDMONTON UPDATE Edmonton has 3 NEW LGBTQ2+ Summer Sports Leagues - Slo-Pitch, Pickleball, & Lawn Bowling starting up this summer. The first step is we would like to get the word out to anyone who might be interested in playing. Learn more by scanning the QR Code on the attached poster. If you have any questions, feel free to chat with Dustin Brown. -- Curling With Pride Follow us Web: Curling With Pride | FB: @CurlingPride | IG: CurlingPride |
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