K-W Granite Club


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2006-2007 Season

Congratulations to the women's junior team for winning the Ontario Championships!

Here's the winning team:
 
Kitchener-Waterloo Granite Club
Skip Hollie Nicol
Third Laura Hickey
Second Karen Sagle
Lead Hilary McDermott
Coach John Nicol
 

For the details of the provincial championship, please click here.
For the details of the Canadian championship, please click here.

2005-2006 Season

Congratulations to all of the following winners!

  • Trophy                                Kathy Ryan, Lori Schroeder, Deb Salonen, Laurie Infanti - Zone Winner
  • Tankard                              Kelley Reid-Mooibroek, Lori Schroeder, Betty Wagner, Heather Gardhouse
                                               Kathy Ryan, Deb Salonen, Margie Milburn, Lisa Lynch - Zone Winner
  • Master Women                   Wendy Simpson, Isle Hoffman, Lorna Allen, Glad O’Hara - Provincial Finalist
  • Master Men                         Don Lidstone, Roy Bromiley, Bill Ralph, Carl Hoffman - Provincial Finalist
                                               Bernie Reid, Glenn Pascoe, Bob Ross, Bill Simpson - Zone Winner
  • Intermediate Women          Kathy Ryan, Deb Salonen, Kelley Reid-Mooibroek, Judy Beauchamp - Zone Winner
  • Junior Women                    Taylor Mellor, Lindsay Crossley, Kendra Barrick, Ashley Smith - Zone Winner
  • Bantam Mixed                    Simon Barrick, Taylor Mellor, Brad Smailes, Heather Cook - Zone Winner
  • Bantam Girls                      Taylor Mellor, Ashley Smith, Heather Cook, Carly Shane - Provincial Finalist
  • Bantam Boys                      Simon Barrick, Brad Smailes, Peter Stewart, Dave Durant - Provincial Finalist
    At that provincial championship, Simon Barrick won the sportsmanship award, an honour bestowed on him by the OCA

2004-2005 Season

Ontario Curling Association Competitions

  • Carrie Mellor and Elaine Voisin, both curling out of Westmount, have advanced their teams to the Regionals for the Women's Tankard on April 2.
  • Curling out of Westmount, Elaine Voisin, Tara Gray, Lisa McLean and Jess Retterath won the B side for the Trophy competition. Elaine and her team won the A Side of the Regionals and advance to the Provincial finals at the Curling Club of Kingsville to be held March 23-26.
  • Ron Mooibroek and his mixed team advanced out of the B side of the Mixed Zones to the Regionals at the Southampton Curling Club on March 12.
  • Congratulations to Kelley Reid-Mooibroek, Lori Schroeder, Lauri Infanti and Colleen Hambly for advancing to the next round after winning the A side of the Trophy Competition at the Granite Club on January 22nd.
  • Congratulations to Elaine Voisin , Tara Grey and Amber Gebhardt for qualifying through the zone play downs.
  • Congratulation to Simon Barrick and his Bantam Boys team for winning the side B in Zones.
  • Well done Amanda Zufich and her team for winning the Junior women side A zone play down.
  • Wendy Simpson, Ilse Hoffman, Lorna Allen and Glad O'Hara sought to defend their provincial title this year. They came out as A side zone winners, however did not advance past the Regional Masters competition.

Other Events

  • Hearty congratulations go to Norm Green, Carrie Speers, Len Cooper and Bill Baker who won the CNIB Provincial Gold for the first time in K-W Granite history on Saturday March 19th. They are coached by Wendy Simpson who has now played an integral part in bringing two Provincial Championships to our club in two successive years.
  • Congratulations to one of our junior teams: Taylor Mellor, Lyndsey Crossley, Ashley O'Donnell and Ashley Smith who won the recent Elmira Junior 'spiel The Mellor team is coached by Gary Crossley and sponsored by Tournament Sports.
  • EIGHT-ENDER…!!!!!! Congratulations to Kim Mervyn, Pat Babcock, Rosie Kirkpatrick and Brandey Barton in the Business Ladies for their "perfect end".
  • It was an all KW Granite Club final at the Clarica Bonspiel 2004 as Mike Reinhardt defeated Elaine Voisin in the final of the trophy event. Congratulations to Mike and his team of Kai Schofield, Andrew Wiebe and Anthony Silvestro. Thanks to all of our representative teams who made us extremely proud this year. Other notables who made it all the way to Friday night are:
    • Art Frensh in the Trophy Event
    • Tom Powell and Ian Anderson in the Trophy Consolation
    • Jonathan Cerentola in the Cup Consolation
  • Congratulations to Bev Houston and Jean Richardson who along with Les Houston and Glenn Pascoe were victorious at the Senior Winter Games held in Ayr December 15th and 16th. The team will go on to compete at Winterfest held in Barrie on February 7th and 8th, 2005.

2003-2004 Season

Ontario Curling Association Competitions

  • Our thanks to the team of Peter Mellor, Carrie Mellor, Phil Tilker, and Arynn Bailey who represented our club so well at the Provinical Mixed held April 14-18th at the Guelph Curling Club. They went undefeated in the round-robin only to lose a hard-fought final against Phil Daniel of the Sun Parlour Curling Club.
  • Congratulations to Wendy Simpson and her team of Ilse Hoffman, Lorna Allen and Gladys O’Hare on being the 2004 Ontario Master Women’s Champions. At the first ever Master’s Canadian competition your record of 3-4 was a fine showing – but we know you’ll be back next year to give it another shot. We are so proud of your accomplishments this year!
  • More congratulations to Sue Laurin, Laura Davis-Cook, Vicki Leith and Erin Cook. They had a great run to the Trophy Provinical that was held March 24th-March 27th at the Wingham Golf and Curling Club, where they finished with an excellent record of 4-3. This followed won an A side win at both the Trophy Zones Sun. February 8th at Ayr Curling Club and the Regionals in Cookstown onFebruary 28th and 29th.
  • Zone Winners:
    • Men's - Ron Mooibroek, Dave Coggan, Greg Houston, Phil Tilker (B-Side)
    • Bantam Girls - Ashley O'Donnell, Taylor Mellor, Lindsay Crossley, Heather Cook (B-Side)
    • Junior Women - Jennifer Metzloff and team (A-Side)
    • Mixed - Ean MacDonald, Elaine Voisin, James Bromiley and Deb Salonen (B-Side)
  • The Ontario Curling Association Zone 12 Competition Calendar is available online at http://www.ontcurl.com/info/pdf/poster12.pdf

Other Events

  • Congratulations to Adrian Hofstetter and Brett Mellor who were on the team that won the Westmount Junior Spiel.
  • Three members from the Granite Club, Len Croke, Norm Green and Cam Krueger, entered rinks in the Ontario Senior Winter Games held at the Ayr Curling Rink January 6 & 7. Sixteen teams entered the 2-day event. The bronze medal was awarded to Cam Krueger's rink. Other team members were Ruth McLaren lead, Frank Baron second, Joan Baron vice.
  • A little rock team from the K-W Granite Club consisting of David Harnock (skip), Frank Wende (vice), Jessica Malinowski (2nd) and Molly Greenwood (lead) took second place at the Elmira & District Curling Club Little Rock Bonspiel on February 21st. All the team except the skip are first year curlers.
  • Wendy Simpson had a hot November as she won The Falfest Club Bonspiel along with her supporting cast of Sharon Lidstone, Leola Aitkinhead and Meribeth Anderson/Joyce Bell.
  • Congratulations to Derek Babcock and his team of Neil Bailey, Lew Ayers, and Jean Richardson. They were victorious over Lloyd Kruschenske and his team from the Guelph Country Club to win the Cup Event of the 2003 Clarica Bonspiel. The finals were held at the Westmount Club on Saturday, November 21. For detailed draw results and pictures of the winning teams, click here.