Northern Ontario Provincial Championships – Information page

This year the Sudbury Curling Club will be hosting the Northern Ontario Curling Association (NOCA) Wheelchair Curling Championship, January 27-29, 2012.  They are delighted to see this event in Sudbury for the first time in the history of the adaptive sport. Our City will see a total of four teams come to compete - one from Sudbury and three teams from the Thunder Bay / Kenora areas. We will be bring updates via this blog as soon as we can during the event.

Local support is a key piece in running an important event like this. We would be nowhere without community help. This is where you come in. We are looking for individuals and businesses to come aboard and add their financial support to our championship games. It is your opportunity to say you believe in Adaptive Sport, that you support your local athletes, and that you and your business stand by and encourage wheelchair curlers in the North. Be a Northern Ontario Wheelchair Curling Championship ‘rock’ star.

We look forward to your partnership as we share the excitement in watching the MEDIchair Sudbury Wheelchair Curling Team fight for the opportunity to wear the green and gold jackets at the National Championships in Thunder Bay March 18-25, 2012.  

The Schedule for the event is as follows:

	Team	Club
1	Prudhomme	Sudbury CC
2	Ficek	Kenora CC
3	Levesque	Fort William CC
4	Sonego	Fort William CC

Date	Time		Ice 4	Ice 6
Friday , Jan. 27	9:45 am	Team Meeting
	10:00 am	Opening Ceremony
	11:00am		1 vs. 2	3 vs. 4
	Curler’s Lunch (sponsored by BMO, Bank of Montreal)
	3:00 pm		2 vs. 4	1 vs. 3
	Curler’s Dinner (sponsored by ACT/UCT)
Saturday, Jan. 28	10:30 am		4 vs. 1	3 vs. 2
	Curler’s Lunch (sponsored by Chris Penney, Coldwell Banker)
	2:30 pm		Tie Breaker if required
	Curler’s Dinner (sponsored by MEDIchair ltd & Lifemark Physiotherapy)
	6:30		Tie Breaker if required
Sunday, Jan. 29	10:30am	Finals (or semi final)
	Curler’s Lunch (sponsored by Kelsey’s)
	1:00 pm	Closing Ceremony (if no, semi)
	2:30 pm	Finals (if semi required)
	5:00 pm	Closing Ceremony (if semi required)

** 10 minute pre-game practice begins 1/2 hour prior to game time

** Teams listed first will practice first and have top of scoreboard colour

** Hammer will be determined by a draw to the button at the end of the practice time

 Team Lists:

Team	Club	Team Picture	Position	Name
Prudhomme	Sudbury		Skip Vice Second Lead Coach	Rick Prudhomme  Sarah Lashbrook  Dennis Duclos Norm Martel Norm Gervais
Ficek	Kenora/Dryden CC		Skip Vice Second Lead Alt. Coach	Wayne Ficek Chester Draper Denise Miault Craig Sutton  Roy Lentz  Randy Ronnebeck
Levesque	Fort William CC		Skip Vice Second Lead Coach	Carl Levesque Rick Bell Mel Prairie Sharon LaFroye David Kawahara
Sonego	Fort William CC		Skip Vice Second Lead Alt. Coach	Gino Sonego Richard Dawid Terry Lynch Linda Kontunen Doug Dean Mike Bergquist