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Saturday, December 1, 2012

A huge Apology to Team Fieck



Unknown to almost everyone, I was to make a return to curling this weekend at the Cathy Kerr Bonspiel in Ottawa. I had been discussing the opportunity to get back on the ice for some time with my good friend Wayne Fieck from the NOCA.

We had decided that the Cathy Kerr would have been a great place for me to jump back on the ice for some fun by playing third for Wayne on Friday and Saturday for a couple games.

On Monday at work, I injured my back and had been trying to rest so that I would be able to play this weekend for the first time in nearly 3 years.

The injury has turned out to be far more extensive then I first thought and I have been unable to attend. I want to publicly apologize to Wayne and the team for not being able to make it. I know you where counting on me but this was unforeseen.

I hope sometime in the future we may be able to play with each other. Again; I am sorry.

Sincerely;

Chris Daw

3 torn spinal muscles


Tony Zummack & Facebook continued!



Tony Zummack, Canadian Coach for the Scottish team reports via facebook last night fromt he Cathy Kerr.

"Day 2 game 2 had us play Team Blanchette and after a tough battle Team Scotland prevailed 4-2. We finished the pool with a 2-1 record and play Team Manitoba in the quarter finals. Thanks to all of our supporters and we look forward to our games tomorrow. Time for bed, wake up call at 6 am. Cheers !"

Oh and by the way Tony, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Shoes or Wheels - UPDATED



An article by Trevor Kerr



Shoes or Wheels

It’s hard to believe that someone would take a pair of sport shoes that belong to somebody else; but the equivalent of that happened recently.

Some inconsiderate and thoughtless individual went onto the property of Tom Killin, a top-level wheelchair curler from Scotland, and removed Tom’s competition wheelchair to places unknown.  It’s bad enough this person took something that did not belong to him; but especially abhorrent he did not use some of his brains to think what the owner of the chair would do without his “feet”.

 For a moment, let’s wonder what we would do if we could not find the basketball or soccer or track shoes that we need to practice or compete.  I’m sure we would be devastated, furious, incredulous or heartbroken (or perhaps all of these) to think one human being would do that to another.  Now a pair of shoes might cost fifty to a hundred dollars and specialized ones might set you back two or three hundred dollars.  A competition wheelchair can run anywhere from two thousand to five or six thousand dollars.

Perhaps this detestable individual thought he could make some easy cash by selling the chair and gave no thought to what Tom would need to do to replace it.  Perhaps this person did it for a lark.  Perhaps, for some reason, this person wanted to penalize Tom.  If the latter supposition is correct he certainly was successful.

Tom represents Scotland and Great Britain on the national team and needs the chair as he and the team enter bonspiels in preparation for the 2014 Paralympics.  Without his chair Tom cannot set himself properly, deliver the rock accurately or be comfortable and helpful to his teammates.

Let’s hope the individual who perpetrated this heinous crime comes to his senses and finds a way to return Tom’s chair.
UPDATE - Tom Killin via facebook reports

"BIG THANKS TO EVERYONE INSPECTOR GARY Gary Grant Snr brilliant man my wonderful daughter Shona for all her help today with the police and a big thank you to all of you for your support out there GETTING MY WHEELCHAIR RETURNED and maybe an arrest would be good ."

Friday, November 30, 2012

Tony on Facebook

Tony Zummack is commenting from Ottawa about his trip and the Cath Kerr Bonspiel. Here is a couple of  things he had to say:




Well Day 2 sees us play both Team Rees and Team Blanchette. Team Scotland was victorious over Team Rees 6-2 and now plays Team Blanchette at 7 pm tonight. It is a must win for us if we want to assure ourselves a spot in the high road quarter finals tomorrow morning.




Day 1 is behind us and the competition begins tomorrow at 2pm. We had 2 practice sessions today and have played on both ice surfaces now. The weather has turned cold, minus 15 celius tonight so it will be quite chilly in the morning. The team will actually take some outer wear off before going out onto the ice, not something normally done for them.





Day 1 of the Cathy Kerr and Team Scotland played Team Prudhomme. The line score was 7-0 down after 4 ends but we managed to score 7 points in the next 3 ends to force an extra end. Team Prudhomme made a 6 foot tap back to the 4 foot on last stone to secure the win. Team Scotland is 0-1 going into Day 2 with games at 12 noon and 7 pm tomorrow. We are now off for a team meal then a game reviews before calling it a day.





So this is day 2 now upon us, we enjoyed a recovery day Tuesday with a light ice session in the afternoon and a team dinner with our fans from Tecumseh and Regina. Today we have 2 ice sessions planned, 1 at each venue. The weather is seasonal for Ottawa, between 0 and 10 below celcius. We'll post pics from the ice rink's later today.

Identa Cup in Germany needs teams!


Cathy Kerr Update

Thanks to Michel George Simpson for the following update.

Sorry for the Quailty folks this is how it can to us!

Cathy Kerr is under way

Cathy Kerr Bonspiel
Ottawa, Ontario
November 29 - December 2, 2012
 
 
Thursday
Sheet 1
Sheet 2
Sheet3
Sheet 4   Sheet 5
Sheet 6
Sheet 7    Sheet 8
Nepean SportsPlex
 
 
 
 
 
 
2:00 - 5:00pm
A1 vs A4
B1 vs B4
C1 vs C4
D1 vs D4         A2 vs A3
B2 vs B3
C2 vs C3         D2 vs D3
 
 
Sheet 1
Sheet 2
Sheet 3
Sheet 4
Recreational
Sheet 5
Sheet 6
 
 
Friday RA Centre
9:00 12:00pm
A1 vs A3
A2 vs A4
B1 vs B3
B2 vs B4
 
 
 
12:30 3:30pm
C1 vs C3
C2 vs C4
D1 vs D3
D2 vs D4
1:00 3:00 pm
R1 vs R4
R2 vs R3
4:00 7:00 pm
B3 vs B4
B1 vs B2
A3 vs A4
A1 vs A2
4:30 6:30 pm
R3 vs R1
R4 vs R2
7:00 10:00pm
D3 vs D4
D1 vs D2
C3 vs C4
C1 vs C2
 
 
 
 
 
 
Saturday
RA Centre
9:00 12:00 pm
Competitive Main Event
Recreational
 
 
12:00 3:00 pm
Competitive 2nd Event
12:00 –2:30pm
R1 vs R2
R3 vs R4
3:00 6:00 pm
Competitive Main & Consolation Events
3:30 5:30 pm
Rec Semi
Rec Semi
6:00 9:00 pm
Competitive 2nd & 3rd Events
 
 
 
 
Sunday RA Centre              9:00am           Final Game Competitive                     9:30 am Final Game Recreational
 
 
 
 
Club
Skip
 
 
Pool A
A1
Team USA
McDonald
A2
Team Manitoba 2
Alberg
A3
Team Newfoundland & Labrador
 
A4
Team Ottawa 3
Eddy
 
 
 
Pool B
B1
Team Canada 1
Armstrong
B2
Team Manitoba 2
W herrett
B3
Team Ottawa 1
Morris
B4
Team Ottawa 2
Fraser
 
 
 
Pool C
C1
Team Canada 2
Thiessen
C2
Team Quebec
Marquis
C3
Team Toronto
Rees
C4
Team Northern Ontario
Ficek
 
 
 
Pool D
D1
Team Scotland
 
D2
Team London
Blanchette
D3
Team Bradford
Gregory
D4
Team Sudbury
Prudhomme
 
 
 
Recreational Pool
R1
Team Lennoxville
Grenier
R2
Team CWCC 1
Dewis
R3
Team CWCC 2
Simpson
R4
Team CWCC 3
Michel
 
* The team listed first throws top of the scoreboard colour-Yellow.