As the Curling season winds down, it is time to think about Golf. Our Annual Huntley Golf Tournament is once again being held on June 28th at the Greensmere Golf and Country Club with dinner to follow at the curling club. The sign up is now open:

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Information provided by Louis Frlan

Coming off of their Bronze medal at U18 Nationals, the team leaves for the U20 National Championships in Summerside PEI this coming Saturday March 22nd .

Another Little Rock Bonspiel was held at Huntley on March 15th. Huntley had 7 teams competing along with 9 teams from other regional clubs. Both draws were won by Huntley teams.

Check out the full post for more pictures of the Huntley teams involved in the event.

The Huntley team of Lenora Homulos, Carole Hamilton, Gisele Cyr and Judie Carrigan participated in the Perth Ladies Black and White bonspiel celebrating that club's 150th anniversary on March 12, 2025 and were the overall winners!

Register for the bonspiel. Dinner and viewing of the Club Championship finals included!

Register for just the dinner. This will allow you enjoy a lovely meal while watching the Club Championship finals going on.

Host club, the Arnprior Curling Club, fielded a strong team that came out on top in this year's Presidents Challenge Cup. Arnprior CC's teams won 4 of the 7 divisions and accumulated a winning total of 565.5 points. This was 83 more than 2nd place Huntley CC's total of 482.5 points. Richmond CC placed third with 442 points followed by Almonte with 355 points.

Reported by Cory Mundy

 The 2025 Mad Hatter was yet again a huge success. Teams sporting great hats and costumes tried their luck with dice. Some came up winners, others not so much. Cheers and groans could be heard across the ice as their fortune was told. Whitney Toogood as always served up amazing food that members couldn’t get enough of. Our horse made their appearance and members roared with excitement as they rooted for victory.

After surveying the club and analyzing the results, we will be adding several new leagues for next season in the hopes that we can find sufficient room for our burgeoning population of curlers. Following are the new additions:

• A new Come & Curl league Wednesday afternoon at 12:45
• A new Open Daytime league Friday afternoon at 12:30
• A new Ladies Fixed league Sunday evening at 7:00
• Adult Learn to Curl will be offered as one session only Sunday evening at 4:30 for the first half of the season and a Learn to Curl league with coaching for the second half.

Reported by Jim Collings

On Friday 28 February, the San Jose Sharks attacked our curling club as they had requested a Try Curling rental. The whole team was present along with their staff, in preparation for playing the Senators the following day. We provided skilled instruction by numerous volunteers and Whitney made a fabulous lunch for them afterward. There were many compliments turned our way, and it was obvious that they had a great down-time, curling instead of hockey practice! 

Sorry we could not have everyone come by, but they asked for some privacy. 

Reported by Jim Collings

Once again, Huntley participated in Canada Curling Day on February 22, with two events that were very well attended.

Team Sobering, with Charlene Sobering, Dawn Rodney, Heather Kosierb and Kathleen Honeywell, won the A event in 2025 Crystal Heart held in early February.

In late February, Team Douthwright won the District 1 title for the Hamilton Shield. On March 2nd, they went to Smith Falls to meet the District 2 title holder, a team from Mount Royal CC. Team Douthwright won the inter-district Hamilton Shield Championship, beating Team Mount Royal 11-1. They are having a strong run in competative events in 2025 so far.

Reference

• Team Douthwright wins B-side of U7 Bonspiel in Carleton Place, Team McStravick runners up
• Team Douthwright wins A-Final at LCA Stanley-Gauthier

Team Leger, consisting of Heather Kosierb, Bill Sobering, Tracy Samaan and Mark Leger, won the B event at the Perth 150th Anniversary Bonspiel. Included in the picture are the event sponsors. The event was held February 28 thru March 2.

The two Huntley Teams made the B finals in the LCA U7 McCallum Filly Hamilton Shield Bonspiel held in Carleton Place February 22-23. Team Douthwright won the District 2 Hamilton Shield with Team McStravick were the runners up. Team Douthwright has been invited to play in the championship finals this Sunday (March 2) in Smiths Falls against the Quebec team winner of the Division 1 finals.

At the end of a long week of curling, Team Frlan was successful in winning the Bronze Medal. It took a 9th end victory over British Columbia #1 (Team Arndt), 6-5.

Team Frlan was 4 and 2 in Pool A, finishing second in the round robin portion. This gave them a bye into the quarterfinals where they handly beat New Brunswick #1 (Team Gaines), 10-3. Their semi-final match was with Nova Scotia #1 (Team Blades) who had beaten them in their pool round robin and was again successful in edging past Team Frlan, 6-4. This setup the Bronze Medal match-up with British Columbia #1. 

Nova Scotia #1 (Team Blades) won the Gold Medal game, 8-7, over Alberta #2 (Team Desormeau).

We await the return of Team Frlan back in Huntley to hear their stories about their exciting experience in Saskatoon this past week.

Report provided by Angie Davis

The Huntley Junior program is thriving! On Sunday February 16th, the HCC hosted a U15/U18 bonspiel in the midst of a winter storm. In addition to 6 teams from HCC, we were pleased to have youth join us from Carleton Heights, Manotick, Royal Kingston, Richmond, RA and RCMP. It was a great day of curling, with lots of talented young curlers. The future is bright in the Ottawa Valley! We would like to congratulate 2 Novice teams and 2 Intermediate teams that finished the day with an undefeated 2-0 record.

Report provided by Angie Davis

Team Lawson puts Huntley back on Winners Trophy at u13 Heartspiel in Prescott

A team from Huntley had a great day of curling and fun at the Prescott Curling Club on February 15. Team Lawson (Lead – Will Scott, Second - Henri Charette, Vice – Ronan Hawkshaw, Skip – Jackson Lawson) won three straight games against excellent opposing rinks from the North Grenville, RCMP, and Rideau curling clubs. The kids gave everyone’s parents such great curling to watch that no one even remembered they were missing the Scotties!

The boys, who are grateful to Ayden Do for his fantastic coaching, amassed the most points to claim the gold medal win for the day. They are proud to have once again put Huntley's name on the Prescott Little Rocks Trophy, which was last claimed by the club in 2016.

The Board is sad to report that Ken Peskett, a Founding and Honourary Member passed away recently, after a long illness. Ken was a key player at the outset, organizing the work crews required to build the Huntley Curling Club in 1980, helping lay the concrete foundation for the club. He curled in the mixed and men’s leagues, locally and provincially. Sadly, a broken leg in 2004 and again in 2008 brought his curling days to an end. At the club, Ken was known for wearing a Stetson hat to every game. Ken and Jackie (who passed in 2015) were heavily involved in the Scottish tours. In 1988 and 1992, they hosted Scotland’s Lord Elgin teams and in 1990 and 1998, represented our Club in Scotland. He spent many hours teaching the game he loved to beginners. He was always there to help out at club events. Ken enjoyed the social side too, he was an excellent dancer and was a good friend to all. 

Injuries can be avoided by following safety precautions. Some key recommendations to keep yourself safe on the ice include:

• Consider wearing head protection - strongly recommended!
• Check the condition of your gripper. Does it need to be replaced?
• Does your gripper shoe need to be replaced? Should you consider wearing another gripper?
• Always step onto the ice with your gripper foot first, and off the ice with your slider foot first (and slowly).
• Never go backwards on the ice as their may be an obstacle behind you.
• Never step over a rock.
• When holding a broom in the house, stand behind a rock rather than just in front of it.
• Never run on the ice or boards.
• Check your equipment throughout the season, not just at the beginning of a season.