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SACA Southern Mixed Playdowns - Congratulations
March 8, 2010 - Congratulations to the Event Winners:

A Event
Team Kohuch - Kory Kohuch, Casey Scheidegger, Brock Virtue, Jessie Scheidegger

B Event
Team Manser - Dave Manser, Lace Dupont, Steve Andrews, Nanette Dupont

C Event
Team Krassman (Medicine Hat) - Tim Krassman, Holly Stroh, Jeff Bodin, Vickie Sjolie

These teams have qualified for the 2011 Investors Group Cup in Sylvan Lake in April

Congratulations and Good luck to all SACA teams.

Curl for the Cure
March 8, 2010 - We have only 7 teams registered - this is your chance to have a little fun while you are making a donation to the local Cancer Society office.

Fosters Mixed Open Spiel
March 8, 2010 - With 25 teams registered we will look to get to 28 and those teams entering after 28 will be on a wait list till we get to 32. Don't delay the registration deadline is Friday Mar 12th

Would you like to influence the direction of a growing club devoted to the development of curling? Do you have four to eight hours of time a month to devote to building an organization that is responsible for providing curling for the citizens of Lethbridge and the surrounding area?

We have several board members retiring and are actively recruiting enthusiastic people to compliment our team. The Board is responsible for overall policy direction, and ensures that adequate resources exist to accomplish the club’s mission. They attend monthly board meetings and contribute to the committee work of the organization which includes setting policy and organizing our Club Bonspiels.

The support of our membership and the dedication of our Volunteers are key to the success of our Operations and fulfillment of our Mission statement. A healthy Board will include club members with a variety of opinions that work for the betterment of the club.

You will find that volunteering can be a rewarding experience and we look forward to you allowing your name to stand for election to our Board of Directors.

They came, they played they are envious. 12 Members of the Whitefish Curling Club visited Lethbridge this past weekend. They received a little instruction and lots of curling tips from 12 LCC members who also participated in this event.

We played three games over the weekend with the final game a Cda - US challenge and while our Hockey team at the Olympics did not have any succes against the US, our curling teams at the Olympics and here in Lethbridge were victorious.

The US curlers raved about our club, the ice, the staff and the friendliness of the members who took time out of their busy schedules to curl with them.

We look forward to future visits from this club and invites to their "Spiel on the Lake" in the very near future.

The deadline has come and gone and we have had only two teams enter their names for this Championship.
Congratulations to Team Dupont - Women and Team Kohuch - Men for entering their teams for this competiton and we wish them luck at the Southern Dominion Club Championships next month.

2010 King Electric Shirtsleeve
January 31, 2010 - The draw is now available online - visit our bonspiel page and the bottom of the artile for the program and schedule of events. Follow this link: docs/lethbridgecurlingclub/file/Shirtsleeve%202010%20Program.pdf

1st Choice Savings Ladies Open
January 23, 2010 - The draw is done and the draw times on Friday are - 6:30 and 8:45pm and everything is falling into place for this year's edition of the !st Choice Savings Ladies Open Spiel.
Starting with a Wine and Cheese - Icebreaker on Friday through to the Trade Show setup for the afternoon, the banquet and skits, and Casino it promises to be a busy weekend

A message to the members of the Lethbridge Curling Club
January 18, 2010 -

On Tuesday, January 12^th the Board of Directors met with The City of Lethbridge Community Services team at the City’s request. During this meeting the City outlined the results of their Facility Condition Index and their Strategic Facilities Asset Management study. The study concluded that exploring a new facility was appropriate.

As a result of this meeting, the Board of Directors met in special session on Monday, January 18^th and passed the following motion:

a) The Board of Directors supports the initiative by The City of Lethbridge to investigate the possibility and details of building a new curling facility and:

b) The Board of Directors approves the formation of a Steering Committee to represent the Lethbridge Curling Club in these matters and:

c) That the Management Committee be tasked with the recruitment of members for this committee. The Steering Committee must meet and submit Terms of Reference on or before the February 9^th, 2010 board meeting.

The Steering committee will be made up of Board Members, Staff and Lethbridge Curling Club members at large who have an active interest in the process. The details of this committee’s make-up and recruitment process will be given to you shortly.

This is just the very beginning of what could be a prolonged course of action and the Board wishes to assure all members that this will be an open, transparent and collaborative process.

Entries are sliding in fast and furious for this year’s edition of the King Electric Men's Shirtsleeve Bonspiel. The committee met last evening to finalize plans for the what is arguably the best Men's Bonspiel in Alberta. Where else can you find, Wings Wed, Banquet Thursday, Beer Bash Friday with the World Famous Red Tractor Chilli. New this year is a Soup and Sand luncheon and Live Band on Sat which replaces the breakfast. Yes the entry fee has gone up, but when you look at the cost for all of those activities, you have your money back before you even curl a game and don't forget about the door prizes and the fellowship.

Don't delay register today or risk missing out on the best Men's bonspiel around.

Entries are coming in at a good pace and we are limited to 32 teams. We currently have 21 teams entered and confirmed and the deadline for entries is Jan 22. As we get closer to that date we will start limiting the entries based on working in multiples of four so it is very important that you do not delay in entering as you may miss out.

The committee has been working hard and I can tell you now that we have gone away from teams having to bring a $10 door prize. The committee did some great shopping taking advantage of the Post Christmas sales, so we have a good selection of door prizes available. We have moved the Wine and Cheese to Friday evening and are including that with an icebreaker so that will help make the spiel more social.

On Sat we will have a trade show in the afternoon. The concessions will have a no host (you pay for your lunch) Soup and Sandwich special for the teams and we have a nice dinner planned for the banquet on Sat evening. We are still working on some activities for Sat evening after the banquet and that information will be distributed when confirmed.

I am sure over the course of the year you have all thought it was time to de-clutter and get rid of a bunch of junk. But at the same time that item or those items are too good to just throw away and who wants to have a garage sale when you could be out golfing, skiing or curling. Well I have the solution for you. How would you like to donate that item to the club for a silent auction.

Now, this is not your average silent auction. If you decide to donate an item, we would ask you to bring the item to the club wrapped in a special wrap - the black or green special wrap that you sometimes see used to dispose of other undesirable items or more commonly referred to as “Garbage bags”. Feel free to decorate your bag with ribbons etc and your item would also come with a short description that we would use and attach to the silent auction bid sheet. Buyers will bid based on your description and the more attractive or appealing the description is, will cause more interest and more bids.

This is intended to create a little revenue for the spiel and some fun for the participants and the item or items you donate should still be in a workable condition and usable by the winning bidder.

Your item, once donated will become the property of the Lethbridge Curling Club and then the winning bidder and the winning bidder will be responsible to take home their items and store accordingly.

Please bring your item on Friday as we will display the items on Fri and Sat with the winning bids and silent auction closed during the Banquet on Sat.

We are still looking for some help in decorating the club for week of the spiel, so if you and your team would be interested in decorating the club please give me a call.

Website & Bonspiel Pages Update
December 22, 2009 - My apologies to those looking for our bonspiel posters. We have been working with our web designers for some time now and had hoped to have them on line by now. Unfortunately, there have been some glitches and we are hoping they will all be resolved soon so that we (office staff) can update that portion of the website.
Please be patient, it will happen.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
December 22, 2009 - I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support during the first half of the curling season and we look forward to working with you and for you as we move into 2010.

On behalf of all Sharon, Maggie and Geordie and all of the staff, I would to wish you and your families all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year.

Yuletide Family Funspiel
December 21, 2009 -      The Yuletide Family Funspiel has 20 teams and everything is in place for the 46th Yuletide Family Funspiel
     For teams with children under age 17 they are reminded to bring an unwrapped gift $15 value.
     The curling will start at 10am with the first of the two - six end games with lunch around 11:45 and the 2nd game starting at 1pm. Prizes will be presented immediately following the 2nd game.
     See you on the ice!

1st ChoiceSavings Ladies Open Spiel
December 7, 2009 - The committee has met, plans are fallikng in place for the 2010 1st Choice Savings Ladies Open Spiel - Jan 29 - 31. The theme this year ask the players to dress up in their favourite countries colors or costumes and show off your ethicity. Skits, song and any other actitivity related to your favourite country would be what you would be asked to perform as part of the entertainment during the banquet.
The committee has a couple of surprises in store besides the door prizes, Wine & Cheese - Trade Show - Banquet and Coninental Breakfast already announced.
We are accepting the first 32 paid teams - don't delay register today.

2009 Cliff Forry Senior Curling Classic
December 7, 2009 -      The cash has been paid out and the winners have been declared in this years edition of the Cliff Forry Senior Curling Classic. The weatherman caused some concern on Friday, but lo and behold everyone showed up on time and ready to play.
     Congratulations to the Event Winners - A Event - Ian Wolsey, B Event - Scott Egger, C Event - Bob Coleman, D Event - Ken Blaney and E Event - John Keay.
     Also, congratulations to the host committee and thank you for a job well done. This is a very successful spiel and it is because of the hard work and dedication of this group of volunteers.
     See you next year - Dec 3 - 5, 2010

Thank You - Casino Volunteers
December 3, 2009 -       Thank you to all Club members and spouses that volunteered to work the Casino benefitting our club December 1 and 2.
      Don and Alicia Scheidegger deserve an extra special thanks for taking on the leadership role and organizing the volunters.
      Each of these volunteers also deserve a special thank you, as their volunteer time will mean around $40,000 in Casino revenue for our club this season.
     The volunteers were: Don & Alicia Scheidegger, Rod and Gail Sauter, Matt Schebel, Marc Parent, Sue Doyle, Sharon Unwin, Carolyn Walker, Lynn Martin, Norris Hironaka, Doug Mullin, Darrell Ell, Ken Holmes, Kent Perry, Sharon Chmielewski, Trish Wallace, Mabel Harrold, Heather Schmidt, Jennifer Yanish, Gloria Moore, Lyle Smith, Dennis King, Jim Tsukishima. Thanks again all of you!

2009 Cliff Forry Senior Curling Classic
November 30, 2009 - Play gets underway at 4pm Friday with a full field of 20 teams. This spiel has proven to be one of the better Senior Cash Spiels in the province with teams coming from Calgary, Medicine Hat and of course the local area. Teams to watch for include Ian Wolsey and Scott Egger - making his debut in Senior curling this year. Remember Scott - Senior curling is the only time when you enter for the first time you are at your prime.
Good luck to all competitors and we are hoping to have updates on line throughout the weekend.

King Electric Men's Shirtsleeve - Feb 2 - 7
November 27, 2009 - The posters are up and we have started accepting entries into what has arguably become known as the Best Men's Bonspiel in Southern Alberta. If you are looking for bang for your buck, this is it! Don't delay register today!

Dec 3 will be the last party for this year. Friday Night - Let’s Party will resume in the New Year on Jan 8^th and we have a special night planned for Jan 15^th sponsored by King Electric and Sonitrol.

The 2009 Edition of the Eldorado RV Cash Classic is now in the record books and congratulations to Team Wolsey - Ian Wolsey, Tim Garrett, Keith Strain and Bob Winter the overall spiel winners. They walked away with $1,200 in cash for their efforts after their extra end win over Lowell Peterman of Red Deer.

A special Thank you goes out to Eldorado RV Sales, 711, 2nd Ave N, Lethbridge for their sponsorship support. We couldn't have done it without you.

A total of 16 teams took part in this spiel with a number of teams from outside of Lethbridge, representing Red Deer, Calgary, Cranbrook and Fernie curling clubs. Of the 15 teams only one team did not receive any cash and it certainly was not for a lack of trying.

Thank you to all the curlers who entered the spiel and for those going onto playdowns during this season - we wish you all the best of luck.

The 3rd Annual Eldorado RV Cash Classic is scheduled for Nov 20 - 21, 2010 and teams that played in 2009 will have first right of refusal.

It was Spooktacular
October 31, 2009 - The Halloween Party and Dance on Oct 30 was a great success. Almost all of the teams came in costume, some even came as curlers. As well, we have a couple of curlers from our High School league show up and they were winners in the costume contest. See the following links for photos from the event. Contest Winners, more costumes 1, more costumes 2, more costumes 3, more costumes 4.

Calling All Curlers
October 30, 2009 - Are you an experience curler and want to give back to the Community? The Lethbridge Wheelchair Curling is looking for volunteers to help provide instruction and encouragement to their athletes during their weekly sessions. If you are interested in helping please email:carolyn.matthews@albertahealthservices.ca or call 403 388-6348.

Friday Night - What are you doing?
October 30, 2009 - We know many of you go out for cocktails and munchies on Friday night - why not consider making the Lethbridge Curling Club Lounge your destination of choice. Red Tractor Catering is looking at Friday Night specials, and we are going to start the season off with DJ Music starting at 8:30pm on Friday nights. As we get further into the season we will add some variety with Name that Tune and Live entertainment. The doors will be open to all members and that means that if you are curling any night in our club you are welcome to come out and join the party. The more the merrier.

In fact, this entertainment is part of our plan to put Friday Night and Friday Curling on the map in Lethbridge. So you may want to bring your friends out and start the night with Curling and ending it with a few socialables after.

Urgently Needed - Qualified Junior Curling Instructors!
October 30, 2009 - Junior curling is in need of your help! If you have a couple of spare hours on Wednesday afternoons from 4:15 to 6:00, you can help junior curlers develop their technical skills and teach them about the game.

We require six (6) on ice instructors for junior curlers and three (3) for Little Rockers. The program runs from October 14 until March 4. If you are interested or require more information, please contact Casey Scheidegger at casey.scheidegger@lethbridgecollege.ab.ca

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