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This year Glooscap Curling Club will host Mayflower Curling Club on Wednesday Jan 30th, 2019. This is the first scheduled challenge for the 2018/19 season. The winner on Wednesday will defend the challenge at the next scheduled host club on Wednesday Feb 6, 2019.

Sign up sheets for interested club members has been posted

A Bit of History: The McLellan Cup

This is the oldest continuously challenge trophy in North American curling. This year marks its 112th year. It was first competed for in an inter-Provincial Bonspiel between the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia clubs at Moncton in 1887. It was the gift of the Honourable D. McLellan, Provincial Secretary of N.B.,1883, and Member of the Legislative Council to 1890.  Travelling along with this trophy are massive record books that document each game that has been played in the competition over the years. Included are club represented, team player names, and game scores.

Could we have had a better weekend? I don't think so! First, the reason we hosted was to crown the winning teams for the province. Little did we know we would claim both of them! Our winning teams, Team Sanford (Holly, Kim, Lynda and Nancy) and Team Anderson (Scott, Ian, Shane and Alan) did us proud as they claimed the titles. We're looking forward to seeing your provincial banners hung in the ice shed:).

No event can be staged without the help of many and this one was no exception. Alena Turnbull organized our registration and we missed seeing her smiling face greeting the teams. Hope you are feeling better. Keeping the players in order, doing coin tosses and gathering signatures was capably handled by Ryleigh Lake and Bruce Turnbull. Long days were put in by both.

Talking about long days, our ice crew (Perry Graves, Peter Milne, JP Boudreau and John MacDonald) led by Tony Stirling did an amazing job keeping the ice competition worthy!

November 22 to 24, 2019

A  note from the Holly Spiel organizers, please assist where you can:

• Registration for Holly Spiel is now online (2019 Holly Spiel Registration)
• This is one of several major fundraisers for the club so the Holly Spiel Committee is working hard to ensure its success.
• We are looking for donations for door and raffle prizes and of course, Volunteers.  If you are able to help please contact Alena Turnbull (902-681-7613) or leave donations at the club in the “Holly Box” which will be on the table in the lounge.

Our success with this event greatly depends on our volunteer efforts!