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Associate Leagues Night
(posted November 30, 2003)
This annual fun night hosted by Deer Lodge to show our appreciation to
all the Associate Leagues of the club took place on Saturday November
29. This was a little earlier in the year's social calendar due
to our busy schedule of MCA events in the early part of 2004. Teams
representing the Well-to-Do, Deer Lodge Ladies, Wednesday Ladies,
Saturday Mixed, Friday Mixed, St. James-Assiniboia Teachers, and Red
River College were present. The club was represented by a team of
directors skipped by President Cliff Murphy. The evening
consisted of two three end fun "games" followed by prizes, food and
refreshments.
Each of the ends in the fun games had their unique rules to test the
skills of the players and a scoring system that allowed us to rank all
the teams. This was our mini version of the Continental Cup which
was being televised as we competed. After the first game (and
while the curlers were enjoying a break in the lounge) the points
were tallied for each team. A free round of refreshments for all
teams beating the Directors team total score for the night was the
incentive to go back on the ice. The Saturday Mixed team
held a one point edge in the standings after the first game and were
ceded in first place for the second round of games. This
cocky lot were matched up against the second placed Director's
team. The competition was heated but sadly not close as Cliff led
his Directors team to a sound victory. After the second round of
games we once more adjourned to the lounge. An evening snack of
soup and sandwiches was awaiting us upstairs. The total points
for the night were calculated and announced to the crowd by
Cliff. The Directors team proved to be poor hosts by being run
away winners of the competition. This was an
unexpected display of curling prowess by the directors (just look at
results after the first round of league play). In order to avoid
a call for tests of illegal substance use, all the teams were
awarded a free round of refreshments. The Saturday Mixed team was
awarded first place prizes for the event as they lead the total point
standings for all the associate leagues. The race for the
last place prize was decided by a tie breaker count back. The
team from Red River "won" out over the St. James teachers. The
tasty soup and sandwiches catered by Joan Hooten and cheery bar
services provided Kathy Switzer and their staffs rounded out the
pleasant evening for all. Special thanks to Ian Brown for
organizing the evening.
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