(since 2011-Mar-1)

Periodic Sweeping News
From the
Hudson Legion &
 Curling Club

Editor:  Sylvia Foliot
Publisher: Gerry Foliot

Volume 4 No. 4
January 2012

It’s never too late to wish people a Happy New Year! Time just seems to get away from you and before you know it, we are in the middle of the Month.

A cold germ and a computer break down has hindered our ability to get the news letter out sooner, but thanks to the great work of Jim Putnam’s son Anthony, we’re back on line.  Watch out for that virus that seems to hitting many of the Legion member’s computers. It can knock you off line for a while and give you a lot grief.
So to all our members and Curlers we wish you the very best for a very Happy New Year and lot’s of good curling.

The 2011 season came to a very successful end with loads of activities taking place. Let’s take a quick review of what happened and what we can expect for the New Year. We have lots to tell you about.You may want to print yourself a copy of this News Letter for bed time reading.

First off:

The annual Hardy Rock Christmas bonspiel and luncheon proved once again to be very successful, with 75 members in attendance for the luncheon.
A great Christmas meal and good time was had by all.
It was fun seeing a number of ex. Hardy Rocks in attendance.

The new season got underway for the Hardy Rocks with the start of the ‘BILL CROCKET’ draw. Eleven teams participating in this event which is a round robin that will be played on Tuesday’s and Friday’s until February the 10th, followed by the play-offs. There will be a lot of action to see us through the winter months.

Evening Curlers Enjoyed a Great Christmas Bonspiel playing for the grand

prize of a Christmas Turkey or Ham            The Winners Choice!

This event, combined with the annual Winnie’s Christmas Party, provided a good evening of fun and lot’s of Christmas cheer. A good time was had by all.

Grand Match & Grand Dame
Champions

The Hardy Rocks take on a challenge!

When Bill Driver presented the proposal to the club, that because of the closing  and demolishing of Ste. Ann’s Curling Club, the vinyl cladding from the inside of this club could be available to the Legion for installation in our curling rink. This vinyl cladding, which was only installed two years ago and is in excellent condition, could be ours if we were prepared to take it down and fetch it.
So here it was, on Monday January 16th (a very cold day),  - 29 real hardy ‘Hardy Rocks’ answered the call, donned their warm clothing and work gloves, armed with tools and ladders proceeded to the old Ste. Anns club to take on the task.
After six hours of work, coordinated by Bill Driver, Sherry Pauli, and John Coutts the job was completed.  The cladding is now being warehoused in the barn belonging to Bob Cameron.  (THANKS BOB) Come May, the second part of the job will get underway, when once again the Hardy Rocks will assemble to install it in our Curling Rink.  It should help immensely to improve the look of our premises. Thanks guys, you all did a great job. It sure showed that we are a great bunch of guys with a lot of club spirit an the envy of many other neighbouring curling clubs.

(Photos courtesy of Zbig

So it was a real interesting day and by 3:00 pm the last piece was taken down, bundled up and the boys went home for a hot shower! Thanks guys.

A message from the curling president  Glen Ruiter

Canadian Curling Association
Grant Application

The Hudson Legion Curling Club has applied for a Canadian Curling Association grant to assist with the upgrade of the club.  This program is available annually to curling clubs throughout Canada and provides financial assistance for infrastructure projects as well as business development projects.
The program which has been proposed will include the covering of the ice shed walls with insulation and cladding, (see above project information) and the installation of a de-humidifier. This will contribute significantly to the comfort of our curlers and enhance the appearance of the curling area.
The application was delivered by Bill Driver and Glen Ruiter to the Canadian Curling Association in Ottawa, in time for the January 13/2012 deadline.  A decision is expected by the end of February.

A copy of the presentation is available at the club.

  Members are encouraged to read through the proposal. Questions and comments may be directed to Bill Driver @ wdriver@primus.ca

‘Up coming events at the Legion
It’s that time of the year again:’

The Robbie Burns evening at the Legion

Reserve your tickets now and get to try some
Real Scottish Haggis

A super evening of Bag- pipes and Highland Dancing.

Joan is taking reservations at the bar or call 450 458 4882

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Get into the winter spirit and sign up for this one!

As part of the Town’s annual winter Fest, the Legion will once again feature a Carnival Bonspiel.  If you wish to sign up as a team, or as an individual, be sure you contact Jon Bazar 450 218 1200

2012 Lakeshore Bonspiel

Note: A special notice, regarding this Bonspiel, was sent out last week! This is a real fun Bonspiel, so you will want to get in on it and sign up at the Legion or on line with the Legion Web Site. Details for this Bonspiel below: or call Nancy Burgess @ 450 458 7844

Evening Curling (Ladder)

 information.
Week of January 16th is the start of round 3… 2 teams climbed the latter to ‘A’
Team of: Greg Wilson & Chris Poulter Congratulations.
Team Putnam (Lynda) and team Stenberg joined the ‘B’ ranks.
The schedule allows for a 4th round prior to the Club Championships.
There will be a runner up for the Club Championship, which is new this year
The Club Championship finals will be played on April 14th. -  stay tuned for further details and information.

Provincial seniors in the Club Series

Jim Putnam’s team of Greg Wilson, Peter Mansell, and Jim Tisdall have qualified for the Provincial Series.   This competition will be held in Sorel in early February.

The next competition in the Club Series is the Lady Gilmore (mixed). The sign up sheet will be going up shortly.  Suggest you put your mixed teams together and make a further splash in the Quebec Club Series.

The New Year brought in two new members who have joined us in January  A hardy ‘Welcome back’ to Dom Maccarone and Nick Townsend.

 Legion Pub Quiz:

The next Legion Pub Quiz will take place on
Wednesday January 25th. at 8:00 p.m. Come on down and join in on the fun.

In spite of the real first snow storm of the winter
The regular monthly cribbage evening took place on Friday the 13th.  Seven tables took part for real good Night of cribbage. In the absence of Rollie, who was down with a real bad bout of the flue, Rick Cameron along with his wife Aline did a superb job of running a very successful evening
The next monthly crib night at the Legion will be on Friday February 17th at 7:30 p.m. Mark your calendar.

After tabulating another record breaking year of Poppy Sales, with thanks to our many volunteers.  Over $23,000  will be disbursed in the community.  The Poppy committee met last week to disburse the funds, which will be publicized over the next few weeks.  We can never say thank-you enough…

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Thanks to All  Have a great month and good curling

Sylvia & Gerry