Club news

The evening of April 13th was the end of the 2024 Doubles Tournament and of our 75th Anniversary year! The Closing Supper was a great way to end a great season. Thanks to everyone that participated and Special Thanks to Fred Boucher and Veronick Vallée who organized the event, hosted the evening beautifully and even provided the great deserts and prizes.

Congratulation to our Doubles Tournament Winners as well! On the A side, Victor Duncan and Juli Lefebvre won a narrow victory over John Salisbury and Carolyn Murphy. On the B side, Rosalie Boucher and Sam Bouthillier won, edging out Corey Smith and Dominique Chesnais.

I would also like to thank everyone who helped to make this such a great Year:

The board of directors - Bill Taylor (Past President),  Heather Scott (Rentals), Dora Shepard (Events), Fred Boucher (Events and Bar), Glen Mudie (Head Ice technician), Roland Mamers (Ice and volunteer), Morley Alan (Ice and volunteer), Nicky Gosselin (Junior program) Patrick Belanger (Treasurer) and new board member Grace Pollock. Thanks also to Louise Hawley who stepped down this year as secretary, but who has served for many years and continues to run the garage sale.

Thank you to Glen Mudie and the team that maintained the ice throughout the year. This is always a challenging and time-consuming task. We are lucky to have so many dedicated and knowledgeable volunteers.

Thank you also to all the other volunteers and members who have contributed time and goods or labour to keep the lights on (literally - thanks Don) and food on the table and tournaments running (thanks - Ron and Sylvie, Dora and Fred, Tim and Sue, and Yanik) and keeping the place clean and tidy (thanks - Heather Tuer). There are many others who have given time, and I cannot count all of their contributions, but thank you all. Each member pitching in has made our year a success.

Nicky's junior program has been a big success this year and we will be expanding it to include older kids and grow that side of our membership. I know the school appreciates it and the kids and their parents have given it a resounding thumbs up! Thank you, Nicky, and to all of her team of volunteers.

Finally, thanks to Heather Scott who has run the rentals for years and given countless hours of her time, which has contributed to raising the public awareness of our club and funds to keep us running. She will be stepping down from that role this year and we wish to honour her as our "Volunteer of the Year". Thank you, Heather.

I look forward to next year. Enjoy the summer and spread the word to your friends about our great organization.

Fred Enns , President

Winners of the winter season Tuesday night League were Fred Enns, John Hawley, Louise Hawley and Susan Keays. Second place was John Salisbury, Michele Raynauld, Will Murray and Sarah Cobb. Third place went to Ron Lengacher, Roland Mamers, Alan Morley and Sylvie Martel. Fourth place was Neil Jacobs, Cindy Allnutt, Steffani Wilson and Duncan Alexander. Congratulations to all. 

Even if you cannot play in the doubles tournament, please come out for our Closing dinner. It will be a great meal and fun to celebrate the end of the year of our curling club with all our friends.  The dinner is open to all so bring your friends. For tickets, contact Nicky at (450) 522-0245.

Our Doubles Tournament and Closing Dinner will be held on April 11, 12 and 13.  The cost of playing in the Doubles Tournament and the Closing Dinner is $50. Tickets for Dinner only on April 13 are $30. The Doubles Tournament will run Thursday and Friday evening and finish on Saturday before cocktails and the Closing Dinner.  Dinner is going to be special: Beef/Pork Mechoui which includes Green Salad, Bake Potatoes, Sour cream and Coleslaw & Rolls. To register please use the Sign-up sheet at the club. For tickets for the dinner only please use the sign-up sheet at the Club or call Nicky for tickets. Cocktails 5:30 pm and Dinner 6:30 pm on April 13th. Hope to see you all at the closing of the Season. Contact Nicky at (450) 522-0245.

The winners of the Thursday night Winter season were the team of Glen Mudie, Gilles Desjardins, Paul Tellier and Nathalie Lavoie.  
The second place goes to the team of John Salisbury, Ron Lengacher, Allen Edwards and Réal Smith; third to Fred Enns, Yanik Houle, Nicky Gosselin and John Hawley; and fourth to Denis Brouillard, Pierre Jetté, Gaétane Groleau and Jacques Benoit. Congratulations everyone. 

Annual garage sale 

The curling season is coming to an end so it is time for us to think about our annual garage sale which this year will be held on Saturday May 18^th. The sale is a very good source of revenue for the Club, it generates a good 2,000$ every year.
Its success depends strongly on the participation of all of you members.  So here is how you can participate:

1. By bringing things to sell, for example: tools, plants, books, kitchen ware, electronics, sport gears, jewelry, toys, small pieces of furniture (no fridges or stoves), etc.
2. We also have a bake table.  So bakers your contributions are most welcome.  The person responsible for the table will be contacting you.
3. By offering your services the day of the sale, Saturday the 18th of May from 8am to 5:00pm.  We need a good 15 people for this.  On Friday pm we also need people to put the things on the tables and price the items, for this we need roughly 10 people.  Those that can only be there part of the time are of course also welcome.
4. We are always looking for men to move heavy stuff and to manage the sport and tool section outside.

Awaiting your emails to inform me of your availability!  Let’s make it a fun day!

Louise Hawley
[email protected]
450-538-5452

Sylvie Martel, Steffani Wilson, Cindy Allnutt and Nicki Gosselin represented Sutton at the Magog Women's Tournament February 28 to March 2. They won their first game and were eliminated in the second, but still have a great event and were well received. Many asked if we would have a one day bonspiel for women next year. Something to start planning!

Winners  - Vincent Lengacher, Don Mireault, Rosalie  Boucher and Heather Scott.

Runners up - Neil Jacobs, Bob Fontaine, Michelle Raynauld and Rejean Forgues.

Thanks to Sylvie and Mikee in the kitchen.

Glen and Greg for scraping the ice.

Dora for taking care of everybody as usual.

John Salisbury and Tim Hancock for food donation.

Chef Vinnie for the chili

And everyone who help with the ice during the event.

And of course, all the sponsors - without them this event would not be possible.

Knowlton Legion

Matériaux de Construction Sutton (BMR)

H.Despres Ltee (IGA)

Ungava Spirits Co.

John Russell

 

We are pleased to partner with Sutton School and offer a junior curling program to grades 4, 5 and 6 of the Sutton School. Sessions are held on the following dates:
•    Jan 30th  -  1:30-3:00pm
•    Feb.1st  -  9:00-10:30am
•    Feb.15th -  9:00-10:30am
•   Feb.26th -  9:00-10:30am
•    March 12th -  1:30- 3:30pm
•    March 20th -  9:00-10:30am
•    March 28th -  9:00-10:30am
Our thanks to SPORTSQUÉBEC as part of MES PREMIERS JEUX for the winter season of  2023-2024 and the Fondation Boulanger-Bédard, which have each made significant grants to assist us financially in offering this program. Also thanks to Nicky Gosselin and all the other volunteers at Sutton Curling Club that have made this possible and enjoy working with the kids. 

 Update on our Doubles Tournament. It is happening December 9th and 10th with play starting on Saturday at 8:30 am and the last game at 4pm. There will be a lunch of soup and sandwiches. On Sunday we start at 9:00 am with finals at 3:00 pm with pizza for lunch. The cost per player is $25 for both days.  There will be coffee and muffins each morning for the early birds. This is a popular tournament since we all seem to enjoy doubles curling and we already have 32 curlers signed up, but you can still sign up as a spare in case someone cannot play. And please come out to watch and cheer on the others. Please note there will be no dinner Saturday evening. This is a Funspiel for a pre-holiday get-together. Enjoy. Any questions, please call or email Dora (450) 538-0663 or Fred Boucher (450) 538-6052.

Sutton Curling Club celebrated its 75th anniversary with a Members Tournament in which mixed teams from all leagues played on Saturday November 18th. It was a fun day and a great celebration. We would like to especially thank Alanna Routledge, Executive Director of Curling Québec who came out and presented us with a plaque commemorating our 75th Anniversary.  Special thanks also go to all those volunteers who helped make this event a success and to the many past Presidents (some of whom are pictured in the attached photo with Alanna) for leading the club throughout its history. 

Just a reminder that we will be holding a tournament on November 18th for all members to play together, celebrate our history and get to know members from other leagues. The sign-up sheet is on the bulletin board at the Club. Registration fee is $10. We will make up teams so that everyone plays with members from other leagues. The tournament lasts just the one day, and whether you keep winning or not, please come to the Happy Hour starting at 5pm to celebrate. Representatives from Curling Québec will be there to present a plaque commemorating our 75th anniversary. See you there. 

We will be holding an open house on two days to allow anyone interesed in curling to try out the sport and hopefully sign up for curling this year. The open house is from 10 am until 2 pm Satudray and Sunday and there will be coffee and muffins, plus coaches to help you learn how the sport is played. Everyone is welcome. If you decide to join we will put you on a league to play when and at whatever level suits you. League play starts in the week of October 23 so don't miss this opportunity to join in on the fall season before it's too late. 

Our 75th season of curling will open this year with the annual Golf Tournament at the Cowansville Golf Club on Sunday, October 1, 2023. Golf will be followed by dinner back at the Curling Club. Call Dora Shepard for tickets 450-521-7393.

League play starts in the week of October 23rd for the fall season and January 8th for the winter season. We aso hold a series of events and tournaments during the year. Check out our Calendar on this website or contact us at [email protected] for more information.