NOCA Notes April 4th Edition
April 4, 2014
2014 Curling Conferences
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to develop as a Coach, Athlete, Club Volunteer or Staff, Instructor, Ice Technician, or Official. In the fall of 2014, NOCA will present two Curling Conferences: September 26-28 in Thunder Bay, and October 24-26 in Sudbury. Agenda Topics include courses in Coaching and Officiating, Workshops on Membership Recruitment, Social…
DetailsNOCA Seniors Recognized at Canadian Championships
Marg McLaughlin, Ron Henderson, and Dion Dumontelle were named to the 2nd All Star teams at the Canadian Senior Championships Saturday. Doug Hong was also recognized with the Male Sportsmanship Award. Congratulations! Read full article
DetailsTravelers and Wheelchair Provincial Champions
Congratulations to the Janice Vettoretti rink (Vettoretti, Meri Bolander, Jessie Orman, Trina Tallon) from the Sudbury CC, and the Dave Barker rink (Barker, Brian Aaltonen, Ron Melhuish, Kurt Pristanski) from the Geraldton CC. These teams prevailed over 5 other regional teams to win the provincial title. Both teams will now represent Northern Ontario at the…
DetailsCanadian Masters
The Canadian Masters Championships is taking place this week at the Coaldale CC in Coaldale, AB. The teams representing Northern Ontario are the Marion Clark (Clark, Barbara Ward, Tannis Ferguson, Bev Junnila) and Gordon Williams (Williams, Ed Pedersen, Ernie Surkan, Ed Koivula), both from the Port Arthur CC. Good luck to both teams. Event site
DetailsWheelchair and Travelers Provincials
March 28 – 30 will see the final two provincial championships take place. In Copper Cliff, the 2014 Travelers Curling Club Provincials have 6 men’s and 6 women’s teams vying for the title of Northern Ontario Champion. The winners will represent Northern Ontario in Halifax next November at the 2014 Travelers Curling Club Canadian Championships. …
DetailsCCA National Curling Summit
“The Canadian Curling Association is excited about our first ever National Curling Summit to be held in Niagara Falls, Ontario, August 25-27, 2014. The Summit guarantees to bring together people from all over the world with a passion for our sport and the desire to continue to grow the sport of curling in all our…
DetailsCanadian Senior Curling Championships
The Robbie Gordon rink (Gordon, Ron Henderson, Dion Dumontelle, Doug Hong) and Vicky Barrett rink (Barrett, Margaret McLaughlin, Valerie MacInnes, Brenda Harrow) are both competing at the Canadian Senior Curling Championships in Yellowknife this week. Both teams are from the Sudbury Curling Club. The Gordon rink competed in the qualifying round against Yukon, Newfoundland/Labrador, and…
DetailsNOCA Notes March 14th Edition
March 14th
Resignation of NOCA President
NOCA announces the resignation of President Stephen Chenier, effective immediately. Steve has accepted the position of Executive Director of the Ontario Curling Association, officially assuming this role June 23, 2014. He will be spending the next couple of months in the OCA office learning about the position. Steve has been involved as a Board Member…
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