Fort Frances CC Feature Article

When the Fort Frances Curling Club replaced its aging physical plant with a new geothermal heating and cooling system in 2011, the benefits were noticed right away. And so were the high financial costs of such a significant capital investment. Enter the Kraft Celebration Tour, the annual online voting contest that awards amateur sports organizations…

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Competition Registration Deadlines

Registration Deadlines for competitions are as follows. Please note that the entry deadline is  12:00 pm (NOON) on the date listed Senior – Jan. 10, 2014   Register Men East Qualifier – Jan. 14, 2014  Register Youth Challenge Idylwylde – January 15th   Register The Dominion Curling Club Championship – Jan. 17, 2014  Register Mixed Doubles –…

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Junior Provincial Champions Declared

The Junior Men’s and Women’s Provincial Champions were declared Sunday.  The Tanner Horgan rink (Horgan, Nicholas Servant, Jacob Horgan, Maxime Blais, and Coach Gerry Horgan) earned the Junior Men’s title at the provincial event hosted at the Longlac Curling Club.  Horgan beat the Jordan Potter rink (Port Arthur CC) 6-4 in the final game.  Horgan…

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Ontario Scotties Jan. 6th-12th

January 6 – 12, 2014 will see 10 Women’s teams compete for the Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts Champion.  4 teams from Northern Ontario are competing against 6 Ontario Curling Association teams in the round robin event. This is the last year that teams from NOCA will compete with teams from the OCA to declare…

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Junior Provincials January 2-5, 2013

January 2-5 will see eight Junior Men’s teams and eight Junior Women’s teams compete for the title of 2014 NOCA Junior Men’s and Women’s Champions.  The winners will represent Northern Ontario at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championship to be held in Liverpool, NS., January 16-25, 2014. The Junior Championships include curlers up…

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Bantam and Women’s Teams Advance

This past weekend saw 36 Bantam teams compete for 12 berths at the Tim Hortons Bantam Provincials to be held at Soo Curlers Association January 30 – February 2, 2014.  The following teams earned berths at the provincials: Bantam Boys: Chris Silver (Fort Frances CC), Christopher Perozak (Port Arthur CC), Brendan Acorn (Soo Curlers), Doug…

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Bantam & Women’s Playdowns

December 12-15 will see six Bantam regional playdowns take place with 36 teams competing.  The Bantam playdowns will declare 1 team of each gender from each region to advance to the provincials.  The final two teams of each gender will be decided in the Bantam Challenges January 10-12, 2014.  The Bantam Provincial (Boys & Girls)…

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