Apr 16, 2009 - 02:26 PM

By Jim Easson

On Saturday, April 18 and Sunday April 19, Annandale will host the annual Men's Last Chance Bonspiel.

This will be the last curling event for the Annandale season. The Last Chance is full with 32 teams and half of them will qualify to return on Sunday. On Saturday, all the teams are guaranteed three, eight end games, with lunch and dinner. With this full draw, the first place team will collect at least $600 out of a total purse of over $3,000.

The Men's Competitive League finished on Tuesday, April 15. Winners in the playoff games for leagues A to F received cash prizes. After the games were completed, all of the men's league players enjoyed a closing dinner.

The Friday Night Mixed Curling League is over and they declared their winners from each division. Division A winners were Harry Nolte with Rhonda Lawson, Doug Lawson and Denise Nolte. In B, it was the team of Joe Mundy, Nora Mundy, Richard Glanzmann and Laurette Glanzmann. Division C winners were Joan O'Leary, with Ed O'Leary, Marilynne Gordon and Andy Gordon. Division D was won by Doug Lagasse with his wife Carol, Leonard Franssen and Debbie Morgan.

From April 14 to 19, the curling event for Team Glenn Howard includes both a men's and a women's draw featuring Canada's best teams. The Grey Power Players' Championship in Alberta will be the eighth and final 2008-09 Capital One Grand Slam of Curling series events. The top men's and women's teams on the Capital One Cup standings following this event will each receive $50,000. The second- and third-place men's and women's squads will each receive $25,000 and $10,000 respectively. Team Glenn Howard with Pickering resident Richard Hart at vice, and the front end of Brent Laing and Craig Savill are the defending champions, and the $25,000 first-place purse is a great incentive to repeat. Sixteen top teams are entered on each side, and eight will qualify for a share of the $100,000 purse.

Team Howard have another Curling Fantasy Camp scheduled for next fall. It is to take place in Guelph and is slated to run Sept. 11-13. Their mission is to ensure that the event is the greatest curling experience for all enrollees. It will offer help with each and everyone's slide, strategy or just enjoy some curling stories in the hospitality suite, the camp is to offer something for everyone. The e-mail for registration information is teamglennhoward@hotmail.com.