C E L E B R A T I N G C U R L I N G I N N O R T H E R N O N T A R I O
DEC 2018
ISSUE
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NOCA AWARDS
FEB 23
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
PAGE 2 SEASON’S GREETINGS FROM THE PRESIDENT
PAGE 3 HIT, DRAW, TAP
PAGE 4 POSTER | CURLING DAY IN CANADA
PAGE 5 CURLING DAY IN CANADA + FAMILY AND FRIENDS SEASON’S GREETINGS CURLING DAY (FEB 18) FROM THE PRESIDENT PAGE 6 CLUB BONSPIEL CALENDAR
PAGE 7 RONNEBECK: THE NCCP & On behalf of the Board and Staff of REQUIREMENTS FOR COACHES the Northern Ontario Curling
PAGE 9 POSTER | FEAR Association, I wish you all a happy THE MOOSE CLOTHING holiday season. Enjoy the time with PAGE 10 YOUTH your friends and family and rest up CURLING SUMMITS for the remainder of your curling PAGE 11 TEAM MANITOULIN TRANSPORT: season. It is our hope that the New
THE 5-ROCK RULE Year brings you many favourable
PAGE 12 SENIOR wicks and ticks and is free of all PROVINCIAL FIELDS SET picks. PAGE 13 CHANDLER UNDEFEATED THROUGH
EAST QUALIFIER
+ U21 PROVINCIALS GO Happy Holidays, DECEMBER 27-30 AT THE IDYLWYLDE
PAGE 14 SPONSORS &
PARTNERS Michael Szajewski
PAGE 15 NOCA AWARDS President
+ NEWCOMERS Northern Ontario Curling Association WELCOME ADDITION TO ‘THE MAC’
HIT DRAW TAP is fun, inclusive, age and To register your club, visit stage appropriate, easy to curlnoca.ca/hit-draw-tap The Northern Ontario administer and affordable
Curling Association is so for clubs and participants. and excited to provide its The format makes it easy for member clubs and youth clubs and families. We will hitdrawtap.ca curlers a premier youth utilize technology to help us ------skills competition again for with score-keeping, playing
2019: Hit, Draw, Tap. The and the registration process. highlight for any coach is to The HDT Northern Ontario watch one of their athletes Provincial Championship succeed in their sport and will be held during the compete in events like this! NOCA U18 Provincial Curling Championships at 2019 will be a year to share the Fort Frances Curling your experiences with new Club March 9, 2019. curlers, to keep the rocks moving and improving on Contact your club’s Youth your scores from last year! Curling Coordinator for details about your club’s We want to get many clubs plans to host a HDT enrolled, so that many kids More Information: championship. Clubs must can compete and have a contact the NOCA to register MARK MANNISTO positive introduction to their event! Hit Draw Tap Coordinator competition. Hit, Draw, Tap [email protected]
The format makes it easy for clubs and families. We will
CURLING DAY IN CANADA
Curling Day in Canada is scheduled for Saturday February 23, 2019. The purpose of this national event is to showcase our great sport from the curling club level. Clubs are invited to hold an event that day, or send in photos or scores from an event already scheduled for that day.
TSN will be creating a broadcast special to be Stoughton and Nolan Visit curlingdayincanada.ca aired that day and will be Thiesson bring the the Brier for more information and using photos and videos Trophy at their club on the NOCA website at: sent in by clubs and curlers. Curling Day. Clubs that submit photos or curlnoca.ca/curlingdayincan videos prior to February 8th Don’t miss this opportunity ada will be entered into a to showcase curling in your contest to have Jeff community.
FAMILY AND FRIENDS CURLING DAY
NOCA is excited about our newest club program: Family & Friends Curling Day in Northern Ontario. On Monday February 18th
(Family Day) clubs will be encouraged to host a Fun Day for families to get together and enjoy our great sport. Let’s promote curling as a sport that anyone, any age, can play.
There will be great prizes Lethbridge, at the end of clothing and brooms, and awarded in random draws March. Bearskin Airlines will gift cards will also be given including an opening be the Presenting Sponsor as prizes. weekend ticket package and for the event and will Best Western gift card for provide 2 tickets anywhere Start planning now for this the winner and a companion Bearskin Airlines flies (some great event. More to attend the World Men’s restrictions will apply). information will be posted Autographed team on our site and sent to the Curling Championships in Lethbridge, at the end of clubs early in the new year. March. Bearskin Airlines will be the Presenting Sponsor for the event and clothing and brooms, and
VIEW AND ADD EVENTS TO CLUB BONSPIEL CALENDAR AT:
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taken the Competition Competition Coach “not renewed” as of January 1, Coach workshop and the Making Ethical Decisions 2019 if the required points training. The exception to have not been earned. Not this is Canada Winter to worry though, points can still be earned after January Games and, as some 1 and if a coach wishes to coaches learned this year, earn 100% of their points all they have to be certified at once, they can go through Competition Coach with an evaluation. Check your specialized Canada Winter account in the Locker to see Games professional where you are at with regard RONNEBECK: The development or Competition to status. thelocker.coach.ca Development Coach NCCP & certified. If you are currently coaching Requirements for or are thinking about It is conceivable that in the coaching and wish to Coaches future, the requirement will become certified, the chart be Competition Coach below explains what the
This article is to help certified to coach at all pathway to certification is. coaches understand the levels of competition. So if A coach would attend a requirements for coaches you are currently “trained” Competition Coach who are working with teams you may want to consider workshop, Making Ethical competing in Northern Decisions (MED) training continuing on and Ontario Curling Association completing the pathway to and then complete evaluations for MED and championships. become Competition Coach Competition Coach. certified. First, it is helpful to understand what the So, how does a coach attain Once Competition Coach requirements were the required qualifications certified, the coach has 5 previously and what they are to ensure they can continue years to earn 20 professional development now. Some of us are old to coach their team as the points and for Competition enough to remember the old team grows and wants to level system – Level 1, Level Development Coach 30 PD compete at higher levels? 2 and Level 3. Each of these points in 5 years. The earning of professional levels required attending Many coaches who were development points is an sport specific training, some certified under the old levels NCCP requirement and system were transferred to sort of practical experience applies to all sports under the new system. If the and completion of theory the umbrella of the National courses. Once you achieved transfer resulted in you Coaching Certification certification at a level, you being transferred to Program. The system Competition Coach certified were certified for life. There reinforces the values of were no other requirements. status, there is no other lifelong learning and sharing training required but you do amongst the coaching Now, a coach must be at a have to maintain your community. minimum Competition certification through the Coach Trained in order to accumulation of 20 The 5-year cycle clock starts coach at NOCA competitions professional development ticking from the year a leading to a national. points. For some, coach has become certified. Competition Coach Trained Competition Coach means coaches must have certification will change to
Making Ethical Decisions training. The exception to this is Canada Winter
Prior to certification, when a account in the Locker and has now also made past coach is “in training” or activity. 3 points are webinars available for “trained”, it is not necessary available through self- coaches to earn the required to earn professional reporting professional PD points at their leisure. development points. development such as first The information about the
aid courses, specialized webinars is available at training received through ontariocurlingcouncil.com Professional Development points can be earned work, reading applicable through a multitude of books, etc. The remaining If you have any questions activities that coaches points can be earned by about your status, please already participate in participating in online feel free to email me and I learning, in-person training, will do my best to help. including national and provincial sport organization webinars and archived conferences and workshops, webinars. ------eLearning modules, Ontario Curling Council webinars Ontario Curling Council Submitted by: and archived webinars and hosts webinars about twice ANDREA RONNEBECK active coaching. each month on a variety of topics. Most are curling Education Manager – North
[email protected] One point is available in the specific such as the 5-rock rule, brushing, learning to 5-year period for every year of active coaching so that is win and others may be more already 5 points towards the generic. Each webinar is 20. You need to access your very affordable and OCC
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YOUTH CURLING Leaders, Parents, Board • Hit-Draw-Tap Members and Young people • Youth Interclub SUMMITS (16-25) interested in getting Leagues involved in the delivery of • Triples Curling Canada, the Ontario youth programs from your • U15 Challenge Cup Curling Council, CurlON, club and area clubs – to • U18 Learn to Curl NOCA, and many volunteers learn about the new and • Campus Learn to Curl have been working very hard exciting Curling Canada and the past few years to collect Ontario Curling Council The next scheduled summits and develop best practices developed programs for are: related to Youth Curling youth curlers.
Programs. This is the year TIMMINS: McIntyre CC - Jan that these exciting new At the Ontario Kids Curl – 19 at 11am programs are officially Youth Curling Summits (2.5- launching. We’ll be rolling 3 hours long) – participants SUDBURY: Curl Sudbury - out these programs at can expect to learn about: Jan 21 at 530pm Ontario Kids Curl – Youth Curling Summits which will • Long Term Curler For more information… be hosted across the Development Model province in the coming • Elementary School CLICK HERE weeks. Curling (delivered at
school prior to being Who should attend the on ice) summit? Youth Curling • U12 Learn to Curl Coaches, Youth Program • Hit-Draw-Tap Leaders, Parents, Board Members and Young people • Youth Interclub (16-25) interested in getting Leagues
the 5-rock rule is that the 5- more interesting. rock rule allows the team with Last Rock to place 2 We have played a number of rocks in the free guard zone competitive events using the before their guards can be 5-rock rule this season and
peeled. So – unless your we continue to come across team is in the habit of situations where we are not putting up 2 corner guards sure of the best way to when you have the hammer proceed. And that is what makes it exciting! In – the way most ends get played will not change very Oakville, we played a game
much. You may decide to against Team Glenn TEAM Howard, a team that has play less weight on take out MANITOULIN shots near guards early on lots of experience with the TRANSPORT: The in the end. This way, if you 5-rock rule. We were wreck on the guard, it has playing the 7th end and our 5-Rock Rule less of a chance of being team was up by 2 without
completely removed from last rock. We put our first Curling Canada recently play (and getting put back rock in the house fully adopted the 5-rock rule for to its original position). expecting them to put up a couple of corner guards to the 2018-19 season curling Otherwise, the ends will be season. With the 5-rock played similarly to the way try to get 2 or more in the rule, stones in play in front they were played in the club 7th. After a bit of a using the 4-rock rule. discussion, Glenn and his of the rings cannot be removed from play until 5 team decided to peel our In competitive play, the 5- rocks have been thrown in rock out and blank the end. rock rule is a game changer. an end. This rule has been Their thinking was that they There is no set strategy or used at Grand Slam of would rather play for 3 in playbook to defending a the 8th end with Last Rock Curling events for several lead with the 5-rock rule. years already and has been then risk being forced to 1 Some teams will play 2 tick universally given the (or 2) and have to steal the shots and try to keep it open “thumbs up” by the world’s 8th. And if we had not (which requires lots of skill best curlers. The 5-rock rule made a quadruple takeout and can backfire!) while came about because with our skip’s last rock – others will play very competitive teams playing they would have won the aggressively and put up on arena ice became so game playing that way! A guards of their own. This good at making tick shots few weeks later, this potentially can bring more and double peels. The approach worked like magic steals into play and allows result was a fairly for Team Kevin Koe in the teams to claw back into predictable pattern of play, semi-final at the Masters games when down (of particularly when teams got Grand Slam event in Truro. course the other possibility a bit of a lead, and more As you might have seen on is that when a team is wide-open and/or blank TV, Koe scored 3 in the 8th playing well, they continue ends. end after making a last to play aggressively and second thin double for a 6-5 The 5-rock rule will not have the opportunity to end comeback win over change the way curling is the game early). It definitely Scotland’s Bruce Mouat! played in most club games. brings more big ends into
The biggest difference play and makes watching ------between the 4-rock rule and these games far more Submitted by: TEAM interesting. the 5-rock rule is that the 5- MANITOULIN TRANSPORT rock rule allows the team with Last Rock to place 2
EVENT DEADLINE th Scotties Women’s Provincial January 4 U18 Regions (all) January 11th U18 East & West Qualifiers February 6th Curling Club Championships January 18th
Wheelchair Provincials February 1st Mixed Doubles Provincial February 8th BrokerLink Mixed Provincial March 8th
Note: all registrations close at NOON on the deadline date.
SENIOR PROVINCIAL FIELDS SET
The field is set for the 2019 Northern Ontario Senior Men’s Provincial Curling
Championship January 24th – 28th, 2019 at the Tarentorus Curling Club in Sault Ste. Marie.
Defending champion Al Hackner and four-time champion Robbie Gordon CC), Patrick Chartier headline the eight-team (Idylwylde G&CC, Sudbury), event. Roger Sauve (Coniston CC), Other competitors include Timothy Warkentin
Floyd Hopson (McIntyre (Keewatin CC), and Kent Curling Club, Timmins), Maarup (Port Arthur CC Chris Gordon (Copper Cliff Thunder Bay).
CHANDLER UNDEFEATED THROUGH EAST QUALIFIER
The 2019 Northern Ontario Provincial Men’s Curling Championship is beginning to take form as the East Qualifier added three contenders to the field, including undefeated Team Chandler (Jordan Chandler, Sandy MacEwan, Luc Ouimet and Lee Toner), January 30th – February 3rd Qualifier January 10th – 13th, Team Robbie Gordon, and event in Nipigon by merit of 2019 at the Fort William Team Dustin Montpellier. CTRS point earnings. Curling Club in Thunder Bay
where seven teams will be Team Brad Jacobs and The final three berths will be competing. Team Tanner Horgan have decided at the Men’s West already qualified to the
U21 PROVINCIALS GO DECEMBER 27 – 30 AT THE IDYLWYLDE
Sudbury’s Tanner Horgan, Jacob Horgan, and Maxime Blais look to make history to close out 2018 and become the most decorated junior men’s curlers in Northern
Ontario history.
They will have to get past most experience but faces A sixth consecutive title Joshua Landry, Nicholas tough competition in Bella would break the record for Lemieux, Chris Silver, Croisier and Alyssa Denyer; most provincial titles and Matthew Duizer, and Myles all teams of Sudbury. most consecutive titles Harding however. previously set by Colin Follow the action on the Koivula of Thunder Bay. In the Women’s field Kira NOCA’s live scoreboard:
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NOCA AWARDS
The Northern Ontario Curling Association Board of Directors is pleased to announce the NOCA Annual Awards program. Awards will be given in four categories: NOCA Volunteer Awards (3), NOCA Club Recognition Award (1), NOCA Honorary Membership (unlimited), and NOCA Coach Awards (2).
Please take a moment to one way to recognize their 28th annually. More nominate a deserving contributions to your club information can be found at: person from your club. and the sport of curling. curlnoca.ca/programs/awar Volunteers are the unsung The deadline for ds heroes of curling and this is nominations is February
The deadline for NEWCOMERSnominations is Februar y WELCOME28th annually. More information can be found at ADDITION TO ‘THE MAC’
Martin and Ernesto of Mexico are making connections in their new community of Timmins, Ontario by taking up the sport of Curling.
The two learned to curl in been identified as potential Red Lake and have been sources of membership turning heads with their on- growth. ice skills; especially their sweeping. Should any other club have
a success story to share on Video courtesy of CTV News Newcomers to Canada and this topic, please send it to your community have into the NOCA.
The Northern Ontario Curling Association’s Newsletter “NOCA News” is published once a month. Please email your stories, photos and news items to [email protected] by the first of any month.
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