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Which Means It's Time for the Brazilian Mixed Doubles Curling REPORT FROM THE ROAD TO THE RINGS Taking place this week in Summerside, PEI, the Road to the Rings Olympic Trials qualifier has 12 men’s and women’s teams vying for a couple of remaining spots for next Month’s Roar of the Rings in Ottawa to determine who will represent Canada at the upcoming If it has anything to do with curling, Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. you’ve come to the wrong place. As of press time, here are the latest playoff results: - Team Krista McCarville has earned one of 2 berths IT’S WEEK 5 OF CURLING! into the Trials Which means it’s time for the Brazilian Mixed Doubles - the other spot will go the winner of tomorrow’s Curling Championship! It will be taking place at the Roque vs Tippin game Royal next week from November 15 – 18! No - Men’s teams still in the mix include John Morris, guarantees anyone will be mixing Caipirinhas at the Brendan Bottcher, Glenn Howard, and Greg Balsdon. bar, or doing a Samba on the ice but if you like listening to guys and gals talking Portuguese, drop by Saturday for the finals. Actions gets underway at 9am. SPARING REMINDER FOR TEAMS IN E – H To ensure that you can field a full team, if your team is in division E-H you can approach anyone from any division to play lead for you. Great opportunity to get some game advice from a more seasoned player. Speaking of which, if any higher ranked Skips or Vices would like to make themselves available to spare, I’d be more than happy to facilitate an introduction. GAY NATIONALS The Gay Nationals will be held this season in Calgary, March 30 - 31, 2018. The Qualifying Playdowns will happen on Saturday December 16th at the Royal. If you are interested in representing Toronto at Nationals this year, please speak with Scott Harcourt. Deadline to register for the Playdowns is Sunday December 3rd. ROTATORS BONSPIEL There’s still room for two more teams to sign up for the bonspiel. The ‘spiel dates are November 25 & 26th. If you’re are interested talk to Murray. More info can be found at: http://toronto.gaycurl.ca/bonspiels/rotators- bonspiel/ Vol. 35, No. 5 RCL Member News Sunday, November 12th, 2017 REMEMBRANCES of LAWN BOWLING PAST I was escorted into a brothel which turned out to be a BY BRADLEY HAYWARD front for an illegal karaoke bar. The only English song The worst part of summer is not being able to curl on the menu was Celine's Power of One. I sang it three sheets to the wind across six sheets of ice, but three times and was offered a full time job. Singing. last summer I was invited to try lawn bowling as a substitute for my favourite winter sport and thought My companions for the evening resorted to other to myself, “Who doesn’t love a white party?” So I ditties in the binder. They were hip. They were moseyed on down to Cosburn Park Lawn Bowling Club catchy. They were Korean. I found myself snapping to give it a try and found out that I really enjoy playing my fingers and couldn't get enough. Then, I tried with heavy bowls. poppers out of a ketchup bottle. K-pop. Damn that was saucy goodness. Not your daddy's poppers. I hear they make it out of equal parts hydrogen peroxide and apple cider vinegar with a secret dash of Circus by Brittany Spears. Good luck finding it in the 416. Try Christie and Bloor. Hugs, Aelish TRIVIA The answer to last week’s question was Ireland! And it turns out you don’t have to wear all-white after all! From tank-tops and cut-off shorts (my usual) to The Cosby Show’s Lisa Bonet is straw hats and overalls, players are encouraged to be turning 49 this week. What was themselves on the greens, inside and out. The people the name of her character on couldn’t be nicer, nobody particularly worries about the show: winning all that much, and Sophie’s Sports Bar is just around the corner for a drinks after every game. So next time I spare on your team, feel free to ask me about giving it a try next summer and I’ll tell you what it means to hit the jack. For more league info, visit torontorainbowlers.ca A – Lisa B – Stephanie C – Denise D – What’s the Cosby Show? ASK AELISH ANYTHING Bonus point if you know the name of the actress who Dear Aelish. played her younger sister Rudi. Lately, I’ve been hearing a lot about something called K-Pop. What is it? Sounds to me like a treatment for TO REACH THE EDITOR removing blackheads or some new Remember, this is YOUR member newsletter… If you type of lubricant. Am I close? have any announcements, suggestions, rants, gossip, J-Wow items for sale, free kittens, etc. for the newsletter, please e-mail the editor, Howard Fraiberg, your Dear J-Wow, Member Relations guy, at [email protected]. Thanks for your letter. I know this has been on the minds of a lot of people lately. I first encountered K-pop when I was in Cambodia in 2006. I was at a bar and was offered a special menu for "tourist fun". .
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