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Last Day of Round Robin Play League Elections Laing And If it has anything to do with curling, you’ve come to the wrong place. LAST DAY OF ROUND ROBIN PLAY Sadly, today is the end of round-robin play. The playoffs will be taking place next Saturday April 14 and Sunday April 15. And Sunday night will be the season-ending banquet at the Marriott. A message will be posted on our FB page when the seedings and matchups have been drawn. Also, make sure to check the playoff spare rules when they are posted if you need someone as they are quite different from regular season play. LEAGUE ELECTIONS Today is the last day to submit nominations for next year’s Riverdale Executive. Executive positions that are open for nomination: President; Vice-President; Secretary; Treasurer; Draw- GAY NATIONALS WRAP UP Master; Events Coordinator; Member Relations; External Riverdale was representn’ at last weekend’s Gay Nationals Relations; and Webmaster. in Calgary. Congrats to both of Toronto’s teams for their strong showing. Toronto 1 (pictured on the bottom – you Forms are on the piano. Nominations close at 2pm. can fill in the rest) made it all the way to the finals but came up just short against Team Ottawa. LAING AND SAVILLE TOGETHER AGAIN! Toronto 2 aka Team Englot also had a fine tourney, making Lots of personnel changes going on in men’s curling since it to the playoff round. the Brier. One of the biggest is that former Ontario sweethearts Brent Laing and Craig Saville will reunite to be HAVE YOU THANKED YOUR BARTENDAR TODAY? John Epping’s front end. When Laing’s wife read about the Thanks to our bartendresses Emily and Jose at the Royal for news via a tweet from Epping, Jennifer Jones was quoted as keeping the league so well lubricated. Whether it was the saying, “Great, now who will do the housework?” prepping of those delicious caesars or the serving of the chip baskets, they went above and beyond every week while putting up with our sh*t. On behalf of the Riverdale Curling League, we would like to say “Thank-you! Vol. 35, No. 19 RCL Member News Sunday, April 8, 2018 THE CURLING COUCH WITH JOE LIPSETT ____________________________________________ ________ Curling season is wrapping up, so REPORT FROM THE MEN’S WORLD CURLING let’s play the TV game one last time: CHAMPIONSHIP in LAS VEGAS by Ryan MacDonald Ryan writes “I have no idea what happened in round- The Expanse (Space, April 11) is the robin play but the pool at the Orleans Hotel was nice.” successor to Battlestar: Galactica’s crown: the rare sci-fi series that effortlessly blends politics, space beef and well-choreographed action. Hearing Shohreh Aghdashloo curse in her raspy voice is a delight. Danger comes for Will Robinson once again in Netflix’s serialized revamp of Lost In Space (April 13) which looks $$$ and features indie queen Parker Posey as the villain. What more do you need to know? Speaking of pricey, HBO’s Westworld returns April 22 to fulfill your need for boobs, orgiastic violence and leather fetish wear between seasons of Game of Thrones. Fingers crossed the new season features fewer twists about who is and isn’t a robot and spends more time on character development. Also on deck: surprisingly smart dystopian teen series The 100 returns for Scottish team curlers enjoying the rays. (Photo courtesy of S2 (Netflix, April 26), while reliable Hank Azaria drinks his R. MacDonald) way through S2 of hilarious black comedy Brockmire (IFC, April 26). Finally, amazing but depressing The Handmaid’s Tale is back for more topical horrors on Bravo (April 29). TRIVIA The answer to last issue’s trivia question was Lynda Carter, For daily stories or for comprehensive monthly TV previews, the original Wonder Woman, who received her star on the check out Bitchstolemyremote.com. Hollywood Walk of Fame this week. TORONTO BLIND CURLING CLUB (TBCC) The 2018 Toronto Blind Curling Club Golf Tournament will Okay folks, that’s a Wrap for this season and for my stint as be taking place on Saturday May 19th at Cardinal Golf Club your editor. Thanks for allowing me to bring some Sunday in King City. All proceeds go to support members of the cheer into your humdrum lives. TBCC. So mark this date on your calendar and sign up at the club. (no curlers were harmed in the making of this newsletter). May 24 - June 23, 2018 insideout.ca #InsideOut18 Presenting Sponsor Toronto LGBT Film Festival .
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