In Golf it's a Hole in One. In Baseball it's an Over the Fence Home Run with the Bases Loaded. In Curling it's called an Eight Ender and it is just as rare. But it happened on Thursday morning, December 7th, during the Senior curling. The lucky team included Evans Harrison, Pat Binder and Vern McCall. In the end it was the opposition skip with his last rock that caused all the fuss by coming off the wrong side of a Harrison team rock knocking it in to count and sliding off to the side. Ah well, these things happen.
On Wednesday, December 6th, the Low Cup play was in Cobden and Eganville. Don Ross, Floyd Miller, Lyall Smith and Bob Brown were the Deep River team that played in Cobden. In the first game, Deep River lost to Pembroke 11-1. In the second game, Deep River lost to Cobden 8-6, even after winning 5 ends. In Eganville the other Deep River team consisting of Chris Knight, John Logie, Mike Watson, and Gerry Tallon tied Pembroke in the first game, and lost the second to Renfrew. Pembroke now leads the standings with 126 points. There is no Low Cub game on December 13th. The next Low Cup Competition will be in Pembroke on December 20th.
On December 15th the Senior curling crowd will be enjoying their annual Christmas Mini-spiel. This is a popular event because, when all the curling is finished and the sumptuous lunch has been enjoyed, the organizer, Lyall Smith guarantees that everyone will win a prize. The cost is $10, which includes the lunch. Play starts at 10:00 in the morning.
Friday evening curling continues to be a popular event and a good opportunity for those who are new to the game to come and try their skills in an atmosphere that is relaxed and low key. There are six ends of curling played followed by a social time with drinks snacks and conversation. This Friday, December 15th, the theme is Christmas with festive snacks.