Congratulations to Willi’s Electric on winning this year’s Industrial League!

Industrial League Champions – Willi’s Electric

_{(L to R) Clifford Taylor, League Coordinator, Tommy LeBlanc, Jamie Morrison, Mindy Williams, Pam Morrison (Missing Dan Currie and Ryan Williams)}

Second Place – Town & Country

_{Clifford Taylor (League Coordinator), Hugh Campbell, Spencer Nichol, Andrew Richardson, Liz Jollymore}

Third Place – DK Fisheries

_{Larry Sutherland, Scott Maston, Donnie English, Andrew LeBlanc}

Consolation Round Winners – A. Fraser Real Estate

_{Margo Hilchey, Cathy Fraser, Jenna Slaunwhite, Andrea MacKenzie}

The playoffs in both the ‘Tuesday Night’ and the Industrial Leagues are here. You can find the various schedules and brackets in the ‘Ice Schedule’ pull-down menu. The Industrial League playoffs begin this Saturday – the best of luck to all!

The results from last weekend’s bonspiel were as follows:

• Champions: Lynn Cameron and Dave Quann
• Runners-up:  Janice Hiltz and Ben Caissie
• 3^rd Place:  Shelley English and Donnie English
• 4^th Place:  Sandra and Hugh Campbell
• B Event Winners:  Kara and Cliff Taylor
• B Runners-up:  Sydney Baillie and Nick Dykstra
• C Event Winners:  Alta Munroe and Art Kennedy
• C Runner-up:  Lindy Quann and John Garcia
• D Event Winners:  Joyce and Frank MacLeod
• D Runners-up:  Sheila Currie and Tom LeBlanc

And HERE is the entire bonspiel’s brackets.

The draw to the Button Winners were Lynn Cameron and Ben Caissie

In addition to the many well played games, there were two perfect, 6-point ends, one by Jennifer Dykstra and Mike Murdock and the second by Lynn Cameron and Dave Quann.

The Mixed Doubles Bonspiel is being held this weekend (Feb 27, 28, Mar 1st) starting Friday evening, so there will be no regular Friday night or Sunday afternoon curling this coming weekend (Feb 28th and Mar 1st).  

There are 21 teams and we’d like to thank Dave Q for organizing this event again this year. If you aren’t playing in it, feel free to stop down and check it out.

The schedule and standings can be found here:  https://scheduler.leaguelobster.com/2074231/2026-nccc-mixed-doubles-bonspiel/2026/

(Pictured L-R) Scott Maston (organizer), Barb Raymont (skip), Jill Bonvie (second), Marla Davidson (lead), Katie Epp (mate) from Bluenose Curling Club. (Total winnings of $495) Congratulations!

 this is registration for all leagues, drop-in nights, lessons, and juniors….

The club has undertaken a number of renovations this Fall in the ice shed prior to the start of the ’25-’26 season. The majority of the old walkway has been torn out and replaced with a new, pressure-treated walkway. The old carpet is being replaced with rubber horse stable mats around the entire walkway – this should improve traction throughout.

A new de-humidification system has been installed in the ice shed along with a shiny plenum to distribute the dry air throughout the rink. This should help with the shoulder seasons where we have trouble with condensation and frosting of the ice surface.

To further address the condensation issues, there’s been a big effort to seal the insulated ceiling by connecting the existing ceiling to the side walls as well as patching the many, many gaps in the central ceiling. This is difficult overhead work, requiring moving ladders over and over again.

In addition foam spray insulation has been applied between the outer walls of the building and the inner skin wall upon which the signs are hung. This should reduce the impact of wind and temperature swings on the ice, particularly towards the end of the season.

The final two areas of work are in the plant room: there’s been a tremendous amount of work done on the plant room roof to keep the rain & melting snow from falling dropping down the necks of the ice crew AND there’s a long-needed fix the plant’s control system underway to provide better temperature control and to help reduce the cost of running the plant.