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Who Are We
Who Are We
Rouge Valley Curling Club was established in October 2023 to replace the original club name of Honeywell. Over the past 65 years, the club memberships have transitioned from a corporate men's league to a mixed league of individuals seeking a curling game and socializing with like-minded curlers to share great shots and near misses while enjoying the competitive nature of an excellent curling match.
Rouge Valley Curling Club.pdfExciting news at our club! We have a new pin that symbolizes our past and future curling seasons. The outer rings of the pin are a vibrant red, just like our curling stone. The colour scheme features green shades reminiscent of Rouge Valley National Park. Known initially as a corporate league affiliated with Honeywell and later transitioning into a mixed recreational league, we decided to rename our club better to reflect our proximity to the beautiful Rouge Valley. Although we've let go of the corporate label, we still honour and appreciate the contributions made by our previous Honeywell members.
To this day, the Rouge Valley members continue the spirit of curling as a great social activity with a little competitive edge to make the game of curling exciting and social.
The Rouge Valley Curling Club has a close-knit community of 40 dedicated members. These members form ten skip teams, each competing throughout the season before a delightful skip draft event. The draft, a fun tradition, kicks off the season, enabling members to enjoy playing on various teams, mingle with new faces every season, and celebrate victories or setbacks together. It's common for members to switch teams each season, adding to the excitement of the game.
Rouge Valley Curling Club is always looking for new full-time members to join the club before the Skip draft, generally scheduled one week before curling starts on the first Monday after Thanksgiving. For the occasional curler, the club does offer Spare members to fill in for the absence of full-time members throughout the season.
At Rouge Valley Club, our Executive team is made up of dedicated full-time members who are elected before the season starts. We have critical roles like the President, who oversees the club's operations and resolves any issues related to club rules or activities. The Vice-President assists the President in duties and supports the club's overall operations. Then, the Treasurer manages the Tam Heather Ice Sheet contract, budget, member fees, and expenses. Our amazing supporting team includes the Spare Master, who ensures any absent full-time member is replaced by a Spare member. The Drawmaster plays a vital role in organizing all draws as per club rules, distributing scorecards before each draw to the home vice-skip. After each game, the completed scorecard is returned to the Drawmaster for score entry, and the draw sheet is updated with weekly game tallies. Lastly, our webmaster ensures our club's website stays updated with the latest information so all members can stay connected and informed about games and events.
Our Past
Our Past
In the Beginning
In the Beginning
HONEYWELL CURLING CLUB
HONEYWELL CURLING CLUB
CLUB HISTORY
CLUB HISTORY
The HONEYWELL CURLING CLUB was first chartered in 1959 - 60, through the instigation of Dave MacIntosh. At that time, the club consisted of only two teams. These eight charter members met every two or three weeks at the Tam O'Shanter Curling Club located at Kennedy Road and Sheppard Ave. from 5 to 7 P.m. for a friendly game. Every member had an opportunity to play all positions because each team functioned on a rotational basis from game to game.
By the close of this first season,, these charter members had created enough interest in the Club to propose expanding to three levels the following year. These levels would consist of,
"HONEYWELL 1" - Sales at Leaside
"HONEYWELL 2 " - Management at Scarborough
"HONEYWELL 3" - Factory at Scarborough.
When the 1960 - 61 season actually arrived, the Club had recruited sufficient membership to make up six teams. More interest was shown from the Factory employees, and it was also in this year that John King and Gord Lougheed joined from the Management ranks. The Club still played at the Tam O'Shanter, but now the schedule was weekly (Friday nights), and the calibre of play was much more competitive.
In the 1961 - 62 season, the Club really took off. They now had sixteen full teams devoted to Company Curling. This was the first season that the Club started playing on Monday nights at Avonlea Curling Club located on Railside Drive, Scarborough. The structure of the-league took another change this year. The Management and the Factory teams merged and the Sales team from Leaside actually disintegrated. It was also in this season that the "SHEET 8 BUTTONS" were developed. These were black buttons with a white "8" on them and the idea behind it was that any team remaining on sheet 8 for three consecutive games would become the proud owner of these distinguished buttons.
The Honeywell Curling Club has continued to remain strong in employee support over the past nineteen years, making it a very successful Company League. The friendship and competitive nature of the league have always remained on the highest level.
It is interesting to note that of the eight original charter members, we still have three of them actively curling with us today; Dave MacIntosh, Doug Stinson and Peter Clark.
April 3, 1978
W. J. K. Tully
Honeywell Curling Club CRESTS
Honeywell Curling Club CRESTS
The first crest to be developed was the circular one with the crossed brooms. This was designed in 1960 - 61'by Dave MacIntosh, Peter Clark and Fred Parkin.
The second crest is the white one designed by John King
in 1961 - 62.
The moto inscribed on the bottom says:
"HE CONQUERS WHO CONQUERS HIMSELF".
SPECIAL THANKS
I think that special thanks should be extended to Gil Hale, Doug Stinson, Peter Clark and Fred Parkin, who contributed their time and effort to piece together a few of the events which brought about the creation of the Honeywell Curling Club.
I'm sure there must be other members who remember events relating to the Club's past, or have photographs of Club happenings. If so, please pass them along and share them with all of us.
W. J. K. Tully
Honeywell Curling Club Plays Outdoors at Cedarena
Honeywell Curling Club Plays Outdoors at Cedarena
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