Previous Years Club News Items

  • Our Mission Statement

    Mission Statement - The Glooscap Curling Club of Kentville is dedicated to providing social and competitive opportunities for all age groups and all abilities through the sport of curling. Values - The Glooscap Curling Club of Kentville holds the following values as being important:

    • creating a positive atmosphere
    • providing a facility that is fun, friendly and welcoming
    • achieving the highest level of sportsmanship
    • providing an affordable curling experience for the entire community
    • maintaining honesty and integrity in all aspects of the curling club

    Vision Statement - We are commited to achieving:

    • a sustainable facility to maintain our Mission Statement
    • full, active engaged membership in the operation and activities of the club (volunteerism)
    • responsible financial management
    • increased membership
    • participation of youth, senior, and disabled in the culture and tradition of curling
    • the satisfaction, safety and well-being of our members and guests
    • a positive image in the community

  • Kings Special Olympics Curlers Win

    Kings Special Olympics curlers, based at Glooscap Curling Club in Kentville, sent three teams to Provincial Games this past February in New Glasgow. Competition was tough and after some early losses, they came home with gold, silver and bronze medals in the "C" division, a unique and noteworthy achievement. Furthermore, just recently it was learned that Special Olympics Nova Scotia has selected the "C" Provincial champions as the province's representative at the National Winter Games in Saint Albert (near Edmonton), Alberta next February 2012.

    The bronze medal winners from Provincials are Skip, Tammy Hiltz; Mate, Evan Hiltz; Second, Brian Bruce; Lead, Darcy Marshall and Alternate Machelle Hubley. Silver winners Skip, John Robicheau; Mate, Susan Weaver; Second, Allan Williams and Lead Johanna Sutcliffe.     Gold winners and provincial reps at Nationals are Skip, Stephen Parkin; Mate, Tammy Schnare; Second, Bruce Lightle and Lead Becca Foster. John Robicheau has also been selected as the alternate player for Nationals.    

    In the picture below from left to right are bronze, silver, gold and group.

     

  • Thanks Seamones - from the Club

    Glooscap Curling Club has been enjoying their new Ice Shed floor, and on March 2nd, we thanked the Engineering and Design firm of Hiltz & Seamone, for managing the project so successfully and also for their very generous financial contribution to the club. In recognition for this donation, Barbara Leith, President of Glooscap, presented a plaque to Doug Seamone as a representative of Hiltz & Seamone Co.

     

    Doug has been an active and contributing member of Glooscap throughout the years, and as an engineer, was a valuable resource in helping to guide us in the realization of this project. This generosity of spirit has extended to his daughters, Leslie and Alison, for they have been very instrumental in all of our major fundraising efforts. They have organized the very popular Tropicurl every year and this is widely recognized as one of Glooscap's best curling events. We celebrated a great curling family and a great legacy of volunteering.

     

  • Team Marshall Wins NS Masters!

    At the Middleton Curling Club, the team representing the Glooscap Curling Club skipped by Alan Marshall won the Nova Scotia Masters Championship. They beat a team skipped by Haylett Clarke (Bluenose Curling Club) in a game that was close throughout. The score was 5 - 4. They stole one point in the extra end as a result of an excellent raise take-out on Alan's first stone.  The Marshall team had scored two points with the hammer in the eighth end to send the game to an extra end.

    The other members of Alan's team are mate Dick Clattenburg, second Peter Smith, and lead Bruce Tymchuk.

    Congratulations, guys, and good luck as you head to Winnipeg to contend for the Canadian Masters Championship.