Newsletter: September, 2014 Vol. 1 Issue 3

NEWSLETTER
by Margaret Butler margaret@ontcurl.com

Have you renewed your club membership yet?
Ensure you reap the fullest rewards of being a
supportive, active club member by volunteering too!

STAFF STUFF
by Stephen Chenier steve@ontcurl.com

Well the first newsletter of the 2014-2015 season.
Curling has started do you know where your gear is?
Have you washed it, checked your gripper, replaced
that worn out sweeping pad and started your pre-
season stretching routine. Thats ok neither have I.....
Happy Curling.

Fall Zone Meetings are underway with a fully packed
agenda come on out to hear and to be heard.

ZONE 4 Mon. Sep 15 Trenton 6:45 pm
1 Tue. Sep 16 Winchester 7:30 pm
3 Wed. Sep17 Renfrew 7:00 pm
2 Thu. Sep 18 Rideau 7:00 pm
8 Mon. Sep 22 Mississaugua 7:30 pm
13 Tue. Sep 23 Hamilton Vic 7:00 pm
10 Wed. Sep 24 Coldwater 7:00 pm
14 Thu. Sep 25 Vanastra 7:30 pm
6 Mon. Sep 29 Annandale 7:00 pm

Our major project for 2014-2015 will be to help our
clubs in solving some of the major issues facing clubs
today. We will focus our efforts on one or two areas
and are reviewing these at each Zone meeting. Stay
tuned for a full report of what we will be the focus
project.

Follow me on twitter @ED4OCA for up to date news
and happenings.

COMPETITOR CIRCLE
By: Dave Hutchison dave@ontcurl.com

The 2014/15 curling season is just a stones throw
away from online registration becoming available.
The first competition is the Travelers Curling Club
Championships for both men & women. If you are
the team that will represent your club at this event
please make sure that you meet eligibility
requirements at http://www.curling.ca/travelerscurls/
The PAN AM/PARAPAN AM Games is looking for
volunteers. If you are interested please go to
www.TORONTO2015.org/volunteer to register.
Check out the link to the Team Ontario Winter
Games post. Go Team HALL.
http://www.teamontario.ca/page/show/1301008-
team-ontario-post-august-2014

CURLING SEASON IS HERE .

Grab a friend and introduce them
to the greatest sport on ice.

September, 2014

Vol. 1 Issue 3

TEAM ONTARIO 2015

COACHES CORNER
By: Tom Ward tom@ontcurl.com

Fall 2014 Coach Training Workshops

Fall workshops for Competition Coach and Club Coach
(Instructor) are now posted at
http://www.ontcurl.com/courses/coaching.aspx

If you are unsure of which workshop to attend see the guide to
NCCP training at http://www.curling.ca/programs-and-services/high-
performance-programs-and-services/national-coaching-certification-
program/coach-training/

If you need more details on the difference between the
Recreational Coaching stream and Competitive Coaching
stream please see further details at
http://www.ontcurl.com/Images/up_images/NCCP%20Coaching
%20Streams%20rev2.pdf

Police Checks for Coaches

A reminder that Police checks for Coaches entering OCA
competitions are valid for three years from the date of issue.
For further details on renewing/obtaining a Police Check see
details at http://www.ontcurl.com/news-details.aspx?id=167

ICE INSIGHTS
By: Darrin Sinclair

Most of us are preparing for our ice installations. The summer
has been inconsistent and hopefully September brings in some
cool, dry weather for our install. At this time, it is important to
make sure your machinery is in good working order. This
includes any motors or pump rebuilding, headers painted or
oiled and clamps tightened on the brine lines. This is also a
good time to do any painting and floor maintenance before the
plant goes on. Anyone who has a water cooled condenser
should make sure the scale has been removed from the coils as
well as the water tank.

Hopefully most of you have sent your scraper, nipper and hand
blades in to be sharpened and have ordered any other items
such as pebble heads, mops, sandpaper, as well as all your
paint and water needs. This includes changing filters, RO
membranes or ordering your DE-I needs.

This is the time of year I like to tune the clubs stones. I find that
because they are warm and dry, the sandpaper gets a better
bite and the scratch tends to last longer.

Hope everyones install goes well.

BOARD BRIEFS

The Board is pleased to announce the
appointment of Brian Cowan (Chair), Fran Todd,
Simon Ouellet, George Cooke along with Dale
Curtis and John Shea to the Bylaw Review
Committee. This group has been tasked with
creating the new Bylaws that will govern the
OCA into the future. The Committee will consult
with members, member clubs and stakeholders
during this process in an effort to bring forth the
new bylaws for approval at the June 28
th
, 2015
AGM.

The 2015 OCA Annual General Meeting and
workshop will be held in Kingston on June 27-28.
More details to come as things get firmed up.

The Canadian Curling Association recently held
their first ever Curling Summit in Niagara Falls
followed by the National Curling Congress and
AGM. The summit had many sessions including:
future trends & demographics, legal issues,
energy conservation, curling teaching
professional, GAP analysis, roundtables why
arent we cool? & where have all the athletes
gone?, long term athlete development model,
curling ice & stones, sport tourism economic
assessment model (STEAM), curling in schools,
exploring social media, selling the sport of
curling to Canadians, building capacity in our
communities and developing strategies for the
future. The NCC and AGM were held at the end
of the week with many motions being reviewed
and voted on. To see our report of these motions
please click here.
SucceSS iSnt Something that juSt
happens success is learned, success
is practiced and then it is shared.

Sparky anderson
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