Design and implement an effective communication plan
Improve board and staff effectiveness
Achieve financial stability
Develop and enhance programs and services for curling and other activities
Ensure building, equipment and property are updated and well maintained
Improve club atmosphere
Make time to attend every curling clinic held in the Moncton area. You will find they are worth while. You will be a better curler after each clinic you attend.
Should men curling teams have to win their Club Championship to be able to curl in the Brier? Should women curling teams have to win their Club Championship to be able to curl in the Tournament of Hearts? Should the Brier have a Team Canada? Should the Tournament of Heart have a Team Canada?
Curling Questions to Talk about over a Drink at MCA
Gerry Dawson
Website Facilitator
If you want to curl on a team with an awesome skip, phone 386-1290 and ask for Gerry.
It is the intention of your board of directors to make regular communication available to all members who have access to a computer. Using an e-mail newsletter is an effective, low-coast method for staying in touch. Since there are no mailing and printing costs involved it is also gentle to our bottom-line. Another benefit is the almost instantaneous deliveries that e-mail offers. You don't have to worry whether the post office will get the newsletter delivered on time. Keeping in mind your board of directors is responsible to you; even if you don't have e-mail. Questions and comments are welcomed by President Dan MacPherson, Vice-President John Stockman, Treasurer Phyllis Tower, and Secretary Horace Constable, as well as directors Larry Kelly, Ray Brown and Frank Arsenault.
The following article by Times & Transcript Staff appeared in the Times & Transcript dated August 15, 2007.
MCA improvements continue
Curling club hopes to restore facility it its former glory
Moncton Curlers' Association members intend to restore New Brunswick's oldest curling club to its former glory with an ambitious plan that should be completed by September.
The club's brine header and rink pipe project is well under way. Two new six-inch headers will provide freezing brine (salt solution) to 32,000 feet of new one-inch pipe. The headers distribute the brine through the pipes under the ice surface.
The brine solution rusts metal pipes over time and replacement is a normal occurrence. MCA's old pipes were installed in 1960. The new pipes, manufactured by Rehau Industries Inc. of Port Elgin, are plactic.
"This work is long overde," said MCA President Dan MacPherson. "We couldn"t continue without it. Only our Iceman Greg Lamkey kept us going the last few years."
The project began July 23rd with the removal of the walkway at the home end of the five sheets of ice. Work on the removal of the old headers and the old pipes began a week later. In total, 30 tons of steel were removed.
Installation of the headers and the rink pipe began this month. Most of the work is being done by club volunteers under the direction of Electrical & Refrigeration Services Ltd. of Moncton.
"The entire project, slated for a mid-September completion, would not be possible withour the dedication of MCA's membership," MacPherson said. "The volunteers are the reason the club is on the way to regaining its status as a top curling facility - much as it was when it opened in 1881," he said.
Over the last 18 years three MCA Presidents have been elected President of the Canadian Curling Association. Dr. Ed Steeves served in 1989-91 and Moncton Mayor Lorne Mitton in 1994-95. Al Forsythe, was CCA President, until this June.
MCA is located at 358 Lutz Street. New members are welcome.
In case you have not heard, Moncton has been awarded the 2009 Ford World Men's Curling Championship. So mark you calendar now. The event, with the help of curling volunteeers, will be staged April 4-12 in the Moncton Coliseum - the site of several previous curling championships, including a memorable 1985 Labatt Brier and the 1980 Air Canada Silver Broom.
Items for inclusion in future newsletters should be sent to MCAcurl@canoemail.com or left at the bar (in an envelope marked to the attention of Ray Brown). News of upcoming events, bonspiel results, etc. will be appreciated.
Welcome to the 2009-10 Curling Season. Your executive have been meeting over the past few months and plans are underway for this curling season. We have some plans and schedules that we hope everyone will enjoy. If you have an idea or you would like to add some input, please contact anyone from your executive. Bring along your friends to enjoy another friendly season at the MCA.
Curling Schedule: Mondays from 10 AM to 12 noon there will be Curling for Steaks, open to all. In the afternoon there will be Little Rock curling. From 7 PM to 9 PM there will be club curling, open to all members. Tuesday from 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM there will be Daytime Tri-Club Ben Lavigne Curling League, from 7 PM to 9 PM there will be Inter Club Curling. On Wednesday from 1:30 PM to 4 PM there will be curling open to all Furliners. On Wednesday nights the Aliant Leage will be operating. On Wednesday and Thursday from 9 AM to 11 AM there will be Youth Curling. Thursday from 7 PM to 9 PM there will be club curling, open to all members. Friday from 10 AM to 12 noon there will be Curling for Steaks, open to all. From 7 PM to 10 PM there will be Curling & Pizza, open to all. $10 for non members, and $5 for members. Saturday from 10 AM to 1 PM there will be curling with soup and sandwiches, open to all, $10 for non members, $5 for members. We have room for a commercial league. The above schedule is subject to change, phone 855-6019 to check schedule and book ice time.
Dues Structure with GST included
2007-20082008-2009
Full Unlimited $448.36 (Individual) $466.29
Full Daytime $359.21 373.58
1 Day / Evening $251.71 261.78
Returning Member $298.91 310.87
New Curler $239.91 (Plus $50 for a Share) 249.51
Student $119.30 124.07
Couple $798.40 830.34
Social $34.09 35.45
$50 for a Share included in 2009-2010 rate for New Curler
10 year old Jillian Morgan Breau showing great form
Enter your team in the John Lambert Memorial Men's Bonspiel scheduled for January 16-17. Send your entry to Ray Brown at isrbrown@rogers.com or leave your entry at the Bar at MCA. Come out for a great curling.
Ray is taking individual entries for steak curling on Mondays and Fridays at 10 AM. You can reach him at the same e-mail address or by phone at 384-2682.
Anytime you can not make it to a game of curling, please get a spare. You should phone your skip with the name of the spare who is curling for you. Never phone your skip and tell him you are not curling unless you have a spare or you have phoned at least a dozen people to get a spare. Yes! you are responsible for getting a spare whenever you can not make it to a curling game you are scheduled to play at MCA or any other curling club. Make deals with other curlers such as I will curl for you if you will curl for me.
It is good curling etiquette to get a spare when you can not make it to your game. Know the proper thing to do for each curling situtation. In club curling the curlers apply the rules. They do not have referees,umpires, and judges to inforce the rules. They play by the rules and settle all disputes by admitting when they break the rules. Try to memberize the 37 curling rules found on the Curling Etiquette Page. Read the curling rule book and memberize the rules. Practice until you can make all the curling shots that could come up in a game.
Young Children playin in Our House
Thanks to the efforts of some of our members, our Little Rocks program is well underway with the arrival of two sets of "lightrocks." The # 1 thank you goes to R.G. MacLeoad Transport and Bob MacLeoad for transporting the rocks from Lonton, Ontario. The # 2 thank you is to Garth Berry and the Foresters Association for donating $1000 towards the cost of the rocks. The # 3 thank you is for Horace Constable who secured government funding. Forty-eight youngsters from St. Pat's Centre curl Mondays at 2 PM. Spectators and volunteers are always welcome. Contact MCA President Dan MacPherson for more information and to volunteer your time and expertise.
2009-2010
$466.64
373.87
261.98
311.10
299.70
124.16
830.97
35.45
Don't forget
MCA's Open House
6 p.m., Friday, Oct. 16
A warm welcome to current members, their guests and new members
