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The Burlington Curling Club is one of the finest curling clubs in Ontario with five sheets of quality curling ice, first rate food and beverage service, and a friendly atmosphere that fosters the love of the game on and off the ice.

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Day Women’s Turn for an 8 Ender

Must be something great in the water at BCC. Three 8 enders in rapid succession!

Rosemary Biehn, Eunice Golphin, Linda Tendijowski, Barbara Smith (SK)

March 2015 Board of Directors Update

Member Survey

In early November the membership was asked to participate in a club wide survey. The response rate was overwhelming, with in excess of 65% of the membership responding, which provided a high confidence level to the results obtained. The surveys were released to the Section Executives in late January and you are encouraged to connect to the Survey Link which will enable viewing of the results for not only the Club as a whole, but as well results broken down by each individual Section.

As a summary, of the results for the club as a whole, the overall satisfaction with the club is high. Both the kitchen and the bar have satisfaction levels exceeding 95% with only hours of kitchen operation being reflected as 14% unsatisfactory. It should be noted that hours were extended in 2013-14 but with very limited usage for the extension and those hours were discontinued. As regards ice conditions, the overall satisfaction rate again exceeded 95%, with the sole unsatisfactory area being consistency (10%) which is tough to manage given the high level of play which our ice receives.

An interesting reflection was the responses received in the areas of Speed of Play. While approximately 85% of our members are satisfied with the speed of play, a large number of members expressed that ties should be broken by either a draw to the button or letting the tie stand (25% for competitive games, 62% for social games and 90% for mixed games). These results seem to express conflicting viewpoints and no doubt will be further analyzed by your Section Executives.

Low Emissivity Ceiling

For the past two years the Board has been considering the installation of a low emissivity ceiling (LEC). We recently reviewed the engineering report completed at the time that the roof was replaced, which outline that our condensation problem could not be rectified with an insulated ceiling. For those that have not experienced the dripping that occurs when periods of abnormally cold weather are followed by bright sunny days, the frost, which accumulates on the interior of the roof, melts and creates bumps on the ice which not only plays havoc with play but also creates a physical hazard for those on the ice. It is anticipated that the installation of a LEC will virtually eliminate this issue. Additionally, the cost of electricity will go nowhere but up, while the LEC installation will reduce our plant’s energy costs by some 20/25% (a number of Provinces provide energy saving funding to support these installations, unfortunately Ontario does not). We anticipate that the payback for the installation will be in the range of 4 to 5 years. A further benefit will be improved lighting.

Operational Update

While we have 10 fewer adult members than last year, there continue to be waiting lists for certain sections and Brian is working with the reducing sections to increase their memberships. On a positive note, we successfully appealed the 30% increase in our realty tax assessment. While we have experienced a high repair incidence this year (water main, frozen pipes, freezer replacement, telephone system etc.), we expect that our financial position at the year end will be reflective of the preceding year’s positive results.

Harry Clark Award of Excellence

Each year BCC honours a member for their outstanding achievements within the club and the sport of curling in general. The award is named the Harry Clark Award of Excellence, and previous award winners are recognized on the Harry Clark Award plaque, which is located in the club lounge. Any member can nominate a person for the award.

If you would like one of our members to be considered for the BCC’s highest honour, a nomination form is posted in the club lounge. Please complete the form, sign it and deliver to the club manager or leave the form at the bar in an envelope marked as “Don Ryter – Confidential”.

You can also click below for:

Harry Clark-Nomination Form Excel Spreadsheet

Harry Clark-Nomination Form PDF

Alternatively you can email the completed form to [email protected]

The deadline for nominations is March 13, 2015.

Don Ryter,
President,
Burlington Curling Club

The Players Championship Special Offer!

BCC Members can receive 20% off single-draw tickets using the special offer code ‘TCA2015’. Single-draw tickets will go on sale through Ticketmaster this Friday! See the information below.

News & Events Update – March 4

Congratulations to Heather Cridland!

Heather and her University of Guelph Gryphons curling team won Bronze recently at the Ontario University Athletics Curling Championships. They won the right to compete at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) national championships being held in Waterloo March 18th to 21st.

Grand Mixed Sign Up is now posted.

The Grand Mixed Bonspiel is open to all BCC members. It will run over a three week period from March 30 to April 18. All curling is in the evening during the week and during the day on Saturdays. There is no curling Easter Weekend. The bonspiel is a great way to finish off the season!!. It includes a BBQ and a Dance on April 11 and an appetizer night April 17. The finals are April 18. The cost is $30.00 per person. The sign up deadline is March 7 and the sign up sheets are now posted in the club lounge.

Battle of the Sexes Dance

The Battle of the Sexes Finals will be held at 8:00pm on Saturday night followed by a DJ and Dance. All members are welcome to come down to the club in the evening (after the dinner is over at 8:00pm) and enjoy the entertainment free of charge!

Twenty Two Years ago at the BCC

Simpson Family – Craig, Scott, Michelle, Diana – Boxing Day Family Bonspiel Winners

OCA News

The OCA will be holding a Special General Meeting to approve their new by-laws on March 28, 2015 at 1:00pm at the Annondale CC. The meeting can be attended in person or viewed on line.

Following this meeting, another meeting will take place to approve :

1. Motion to approve the new Age limit for Juniors.
2. Motion to approve the removal of Zone competition from the Scotties Competition.

The details are posted on the BCC club bulletin board or go to: Click Here

Hamilton and District Survey

All adult male members of the BCC will be receiving a survey from your Hamilton and District Committee this week. Please take the time to answer a few questions for the committee as they attempt to find out how to make the Hamilton and District Bonspiel more appealing to more players. The survey will be completely electronic so it is easy to fill out and it is completely anonymous.

Upcoming Events

March 6-7 Battle of the Sexes

March 7 Battle of the Sexes DJ and Dance

March 8 Family Curling ( final session is now full )

March 28,29 Mixed Finals

March 30 – April 18 Grand Mixed

April 3-5 Easter Weekend – Club Closed

April 7 + 9 Ultimate Challenge

April 11 Grand Mixed Dance

Practice Times

March 4 5:00pm – 6:30pm

March 7 No Practice – Battle of the Sexes

March 8 8:30am – 9:15am

March 11 5:00pm – 6:30pm

March 14 8:30am – 9:30am

March 15 8:30am – 9:15am

March 18 5:00pm – 6:30pm

When practice ice is available to the members, please follow these rules to be sure as many members as possible can use the ice in the time frame allotted.

1. If there are people waiting for a sheet to become available, please limit your time on the ice so that others can use it. A general rule of thumb is to throw for no more than 30 minutes.

2. If there are members who are waiting for a sheet and you do not have 4 players on your sheet, ask them to come and share the sheet with you.

Your cooperation is appreciated.

T-Shirts are still available

The Junior Section has been selling T-Shirts this year to support Junior Curling. Pictures of the shirts are enclosed. There is a limited supply still available.

Sizes and styles still available are:

2 @ 3XL in Black, 2 @ 3XL in Red, 3 @ 2XL in Red, 1 @ L in Black, 11 @ L in Red

Sizes and Styles still available are:

1 @ L in Black, 1 @ 2XL in Red, 2 @ L in Black

$20.00 each.

Cash or cheque (made payable to the Burlington Curling Club Bantam/Junior Section)

For more information or if you would like to purchase a T-Shirt contact:

Barb Cridland: prpl.nut@gmail .com or 905 336 0525

Chris Bailey: [email protected]

Megan DeLorme: [email protected] or 2898388633

Contacting the Club Manager by Email

Periodically members will want to contact Brian and they click on “reply” to the Weekly BCC Update when they receive it. When your email is received, there is a chance it may get lost in the many vacation notices, bounce backs or notices of delayed emails received each week when the newsletter is sent out to 800+ addresses.

All members are welcome to email Brian at anytime. The best way to contact him is to compose a new email, and send it to [email protected]. He will then receive it as a separate item and respond as soon as he can. Thank you for your cooperation.

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