We are hosting our annual GreyCup Party next Sunday November 17. We will be having the Chili cook-off as well with prizes for the best chili.
Come on down and bring a pot of chili or appetizer and watch the 111th Greycup. We will have prizes, drink specials and floor curling games.
The doors will open at 1pm with game time at 3pm.
Reserve a table for your group or just show up for some fun times.
Reminder the bar will be open this week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights at 6pm.
Hello Abbotsford Curlers !!!
We finally have some good news to report. We received the tool/parts a few days a go and the repairs will be completed today. Once completed we will pressure up the system for 24 hours and PRAY for no leaks, if everything goes well then we can work to start up the plant early next week and plan to start making ice shortly after. Once we start making ice it will be about 7 or 8 days to complete the install and be ready to start curling again.
So just to confirm we will have no curling next week November 10-17. We hope to start back curling November 21-22 if all goes well.
We appreciate your patience during this difficult time. I will send out another email Monday to keep everyone informed.
Have a great weekend everyone.
Cheers, Kent & Della Bird
 THE HEART OF CURLING IN THE VALLEY Well …. we did it !!! Congratulations to everyone from the Abbotsford Curling Club who volunteered or attended the Major Welding Mixed Doubles Olympic Trials Qualifying event played in Maple Ridge at the GEWC last week. Congratulations to the winners, Team Brittany Tran and Rylan Kleiter from Alberta, who have now earned a direct birth to the MD Olympic Trials in Liverpool, Nova Scotia January 1-5, 2025. https://www.curling.ca/blog/2024/11/04/qualifier-winner/ The event was a huge success and again shows what an amazing club we are. I am so proud of our club and it’s members for your help in making this event as successful as possible. The feedback from the curlers was most definitely positive, from the excellent ice conditions, hospitality, and amazing fans. Many of the teams have already confirmed they will be back next year. You would never have guessed 2 weeks ago we had to move this event from Abbotsford to the GEWC in Maple Ridge. I must recognize our event chair Debi Sand and her amazing hospitality team of Cynthia Zwaagstra, Allyson Hambly, Della Bird, Don Truscott, Judy & Art Heppner and many more, the ice crew of myself with Nic Hoffard and Dale Herbert, Bert Creasy, Rick Davidson, Jody Graboski for picking up and delivering the bleachers, the list goes on and on, my apologies if I missed anyone. The hours and hard work everyone put in to this event is simply just amazing, the Abbotsford volunteers put in over 1,000 hours yes that number is correct 1,000+++ hours. I am so proud of all of you and it was an honor to work with such wonderful people. If they didn’t already know, CurlBC and Curl Canada now know that the Abbotsford Curling Club can provide a World Class event and ice for our premier curlers. I truly believe this will open up many doors for future events at our club. I must thank Scott Pheifer from Curl Canada, Shannon and Dean Joanisse from the GEWC and all of their volunteers. I still can’t believe we pulled it off, we are all truly blessed to be involved in such a wonderful sport with such great people. You all were amazing. Please support our sponsors of Major Welding, Save on Foods Abbotsford – Sumas Way, and Curl Canada. Without all of their support this event would not happen. Cheers, Kent & Della Bird |
| THE HEART OF CURLING IN THE VALLEY The refrigeration plant is still in the repair process, unfortunately this is taking longer than expected as special tools and parts are needed and of course not readily available. We will need to cancel/postpone the masters bonspiel scheduled for November 8-10. We will have no curling this week or next week November 3 to 10. I will update everyone later this week once we know more on the repairs. The Major Welding MD Olympic Trials qualifying event is going ahead as planned at Golden Ears Winter Club in Maple Ridge October 31 to November 3. Draw times are 9am, 12:30, 4pm and 7:30pm daily. We are still the host club for this event so I will be making the ice with Nic Hoffard and Dale Herbert. The event chair Debi Sand and our team of volunteers will be working together with GEWC staff and volunteers to ensure the athletes and spectators have the best experience possible. Della and Linda will be working the bar and kitchen so we hope to see some of our members come out and support our event and volunteers. Just a reminder the bar will be open at 5pm Tuesday, Wednesday this week but we will be CLOSED this Thursday for HALLOWEEN. Cheers, Kent & Della Bird |
| THE HEART OF CURLING IN THE VALLEY Hello Curlers !!! The Major Welding Mixed Doubles Olympic Trials Qualifier event has been moved to the Golden Ears Winter Club in Maple Ridge. We are still the host club for this event but it will be played at Golden Ears. Della and I along with the event chair Debi Sand will be working with Shannon and Dean Joanisse and their team at Golden Ears to make sure this event is a success and everything runs as smoothly as possible. If anyone still wants to volunteer for this event please contact the office or Debi Sand. I want to acknowledge the Golden Ears Winter Club management team of Shannon and Dean Joanisse, the club President Jason Peckham and their entire board of directors for taking on this event. Words can not describe how grateful I am for their support. I look forward to working with them all. I would also like to recognize and thank Curl Canada and Scott Pfeifer, they have been amazing to deal with during these difficult times. We spent all day yesterday working on keeping this event alive. This is going to be a great event and I still hope to see you all there to support the event and our great Canadian Curlers. Tickets will be sold at the door for $10 a day, same as we had planned at Abbotsford. Cheers, Kent & Della Bird |
Hello Curlers !!!
We are still in the process of repairing the refrigeration plant with no timeline of completion yet. We are still hopeful it will be sooner rather than later. The ice is currently melting away so we will be closed to curling for at least 2 weeks. The existing ice will be removed and we will be installing new ice once we are up and running again. If all goes well I am hoping to be curling for the Masters bonspiel November 8-10.
I am an optimist at heart I guess !!!
On the brighter side.
Linda and Della have volunteered to donate their time so we will open the bar on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 5pm for anyone wanting to come down to watch the game, play cards, crib, darts, etc.
Cheers, Kent & Della Bird
It was a busy summer with many volunteer hours invested in refreshing our club including the reworking of our entry area, Pro Shop, Club Kitchen and The 9th End Bar & Lounge. The verdict: Thumbs up. People are loving our new & improved club interior look. Many thanks to all these fine folks who made it happen:
The club quickly got into party mode – and the first Fundraiser event of the season – on September 28th with THE PATSY CLINE SHOW featuring the Silver Diamond Country Dancers (who performed and provided a line dance lesson to boot),a LIVE performance by Patsy Cline aka Alyssa Nielson, and DJ Della. Lots of fun and lots of western wear in our NEW 9th End Saloon. Special thanks to Tina Hinds for spearheading the organization of this event.
The Abbotsford Cashspiel presented by Major Welding and Panther Glass is being held on November 29 to December 1. We are pleased to announce we are almost full with 19 men’s teams and 10 women’s teams. We have room for 2 more ladies teams and 1 more men’s team to fill out the draw. Anyone wanting to play in this event can register at the link below.
Come out and celebrate the new bar! We’re hosting a night of music, dancing, and karaoke. Tickets are $35 which includes a drink ticket and late night snack.
