The Tartan's Chris Busby team, are 2010 Karuizawa International Curling Champions.  (Pictured left to right) Chris Busby, Jason Obst, Justin Mihalicz, Brad Wallin and fifth Brent Rodgers have taken first place in the Japan event.  Team Canada finished with 5-2 record qualifying them for the Playoffs.  The Tartan squad went on to defeat New Zealand in the Semifinal and dominated Japan in the Men's Final.  The Canadian Women's team of Hollie Nicol, Danielle Inglis, Laura Hickey, and Hilary McDermott also claimed the top prize in Japan.  The women made the playoffs with a 6-1 record, defeated Germany in the semi, and took one in 10 to win a shootout 11-10.  The two Teams qualified for Japan after winning the Canadian CIS University Championship representing the U of R in Montreal. 

See the results at the Championships Website

• Club Championship: April 6th to 10th FREE for Members.  Tier 1 is open to anyone and Tier 2 is restricted to no A square teams from Monday or Tuesday and no A or B square teams from Thursday night. 
• Medius 24-Hour bonspiel: March 19th to 20th, $160 per team. 
• Tartan League Wind-Ups:  March 26th, 29th, 30th, and April 1st will be the last nights for league curling in 2009-2010.  Games will be 6 ends of skins games.  There will be prizes handed out after each game.  Prize Donators include:  Big Rock, Molson, Horizon Laser Vision Center, and More.  Contact the Tartan office to donate prizes or purchase drink tokens in your name for the members.  Please note there will be regular games leading up to those dates. 
• 2010-2011 League Sign-up has started.  We encourage all our current teams to PRE-REGISTER for next season.  We will contact you before September 1st to confirm your registration.  After September 1st leageu will fill on a first come first serve basis.  Many of our leagues reached capacity this year and we expect the same next season. 

Skip Brooklyn Lemon (front), third Chelsey Peterson, second Ashley Green, lead Nicole Lang, alternate Sarah Watamanuk and coach Jackie Downer (left to right).

The University of Regina Cougars Women's Curling Team won the 2010 CIS/CCA University Curling Championships at the Saville Sports Center in Edmonton March 10th to 14th.  The team, that calls the Tartan home, defeated Saint Mary's in an extra end with a draw to the button by skip Brooklyn Lemon.  They will now go on to represent Canada at the 2011 FISU Winter Universiade in Erzurum, Turkey January 27th to February 6th, 2011.  Good luck in Turkey ladies!  The Men's team consisted of Brennen Jones, Garrett Vey, Matt Lang, Brad Wallin, and alternate Kelly Knapp.  The Men finished the round robin with a 3-3 record just shy of the Playoffs. 

Team Ackerman is off the 2010 Canadian Mixed November 13th to 21st, 2009.  The Canadian Mixed is to be held at the Burlington Golf and Country Club in Burlington, Ontario.  Come wish the Tartan's Ackerman Team well on Tuesday November 10th at 6:00 PM in the Tartan Lounge.  The Saskatchewan squad will consist of Skip Jason Ackerman, Third Lana Vey, Second Andrew Foreman, and Lead Colleen Ackerman.  Third Lana Vey will take the place of Amber Holland who played third for the Ackerman Team at the Provincials.  Amber will be competing at the Olympic Curling Trials at the same time as the Canadian Mixed. 

During the send off the Tartan will also be acknowledging the other Tartan teams that had success at the Provincial and National Level last season.  The other Tartan teams to be honored at the event are:

• CIS University National Champions: Chris Busby, Jason Obst, Justin Mihalicz, Brad Wallin and fifth Brent Rogers
• National Firefighter Champions: Jeff Gartner, Bernie Bandur, Paul Comfort, Chris Rugg, Director Ralph Elgren
• Canadian Stick Curling Champions: Bill Martin and George Achtymichuk
• Provincial Juvenile Champions: Catlin Schneider, Tyler Hartung, Brent Flaman, Jayden Shwaga and Coach Jamie Schneider, AND
• Saskatchewan Curling Tour Players Championship Winners: Jamie Schneider, Rick Schneider, Shannon England and Curt England.

Pictured: Provincial Mixed Champions Jason Ackerman, Amber Holland, Andrew Foreman, and Colleen Ackerman

The Tartan was open for business during the blizzard.  Parking was limited during the Monday, but the Tartan was open for all draws on Sunday January 24th and Monday January 25th.  All leagues continued as scheduled with only a small percentage of missing curlers.  After the snow was removed from the parking lot on Monday, it was like there was no storm.  The Tartan Board and Manager would like to thank all the employees that braved the weather and allowed the club to run as usual.

The Tartan Curling Clubs Annual General Meeting was in the Tartan Curling Club Lounge on Monday, June 15th.  This years AGM hosted another great turnout with 30+ members in attendance.  At the meeting, President Craig Martin thanked Jack Lax, and Gary Tataryn for their many years of service to the Tartan.   Nominations for the 4 available positions were then accepted.  Joe Stroeder, Liane McLean, Bruno Wollman, and John Gibson were nominated and accepted to the board for the 2009-2010 season. 

Craig Martin then announced he will be stepping down from his President position.  Craig will remain on the board as Past President for at least one year to finish out his second three year term on the Tartan Board of Directors.  The Tartan Board and staff would like to thank Craig for his tenure as President and on the Board of Directors.  Craig's resignation meant the 2009-2010 season will see a new President.  Clint Krismer accepted the position and will be the 31st President in the Tartan's 52 year history.  Below is a list of the new board and the executive positions for the 2009-2010 season:

• PRESIDENT Clint Krismer *
• 1ST VICE Liane McLean
• 2ND VICE Chris Krasowski * 
• TREASURER Gordon Beck
• SECRETARY Carla Robinson *
• PAST PRESIDENT Craig Martin *
• John Gibson *
• Bruno Wollman *
• Dwight Nelson
• Joe Stroeder
• Ross Hamel, AND
• Wil Sinclair 

* names with stars are new to the board OR new to the position.

The Sweep and Eat Program is the NEWEST Program at the Tartan.  $10 each for:

• 2 hours of curling,
• equipment,
• a burger of your choice, and a side

You've seen it on TV now you can challenge your family, friends or coworkers to a game of curling.  The evening of March 7th has been set aside as "Sweep and Eat" night.  If you do not have enough for a game you can play a mini-game, challenge another group to a game, or join another team.  Other dates and times are available upon request.  Contact the Tartan now to register at 522-1649 to register for the March 7th event or to check on our ice availability.

The Tartan's Jamie Schneider, Jason Ackerman and Brennen Jones teams made it to Lumsden for the 2010 SaskTel Provincial Tankard, February 10th to 14th, 2010.  Teams Schneider and Ackerman qualified through the Southern Men's Playdowns in Assiniboia January 31st, while team Jones qualified through points on the World Curling Tour.  The Tartan squads are joined by other Regina teams Randy Bryden, Al Schick and Dean Moulding.  The field in Lumsden looks to be very young with many players just out of juniors and at 4 teams with all four members under age 30.  Team Ackerman consisted of Jason Ackerman, Andrew Foreman, Ryan Sveinbjornson, and Curtis Horwath.  Team Jones consisted of Brennen Jones, Byron Moffatt, Scott Comfort, and Steve Moulding.  Team Schneider consisted of Jamie Schneider, Rick Schneider, Curt England, and Shannon England.  Darrel McKee from the Saskatoon Nutana won the Provincial title verse defending champion Joel Jordison.  Team Schneider made a C-Qualifier, Ackerman made a C-Semi, and Jones made a C-Quarter.

For more information and for more team pictures visit the Tankard Website, Click here to see the draw, or follow the results and watch live video on www.saskcurl.com. 

In case we missed you, here is all the information we sent out in our annual mail-out.  If you would like to receive monthly email newsletter from the Tartan, including the membership mailout, sign up for our e-newsletter by entering your address in the line provided in the right margin of this page.  Your email is kept confidential and no outside parties will have access to your information.  If you would like to recieve the annual mail-out in the mail contact the Tartan Office with your mailing address.    

• 2009-2010 Tartan Team Membership Application
• 2009 Tartan Golf Tournament Registration
• The Tartan's August 2009 Newsletter
• Glow Curling Event Information

For more information, details or if you have any questions phone the Tartan Office at 522-1649, or email tartan@tartancurling.ca. 

The Grey Power World Cup of Curling is on at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ont. from October 21-25, 2009.  The event is a 14-team international tournament featuring the world’s top Olympic qualifiers and Canadian hopefuls.

• Click here to watch the action LIVE on cbc.com. 
• Click Here for the Event Website.

The Tartan's Michelle Englot, Scott Comfort and Jason Ackerman will be on Access 7's "Talk of the Town" Thursday October 22nd and Friday October 23rd.  Michelle talked about competitive curling, Jason spoke about Curl Regina Youth Programs and Scott talked about all the programs the Tartan has to offer.

Access 7 also will be showing curling coverage of the Regina Superleague, Saskatchewan Curling Tour, and various SCA Playdowns thoughout the year on their "Rock the House" Program.  Click Here for the schedule and for more information about "Rock the House".

Daniel Selke's Tartan team have won the Provincial Juvenile Championship.  The Tartan team defeated Jayden Shwaga Monday at 3:00 PM in Watrous 7-2 in 7 ends.  Team Selke won the B event, before losing the 1-2 page playoff game vs. Shwaga.  They went on to defeat Scharlback 8-3 in the semi-final before taking the final in 7 ends.  The Team consists of Daniel Selke, Jeremy Andrew, Matt Ring, Brandon Leippi and coach Ron Sanders, former Tartan Manager.  Congratulations boys!

This win will add another banner to the Tartan's impressive haul in the past few years.  The Tartan's recent championship teams have brought home TWO Provincial Juvenile, Provincial Women's, the SCT Players, National Stick Curling, TWO Provincial and ONE National Firefighters, Men's CIS/CCA University Nationals and Worlds, Provincial Mixed, Provincial Junior Boys, also this year a Women's CIS/CCA University National Championship.  All these titles list have occurred in the past 3 years.  Keep up the good work Tartan teams!

Dominion Information:

• The Dominion Brochure 2010
• The2009 Dominion Championship YouTube Video
• The SCA Rules and Regulations
• The Dominion Championship Website

Dominion Draws:

• Tartan Club Championship Draw
• Region 7 Dominion Final Results 

The Regina Reps include:

• Crystal Frisk (Tartan)
• Anita Ford
• Randi Kelly
• Kathy Henry 
• Trevor Procyshen (Callie)
• Paul Massier
• Darren Kuznitsoff
• Chris Jensen

PICTURED: (TOP) 2009 Horizon Classic Champion, Pat Simmons

Team Simmons captured the Horizon Laser Vision Center Championship going undefeated at the Event.  Pat Simmons, Gerry Adam, Jeff Sharp, and Steve Laycock placed first in the Horizon Pool with a perfect 5-0 record.  The team went on to defeat Randy Bryden, the Tartan's Jamie Schneider , and, in the final, the Brennen Jones Rink also from the Tartan.  Team Jones, Brennen Jones, Byron Moffatt, Scott, Comfort, and Steve Moulding, placed second in the same Horizon Pool after defeating the Tartan's Jason Ackerman in a tiebreaker late Friday night.  Jones went on to defeat Derek Boe, and Mike Eberle on the way to the final.  Other teams that qualified included Brad Hebert and Al Schick.  Congratulations to all the teams involved in this excellent event. 

In addition to the top notch curling, the Tartan lounge was a great place to be Friday and Saturday night.  The lounge was packed Friday night during the Rider game and full again Saturday night during the final round robin games.  The Tartan would like to thank all those in attendance in helping make the first year for the Horizon Classic as a WCT event a great success.   

Click here for the RESULTS on www.worldcurlingtour.com

The Conexus Senior Cash Bonspiel was held at the Tartan from November 6th to 8th, 2009.  The event hosted a Senior Men's, Master's Men and Senior Women's divisions.  The Senior Women's division is a Provincial Qualifier, with the winner earning a spot in the Provincials.  Below are the results of the event:

• Senior Women's A-Event: Merle Kopach defeated Nancy Kerr 10-8 and earned a spot in Provincials
• Senior Women's B-Event: Linda Burnham def. Deloris Syrota 7-5
• Senior Women's Consolation: Crystal Frisk def. Marilyn Tighe 6-3
• Senior Men's: Gary Bryden and John Krasowski split the 1st place money.  Maurel Erick and Ian Kelln placed 3rd and Brad Law, Ken Petruic, Cliff Walter, and Art Assman placed 5th.
• Senior Men's Consolation: John Vallance and Vic Rogers split.
• Master Men's A-Final: Wilmer Kolybaba def. Don Delparte 9-5 
• Master Men's B-Final: Ed Fischer def. Norm Schmalenberg 5-0
• Master Men's C-Final: Andy Hryciw def. Gord Garratt 6-3 
• Masers Men's D-Final: Gord Young def. Fred Hill 5-1

Conexus Bonspiel Draws:

Conexus Senior Men's Cash Bonspiel

Conexus Senior Women's Cash Bonspiel (SCA Provincial Qualifier)

Conexus Masters Cash Bonspiel

Many Saskatchewan teams are on the National stage this month.  The Roar of the Rings Olympic Pre-Trials, and Canadian Mixed have some local flavour this year.  The Tartan's Team Ackerman is off to the 2010 Canadian Mixed Curling Championships from November 14-21, 2009 at the Burlington Golf and Country Club in Ontario.  The women's side of the Roar of the Rings Pre-Trials Regina's Amber Holland team took home a C-Qualifer to advance to the Olympic Trials while on the men's side Saskatchewan will be represented by the Pat Simmons after he won the B Qualifer at the Pre-Trials. 

For more information on the Saskatchewan teams from the event websites click on the team names below:

• Jason Ackerman
• Amber Holland
• Pat Simmons

For results and news from the events click on the events below:

• 2010 Canadian Mixed Championships
• 2009 Road to the Roar
• 2009 Road to the Roar Results

Pictured Team Ackerman: Jason Ackerman, Lana Vey (replaced Amber Holland), Andrew Foreman, and Colleen Ackerman

Click Here to see the Saskatchewan and World Curling Tour Provincial Berth Standings for the 2010 SaskTel Tankard. 

Curling Season is Almost Here!

The end of August draws mixed emotions for many people.  On one hand, it is definitely a sign that summer is coming to a close.  On the other hand, it means that curling season will soon be here and we can renew friendships, or possibly rivalries, with our fellow club-mates.  The upcoming season promises to provide a friendly mix of the two!

I feel privileged to be selected as the 31^st President of the Tartan Curling Club.  I am excited by both the energy and ideas of our new General Manager, Scott Comfort, as well as the strength and diversity of this year’s Board of Directors.  We are committed to make the Tartan Curling Club the finest club in Saskatchewan, and strive to ensure that every curler regardless of age or calibre will enjoy the time they spend at our club.

Under the direction of our General Manager, the Tartan introduced some unique and exciting new features last year, and we will continue to build upon these in the upcoming season.  Glow Curling was very well received last year. As a result, we hope to offer even more of these events throughout this season.  Thanks to the Valley Girls, the quality of food and food service now available at the Tartan is second to none among our peers.  Our lounge continues to be a friendly, comfortable environment for post-game reflections and celebration. Our Pro Shop will continue to offer quality curling equipment and apparel at very competitive pricing.  I sincerely hope that, as members, you noticed the many positive changes that occurred last year.  Our goal this year is to build upon the success we experienced from each of these last season.

On behalf of our General Manager and the Board of Directors, I’d like to extend you a warm welcome, or in most cases,  welcome back to the Tartan for the 2009 / 2010 curling season. 

Clint Krismer - President, Tartan Curling Club

Team Innes won Tartan Club Championship defeating Tom Slusar 7-5 in an extra end of the Tier-1 A-Event Final.  In the B-Side of the Tier 1 Championship Rod Stroeder defeated Medius Restorations (Chris Krasowski) 8-3.  The Top Four Teams in the Tier 1 division are:

• CLUB CHAMPIONS: Stu Innes, Rob Isbister, Dylan Innes, Gerry Fiedellick, and Gord Glaze
• 2nd: Tom Slusar, Rick Burton, Terry Dahlman, Duaine Wells
• 3rd: Rod Stroeder, Terry Brownell, Wade McAmmond, Ryan Low
• 4th: Medius Restorations, Chris Krasowski, Brent Goeres, John Lang, Ian Overend, Dave Purdy

The Tier-2 A-Event Final saw Clarence Clark defeat Wil Sinclair 8-6 to take the Teir 2 Championship.  Rob Gartner defeated Garnet Baht in the B-Event Final to claim 3rd place.  The Rosters for the winning teams in Tier 2 are:

• 1st: Clarence Clark, Will Egan, Nolan Bales, Gary Calcutta
• 2nd: Wil Sinclair, Peter Adair, Gord Beck, Michelle Adair
• 3rd: Rob Gartner, Mike Gartner, Nathan Wilson, Daren Anderson
• 4th: Garnet Baht, Bill Carnegie, Annette Hovind, Sheila Carnegie   

Each player from the top four teams in each tier recieve gift certificates for next years fees or the Tartan Curling Club Pro Shop.  1st = $100 Each, 2nd = $75, 3rd = $50, 4th = $25.  Click on the link below to see the draws for the Club Championship.

Club Championship Tier 2 Draw 

Club Championship Tier 1 Draw 

Below are the results from the CAA Travel Masters' Bonspiel held December 1 - 3, 2009.

A Event  Seniors Memorial, 1st  Richard Leippi  Highland, 2nd Aydon Charlton  Callie, 3rd  Bill Martin  Tartan

B Event  Kaltenbruner, 1st  Ed Fischer  Wheat City, 2nd  Wendell Lindstrom  Wheat City, 3rd  Ed Maryniak  Highland

C Event  Morris Kohn Memorial, 1st  Jack Keys  Tartan, 2nd  Don Nevill  Tartan, 3rd  Gord Garrett  Highland, 4th  Dale Schmeichel 

D Event  Art Egner Memorial, 1st  Reg Lawrence  Tartan, 2nd  Gero Winkler  Tartan, 3rd  Don Delparte  Tartan, 4th  Ed Schlecter  Highland

E Event  Fred Laing, 1st  Gerry Heymen   Tartan, 2nd  Arnold Flegel    Kannata Valley, 3rd  Jack Lax  Wheat City, 4th  Herb  Haidl  Callie

F Event  Walter South: 1st  Kenneth  Friedt Highland, 2nd  Bob Capp  Callie, 3rd  Clarence Braybrook  Wheat City, 4th  Bernard Hartnell  Highland, 5th  Gabe Dreher  Tartan, 6th  Gerry Seidle  Tartan

The 106th Annual Regina Men's Bonspiel took place January 8th to 10th, 2010.  Teams were guaranteed 5 games, with an entry limit of 112 rinks.  This year's $600 Shootout was sponsored by Kenneth Gareau, and there was an early bird draw for teams registered before December 23rd, 2009.  Entry fee for the event was $260 (tax included) or $120 for High School Boys teams.  The Molson Kick Off was at the West Harvest Inn Thursday January 7th from 7:00 to 11:00.  Games were held at all three clubs in Regina if the entries reach near capacity. 

Organizers were happy with the turn out and the event.  They will be looking at booking the same weekend for the 2011 event.  The Tartan would like to thank all the work the Regina Men's Bonspiel Committee put into the event.  The winners of the events were:

• The Leader Post Event Winners: Skip-Jason Ackerman, Third-Andrew Foreman, Second-Ryan Sveinbjornson, Lead-Curtis Horwath from the TARTAN.
• Regina Auto Body Event: Skip-Brent Goeres, Third-Christopher Krasowski, Second-Ian Goeres, Lead-John Lang from the TARTAN.
• Pro Certified Auto Service Event: Skip-Bill Martin, Third-Craig Martin, Second-Doug Mountain, Lead-Dwight Nelson from the TARTAN.
• Dundee Wealth Event: Skip-Al Schick, Third-William Coutts, Second-Stuart Coutts, Lead-Dean Hicke.
• Northern Fireplace Ltd. Event: Skip-Kevin Knutson, Third-Lyndon Knutson, Second-Adam Knutson, Lead-Chris Betker, Spare-Clayton Knutson.
• Folks Curling Corner Event: Skip-Kelly Vollman, Third-Murray Leippi, Second-Ted Weir, Lead-James Hughes.
• Laurie Artiss Ltd. Event: Skip-Dean Clark, Third-Clarence Clark, Second-Kelly Klein, Lead-Malcolm Vanstone.
• Boston Pizza Event: Skip-David Haines, Third-Rory McCusker, Second-Mitchell Ryan, Lead-Eric Edmonds.
• Molson Event: Skip-Chris Busby, Third-Jason Obst, Second-Sheldon Obst, Lead-Brad Wallin from the TARTAN.
• Access Communications Event: Skip-Lyndon Maier, Third-Marty Dansereau, Second-Danny Petrie, Lead-Kevin Keck from the TARTAN

The Capital One Grand Slam of Curling, Grey Power Players Championship, is being shown live streaming on www.cbcsports.ca.  CBC will stream live games for every draw online until the Championship final which is live on CBC's main television network Saturday April 17th at 4:30 PM.  Saskatchewan teams include Holland and Lawton on the Womens side and the Pat Simmons team in the Men's division.   

After Draw 10 of the Event, Team Simmons has made it to an "B" Qualifer.  Team Lawton has qualifed out of the B Event still after knocking Team Holland down to the C Event in their game on Wednesay. 

The Tartan Curling Club will be closed for most of the holiday season this year.  The Youth Bonspiel usually fills the club between Christmas and New Years the event will only run at the Tartan December 27th and at the Callie December 28th and 29th.  Low numbers in the event are due to the SCA Junior Provincials that same week.  Please note the Holiday Schedule for the Tartan listed below:

• December 24th to 26th: CLOSED
• December 27th: OPEN Youth Bonspiel
• December 28th to January 1st: CLOSED (Ice Maintenance)
• January 4th: Monday Open League restarts
• January 5th: Tuesday Open and Young Adult Leagues restart
• January 7th: Thursday Open League restarts
• January 8th to 10th: Regina Men's Bonspiel
• January 15th: Friday Mixed League restarts