Broomstones Men's wrap-up

Twenty four teams competed in the event with four Tour teams playing. Unfortunate that the draw was such the Tour teams played against each other early in the first event. Three Tour teams went on to play in finals with Team J Smith in the first, Team Brooks (with Warr skipping) in the fifth and Team Melville in the eighth. Brooks and Melville were both winners of their events.

Smith and Brooks both moved up in the standings.

Calder Cup 2009 wrap-up

Sixteen teams competed this year in Norfolk. Eight of them are MCT teams. Five of the Tour teams played in a final with just the first event not having a Tour team. The finals of the third and fourth events were contested by Tour teams.

Team George Austin breaks out on top with a fourth event win. Team Steiert follows closely in second with a runner-up finish in the fourth event. Team Brooks in third place by only 10 points after a win in the third event (and according to Tim, the coolest trophy ever!). Team Brown and team Joseph Smith finish runner-up in third and second events respectively.

Seven of the eight teams gained points in the event. The tweaking of the points structure seems to be working so far as the pack is pretty tightly bunched.

Best of luck to all the Tour teams. Next event is the Broomstones Men's.

Please remember to support our sponsors who have contributed to the prize pool this year (total prize pool $3950). Kenny Thompson of Goldline and Gary Suslavich of Broomsupcurling. Links are on the top right of the page.

Jeff

Calder Cup at Norfolk

With the cancellation of the Petersham spiel, the Calder is the first stop on the tour. A full field of 16 teams is entered and the competition looks really good. Here is the list of skips:
Walter Baggett - Ardsley
Stuart Graves - Broomstones
Herb Kupchik - Broomstones
Davis V Yetman - Canadian club of Boston
Russ Lemcke - Cape Cod
Paul Mort - Cape Cod
Jeff Lesuk - New York Caledonian
George Austin - New York Caledonian
Jon Barbagallo - Norfolk
Joseph Smith - Nutmeg
Terry Smith - Nutmeg
Tony Steiert - Philadelphia
Derek Tomlinson - Philadelphia
John DeJong - Plainfield
Tim Brooks - Schenectady
Charles Brown - Schenectady

Some former winners in the field and some newer teams that are looking to prove their mettle. The unofficial count is that there will be 7 Tour teams.

Jeff

MCT Sponsors

The MCT has sponsors this year which is adding money to the prize pool. Please support the following sponsors.

Brooms Up Curling Supplies
www.broomsupcurling.com info@broomsupcurling.com (Gary Suslavich)

T-Line Curling (Goldline Mobile USA)
www.goldline.ca Kenny@goldline (Kenny Thomson)

Gordon-Emmett results

Based on reporting from all the teams involved, here are the final results. Since there were only 12 teams at this event, per the rules, the fourth (D) event does not count as a final, so no bonus points are awarded for the D event.

Fitzgerald - 90 points
2 C event wins for 30 points each = 60
1 C event loss for 30 points
Brown - 185 points
1 B event win - 30 points
1 C event win - 30 points
C finals win - 125 points
Brooks - 60 points
1 B event win - 30 points
B finals loss - 30 points
Tyner - 155 points
1 A event win - 125 points
D finals win - 30 points

Top three teams are Austin, Tyner, Brooks. Prize payouts from the pool of $3450 are $1897.50, $966 and $586.50 respectively.

Thanks to everyone for participating and hopefully this will continue for many more years with a bigger purse and more teams.

Jeff

Gordon-Emmett preliminary results

Still confirming the results from the GE. From what I know, Team Austin has won the first GNCC Men's Curling Tour. Teams Brooks and Tyner will be second and third. Still confirming the point totals from the event.

More to come when the point totals are completed.

Jeff

Gordon-Emmett preview

Teams Brooks, Brown, Fitzgerald and Tyner will all be playing in the GE. George Austin will be playing but not with his MCT team. Team Austin is the current leader at 1000 points. Both Brooks and Tyner have a chance to take over the top spot with a first event win. Fitzgerald and Brown have a chance to move into the money with a good showing.

Best of luck to all.

I will not be in attendance, Pat Fitzgerald will be collecting results. Unfortunately, the memorial service for Elisabeth Childs is also this Saturday and I will be attending that.

George Austin has the trophy that will be presented to the winning team. Prize money will be distributed by mail following the event and the final tally.

Jeff