The Deb Thierman rink came within one game of winning their second Senior Women's Provincial title and a trip to the Candian Seniors which will be held at our club March 22nd to 30th. The thierman rink finished the round robin format of the event at 5 - 2 and finished second place. In the semi - final thierman defeated Lee Morrison 10 - 1 earning a spot in the final against Delores Syrota. The final was a close game and had many different lead changes, in the end  Thierman came up a little short, losing the game 8 - 6. Congratulations to the Thierman rink on another strong showing at Provincials!!! The team is made up of Skip - Deb Thierman, Third - Maxine Montgomery, Second - Elaine McCloy, Lead - Lynne Wilson.

Another club member, Elaine Tasa was playing second for the Morrison team who was defeated by the Thierman rink in the semi's, great job to Elaine on representing our club.

At the Senior Men's Provincials, Eugen Hritziuk defeated Jim Hunker 9 - 6 in the final to claim the Provincial title, the Hritziuk will now play at the Candian Seniors as Team Sask in March at the Prince Albert Golf and Curling Club.

Grant Dennis of our club was playing lead for the Randy Graham team, they finished with a record of 3 - 4, great job to Grant for representing our club.

The first early bird prizes were drawn on Friday Feb 1st, live on CTV at Noon. The winners were Diane Pugh of Prince Albert and Laura Poppy of Indian Head. Diane and Laura are both winners of 2 sets of tickets to all the closing weekend games at the 2008 Scotties in Regina Feb 21st - 24th. Along with this each will recieve $240 spending money for the exciting weekend of curling action. Congratulations to Diane and Laura for winning the first early bird prize.

The next early bird draw will be on Feb 29th. We will be giving away 2 - Stay and play packages from Candle Lake Golf Resort, 2 - $350 gift certificates at Danny's Golf shop / Cooke Municipal golf course and one golf club package,( including set of clubs, putter, bag, head covers ) .

The main draw date is April 18th ( annual spring fling )

1st - $7,500

2nd - $2,500

3rd - $1,000

You can still get tickets at the club for only $20 a ticket, don't miss out on the next early bird prize.

Local high schools competed in a fun practice day of curling on Friday Feb 1st. There were students from Carlton High School, St' Mary High School, Rivier High School, Debdeen High School, Canwood High School, Meath Park High School, and Birch Hills High School. The students played all day and all seemed to enjoy themselves!!

The regular season portion of the Econo Lumber Super League came to a close on Tuesday Jan 29th. Team McBeath finished on top with a 13 and 2 record. The playoffs are set for the weekend of Feb 22nd - 24th. The next three weeks will be exhibition games leading to the playoffs. Congratulations to Cliff McBeath - Skip, Brad Bibby - Third, Brady Gill - Second, and Wayne Diakow - Lead. Here are the final standings:

Team                Record                  Sponsor

McBeath          13 - 2               Dr. Jeff Kushneriuk

Despins           12 - 3               Christopherson Industrial

Ruszkowski     10 - 5                Mcintosh Accounting

England           9 - 6                 Danny's Golf Shop

Rindal              9 - 6                 BTR Financial Planning

Mayoh             9 - 6

Goertz             8 - 7                 Bendig / Klassen Law / Perry's Auto

Hemstad         8 - 7                  Clunie Consulting Engineers

Reynolds         7 - 8                 South Hill Inn

Swiderski         7 - 8                 Leons Furniture

Phelps             6 - 9                 Mandolin's Restaraunt

Desormeau       6 - 9                 P.A. Elks Club

Gill                   6 - 9                 P.A. Auto Body

Costain            4 - 11                Boyd Agencies / Aalcann Wood Suppliers

Gareau            4 - 11                 Prairie Wood Supplies / Rugged Country

Corriveau         2 - 13                 Northern Rentals

The Prince Albert Sports Hall of Fame has announced that Pat Bibby has been inducted into the builder category for 2008.

Pat has been involved with the Prince Albert Golf and Curling Club for 40 years. She has been involved in many areas at the club. Pat has acted as President of the business ladies club, been a director on the board of directors of the club, player, coach, and promoter.

Pat has been the face of junior curling in this city for the past 20 years. She has spent many countless hours and hard work with the future of our game, her hard work and determination to the juniors is un remarkable.

Pat has also been involved in many provincial and national curling events over the years, she has acted as chairperson, committee head, and volunteer at every event that has came to our club. Over the years she has put in many and many hours of volunteer work.

Outside of the curling, Pat has also been involved with softball in this city for the past 40 years as well, she has been involved with all softball events that come to our city on a provincial and national level as well.

On behalf of the Prince Albert Golf and Curling Club I extend congratulations to Pat and thank her for all of her hard work over the years!! Great job Pat!!!

The 2nd GLOW CURLING event was held on Saturday, January 12th and was another huge success. We introduced a new afternoon time for families and kids and had the same two night time draws. This new event seems to be taking off and is offering our members a new way to enjoy the game as well as introducing all citizens in our community to the great game of curling.

With a busy curling schedule to finish off the year, we are unfortunetly not able to host another GLOW event this season but look forward to next years events.

Next season we will be offering one or two more dates than we did this year with some dates being a whole weekend to allow everybody to enjoy the new and exciting way to enjoy the great game of curling. 

James