I know.  Email and newsletter are a bit contradictory.  Anyhoo…

Welcome.  Over the past few weeks a number of people have helped me to collect email addresses and contact information of folks connected with the Poynette Curling Club.  I have around 130 people so far.  I’m beginning to add everybody I have to a larger email distribution list that will allow us to better push information to those folks interested in curling here in Poynette, Wisconsin.

Once I get the distribution list built and any details ironed out I’ll begin putting a simple set of instructions out to folks on how to send to the list, remove yourself from the list, change your information, etc.  If you have questions, please feel free to give me a yell at ijohnpederson@gmail.com.

Thanks.  Good curling!  (The ice starts going in this evening!)

John Pederson
Poynette Curling Club “Web Guy”
http://www.poynettecurlingclub.com

September 7 through October 28, 2010.  Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.  Two shifts: 6:15pm and 8:30pm. $115 per curler.  See flyer below for registration and contact information.

Download and print the handout linked below!

Autumn Curling 2010 Flyer.pdf

Fall will soon be upon us, and so curling will start, and golfing will end.

To ease this traumatic transition, this Fall we will hold our successful combined curling and golf event that we’ve had for 3 years in the Spring.

Naturally, we have to call it the 3rd-and-a-half Annual Stix ‘n Stones Bonspiel.

Dates: September 17, 18, 19

Format: 16 teams

Friday: Curl one draw at 2:00pm, 4:00pm, 6:00pm or 8:00pm

Saturday Morning: Golf at 9:00am shotgun start.  Head-to-head scramble 4 person team against team as in a normal curling draw. 9 holes at Shepherd’s Meadow Golf Course in Poynette, Wisconsin.

Saturday Afternoon: Curl Draws: Golf losers at 1:00pm or 3:00pm. Golf winners at 5:00pm or 7:00pm.

Sunday: Curl finals 3rd and 4th event at 10:00am. Curl finals 1st and 2nd event 12:00pm.

Food and beverages will be available all weekend. Other entertainment is likely. Weather for golf will be perfect.

Price: $240.00 per team.  Golf, carts, food inclusive. (Cash bar at the golf course.)

Further information such as hotels or the like can be obtained by contacting either Peter or Jane Caldwell at:

N4843 Hutchinson Road  Poynette WI 53955
Home:(608) 635-7844
Cell:(608) 444-6906
Work: (608) 223-9400 (800) 362-1025
FAX (608) 223-9403
Email:  peter@nosimport.com (Stix ‘n Stones as subject, please)

The lucky winner of the 3rd event goes home with this pretty trophy.

More photos from the 2009 Deerhead Bonspiel! Thanks everybody for coming out and congratulations to Team Dubberstien, winners of the 2009 Deerhead trophy!

Contrast that popularity with curling in Poynette.   The Poynette Curling Club keeps the residents of Poynette, Wisconsin (population 2,266) busy during the winter months.  The tradition is believed to have started in our area during the 1840′s when local curlers used wooden curling blocks on the nearby Wisconsin River.

We’ve since moved indoors.

Curling is a great fall, winter, and spring activity that organizes communities in many ways.  More so than in many team sports, good sportsmanship is an integral part of curling.  The sport is equally strategic and social.  Everybody involved in the Poynette Curling Club welcomes newcomers to the game.  Contact any of the club members mentioned on this site if you are interested in trying curling.