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The 2024 bonspiel will be held on January 19, 20 & 21, 2024. This popular 3-day curling bonspiel is scheduled annually on the third weekend of January. Each year there are 28 teams traveling from many different locations and curling clubs throughout Ontario. The bonspiel is open to all agri-business personnel.
Bonspiel Format
O.C.A. and CCA Rules of Curling for General Play will govern our play. All games will be eight (8) ends. The 5-rock Free Guard Zone rule applies. The no-tick rule will NOT be in effect for this season.
The curling bonspiel is open to any team combination (men's, ladies, mixed). We are looking for teams/players who work in or are retired from the agriculture industry (farmers, suppliers, manufacturers, etc). We ask that all teams have at least three qualified players.
Bonspiel Format
O.C.A. and CCA Rules of Curling for General Play will govern our play. All games will be eight (8) ends. The 5-rock Free Guard Zone rule applies. The no-tick rule will NOT be in effect for this season.
The curling bonspiel is open to any team combination (men's, ladies, mixed). We are looking for teams/players who work in or are retired from the agriculture industry (farmers, suppliers, manufacturers, etc). We ask that all teams have at least three qualified players.
- Friday games are points based
- 8 end games
- Only the first 6 ends count for points, only play ends 7 and/or 8 to determine a win or tie.
- A team may concede any time after the 6th end.
- Do not break ties
- Please mark points scored and ends won for the first 6 ends only
- Point System
- Win – 20 Points
- Tie – 10 Points
- Ends Won – 1 Point (1st 6 ends only)
- Blank Ends – ½ Point (1st 6 ends only)
- Score Differential – ¼ Point (1st 6 ends only, max 1.5 points)
- Second game matchups are determined by points scored in the first game
- 1 vs 4
- 2 vs 3
- 5 vs 8
- 6 vs 7
- Exception: Cannot play the same team as first game
- Tie Breaker order after first & second game
- head to head record
- points scored
- point differential
- ends won
- coin flip
- Teams will be ranked after their second game based on their accumulated two game point total. Teams will be divided into events of 8 teams
- Saturday and Sunday will be Win/Loss
- 8 end games
- A full extra end played towards the glass to break ties for all games that lead to a 1pm Sunday game. All other games will be draw to the button to break a tie.
- Sunday 9:30am games will be 6 ends.
- Teams must play their last game in order to receive a prize.
View the file below to learn how to complete your scorecard for the Friday games.
| Friday Scorecard Instructions |
Accommodations
Rooms have been blocked off at the Wallaceburg Inn.
To book a room please call the hotel directly at 519-627-0781 and ask to book a room for the All Ontario Farmers Block. Rooms will be blocked off until December 15.
Free shuttle service will be available each day. Simply call the curling club when you need a ride.
Meals
Complimentary coffee and doughnuts will be available Friday and Saturday morning.
Sunday brunch will be available for purchase at the club from 10am - 1pm
Meals included are:
Friday lunch (Chili) served 11am - 2pm
Friday night light lunch (Pulled pork & soup) served 5:30pm - 9:30pm.
Saturday soup and sandwich lunch.
Saturday roast beef dinner.
Saturday night pizza. Fill out your order form an return it to the bar by 6pm on Saturday. Pizza will be delivered on the hour (9, 10 or 11pm).
Entertainment
Rooms have been blocked off at the Wallaceburg Inn.
To book a room please call the hotel directly at 519-627-0781 and ask to book a room for the All Ontario Farmers Block. Rooms will be blocked off until December 15.
Free shuttle service will be available each day. Simply call the curling club when you need a ride.
Meals
Complimentary coffee and doughnuts will be available Friday and Saturday morning.
Sunday brunch will be available for purchase at the club from 10am - 1pm
Meals included are:
Friday lunch (Chili) served 11am - 2pm
Friday night light lunch (Pulled pork & soup) served 5:30pm - 9:30pm.
Saturday soup and sandwich lunch.
Saturday roast beef dinner.
Saturday night pizza. Fill out your order form an return it to the bar by 6pm on Saturday. Pizza will be delivered on the hour (9, 10 or 11pm).
Entertainment
Friday night entertainment will be local musician Colt McLauchlin. Colt was raised on a farm near Petrolia. Country music has been the soundtrack to his life for as long as he can remember. Some of his earliest memories are riding up and down the fields in a tractor beside his Dad, listening to Jimmy Dickens and his hero, Alan Jackson. He soon was singing along to the radio, strumming his first guitar and dreaming big dreams. Colt has performed at some notable Nashville venues such as Magaritaville, Rippy's, Legends, Tootsies, Dierks Bentley's Whiskey Row and Alan Jackson's Bar. You can see his latest music video Redneck Money on Youtube! Check him out on Spotify, Apple Music & YouTube.
Saturday night entertainment will be Buck Twenty!
Singer/songwriter duo Mike Ure and Aidan Johnson-Bujold emerged from the small towns of Harrow and LaSalle, Ontario, in a very big way. In just a few short years, the band has earned incredible accolades and awards including; Their first Top 40 Billboard Single (#36), four 2021 CMAO Nominations (Single of the Year, Duo or Group of the Year, Rising Star, Music Video of the Year) Second place in the 2020 Unsigned Only Contest, Top 10 in the International Songwriting Competition, 2018 CCMA Spotlight Finalists position and more. In this competitive landscape, this laid-back registered nurse and music teacher, continue to turn industry heads and win over fans, keeping up with other top-performers in their genre.
Fans recognize Buck Twenty for their trademark sound, which is bursting with harmonies, catchy hooks, as well as the surplus of positive energy they have on stage. Having opened for artists such as Dan + Shay, Brett Kissel, Randy Houser, Justin Moore, and Meghan Patrick, these two aren't afraid to bring a surplus of energy to the stage
Check them out on Spotify, Apple Music & YouTube
Singer/songwriter duo Mike Ure and Aidan Johnson-Bujold emerged from the small towns of Harrow and LaSalle, Ontario, in a very big way. In just a few short years, the band has earned incredible accolades and awards including; Their first Top 40 Billboard Single (#36), four 2021 CMAO Nominations (Single of the Year, Duo or Group of the Year, Rising Star, Music Video of the Year) Second place in the 2020 Unsigned Only Contest, Top 10 in the International Songwriting Competition, 2018 CCMA Spotlight Finalists position and more. In this competitive landscape, this laid-back registered nurse and music teacher, continue to turn industry heads and win over fans, keeping up with other top-performers in their genre.
Fans recognize Buck Twenty for their trademark sound, which is bursting with harmonies, catchy hooks, as well as the surplus of positive energy they have on stage. Having opened for artists such as Dan + Shay, Brett Kissel, Randy Houser, Justin Moore, and Meghan Patrick, these two aren't afraid to bring a surplus of energy to the stage
Check them out on Spotify, Apple Music & YouTube
Raffle Table
Each year our raffle table is filled with great prizes to be won. The raffle will happen on Saturday night after the entertainment has concluded. Tickets will be sold all day on Saturday. The raffle table typically has over $3000 worth of prizes to be won! Tickets are $10 for an arm's length and $20 for a wing span.
Each year our raffle table is filled with great prizes to be won. The raffle will happen on Saturday night after the entertainment has concluded. Tickets will be sold all day on Saturday. The raffle table typically has over $3000 worth of prizes to be won! Tickets are $10 for an arm's length and $20 for a wing span.