2011 NACA Optimist Juvenile Curling Playdowns

On January 14-16, the 2011 NACA Optimist Juvenile Curling Playdowns took place at the Spruce Grove Curling Club. 12 Boys rinks and 7 Girls rinks participated.

 

As a result, the Ben Bellamy Boys rink from St. Albert, the Josh Deibert Boys rink from Saville, the Kelsey Rocque Girls rink from Granite, and the Kataryna Hagglund Girls rink from Crestwood will now represent NACA in the Alberta Optimist Juvenile Curling Championships in Coaldale on March 4-6.

The Coaldale CC is looking forward to hosting these championships and the Optimist reps that will attend. Optimist Clubs are encouraged to attend the Championships and to display their banners during the event. At previous Provincial Juvenile Curling Championships, the District Governor has spoken at the ceremonies during the event.

Keivin, Brian and Samantha Wallace attended the event and the Edmonton Dinner Club banner was displayed during the playdowns. 

Roger Holm is the event Chair in Coaldale and is our contact for the Alberta Optimist Juvenile Curling Championships. Please let me know if you plan to attend or if you need more information.

Additional information is available at the following websites:

Alberta Curling Federation: www.albertacurling.ab.ca
Northern Alberta Curling Association: www.northernalbertacurling.com

Originally submitted by Opt Mike DeNicola.  You can contact Opt Mike for more details.

2nd Quarter District Conference Promotion

A few words of invite from our Governor, Tim Bell.

Start Building Your Pride

The President’s Pride Report is now available online for the 2010-2011 year. Clubs can begin filling out the form to stay updated regarding Club accomplishments throughout the year. Just log in to Optimist Leaders at http://www.optimistleaders.org/. After logging in, go to the Reports link on the right side of the screen, then scroll down to the President’s Pride Report. Clubs can save changes as they go along.

Those who would rather start filling out a hard-copy form can download the form.

Revised District Directory Now Available

The latest revisions to the District Directory are now available for download.

DST Marilyn has highlighted in yellow all of the changes so they will be easy to spot. We thank those clubs for contacting DST Marilyn or Optimist Gord with updates to their club contact information.

Please review your personal and club information and report any changes to DST Marilyn.

Producing the original version of the District Directory is a time consuming task and the DST relies on the changes that club submit through Club Officer Election Reports.  This is a subtle reminder for clubs to submit their COER immediately after their club elections this spring.  Changes throughout the year should be submitted to OI using the Club Roster Adjustment (CRA) forms, and you can email changes to the DST.