Ottawa and District Senior League
WINTER CHAMPIONS - ODSL TROPHY
2024 - Frank Van Ryckeghem (Bob Rodney, Ron Knight, Wayne Holden)
2023 - Kevin Lemenchick (John Wilson, Ken Wilson, Dave McEwing)
WINTER LEAGUE 2024
JANUARY 4 to APRIL 18
2024 ENTRY FEE $920
Games are played each Thursday at 9:30 and noon at Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club.
2024 LEAGUE FORMAT
With 20 teams, the biggest Winter League to date:
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We will keep the ladder format.
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Winners from one week will play the early draw the next week.
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Losers will play the late draw the next week.
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Per-win dollar values will be established before week 1.
HISTORY - WINTER LEAGUE
Given that this is a ‘senior’ curling league, it is somewhat understandable that no one seems to remember exactly when the Ottawa & District Senior Winter League began play. But, from extensive
in-depth research, this is what we know.
Around the turn of the century (circa 2004?) and in light of the highly successful ODSL Fall League, there was sufficient enthusiasm among those not heading south for the winter to continue with a 12- team competitive yet fun league with a round-robin format. Rod Matheson, the founder of the ODSL, oversaw both the Fall and Winter Leagues until 2016, with support along the way from Bert Callum, Bruce
Lonsbury and then Mark Armstrong. Since then, the league has been run by the Hunt Club’s Curling Coordinator Bill Duck and Rob Kanasy and is now a 20-team cash ladder.
Who won the league in the years before 2012 has, unfortunately, been lost in the mists of time. Beginning in 2012 until 2022, teams in the
Winter League competed for the Bill Roy Memorial Plaque. Bill was former member of the league, a colourful guy who was passionate about the sport of curling. He passed away in 2011 after a struggle with cancer. The trophy was presented to the top team each year, except for 2021 when COVID interrupted league play.
The league continues to provide the opportunity for many senior curlers in the Ottawa region to enjoy competition, exercise and fellowship with players we have come to know so well over the years. The stories are endless and they never grow old, no matter how many times you hear them. Now really, isn’t that what this curling family is all about?
PRE-SEASON LEAGUE
In 2016, a pre-season league was run to afford senior men and women the opportunity to play competitive games in the late summer period. The winners were Jim Mullin, with Brian Henderson, Bob Chevrier, and Jim Gilroy. The league did not run in any other year.
The happy 2023 Winter League champions: skip Kevin Lemenchick, John Wilson, Ken Wilson and Dave McEwing.
WINTER CHAMPIONS - BILL ROY MEMORIAL PLAQUE
2022 - Brian Lewis (Dave Stanley, Rob Kanasy, Paul Nooyan, Sheryl Dobenko)
2021 - CANCELLED due to COVID
2020 - Dave Stanley (Brian Henderson, Randy Garland, Bob Hanna)
2019 - Kevin Lemenchick (John Wilson, Ken Wilson, Malcolm Stubbs, Dave McEwing)
2018 - Bill Duck (Ted Weagle, Gord Schade, Mark Rowett, Chris deHaan, Jack Gustafson)
2017 - Rick Bachand (Bob Hanna, Diana Favel, John Margeson)
2016 - Reg Plaster (Rod Matheson, Malcolm Stubbs, Sue Kollar)
2015 - Mike Loewen (Brian Long, Andre Lalonde, Brian Corbett, Chuck Calvé)
2014 - Layne Noble (Rick Bachand, Bob Boland, Bob Hanna, Dave Stanley)
2013 - Layne Noble (Rick Bachand, Bob Hanna, Randy Garland)
2012 - Earle Morris (Gary Smith, Terry Ellard, Bill Rogers)
John Colquhoun (and Ben Hebert) presenting the Bill Roy Memorial Plaque to 2022 Winter League champions Rob Kanasy, skip Brian Lewis, super-spare Sheryl Dobenko, Paul Nooyan (and Dave Stanley).
John Colquhoun presenting the Bill Roy Memorial Plaque to happy 2019 Winter League champions Dave McEwing, Ken Wilson, John Wilson, and skip Kevin Lemenchick. Rounding out the 5-person team was Malcolm Stubbs.
John Colquhoun presenting the Bill Roy Memorial Plaque to 2018 Winter League champions Chris deHaan, Gord Schade, Ted Weagle and skip Bill Duck. Rounding out the 6-person team were Mark Rowett and Jack Gustafson.
Terry Clark presenting the Bill Roy Memorial Plaque to 2017 Winter League champions John Margeson, skip Rick Bachand, Diana Favel (and Bob Hanna).