Left: With older brother Brian Smith proudly looking on, little brother Rory Smith curls a rock down the ice and bingo, it landed just where the skip called it to land. Above: When he wasn’t in his curling gear, Dave Homyak dressed as “Clifford.” Or was “Clifford” really dressed as Dave Homyak? Hmmm…? Photos courtesy of the Cook County Curling Club
The Cook County Curling Club held its 8th Annual Open Halloween Bonspiel on October 27 and 28 with eight teams competing in a round-robin format. The club is always happy to see its returning “spooky” guests from the St. Paul Curling Club.
Everyone enjoyed the camaraderie, social interaction, plus some serious curling on fast ice. This year, two of the local teams each had fathers whose middle school sons joined in the festivities. Kudos to those boys, Noah Smith and Andrew Halberg, they did an awesome job of curling!
The Julie Smith rink from the St. Paul Curling Club won the “Gold” event; the Curt Severson rink from St. Paul Curling Club won the “Silver” event; and the Marshall “Dinky” Pedersen rink from the Cook County Curling Club won the “Bronze” event.
Coldwell Banker from Grand Marais sponsored prize money for the best team and individual in costume for the costume contest. Julie Smith rink from the St. Paul Curling Club won the team prize and Anton Moody from the Cook County Curling Club won the individual prize.
The curling season is getting ready to start. If you would like to try curling, you are welcome to come to our “Soup & Sweep” event on November 5 at the Community Center, beginning at 6 until 8 p.m. If you plan to attend this free event, please bring clean shoes to curl in. For more information contact Hilja Iverson 370-1326 or Joanne Smith 387-2052.
The Wednesday Afternoon League started on October 31 and if you are interested in curling in that league please contact Jim King at 663-7409. The two-person open league meets on Wednesday evening and will start on November 7. The contact for that league is Duane Hasegawa 387- 9420. Monday Evening Open League will start on November 12 and the contact person for that league is Mark Pedersen, 370-8282. Tuesday evenings are open to curling club members and for the public to try curling starting November 13 and the contact persons for that are Hilja Iverson, 370-1326 and Dave Jansen 248-5851.
Check out the Cook County Curling Club at our website at cookcountycurlingclub.com to see more of what we are about.
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