Recipients of the LCC 50th Anniversary Recognition Award

The criterion for this award is longstanding service to the club, which at least in part occurred between 2003 and 2012. Nominations for this award came from the board of directors and selected past club presidents. Current board members were not eligible to receive this award.

The recipients and their contributions are listed below.

Christine Anderson – Co-organizer of the re-gifting spiel, Little Rock coach and section co-head for several years, regular curling skills clinic coach and volunteer, 2005 Ross Solomon award winner.

Neil Anderson– Co-organizer of the re-gifting spiel, Little Rock coach and section co-head for several years, served on the LCC board of directors as VP, shared 2010 Volunteer of the Year winner, 2010 Ross Solomon award winner.

Sharon Blemings – Served on the Mixed and Women’s Executive Committees, helped start the Sunday Open League, co-organizer of the 2005 & 2008 Lovecraft bonspiel, regular curling skills coach and volunteer and currently co-coordinator for Education, shared 2008 Volunteer of the Year winner, Mae Werden award winner.

Mike Butler – Has run the Skins section for 17 years, Little Rock coach and section head, shared 2010 Volunteer of the Year winner, shared 2002 Ross Solomon award winner.

Howard Cook – Served on Day Men Executive Committee, organized the 2007 Ross Tarlton Senior Men' International Spiel, regular drawmaster for club breakfasts, 2008 Ross Solomon award winner.

Craig Duff - Served on Evening Men Executive Committee as President & Treasurer, co-organized the Great Canadian Bonspiel, co-founder of the Aki Latvala Foundation, co-organizer of the annual Aki Cup bonspiel and Aki golf tournament.

Simon Elkin - co-founder of the Aki Latvala Foundation, a children’s charitable organization whose work honors the legacy of late Leaside member Aki Latvala, co-organizer of the annual Aki Cup Bonspiel and Golf Tournament, part of the Great Canadian bonspiel committee.

Warren Ferguson – Service on the LCC board of directors as President twice 1983-84 and 2000-2002, lead the 2000-2001 club remodeling initiative, service on the club Governance committee.

Carol Fraser – Leaside’s “head chef” for most major events including the 2009 Provincial Colts and Trophy event and the 50th anniversary celebration, long time OCA representative for Leaside, oversees OCA events held at Leaside.

Gerry Hawkins – Service on the LCC board of directors as both Programming chair and Volunteer Coordinator and on the Mixed Executive Committee, organizer of the Re-gifting, Snowball and Lovecraft bonspiels, regular curling skills coach and volunteer and organizer for the Learn to Curl Program, organizer of the 2009 Provincial Colts and Trophy event, 2009 and shared 2006 Ross Solomon award winner and the creator of gripper amnesty month.

Ron Judge – Service on the LCC board of directors President 2008-2011 and as Ice Chair and VP, organized the Green Grass & Ice bonspiel, on the 2009 Provincial Colts and Trophy event and 50th Anniversary committees.

Mike Krupanszky– Service on the LCC board of directors as President 2005-2008 and as Treasurer and VP prior to that, led the club incorporation initiative, Chair of the 50th Anniversary committee, Little Rocks instructor and Club Coach.

Chris Marino – Service on the Mixed as Drawmaster for 6 seasons, Day Women and Junior Executive Committees, regular curling skills coach and organizer of Leaside High School curling program exposing 80% of the students to curling since 2006, Little Rock coach.

Jerry Michaels – Creator and Webmaster of the LCC website for 11 years, 2007 Volunteer of the Year winner.

Pat Reid – Service on Day Ladies Executive Committee as Co-President, Little Rocks coach, regular curling skills coach and volunteer and currently co-coordinator for Education, 2009 Volunteer of the Year winner, shared 2010 Volunteer of the Year winner, 2011 Ross Solomon award winner.

Monica Sloan – Service on the LCC board of directors as Secretary and Program Chair, served as Chair of the Mixed Executive Committee, regular curling skills coach and volunteer, organizer for the Learn to Curl Program, 2004 Ross Solomon award winner.

Richard Van Dine – Service on LCC board of directors in the mid-1990s as Men’s Section representative and subsequently as Membership chair; drawmaster of the Evening Men’s Section in the early 1990s and then Section Committee president in the mid-1990s and again from 2009-10 through 2012-13; established and maintained the original LCC web site in 1998-2001; Ross Solomon award recipient in 2001.

 Alfred Wong - Juniors and Bantams coach and section head, Leaside representative at Junior and Bantam OCA Zone meetings and competitions.

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Each spring, Leaside Curling Club hosts an annual 2-day Learn to Curl clinic. This session is aimed at adults only.

This year, the clinic will be held on:

Part 1: Saturday March 23, 2024, from 9 am till noon

Part 2: Saturday April 6, 2024, from 9 am till 5  pm

 Cost is $100 + HST per person.

Registration will open up in February 2024. If you'd like to receive a notification when registration opens, please send an e-mail to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Located in the heart of the Leaside community, Leaside Curling Club is a member-run curling club with over 1,000 members. In addition, we host many community and corporate rentals, curling bonspiels, and other events, which bring many more visitors into the club every season.

About the club and the activities (why advertise at LCC):

• Over 1000 members, from 7 to 95 years old (80 youth, 900+ adults)
• Some members play once a week, others play several times a week. Combined, each week members make over 1500 visits to the club to play regular league games
• Season runs mid/late September to end of April
• Many leagues from Sunday to Friday, daytime and evenings
• All 8 sheets used from 7-11pm Sunday through Friday
• Daytime leagues most days of the week
• Over 6000 guests in a regular season:
  • Competitions hosted at Leaside
  • Rentals: corporate and community events, and school groups
  • Numerous events for LCC members and their invited guests
• There is food and bar service

We are now accepting orders for advertising for the 2023-2024 season. The options are:

• In Ice Advertising - see 3^rd page for layout
  • Full House (custom; 12’ x 12’)
  • 2’ x 3’ signs: inside each hog line, toward the sidelines of each sheet
  • 5’ x 1.5’ signs: inside the hog lines below the above ads, toward the sidelines of each sheet
  • 5’ x 1.5’ in-ice signs: behind the back lines, toward the sidelines of each sheet
• Ice Shed Wall signage
  • Far wall (customized sizing)
  • Side wall (3’ x 4’)
• Website only advertising

Pricing for the 2022-2023 season is as follows (note: HST must be added to all quoted prices):

 

In Ice Ads (examples on the last page)

Item (HxW)	Lounge End	Mirror End	Production Cost
Full House (custom; 12’ x 12’)	$1,500	$1,250	$400
In Ice at hog line: (2’ x 3’)	$500	$350	$50
In Ice at hog line (1.5’ x 1.5’)	$250	$200	$25
In Ice at back line (1.5’ x 1.5’)	$250	$200	$25

 

*In-ice ads are printed on a mesh-like fabric, put in between layers of ice. At the end of the season, the decals are

allowed to dry, then rolled up and put away for the summer. So the production cost is only for the first year, unless you decide to redesign your ad later on!

 

 

Wall and Website Ads

Wall sign	Far/end wall (custom)	Side Wall (3’ x 4’)	Production Cost
	$700	$500	$75
Website only	$150

 

With the purchase of either in-ice or ice shed wall signage, Leaside Curling Club will post the logo of each of our advertising partners, with a direct link to your corporate website, on the Leaside Curling Club website at www.leasidecurling.ca. As well, logos and links to websites are included in every newsletter published by the club (newsletters are issued approximately two times per month and have an audience of approximately 1400 people).

If you wish further information, please contact:

Paivi Liitela, General Manager
Leaside Curling Club 
1075 Millwood Road
Toronto M4G 1X6

Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Phone: 647-748-2875

 

 

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May - June 2023 LCC Bathroom Renovation

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