With just one week left to go in the curling season and one more win under his belt, skip Lloyd Carriere and his team remain in first place in the Canadian Tire Thursday Night Open League at the Northland Power Curling Centre.
A victory March 6 over the Barb Clark team gave Carriere a record of 8-1 this season. His team includes Laurie Carriere, Wendal Domes and Elbert Hanson.
Other winning skips March 6 included Lisa Chambers, Ian Hamilton, Gary Southgate, Dale Howrie, Doug Fehr, Southland Bus, Allan Hoffman, Lorne Voinorosky and the Susan Wright team, known at the curling rink as the House Cats.
Skips still trying to catch up to Carriere include Allan Hoffman, who holds a 7-1-1 record, and Gary Southgate who is 7-2. Brian Welford and Southland Bus have six wins on the season.
This Thursday night mixed league hosted by Twin Rivers Curling Club is composed of 20 teams.
The Thursday Night League is one of several leagues hosted by the Twin Rivers Curling Club. It is an open and mixed league, meaning that any four people competing as a team can enter and play. Other league play takes place Monday and Tuesday nights and Tuesday and Thursday during the day. The curling club hosts a drop-in night Fridays where anyone interested in throwing a few rocks can do so. Wednesday night play sees the Business League on the ice.
The Canadian Tire Thursday Night Open League will continue play through the end of the season which concludes by the end of March.
