More random pics from Saturday's Snowspiel 2011

Sweeping with the corn broom....

The mascot for the day.......Magik!

Sweeping a rock into the 'house'.....

Martha chases a rock...

Some of the crowd.....

Jamie: IceKing, meat-master, convener and host.

Just the best picture of Billy!

Finishing up with a dip in the tub!

The trophy!

This year team 2 won (Josh, Elaine and ChrisW)

The morning after......

More pics to come showing the behind the scenes preparation.

....before the curling, there's the prep!

With the IceKing, Jamie, staying up all night to flood the sheet several times so it would be ready for Saturday's event the ice just needed a scrape. Scrape? Is there a machine for that?

Do bears shit in the woods? Of course there is a machine!!

Josh and Jamie scraped the ice a couple times and then it was almost time to play, teams were picked (4 teams of 3)......

....and the play begins!

Snowspeil 2011 is ON!

Just when we thought Mother Nature had thrown up the middle finger to backyard ice and curling and the annual Snowspiel; the temps look like they may behave enough to freeze the 'sheet'.

Is this year sponsored by 'Ting' again?????

Pics to be posted here over the weekend.

The Drude

PS Bribes accepted in cash only if hot tub pics are to be 'lost'!

The Story of the Beast!

It began in a poly bag.....


....then it was spiced.....


....then it was ready for the heat....


....after a couple hours spinning on the bbq....


.....it was an hour away from being carved......


....and ribs sliced....


....bones begged for......

....and bones kindly given out.....



.....yum!

CW

Pics posted here........

Far too many pics taken to post here so I've created 2 albums worth of Snowspieltastic memories for your delictation.

So skip over to Facebook and click this link for album1 and album 2 here.

If you have any pics you want included send them to me or Jamie.

More pics have yet to be taken off cams and phones and iPhones etc. so keep your eyes on this blog or the FB albums.

Feel free to 'friend' me on FB if you attended the Snowspiel and you have a FB account. Note to Billy Milly - hey it's 2009 - get a FB account!

CW

**Billy Milly's web site brought to you by the Disney Channel. ;-)

31st January 2009 Snowpiel - here is the first of many posts covering the BIG DAY!

A great day was had by all; good curling, good company, good food and plenty to drink. As usual a splendid effort by the hosts, Jamie and Nancy; it seems to get better every year. Maybe there will actually be a proper sponsor one year. Probably these guys........as much was drank!!!


So this first 'post-snowspiel' post will get right down to the 'nitty-gritty' and later ones will be a little bit more themed with pics from the games, merriment and beast eating (a 7 rib prime-rib).

The teams were sorted and posted around 12.30pm and the first game was played at 1pm. The weather was cold so few spectators were out until later when it warmed slightly.

Team 3 were the first to feel the cruel bite of a back-to-back schedule meaning they were out there in -20c conditions for 2 hours! It's thought this ability to stand up to these frigid conditions is what made team 3 the team to beat.

Teams played 3 games each in a 4 team 'round-robin'.




Each game consisted of an hour's play (usually 4 ends) and points were awarded for rocks, ends won and ends played and -2 points should the 'convener' run dry of alcohol - this was probably not such a good idea (see later posts for those pics!).


So after some of this......

The winners of the 2009 Snowspiel final between Team 1 Skipped by Sonny and Team 3 (originally Team 2 on score sheet) Skipped by Josh was TEAM #3 'Go Reds!'


Jamie presents the trophy to Team 3 (from L to R) Josh, Chris, Maha and Martha.

Well done Team 3!

*All pics will be uploaded to Facebook later today, look out for posts later that will let you know how to get there.

Laying the sheet and flooding.

4 days and counting....