Open League News

Dundas Valley Curling Director

Rob Matheson
curling@dundasvalleygolf.com
dundasvalleygolf.com

For all inquiries about curling at Dundas Valley including: Available Leagues, Memberships, Events, etc.

Open League Convener

Kris Blonski
krisblonski+dundas@gmail.com
905-977-8101

Contact for Open League operation including: Score Submission, Rules, Scheduling, and General Questions.

2025-26 End of Season
May 6, 2026

Ok, so yes, we are 3 weeks removed from our finals but I just wanted to take a minute to congratulate everyone on another great season! And a big congratulations to all of our Champions:

Club Champions & Regular Season Champions: Kris BlonskiJacob LambRuss GrayPeter Kastrau and Rob Matheson

B Flight Champions: Thomas Del ConteEvan GandinRyerson HargraveNoah Brennan and Ryan Carnes

C Flight Champions: Rob ReedGreg HodginsRich HumberJamie Skimming and Tom Hoffman

D Flight Champions: Gabe AlexandreMatt GomesJohn Cordeiro and Maria Alexandre

E Flight Champions: Kent BarrTim ReltonRobin Shibish and Jill Tonini

And of course, all our series winners from through the regular season! Speaking of winners, if your team was a playoff finalist or a series winner, and you didn't have a representative pick up your hard-earned winnings, you can contact Rob and arrange a time to pick it up from the club!

I'd also like to thank our ice-making team for their tremendous efforts in providing top-level ice all season; it truly is a thankless job as we're all quick to blame literally anything (aside from ourselves), our sub-brier level performances during our games!

Lastly, a big thank you to all of you for making convening this league an enjoyable experience! Whether it's suggesting additional stats to track, rules to change, or discovering that if you put our league results into ChatGPT you can have it generate betting odds to start an underground gambling ring (yes, an actual email I received), every year is unique!

Thanks again to all, tell your friends to sign up, and we'll see you in September!

2025-26 Finals
April 12, 2026

We have officially made it to the last week of the season! Congratulations to all teams that have advanced to the Finals on Wednesday, April 15th @ 630PM:

Club Championship: Robertson vs K. Blonski
B Flight Playoffs: Montgomery vs Mohawk Varsity Men
C Flight Playoffs: MacKenzie vs Lebowski
D Flight Playoffs: Gardiner-Dean vs Alexandre
E Flight Playoffs: Winslow vs Barr

For those whose season has ended I encourage you to come out and support your fellow curlers (also a great opportunity to use up any remaining club minimum!) If you'd prefer to stay home, the Club Championship will be streamed by Rick Matthews, with commentary by Betty Calic and Jarrett Matthews.

All prize money for the Regular Season (Series Winners, Top 3 Finishers) and Playoffs (Playoff Winners and Finalists) will be handed out during the April 30th DV Curling Season Celebration (7PM - 9PM). If you are unable to attend, don't worry, Rob will ensure that all earned prize money will find its way to you! 

For my fellow website stats nerds enthusiasts; here's a collection of links you may find interesting: 2025-26 Playoff Results | Past Champions | Records: Playoff Champions | Stats: Player Lifetime - Playoffs (slow loading)

Lastly, just some reminders for the finals:

  • No Timeclocks
  • Ties are broken by a full extra end towards the glass (if, for some reason, the extra end is blanked, then the game will be determined by skip rocks)
  • One Spare is allowed. They must play front end (if you have 4 players) or lead (if you have 3 players)

Good luck and good curling!

Playoff Rules Reminder
March 27, 2026

Just a quick reminder that the rules surrounding spares in the playoffs are different than the regular season.

In Playoffs: You may only have one spare per team, and the spare must play front end (if playing with 4 players) or lead (if playing with 3 players). Any officially listed 5th players are able to spare at any position as they're considered a full member of the team.

Thanks everyone and enjoy the final few games of the season!