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Chronology Of The Ottawa Deaf Curling Club Prior to 1979, the game of curling was of a little importance among
the deaf in Ottawa. In few cities in Western Canada, 1979... The idea of a curling club of the deaf in Ottawa was conceived by Daniel Wojcik with support from Gerald Richardson, Michael Perry, Anthony Hebert and Bruce Ullett. The first Mixed Bonspiel, as an experiment, was held at the Nepean Sportplex with six entries. "The Ottawa Silent Athletic Club - Curling" was formed after the successful experiment. 1980... Mr. Wojcik had the responsibility of enacting the rules of the new club in regard to the management as well as to institute a league. The league games were played at the Nepean Sportplex on Saturday afternoons from November to April. Michael Perry's rink dominated the league of five rinks by grabbing both the league and playoff championships. The second Mixed Bonspiel, at the Manotick Curling Club, Championship was won by Skip Arnold Lewis and his rink of the National Capital Association of the Deaf. Twelve rinks attended. 1981... The first meeting of the curling club was ever held at Mr. Wojcik's house. Michael Perry was elected as the first president and we voted to changed the curling club's name to the Ottawa Deaf Curling Club. The league was expanded to seven rinks. The honour of the league championship went to Gerald Richardson's rink but the playoff championship was claimed by an underdog rink - Chris Gorman's rink. The Third Mixed Bonspiel, at the Carleton Heights Curling Club was successful - three rinks were turned away because of the capacity - sixteen rinks. the rink of Chris Gorman won the championship. The first curling award banquet was held at the Skyline Hotel with some distinguished guests from across Canada. The Ottawa rink (Michael Perry; skip, Gerald Richardson, Chris Gorman and William Manuel) entered the Ontario Curling Championship of the Deaf in Toronto for the first time and won the championship unexpectedly. But unfortunately the rink came last in the Canadian Curling Championship of the Deaf in Winnipeg. Gerald Richardson was voted as a winner of the CDCC Sportsmanship Award. 1982... Michael Perry was re-elected as President of the ODCC. Les Sicoli was appointed as a person to look after the curling records. After gathering records and anecdotes of the club, he created the ODCC's first handbook voluntarily. Again the league grew to eight rinks. Michael Perry's rink clinched the league championship but the playoff crown belonged to William Manuel and his rink. The rink of Gerald Richardson was only an eight ender in the ODCC history. He had all eight rocks in a house in one end. William Manuel and his helpers raised approximately $2,700 by selling chocolate bars. The 4th Mixed Curling Bonspiel was held at the Rideau Curling Club with sixteen rinks. Larry Farovitch of Montreal and his team broke the jinx to become the first outsiders to win the championship. The ODCC hosted the 3rd Ontario Curling Championship for the Deaf at its home curling rink. - The Ottawa Rink (Les Sicoli - Skip, Daniel Wojcik, Bruce Ullett and Samir Saab) was the 1982 Championship winner but was not invited to the Canadian Curling Championship in Quebec City because the Ontario Deaf Sports Association failed to guarantee a team by not paying a bond to the CDCC before the deadline. The second ODCC banquet was held at the Dalhouise St. Holiday Inn. It was a muggy banquet due to the hotel's air conditioning malfunction. Susan Howarth was the first recipient of the William Manuel Trophy (Most Improved Curler). President Mr. Perry donated the trophy to the ODCC for Sportsmanship. Larry Holdaway was honoured as the first recipient of the Michael Perry Trophy. 1983... Jacques Daoust was elected as the president of the right rink league. There was the ODCC logo contest. The logo designed by Daniel Wojcik who was overwhelmingly the members' pick. The ODCC pins sold like hotcakes but we were not successful with selling the ODCC mugs. Gerald Richardson's rink won the league title with a 9 win and three loss records. Les Sicoli stopped Gerald Richardson from dominating the ODCC in the playoff. The 5th Annual Mixed Curling Bonspiel was held at the Rideau Curling Club again. Gerald Richardson won the championship. In celebration of the 5th anniversary of the bonspiel, a crest was given to each participant. The first curling club playdown for the Ottawa City Men's Curling Championship was held at the Curl-O-Dome. Gerald Richardson and his rink of Les Sicoli, Bruce Ullett and Daniel Wojcik won the first title. 1984... The Ottawa Deaf Curling Club has been pleasantly surprised by the large influx of new curlers. The league grew to ten teams and two divisions under Jacques Daoust's second term presidency. We had two division championships - Gerald Richardson and Les Sicoli. Sicoli whipped Richardson to win the playoff trophy. It was the second straight season Les Sicoli won the championship. The rink of Les Sicoli and his crew won the Provincial Curling Championship and a part of the game between the Sicoli rink and Ed Werenich's world championship rink was televised on the national CBC network to promote the deaf curling and its annual CDCC. The rink of Les Sicoli, Gerald Richardson, Bruce Ullett and Daniel Wojcik would compete in the medal round of the 6th CDCC in Toronto if they didn't lose their last game to a weak team. 1985... The Ottawa Deaf Curling Club under President Jacques Daoust was moved to the Curl-O-Dome, Lansdowne Park. The day/time change caused the ODCC to shrink to eight teams. The league had one division with eight rinks, each rink playing fifteen games on Friday nights. the rink of Gerald Richardson, Theresa Ullett, Roch Cote and Andre Pavelich swept all the championships - league and palyoffs. they must have had lucky streaks (or still) to curl in the dark. Mr. Howard Howarth, the father of Susan Howarth donated the Howarth Cup to be given annually to the Ottawa Men's playdown champion. 1986... For the second consecutive year, the Ottawa Deaf Curling Club had a new home. The club under President Daniel Wojcik was moved to the Rideau Curling Club site. The RCC was established in 1888 with its first President Sir Sandford Fleming whose idea was to divide the world into 24 time zones. The club ordered new ODCC pins. The league championship went to Gerald Richardson, his fourth one in seven years. Dennis Racine and his rink grabbed the playoff trophy. Gerald Richardson and Dennis Racine were co-winners of the 1985 - 1986 recipients of the Mike Perry trophy. At the Ottawa Deaf Sports Club's Christmas Banquet, Bruce Ullett was honoured for the dedication of his time to the ODCC. He got a framed certificate. Congratulations Bruce. The ODCC was proud of the contribution of its members to the success of the 8th Canadian Deaf Curling Championships in Ottawa. The chairman Anthony Hebert, Bruce Ullett, Colleen Kenny, Hector MacLaren, Gerald Richardson and his wife Billie, Les Sicoli and Daniel Wojcik were the members of the most successful organization committee in the CDCC history. There were six women's rinks and eight men's rinks. The men's honour went to Saskatchewan's rink of Skip Robert Holst and Manitoba, skipped by Rita Netzel and her rink curled with a perfect record of 10 wins and no loss. The Governor General Jeanne Sauve gave the cups and medals to the winners at the closing ceremonies. 1987... The Ottawa Deaf Curling Club entered its eighth season under Hector MacLaren, President. Bruce Ullett and his rink of Daniel Wojcik, Theresa Ullett and Paul Landry swept the league easily but the rink was unfortunately defeated in the playoff rounds. The playoff championship honour went to Gerald Richardson and his rink mates, Daniel Luedee, Betty Ann Whiting and Alfred Traurig. The ODCC's "Deafspiel" became an international event, some curlers from Rochester, New York participated in the ninth annual bonspiel at the Curl-O-Dome, Lansdowne Park. Daniel Wojcik and his curling friends (Bruce Ullett, Les Sicoli and Colleen Kenny) were invited to curl on Dow's Lake. They curled against a rink from Albany, New York in the Winterlude's outdoor curling bonspiel for the Lord Elgin trophy. The lucky curlers said that they discovered that outdoor curling gave them more challenges because of the lake ice and weather conditions. 1988... The Ottawa Deaf Curling Club expanded to ten teams under Hector MacLaren's second term as the club President. We got the same championships - Bruce Ullett for league and Gerald Richardson for playoffs. Colleen Kenny donated a new trophy for Sportswomanship. Gwen Lewis was the first recipient of the Kenny trophy. We celebrated the tenth anniversary of the Deafspiel with over thousand dollars in cash prizes. Phil Meany of Toronto won the championship. Skip Les Sicoli and his rink members Gerald Richardson, Bruce Ullett and David Raffler won the Ontario men's curling championships and went to Montreal to represnt Ontario in the Canadian Deaf Curling Championship. They came seventh in the ten men's competition. The club purchased and donated a stone to the Rideau Curling Club in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the RCC. You can find the stone with "Ottawa Deaf Curling Club" engraving on it on the fifth sheet. Be kind to it. 1989... The Ottawa Deaf Curling Club celebrated its tenth anniversary of the club under the new President, Dennis Racine. It seemed that it was hard to beat Bruce Ullett in the league games and Gerald Richardson in the playoff rounds. Congratulations to Bruce and Gerald on defending their crowns for three years. Guy Houle was the first person to win the Mike Perry trophy twice. We celebrated the anniversary by having a big banquet and awards. Bruce Ullett, Gerald Richardson and Theresa Ullett were honoured for the longest memberships of the ODCC. Daniel Wojcik got a plaque for the contribution of his time to the club. 1990... The Ottawa Deaf Curling Club entered its third decade of existence under Dennis Racine's second term as the Club President. Congratulations to Bruce Ullett on defending his league championship crown in four consective years. We were glad that his team was the worst rink in the playoff competition. The new playoff Championship went to the rink of Skip Daniel Luedee. Les Sicoli organized a party to raise some money. The ODCC curlers got a mug of "Deaf Oktoberfest" free at the party with German food - sausages and saucerkraut. Les Sicoli agreed to be the author of the second ODCC handbook. He did it in 1982 and struggled to gather all the ODCC records and its history. We replaced the battered trophies with two new cups - the Founders' Cup for the league championship and the President's Cup for the playoff championship. The 10th annual banquet was held at the Cathy House Restaurant, 228 Albert St., with a delicious Chinese food buffet. Ron Bell was the 1990 sportsmanship curler of the year recipient. Kari Raffler walked away with two awards the Colleen Kenny and William Manuel. She shared the prizes with Betty Ann and Marshall Whiting. 1991... The league played at Rideau Curling Club, with Les Sicoli dominating. Ironically, Les did not rule the playoffs, which went to Gerald Richardson, At the annual awards held in Sun Kwong restaurant, Phil Parker was presented with a framed certificate for his unselfish service. For the third time, The ODCC hosted the Ontario Deaf Curling Championships under the chairmanship of Les Sicoli. The Ottawa rink, skipped by Les Sicoli, won the men's championship with scores of 6 and 1. Marilyn McCarthy of London broke the Ottawa Woman's rink dominance. She was the first non-Ottawan to represent Ontario at the Canadian Championships The McCarthy and Sicoli teams competed but did not advance to the championships in the XII World Winter Games of the Deaf demonstration at Banff, Alberta. 1992... The ODCC found a new home after curling at the Rideau Curling Club for 5 years. Located at Uplands Air Force Base, the Hyland Curling Club expanded to 11 rinks. Daniel Luedee's rink won the 1992 league cup. After 13 years of frustration, president Bruce Ullett finally saw his name gloriously engraved on the playoffs cup. Carol Wojcik and her crew of Roch Cote, Ron Bell and Dennis Racine won the Michael Perry trophy in winning the closing season bonspiel. The Christmas party was held with the popular annual Yankee Gift Exchange. President Bruce Ullett accepted the worst gift and declared it would not be used. Bruce ullett's rink won the Ontario Deaf Men's Curling Championship at Gananoque and he represented the new Northern Ontario team. Colleen Kenny bounced back at the Ontario women's representative in the Canadian Deaf Curling Championships. The ODCC took over the 14th Canadian Deaf Curling Championship from London, Ontario. In the Canadian Disabled Winter Games, played at the RA Centre in March 1992, Bruce Ullett and Colleen Kenny had their bad luck again. Tony Hebert and his committee worked hard to make the championships successful. 1993... The ODDC was bumped off the Uplands Air Force Base. President, Bruce Ullett led the players to a temporary home at the RA Centre and the Curl-O-Dome. Playing on Saturdays, 1993 was a great year for Andre Guillemette who dominated the ODCC in league and the playoffs. The flu bug hit almost all who attended the Christmas Party. The awards and banquet were held at the Cathay Restaurant. Bruce Ullett and his rink, Andre Guillemette, Les Sicoli and Dennis Racine won the Northern Ontario title at Leamington, Ontario. Les Sicoli was the only ODCC volunteer in the 1993 Labatt's Brier, selling beer. In Vancouver, British Columbia, Bruce Ullett's rink beat Saskatchewan 5-4 in the gold medal game of the CDCC. The Northern Ontario broke the dominance by Western Canada's over 15 years. Eastern Canada celebrated the victory. Andre Guillemette, Les Sicoli, Dennis Racine and Daniel Wojcik were greeted by 60 people on landing at the Ottawa Airport. With his fame, Bruce and Theresa Ullett took a vacation in Hawaii. 1994... Celebration of the 15th anniversary. The club moved to the Ottawa Curl-O-Dome and played on Friday nights. The league shrank to six teams. Bruce Ullett ruled the ODCC again, but not on ice. It was his third term as President. Les Sicoli's rink easily claimed the league championship, but got eliminated from the playoffs, when Dennis Racine's rink as the underdogs standing last in the league, won the cup, beating Daniel Luedee and his rink 8-5. Tony Hebert passed away on December 8, 1993. His leadership was missed in curling. The money of $775 was raised to purchase the trophy case in his memory. Representing Northern Ontario at the Canadian Deaf Curling Championships held in St. John's Newfoundland, Bruce Ullett, Les Sicoli, Andre Guillemette and Dennis Racine won the silver medal after losing to Alberta. 1995... (Bruce Ullett , President again for the fifth year term) The teams were reduced to 6 teams from 8 at Nepean Sportsplex on Tuesday nights at 9:00 p.m. It was pretty late for curlers to play at that time for working next day. That was why the teams were reduced. Les Sicoli's rink won both titles (League and Playoff). Sicoli's rink beat Ullett's rink 8 to 6 in the championship game. Annual Banquet and Awards night was held at Canadian Force Base (CFB), Leitrim. Sicoli's rink was fifth time both league and playoff titles which received two trophies. New first Annual BowlCurlDart Event played three different sport games (bowling, curling and dart) under one roof at R.A. Centre in one day in March. They had 8 teams; the chairman was Les Sicoli. The champion was Bruce Ullett (Captain), Bruce Gregory, Marshall Whiting and Billie Richardson. This was a first unique event. ODCC hosted 17th Ontario Deaf Curling Championship, held at Granite Curling Club. Four men teams were participated with no women's teams. Bruce Ullett's rink won for Northern Ontario title for the five consecutive years. Northern Ontario (Bruce Ullett, Andre Guillemette, Les Sicoli and Dennis Racine) rink won the bronze medal at 17th Canadian Deaf Curling Championship in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. They beat defending champ, Alberta 7-0 in fourth end. NO.'s Dennis Racine won the All-Star Lead. Christmas Curling Sunday Brunch was held at Hurley's Restaurant in Bells Corners. As well as the Christmas Yankee gift exchange, many good prize draws were also presented. Sheila Lennon wore a Santa Claus suit. First Charity Casino was held at the Granite Curling Club in March. The proceeds went to Northern Ontario's rink to participate in CDCC. The casino had been held yearly. Bruce Ullett, Andre Guillemette, Les Sicoli and Dennis Racine won Division "C" Champion (hearing league). At the Men's Closing Banquet, they received "C" trophy and nice white sweatshirts. 1996...(Other sixth term as President to Bruce Ullett). The teams were increased to eight from six. Curled on Friday at 5:00 p.m. at the new site of Granite Curling Club of West Ottawa. They are still using with the leaque and playoff games. The new standings were "A" and "B" format teams. Northern Ontario's rink (Bruce Ullett, Andre Guillemette, Les Sicoli and Dennis Racine) won the second straight bronze medals again at 18th Canadian Deaf Curling Champsionships in Cataraqui Golf and Country Club in Kingston. They beat defending champ, Manitoba with lowest score 3-2 in the tie-breaker game but they lost to Quebec, Mike Raby 7-5 in the semi-final game. Quebec team won the first CDCC champ to beat British Columbia 5-4 in the extra 11th end. Quebec team was ODCC members, Mike Raby, Mike McNulty and Michel Cyr. Other was non-member, Damien Hum of Montreal. ODCC was very proud that seven ODCC members won the medals (3 for Quebec) and (four for Northern Ontario). 1997...(Bruce Ullett elected as President again for seven consecutive years) They had eight rinks and curled at Granite Curling Club on Fridays. No longer with "A" and "B" format system. Other new game was "Double-Rinks Competition". This competition was the two rinks became the partner teams to play against opponent partner teams. When the games were over, the partner teams made two-teams total score points. The two partner team's winners to Mike Raby's and Bruce Ullett's rinks. It was one-year trail basis. Three Ottawa men teams went to Guelph for participating in 18th Ontario Deaf Curling Championships in November. Again, Bruce Ullett's rink won the title to beat Toronto's Roy Phillipott's rink 8-2. Ottawa's Danny Luedee's rink and John Homes' rink were also participated. ODCC hosted the first Ontario Deaf Mixed Curling Championship at Rideau Curling Club in January with only two teams participated. Ottawa's Danny Luedee's rink beat Kingston, Chris Platt's rink by 2-1 in the three games in series. The 19th Canadian Deaf Curling Championships in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba. Northern Ontario's rink (Bruce Ullett, Andre Guillemette, Les Sicoli, Dennis Racine and Mike Raby as a coach) won the silver medals, was beaten by Manitoba, Rick Wintonyk in the championship game. Northern Ontario finished in the first place in the round-robin games with 8 wins and two lost. Dennis Racine won the All Star Lead for the second time. Northern Ontario Mixed team (Danny Luedee, Judith Philipott, Todd Tobin and Lydia Desloges) won the silver medal to beat Ontario Team (Kingston). Manitoba won the gold medal by automatically with no loss in the round robin games. Lydia Desloges won the Female Sportsmanlike Curler Award. Todd Tobin won the Hot Shot Competiton for the second position group and got a nice Pace Setter curling jacket. Ontario Mixed team (Ottawa/Kingston), Chris Platt, Eugene Fowler and Russell Koshowski, fifth of Kingston and Gloria Sicoli, Colleen Kenny and Sheila Lennon, fifth of Ottawa won the bronze medals. ODCC members won the 11 medals in the 19th CDCC. Les and Gloria Sicoli flew home with the tired curlers in Greyhound Air from Winnipeg. The stewardness gave them two free Greyhound air tickets. They flew to Calgary and drove a rental car to Banff, Jasper, Vancouver and Victoria, B.C. in September for one and half week vacation. Lucky Couple!!! When the 19th CDCC was ended, three days later, Portage La Prairie and Winnipeg area got a very bad snow blizzard with 40 cm of snow. Then in few weeks later, there was a very bad flooding. At the general meeting at Granite Curling Club made a motion and approved that they will host 24th Canadian Deaf Curling Championships in Ottawa in March 2002. Abig successful 3rd BowlCurlDart Event had 12 teams (two more than last year). Winners to Linda Fortus (Captain), Andre Pavelich, Chris Gorman and Robin Gorman. Many merchanize prizes were presented. Les Sicoli and Bruce Ullett made to host "Let's Make a Deal" Game. Everyone enjoyed themselves. Curling Banquet and Awards Nite was held at a new hall at CFB Leitrim. First new cash prizes were prsented instead of the individual trophies/plaques. The hearing bartender was very busy because the curlers ordered many B-52 drinks. Danny Luedee's rink won the League and Playoff champion trophies. Bruce Ullett's rink and Mike Raby's rink received the cash prizes of Double-Rinks Competition winners. 1998...(Bruce Ullett was the 8th year term as a President - When will he retire the President position?) Had eight teams at Granite Curling Club on Fridays. No longer with Double-Rinks Competition. Leaque Champion winners to Mike Raby, Mike McNulty and Randy McMahon. Playoff Champion winners to Danny Luedee, Sam Saab, Joanne Robinson and Marcel Ferron. Ottawa's Andre Guillemette's team beat Chris Platt of Kingston 2-0 in Quinte Curling Club in Belleville in November for Ontario Deaf Curling Championship. No ladies teams participated. Two Ottawa Mixed teams were participated in Ontario Deaf Mixed Curling Championship in Nepean in November. Danny Luedee, Lois McIntyre, Todd Tobin and Lydia Desloges' rink beat Roch Cote, Colleen Kenny, Randy McMahon and Cynda Bileski's rink 2-0. In 20th Canadian Deaf Curling Championships in Winnipeg in March. Northern Ontario (Andre Guillemette, Mike Raby, Les Sicoli, Dennis Racine and Bruce Ullett, a fifth) won the second straight silver medals. They lost by the defeating champion, Rick Wintonyk of Manitoba 6-4. The Bisons stole two points in the last end but was very hottest game. Northern Ontario Mixed team, Danny Luedee failed to win the medals and finished in the fourth place. Andre Guillemette (Skip), Mike Raby (Vice-Skip) and Les Sicoli (Second) won the Hot Shot Competition and received the nice blue and white Pace Setter curling jackets. Mike Raby also won the All Star Vice-Skip. Next 21st CDCC will be held in Edmonton, Alberta. At the Canadian Deaf Curling Associated general meeting declared that Whitehouse, Yukon will host 22nd CDCC in 2001. That means Yukon (deaf club) is the first host in any national level curling championships (like Brier, Scotts Tournament of Hearts, Mixed champ and Junior champs). The 4th BowlCurlDart Event was held at Nepean Sportsplex curling rink and Merivale Bowling Lanes for bowling and dart. Winners were Mike Raby of Buckingham, Quebec, Damian Hum, Carol Southam and Giuseppe Fulginiti. This event had 8 teams. Dinner reception was also at bowling lanes. Curling Banquet and Awards Nite was at Granite Curling Club was right after the championship game. It was a very exciting championship game. The fans watched Danny Luedee's rink and Gerald Richardson's rink. Last place finishes, Richardson's rink made to enter the final game. The score was tied 7-7 in the seventh end. The last 8th end, Danny was hammered to throw his last rock into the house to win. Chinese buffet was served. Mike Raby's rink got the President's Cup (League Champion) and Danny Luedee's rink got the Founder's Cup (Playoff Champion). Lydia Desloges won the Female Sportsmanlike Curler Award for her second straight years. The Male Sportsmanslike Curler Awards winners to Mike Raby and Phil parker (tied). They took a small farewell for Lydia Desloges who was moving to Winnipeg in July. Her job was transferred to Winnipeg. Very greatest party. Andre Guillemette, Bruce Ullett, Les Sicoli and Dennis Racine won the strongest Division "A" Championship (Tuesday's hearing league). At the Men's Closing Banquet, they received "Tubman Funeral Homes 'A" Trophy and got nice round silver trays. Also they got an special invitation from the hearing mixed league's Mixed Club Banquet next night. A chairperson announced that this team won the Division "A" Champion and won the silver medals at 20th CDCC in Winnipeg. ODCC hosted its first family picnic at Ullett's cottage near Calalogie. The picnic was successful with approx. 40 people in attendance. The weather was very hot. 1999..."20th ODCC Anniversary" Same curling site at Granite Curling Club pas four years. Had eight rinks. Before the regular games ended, four teams fought to catch for the first place and the other four teams to get avoid to finish in the last place. Mike Raby - Skip, Michel Cyr, Lois McIntyre and Andre Pavelich finished in the first place and received President's Cup (League Champion). Unfortunately Raby's team lost in the championsip game; they were beaten by Phil Parker's team - Michael McNulty, Marcel Ferron and Janice McLaren. They won the Playoff Champion and grabbed the Founder's Cup. After the game, there was a Banquet and Awards Nite with the delicious Chinese buffet to be served. The 5th BowlCurlDart '99 Event - the champion team was Dennis Racine, Captain, Andre Guillemette, Mike Raby and Carrie Loucks. The 10 teams were entried. Andre Guillemette - Skip, Dennis Racine, Roch Cote, Todd Tobin and Bruce Ullett were on the Men Team, the Mixed team was to Les Sicoli - Skip, Colleen Eramchuk, her newlywed hubby, Dennis Eramchuk and Gloria Sicoli. They were participated in 21st Canadian Deaf Curling Championships in Edmonton, Alberta. They all went and tourned the World's largest mall - West Edmonton Mall. It was huge! Bruce Ullett was a delegate at Canadian Deaf Curling Association's Annual Meeting. He made a bid for hosting the 26th CDCC in Ottawa in 2004. All the delegates were favored by acclamation. A quote from 21st CDCC newsletter of "A Record Setting Event". On the main and upper floors with over 200 fans stopped drinking, eating, talking or laughing to watch the intense to the rock 13-ender battle between the Mixed teams, Northern Ontario, Les Sicoli's rink and Alberta Ken Taylor's rink. It became the longest game in CDCC's history. Northern Ontario won by 9-8. This game broke the 18 years old with 12-end record set by Alberta's John Burton with Les Sicol's older brother, Peter and Saskatchwan's Robert Holst in the year of 1981 in Winnipeg. Neal Bird of Yukon and Lori Fraser of Nova Scotia met at last year's CDCC in Winnipeg. They decided to have an impromptu wedding ceremony after the championship's games. The bride and groom wore their curling jackets and shoes. They walked through the red roll of carpet on the ice sheet while the provincial curlers held curling brooms raised in the air. It was the first CDCC history. Northern Ontario Men team won the bronze medal. Unfortunately Les' team finished at the fourth place. On October 1999, the Ottawa Deaf Curling Club celebrated its 20th Anniversary. Les Sicoli was the editor for the third edition of the ODCC handbook. Also, he would like to thank Carol Southam and Gloria Sicoli for their contributions and assisted with the handbook and to Allan Weiss for his editorial assistance. ODCC would celebrate its "Happy 20th Anniversary Party" at the Granite Curling Club of West Ottawa on the 15th day of October. There would be refreshments with an anniversary cake to be served after the game. Les Sicoli would distribute the handbooks at the party. Hopefully the old former curlers and non-curlers would also attend to this special party. ODCC had a total of 114 curlers over the past 20 years. Gerald Richardson and Bruce Ullett were the longest active curlers for 20 years. Dennis Racine and Bruce Ullett were the longest board members for 13 years.
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