Toronto Crokinole Club

Toronto Crokinole Tournament

2009-05-26T12:41:00.001-07:00

The Toronto Crokinole Club hosted the first-ever Toronto Crokinole Tournament on Saturday, May 23rd. Twenty players took part in the one-day event, including crokinole enthusiasts from Belleville, Hamilton, London, and Peterborough. After competing in a random rotation, the top-scoring players advanced to Pool A and the bottom-scoring players advanced to Pool B. The top three players in each pool advanced to the finals, where they competed in a round-robin format to determine the winner.

The results:

POOL A:

(RANK - NAME - POINTS - TWENTIES)

1 - Brian Cook - 65 - 103

2 - Joe Fulop - 61 - 82

3 - Marlin Lichti - 50 - 91

4 - Fred Slater - 45 - 98

5 - Kent Robinson - 44 - 85

6 - Justin Slater - 41 - 102

7 - Jason Hogan - 38 - 71

8 - Jake Ruggi - 37 - 75

9 - Paul Crowley - 36 - 65

10 -Dave Brown - 36 - 60

POOL A FINAL:

(RANK - NAME - POINTS - TWENTIES)

1- Brian Cook - 12 - 18

2 - Marlin Lichti - 6 - 16

3 - Joe Fulop - 6 - 13

POOL B:

(RANK - NAME - POINTS - TWENTIES)

1 - Eric Miltenburg - 54 - 75

2 - Jason Carter - 52 - 62

3 - Brian Miltenburg - 51 - 82

4 - George Cook - 48 - 52

5 - Clare Kuepfer - 47 - 63

6 - Louis Gauthier - 46 - 66

7 - Matt Brown - 38 - 72

8 - Greg Matthison - 38 - 48

9 - Tom Doucette - 37 - 41

10 - Chris Gorsline - 29 - 49

POOL B FINAL:

(RANK - NAME - POINTS - TWENTIES)

1 - Brian Miltenburg - 11 - 27

2 - Jason Carter - 8 - 16

3 - Eric Miltenburg - 5 - 12

Congratulations to all of our winners! And thanks to everybody who came out and participated in a great afternoon of crokinole. Cheers!

Final Rankings

2009-05-13T11:34:00.000-07:00

After 12 matches, we've reached the end of the 2008/2009 season. Congratulations to Brian Cook, Fred Slater, and Eric Miltenburg for taking the top three spots on the leaderboard.

FINAL RANKINGS:

1 - Brian Cook

2 - Fred Slater

3 - Eric Miltenburg

4 - Derek Hale

5 - Justin Slater

6 - George Cook

7 - Warren Dowhaniuk

8 - Ted Nunan

9 - Rob Hale

10 - Stephanie Banks

11 - Tom Doucette

12 - Paul Crowley

Thanks to everybody who came out to support our new club and participate in some great games of crokinole. Keep reading this blog for news about our upcoming 2009/2010 season starting in the fall.

May points

2009-05-13T11:18:00.000-07:00

Our final match of the 2008/2009 season took place on Tuesday, May 12th at the Ferret and Firkin. The race for second place came down to a three-point difference between Eric Miltenburg and Fred Slater.

The results:

(NAME - POINTS - TWENTIES)

Fred Slater - 38 - 80

Eric Miltenburg - 35 - 82

Brian Cook - 34 - 107

Justin Slater - 31 - 77

Derek Hale - 26 - 80

George Cook - 26 - 60

Tom Doucette - 19 - 63

Stephanie Banks - 15 - 64

This marks the end of our regular season. We'll be posting the club rankings in the near future. Check back to see where you finished!

April points

2009-04-27T09:55:00.000-07:00

Thanks to everybody who skipped the first day of patio season to attend our April 25th match at the Ferret and Firkin. The race for second place is heating up (no pun intended) as we near the end of the season.

The results:

(NAME - POINTS - TWENTIES)

Eric Miltenburg - 38 - 61

Brian Cook - 36 - 73

Justin Slater - 35 - 56

Fred Slater - 30 - 60

Derek Hale - 29 - 55

Ted Nunan - 23 - 43

Tom Doucette - 21 - 44

George Cook - 14 - 50

Our last match of the season takes place on Tuesday, May 12th, at the Ferret and Firkin. Hope to see you there!

Happy Easter!

2009-04-27T09:50:00.000-07:00

Thanks to everybody who came out to our April 14th match at the Ferret and Firkin. The results:

(NAME - POINTS - TWENTIES)

Brian Cook - 39 - 81

Eric Miltenburg - 37 - 77

Warren Dowhaniuk - 29 - 69

Joe Fulop - 26 - 37

Paul Crowley - 24 - 63

Fred Slater - 23 - 58

George Cook - 22 - 62

Tom Doucette - 18 - 52

Congratulations!

2009-04-07T07:55:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to TCC members Fred Slater and Eric Miltenburg for winning top prizes at the London Crokinole Tournament! Fred won second place in the A division and Eric won first place in the B division. In total, six players from the TCC made the trip to London for the all-day flick-fest. Many people commented on the quality of players from our first-year club, giving us a strong start to the WCL season.

The full results can be viewed on the WCL website: http://www.worldcrokinoleleague.com/ranking.php

Our next regular club match takes place on April 14th at the Ferret and Firkin. Hope to See you there!

World Crokinole League

2009-03-22T12:15:00.000-07:00

The World Crokinole League Tour will run from March to June and include existing and new tournaments. Points will be awarded based on tournament performance, with a league champion crowned at the end of the season.

To qualify for a year-end ranking, players will have to participate in at least three tournaments. Players who participate in more than three tournaments may select their top three scores towards their overall ranking.

Tournaments are considered Regular or Major events on the tour. The points awarded at a Major event will be worth more than the points awarded at a Regular event, to reflect the difficulty level of each tournament.

REGULAR TOURNAMENTS:

LONDON - MARCH 28

WATERLOO - APRIL 18

EXETER - MAY 2

TORONTO - MAY 23

MAJOR TOURNAMENTS:

WORLD CROKINOLE CHAMPIONSHIP - JUNE 6

WORLD CROKINOLE LEAGUE FINALS - JUNE 20

Toronto Crokinole Club members can register for WCL tournaments at any of our regular club events. Also, the TCC will be hosting a WCL tournament at the Global Village English School on May 23rd.

March Madness!

2009-03-22T11:51:00.001-07:00

Thanks to everybody who came out to our March 10th match at the Ferret and Firkin. We used a new 12-player rotation schedule that allowed players to play with every other member once as a partner and twice as an opponent. This schedule (courtesy of Fred Slater) worked better than previous rotation schedules by removing multiple partnerships and repetitive opponent draws.

Brian Cook is still pulling away from the pack, but several people are now in the hunt for second place.

The results:

(NAME - POINTS - TWENTIES)

Brian Cook - 71 - 133

Derek Hale - 59 - 91

Fred Slater - 58 - 109

Justin Slater - 51 - 110

George Cook - 39 - 92

Eric Miltenburg - 36 - 87

Stephanie Banks - 33 - 80

Tom Doucette - 33 - 68

Warren Dowhaniuk - 32 - 94

Paco - 24 - 75

Please note that our March 28th match at the Global Village English School has been cancelled due to a scheduling conflict with the London Crokinole Tournament. Our next match will take place on April 14th at the Ferret and Firkin. Good luck to all of our players attending the London tournament!

February points

2009-03-08T16:20:00.000-07:00

Thanks to everybody who came out to our February match at the Global Village English School.

The results:

(NAME - POINTS - TWENTIES)

Brian Cook - 42 - 70

Tom Doucette - 37 - 51

Fred Slater - 36 - 56

Eric Miltenburg - 34 - 65

Justin Slater - 31 - 64

Warren Dowhaniuk - 31 - 39

Rob Hale - 30 - 40

Derek Hale - 27 - 56

Stephanie Banks - 26 - 47

Ted Nunan - 25 - 32

Paco - 18 - 45

Our next match takes place Tuesday night, 7 pm, at the Ferret and Firkin Pub. Please arrive a little early, if possible, so that we can finish the match in good time. Feel free to bring a friend (or two!).

Club Rankings

2009-02-21T11:50:00.000-08:00

We've reached the mid-point of our season - with six matches behind us and six more to come. We've divided the club rankings into two catergories: full members and guests. Guests can compete in the full member category by upgrading to a full membership at any time.

CLUB RANKINGS:

(FULL MEMBERS)

1 - Brian Cook

2 - Eric Miltenburg

3 - Fred Slater

4 - Derek Hale

5 - George Cook

6 - Justin Slater

7 - Greg Deschamps

8 - David Taylor

9 - Ted Nunan

10 - Stephanie Banks

11 - Kevin Hedley

12 - Rob Hale

13 - Tom Doucette

(GUEST MEMBERS)

1 - Paul Crowley

2 - Warren Dowhaniuk

3 - Dan Taylor

4 - Mike Anderson

5 - Lorne Giacomelli

6 - Adam Brotherwood

7 - Kalle Oanapou

8 - Jean Weese

There are still six matches between now and the World Crokinole Championship in June- plenty of time to climb up the leaderboard!

Ferret and February

2009-02-13T14:02:00.000-08:00

Thanks to everybody who came out to our Tuesday night match at the Ferret and Firkin. After consulting with various club members, we decided to combine the A and B groups into one large group playing on three tables. This gave everybody in the club a chance to play both with and against every other member. The new format seems to be popular and will probably continue at future matches.

The results:

(NAME - POINTS - TWENTIES)

Brian Cook - 60 - 80

Justin Slater - 47 - 68

Eric Miltenburg - 43 - 75

Fred Slater - 42 - 53

Tom Doucette - 40 - 51

Marco - 37 - 61

Stephanie Banks - 36 - 59

George Cook - 36 - 64

Warren Dowhaniuk - 36 - 44

Derek Hale - 31 - 49

Paco - 25 - 40

Our next match takes place on Saturday, February 28th at the Global Village English School. We've reached the mid-point of the season and will be posting overall club rankings before the next match. We'll also be posting information on the first annual Toronto Crokinole Tournament taking place on Saturday, May 23rd. (This tournament will be open to both members and non-members - start practicing!)

TCC at the Ferret & Firkin, Tuesday February 10 7:00

2009-02-08T17:28:00.000-08:00

2nd Tuesday of a cold, hard February -- Booooo!
TCC Crokinole Night at the Ferret! --Yipeeeeee!

The second Tuesday of February is just a few days off and that means another TCC Flickfest is slated for the Ferret and Firkin starting at 7:00.
You are all welcome to come earlier and get your warm up shots in. Someone will be there by 6:30 setting things up. I have some fresh international prospects coming in to beef up the B group. They had their own intramural match recently and are keen to see how they'll measure up against Real Canadian Crokinolers.
There are only 4 short months to go until Tavistock so don't miss this chance to nail down those double takeouts and in-off 20's under match pressure conditions.
... and remember, "The pegs are your friends."

Ferret & Firkin address: 720 Spadina Ave (west side just south of Bloor)

There will also be the latest news on upcoming WCLTournaments.

Looking forward to seeing you Tuesday.

Eric

January points

2009-02-06T13:47:00.000-08:00

Thanks to everybody who came out to our second match of 2009. Brian Cook continues to dominate the scoreboard, but Eric, Fred, and George are slowly catching up. The Hale brothers, on the other hand, seem to be slipping.

The results:

GROUP A:

(NAME - POINTS - TWENTIES)

Brian Cook - 40 - 74

Eric Miltenburg - 34 - 67

Fred Slater - 33 - 56

George Cook - 30 - 47

Justin Slater - 25 - 34

Derek Hale - 23 - 46

Ted Nunan - 23 - 40

Tom Doucette - 16 - 41

GROUP B:

(NAME - POINTS - TWENTIES)

Paul Crowley - 42 - 39

Stephanie Banks - 24 - 36

Marco - 24 - 30

Rob Hale - 22 - 34

Our next match takes place on Tuesday, February 10th at the Ferret and Firkin. Hope to see you there!

New year, new points

2009-01-18T11:24:00.001-08:00

Thanks to everybody who braved the freezing cold on Tuesday to attend our first match of the new year! There were a number of tight races this time around, as reflected on the score board. The results:

GROUP A:

(NAME - POINTS - TWENTIES)

Brian Cook - 43 - 64

Derek Hale - 43 - 52

Justin Slater - 28 - 45

George Cook - 27 - 42

Eric Miltenburg - 27 - 41

Tom Doucette - 20 - 42

Fred Slater - 18 - 35

David Taylor - 18 - 29

GROUP B:

(NAME - POINTS - TWENTIES)

Mike Anderson - 24 - 16

Warren Dowhaniuk - 24 - 13

Adam Brotherwood - 19 - 9

Jean Weese - 0 - 3

Our next match will take place on Saturday, January 31st, at the Global Village English School. For anybody who has missed a match, please remember that we keep track of your statistics and will be able to easily fit you back into the lineup. Also, feel free to bring your crokinole-curious friends: our B group still needs more players!

Happy New Year!

2009-01-07T18:30:00.001-08:00

The 2009 sessions of the TCC are starting up again next Tuesday night at the Ferret and Firkin. For your convenience, we're posting the dates of our remaining 2008/09 matches below. This schedule takes us up to the main event - The World Crokinole Championship!

To accomodate the needs of members with varying work schedules, we will be meeting on the second Tuesday and the last Saturday of every month. The Tuesday night matches will be at the Ferret and Firkin, at 7:00 pm, and the Saturday afternoon matches will be at the Global Village English School, at 1:00 pm.

TUESDAY NIGHTS (FERRET AND FIRKIN):

January 13

February 10

March 10

April 14

May 12

SATURDAY AFTERNOONS (GLOBAL VILLAGE ENGLISH SCHOOL):

January 31

February 28

March 28

April 25

May 23

WORLD CROKINOLE CHAMPIONSHIP (TAVISTOCK):

June 6

We look forward to seeing everybody at our first match next week! Please try to arrive a little early, if possible, so that we can start the match at 7:00 pm.

Holiday points

2008-12-23T13:03:00.000-08:00

Thanks to everybody who came out to our last match of 2008. Due to the holidays, some of our regular members were unable to attend. However, this gave us the perfect number (11) to play a ten-game singles tournament. Once again, Brian Cook managed to take the top spot. We were also pleased to welcome a couple of new players into the club.

The results:

(NAME - POINTS - TWENTIES)

Brian Cook - 71 - 105

Fred Slater - 57 - 72

Eric Miltenburg - 48 - 80

Derek Hale - 46 - 50

Paul Crowley - 45 - 57

George Cook - 36 - 55

Stephanie Banks - 30 - 44

Ted Nunan - 29 - 43

Rob Hale - 28 - 32

Justin Slater - 24 - 43

Tom Doucette - 20 - 39

Happy Holidays! Keep reading this blog for information on our upcoming events for 2009.

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2008-12-07T22:56:00.000-08:00

Catch our last Crokinole meeting before Christmas. The TCC will be holding our semi-monthly match this:

Saturday Dec 13
in the Global Village school, 3rd Floor Lounge
at 180 Bloor St. West (right across from the ROM)

easily accessible by TTC (Get off at St. George, Bay or Museum) or with GreenP parking just behind the building accessible from Bedford Street a block west of Avenue Rd.

Membership: Seasonal: (meets bi-monthly to June) $20 (10 meetings planned)
or Casual: (per meeting) $5

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2008-11-27T16:24:00.000-08:00

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Greetings TCC members. I'd like to welcome newcomers Mike, Kalle, Lorne and Fred, welcome to the club. I believe the general consensus is that Tuesday's match went a little smoother than the first one. We got closer to starting on time for one thing and the Ferret & Firkin appears to be a welcoming and comfortable venue.
We are working out of two virtual venues at the moment, but I managed to figure out how to port the Firkin pictures to this site without having to upload and label things twice; at least, I hope it works when I punch 'Publish.
If anyone discovers any glitches or has any suggestions about anything, not just the blogs, you can either add a comment below or send an email to toronto.crokinole.email@gmail.com.

Thank-you all for helping to make this possible so far and a special thanks to all on the steering committee who have put in time, effort and genius in helping nurture this peculiarly endearing and endearingly peculiar sport. And kudos to Greg Matthison down in the crokinole heartland for posing the question 'Why aren't even more people getting together in more places more often to get more enjoyment out of this game. It's not like Christmas, it doesn't have to happen just once a year.'

Our next visit with Santa Crok is Saturday December 13th in the Global Village 3rd floor lounge at 180 Bloor St W. across from the ROM. 1-4:00 PM
(check earlier posts if you need a map)

Please send an email to confirm you are coming.

Cheers,

Eric Miltenburg

Ferret and Firkin points

2008-11-27T12:57:00.001-08:00

Thanks to everybody who came out to our second match at the Ferret and Firkin on Tuesday night. Based on statistics from our first match, we were able to use a new format that ranked players according to skill level. Players competed in groups of eight, and played both with and against every player in their category. Brian Cook fought off Fred Slater to maintain his position at the top of the leader board.

The current club standings are:

GROUP A:

(NAME - POINTS - TWENTIES)

Brian Cook - 40 - 57

Fred Slater - 39 - 50

George Cook - 31 - 54

Derek Hale - 31 - 46

Juan Jamie - 25 - 45

Tom Doucette - 22 - 36

Ted Nunan - 22 - 32

Rob Hale - 14 - 34

GROUP B:

(NAME - POINTS - TWENTIES)

Eric Miltenburg - 38 - 52

Greg Deschamps - 34 - 39

Filipe Adrian - 24 - 33

Stephanie Banks - 20 - 30

Lorne Giacomelli - 20 - 27

Mike Anderson - 18 - 29

Kalle Ounapou - 16 - 30

Congratulations to Eric Miltenburg, who dominated the B group with 38 points and 52 twenties! Eric will be promoted to the A group for our match on Saturday, December 13th. Keep watching this space for more information.

TCC at the Ferret & Firkin, Tuesday November 25, 6:30 PM

2008-11-22T22:13:00.000-08:00

Tuesday, November 25, 2008 6:30 PM (Game starts at 7:00)
Ferret and Firkin Pub, 720 Spadina (just south of Bloor)

TTC: Get off at Spadina Sta. (on the Bloor line) and walk south on Spadina it's on west side just past the JCC which is at the corner. (If you exit Spadina Sta (Yonge/Spadina line) you'll have a longer walk. 5 mins. as opposed to 2 min.)

Membership: Seasonal: (meets bi-monthly to June) $20 (10 meetings planned)
or Casual: (per meeting) $5

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...more match

2008-11-13T16:40:00.000-08:00

Rob and Kevin vs. Felipe and Ted

My first game: This was my high point
Sixteen 20's ! Thanks partner. :^)
After that I tanked.
Sorry partners :^(

High Score: Brian Cook
Second Place Tie: Tim Hosken and Jake Ruggi

Match points

2008-11-13T16:17:00.000-08:00

Thanks to everybody who came out to our first match on Saturday. After a late start, we played eight games in a "scramble" format that allowed players of all skill levels to compete. Brian Cook - the reigning World Crokinole champion - managed a victory after fighting off some close competition. The current club standings are:

(NAME - POINTS - TWENTIES)

1. Brian Cook - 43 - 79

2. Tim Hosken - 41 - 76

3. Jake Ruggi - 41 - 64

4. Derek Hale - 38 - 61

5. Deanna Ruggi - 36 - 71

6. David Taylor - 36 - 58

7. Juan Jaime - 32 - 48

8. Ted Nunan - 30 - 44

9. Rob Hale - 29 - 43

10. George Cook - 27 - 47

11. Eric Miltenburg - 26 - 64

12. Dan Taylor - 26 - 56

13. Kevin Hedley - 24 - 49

14. Tom Doucette - 24 - 46

15. Filipe Adrian - 21 - 43

16. Takahiro Ono - 20 - 42

Our next match will take place on November 25th. Keep watching this space for more information.

Toronto Club's opening match

2008-11-13T15:08:00.000-08:00

Wayne and Flo vs. Tom and Taka

Jake and Deanna vs. Jaime and ?

Score and Scramble.

Caption? :
"Stop doing that with your finger, you're freaking me out!
What is that? Some kind of Crokinole Voodoo?"

Stephanie and Brian vs. Tim and Dan

George and Derek vs. Eric and Dave

2008-11-05T09:23:00.000-08:00

The inaugural games of The Toronto Crokinole Club will take place at the Global Village English School on the 3rd Floor on Saturday November 8th at 1 pm (till around 5 pm). Come one, come all!

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Crokinole on CBC Radio 1

2008-10-29T18:41:00.000-07:00

click on the link above to hear how Jamie McDonald is agonising. Should he follow his passion to be a writer or follow in his father's footsteps and be a farmer. How will he decide? Simple. Compete at the World Crokinole Championships in Tavistock Ontario!

2008-10-25T23:27:00.000-07:00

... and so it begins. Our first meeting and match of the Toronto Crokinole Club is scheduled to take place in two weeks, Saturday November 08, 2008 beginning at 1:00 pm sharp. We will be meeting at 180 Bloor St. W just across from the ROM, easily accessible by TTC or with GreenP parking just behind the building accessible from Bedford Street a block west of Avenue Rd.
Our aim is to provide the Toronto crokinole enthusiasts with an opportunity to meet with other players in the area. Whether you are a complete novice, a player of average skills or an expert sniper and tactician you will be able to find players on your level to share your enjoyment of playing crokinole, improve your skills and move on to tougher competition . We are planning on running events twice a month.
If you are interested in joining or finding out more about the club send an email to: toronto.crokinole.email@gmail.com for details. Keep an eye on this blog for updates.

Look forward to meeting you over a board

Eric Miltenburg
Toronto Crokinole Club Steering Committee