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​Off the Broom – Local team wins Palmerston bonspiel

Anne BurtonBy: Anne Burton  January 27, 2025
​Off the Broom – Local team wins Palmerston bonspiel
Kincardine’s Shelley Dechene, Jenny Showalter and Lesley MacGregor, along with a friend from Cambridge, Karen Burlew, curled in the Barb Dobson bonspiel in Palmerston a week ago and came home winners. They were using this as a preparatory bonspiel, as all four ladies will be travelling to Scotland to curl in the international week of curling in Inverness.

Now in its 58th year, the Highland Week of International Curling will be held in Inverness, Scotland, during the first week of March. In 2024, the local team of Doug and Shelley Dechene and Alex and Lesley MacGregor, attended for their first time. This year, that foursome had friends who were also interested in attending so two separate requests were put in in and both were accepted.

There are 36 international teams competing from Canada, the United States, Switzerland, Norway, Scotland and any other country that is accepted into the 36 teams. All are guaranteed six games. After four games, teams are placed into different divisions and continue to compete until the winner of each division is crowned. The curlers stay at the Kingsmill Hotel where they experience excellent hospitality which includes a morning buffet and grand evening dinners along with entertainment, nightly. A truly wonderful experience!

This year, Doug and Shelley will be joined by Jenny Showalter, all of the Kincardine Curling Club, and Karen Burlew of the Galt Curling Club. Alex and Lesley MacGregor of the Kincardine Curling Club will be joined by Dave and Leslie MacGregor who curl out of the Bobcaygeon Curling Club. Wishing these eight participants good luck, good curling and good times.



Lesley MacGregor (left), Karen Burlew, Jenny Showalter and Shelley Dechene win the Barb Dobson bonspiel in Palmerston

Our mixed bonspiel, to be held Feb. 1, is full; while the ladies spiel, set for March 1, still has some openings.

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