{"id":73126,"date":"2025-04-07T08:28:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T12:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=73126"},"modified":"2025-04-07T08:28:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T12:28:54","slug":"wawa-mens-75th-annual-curling-bonspiel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/07\/wawa-mens-75th-annual-curling-bonspiel\/","title":{"rendered":"Wawa Men\u2019s 75th Annual Curling Bonspiel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Wawa Men&#8217;s Annual Bonspiel was held from March 28-30, 2025, with 18 teams participating. Thanks to Club President Jim Hoffmann and Secretary-Treasurer Andy Stevens, who organized the event.\u00a0 Thanks to all the participants, Pat and her crew for a great meal, the ladies who BBQ&#8217;d the steaks, the volunteers at the Registration Desk and at the Random Prize table, the refreshment and food servers, the ice sweepers, members of Wawa Men\u2019s Curling, and the staff at the Community Centre.<\/p>\n<p>A BIG thank you to all the teams, both local and those from out of town.\u00a0 Ten of the 18 teams were local. Many teams have participated in previous bonspiels, and it was nice to welcome new teams.\u00a0 The event celebrated the 75<sup>th<\/sup> Men\u2019s Curling Bonspiel with a Friday Night Shrimp Fest and Chicken Wings on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>A great weekend of curling and socializing.<\/p>\n<p>A special thank you to our many generous sponsors who support the program and allow the Club to host a top-notch event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2025 Men&#8217;s Curling Bonspiel Winners<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.21.11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-73129\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.21.11-600x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.21.11-600x169.png 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.21.11-300x84.png 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.21.11-768x216.png 768w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.21.11-1536x432.png 1536w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.21.11.png 1714w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.21.24.png\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-73128\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.21.24-600x164.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.21.24-600x164.png 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.21.24-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.21.24-768x210.png 768w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.21.24-1536x420.png 1536w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.21.24.png 1704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.21.58.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-73127\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.21.58-600x167.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.21.58-600x167.png 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.21.58-300x83.png 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.21.58-768x213.png 768w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.21.58-1536x427.png 1536w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.21.58.png 1698w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Brookfield Sportmanship Award was won by Team Fahrer (Wawa), the Early Bird was won by\u00a0 Team Barrette, and the Door Prize was won by Team Glibota of SSM.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wawa Curling Club News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 2025 Curling Season was very busy with Ladies League at 13 teams, the Mixed League had 13 teams and the Men\u2019s League had 8 teams.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2024 Ron MacLeod, Curling Trainer from Soo Curlers held clinics for Youth on Friday and Adults on Saturday. Thank you for your continued support.<\/p>\n<p>Then in February a Two (2) Person Doubles Funspiel was held and in March, a Triples Curling Funspiel was organized.\u00a0 These are one (1) day events with a social and catered meal by Pat Harron and crew.<\/p>\n<p>All of the Clubs held exciting Bonspiels. Also, thank you to JJAM Radio and Wawa-News.com for their coverage of curling statistics and special curling events.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wawa Men&#8217;s Annual Bonspiel was held from March 28-30, 2025, with 18 teams participating. 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