44th ANNUAL MANITOBA TEACHERS’ SOCIETY BONSPIEL
February 24, 25 &26, 2012
Hosted by the Western Teachers’ Association
Morden Curling Club – 327 2nd Street
Morden, Manitoba
ENTRY FEE: $175 per rink (Includes 4 tickets for Dinner)
INFORMATION can be obtained from your local president or:
Dawn Rigaux
460 9th Street North, Telephone: 1-204-823-1175
Morden, MB Email: westernpres@hotmail.com
R6M 1M5
Include names of curlers on the official entry form and submit by Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Entry forms are available from your association president
All entries must be authorized by local association in accordance with the Rules Governing Play (below)
ACCOMMODATIONS are available at either:
MORDEN MOTOR INN: SUPER 8 MOTEL:
780 Thornhill Street 3010 Thornhill Street
Morden, MB, R6M1G3 MORDEN, MB., R6M 1A2
1-877-376-1769 1-204-822-2003
REGISTRATION DETAILS:
Friday, February 24th, 2012 from 4:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Morden Curling Club, 327 2nd Street
Morden, MB, Phone: 823-1175
DETAILS FOR : “Dinner and Social Evening”
Where- Morden Curling Club
When- Cocktails at 6 pm and Dinner at 7 pm
Costs- 4 tickets for Saturday’s Dinner
Will be included in registration fee.
Extra tickets are $25 each
Rules governing play:
a) Up to and including the deadline, each association is entitled to one entry. If all available rinks are not filled more than 1 rink from each association may be accepted.
b) One member from each association need not be a member of the Society; however, all other members must be members of the Society and the same teacher association. The rink must be skipped by one of the teacher members. Retired teachers may also curl with active teachers with no restrictions on position or numbers.
c) Curlers acting as substitutes for teacher-members must be members in good standing with The Manitoba Teachers’ Society. Retired teachers can also act as substitutes.
d) Associate members (staff and students) of the organizations are allowed to enter one rink each with representation open to all associate members in the respective teacher education institutions: the Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba; the Faculty of Education, Brandon University; la Faculté d’éducation du Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface; the Teacher Education Division, Red River College; and the University of Winnipeg, B.Ed. Program. Students must curl with their respective teacher education institution.
e) The Retired Teachers’ Association of Manitoba (RTAM) is entitled to one entry. Additional entries from RTAM are at the discretion of the host association.
f) In all cases, entries must be submitted through the association president, RTAM president or in the case of the teacher education institutions named in (d), through the chief elected official of the student government responsible for verifying each curler’s eligibility.
g) Each rink must have two women and two men with members of each sex playing alternate positions.
h) Substitution is allowed only at the discretion of the host association.
i) Substitute curlers must be of the same sex as the missing curler(s). In no case shall any participant in the current bonspiel act as a substitute curler. Substitutes can also be retired teachers.
j) A maximum of two substitute curlers per rink per game is allowed.
k) Any substitute curler must be approved by the host association’s curling committee before the game in which the substitute(s) is/are to play begins.
l) Where no substitute curler is available as authorized by the rules governing The Manitoba Teachers’ Bonspiel, the local teachers’ association rules committee has the power to authorize a rink to proceed in play with three players.
m) Notwithstanding (a) to (f) above, the central office staff shall be allowed to enter one rink into the bonspiel. In the event that the central office rink wins first place in the first event, the first event runners-up will represent the Society at any national championship.
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