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Passion for CUPliNg Scugog Township offers some wonderful venues for sports - such as picturesque lakeside baseball diamonds and tennis courts, a fantastic two-pad arena and very busy curling rink facility. Many local residents enjoy the winter sport of curling on a regular basis and one such person is Carol Jackson of Port perry w who has been curling for the past 30 yea: Carol has just come off a impressive and winning season and sat down with Focus on Scugog to reminisce about her curling career. “While at Durham College, in 1979, one of my classmates made a presenta- tion on curling and I was intrigued,” Carol said. She was nearing the end of her degree in sports administration and decided curling was a sport she would like to pursue. “My mother was a curler, and sug- gested I join the Port Perry Curling Club, a club to which she also belong In 1980 Carol married Dave Jackson, of Mother Jackson’s (who can ever forget those butter tarts) only to learn that her new mother-in-law was also an avid curler. She began her curling in the business ladies league, she soon moved to the day ladies league. “My mother in-law (Mar- jorie Jackson) mentioned to fel- low curler Laurel Griffen, that I would be interested in curling competitively. And that is how I got start For those of us who are not curlers here are a few of the facts, which will help you un- derstand the game. Each team consists of four players - a skip, a vice, a second and a lead. The big heavy thing they throw is a ‘rock’ and the things they use to direct the ‘rock’ are called brooms (although they look more like Swiffers). ‘he Ontario Curling Associa: tion OCA ) offers many competi throughout the year for anyone aan ed. The province, is split into 16 zones, (excluding the far north). TM HORTONS PHY PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIP 2008 Carol Jackson, skip, is seen here at right, with teammates Lara Davis-Cook, second, Karyn Issler and Becky Philpott, lead, after winning the Provincial Championship this year. a EST WESTERN lye WOn MEN PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONS ap Port Perry's Carol Jackson with banner. Photo by: When participating in OCA events two winners from each zone competition advance to one of four regional compe- titions. Two winners from each of the four Regional competitions advance to a Provincial final. In 2003 Carol won her first provincial competition. Along with Kelly Evans as skip, Andrea Lamb, second, and Heather Burnside, lead, the foursome won the OCA Provincial “Trophy” competition. “We were all extremely proud,” Carol said as she smiled. In 2006, Carol entered a team from Port Perry, Liz Winters, Louise Haugen and Lynda Powell in the OCA “Senior Ladies” competition that made it to the Provincial finals. In 2007, she was on the Senior Ladies team from Brampton and made it to the provincials finals. She also skipped a team out of the Guelph Curling Club that won the OCA Provincial “Interme- diate” title that year. Winning became second nature for Carol, but she was extremely proud this year qualifying for four Provincials. Her first was with a team from Port Perry, consisting of herself, Gretchen Cornish, Pleast turn to page 47 FOCUS - MAY 2009 47