=====Rochester Curling Club History Archive=====
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====RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 1982====
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This was the inaugural inter-club iteration of the famous Big Pumpkin, which was won by Lloyd Matthews' team from Ottawa.
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**MAIN EVENT**\\ 
**Winner - Ottawa**\\ 
Skip: Lloyd Matthews\\ 
Vice: Mike O'Brien\\ 
Second: Steve Lonsdale\\ 
Lead: Bruce Winston\\ 
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**SECOND EVENT**\\ 
**Winner - Scotland**\\ 
Skip: Margaret Blake\\ 
Vice: Margaret Geddes\\ 
Second: Daphne Kyle\\ 
Lead: Lil Main\\ 
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**THIRD EVENT**\\ 
**Winner - Amherst**\\ 
Skip: Dennis Speller\\ 
Vice: Frank Vassallo\\ 
Second: Dave Yates\\ 
Lead: Wayne Anderson\\ 
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**FOURTH EVENT**\\ 
**Winner - Guelph**\\ 
Skip: Dennis Young\\ 
Vice: Judy Stubbs\\ 
Second: Gary Stubbs\\ 
Lead: Sharon Young\\ 
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**MAIN EVENT**\\ 
**Runners-Up - Rochester**\\ 
Skip: Allen Jensen\\ 
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**SECOND EVENT**\\ 
**Runners-Up - Scotland**\\ 
Skip: Elva Matheson\\ 
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**THIRD EVENT**\\ 
**Runners-Up - Dundas**\\ 
Skip: Trud Park\\ 
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**FOURTH EVENT**\\ 
**Runners-Up - Grimsby**\\ 
Skip: Elfred MacMillan\\ 
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If anyone can help identify the people in these photos, please reach out.  They're all from the Gail Short Collection.
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Gail Short, Pauline Zahniser
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Gail Short
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Pauline Zahniser
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Pauline Zahniser, Gail Short
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Pauline Zahniser, Gail Short
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Carl Barklund as Charlie McCarthy
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Here's the official program for the event:
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Participating teams:
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**Amherst**\\ 
Skip: Dennis Speller\\ 
Vice: Frank Vassallo\\ 
Second: Dave Yates\\ 
Lead: Wayne Anderson\\ 
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**Belleville/Rochester**\\ 
Skip: Helen Beveridge\\ 
Vice: Bill Beveridge\\ 
Second: Barb Brandt\\ 
Lead: John Brandt\\ 
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**Dundas**\\ 
Skip: Trud Park\\ 
Vice: Betty Park\\ 
Second: Dick Sendall\\ 
Lead: Lucille Sendall\\ 
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**Grimsby**\\ 
Skip: Elfred MacMillan\\ 
Vice: Joyce MacMillan\\ 
Second: Syd Melbourne\\ 
Lead: Ceris Melbourne\\ 
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**Guelph**\\ 
Skip: Dennis Young\\ 
Vice: Judy Stubbs\\ 
Second: Gary Stubbs\\ 
Lead: Sharon Young\\ 
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**Ottawa**\\ 
Skip: Lloyd Matthews\\ 
Vice: Mike O'Brien\\ 
Second: Steve Lonsdale\\ 
Lead: Bruce Winston\\ 
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**Scotland 1**\\ 
Skip: Margaret Blake\\ 
Vice: Margaret Geddes\\ 
Second: Daphne Kyle\\ 
Lead: Lil Main\\ 
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**Scotland 2**\\ 
Skip: Elva Matheson\\ 
Vice: Sheila Miller\\ 
Second: Helen Murdoch\\ 
Lead: Margaret Scott\\ 
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**St. Catharines**\\ 
Skip: Jim Hanson\\ 
Vice: Pat Hanson\\ 
Second: Phil Sciamonte\\ 
Lead: Di Schiamonte\\ 
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**Utica**\\ 
Skip: Ed Bonham\\ 
Vice: Barb Bonham\\ 
Second: Dick Trosset\\ 
Lead: Robbie Trosset\\ 
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**Woodstock**\\ 
Skip: Bob Birch\\ 
Vice: Jeff Malcum\\ 
Second: Rob Hagen\\ 
Lead: Mike Werby\\ 
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**Rochester 1**\\ 
Skip: John Wright\\ 
Vice: Helen Wright\\ 
Second: Vern Saunders\\ 
Lead: Pauline Saunders\\ 
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**Rochester 2**\\ 
Skip: Margie Park\\ 
Vice: Shirley Van Cuyck\\ 
Second: Sue Smith\\ 
Lead: Marilyn Assenato\\ 
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**Rochester 3**\\ 
Skip: Allen Jensen\\ 
Vice: John Jensen\\ 
Second: Adair Jensen\\ 
Lead: George Dascoulias\\ 
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**Rochester 4**\\ 
Skip: Mike Bennett\\ 
Vice: Greg Smith\\ 
Second: Wayne Ingalls\\ 
Lead: Dave Etter\\ 
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**Rochester 5**\\ 
Skip: Carl Barklund\\ 
Vice: Paula Zahniser\\ 
Second: Barb Platner\\ 
Lead: Gail Short\\ 
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