https://rcchistory.org/ 2026-05-29T22:41:17+00:00 https://rcchistory.org/ https://rcchistory.org/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/images/favicon.ico text/html 2023-06-15T09:45:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rcchistory.org/doku.php?id=bonspiels:rcc:inter:pumpkin:1980&rev=1686836757&do=diff Rochester Curling Club History Archive RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 1980 Gail Short Metro & Connie Fedorchuk, and unknown man with a gun Mike Bennett, Barb Platner, and Nels Bond Paula Zahniser, Gail Short, Barb Brandt, and Marion Naulin text/html 2023-09-21T20:33:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rcchistory.org/doku.php?id=bonspiels:rcc:inter:pumpkin:1981&rev=1695342795&do=diff Rochester Curling Club History Archive RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 1981 The first official Big Pumpkin occurred in 1981 as an intraclub event, but was such a success, it became an very popular international event. Despite the guy in blackface here . . . text/html 2024-06-23T17:46:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rcchistory.org/doku.php?id=bonspiels:rcc:inter:pumpkin:1982&rev=1719179172&do=diff Rochester Curling Club History Archive RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 1982 This was the inaugural inter-club iteration of the famous Big Pumpkin, which was won by Lloyd Matthews' team from Ottawa. MAIN EVENT Winner - Ottawa text/html 2024-06-23T17:29:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rcchistory.org/doku.php?id=bonspiels:rcc:inter:pumpkin:1983&rev=1719178168&do=diff Rochester Curling Club History Archive RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 1983 The second inter-club iteration of the famous Big Pumpkin was won by Gary Houghton's team from Guelph. If anyone can help identify the people in these photos, please reach out. They're all from the Gail Short Collection. text/html 2023-06-19T15:08:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rcchistory.org/doku.php?id=bonspiels:rcc:inter:pumpkin:1984&rev=1687201686&do=diff Rochester Curling Club History Archive RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 1984 The third inter-club iteration of the famous Big Pumpkin was won by Lloyd Matthews' team from Ottawa. They also won the first edition of the Big Pumpkin. text/html 2024-06-23T17:43:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rcchistory.org/doku.php?id=bonspiels:rcc:inter:pumpkin:1985&rev=1719179035&do=diff Rochester Curling Club History Archive RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 1985 The fourth inter-club version of the Big Pumpkin was won by Jim MacDonald's team from Orleans. Also the first to feature the Team Obstacle Course on Friday night. text/html 2024-06-23T17:44:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rcchistory.org/doku.php?id=bonspiels:rcc:inter:pumpkin:1986&rev=1719179074&do=diff Rochester Curling Club History Archive RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 1986 This was the fifth inter-club version of the Big Pumpkin, and for the first time, the main event was won by a Rochester team. Another Rochester team won the third event, and two were event runners-up text/html 2024-06-23T17:32:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rcchistory.org/doku.php?id=bonspiels:rcc:inter:pumpkin:1987&rev=1719178350&do=diff Rochester Curling Club History Archive RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 1987 This was the sixth inter-club version of the famous Big Pumpkin, which was won by Harry Hunter's team from Ottawa. Hunter was a second event winner in 1986, and viced a team that won the main event in 1985. This was the first time we had trophies (at least for the first three events). Semi-related, Rochester won the fourth event. And . . . there was a short game, too! text/html 2024-06-23T17:31:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rcchistory.org/doku.php?id=bonspiels:rcc:inter:pumpkin:1988&rev=1719178273&do=diff Rochester Curling Club History Archive RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 1988 Welcome to the 7th annual Big Pumpkin, won by Ken Ignram's team from Ottawa. This is the first time we have any sort of detail about the Friday obstacle course, which apparently involved text/html 2024-06-23T17:45:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rcchistory.org/doku.php?id=bonspiels:rcc:inter:pumpkin:1989&rev=1719179105&do=diff Rochester Curling Club History Archive RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 1989 It's the 9th annual Big Pumpkin, the second won by a Rochester team. Congratulations to the Niedrach rink! Here are some of the original communications leading up to the event: text/html 2024-06-23T17:45:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rcchistory.org/doku.php?id=bonspiels:rcc:inter:pumpkin:1990&rev=1719179137&do=diff Rochester Curling Club History Archive RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 1990 Time for the 10th annual Big Pumpkin, won by Nepean's Lloyd Matthews, who also won the 1982 spiel playing for Ottawa (and was the 2nd Event Winner in 1988. text/html 2024-06-23T17:35:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rcchistory.org/doku.php?id=bonspiels:rcc:inter:pumpkin:1991&rev=1719178548&do=diff Rochester Curling Club History Archive RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 1991 The 11th annual Big Pumpkin was won by Rochester Rick Van Cuyck, his first at the bonspiel. Dick Silver's RCC team won the 3rd event, too. PARK TROPHY text/html 2023-06-28T13:08:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rcchistory.org/doku.php?id=bonspiels:rcc:inter:pumpkin:1992&rev=1687972081&do=diff Rochester Curling Club History Archive RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 1992 The 12th annual Big Pumpkin was won by R.Tordoff from Niagara Falls. The club's main website is here: <http://www.roccurling.org> text/html 2023-06-28T13:09:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rcchistory.org/doku.php?id=bonspiels:rcc:inter:pumpkin:1993&rev=1687972173&do=diff Rochester Curling Club History Archive RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 1993 The 13th annual Big Pumpkin was won by Stu Scheffer from Chinguacousy. The club's main website is here: <http://www.roccurling.org> text/html 2024-06-23T17:46:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rcchistory.org/doku.php?id=bonspiels:rcc:inter:pumpkin:1994&rev=1719179217&do=diff Rochester Curling Club History Archive RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 1994 The 14th annual Big Pumpkin was won by Rochester Rick Van Cuyck, his second triumph in this bonspiel. The club's main website is here: <http://www.roccurling.org> text/html 2023-06-28T13:16:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rcchistory.org/doku.php?id=bonspiels:rcc:inter:pumpkin:1995&rev=1687972564&do=diff Rochester Curling Club History Archive RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 1995 The 15th annual Big Pumpkin was won by C.Hookey from Chinguacousy. The club's main website is here: <http://www.roccurling.org> text/html 2023-06-28T13:21:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rcchistory.org/doku.php?id=bonspiels:rcc:inter:pumpkin:1997&rev=1687972913&do=diff Rochester Curling Club History Archive RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 1997 The 1997 BP was won, for a second time, by Chinguacousy's Stu Scheffer. The club's main website is here: <http://www.roccurling.org> text/html 2024-06-23T17:42:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rcchistory.org/doku.php?id=bonspiels:rcc:inter:pumpkin:1998&rev=1719178931&do=diff Rochester Curling Club History Archive RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 1998 PARK TROPHY Winner - Amherst Skip: Caitlin Pulli (Costello) Vice: Maureen Haase Second: Melanie Wood Lead: Carol Wood BARKLUND TROPHY Winner - Rochester text/html 2023-06-28T13:41:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rcchistory.org/doku.php?id=bonspiels:rcc:inter:pumpkin:2001&rev=1687974065&do=diff Rochester Curling Club History Archive RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 2001 Pretty sure this event never actually took place, but we must have given it a shot because here's the entry form. The club's main website is here: text/html 2024-06-23T17:38:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rcchistory.org/doku.php?id=bonspiels:rcc:inter:pumpkin:2003&rev=1719178710&do=diff Rochester Curling Club History Archive RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 2003 Stu Scheffer from Chinguacousy won the Big Pumpkin in 2003. This was his THIRD time winning the first event. PARK TROPHY Winner - Chingcousey Spiders text/html 2024-06-23T17:33:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rcchistory.org/doku.php?id=bonspiels:rcc:inter:pumpkin:2004&rev=1719178435&do=diff Rochester Curling Club History Archive RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 2004 Rochester's Al Jensen won the 2004 BP by beating Rochester's Rick Van Cuyck in the 1st event final. Cornwall won the award for Best Team Costume, and Don McCullough from Bala won the Best Individual Costume. text/html 2024-06-23T17:37:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rcchistory.org/doku.php?id=bonspiels:rcc:inter:pumpkin:2005&rev=1719178646&do=diff Rochester Curling Club History Archive RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 2005 PARK TROPHY Winner - Rochester Freddy's Nightmare Skip: John Shields Vice: Joe Calabrese Second: Mark Mooney Lead: Mike Mengel BARKLUND TROPHY Winner - Broomstones text/html 2024-06-23T17:47:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rcchistory.org/doku.php?id=bonspiels:rcc:inter:pumpkin:2007&rev=1719179229&do=diff Rochester Curling Club History Archive RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 2007 PARK TROPHY Winner - Utica Scare-anac Skip: Anne Stuhlman Vice: Dianne Higgins Second: Lisa Mitchell Lead: Brenda Citriniti BARKLUND TROPHY Winner - Schenectady text/html 2024-06-23T17:42:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rcchistory.org/doku.php?id=bonspiels:rcc:inter:pumpkin:2008&rev=1719178946&do=diff Rochester Curling Club History Archive RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 2008 PARK TROPHY Winner - Rochester Skip: Ron Mantha Vice: Joe Amato Second: Jack Beck Lead: Jason Scott BARKLUND TROPHY Winner - Cape Cod Skip: Dan Hazlit text/html 2024-06-23T17:44:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rcchistory.org/doku.php?id=bonspiels:rcc:inter:pumpkin:2009&rev=1719179052&do=diff Rochester Curling Club History Archive RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 2009 PARK TROPHY Winner - Mayfield Skip: Chris Goldsmith Vice: Paul Buzzard Second: Dave Wrobleski Lead: Andrew Riehl BARKLUND TROPHY Winner - Schenectady text/html 2024-06-23T17:45:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rcchistory.org/doku.php?id=bonspiels:rcc:inter:pumpkin:2010&rev=1719179120&do=diff Rochester Curling Club History Archive RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 2010 PARK TROPHY Winner - Rochester Skip: Joe Calabrese Vice: Mike Mengel Second: Jeremy Peters Lead: Brian Anderson BARKLUND TROPHY Winner - Bala Skip: Bill Roberts text/html 2024-06-23T17:47:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rcchistory.org/doku.php?id=bonspiels:rcc:inter:pumpkin:2012&rev=1719179242&do=diff Rochester Curling Club History Archive RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 2012 PARK TROPHY Winner - Rochester Nevermore Skip: Clark Raven Vice: Dannie Steski Second: Matthew Steski Lead: Bill Peskoff BARKLUND TROPHY Winner - Utica text/html 2024-06-23T17:41:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rcchistory.org/doku.php?id=bonspiels:rcc:inter:pumpkin:2013&rev=1719178915&do=diff Rochester Curling Club History Archive RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 2013 PARK TROPHY Winner - Rochester Skip: Rick Van Cuyck Vice: Dorothy Roach Second: Danny Thompson Lead: John Iuranich BARKLUND TROPHY Winner - Potomac text/html 2024-06-23T17:47:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rcchistory.org/doku.php?id=bonspiels:rcc:inter:pumpkin:2015&rev=1719179256&do=diff Rochester Curling Club History Archive RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 2015 PARK TROPHY Winner - Rochester Skip: Caitlin Pulli (Maroldo) Vice: Jeff Pulli Second: Stefan Fleming Lead: Dan Wagner BARKLUND TROPHY Winner - Rochester text/html 2024-06-23T17:42:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rcchistory.org/doku.php?id=bonspiels:rcc:inter:pumpkin:2016&rev=1719178963&do=diff Rochester Curling Club History Archive RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 2016 Pittsburgh's Webb rink won the big BP in 2016. PARK TROPHY Winner - Pittsburgh Bliss of Death Skip: Ian Webb Vice: Dan Bliss Second: Beth Bliss Lead: Burt Cubbinson text/html 2024-06-23T17:37:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rcchistory.org/doku.php?id=bonspiels:rcc:inter:pumpkin:2019&rev=1719178675&do=diff Rochester Curling Club History Archive RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 2019 The final pre-pandemic BP. PARK TROPHY Winner - Rochester Mike Hotaling Trudy Hotaling Corinne Dagen Justin Dagen BARKLUND TROPHY Winner - Rochester text/html 2024-02-14T08:57:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rcchistory.org/doku.php?id=bonspiels:rcc:inter:pumpkin:2021&rev=1707919066&do=diff Rochester Curling Club History Archive RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 2021 In lieu of the traditional event, and only weeks after opening the club following a one-year pandemic shutdown, we held an intraclub BP competition for the first time since 1981. It was a one-day event, dubbed the Little Gourd. text/html 2024-06-23T17:47:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rcchistory.org/doku.php?id=bonspiels:rcc:inter:pumpkin:2022&rev=1719179277&do=diff Rochester Curling Club History Archive RCC INTER-CLUB BONSPIELS: The Big Pumpkin: 2022 The first full BP after the pandemic shutdown ended up being a super-spreader event. Also, uncoincidentally, probably the last Big Pumpkin. PARK TROPHY