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An eight ender in curling is very rare and may be compared to a hole- in-one in golf.
In order to score eight points in one end, all of the eight rocks have to be inside the rings, or house.
None of the opponent's rocks may be closer to the button than any of your rocks. If we consider that each team only has
eight rocks per end, and the opposition has eight chances to remove at least one of these rocks from the rings, it is obvious
that this is a feat of not only great skill, but also a certain amount of luck.
Harrison Rink Achieves eight-ender in Year 2000
On February 10, the team skipped by Chuck Harrison, with Lloyd Landers, Ray Schizkoske and Robert Masciolli accomplished this
feat in the fourth end of a game in the New Horizons League. The feat was not without difficulty, since Chuck had to execute
a perfect take-out with his last rock and avoid jamming the opponent's rock onto his own in the back of the house.
Deslauriers Rink Achieves eight-ender in Year 2008
In October, 2008 skip Guy Deslauriers with vice Malcolm MacDonald, second George Steep, and lead Gord Johns added their names
to the list of 8 ender teams.
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Our Club's First 8 Ender
No picture exist of the first team to register an 8 ender in our club but we do know that the skip was no other than past
president Don Critchley who achieved the feat in 1997
Perrier Rink Achieves eight-ender in Year 2005
On February 15, skip John Perrier and his team composed of vice Gerry Cote, second Bob MacDonald and lead Sylvio Dubeau completed
an 8 ender at the 9 a.m. draw. With an opponent rock sitting between two of his seven stones in the house John was able to
chip it out and keep his in the house to score 8 in the end.
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