2023-24 Ravens Curling Women’s and Men’s Team Meetings:
September 14, 2023 from 1 to 3pm and also 7 to 9pm at the RCN (Navy) Curling Club, 41 Navy Pvt. Dows Lake, Ottawa, ON near the Dows Lake Pavilion at Preston Street and the Queen Elizabeth Drive.
These meeting times are on the same day at mid-day and early evening in order to ensure that curlers interested in trying out for Carleton Ravens this year, are able to attend one of the meetings.
These team meeting are for all new and returning curlers and the agenda for each meeting will be the same. Two meetings are scheduled to minimize the potential conflict any students have with classes. If you are unable to attend either one of the meetings due to class, please email us at the addresses at the bottom of this page.
Tryout dates are to follow after the ice is installed at the RCN (Navy) CC which is anticipated to be at the end of September and early October. More to follow at the meetings.
Ravens Men’s Curling Eligibility Certificate 2023-24
Ravens Women’s Curling Eligibility Certificate 2023-24
The 2023 Carleton Ravens women's team consists of:
Skip: Lindsay Thorne
Third: Jenny Madden
Second: Rebecca Perry
Lead: Emily Kelly
The 2023 Carleton Ravens men's team consists of:
Skip - Jack Ragan
Third - Jacob Clarke
Second - Frederick Parisien
Lead - Chris Pratt
Alternate - Dylan Carvalho
Coaches: Kim Wilson and Tom Sinclair
Times will be sent by email to those on the group email list. Training and tryouts will take place on ice at the Rideau Curling Club as follows:
Training and tryouts for Dec 8th and 9th will now take place on ice at the Ottawa CC as follows:
2018 OUA Women’s Championship:
The Ravens exploded out of the gate on Day 1 with a 10-0 win over Western, however, they would fall to Guelph, 5-4, later that day. Carleton rebounded with a 7-5 win over the eventual group winner, Laurentian, followed by an impressive 8-5 victory over McMaster. Day 3 did not go Carleton’s way after losses to Waterloo (6-5) and Brock (5-4), but the Ravens would still manager to qualify for the knockout round.
Facing Lakehead in the elimination round, Carleton would drop its quarterfinal game, 4-3, to the Thunderwolves.
2018 OUA Men’s Championship:
The Ravens finished the round-robin portion of the event in second place with a 5-2 record. Carleton’s wins came against Waterloo (Day 1, 10-9), Trent (Day 1, 8-4), Algoma (Day 2, 9-3), Lakehead (Day 2, 8-2) and Guelph (Day 3, 6-4), with losses to Brock (Day 3, 7-2) and Queen’s (Day 4, 5-4).
In the elimination round, the Ravens would face Western in the quarterfinals, where they would fall to the Mustangs, 7-3, ending their championship dream.
Carleton lead Brendan Acorn was named an OUA Second-Team All-Star.
Coaches:Jodi Horton – WomenTom Sinclair – Men
Curling History:
The Carleton Ravens Competitive Curling Club was founded in 2011-12 after an absence of approximately 40 years. Carleton has both men’s and women’s teams compete in the OUA Championships. The teams both received financial and in-kind support from the Rideau, Ottawa and RA Curling Clubs and their members, as well as financial support from a number of parties, including Carleton University Athletics and CUSA as well as the Ottawa Valley Curling Association and Curling Canada.
Women’s Team:
The 2013-2014 Carleton women’s curling team were the 2014 OUA Silver Medalists and CIS National Champions. http://www.curling.ca/2014university-en/2014/03/23/carleton-ravens-women-win-cis-university-curling-championship/
The team represented Canada at the 2015 Winter Univerisade Games in Granada, Spain where they won silver. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curling_at_the_2015_Winter_Universiade
The 2016-2017 Carleton women’s curling team comprised Lauren Horton (skip), Karen Sagle (vice), Lindsay Bell (second) and Jessica Armstrong (lead).
Men’s Team:
The Carleton men’s curling team has advanced to the CIS Championships three times since re-inception as one of the top three teams at the OUA’s.
The 2018-2019 Carleton men’s curling team won the OUA and U Sports banner. The team comprised of Brendan Acorn, Mackenzie Calwell, Morgan Calwell, Cameron Goodkey, Wesley Stakes and Peter Stranberg.
The 2016-2017 Carleton men’s curling team comprised Doug Kee (skip), Brendan Acorn (vice), Cameron Goodkey (second), Paul Martin (lead) and Wesley Stakes (alternate).
For more information, please contact Tom Sinclair at sinclairtom6@gmail.com
