The Pink Broom presents....
The "Gay Cup"
Grey Cup Saturday, Nov 22, 2008
The Pink Broom is an annual fun curling event open to PRCL members and friends. This year, the event was held on the afternoon of Saturday, November 22nd during the Grey Cup Weekend. Thus, this year, the theme was "the Pink Broom presents....the Gay Cup"!
The Pink Broom is a great fun event that enables the participants to get to know their fellow PRCL curlers better in a less competitive environment. The Board listened to the inputs from the members, and changed the event start from the early morning to the afternoon, and made it a four-game funspiel.
- Mix and match format
- Sign up as an INDIVIDUAL for a particular position (Lead, 2nd, 3rd, Skip);
- Play with different people on a different team each game (four 4-end games);
- Points earned in each game;
- Objective: to get the most points in your position and win the coveted award for the -
- Best Skip,
- Best Third,
- Best Second, and
- Best Lead.
- Everyone wins a prize
- Special prize for the best costume -- "think pink";
- 50/50 draw provides another chance to be a big winner;
- Register as an INDIVIDUAL on the sign-up sheet on the PRCL Board at the VCC or by mail
- Cost: $45 per person, reduced to $40 if paid by Nov 17;
- pay PRCL Treasurer or any other Board member, or
- send cheque in the mail to address above
- Price includes: four 4-end games, prizes, light dinner, and chance to get your name on the coveted trophy.
- Schedule for the "Gay" Cup
- 12:30 Players arrive and are organized for the first game;
- 1:00 PM First game -- normal rules
- 2:15 PM Second game -- random scoring rules (e.g. closest to hog line)
- 3:45 PM Third game -- normal rules
- 4:45 PM Fourth game -- random scoring rules
- 6:15 PM Pizza, Salad, Cookies
- prize presentations during dinner
special drink
History of the Pink Broom
by Roy Wilson
The Pink Broom, in its earliest inception, was the gay bonspiel in Vancouver out at UBC Thunderbird Winter Sports complex). My first memory of the Pink Broom was in 1986. It was a two-day affair with teams from out-of-province (Toronto mostly). It was fun and VERY social; we even had the drag queens serving shots of schnapps between ends! The Pink Broom became the Pac Invitational Bonspiel, then the Pac Cup ...
Around 1989 or 1990, we began the Pink Broom as a one day fun bonspiel. We had a broom painted pink and adorned with glitter and various sparkling stones - this was passed from one season's winner to the next - until it was passed to someone that didn't return (approx 1993).
The Pink Broom, as it exists today, was started around 1995. It has been a fun-filled one-day event, and a wonderful vehicle for new curlers to meet other league members in a fun way.
We have been negligent in keeping "records" of our history. The cups and plaques are the only records we've kept fairly up-to-date, but a written record of who won what and when was never kept. So many of us have clouded memories of the Pink Broom - perhaps because we tend to over-indulge during the event!
One can safely say there has been a Pink Broom, in some format, from the early days of the organization, starting out at UBC in 1983-84, until today -- a quarter century of fun!
