Thursday Night
SKIP PROFILES

Kim Cooper

Ontario Bantam Girls Provincial Champion, 2002
Ontario Junior Women's Provincial Champion, 2006
Ontario Scotties Participant: 2010, 2011
Ontario Mixed Provincial Champion, 2011
Ontario Mixed Provincial Participant, 2013
North Bay Summer Spiel Champion, 2017

Czechvar Mixed Spiel Runner-Up, 2018

Ontario Winter Games Qualifier (coach), 2023

U18 Provincial B-winner (coach), 2023 

Alex Birtwistle OCC President (2024-2026)

I am your current OCC Club President. I have been on the Board for a decade and am passionate about all things curling. I play in the Monday night and Wednesday Ca$h leagues. I have curled since I was 13 years old so I have reached my quarter-century anniversary this season with this sport. What I lack in skill I make up for in laughs!

Proud Sister of an OCC Cash League & Club Champion

2025 Crystal Heart Curling Classic Consolation Event Winner

2024 Crystal Heart Curling Classic Second Event runner-up

2023 Crystal Heart Curling Classic Consolation Event runner-up

2016 North Bay Coldwell Banker Spiel Champion

2015 Best Western Challenge Women’s B-side Champion

2015 OCC Friday Night Mixed Champion

2014 Best Western Challenge Zone A-side Winner

2014 Canadian Curling Club Championships Women’s Provincials participant
2010 Ontario Colleges Athletic Association Curling Championships participant (Go Fanshawe Falcons!)

Erin Morrissey

Canadian Mixed Silver Medallist

2x Ontario Mixed Champion

Ontario Junior Champion

Competed at Ontario Scotties multiple years

Known as Muscles/Mussels Morrissey

Darren McEwen

Darren began curling as a child in Forest, Ontario, and like many Canadians, was inspired by Team Schmirler’s gold medal at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games. What began as a passion has grown into a lifelong connection to curling and the community around it.

Darren now serves as the Executive Director of the Sandra Schmirler Foundation, helping lead national fundraising efforts in support of babies born premature or critically ill. Through his work in curling, he has supported some of Canada’s top teams, managing digital content for Team Jacobs and previously working with Teams Homan, Jones, and Koe.

A proud member of the Ottawa Curling Club and the Rainbow Rockers Curling League, Darren is a two-time Canadian Pride Curling Champion. He has also contributed to the development of the sport through coaching and instruction, leading the Adult Learn to Curl program for nearly a decade and running the Team Homan Junior Curling Camp.

Curling takes Darren across the country throughout the winter, but Ottawa remains home, where many of his closest friendships were built through the game. Wherever he’s travelling, there’s nothing better than getting back to the OCC and catching up with friends and clubmates.