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Cassandra de Groot
2025 Canadian Curling Olympic Pre-Trials Competitor
2025 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Competitor - Team Ontario
2025 Ontario Scotties Provincial Champion
2025 Grand Slam of Curling WFG Masters Competitor
2024 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Competitor – Team Ontario
2024 Ontario Scotties Provincial Champion
2023 Grand Slam of Curling Tour Challenge – Tier 2 – Semi-Finalist
2023 Ontario Scotties Provincial Semi-Finalist
2021 Canadian Curling Olympic Pre-Trials Competitor
2018 Ontario Scotties Provincial Runner-up
2010 Gordie Perry – Crushed an entire pitcher of Perry’lizers
Wesley Forget
Wes Forget started curling in 2002 after watching Kevin Martin in the Salt Lake City Olympics. He would go on to receive the Oshawa Curling Club Little Rocks Sportsmanship Award and begin his journey in competitive curling! In 2016 Wes qualified for the Canadian Curling Club Championships with fellow OCC curler, The Great Graham Rathwell, where they would go on to win the gold medal beating Saskatchewan in the final!
In the following 5 years, Wes would go on to win the Ontario Silver Tankard, Ontario Mixed and Ontario Tankard all in the 2019 season leading to his dream of playing in the Brier in Brandon where team Ontario finished 5th.
In 2021, Wes won the Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-trials playing second for team Horgan to play in the Olympic Trials in Saskatoon.
Jesse Ruppell
I've curled longer than Brad Gushue.
Okay, I was told that I can't just leave it at that...
20+ year member of the Ottawa CC in various leagues. I've won some things, and I've lost more things. Most recently, 2025 & 2026 Ontario Senior Men's Provincial participant.
I volunteer as a Mentor Angel with Imerman Angels, providing one-on-one support to individuals impacted by cancer, and participate in activities with various lung cancer organizations.
In the off seasons I have played in an Ultimate Frisbee Nationals, done a bunch of triathlons, enjoy hiking and kayaking, and am also highly skilled at sitting on a patio.
And although I believe that I'm 38 years old, I have kissed a girl.
James Birtwistle
James Birtwistle is a dedicated curler known for his strong shot-making, strategic approach, and consistent performance on the ice. His career spans at least three generations of brooms.
Achievements:
• 2× Monday Night League Champ (maybe 3 can't remember?)
• 2× Wednesday Cash League Champ
• 1× Friday Mixed League Champ
• 2023 Club Champ
The 2023 Club Championship is, of course, a big deal. Not something he brings up all the time… but definitely enough.
On the ice, he’s known for his confident shot calls, precise weight control, and occasionally blaming the sweepers.
His path into curling isn’t really a story, more just a natural progression, like gravity or taxes, inevitable and hard to question.
Since then, he’s built a reputation for consistency, competitiveness, and an impressive ability to look like he meant to do that.
Stuart Jobb
Born and raised in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, picked up the broom at age 12 and never quite figured out how to live without it.
Career highlight: Runner-Up to the Semi-Finalists of the C Division at the Legendary (now defunct) Lilydale Super Slam 2007
After relocating to Ottawa in 2008, things got serious. New friends, new leagues, and eventually, some actual wins: Monday Ladder champ, Wednesday Cash winner, Friday Mixed victor, and Club Champion. Proof that persistence—and a skip who occasionally makes shots— can take you places.
The stat line isn’t flawless; a few rocks that didn't make it past the lighthouse, more than a schooners worth of flashed peels, and the occasional “strategic miss.” But every now and then, when it really counts, there’s a sweep that drags one into the top four—and that’s what keeps the legend alive.
Calissa Daly
I have curled for over 20 years, playing the sport mostly in the Ottawa area. The past 3 seasons I played second on Team Inglis where we represented Ontario at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts 2 years in a row.
2025 Canadian Curling Olympic Pre-Trials Competitor
2025 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Competitor - Team Ontario
2025 Ontario Scotties Provincial Champion
2025 Grand Slam of Curling WFG Masters Competitor
2024 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Competitor – Team Ontario
2024 Ontario Scotties Provincial Champion
2023 Grand Slam of Curling Tour Challenge – Tier 2 – Semi-Finalist
2023 Ontario Scotties Provincial Semi-Finalist
Wesley Stakes
Curling for over 20 years, member of the Ottawa club since 2015
2019 Ontario University Champion
2019 Usports National Champion
Kevin Martin Rainbow Rockers League President
Kevin has been curling since 1988, winning a few junior and mixed junior championships along the way. After moving to Ottawa and taking a lengthy break, he joined the Rainbow Rockers in 2017, the Thursday Men's in 2022 and the Monday Ladder in 2023. Kevin currently is a member of Team McAlear; a group of four friends who travel across Canada to play in the 2SLGBTQ+ bonspiel circuit. Over the past 2 seasons, they have represented the OCC, winning 5 events and playing in their first Canadian Pride Curling Championships earlier this month where they finished fifth. Kevin has served on the Rainbow Rockers Board for four years, including 2 as the Over the Rainbow Bonspiel co-chair and he is currently the RRCL's President.
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