Duck Soup

Duck Soup is the official newsletter of the Ardsley Curling Club with issues dating back to 1943

Dedication and Open House, January 28, 1967

• Program page 1
• Program page 2

Officers of the Ardsley Curling Club 1932 - present

Scans from Ed Sibert's Album

Ed Sibert's Album: Ed was Ardsley Curling Club president 1966-68 when the curling rink at the Ardsley Country Club was built.

Photos from the albums of Jean MacIntosh

Jean MacIntosh's photos: Long time curler Jean MacIntosh turned 100 in 2019 ( see Duck Soup p.6)

Ardwicks Archives

To promote and develop interest in curling among women

Bonspiels

• The Big Apple
• Douglas International
• Archie Bruce and the Archie Bruce Friendly Bonspiel with Cape Cod Curling Club
• Empire State Womens

Trophies and Awards

• Volunteer of the Year
• Wells Medal
• Rookie of the Year Award
• Ardsley Pins
• Ardsley Annual Dinner Program:
  • 2025
  • 2024
  • 2023

Newspaper clippings:

• Publication??, March 15, 1931 :: Who is Archibald Douglas?
• The Putnam County Courier, December 22, 1938 :: Mahopac Curlers Active in Matches
• Schenectady Gazette, March 5, 1962 :: Ardsley Captures Gordon Grand National Medal
• The Curler, 1964 :: The Art of Good Sweeping
• The Herald Statesman, Yonkers, January 13, 1964 :: 6th County Score In Last 30 Years
• New York Times, February 27, 1965 :: Caledonian Gains in Mixed Bonspiel // New York Times, February 28, 1965 :: Hamilton Advances to Final in Curling // New York Times, March 1, 1965 :: Hamilton Takes Curling Trophy
• The Irvington Gazette, March 11, 1965 :: Irvington Team Wins at Curling
• The Irvington Gazette, March 1, 1966 :: Legal Notice
• New York Times, June 12, 1966 :: Three New Curling Rinks are Planned at the Ardsley Country Club // link 2
• New York Times, December 25, 1966 :: Ardsley to Open New Curling Rink (link 2)
• New York Times, December 27, 1966 :: Ardsley Curling Club Dedicates Its new $135,000, Three-Ice Rink (link 2)
• The Irvington Gazette, March 28, 1968 :: Teanage Bonspiel at Curling Club
• Ardsley Country Club News, Spring 1969 :: See pages 2-3 for curling news
• Newspaper clipping, February 22, 1971 :: Flemming's Baie D'Urfe Curlers Capture 16th International Bonspiel
• The Daily News, Tarrytown, February 21, 1972 :: Brandt, State Champion Captures Eddison Medal In Ardsley Curling
• The Daily News, Tarrytown, February 12, 1974:: Curling on tap (USWCA Women's National held at Ardsley & St. Andrews) // Local curlers Go // Photo at Ardsley during the event
• The Herald Statesman, Yonkers, December 2, 1974 :: Button, Babcock curl Caledonian 8-ender
• Town & Country, January, 1979 :: Curling - camaraderie and competiton on ice
• William A. Kimbel obit, December 20, 1980 :: first president of Ardsley Curling Club
• New York Times, January 23, 1994 :: Rocks and Brooms on the Ice? It Must Be the Sport of Curling
• Gannett Suburban Newspapers, Mid 1990s? :: Try your hand at curling by Maury Allen
• Gannett Suburban Newspapers, January 16, 1994 :: Swept away by curling
• Gannett Suburban Newspapers, January 9, 1995 // part 2 :: A stone's Throw
• Gannett Suburban Newspapers, January, 1998 :: Ardsley club place for curling
• New York Times, December 28, 2003 :: Where "On the Rocks" Has a New Meaning
• Vineyard Gazette, March 9, 2012 :: Ed Sibert Jr., 91, Veteran, Banker, Sailor, and Birder (and curler, ACC President 1966-67 when our curling rink was built // ( orig. link)
• Lohud, 2012 :: Curling: Teammates head to Worlds
• The Rivertowns Enterprise, February 21, 2014 :: Curlers welcome Sochi-inspired wannabes
• New York Historical Society, February 26, 2014 :: New York City: the Curling Capital
• The Roost, 2014 :: Profile of Jean Otto Wallace macIntosh
• Westchester Magazine, February 20, 2015 :: On the Ice, Shaken Not Stirred
• The Journal News, February 10, 2017 :: Stopera reaches Junior Worlds after clutch shot
• Fairbanks Daily News Miner, March 8, 2017 :: 3 women's teams tie for first // Fairbanks Daily News Miner, March 12, 2017 :: Alaska men capture title at Curling Club Nationals
• The Rivertowns Enterprise, October 20, 2017 :: Chess on ice club welcomes gold medalist
• The Rivertowns Enterprise, October 27, 2017 :: Country club recovers three years after fire
• Brainerd Dispatch, February 2, 2018 :: Curling Crowd at Club Nationals (Ardsley team (Kirchner, Furman, Hall, Salmon) pictured at left)
• The Journal News, February 18, 2018 :: Ardsley Curling: All ages, all abilities
• The New Yorker, March 12, 2018 :: Are you curling curious?
• Metro Sports Magazine, March 25, 2019 :: O Canada: Victory is Yours at the Big Apple Bonspiel
• The River Journal, December, 2022 :: Obituary - Bunkie Harmon

By-Laws

• Current By Laws (adopted April 16, 2023)
• Original By Laws

Other Stuff

• History of the Ardsley Curling Club: 1932-1973 compiled by Joseph P. Ringland, 1973 // ( original draft)
• History of the Ardsley Curling Club: 1932-1946 compiled by Cuyler Stevens
• Poems from Duck Soup
• Member Lists

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