Team Hughes

Our team would like to start off by thanking Balance Plus and InTheHack for giving young teams the opportunity to compete in this contest and drawing awareness to the issue of sponsorship for Junior teams. It is hard work to find good sponsors, yet over the years our team has formed great relationships with our sponsors who have helped us so much to fulfill our dreams.

We feel our sponsors have supported us year after year because we possess many attributes that a business wants to associate itself with. We are an extremely motivated and dedicated team that is always striving to reach the next step in our curling careers. Like any business, we are now working towards a banner year. We have been working hard, physically and mentally, since last season to prepare ourselves for our last year of Junior competition as a team. So this year our we have set our goals high and we will not settle for any less than achievement of these goals.

Our curling schedule for the 05/06 season is quite extensive. We are entered in at least seven cashspiels including:

• Sobey’s Classic in New Glasgow
• Lady Monctonian in Moncton
• Asham Jean Greenbank-Martin Classic in Fredericton
• OVCA Junior Superspiel in Ottawa
• Pure Curling Junior Cashspiel in Lower Sackville
• Howard-Johnson Junior Cashspiel in Cornwall
• PEI Junior Provincials in Crapaud

We are also members of two curling clubs to be able to practise everyday and are entered in the Charlottetown Curling Club and Cornwall Curling Club’s superleagues. With all of these additional expenses we realized that our current sponsors contributions and our fund-raising efforts would not be enough. We hope that you will consider our application and be the next sponsors of Team Hughes.

So here’s a little background on our team. Three of our members (Meaghan, Sinead, and Michala) have been together for seven seasons and it will be the second season with our fourth player, Erika. We’re happy to have Erika back after she went on a Rotary Exchange to Latvia last year. She curled there last season but is happy to be back on Canadian soil for this curling season. Well here are our résumés.

Erika Nabuurs (lead):
Age 19
Interests: Curling, traveling, volunteering, student affairs, biking, snow-boarding, singing
Education: First-year Science student at Mt. Allison University
Curling Achievements:

• PEI Junior Women’s Runner-up 2002
• PEI U-17 Women’s Champion 2003
• PEI Junior Women’s Champion 2004
• 4th place standing in the Latvian Women's championships 2005
• Winner of Hand in Hand Ladies Bonspiel 2003
• Volunteer with Montague Curling Club’s Junior Program

Michala Robison (second):

Age: 20
Education: Third-year Psychology student at UPEI
Interests: Curling, Soccer, Rugby, and Swimming
Curling Achievements:

• U-17 Provincial Champions 2002
• PEI Canada Games Women’s Curling Team 2003
• PEI Junior Women’s Champions 2003
• PEI Junior Women’s Champions 2004
• PEI Junior Women’s Champions 2005
• Howard-Johnson Junior Cashspiel 2004
• Winner of Hand in Hand Ladies Bonspiel 2003
• Volunteer with the Charlottetown Curling Club’s Junior curling program 02/03

Sinead Dolan (third):

Age: 20
Education: Diploma of Hotel Restaurant Management from Holland College
Interests: Curling and Hockey
Curling Achievements:

• U-17 Provincial Champions 2002
• PEI Canada Games Women’s Curling Team 2003
• PEI Junior Women’s Champions 2003
• PEI Junior Women’s Champions 2004
• PEI Junior Women’s Champions 2005
• Winners of Howard Johnson Cashspiel 2004
• Winners of Hand in Hand Ladies Bonspiel 2003
• Volunteer with the Charlottetown Curling Club’s Junior curling program 02/03

Meaghan Hughes (skip):

Age: 19
Education:Third-year business student at UPEI
Interests: Curling, Softball, Field hockey, Politics, and Volunteering
Curling Achievements:

• PEI Canada Games Women’s Curling Team 2003
• PEI Junior Women’s Champions 2003
• PEI Junior Women’s Champions 2004
• PEI Junior Women’s Champions 2005
• Winners of Hand in Hand Ladies Bonspiel 2003
• Winners of Howard-Johnson Cashpiel 2004
• Assistant instructor at Spud Isle Summer Curling camp 2005
• Volunteer with the Charlottetown Curling Club’s Junior curling program 02/03
• Recipient of CBC’s Joan Mead Award for dedication in curling and academics 2003

Thank you for considering our application,

Team Hughes