The 2026 Ray Maguire Bonspiel concluded on Friday January 9, 2026 with Team O’Connor taking 1st place, followed by Team Azarovitz in 2nd , and Team Persechini in 3rd. Team O’Connor was composed of Dick O'Connor, Kathy Teixeira ,Bob Tennant, and Ron Venooker. . Team Azarovitz was composed of Tom Azarovitz, Michael Jones, Steve O'Brien, and Cythia Dyer. Team Persechini was composed of Dan Persechini, Barbara Sherrin, Bob Donahue, and Denise Riu.
The Ray Maguire Bonspiel remains a popular end of the fall season event for Morning Curlers. The spiel runs 3 mornings during the 1st full week of January, with 9 teams competing in a round robin point spiel format, concluding with a celebratory lunch.
So, who is Ray Maguire? This has been a bit of a mystery, but here is what we learned. Ray and his wife moved to Falmouth in 1975 where he became involved in the Cape Cod Curling Club. He was a leader at the club in what then was called ‘Senior Curling’, which seemed to evolve into what we know of today as Morning Curling. Ray had the idea of an end of season spiel and lunch for senior curlers, which after his death became known as the Ray Maguire Bonspiel.
As always, a number of members and players contributed to make the event a success. Special thanks to the Sunday Morning Scrape team who came in early in the morning to scrape and prepare the ice for the spiel.
Good Curling
