A Typical Curling Season

Editor: unknown
Date: 2010-08-28

What Does Your Adult Curling Membership Include?

• one or more games per week (depending on # of leagues chosen, additional cost for 2nd, 3rd and 4th league)
• sparing in any league for other club members
• access to the club facilities during regular operating hours
• use of open sheets of ice for practice
• Novice Curling Clinic at the beginning of the Season
• participation (optional) in:
  • member only bonspiels (nominal additional fee as posted)
  • member and guest bonspiels and events (nominal additional fee as posted)
• voting rights at the Semi-annual and Annual meetings

A Typical Curling Season:

• September
  • Fall Registration
  • Annual Meeting
• October
  • Ladies Potluck Dinner
  • Pre-Season Novice Curling Clinic (free to members)
  • Practice ice available (mid-October)
  • Junior (Youth) Cash Spiel (member and non-member teams*)
  • League play begins (mid-October)
• November
  • Early Bird Bonspiel (members only*)
  • Curling Clinics (members only*)
  • Ontario Curling Assoc. Zone Play-Downs (member and non-member teams**)
  • Open House (non-members)
• December
  • The Turkey Bonspiel (members and guests*)
  • Curling Clinics (members only*)
  • Christmas Mixed Bonspiel (members and guests*)
• January
  • Special Olympics Bonspiel (league members and non-member teams*)
  • Halton-Peel Men's Play-downs Bonspiel (members*)
  • Ladies Rose Bowl Invitation Bonspiel (member and non-member teams*)
  • Curling Clinics (members only*)
  • Little Rock/Bantam (Youth) Bonspiel (member and non-member teams*)
• February
  • Wilson Family Ladies Bonspiel (members only*)
  • Ladies Friend for a Day Bonspiel (members of Brampton & Chinguacousy Curling Clubs only*)
  • Ontario Curling Assoc. Zone Play-Downs (members and non-members teams**)
  • Open House (non-members)
• March
  • Rock n' Roll Bonspiel (members and non-members*)
  • Myrna Gordon Cancer Bonspiel (members and guests*)
• April
  • Day of Champs League Semi-Finals and Finals (all leagues)
  • Day of champs Dinner/Dance (members and guests*)
  • Skate-Off - skate on the curling ice (members only)
  • Semi-Annual Meeting (members only)
  • Spring Registration (next curling season)

*  additional fee applies                ** OCA fee applies