1st Event
Winners: Petrov (No Names)
Finalist: Ashford

2nd Event
Winners: DeJong
Finalist: Bajorek

3rd Event
Winners: The Michaels
Finalist: Heffner

4th Event
Winners: LBI CC
Finalist: Langanke

The results from all the games are available on our 2011 Founders Online Results page, and photos from the event are also online.

Progress in the competition may be tracked online in the 2011 Founders Online Draw Sheets.

Good curling!

The Pursuit of Happiness is an in-house bonspiel dedicated to the memory of three of our members who recently passed away, all of whom had a particular affinity for working with beginning curlers both on and off the ice. All teams consist of two experienced curlers and two beginners.

1st event winners
John DeJong, Elizabeth DeJong, Beverly Wiedemann, Joe Malone
1st event runner up
Bob Fox, Roger Bajorek, Sari Jo Niles, Jen Bajorek
2nd event winners
John Wilman, Craig Ingwer, Melissa Diener, Peter Cook
2nd event runner up
Mickey Mangold, John Pantina, Scott Alexander, John Wiedemann
3rd event winners
Bob Graham, Steve Nix, Kevin Abbey, Brian Ewart
3rd event runner up
Neil Sullivan, Bill MacDonald (super sub), Bruce Belschner, Kathleen Belschner
4th event winners
Sue Lindsay, Sheila Nickle, Jeff Michalowski, Justin Bruno
4th event runner up
Brian O’Byrne, Glenn Harmer, Debra Martin, Charlotte Clark

Thanks to Robin Kerr for heading up yet another successful event. Grant, Don and Eric would be proud.

We had a successful run of pre-season Curling Experiences, and are now looking forward. There are not any sessions currently scheduled, but we are looking at the calendar and maintaining a contact list. Visit The Curling Experience page to get more information as it becomes available.

As always, we will be running group outings throughout the season during the day on weekdays. The Outings tab above will get you more information.

Time to hit the ice!

If you’re one of the many who recently caught the curling bug, we’d love to have you visit our club to give it a try. For a small fee you’ll get two hours of training and play time for this fun and unique sport, but space is limited! Please visit our Curling Experience page for more information and reserve your spot today!

This is your chance as a non-member to get to try curling with no further obligations!

The Curling Experience is a two-hour program of curling instruction and game play. Each session is strictly limited to 16 participants, and will only be held if we fill up the session.

As a participant, you will be given a brief talk on safety, equipment and terminology, and teamed up with 3 other participants. Each team will have its own instructor to teach you how to deliver the stone, and how and why to sweep. After a bit of practice, you will get to compete in a short game of curling and have the opportunity to play each position! You are then invited to spend some time in our warm room to socialize with everyone at the session.

The fee for The Curling Experience is $25 per person. All you need to bring are a pair of clean sneakers, warm clothing, and enthusiasm! We provide all necessary equipment. This program is recommended for ages 12 & up.

UPDATE Oct. 5: Thanks to everyone who attended and helped out at our Curling Experience sessions! We hope to be able to offer a few more Curling Experience sessions in the coming months. Please watch our site for announcements!

We saw the Olympics bring an incredible surge of interest in the world’s greatest game. There was our Open House in February — an event that was more like Woodstock than a day when a curling facility offers people a chance to try the sport for the first time. In April, we had another Open House and brought hundreds more through the doors and onto the ice. Going into the 2010-2011, we’re doing everything we can to accommodate people who want to join our two-sheet club and learn to curl. Our club has a long history of warmly welcoming newcomers but, for the first time ever, capacity is now our issue — a two-sheet facility can only accommodate so many curlers. (If you’re reading this right now and you want to start curling next season, make sure you’ve added your name to our new member waiting list. It’s in the sidebar on the right.)

There were other highlights during the 2009-2010 season. Many others, in fact. But here are a few that are worth noting.

Members of our club had one of our most successful seasons of competition, with junior, women’s and men’s players curling on teams that posted excellent results in both national events and area bonspiels. Thanks to a remarkable ice crew and some recent capital investments, the playing conditions at our club were outstanding. And our own bonspiels continued to reflect the PCC tradition of first-rate hospitality and friendly competition.

We’re pursuing some off-season renovations and planning for a successful 2010-2011 season. Next year, we’re expecting many new faces at our club. We know they’ll quickly discover why curling is such an incredible sport.

Enjoy the summer.

A big thank you to everyone who made our Olympic Open House a success! Well over 500 visitors came through our door to spend time on our ice — easily the most visitors we’ve ever had in a single day! Our volunteers stayed late to make sure that everyone who arrived before 6pm and waited in line got the chance to get on our ice.

So many of you braved the traffic, parked in muddy spaces, and spent hours lined up in our cold and muddy parking lot just for a few minutes of ice time. Yet we saw nothing but enthusiasm while curling and smiles on the way out. We are extremely pleased to share the spirit of curling with so many new faces.

Our available Learn To Curl classes filled up almost immediately and we have pages of names on a waiting list. Be sure to contact us if you want to keep up on the latest info on our offerings. It may take us a little time to respond to your messages during a very busy end of our curling season, but we’re determined to keep on top of this.

The photos we took during the day are shared in our Flickr account. Please be sure to check these out!

Thanks again to everyone!

If you’re still interested in curling, please drop us a message using the Contact Us page and let us know what you’re interested in.

Our next Open House is currently planned for sometime in October, but if we’re able to offer anything else sooner, it will be announced here.

Thank you!

So if you’re here looking for how you can try this great sport, please mark your calendar for our Open House on Sunday, February 28, 2010, from 2pm-6pm! You’ll get to visit our facility, meet many of our members, and get a chance to try curling! Find out what you should bring and how to get here on our Open House page.

If you can’t attend our Open House, you may drop by after 6:30pm Monday-Saturday during the Olympics to watch a league game and ask any questions you might have.

If you’d like to continue curling after then, we’re offering a week of Learn-To-Curl classes and a Instructional League for the rest of our season. Come join the fun!