City View Curling Club will be forming a new Open Recreational league on Saturdays this season. Beginners and players with limited curling experience are encouraged to join this league. This league is open to both men and women. Players may sign up individually or as a team. Clinics will be provided to players throughout the season. The season begins in early October and runs until mid-April. All games will be played at noon on Saturdays. Capacity is 28 players (7 teams). To register for this league, click here. For more information, email Paul Hope.
Business of Curling
Is your club interested in how to ... Generate revenue? Increase membership? Market and promote curling in your area? Recruit volunteers? Learn more about the Business of Curling through workshops facilitated by the Ontario Curling Association team of experts.
The OVCA and OCA are partnering to present the workshops for our member clubs in the late June timeframe. The Pembroke Curling Club will host the workshops and lunch will be provided by the OVCA. There is no cost to the clubs and you may send up to three participants. Please contact Margaret Lomore or by phone 613-732-7168 to confirm your interest. Please indicate how many will attend. As soon as we have confirmed the details we will be in touch.
Is your club interested in how to ... Generate revenue? Increase membership? Market and promote curling in your area? Recruit volunteers? Learn more about the Business of Curling through workshops facilitated by the Ontario Curling Association team of experts.
The OVCA and OCA are partnering to present the workshops for our member clubs in the late June timeframe. The Pembroke Curling Club will host the workshops and lunch will be provided by the OVCA. There is no cost to the clubs and you may send up to three participants. Please contact Margaret Lomore or by phone 613-732-7168 to confirm your interest. Please indicate how many will attend. As soon as we have confirmed the details we will be in touch.
Other items in the Newsletter:
- Call for volunteers for the 2014 CANADIAN MIXED CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP coming to the Rideau Curling Club.
- The Ontario Tankard comes to Smith Falls Curling and Squash Club - support by signing up for the golf tournament on Saturday July 27.
- Interested in helping to direct the future of curling in the area? Why not consider joining the OVCA Board of Directors?
- The call for volunteers for the Mens and Mixed Bonspiels has been sent to all club presidents, managers, OVCA representatives and the over 600 participants.
Since 1956, the OVCA through volunteer based committees has organized highly successful and fully subscribed bonspiels for curlers across the Ottawa Valley. The OVCA board is very appreciative of the excellent work by the committee members. We also want to thank club boards, managers, bartenders,volunteers and the ice technicians at the 15 plus clubs for their contribution to the success of the bonspiels.
We realize that curlers have many responsibilities and find it difficult to squeeze in time to volunteer. As a result, over the past few years, it has become increasingly difficult to staff the organizing committees. In particular, finding volunteers for the OVCA Mixed Bonspiel and the City of Ottawa Men’s Bonspiel has proven to be a challenge -- we need chairpersons and committee members for both bonspiels by June 15, 2013 in order to start planning for events in the next curling season. For more information including the listing of vacant positions on the Bonspiel Committees, go here.