Green Mountain Curling Club

Learn to Curl Clinic - Saturday, October 4th

    The GMCC is pleased to announce the next "Learn To Curl" clinic of the season to be held on Saturday, October 4th, 2008, at the LARC  arena in Morrisville, VT.  It will start at 10:00am and last about 3 hours.  You will learn the basics of throwing the stones, sweeping and generally playing the game.  The cost is $25 unless you have joined as a member, in which case it is included in your membership fee. Note that if you would like to just try out the sport, you can pay for the LTC clinic and then have that fee applied toward your membership fee if you decide to join later.

If you are would like to attend, please send an email to greenmountaincurlingclub@gmail.com so that we can get an idea of how many people are coming.  For information about how to get to the CREW arena and what clothing and shoes to wear, please see our Learn To Curl page.

If you are would like to attend, please send an email to greenmountaincurlingclub@gmail.com so that we can get an idea of how many people are coming.  For information about how to get to the CREW arena and what clothing and shoes to wear, please see our Learn To Curl page.

GMCC Open House - Sept 27, 2008 - REGISTER NOW!

We are pleased to announce our Open House for the 2008/2009 season of curling in Vermont!

Saturday, September 27, 2008
9:00am - 12noon
CREW Ice Arena, Morrisville, VT

We will introduce people to curling, the facility, the GMCC and provide a chance for folks to try it out.

Equipment will be provided.  There is no fee for attending the Open House, but we are asking participants for a $5 donation to help us defray the costs of the event.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO ATTEND, PLEASE EMAIL US AT greenmountaincurlingclub@gmail.com (to help us get a count of participants).

PLEASE HELP US SPREAD THE WORD - We have two flyers available to publicize the event. Please feel free to download them, print them out and post them wherever you can:

• Open House flyer with tear-off tabs
• Open House full-page flyer

DIRECTIONS: The CREW Arena is located in Morrisville, VT, just a bit north of Stowe. It's about an hour from Burlington and about 45 minutes from Montpelier. CREW has a directions web page or you can also use Google maps.

Thanks for your help - and we look forward to seeing you all on Sept 27th to kick off our second season of curling in Vermont!

More information about what to wear:

CLOTHING

• Dress in layers.  You'll be standing on ice in a "cold room" for several hours. If you normally wear a hat outside, you'll probably want to wear one here as well.
• Clothing should allow freedom of movement. You need to be able to squat and lunge. 
• Lightweight gloves to keep your hands warm while still allowing you to feel the stone.

FOOTWEAR

• Clean shoes. Carry, *DO NOT WEAR*, the shoes in which you intend to curl. 
• Athletic shoes are fine, but try to use shoes that you don't wear outside. If you've worn them outside, just make sure you clean them before you curl in them.
• Avoid shoes with Eyelets or metal on top. 
• If your feet tend to get cold, consider wearing two pairs of socks. 
• The club has a limited number of slip-on sliders, and we provide duct tape for first time curlers.

GMCC 2008 Survery

GMCC members, In a effort to get your opinions on a variety of topics, we've put together a survey at the following link:  http://gmcc.yoursurvey.sgizmo.com/

We really care what you think, so please take the time to give us a piece of your mind.  All your responses will remain anonymous. 

The Vermont Hat-spiel

Green Mountain Curling Club

Invites you to

The Vermont Hat-spiel

August 16, 2008

 

The ice has just been laid.  Hockey camp ends on Friday.  Curling starts on Saturday.  This is as good as it gets.

Arena Curling: Curl it if you can!

• 64 person maximum, open to all experience levels looking for fun

• Curlers sign up as individuals by preferred positions

• Teams are drawn out of a hat

• $25 per person fee includes two games and bbq dinner*

• Draws scheduled for 10:00, 12:15, 2:30, 4:45

• Great opportunity for experienced players to share their knowledge

• Curl with a diverse group of people from around the region

• Come for the day, stay for the weekend

(*There is no bar service, but bring your own beer or wine is allowed)

 

CREW Arena is located in Morrisville, Vermont.  This is located in the heart of the Green Mountains, just north of Stowe, and about 50-60 minutes from Burlington.   There is no end to the different activities in the area, which include hiking, antiquing, and visiting the Ben & Jerry’s factory to name a few.

 

If you are interested in having a great time, with a little summer curling sprinkled in, please send an email to curlvt@gmail.com. Include name, club, years experience, preferred positions, and a contact phone number.  The reply will be confirmation with an address for sending the registration fee.   For additional questions, email or contact Scot at (802) 238-9331.

Thank you for a second successful season of curling on Vermont!

THANK YOU all for helping make this second season of curling in Vermont such a great success!  With our final potluck and games on Friday, February 22nd, we closed out our second season of curling in Morrisville. We had a very successful season that saw growth in our own membership and also the launch of two new curling efforts in Woodstock and Rutland.  This year we also increased our fielding of GMCC teams to various bonspiels, sent a team up to Bedford Curling Club in Quebec on Friday nights, sent another team up to Lacolle Curling Club in Quebec on a regular basis and all in all increased the activity of curlers in Vermont!

While our curling in Morrisville is over for the season, we do still have a few more games going on at curling clubs up in Quebec. Why not consider joining the GMCC so that you'll get invited to those events?

Meanwhile, keep watching this site to find out how you can join in our third year of curling in Vermont starting this fall!

Green Mountain Curling Club Results - 2/16/08

Please post the following results in the Scoreboard section of the Free Press:

League Curling
Game 1: Vogelsang(3-1) 9 - Sitko(3-2)     8

Member Curling 8:00 am

Game 1: T.Smith        9 - Doble         4

Game 2: Orr               8 - Frank         8

Member Curling 10:00 am

Game 1: Orr               9 - Cogen        8

Game 2: Isaacson     11 - Sitko          10

Game 3: Vogelsang   11 - DeHond      3

No curling on this Saturday, February 9th

Something incredible is happening this weekend. We are sending 4 GMCC teams off to bonspiels throughout the region! We are incredibly thrilled to see this happen and wish our teams all the best. The unfortunate side effect of this is that we will have to cancel our regular curling on Saturday, February 9th. We look forward to seeing you all on Saturday, February 16th! Good curling!

Status of GMCC curling tomorrow (2/2) in light of the weather

Given that we are getting mixtures of snow, sleet, ice and freezing rain right now, we've decided to cancel the 8:00am draw tomorrow morning so that there will be more time in the morning for roads to be cleared before folks head to Morrisville. Here is the word from Thomas about the 10am and LTC clinic:

The 10:00am draw and the Learn-to-Curl clinic will take place as planned. We have a full line-up for 10:00am and have now a wait list. So if you are signed up for 10:00am and can't make it, please cancel by 8:00am so that I can notify someone else.

For all of you who do head to Morrisville tomorrow for curling, we do hope you have a safe drive.

Green Mountain Curling Club Results - 1/19/08

Member Curling 8:00am
Game 1: Sitko          7 - Doble        3
Game 2: S. Allen      8 -  Rose          8

Member Curling 10:00am
Game 1: Rose            8 - Cogen      6
Game 3: Isaacson       7 - Sitko       5

Green Mountain Curling Club Results - 1/5/07

Member Curling 8:00am
Game 1: Orr             6 - Rose          6
Game 2: S. Allen      3 - Vogelsang  5

Member Curling 10:00am
Game 1: Rose            7 - Dollinger       6
Game 3: Voglesang    7 - Orr               4