Green Mountain Curling Club

Learn To Curl Clinic - Saturday, February 7, 2009

2009-01-06T08:55:39-05:00

The GMCC is pleased to announce the final "Learn To Curl" clinic of the season to be held on Saturday, February 7th, 2009, 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.

GMCC to be Featured on VPR

2008-12-15T16:03:34-05:00

Green Mountain Curling Club will be featured on Vermont Public Radio on Tuesday, 12/16, at about 12:45 or 12:50 pm at the end of the Vermont Edition talk show.

If you are not in the general listening area, you can give the streaming broadcast a try at http://www.vpr.net/listen/ (use "VPR Stream").

Learn to Curl Clinic - Saturday, January 3, 2009

2008-12-15T15:53:36-05:00

The GMCC is pleased to announce the next "Learn To Curl" clinic of the season to be held on Saturday, January 3rd, 2009, 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.

New Membership Categories

2008-11-19T20:27:08-05:00

At our recent Green Mountain Curling Club Board meeting, the Board members voted on and passed new membership categories. The intent is to offer a variety of membership categories to provide our members with a flexible and affordable dues schedule consistent with the operating needs of the club. After reviewing, should you decide to change the level of your current membership you will need to notify Connie Dollinger (GMCC Treasurer) BY DECEMBER 10, 2008.

For more information, please see our membership information page.

How curling stones are made

2008-11-10T21:25:11-05:00

Ever wonder how curling stones are made? Here's a video on the topic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUy9ake9q8w

Learn to Curl Clinic - Saturday, December 6th

2008-11-05T12:42:37-05:00

The GMCC is pleased to announce the next "Learn To Curl" clinic of the season to be held on Saturday, December 6th, 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.

Carosella Results - GMCC Women Win the MacIsaac (D event)

2008-11-05T10:21:47-05:00

The team of Tish Orr, Meg O’Donnell, Connie Dollinger and Blythe Leonard competed this past weekend (Nov.1-2) in the Schenectady Invitational Carosella Women's Bonspiel. We won 3 of our 4 games including the D-event (MacIsaac) final. It was an exciting weekend, especially our second draw when we were tied after 8 ends. It came down to skip’s stones for the tie breaker. The team unanimously chose Meg to throw the skip stone because she really had her draw weight. She released the stone. Half way down, the sweepers begin to sweep for weight and line. They stop at the hog line because the weight looked good. As it approached the house, sweeping started again to get it as close to the button as possible, it stops just shy of the 4 foot. Our opponent steps up, delivers and sends it wide of the mark. Green Mountain wins.

That was only one of the exciting moments this past weekend.

We will see you all on the ice this Saturday for more curling excitement.

Good Curling.

Tish.

Welcome to the Green Mountain Curling Club

2008-11-05T09:39:23-05:00

The Green Mountain Curling Club is a group of curling players and fans bringing curling into the state of Vermont. In previous years, we curled at the Border Curling Club just over the border in Stanstead, Quebec, but in 2006 we were very pleased to bring curling to the LARC ice arena in Morrisville, VT!

Now we are back for our third season with more sheets, more stones, more teams and are looking forward to an even stronger year of curling in Vermont!

This year, we achieved official status as a 501(c)(3) public charity! Our purpose is to promote local, regional national and international competition in the sport of curling and to prepare people for such competition.

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

2008-08-27T09:54:43-04:00

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

Saturday, September 27, 2007
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.

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

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.

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

2008-07-31T09:49:22-04:00

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

2008-06-23T07:31:16-04:00

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!

2008-03-09T22:52:05-04:00

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!