Curling Starts THIS WEEK!

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Thu/Fri League starts this week! The schedule is here.

Tue/Thu afternoon drop-in (12 noon – 2:30 pm) start this Thursday, Oct 14.

  • $7 per game, 10-packs for $70 available
  • this session used to start at 12:30 pm. We can go back to that if the majority of participants want.
  • this session must be off the ice by 3:30 pm

Practice ice starts this week!

  • 6 – 8 pm on Tuesdays
  • always free to all members and novice curlers
  • we’ll close if no one’s there by 6:30 pm, so let us know if you’re going to be late.

Novice curlers get the first 2 sessions (drop-in or League games) free while you figure out if the sport is for you. You’ll be asked for a $20 membership at the third session.

Learn to Curl dates coming soon!

Please remember that you must be fully vaccinated to play, and wear a mask except when curling or seated in the lounge with a drink. Please also read our Return to Play guidelines.

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Registration 6:30 – 8 pm Fri, Oct 8

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Registration will be this Friday from 6:30 – 8 pm. New curlers are welcome!

You can also email kaslocurling@gmail.com to register.

Carlos invites you to curl with us this year!

The Tuesday/Thursday afternoon drop-in folks can register when they show up to their first session. We’ll let you know soon when afternoon drop-in sessions will start.

Interested in our weekly Thursday/Friday League?

  • Tell us what position you prefer and we’ll find you a team
  • League draws will probably be Thursday at 6:30 and 7 pm, and Fridays at 5:30, 6:30 and 8 pm, but it will depend on the number of teams
  • We plan to start Thursday/Friday League games the week of October 18

Please read the Return to Play guidelines, which contain the following info and more:

  • Full vaccination is required for all curlers and spectators
  • Everyone must sign a Declaration of Compliance – COVID-19 form and show proof of vaccinaton (unless exempt) when entering the building for the first time
  • Please sign the COVID health declaration every session (by the front door)
  • Pleas sign a waiver before curling
  • Vaccination exemptions are only for organized non-sport events (i.e. meetings) with less than 50 people, youth curlers under 22, and adults supporting youth curlers
  • Masks are required in the club everywhere except when curling and when seated in the lounge for eating and drinking
  • In the lounge, please be seated and stick to one table, and put your mask back on when moving around
  • Mask exemptions are only for children under 9 and those with related medical issues (see the guidelines and posted signs for details)
  • Equipment (grippers, brooms, etc) will be available in limited quantities for free season rental, with priority given to juniors and novice curlers

AGM on Wed, Sep 29 at 7 pm

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The Kaslo Curling Club is a registered non-profit society, and our AGM will be on

Wednesday, September 29 at 7 pm at the club.

Vaccination is not required to attend this event, but masks are required in the building with exemptions for:

• People with health conditions or with physical, cognitive or mental impairments who cannot wear one
• People who cannot remove a mask on their own
• Children under the age of 12
• People who need to remove their masks to communicate due to another person’s hearing impairment

These restrictions can be found at: Interior Health Provincial and Regional Restrictions

Members are always welcome at the AGM to learn more about the club “behind the scenes”, and/or run for a position on the Board.

Your current Board is:

• Darryl Slobodian
• Mark Dobroski
• Kathy Alexanders
• Carlos Jordan
• Rita Rasmussen

All Board positions are 1 year terms ending at the AGM.

The ice may also be available that night for you to get some slides in (happy dance!), but we’ll confirm that as we get closer to the date.

Curling and COVID this season

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Update (Sep 15): A Curl BC Sep 13 announcement has changed the youth exemption age from under 12 to under 22.

The Kaslo Curling Club will be following Curl BC’s guidelines again this season with regards to COVID and Provincial Health Orders (PHO).

The good news is that it looks like we can have fairly normal play this year with no masks, two sweepers, and sweeping the opposing team’s rocks behind the T-line.  The Curl BC guidelines are here:

Aug 24: https://www.curlbc.ca/curl-bc-statement-on-b-c-s-new-proof-of-vaccination-order/

Sep 13: https://www.curlbc.ca/curl-bcs-statement-on-youth-sports-health-order/

However, the current PHO requires everyone entering the building to show proof of having been vaccinated:  one shot as of Sep 13 and full vaccination as of Oct 24.

Please remember that you’re not fully vaccinated until 7 days after your second shot.  Only children under 12 children and youth under 22 years old are exempt, and the vaccination requirement is in effect until at least Jan 31, 2022.

Masks are still required in the building except on the ice.  Masks can be removed in the lounge while eating or drinking.

More info will be coming your way soon regarding the start of the season, the AGM, and equipment orders.  The ice plant has been started up, so curling is just around the corner!