Share your love of curling by helping others learn the game!

The club is hosting a 2-day Curl BC workshop for our volunteers who want to help out in introductory curling programs like learn to curl sessions and our junior, school and Special Olympics programs. Previous coaching and/or curling experience is not required.

The club will reimburse the cost of the Club Coach Course ($157.50)  for our volunteers who take it. We just ask that you contribute 4 hours to related club activities (beyond the regular 4-hour volunteer commitment). 

You can find out more about the course on the Curl BC website: https://www.curlbc.ca/programs/club-coaches/

And you can register for the Club Coach Oliver course here: https://curlbc.wufoo.com/forms/x17gcjh607vn7jt/ 

The workshop includes about 14 hours of training, much of it off the ice. You will learn about:

• making ethical decisions and emergency action plans
• volunteer recruitment and recognition
• curling techniques, skill analysis and strategy intro
• starting a junior program
• coaching teams to their first bonspiel
• working with special interest groups ... and lots more!

For participants from out of town, stay at the Coast Oliver Hotel and get 20% off the daily rate. Find out more: Coast Oliver Hotel event rate

We're organizing a 4-week novice league for beginners and newer curlers on Sundays, October 20 to November 10, from 2 to 4 pm. 

• It will include some basic lessons/review for regular and stick curling, plus time to practice and play a short game.
• We’ll have more experienced curlers on hand to help out with coaching or playing on your teams.
• The league fee is $20/person (total).
• You can use the club’s equipment and practice on subsequent Sundays when there’s practice ice available (depending on events at the club).
• And, if you haven’t joined a league yet, you’ll be ready to in January when the second half of the season starts!

If you are interested in the novice league, please sign up at occ@eastlink.ca by October 13 so we can get it organized! There's also a sign-up sheet at the club. 

More experienced curlers: There's a sign-up sheet for you too! Please volunteer to help at the novice league sessions. You can get some practice and some volunteer hours at the same time!