House Painting

Posted by Jason on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 | Link to this post

Curling will be moving back to the Annex on a brand new surface.

To help make sure it’s ready for next week, we offered the club’s time to help them paint again. Well, they just informed us they could indeed use some help after all. The only problem is, they will be doing it tomorrow at 10am. A little short on the notice, so it’s understandable if you can’t help. But, if anyone can and is willing to help, please come by Wings and help wherever you can. If you can only spare an hour at lunch, even that will be helpful.

More than likely you will be asked to paint the rings within the lines. So don’t wear fancy clothes.

Looking forward to seeing you on the ice.

Debbie McCormick in Ft. Wayne

Posted by Jason on Sunday, September 19, 2010 | Link to this post

Our friends at the Fort Wayne Curling Club are lucky enough to be hosting the 2010 Olympian Debbie McCormick in early November. You may remember her as the skip for the US team at the Olympics in Vancouver. Anyhow… she will be in Fort Wayne selling some curling goods and offering some instruction too. Details will be more… detailed… as the event gets closer. But for now, put Sunday, November 6 and Monday, November 7 on your calendars if this sounds like something you could be interested in. More details will surely be found on the Fort Wayne Curling Club web site.

Gearing Up!

Posted by Jason on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 | Link to this post

Well, the Kalamazoo Curling Club IS going to be functioning this winter… The change in the weather has finally gotten us in gear to announce dates and times for our Fall and Winter leagues. Take a look at our event calendar for league dates, and also for a SMALL amount of bonspiels that are happening nearby.

For a full list of bonspiels all over the U.S., visit the USCA web site. We will have more information here as it becomes available… perhaps a change or two…

The folks at Wings Stadium have had a busy summer. They have taken over operations of the other ice rinks in Kalamazoo (now called Wings West), AND they have totally gutted the Annex and put in a new floor over there… which we hope will lead to an AWESOME curling experience for the club.

Stay tuned for more information… curling season starts VERY soon! Good curling!

Beginner’s League

Posted by Jason on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 | Link to this post

Beginners League: $70 (no discounts for members)
Three 2-hour curling sessions with instruction

If you think you might enjoy curling this is a good way to find out. This league only lasts for three weeks, so there’s no huge commitment. It will be held every Monday evening, starting October 25th at 8:00pm. You will be introduced to the basic terminology, etiquette, techniques and strategy involved in the great sport of curling. All you need to play are loose fitting clothes and rubber soled shoes, like running shoes. Cost is $70. You will not be disappointed.

When is it?
Session 2: Mondays – Oct 25, Nov 1, Nov 8 from 8-10 p.m. – All dates in the Annex at Wings Stadium

To sign up, visit our league page, OR you can bring payment to the open curling session on October 4 at Wings Stadium OR you can download and print the sign-up form, and then mail that to 123 West Kalamazoo Avenue – Kalamazoo, MI 49007

Questions? Send an E-mail to curlthezoo@gmail.com

Kalamazoo Curling Club Summer News

Posted by Jason on Monday, June 21, 2010 | Link to this post

Blog posts have been a bit few and far between now that curling season has slipped into history, and the first day of summer has officially arrived… but there are a few things worth letting you all know about.

First, Wings Stadium will be hosting open curling on the LAST Monday in June, July and August. The time and price are the same as always: 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. with a cost of $10 per person (12 and under are free). Let us know that you’re planning on going by E-mail or on the Facebook event page.

Also, our friends at the Fort Wayne Curling Club, down Indiana way, are hosting a summer bonspiel on the 21st and 22nd of August. We would love to send some ambassadors from the Kalamazoo area down to their first attempt at a bonspiel — it may offer some inspiration and ideas for a future Kalamazoo Curling Club event! If you are interested in helping to form a team, send an E-mail and we’ll help get you in touch with other people who express an interest. We have offered to loan them two sets of rocks for their bonspiel (they plan on having 8 sheets available for play), so we really would like to send a group down there to accompany our rocks.

Fall and Winter league information will be available here very soon. We want to get you signed up for 2010-11 curling fun. We have tentative plans for continued curling on Friday nights (broken up into two sessions, as before) and an expanded “Super League” on Monday nights (longer season that covers the entire curling season). Our Beginners’ Leagues were very successful, and we are planning on incorporating those into our 2010-11 season as well.

We have officially be designated as a non-profit organization, so we will also be ramping up the fundraising for our coming season. We’re hoping to get our rock sponsorship program going very soon, too.

So that’s what’s going on this summer… we’ll keep you posted as we have more developments in the next few weeks.

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