Did you ever want to try curling? Here’s your chance. The Nanaimo Curling Club offers a 10 week Learn-to-Curl-League. This League runs Wednesday Nights 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm and starts the first week of October and runs through until the Middle of December. A Training League is then offered January to March, check the information on the website for more details. Cost is $145/curler – Equipment is provided: brooms, grippers, sliders. You need clean, clean running shoes (all the dirt and gravel picked out of the treats on the bottom of the shoe) – carry those shoes into the Club change into them to go out on the ice. Proper footwear is a must! Stretchy pants, mitts or gloves, a light jacket or vest. We start with a ½ hour classroom session upstairs where we discuss such things as:
- Curling Etiquette
- Rules of the Game
- Importance of Positional Play
- What does a lead do?
- What does a second do?
- What does the third or vice skip do?
- What doe the skip do?
- Basic Strategy
- Types of Equipment available. Your most valuable piece of Equipment!
- How to get involved in Events in the Club
- How the leagues work, How to register for a league
- A Brief Outline of Benefits of Shareholders membership
Contact the club to register. Take advantage of the start-up clinics and free lessons
