During the curling season, members get electronic Newsletters from the OCC Board, including those related to day-to-day club operations, via email. The member email is the one listed on your member account on this OCC Website.

Although some of these Newsletters contain important league information, there are also league specific emails that are sent by League Convenors. Typically, league convenors use email to send league specific updates or to request feedback on league topics. 

League Communications

Each league has a league convenor who is selected from the league they represent. League convenors are volunteers and report to the volunteer OCC Board via the OCC Board Match Director.

In recent years, members have asked to ensure these updates are more reliably sent to each participant in the league.  This means a league specific bulk-email can end up with close to a hundred emails!  To reduce the chance that these emails are marked as spam, your Web Admin looked at a few options.  The decision was to use Google Groups instead of the bulk-email option we use for OCC Newsletters.

Google Group Bulk-Email

Each league has been setup with their own Google Group!  Google Groups is quite handy for sending bulk email to current 'members' of the Group.

Our club has limited the designated "senders" to league convenors and members of the board.  Only designated "senders" can send bulk-email using the Google Group's email address.  Any email to the Group's email address from a unapproved sender will be rejected.

Google Group Invitation

When you are added to a league group, you will receive an invitation via email.  If you want to use a different email for league communications, please contact your league convenor or the OCC Club Manager.

Google Group Interface

Since the club is leveraging this tool for bulk-league-email, nearly every other feature has been disabled. For example, league members cannot engage or view the Conversation History for the group.

 

 

 

All non-members (either previously members, as well as those who are new to the club) are encouraged to discuss their situation with the Club Manager.  Joining a league mid-season is unusual, but possible. It depends on so many things.  Joining within the Spare/Social Membership category is easier, but please speak with the Club Manager. 

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A non-member is anyone who has not been a) accepted into a League and/or b) accepted into any of our non-league Membership categories such as Spares/Social category (see Membership information).  If you are unsure of your status, please contact the Club Manager.  We primarily use email to communicate with members, and it is difficult to know which members did not receive email.  Generally speaking, all skips are contacted prior to the first game by the volunteer League Convenor responsible for that league.  Leagues without pre-set teams, including the Getting Started League, receive emails directly from their League Convenor.

For example:

• If you had intended to join a league, but did not, or could not find a team to join...
• If you had tried to join the Getting Started League...

Please share your current status with the Club Manager, and perhaps check-in again early in January to confirm if you are still interested in a partial season. 

The Club Manager has the most up-to-date information about which leagues are accepting new curlers and how to proceed.

The Getting Started League fills up fast, and because it is structured learning, curlers cannot join the program mid-season.  Our Club Manager can answer your questions and provide guidance about our registration process. 

Also, please share if you are returning after taking some time away from our club.  Only members from the current season have online accounts.  You will need to re-create your online account prior to the Registration period and follow the usual registration process for Leagues and Membership. 

Note: The online account is meant for active members, so we delete non-member accounts.  All non-members need to create a new account prior to completing the Registration process unless they were members in the immediately prior season. 

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Our Club Manager can be contacted by phone or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

The Club Manager is the only one who can accept a League or Membership Registration mid-season.

Registration opens mid-June. Please create an account first!

League Overview

Tuesdays: 8:45 PM

• Frequency - Weekly with 1 draw per night
• Format - This program offers full instruction both on and off ice with certified instructors.
• Who can play - Any beginner curlers ages 16 and up
• Byes - None
• Etiquette Tips for New Curlers.

League Summary

 The Getting Started league concept was pioneered at the Ottawa Curling Club and has since been implemented at curling clubs across Canada.

Curlers receive instruction and coaching every week throughout the season from October until April, on Tuesdays, 8:45-10:45 p.m.  The high instructor-to-student ratio accelerates skill development.

The program has two levels of instruction.  In Level 1 curlers learn the basic skills for the first 10 weeks, followed by games for the rest of the season.  Instructors are available at all times - even during games - to help curlers learn essential skills they will need to play in games and bonspiels.  After one season in Level 1, curlers move to Level 2 where curlers play games in a league format, with instructors available at all times to help with delivery technique and game strategy.

Equipment is supplied for the first half of the season. Wear comfortable clothing that stretches and dedicate a pair of shoes for curling to keep the ice clean.

To register for this league, or for additional information please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The Ottawa Curling Club offers many opportunities to play.

People new to curling are encouraged to check out our Tuesday Getting Started league. 

Leagues that are good for individuals or duos to join:

• Friday Mixed
• Daytime
• Saturday Open
• Sunday U5
• Sunday University/College

Leagues vary in terms of skill level.  Please contact the Club Manager if you would like advice about which leagues to consider.

League Overview

Monday Ladder: 6:30 & 8:45 pm 

• Frequency - Weekly with 2 draws per night with teams alternating draw times each week.
• Format - This "ladder" league has 4 sections with teams moving up or down after each session.
• Who can play - 24 teams that consist of any gender mix.
• Byes - 4 teams don't play per week but each team play their full compliment of weeks.

Tuesday Women: 6:30 pm 

• Frequency - Weekly with 1 draw per night.
• Format - This "ladder" league has 2 sections with teams moving up or down after each session.
• Who can play - 12 teams of women.
• Byes - 2 teams don't play per week but each team play their full compliment of weeks.

Tuesday Getting Started: 8:45 pm

• Frequency - Weekly with 1 draw per night
• Format - This program offers full instruction both on and off ice with certified instructors.
• Who can play - Any beginner curlers ages 16 and up
• Byes - None
• Etiquette Tips for New Curlers.

Wednesday Cash: 5:00 & 7:00 pm - Subject to change pending number of teams registered (5:00 & 7:00 & 9:00) 

• Frequency - Weekly with 2 draws per night.
• Format - Each team contributes $400 to cash pool. Each game is worth cash 
• Who can play - 20 teams that consist of any gender mix.
• Byes - None.

Thursday Men: 6:30 & 8:45 pm 

• Frequency - Weekly with 2 draws per night with teams alternating draw times each week.
• Format - This "ladder" league has 4 sections with teams moving up or down after each session.
• Who can play - 24 men's teams.
• Byes - 4 teams don't play per week but each team play their full compliment of weeks.

Friday Mixed 7:00 & 9:00 pm 

• Frequency - Weekly with 2 draws per night with teams alternating draw times each week.
• Format - This "ladder" league has 2 sections with teams moving up or down after each session.
• Who can play - 24 teams consisting of 2 males and 2 females.
• Byes - 4 teams don't play per week but each team play their full compliment of weeks.
• Etiquette Tips for New Curlers.

Daytime: Tuesday & Thursday 10:00 am 

• Frequency - Twice a week with 1 draw per day.
• Format - A draw from the board where participants play on a different team each draw.
• Who can play - Any combination.
• Byes - None.

Saturday Open: 9:00 am

• Frequency - Once a week with 1 draw per day.
• Format - Round-robin; every team plays every other team dependant on the number of weeks available; followed by a single-knockout playoff.
• Who can play - 22 teams.
• Byes - Two bye weeks per season per team.

Sunday University & College: 7:00 pm 

• Frequency - Once a week with 1 draw per day.
• Format - A draw from the board where participants play on a different team each draw.
• Who can play - Any combination. New curlers are given weekly instruction.
• Byes - None.

Colts: 7:00 pm 

• Frequency - Once a week with 1 draw per day.
• Format - Round-robin; every team plays every other team dependant on the number of weeks available;
• Who can play - Any combination under 5 Years
• Byes - 1 per week