Glooscap Curling Club

10 MOST COMMONLY BROKEN RULES

: 29 October 2021

10 MOST COMMONLY BROKEN RULES

Only the skip and vice-skip should be behind the house when the opposing team is playing
Players, other than skip/vice-skip, should remain between the hog lines when the opposition is playing, especially at the delivery end
Other than the person in charge of the house for each team, players should not stand in the house whilst the score is being decided or any measure is taking place. Players should stand behind the back line or beyond the hog line
Damage to the ice; keep hands or knees off the ice
Sweeping motion must be across the running path of the stone: in other words, no “snowploughing”
Sweeping behind the tee line: only the skip or vice skip of the non-playing team may sweep when the opposing team is playing
Time wasting. Be ready to play when it is your turn.
Measuring: don’t use a brush to measure as risk of moving stone and automatically losing the shot
Don’t cross from one side of the sheet to the other in front of the playing team when they are about to deliver or if their stone is in motion

If you have refundable bottle and cans that you would like to donate the the curling club, simply drop them off at McConnell’s enviro depot for bottle recycling in Greenwich (across from Avery's) and say they are for Glooscap Curling. Every little bit helps!

If you have household items and clothing to donate, Consignor's Place in New Minas behind the laundromat will take donations for the Glooscap Curling Club. Just mention our club when you drop off your items!

THANK YOU!

Returning Member - Retrieve Your Password

: 26 September 2017

If you are a returning member to the Glooscap Curling Club, you must log into the Member area to complete your signup. Do not signup as a new user to the website.

To retrieve your password, please click on the the FORGOT LOGIN link near the Member Login box.

If you do not know your username:
When prompted, please select "Forgot Username". You will then be asked to enter the email address that you've given the club to use in the past. Enter that email address, then click submit. You will receive an email with your username.

If you do not know your password:
When prompted, please select "Forgot Password". You will then be asked to enter your username (retrieved in previous step) and email address that you've given the club to use in the past. Enter the username and email address, then click submit. You will receive an email with your password.

Once you have both your username and password, enter them into the website to login. When you've logged into the member's area, you can click MY INFORMATION in the Member Menu to change your password and update your personal information.

Then you can click the link to complete your league registration.

Go forward, you'll use this same process to retrieve your username and password if you ever forget them!

Slow Play Recommendations

: 25 October 2018

Two hours is plenty of time for 8 ends. If you’re having difficulties getting through your game in the allotted timeframe have a look at these ideas for picking up the pace. Not only will curling in a timely manner be better for your own game it will make you an opposition others like to play. Slow play is frustrating but easily solved. So let’s all make a promise from this week forward to work on speeding up our games.

Be on the ice 5 minutes before game time. This allows for handshakes, warm-up slides, coin toss and still allows you to start on time.
Do not pull out the opposition’s stones. Teams often throw their rocks out of order and you may not know what the order is. Also, pulling out rocks creates a tripping hazard.
As soon as the opposing player has released their stone, the next player to throw should move quickly to the hack so they can be ready to throw as soon as their skip takes control of the house. The sweepers can watch what happens with the opposition’s rock. The thrower should be cleaning their rock and setting up so they’re ready to go when their skip takes control of the house.
At the beginning of an end, if you do not have hammer, your lead should not help to put the rocks away. The lead should find their first rock, get in the hack, clean their rock and be prepared to throw as soon as the skip is at the other end.
Curling is not a democracy. Front end players should not provide input on strategy unless asked. Be prepared to contribute when asked but otherwise, keep it to yourself. Even the thirds need to exercise restraint when it comes to giving advice. Not only does second guessing undermine the skip, it also slows down the game.
Other than at the end of the game, rocks do not need to be put away in order (this one is hard for many people to let go of). Simply putting the rocks neatly in the corners and not worrying about number order saves a lot of time. If you are compulsive about putting rocks away in order skips can help by putting rocks that are out of play in their appropriate place as the end progresses.
Rocks don’t have to match up with the colour of the rock boxes until they’re put away at the end of the game. It will not affect the game so there is no need to waste time switching corners.
Skips must stay focused on the next shot and not be chatting with the opposing skip or players on adjacent sheets.
Skips could call a simpler game. Simple strategy usually means simpler shots with a higher execution rate which is good for our confidence as club level curlers. It also means there is less likelihood of having a million rocks in play which lead to complex, multi-option situations where too much deliberation about the next shot occurs.