The BGCC will be hosting 6 Learn-to-Curl sessions over the next week: 2 on Sunday (2:15 and 4:45) and one per evening (6:45) on Monday through Thursday. We need help in making these events successful.


First, encourage your friends to come out and try curling. This is the perfect opportunity to get involved before the season begins.

Second, we need volunteers to handle both on-ice and off-ice tasks.

Off-ice prior to the start, we need people to make sure that releases get signed and to help participants find grippers.

Off-ice after the event, we need people to answer questions about future curling opportunities and to socialize with the new curlers.

On-ice, we need volunteers to help with drills and to play in games with the new curlers. Depending on how many people sign-up, we need to have one person per sheet (in addition to our lead instructor). For example, there are currently 17 people signed up for the first Sunday session - so we will use all 4 sheets and will need 4 volunteers.

This is not difficult, and it is also a lot of fun. The primary responsibility is just to keep people safe on the ice. We teach curling through a sequence of 8 drills - most of which are very simple. Once you see a drill, you will likely know how you can help. The drills take roughly 30-40 minutes in total. Then, we play games with the new curlers, and your role is to play, answer questions, keep things moving, and keep people safe.

As of now, some of the sessions later in the week do not have many registrants. Hopefully, this will change. All curlers who have registered for 2017-18 leagues are welcome to come out on Monday-Thursday evening and throw rocks on any unused sheets. Just be aware that the Learn-to-Curl participants have priority, and you will probably be asked to play in the games with them once the drills are complete.

If you are available to volunteer, please contact Scott Piroth at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.