Welcome to the 2009 / 2010 Curling Season !!
Welcome to 2009 / 2010 season of the Lone Star Curling Club !! Although it doesn’t feel like fall right now, in a couple of weeks we will be starting our club’s fourth season of the “cool” sport of curling.
For this season, our curling sessions will again be on Sunday mornings, from 9:30 AM to 11:45 AM at the Chaparral Ice facility at 2525 Anderson Lane. Please arrive a few minutes early for each session to help with ice setup.
As done in the past, we will have a couple of special sessions to kick off the season:
Sunday, Sept. 13 – Intermediate Education session for experienced curlers
Sunday, Sept. 20 – Learn to Curl session for new members.
The intermediate session is designed for people with some curling experience. This will feature our skips and experienced members who will discuss & demonstrate topics and questions related to delivery, sweeping and strategy. The purpose of this education is to address specific areas that you want to improve or that you have had trouble with. Please email me topics or questions you have so that we can better prepare the instruction. This was a very popular session last season, and I encourage everyone to attend. The fee for this will be $20.00 per person.
The Learn to Curl session is our method to introduce the sport to new persons. This is our major recruiting session for new members, so please publicize this to anyone you know who is interested in curling. We will go through the basics of delivery and sweeping, and time permitting, run through a mini curling game. We will also need a few volunteers to assist with the instruction. There will be no charge for people to attend this session, although we will ask for donations to help offset the ice fees.
Speaking of ice fees, Chaparral Ice has increased our hourly ice fees. This season our hourly fee is $250, or almost $570 per curling session. In spite of this, the board has decided to hold the line on charges to our members. The annual membership fee this season will be $50.00. The charge for each curling session will be $20.00, a decrease of $2.00 from last season. This can be paid each session or can be paid for a half season in advance. We would like all the membership fees paid before the first league game.
We plan to address the increased ice costs in a number of ways. Firstly, this will be our year to recruit new members. If we can fill up the 4 sheets, the increased weekly ice fees will help the club to break even. In February, the Vancouver Olympics will provide tremendous coverage of curling, so we want to take advantage of this publicity. So tell people you know about our club and the sport, and encourage them to come out. There will also be flyers to place at various public places you frequent.
We also look to sponsorships from businesses or individuals to help with the club finances. This year, we are also introducing a Pro Shop to sell curling merchandise. Darlene Barnes is handling this, and she will be showing a line of curling shirts featuring our new club logo. In addition, we are also introducing a line of vehicle window stickers to decorate your vehicles and publicize our club.
League games will start either on Sept. 27 or Oct. 4. You can enter complete rinks, as groups of curlers, or as an individual who you want us to place you on a rink.
We look forward to renewing old acquaintances, meeting new members, and having a great time on the ice !! Please let me know if you have any questions, comments, ideas or suggestions.
For this season, our curling sessions will again be on Sunday mornings, from 9:30 AM to 11:45 AM at the Chaparral Ice facility at 2525 Anderson Lane. Please arrive a few minutes early for each session to help with ice setup.
As done in the past, we will have a couple of special sessions to kick off the season:
Sunday, Sept. 13 – Intermediate Education session for experienced curlers
Sunday, Sept. 20 – Learn to Curl session for new members.
The intermediate session is designed for people with some curling experience. This will feature our skips and experienced members who will discuss & demonstrate topics and questions related to delivery, sweeping and strategy. The purpose of this education is to address specific areas that you want to improve or that you have had trouble with. Please email me topics or questions you have so that we can better prepare the instruction. This was a very popular session last season, and I encourage everyone to attend. The fee for this will be $20.00 per person.
The Learn to Curl session is our method to introduce the sport to new persons. This is our major recruiting session for new members, so please publicize this to anyone you know who is interested in curling. We will go through the basics of delivery and sweeping, and time permitting, run through a mini curling game. We will also need a few volunteers to assist with the instruction. There will be no charge for people to attend this session, although we will ask for donations to help offset the ice fees.
Speaking of ice fees, Chaparral Ice has increased our hourly ice fees. This season our hourly fee is $250, or almost $570 per curling session. In spite of this, the board has decided to hold the line on charges to our members. The annual membership fee this season will be $50.00. The charge for each curling session will be $20.00, a decrease of $2.00 from last season. This can be paid each session or can be paid for a half season in advance. We would like all the membership fees paid before the first league game.
We plan to address the increased ice costs in a number of ways. Firstly, this will be our year to recruit new members. If we can fill up the 4 sheets, the increased weekly ice fees will help the club to break even. In February, the Vancouver Olympics will provide tremendous coverage of curling, so we want to take advantage of this publicity. So tell people you know about our club and the sport, and encourage them to come out. There will also be flyers to place at various public places you frequent.
We also look to sponsorships from businesses or individuals to help with the club finances. This year, we are also introducing a Pro Shop to sell curling merchandise. Darlene Barnes is handling this, and she will be showing a line of curling shirts featuring our new club logo. In addition, we are also introducing a line of vehicle window stickers to decorate your vehicles and publicize our club.
League games will start either on Sept. 27 or Oct. 4. You can enter complete rinks, as groups of curlers, or as an individual who you want us to place you on a rink.
We look forward to renewing old acquaintances, meeting new members, and having a great time on the ice !! Please let me know if you have any questions, comments, ideas or suggestions.
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