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2024-2025 League Summary Descriptions & Coordinators

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Monday Morning Open

This is an open league welcoming all curlers. The game format will be decided based on how many curlers sign up. Pairs can request to curl together.

Maryellen Prescott Rules

Monday Evening Men’s

This is a men’s league, welcoming all ACC men. Skips are selected by the Men's Curling Committee. Teams are selected by skip draw. At the end of the season, lower ranked skips may be dropped from skipping in the league to make space for other skips.

Tyler Reynolds Rules

Tuesday Evening Women’s

Tuesday evening is a women’s league and we welcome all women to join us. Games are 8-ends and we play two draws. Players interested in skipping must request to be added to the skip rotation list prior to the end of the previous half-year season. At the end of each half-year season, the lowest ranking skips are rotated out in favor of other skips from the skip list. Teams are selected by skip draw.

 Taylor Chamberlain Rules

Wednesday Afternoon Women’s

This is a women’s league, welcoming all ACC women. Game format will be decided based on how many curlers sign up.

Chris Hall Rules

Wednesday Evening Open

This is an open competitive league for members with prior curling experience. The league will run the entire season. This league requires entire teams of four or five curlers to be submitted. 

Single curlers or teams with fewer than 4 curlers should contact the league coordinator, as we can almost always find a way to get you on a team if you'd like to try to qualify for the league.

The skips who finished in the top seven positions the previous season are guaranteed spots in this year's league. If more teams sign up for the league than there are openings, there will be a preseason playdown. The timing of the playdown allows curlers who do not qualify for the league to sign up for other leagues. The skip should email Stu Howells: stuey16@gmail.com and list the team members.

Stu Howells Rules

Thursday Morning Open

This is an open league welcoming all curlers. Teams are selected by skip draw. Pairs can request to curl together.

Lynn Ray Rules

Thursday Evening Mixed

This is a mixed league welcoming all curlers, with alternating genders at skip/vice (as experience allows) and an open format for the front-end players, selected by skip draw. Pairs can request to curl together. Consideration will be given to requests for single-gender skip/vice pairings as well as full teams made up of 1st and 2nd year players. Due to the popularity of this league in recent years, games have been 6-end games with three draws scheduled each evening to accommodate all those who wish to sign up.

Ron Burkhart & Rich Merritt Rules

Friday Happy Hour

This is an open league welcoming all curlers. The game format will be decided based on how many curlers sign up. You do not need to sign up to drop in, and you do not need to show up every week if you do sign up. Registration is to make communication easier. Expect to show up around 3:30pm to form teams and be on the ice by 4pm.

TBD (Leagues director will cover) No Rules!

Friday Evening Open

Friday evening curling includes 6-end draws welcoming all curlers to a social league in a traditional skip-draw format (open to any gender and ability). Curlers are also welcome to sign up as full teams, as well as partial teams to be entered into the skip draw. Due to the popularity of this league in recent years, games have been 6-end games with three draws scheduled each evening to accommodate all those who wish to sign up.

Jay Stein Rules

Saturday Morning Instructional

The league will focus on instruction and practice and includes some game play. Details will be determined after sign-ups, with consideration of experience/skill levels of participants. Due to limited space, priority will be given in order of curling experience starting from least.

Kevin Schwenzfeier N/A

 Saturday Afternoon Open

 This league is open to all curlers with five or fewer years of curling experience. The league will be a mix of intermediate instructional time, mixers intended to build 5U teams for bonspiels (and other leagues), and mini round-robin leagues. Mini leagues will require a commitment of only three Saturdays and all other Saturday afternoon events will be pick-up and open to anyone. Mini league games will have six ends, full teams can be submitted, or individuals and pairs may sign up to be entered into a skip draw. All Saturday afternoon events will take place at 12pm with additional draws potentially available if demanded. Dates and sign-ups for Saturday events and mini-leagues will be available in the coming months.

Leigh Wedenoja No variances

Sunday Morning Open Doubles

This league will be two draws on Sunday mornings depending on signups and ice availability. Signups are as a predetermined pair, and each player must have at least one year of curling experience. Some experience as vice or skip is preferred. Depending on the number of teams there may be frequent byes.

Aimee Wagner & Darius Romero No variances

Sunday Evening Mixed

This is a mixed league welcoming all curlers, with alternating men/women or women/men in each team (as feasible), selected by skip draw. Couples can request to curl together. This league is anticipated to have 3 draws (starting in the late afternoon) to accommodate all those who wish to sign up.

Marj ODonnell & Ed ONeill Rules

 Information updated August 4, 2025.