The Jasper Curling Club is back and ready to rock after some restrictions due to COVID-19 and is looking to raise awareness of the sport, showcase the fun of curling, and become a more active member in the community of Jasper.
Official leagues for both Ladies鈥� and Mixed/Open have already begun, with the Corporate League starting on December 2nd. The current league schedule is as follows: Tuesdays - Ladies' League, Wednesdays - Mixed/Open League, Corporate Thursdays - Open Community League, and Senior Drop-in every Tuesday and Thursday from 1pm-3pm. Since there is no Men鈥檚 League this year, men are encouraged to participate in the Mixed/Open Leagues every Wednesday.
In addition, the Jasper Curling Club hosts its famous Bonspiel events, which have been already scheduled for 2022. This year the bonspiel dates are as follows: Mixed Doubles: Jan 14-16, Men鈥檚: Feb 4-6, Ladies鈥�: March 18-20, and finally Mixed: April 1-3. Both Men鈥檚 and Mixed Doubles will be livestreamed on the Curling Alberta website.
With leagues and bonspiels scheduled for the season, the club hopes to host more themed 鈥渇unspiels鈥�, with a community 鈥済ive-back鈥漜omponent to each event. 鈥淲e are looking to bring some more fun, community participation, and awareness of one of Canada鈥檚 favourite sports back to Jasper鈥�, says Jeff Perham, the new Jasper Curling Club Manager.
鈥淭he first funspiel we did this year was the 鈥�1st Annual Shirley Dorin Halloween Funspiel鈥� in honour of the late Shirley Dorin鈥�. Perham adds that the Jasper Curling Club did a 50/50 raffle with half of the winnings going to Shirley鈥檚 family and the turnout was great.
A 鈥渇unspiel鈥� is a curling event where individuals sign up and are placed on a team at random. This typically happens on a Saturday and goes the full day with lots of tricks and turns to the 鈥渞egular鈥� rules of curling, with prizes and food to end the event. This is a great way to introduce curling in a less competitive way, and to attract younger generations who will be the future of the Jasper Curling Club.
The next 鈥淔unspiel鈥� is currently planned for December 11th with an Ugly Christmas Sweater theme and a community component to the Jasper Food Bank.
Learn more on our website at www.jaspercurling.ca
Submitted by the Jasper Curling Club
