Season Wrap-Up

Thank you all for a great season at OCC! As the ice begins to melt, the board would like to extend extra thanks to all of you that helped out throughout the season - - from ice making, to club clean-up, to helping teach new folks to curl, to painting/maintenance - - our club works because we have great members like YOU!!

Check out the end of season news below for updates on league and spiel champs, as well as spring clean-up and the annual meeting.

We had 8 teams join the fun at the annual Taco John's Club Championship spiel March 6-7. A great time was had by all. Congratulations to TEAM ARRELL (Kent Arrell, Kim Swanson, Rob Hawkins, and Mike Sethney) on the win!

There was lots of great competition on the ice in all leagues this winter, but the results are in, and the league winners have been named! They are....

Greg Bangs, Sarah Wagner, Matt Martin, Glenn Moen

Pat Segler, Stefan Gantert, Mark Heyne, Brad Svenby

Ryan Claussen, Kent Arrell, Kim Swanson, Bruce Huber, Rob Hawkins

Bruce Huber, Ed Pitzenberger, Kim Swanson, Greg Selthun, Hunter Evenson (not pictured)

Thanks to those of you that volunteered to hit the ice with new curlers throughout the season, we were able to welcome 147 novice curlers in the 2025-26 season. We're looking forward to riding the wave of Olympic interest into next season - maybe even adding another (triples?) league night!

A few of the big events included Owatonna High School's Lifetime Activities students, Pioneer and Federated corporate events, a 3-week learn-to-curl league, an Iowa friendly spiel with friends from Des Moines and Cedar Rapids, and some public adult learn-to-curl nights.

These events don't happen without YOU! Thanks again to all that stepped up to prep ice and assist as instructors! Stay tuned for opportunities to share your love of curling with new folks next season!!

It was a great season at OCC, and as we wrap up this season and start thinking about the 2026-27 season, there are some things that we'd love to have you be a part of. Please mark your calendars for the following opportunities:

Join the fun starting at 6:00pm as we clean things up and prep to have our warm-room floor epoxied in April! If the ice is out, we'll also roll up the coils and pick up the foam. If the ice isn't out yet, then we'll schedule another opportunity later. Stay tuned!

As noted before, please take all personal belongings home from the club this month. We have a lot of clearing out to do to prep for the flooring!

It's time to reflect on the season and celebrate our successes as we look ahead to the future. Stay tuned for all the details - but tentatively plan on social time starting at 6:00pm, meeting at 6:30 or 6:45. Venue will likely be MSB Brewery, but again, we'll send out more details in an upcoming email as we approach April.

One of the items on the Annual Meeting agenda will be to vote for board members. There are 3 positions up each year. If you are interested in giving back to your club by serving on the board (or would like to nominate a teammate), please send a note to owatonnacurling@gmail.com. Board positions are 3-year terms.

If you have questions on what being a board member entails, please feel free to reach out to any current board member and ask!