Owatonna Curling Club News

It's hard to believe we're down to the last few weeks of the 2023-24 curling season. Check out this newsletter to keep up with all the great things happening at OCC in this final month!!!

With just two more weeks of league play, it's time to get all make-up games played! Additionally, make sure all games that have been played have been updated with winners on the schedule at the club. Current league standings (based on what has been recorded at the club) are attached:

To get your make-up games on the calendar, email owatonnacurling@gmail.com. The ice is pretty open the weeks of February 19 and 26. According to the standings at the club, there are 20 make-up games that need to be played (this may include some games that were played, but not recorded).

Stop by before your Super Bowl fun and get some new curling gear!!!

If you're looking for a fun opportunity to wind the season down, join us Saturday February 24 for a great day of curling and comeraderie!!!

This spiel will begin with randomly selecting teams, and we'll play triples - 6-end games with 6 rocks per end. Be prepared to throw each position and have a great day mixing it up with OCC curlers!!

$20 per curler. Lunch provided. Bring your own beverages. We'll start at 9:30am!

Sign up by emailing owatonnabonspiels@gmail.com today!!! See Tricia Hoffmann or Kim Swanson with questions.

Join us for the end-of-season Club Championships!! The start date will be either Thursday, February 29 or Friday, March 1 (depending on number of teams). Sign-up will be at the club OR via email to owatonnabonspiels@gmail.com. Each curler may only curl on one team :)

Register by Friday, February 23 so that we can get draw times determined by the 26th.

THURSDAY TEAMS: Stay tuned for a "bring some food" sign-up sheet at the club in the next week or so. Thanks to all that have already contributed to a spiel this season!!

We have lots of opportunities for members to get involved as we host a variety of folks at the club to introduce them to curling. See the schedule below, and email Kim if you can help out!!

We have HS kids joining us at the club TUESDAYS (February 6, 13, 20) from 9:55am-12:50pm (2 separate groups). Thanks to those that helped out last week - we've got three more opportunities coming up this month!

We have about 15 Medford basketball players joining us FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9 from 4-5:15pm!! If you're willing to help out, we could use a couple extra curlers to instruct/be around to help out. Contact Kim to let her know you'll be there!

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9 from 6:30-8:30pm. We have 20 adults scheduled to join us for a few hours of curling. Can you help? Let us know! We could use 2-3 more curlers to help out!!

The board has secured an AED through the University of Minnesota's AED Reuse/Recycle Program!! It's scheduled to arrive at the club Saturday, February 3. We're excited to have this life-saving technology at the club (and hope that we never have to use it!)!

Stay tuned next season for training opportunities. While AEDs are pretty easy to use (they walk you through what to do), we'd like to have (ideally) one person from each team trained each season so that if it is needed, we're likely to have someone in the building that is comfortable with its use.

We're consistently seeing over a dozen young curlers at our Saturday morning OCC Juniors Program this season!!

We're excited to have them curling in some GAMES on Sunday evenings for the remainder of the season! We had a 4-end game with 8 junior curlers last Sunday, and there are 7 planning to attend this weekend, as well!!

Thanks to all those that curled (or helped with food) in the 2024 Spiel Spectacular.

Special thanks to MOHS Construction and North Risk Partners for their sponsorship!!

Congratulations to TEAM MARTIN on their first event championship. Team Olson finished as first-event runners-up. Check out the final game on OwatonnaLive here.

Thanks to Brad Bettermann, Matt Martin, Clint Bettermann, and Kim Swanson for spending some time with the OwatonnaLive Coaches Show talking about OCC. Check out the interview here.

After the conclusion of the season, we hope you'll plan to join us for CLUB CLEAN-UP and the ANNUAL MEETING. Stay tuned for details on dates and times!!

We are also looking for folks that are willing to run for BOARD POSITIONS. If you are interested, please let us know, and we'll keep you in the loop as we approach the annual meeting (where the voting takes place). Thanks, and good curling!