The WNW (Formerly WNL) has wrapped up a very successful year with a full complement of teams (just as we finished up last year).

Our playoffs ended on April 3 in front of a full lounge of onlookers.

A Division - Team Murphy - Janet Murphy, Sarah Reid, Jacquie Ramier, Victoria Swystun

B Division - Team Lindsay - Cynthia Lindsay, Fayeanne Beattie, Linda McGuigan, Jessica Bekar

C Division - Team Widger - Kim Widger, Cindy Radich, Debbie Graham, Nathalie Noel

D Division - Team MacLauchlan - Lois MacLauchlan, Maureen Fearon, Laurie Westover, Gail MacPherson

Come see Ontario’s top 24 Men’s teams compete to qualify for the Ontario Men’s Curling Championships including OCC’s own Scott Foster

Come see Ontario’s top 14 Women’s team compete to qualify for the Ontario Women’s Curling Championship.

Follow all the action here: Mens https://on.curling.io/v1-scores#!/competitions/8314

Womens https://on.curling.io/v1-scores#!/competitions/8315

In furtherance of community outreach and partnerships, the Oakville Curling Club (OCC) is thrilled to announce an exciting collaboration with Sheridan College’s Faculty of Animation, Arts and Design (FAAD), recognized for its innovation, creativity, and artistic excellence, to establish the Oakville Curling Club Mural Design Challenge.

The challenge was opened to Sheridan FAAD students on December 11, 2023. The goal is to enrich the curling experience of the Oakville Curling Club members & visitors, and to further OCC’s community mission promoting student development by providing Sheridan FAAD students with a real-world experience and venue to showcase their talents.

Students (or teams of students) will compete to create a series of visually engaging artwork that incorporate important elements of curling and the Club's community-focused values & mission. The winning submission will be transferred to larger murals to be hung on four (4) selected arena wall sections within the ice shed. The winner(s) will receive a prize award and artistic credit displayed alongside the murals.

The Club is looking to establish a National Sports Trust Fund (NSTF) project that accepts corporate & member donations for this initiative. As with all NSTF projects, members will receive a tax receipt and the Club is pleased to announce that qualifying contributors will have their names appear as sponsors alongside the arena murals.

For more details, visit the Challenge’s web page.

The Bell rule

The Bell will sound once at the nominal beginning of the draw.

• After 1 hour and 40 minutes, the Bell will sound again.  At this point, teams get to complete the end they are currently playing, plus one more.
• 15 minutes later (1 hour and 55 minutes from the start), the bell will ring one last time.  Now, teams are currently playing their last end.
• The end is considered over when the skip’s hammer rock crosses the near T-line.  At this point, you are considered to be playing the next end.

Example 1: If you are in the middle of the sixth end and the first bell sounds, you can finish the 6th end and play the 7th end. 

Example 2: If you are at the very end of the sixth end, once the hammer crosses the near T-line, you are now in the 7th end.  If the first bell rings at this point, you may play the 7th and 8th ends.  In this case, you need to complete the 7th end in 15 minutes before the final bell sounds.

This is a test abuse communication as requested by the ISP. 

• Delivery Tune-up
  improve your slide and delivery through:

  • Line Check (set-up & timing)
  • Release
  • Balance

• Take-out Weight and Shots
  improve your hitting through:

  • Technique and tweaks
  • Practice exercises

• Sweeping & Communication
  improve your sweeping & team skills through:

  • Sweeping technique analysis
  • On-ice communication

• Take-Out Weight:

  • Different techniques to generate more hit weight 
  • Learn to use stop watches and understand uses for split times for hits
  • Develop techniques for developing better weight control overall

• Angles and Finesse Shots
  ever wonder how the pro's make crazy shots?

  • Learn about:
    • Drag Effect
    • Angles
    • Trick Shots

• Practice drills
  learn to feel comfortable practicing on your own or with your team through:

  • Creating process goals for practice
  • Individual and team drill ideas
  • Set-up of a focused practice

• Strategy
  learn how to improve your game through:

  • Offensive vs. defensive
  • 5-rock rule
  • Pace of play
  • Angles
  • Q & A

  Learn to Skip:

  • New to Skipping? Learn the basics of the position
  • Build on Line-calling skills 
  • Decision making for shots 

  Learn to Vice:

  • New to Vicing? Learn the basics of the position
  • Build on Line-calling skills 
  • Learn to help with decision making

  Stick Delivery:

  • New to stick curling or would like to improve your control?
  • Learn the basics of stick curling 
  • Detect and correct your delivery

You are receiving this email because you are listed an OCC league convenor.

Team creation has been streamlined and moved to the front end of the website.

• Go to Gamecentre and select the "Teams" option for your league.
• You will see a blank slate of teams and an edit button to the far right of each team.  Use the edit button to start building your teams.  Team Member must have an OCC web account to show in the dropdown list. (They do not need to be registered for 2022, but they must have an account)
• You can unpublish un-needed teams or leave them blank.  I will unpublish any blank teams prior to season start.
• If your league is expanding and you need extra teams, let me know and I'll create them.

Larry

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Remember how much fun you had in our Learn to Curl program? Hopefully you aren’t stopping there!

The 2022-23 Curling Season is right around the corner and we’d love to see you back at The Oakville Curling Club as Members.

We have openings in most our Leagues – and as recent graduates of our Learn to Curl Program we are offering you a $100 discount against your fees for your first season as a member. Whether you want to sign up as an individual in either our Saturday morning or Monday night social leagues and / or want to join one of our team leagues – Mixed, Women’s, Men’s, or Open, please visit our website, oakvillecurlingclub.com, to check out the various options.

If you have questions, please contact the Club office at (905) 844-6982 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

If membership isn’t in your plans for this season, check out our other Learn to Curl Programs and our Novice League as other opportunities for you to continue to enjoy the coolest game in the world!

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