Registration nights for curling will be held:

1. Adult Registration night – Friday, Sept 26, 7-10pm, beginners welcome.

2. Junior Registration – Tuesday, October 7 at 7 pm – beginners welcome.

3. Adult Registration, Junior Registration (7-9) Oct 7th – 10th

4. Open Ice (7-9) Oct 7th – 10th, no charge, all welcome. This is your chance to come out and try curling for free. Be careful it is easy to fall in love with this sport.

A brief history on our rock. In 1969, Eric Bastian, was the president of the newly formed curling club society, and was the big push to get the curling club built in Oliver. The granite rocks were ordered from Scotland and arrived in the summer at the Vancouver shipping docks.

Eric, who was known for his ability to get everyone to volunteer and get things done for free, approached a fruit grower by the name of Arpad Pallay. Arpad was delivering fruit to Vancouver with his big truck, and on the request of Eric picked the rocks up and brought them to the club.

The granite in these rocks was considered to be one of the finest.

In 2005, the rocks were sent away to Manitoba to get sharpened. The handles are reversed every other year in order to make them last longer. Obviously this has worked because the rocks are 45 years old!

In 2014 the rocks were shipped to Ontario to have inserts put in them . They are now back at the curling club and ready for all curlers to enjoy once again.

Another improvement that has been worked on over the summer is upgrading heating system in the rink. We will now be able to keep the arena 10 degrees warmer. This is great news for everyone that thought they would like to try curling but just didn’t like the cold.