The Bozeman Curling Club season has ended in good fashion. The Thursday Night League champions were The Stoneherders with Legion of Broom taking 2nd place. While the Sunday League Champions were Sweeping with Your Mom, who won a close one against the Sharpshooters. While the BCC season is over, there is still curling left going on in Montana.  Including the Hi-Line Curling Club's Hammer's and Hack's Bonspiel (March 15th - 17th), which featured an all BCC Championship final of Sweeping with Your Mom and the Short & Curlies. S+C took home the trophy. It was the first time a BCC team won this Bonspiel and the Hi-Line folks host a great Bonspiel including 3 teams visiting from Canda. Next up is the Big Sky Bonspiel April 5th-7th in Missoula, MT which features 32 teams from around the region. It is the most popular spiel in MT, so it is already filled, but it is a great one to watch if you are in the Missoula area that weekend. Lastly is the Montana State Games tournament in Billings, MT on April 19th - 21st in Billings. There are still spots available in this spiel registration is here if your team wants to join. Short + Curlies winning the Hi-Line traveling trophy....

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The Bozeman Curling Club League season is under way! We have a completely full league again this year with 18 teams on Thursday night, and 25 teams on Sunday. With a start of the new season I thought I would post a few notes and reminders: Setup: We often see the same people doing all the setup. If you are scheduled for the first draw, please show up early and help to make sure we get setup on time (many hands make light work) Teams on Sheets 2&4 are responsible for setup. If you are hesitant about what to do please ask, and if you are interested please ask about how to pebble. We are going to setup two houses on each side of the rink, this means pushing one cart to the opposite end, but it makes setup quicker and leads to less crowding during play. The hacks and pebblers reside in the Zam room in the front left corner Please keep the paired sets of stones together; i.e. A Yelllows, A Reds; B Yellows B Reds; Play it Again Sports Red and Yellows, and the Red and Blue handled stone. Play: I have tried to give enough time for every draw to have 95 minutes of playing time for 6 draws, which should be plenty, however because of delays getting setup on the first draw, please be reasonable with the start times. Please, don't start a new end with less 10 minutes before the next draw, or 15 minutes before our hardstop of being off the ice of 11pm on Thursday and 8:15 pm on Sunday. We are going to play with the 5 rock free-guard rule. i.e. Opposing teams guards can't be removed until the 6th rock played by either side. Please follow good curling etiquette and if you have questions please ask other skips. Look for more information on this to follow. Tear-down: For teardown, when you are done with your game please remove the stones from the ice onto the same cart (i.e. closest to the side you started on) Please wait until all the stones have been removed from the ice before removing the hacks with water (we have had bad falls including injuries from people slipping on the water from removing the hacks). Please use hot water from the Zam room to remove the hacks this keeps the ice strong where the hacks are located and reduces blow outs, but again after all the stones are off The hacks and pebblers reside in the corner of the Zam room Please lock the curling shed door and close all the doors onto the ice for the zam guy.  ...

Cash Summer Bonspiel: August 19th, 2023 UPDATE: The bonspiel will have only one day of curling on Saturday August 19th. A BBQ will be held the evening of August 18th. Bozeman's Ressler Motor's Ice Rink is open year-round, so we are organizing a Bonspiel tournament with a cash payout to the winners. We'll prepare the ice; We'll drink beer; We'll curl; We'll get out of the heat; You'll curl your best and maybe win CASH!; Details: $300 per team $800 guaranteed payout to the championship team Single Open Pool open to teams of all skill levels If you are interested in the event, but don't have a full team please email [email protected] to add yourself to a sparing list (i.e. you are only one person but would want to fill in on a spot) or seek someone from the sparing list. ...

Soon after the 2023-2024 Curling season, Chad Kucera - BCC Board Member and enthusiastic friend of curling in MT - found his final rest. With the participation of Chad's family, the Bozeman Curling Club is hosting a Celebration of Life at the Ressler Ice Rink on Sunday, Oct 20th, 5:15 - 7:15 pm. All BCC members and friends of Chad are welcome to attend. Please look for additional information about this event and how you can help us memorialize Chad....

Registration is now open for the 6th Annual Bozspiel, Feb 3rd-5th. ...

Bozeman Curling Club Rules:  Bring separate shoes for curling. Change shoes prior to entering the ice to keep ice clean. Salt and dirt will track onto ice, changing the conditions of the  ice.  Everyone should help bring stones onto ice before games and return them to the storage locker when  the session is finished.  Games are six (6) ends. If you have less than 15 minutes left prior to the next draw or when we have to return the ice, do not start an end. Teams consist of 4 to 6 members, each throwing 2 stones, in the order you set. The 4 players who start  the end must remain the same position throughout the end. In the event where a team is playing with  only three players, the lead and second will deliver 3 stones each per end and the skip will deliver 2 each  end.  You may substitute players or change rotation in between ends, if your team so chooses. ∙ Each team will designate a Skip and Vice-Skip.  Begin by flipping a coin, this is done by the Vice-Skip, and the opponent Vice-Skip will call it in the air. Whoever wins, decides if they want Hammer or not. (Hammer means you throw the last stone on the first end.  Then the other skip picks which set of rocks to throw. (Color)  Whichever team scores, the Hammer moves to the team that did not score.  Introduce yourselves to the other teamshake hands and say “Good Curling” to each other. Non-hammer team throws the first stone. Seconds and Vice-Skip sweep for the lead. When a player lets  go of the stone, the other team should begin setting up the stone for their turn. When the stone motion stops, sweepers move to the side and stay between the Hog lines and try to not distract other players.  Skip leaves the house and stands behind the hack as other skip takes over the house.  The free guard rule shall be in effect. Until five stones have been played (two from each side), opposing stones in the free guard zone (the area between the hog and tee lines, excluding the house) may not be knocked out of play by. These are known as guard rocks. If the guard rocks are knocked out of play, all stones are replaced to where they were before the shot was thrown, and the delivered stone is removed from play and cannot be replayed. This rule is known as  the five-rock rule or the free guard zone rule.  Only Vice Skips look and decide which stones are closer and what the score is.  Compliment good shots, don’t comment on an errant stone. If at the end of 6 ends the score is tied, the skips that skipped the last end played will each throw one  stone and the winner will be determined by which stone is closer to the button and is still in play  between the Hog Line and the End Line. If both stones end up out of play, the skips will deliver another  stone each to complete the match and determine the winning team.  The team that scored the most recent point in the match will throw first. The vice-skip will skip for each team, sweeping is allowed,  however the vice skip may not sweep the opponents stone if it passes the T line. This is known as a  Shootout or a Draw to the Button. If a team touches their stone being delivered between the hog lines, the stone is “burned” and removed from play. If the a stone is touched after the hog line then the non-offending team decides what to do. They can either remove the touched stone and replace any other moved stones, leave the stones as they lie, or move the stone to where they think it would have ended up . I.e. minor accidental touches don’t necessarily need removal. Be good sports. Stones have to completely pass the hog line or the back line, except stones that touched stones in play remain in play even if they don’t come to a rest in play. Unless specified in the Bozeman Curling Club House Rules, games will be governed by the rules set forth  in the USA Curling guidelines.  GOOD CURLING!...

The Bozeman Curling Club Season is about to get underway. We have had terrific showings at our Learn to Curls and there is one more this Sunday October 16th. Thursday Night League starts October, 27th when we get the ice at 5:45pm. Sunday League starts October 30th at 2:30 pm. Save the Dates: Last year, in collaboration with the Williston Basin Curling Club in Williston, ND we put together a Montana Curlers tournament at their dedicated faclity in Williston, ND. We had so much fun, and the Williston club are such great hosts that they are inviting us back this year. The date looks to be the first weekend in December (2nd, 3rd, 4th), and the charge like last year will be minimal. Bozspiel: We have shifted back our annual slighlty to Bozeman Curling Club Bonspiel (AKA the Bozspiel) to Feb 3rd - 5th, 2023. Free Agents We have added a Free Agent list for the 2022/2023 season to the registration page. Please add yourself if you would like help finding a team....

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