Season End-Party - Bunkhouse Brewing Four Corners April 15th
The Bozeman Curling Club is hosting a season end party at Bunkhouse Brewery in Four Corners on April 15th from 6-8pm. Come drink beer and socialize with your competition. More details to follow....
6th Annual Bozspiel
Registration is now open for the 6th Annual Bozspiel, Feb 3rd-5th. ...
Sunday Winter League Registration
Registration is open to 5 new teams for the Sunday Winter League starting Jan 8th running through March 18th....
BCC Rules
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!...
League Dates and Save the Dates
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....

"No Effort" Summer Bonspiel
Inaugural Bozeman Curling Club "No Effort" Summer Bonspiel: Saturday August 20th, 2022
Bozeman's Ressler Motor's Ice Rink is open year-round, so we are organizing a one-day Bonspiel tournament.
We'll prepare the ice;
We'll drink beer;
We'll curl;
We'll get out of the heat;
But we won't promise much else;
Details:
$250 per team
Curling 8 am to 12 pm Saturday
16 team max
Single Open Pool open to teams of all skill levels
Register Here...

Season's End
Well the 2021-2022 Bozeman Curling Club season is over. We hope everybody had a good time this season and hope to see you all for leagues next Fall. In the mean time, with Ressler running year round we will have four opportunities for curling this summer. Three Wednesday's and a Saturday in late August. Look on the website and emails for announcements.
Good Curling!
Bozeman Curling Club...
League Playoff Brackets and Schedules
For our first true league playdown we have seeded the brackets below:
Sunday League
Thursday Night League
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Learn to Curl and Cheer for Team USA
The Bozeman Curling Club is hosting a Learn to Curl on Sunday February 6th at 4:30 pm.
Registration is here. Cost is $20 per participant. Ages 7+ and all skill levels welcome.
Our Learn to Curl program includes about 40-60 minutes of small group in instruction in delivery of stones, sweeping, rules, and etiquette. Then participants scrimmage for a couple ends against other participants.
Participating in a Learn to Curl is a great way to appreciate the game while we help cheer Team Shuster onto a repeat Gold Medal run!...
The Bozeman Curling Club is open to all people who are interested in the sport of curling. Our objectives are to promote and support curling in Bozeman and the surrounding area, to establish and maintain regular play, and to have a lot of fun at all times.