Changes to Game Play

Here are the key changes when on the Ice Curling at the club this season:

1. Masks are required at all times except when seated at your team's table in the lounge
2. There will be no commmon/rental equipment available, such as:
   • Sliders, Stablizers, Sticks, Brooms, Grippers
   • Please purchase from the Proshop
3. No hand shakes to start the game
4. There will not be coins available to decide who chooses colour/hammer, please either:
   • Do "Odds or Evens" with a stop watch
   • Play Rock, Paper, Scissors
   • Use a "Coin Flip" App
5. Teams must sanitze their rocks at the start and end of their game
   • If reassigning rocks between players resantize rocks
6. One player from each team will clear rocks/measure
   • Use shoes or brooms on the sides of the rocks
   • Do NOT touch the handles
7. There will be only 1 sweeper during a shot (from the throwing team only)
   • Skips/Thirds cannot sweep in the house
8. Waiting players will need to stand either [Diagram]
   • In the "On Deck" area on the back boards (1 person only)
   • On or behind the hack (non-throwing team skip)
   • On a designated marker between hoglines
9. When walking/waiting stay only on the side with the waiting markers/blue line [Diagram]
10. Please clean scorecards before and after your game
11. Draws will be 2 Hours 10min
12. Bell at 1 Hour 50min, finish current end
13. Ice must be cleared 2 Hours 10min after draw time (regardless of any remaining rocks)
14. Teams can play in a 4 person game with only 2 players
    • They must alternate throwing 2 rocks each, no 4 rocks in a row

You can view our full return to curl plan [Here]

*All items of our COVID safety plan and procedures are subject to change at any time.