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2010-2011 Season Registration

Registration is now open for the 2010-2011 Curling Season. Members register as individuals, and the league can accept regsitrations in multiples of 8 players [which correstponds to the number of players on a sheet of ice]). Registation is on a first-come, first-serve basis, and payment is required with your regsitration form. Avoid disappointment, register early!

Please look at the Schedule Page for the dates of the 12 games, and note we play on different dates throughout the season. Games are normally 5:30-7:30pm on alternating Sunday Evenings at the Mayflower Curling Club (3000 Monaghan Drive - behind the Young St. Pizza Hut). If demand exceeds 6 sheets (48 players), we are able to book the 7:30pm-9:30pm timeslot as well to accommodate more players.

Players of all skill levels are welcome - that means Beginners too! Consider that the 2009-2010 season was the first for the league, and about 30 players had never been on the ice before, so we have a lot of people with 12 games under their belt and moving from beginner to intermediate.

BEGINNERS - We are looking to schedule a Loose Ends training session on Sunday Sept 26th for new players ($10/player), though alternatively the Mayflower Curling Club also hosts a multi-week LEARN TO CURL class for a very low fee. Warning - the LEARN TO CURL class fills up FAST, and interested parties should contact the Mayflower Curling Club (www.mayflowercc.com or 454-0085).

Costs for 12 games - $150/player. We minimize costs by booking private rental ice time at the Mayflower Curling Club. Please note that joining the Loose Ends does not grant you the privledges of full membership at the Mayflower Curling Club, i.e. sparing in the leagues organized by the Mayflower Curling Club.

Registration opened July 1st, 2010 and goes until September 20, 2010 OR until registration fills up to capacity (dependant upon ice availability from the Mayflower Curling Club).
Avoid disappointment, register early!
First Games are Sunday October 1st, 2010.

2010-2011 Season Registration Form
Player Registration Cost:
$150 cheque payable
to “Loose Ends Curling”		 Send payment and registration form to:
Loose Ends Curling
c/o Curtis Cartmill
#1008 – 1550 Dresden Row
Halifax, NS, B3J 4A2

League Logistics

Forming Teams and Amount of Play - Feedback from the 2009-2010 season suggests that we should stick to the social format used in the first year, where a senior group of Loose Ends curlers will form the teams for each round. There will be 4 rounds, and in each round, the 4 teams in each group will play each other.

We will be rotating people with different skill levels around the league, so you get to play with different people, and also socially get to meet others.

What you need to play:

  1. Very CLEAN SNEAKERS - ABSOLUTELY NO DEBRIS, DIRT or ROCKS on the soles of the sneakers at all (or curling shoes)
  2. Shoe slider - you can borrow one from the club (for free), or you can buy your own.
  3. Broom - You can buy your own broom ($50-$150), or you can rent a broom from the club (about $2/week)
  4. Comfortable clothing (gym or sweat pants, warm sweaters or long sleeve t-shirts, layering is recommended)

The History of the Loose Ends Group

The Loose Ends used to be an unofficial club established in September 2006, with gays and lesbians curling on teams with the Friday night Recreation League at the Mayflower Curling Club. In the 2009-2010 curling season, The Loose Ends club started an official social league on Sunday Evenings at the Mayflower Curling Club, and maxed out at 48 curlers (and a dozen spares) who played on 6 sheets of ice.

The Loose Ends group has successfully hosted a PINK BROOM fundrasier in Halifax to get the GLBT community and its supporting straight allies to try its hand at curling in March 2009 and March 2010. This fundraiser is setup to help raise money to send Halifax teams to the Canadian Gay Curling Championships.

In Halifax, we would like to establish a bonspiel event to add to the Gay-Bonspiel-Circuit, and Loose Ends is currently planning to host a "Bonfire Bonspiel" in September 2010. Also the Canadian Gay Curling Championships look like they will be coming to Halifax in March/April 2013. We are looking for volunteers already!

Gay Curling in Canada

There are eight other GLBT curling leagues across Canada in Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto (2 clubs), Ottawa, and Montreal (2 clubs). Many of them organize their own bonspiels throughout the curling season - a Gay-Bonspiel-Circuit so to speak. As well, the sixth edition of the Canadian Gay Curling Campionships will be held in Ottawa, Ontario in late March 2011. Check out www.gaycurl.ca for links and information on the other GLBT leagues across Canada.