Curling Ontario

09/26/2026

Level up your game before stepping on the ice! 🥌🔥

READY, SET, ROCK! is back, hosted by Jackie Deschesnes and Dave Hutchison. Refreshed with a brand-new lineup of expert voices, this year’s edition offers expanded learning for returning attendees while serving as an essential primer for first-time competitors.

Get ready for interactive breakout sessions featuring our 2026 expert panel:

🥌 Coach Tips with Nathan Scott: Maximize practice efficiency and master key bench calls.

🥌 Player Perspective with Julie Hastings: First-hand insights on competitive mindset, team dynamics, and ex*****on.

🥌 Officiating & Rules with Karen Saarimaki: Essential guidance on team meetings, last stone draws, and current regulations.

🥌 Ice Conditions with Greg Ewasko: Learn to read ice quickly and discover key questions every team should ask the ice maker.

Take your preparation a step further—be sure to check out Rules Ready, Game On: A Guide to Provincial Qualifying and Championship Play!

🔗 Register now: https://bit.ly/4h7fgZX

09/24/2026

Big congratulations to the Huntsville Curling Club—and a huge shoutout to two incredible leaders behind the scenes! 🥌🏆

Alongside their amazing facility accessibility transformation, we are thrilled to celebrate Ron & Marilyn Kreutzer, recipients of the 2026 Curling Ontario Community Hero Award!

From driving the multi-year project to make HCC accessible to everyone to supporting local club life, Ron and Marilyn embody what community curling is all about.

🎧 Listen to their story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaml2xxjRI0

Community Hero Award Winners

09/24/2026

Huge news out of Huntsville! 🥌✨

The Huntsville Curling Club has completed major accessibility upgrades—including an ice-surface lift, automatic doors, and accessible washrooms—officially establishing HCC as a modern, inclusive community hub!

Best of all, this opens the door to wheelchair curling in Huntsville for the very first time. To celebrate, they are hosting a FREE Wheelchair Curling Try-It Event on Saturday, November 21. No experience required and all equipment is provided!

The Huntsville Curling Club (HCC) is proud to announce the completion of a major, multi-year facility modernization project.

09/24/2026

🏆 Registration is OPEN!

Curling Ontario is proud to present the Shauna Petrie Memorial Ontario Wheelchair Open—Ontario’s premier wheelchair curling event.

Join elite wheelchair curlers from Ontario, across Canada and around the world for a weekend of high-level competition and the opportunity to compete against top-calibre teams.

📅 November 27–29, 2026
📍 Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club
💰 Registration: $595
🔗 https://bit.ly/4gAO0Bd

Register early to secure your team’s spot!

⏰ Registration closes: November 2, 2026

Don’t miss your chance to be part of this premier wheelchair curling event.

09/22/2026

📣 Calling all Youth Curling Coordinators & Coaches!

Looking for fresh strategies to inspire the next generation of curlers? Join us for our first webinar: Growing the Game – Resources for Youth Coordinators.

🗓️ Thursday, October 1, 2026
⏰ 7:30 PM ET
🎙️ Presenter: Laura Forget

Connect with fellow coordinators across the province to explore Curling Ontario programs, swap proven ideas, and walk away with practical tools to recruit, engage, and retain young curlers at your club.

Whether you're running an established junior program or starting from scratch, you'll leave with actionable tactics you can use right away.

👉 Save your spot: https://bit.ly/4h7fgZX

09/22/2026

Last call to catch Curling Canada's webinar tonight at 7:30 PM ET on Girls Rock!

The Curling Canada led Youth Curling Webinar Series is intended to spread knowledge on various topics to young curlers (Ages U-9, U-12, U-15, U-18), coaches, affiliated curling centres, program leaders, and parents. Topics: - Webinar #1 | September 22 | Girls Rock presented by Scotties - Webinar #2....

09/20/2026

It’s the final day of National Coaches Week! Let’s come together for one last and celebrate the coaches who make sport possible in communities across Canada.

Thank you to every coach for the time, care and commitment you bring to sport, and to everyone who joined us in recognizing their impact this week.

09/19/2026

Our first-ever Club Unconference Sessions! 🔥
No slides, no lectures—just Ontario club leaders in a room sharing real-world solutions for volunteer capacity, growth, governance, and long-term sustainability.
Clubs helping clubs build a stronger future for the sport. 🥌✨

09/19/2026

“Before we can successfully change our organizations, we must be willing to change ourselves." 💡
🔴 LIVE NOW: 5x National Champion & history-making head coach Chantal Vallée is captivating the room at the Curling Ontario Conference!
Chantal is diving deep into leadership, culture, and Leading Change Before Change Leads You. Drawing from decades in professional sports, she’s challenging our curling leaders to step up, adapt, and build winning environments from the inside out.