Rosetown Curling Club kicks off 2025-26 season
EAGLE STAFF
Curling for the 2025-26 season got underway here on Oct. 30 with the Thursday Night Open League.
“Ten teams are entered in that,” said Brian Champion, a member of the Rosetown Curling Club executive. “That’s about the same as last season.”
Richard Seibold brushes while Kelsey Pelletier, a new recruit on the Western Sales team, is about to deliver in the third end of Thursday night curling. Skip Kim Evans watches. Whether matching green jackets and green rocks helped or not, they and third Dennis Ogenchuk edged skip Dan Ormsby, third Martin Tucker, second Alana Ritz, and lead Jack Hamilton 8-7 in eight ends. Photo by David McIver
Once enough teams are entered, a Monday Afternoon Open League will get started, said Champion. This league is aimed not just at seniors but also at people who work shifts, and is “almost a drop-in league,” he added last Thursday. To get it going, “eight people would be great,” he said.
The executive first “tried to re-invent” the Monday afternoon league last season, he noted.
The Toonie League for schoolchildren will start in the new year and run on Wednesdays, said Champion.
An Ice-Breaker Spiel is planned for Jan. 17, the Rosebud Ladies Spiel will take place March 13-14, and the Rosebowl Open Spiel is set for March 27-29, he said.
The club executive is also working with Rosetown Central High School to organize school teams. An instructor is needed before the Sunday high school instructional league can get underway. Champion, who ran that league in the past, has been away from town every Sunday for the past two months, he said.
Champion continues as a high-performance coach for CurlSask and coaches the Verbeem women’s team of Saskatoon. He has also taken on coaching the Wall-Nelson mixed doubles team this season. Champion is looking forward to putting on a coaches’ training clinic in Unity on Nov. 22-23.
The club executive consists of president Don Campbell; past presidents Champion and Lyle Slocombe; secretary Jo-Anne Stanek; treasurer Alana Ritz; and four members at large, he said.