A Message from the President and Parksville Curling Club Board

Looking forward…

Well, it looks very positive for the summer and opening our Club in the fall! Thanks to everyone for your contribution to keeping Covid at a low on Vancouver Island. With the recent reopening announcement by Dr Bonnie Henry, we thought it was timely to share what’s been happening at the Club since we closed and what’s planned for the Fall opening!

As most of you know, we leased our building to Chesapeake Shores from March to the end of July. Their timing was perfect in taking over our building and they advise it works very well with their needs. We look forward to future opportunities with them!

AGM and Financial Reporting

Mark your calendars for our AGM August 25th, 2021 at 6pm. We wait for further instruction from our Provincial Health Officer as to how many members we are able to accommodate.  And we will have ZOOM set up for those who cannot attend in person.

I’m pleased to advise that our preliminary financial statements look very promising. Thank you to our members once again who made this happen with the contribution of their fees when curling was cancelled. Also, our Treasurer, Janet and Bookkeeper, Stormy have done an excellent job in taking advantage of all opportunities available to us. A big thank you to Bruce Beaudry who has been very successful in applying for Grant Opportunities for our Club! The financial statements will be finalized by June 30th and will be presented at the AGM.

We are planning our ice start up mid August. Installing the ice will look a bit different this year as we have purchased vinyl sheets for all 6 sheets. This means no paint to install or remove at the end of the year and the sheets make the installation easier and take much less time!

FALL START UP AND CAMPS!
CurlBC has booked 2 weekends at the end of August for some of their High Performance Team Training. The 4Foot Camp will not be coming this August. The Summer Bonspiel will be cancelled for the end of August as well. These are in line with the Phase 4 re-opening which does not occur until September 7th.

I am very pleased to ANNOUNCE!!!!!

are coming to Parksville for our Members!!! They will be providing INSTRUCTION to new members, beginner, intermediate and advanced levels on the weekend of September 10-12th. (See poster below and on our website). This is open for regular curling and Stick Curlers, and also open to non-members. We are limited to 48 participants each day so get your registration done early. Registration will open JULY 1st for the camp. You can enter individually or as a team! We will send out further notification closer to July 1st. If you have any questions, Zack can be reached at the Club at 250-248-3764 or Penny at 250-240-6988.





We are looking at league start ups 2 weeks earlier this year - September 15th. And, our Registration will be only one season as it was prior to last years “Covid Season” when we split it in 2 sessions. Gerry Rivers, our Registration Director will be sending further notice on league registrations.

We are also looking at a full bonspiel calendar with food and beverage service. With this in mind, we will need Volunteers for both the Bar and Concession. Did you know we cover your acquiring Food Safe Certification and Serving it Right in the bar Certification? If you are interested in ice and the new set up with the vinyl sheets then let us know! We ask everyone to give a little time to these areas when needed to continue the success of our Club! Please volunteer! Call Zack at the Club to see how easy it is.

ENJOY YOUR SUMMER!
Penny Shantz
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