Hello,
The 2023-24 season may be over, but there are a lot of fun curling things still coming up. So mark your calendar now!
Congratulations to the winners of our spring league
Congratulations to our 2023 winter league winners, Nate, Warren, Dan, and Scott!
What should the next curling season look like? Tell us!
Have thoughts or questions about when, what kind, and how long our leagues, learn to curls, and other events should be for the next year? Well, tell us.
We will host a virtual planning meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 28. Sign up online and a Zoom link will be sent out 24 hours before the event.
This will be your time to share your ideas about what our schedule looks like—or just listen in on the planning process.
Help officiate MCA playdowns for Arena National Championships
The Midwest Curling Association playdowns for next fall's Arena National Championships will be held June 8-9 at Four Seasons Curling Club in Blaine, Minnesota and volunteers are needed for officiating duties.
Any Cedar Rapids Curling member who has taken officiating classes and needs experience is welcome to get some hours in.
If you're interested, contact Lon Peper at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. If you haven't taken officiating classes and would like to come along and learn and see what officials do during an official competition, let Lon know!
Sign up NOW to play at CedarSpiel
The 2024 CedarSpiel will be Aug. 9-11, 2024. Register now to save your spot! If we don't have 16 teams registered before July 5, we will have to cancel the spiel.
Cost is $500 per team.
If you want to play but don't have a team, no worries! Sign up here. This link is for club members who do not have their own team. Greg Schmitt will put teams together for club members from this list.
We also will need a lot of help to put this event on. You should have received an email last week about the many ways to help. To donate food or raffle baskets, sign up to volunteer or lend yard games, please fill out the different tabs (Saturday Dinner at Jones Park Lodge, Raffle Baskets, Event Volunteer, Yard Games) on this spreadsheet.
If you have any questions, please email Kari Kozak(This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
Mark your calendar for CRC picnic -- NEW LOCATION
We have much to celebrate! Our Member Meeting & Picnic is scheduled for noon Sunday, July 28, at CRC President Phil Burian's home in the historic Brucemore district of Cedar Rapids. (Address will be sent before the date.)
Bring your family and significant others! Cedar Rapids Curling will provide the hamburgers, brats, buns, and utensils. We ask that you bring an appetizer, side, dish, or dessert to share. After eating and catching up, we will have a short member meeting to share club status and plans and announce the new Board of Directors.
Get ready to vote for your Board of Directors
Six two-year positions on the Board of Directors are up for election this summer by the general membership. The Board meets once a month and establishes policies, appoints officers and committee chairs, and sets goals to accomplish Cedar Rapids Curling’s mission.
Joining the board is a great opportunity to serve and help guide the club through the exciting growth that we expect to experience in the next few years. Significant curling skill or experience is not required, and having a few newer members actually is desirable.
For more information about what is involved, ask any current board member. You can learn more about the current board members here.
To nominate yourself or another CRC member, email Phil Burian (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) by June 30.
Members will receive an email with a link to vote for board members on July 7. Voting is anonymous and will remain open until July 21. New members will be announced at the July 28 picnic.
Share curling at CR Farmers Market
We are excited to announce that Cedar Rapids Curling will once again have a booth at the Cedar Rapids Farmers Market on Aug. 17.
We will have a tent with a table full of curling items for people to check out, balloons for the kids (and adults), and hopefully our street curling set so people can "throw a stone."
This will be a great time to hang out together and share our sport with our community outside the ice!
Save the date for Curl Jam
We are hosting a fundraising event Sept. 27 for the Arc of East Central Iowa. Businesses will make a large donation to the Arc in order to enter teams for a short learn-to-curl followed by a minispiel with three two-end games.
The concept is similar to what we did for United Way before the pandemic and it was a lot of fun--and raised a lot of money.
Taking time off work is a big ask, but we have a sponsor for the ice rental, so 100% of the money raised will go to the Arc. Please save the date even if you are undecided now.
(Also, maybe your employer wants to enter a team?!)
Cedar Rapids Curling on the road
Four Cedar Rapids Curling members recently traveled to the Hibbing Curling Club for its Last Chance International Bonspiel, in which 92 teams competed. Parker and several friends from other clubs were the runners-up in the fourth event. Congratulations! (Also, congratulations to Parker for getting his PhD from the Neuroscience Graduate Program at the University of Iowa this past weekend. We're proud of you, Dr. Parker!)
Cale, Phil, and Jim also played with a friend from another club. This was Cale and Phil's first time playing at the Last Chance and they reported that it was a great time!