News| 2012-01-23: | This week´s Good Luck wishes go out to Team Roz Craig, who along with Sarah Wark, Michelle Allen and Simone Brosseau are representing the VCC in the Provincial Scotties Women´s Championship at the North Shore Winter Club in Vancouver. The event goes on all week with the finals to be shown on Shaw TV on Sunday Jan.29 We are all cheering for you ladies! |
| 2012-01-19: | We are back open today and full of curlers again after the weather played spoiler with us for a day. Thanks to the city & SOFMC staff for getting the parking lot cleared up and for keeping the sidewalks clear of snow! The Thursday afternoon ladies league will be taking the day off today, and all other leagues are on schedule to return as usual. The Seniors Playdowns get underway today in New Westminster, good luck to teams Jay Tuson, John Coombs and Wes Craig. These teams representing the VCC will be playing off in a 23 team event looking for 4 spots to the next level of competition. Good luck Men! |
| 2012-01-18: | Due to weather conditions all daytime curling for Wednesday Jan. 18 have been cancelled. |
| 2012-01-18: | All daytime and evening leagues have now been cancelled for Wednesday Jan. 18 due to the weather conditions. |
| 2012-01-15: | We did it! Congratulations to Neil Dangerfield, Denis Sutton, Darren Boden and Glen Allen for bringing home the "A" Event title on Saturday at the Men´s Open Playdowns in Kelowna. Also, not to be left out, a standing "O" goes out to Jay Tuson, Colin Mantik, Glen Jackson and Ken Tucker who have just captured the "B" Event qualifying spot. Both teams will now travel up to Parksville with VCC members Jody Epp, Blair Cusack, Jim York and Brad Kocurek for the Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men´s Championship Feb. 6-12. Good luck Men! |
| 2012-01-12: | Good luck to teams Dangerfield (Neil, Denis, Darren and Glen) and Team Tuson (Jay, Ken, Glen and Colin) who are in Kelowna this weekend representing the VCC at the last chance Men´s Open Playdowns. There will be 4 teams to earn berth´s to the BC Men´s Championship Feb. 6-12 in Parksville. Good Luck Men! |
| 2012-01-08: | Team Hozack is looking for your help to get to Napanee! The team is looking for your refundable bottle donations to help with expenses for the M&M Meatshops Canadian Junior Championship. All donations in bags and/or boxes can be dropped off at 260 Nicola Place or at the VCC. |
| 2012-01-01: | Congratulations to the Van Osch rink (Nanaimo) for winning the Junior Women’s Provincial Championships. Congratulations to our very own, the Hozack rink, Josh Hozack, Corey Chester, Zac Capron and Nolan Reid, the new BC Junior Men’s Champions. Off to Napanee they go in February 4-12, 2012 for the Nationals. Congrats Some photos of the event are posted on Flickr and thanks to truenorthtv who used livestream.com to video the final two rounds of this event. |
| 2011-12-30: | After a full 10 ends of battle, VCC´s Team Hozack (Josh, Corey, Nolan and Zac) have captured 3rd place after 7 round robin and 2 tie-breaker games. The Hozack team will now face Team Niilson from Kelowna in the semi final game Saturday morning at 8:30am. Team McEachcran is waiting to meet the winner in the final at 1:30pm. On the Jr Women´s side, Team Burkitt defeated Team Brown in a tie-breaker, and now will face Team Prinse in the other semi final. Team Van Osch is waiting for the winner to play in their repective final game also at 1:30pm. |
| 2011-12-29: | Day 3 is now underway with draws 5 (10am) and 6 (3pm). Both womens and men´s sides are very close in the standings. Be sure to keep up to date by coming down to catch the action live or keep watching end by end updates on playdowns.com |
| 2011-12-27: | The 2012 BC Junior Provincial Championships begin today! Get down to the club and cheer on the Junior Curlers. Follow all the action on Playdowns.com Photos of the event will be posted on Flickr |
| 2011-12-20: | The 2012 BC Junior Provincial Championships begin in 7 days on December 27th. Check out the Schedule for the complete event. Hope to see you there. |
| 2011-12-20: | Congratulations to Jody Epp, Blair Cusack, Jim York and Brad Kocurek for capturing the 2nd qualifying spot at the Island Men´s Playdowns. The team is now heading for the Canadian Direct Insurance Provincial Men´s Championship Feb 6-12 in Parksville. The last chance Open Event for teams to qualify will be Jan 13-16 in Kelowna. Good luck guy´s! |
| 2011-11-21: | Congratulations to the VCC men´s teams that took part in the Esquimalt Men´s Bonspiel last weekend. It was "almost" a clean sweep for the VCC with the Dave Blower team winning "A" event, Rick Cohen team taking the "B" event, and the Chris O´Brien team capturing "D" event. Well done gents! Don´t forget to let the office know of your team success while curling elsewhere. And please, support the local bonspiels everyone! |
| 2011-11-14: | Congratulations to Team Mackereth from Juan de Fuca CC on placing 1st place over the weekend at the Optimist Junior Cash Bonspiel. Winning the Consulation Event was Team Willie from Glen Meadows CC. A fantastic event was put on by Cindy Tucker and her crew of helpers over the 3 days of competition. Coming up next will be our very own annual VCC Junior Bonspiel Dec. 3-4. This event will host teams made up of experienced curlers playing along side of 2 novice players on each team. Call the VCC office or Linda Finlayson at 250-516-1789 for details. Entry deadline is Nov. 29. |
| 2011-11-10: | Coming up Nov. 11-13 the VCC is hosting a Jr. cash bonspiel sponsored by the Optimist Club. There will be 12 girls and boy´s juvenile and junior teams from the lower mainland and Island competing for cash prizes. Games get underway on Friday at 3pm and run through with finals slated for 1pm on Sunday. Also, we send good luck wishes to all the VCC teams that will be playing for cash at the V.I. Shoot-out Nov. 11-13. This event is playing host to 31 teams of junior, ladies and men´s teams and all games will be played at the JDF curling club. Congrats to Will Sutton and Chris Baier for making this event very successful in only it´s 2nd year running. |
| 2011-10-31: | Congratulations to our own Junior Men´s teams who have just returned from Kamloops with 1st and 2nd place hardware. Team Josh Hozack with Corey Chester, Nolan Reid and Zac Capron finished on top after a win against our other home club Team Daniel Wenzek with Cameron DeJong, Sanjay Bowry and Thomas Thierbach. This was the second win of the season for the Hozack team that also captured gold at Golden Ears earlier in the month.
Don´t forget that the VCC will be home for the Junior Women & Men´s Provincial Championship Dec. 27-31 this year. Regional playdowns for junior teams are set for Dec. 3-5 in Chilliwack. |
| 2011-10-19: | Here we go again! As announced on Tuesday, Victoria will once again be at the center of the world in 2013 with the Ford World Men´s Championship March 30-April 7, 2013. Victoria will play host to the best Men´s teams in the world for 9 days of curling action. Plus, the VCC will again be "entertainment central". We are all looking forward to once again show the world how to put on the best curling event ever. |
| 2011-09-15: | Practice Ice Schedule for VCC
Tue Sept 13 9am-5pm
Sept 22 League Curling begins! |
| 2011-08-29: | We are turning the switch on for the ice plant on Wednesday August 31. Al and his crew will be busy over the next 2 weeks installing the ice for it to be ready for the "Learn to Curl" clinics that are on September 12-15. Be sure to get registered soon as it will fill up quickly! |
| 2011-08-24: | The VCC is now on Facebook!
That's right, we are now in the real world of internet social media. As this is a very busy time of year for the office, getting this page up and running will no doubt be a slow ongoing process for us. So please be patient and watch us grow in the world of internet users! To check us out just type us click here. |
| 2011-08-14: | The club office is now back open and waiting for your team and individual curling registrations to start coming in. A "Curling Rates" information sheet will be emailed out shortly to everyone that we have on file. As well, later in the month we will be sending out a information package with details for the upcoming Learn to Curl clinics, the AGM on Saturday Sept. 17th at 11am, league start dates, upcoming activities and much much more! |
| 2011-07-12: | The club office is now closed and will re-open for business on August 15. If you wish to leave a message by email or phone, please do so as both will be checked on a regular schedule. League and individual registration forms will be sent out via email and will be available in the office after we return. |
