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Slider In - B&B League, left to right: skip Danny Laurence, third Kyle Vance, second Sam Orr, lead Kristin Defer, fifth Nathan van der Molen-Pater
A team of curlers from the Friday night B&B League are the 2023-24 VCC champions. The Slider In squad defeated the PRCL team Oh My Guard, skipped by Scott Robertson, in the A event final. Robertson is a former VCC Championship winner.
This year, for the first time, the championship was divided into two 16-team divisions, based on league team performances in last year's championship. The winners of the inaugural President's Cup are the Wade Carpenter team from the Purple & Gold League. They defeated a Motors League team skipped by Robin Wong in the A event final.
The draw and results from both events can be viewed at VCC Championship.xlsx. Click on the tabs at the bottom to move between the two draws.
Andrew Forshner (far right) VCC president, presents the new President's Cup to skip Wade Carpenter(far left), third Dusan Milovanovic, second Cher Choi, and lead Jon Benjamin.
Erin Fitzgibbon, a junior and little rockers coach at VCC and a BC champion, is this year's recipient of the Gordon Hooey Memorial Scholarship. Click here for the Curl BC story.
VCC will be closed to league curling Feb. 6-12 next season while hosting the wheelchair curling event in the Invictus Games. You can sign up to volunteer for wheelchair curling or any other sport by visiting the Invictus Games volunteer program webpage.
Each year, most VCC leagues declare a league champion for the season. Here are some of our league champions from the 2023-24 season.
Left to right: Warren Banks, Kent Martin, Aidan Shirley, Al Lens (skip). The Lens team defeated the Curtis Brock team in the A playoff final. The B event winning team, skipped by Art Bailey, went the whole season undefeated until they lost a playoff game to Brock. Al Lens has been working as an ice tech at VCC and Marpole CC this season, but will be returning to Merritt next season to be the curling club's ice technician.
Stone Cold Crazy, left to right: Mark Lee, Guido Amantea, Ian Baart (skip), Oren Samuel, Sara Kohan
The VCC Senior Men’s League has a points-based competition amongst its members, with points earned for wins and ties as curlers are placed on different teams throughout the season. This year there was a tie, so the Fletcher Cup was presented to co-winners Tim Ma (left) and John Sinclair (right).
Left to right: Michael Kuss (skip), Jericho Bond (lead), Adam Klaassen (third), Margaret Hilson (second), Ian Sauder (presenting the award)
Left to right: Dave Vis, Pat Willing, Monica Nelson, Henry Vis, Fraser Hiltz. The Blind League sent a strong team to Edmonton for the Westerns, hosted by the Granite Club. Skipped by Fraser Hiltz, Henry Vis as third, Dave Vis as second, Monica Nelson as lead, and coached and guided by Pat Willing, they had an undefeated record in the round robin. In the semi-finals, they were half an inch away from an eight ender. However, in the finals they lost to the other BC team from Prince George, but it was a hard fought match.
Left to right: James Gardner (second), Floyd Bardell (lead), Patrick Prade (skip), Vitor Melo (fifth), Bobby Dubeau (third)
Left to right: Andy Anderson, William Hui, Megan Muir, Neil Blackadar (skip), Morris Wai
Left to right: Chris Brown (skip), Tony Cheong (third), Sandra Oh (second), Jen Lucas (lead)
Prince Harry tries out wheelchair curling at VCC on Friday, Feb. 16. He and his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, were at VCC to celebrate curling at the Invictus Games in February of next year. Photo from CTV news. Click here for the full story.
The Clancy Grandy team is in Calgary, representing BC at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Calgary, Feb. 16-25. The VCC team has won the BC Scotties two years in a row. They have picked up former Brier and world champion Marcel Rocque, from the Randy Ferbey team, to coach them for the event. Left to right are lead Sarah Loken, second Lindsay Dubue, third Kayla MacMillan and skip Clancy Grandy.
VCC coach Erin Fitzgibbon (centre) skipped her BC1 team into the playoffs at the Canadian U18 Championship in Ottawa, Feb. 4-10, after finishing with a 4-2 record in pool round robin play. The team won 6-4 over New Brunswick1 in their first playoff game, then lost 11-4 to Nova Scotia1 to be eliminated from a medal finish. They reached the Consolation A final to finish sixth overall in the 21-team field. The team would like to thank those who supported them and followed their play during the championship.
There are still a couple of spots left in the Barry Naimark Charity Skins Bonspiel. Registration.
The annual Barry Naimark Charity Skins Bonspiel is an opportunity for our sport, our club and our members to use the power of sport and our community to contribute to a local charity where we feel we can make a significant impact. To help make the bonspiel a success, the events committee is asking VCC members if they can support the bonspiel and the charity with the donation of a product or service.
Your donation can be anything from a gift certificate or service to branded or unique merchandise. All funds raised through the silent auction at the March bonspiel and raffle of your donations are passed directly on to the Camp Choice BC, this year's charity recipient. If you would like to donate, have questions or require more information, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
A curling rink without ice is a sad place! Delay your sadness due to league play ending by joining one of our spring leagues in April.
Left to right: skip Lyall Dagg, third Leo Hebert, second Fred Britton, lead Barry Naimark
It's now been 60 years since the Lyall Dagg team won the 1964 Brier and world championship, the lone VCC team to do so. To mark the anniversary, we present the following links:
Calgary Herald story from world championship
Congratulations to Team Guignard for winning the BC Curling Club Championship, Mar. 6-10 in Kamloops. The team is made up of VCC members - skip Jeff Guignard (far left), third Chris Faa, second Patrick Prade and lead Chris Gomes. They curl in a league at Richmond CC, but wear VCC team jackets! All four team members have lost previous BC Curling Club Championship final games in past seasons, so this win will feel good. They will represent BC at the 2024 Everest Funeral Concierge Canadian Curling Club Championships, Nov. 17-23 in Barrie, Ontario.
The 25th annual Barry Naimark Charity Skins Bonspiel, Mar. 8-10, raised over $4500 for Camp Choice BC. Thirty-two teams took part, including three from Marpole CC and one from Denver.
My Broom is Hollow, left to right: Kevin Rathberger, Eric Cessford, Rob Berg, Tom Sayer
Sweeping Beauties and the Beast, left to right: Sanya Oh, Cher Choi, Jon Benjamin, Wade Carpenter
Spring league curling was a hit when we tried it last year, so we're offering it again this season. There are regular curling leagues on either Monday/Wednesday evenings or Tuesday/Thursday evenings. Plus, we've also added a new spring doubles league at 9:00 pm on Tuesdays.
Curl BC has received a Via Sport coach legacy grant that is designed to remove barriers in coaching and promote woman in coaching. As a result, VCC will be hosting a Curl BC competition coach course on the Apr. 6-7 weekend that offers women a 70 percent discount. Just go to the link below and type in coachlegacy in the discount code space. Men are welcome to register at the normal price of $184.40.
The lead facilitator will be VCC member and former coach Heather Beatty. Competition coach credentials allow you to coach a team at a provincial championship, be an instructor at events like Curl BC Rockslide Camps, gain valuable knowledge and skills to start or continue your coaching journey, understand and implement the national standards in coaching, and also join the VCC coaching staff. Contact Richard Brower at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you are interested in coaching at VCC.
Registration link: https://bc.curling.io/en/products/7709-competition-coach-course-vancouver-curling-club-2024
Junior curlers from the Vancouver Club represented zone 5 at the 2024 BC Winter Games in Quensnel and came home with a bronze medal. The boys' team, coached by Suzanne Malfair, had skip Brody Dhaliwal, third Sean Brennan, second Jericho Bond and lead Aldan Wong. Congratulations!
We had a great time during Curling Day in Canada on Feb. 24, trying out Canada's Big Shootout! VCC participants covered the pin six times with draws from Kevin Jeffers, Brian Weinfeld, Robin Wong, Angelica Perez Anzures, Soren Hau and Patick Prade. Watch here.
The Clancy Grandy team from Vancouver Curling Club has repeated as BC Scotties champions. They won the Jan. 28 final in Victoria 11-3 in eight ends over Corryn Brown from Kamloops, and went through the whole event undefeated with only one game lasting 10 ends. The Grandy team will be representing BC for the second straight year in the 2024 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Feb. 16-25 in Calgary. Left to right are lead Sarah Loken, second Lindsay Dubue, third Kayla MacMillan and skip Clancy Grandy.
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The Vancouver Curling Club is located at Hillcrest Centre in the facility that hosted the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games curling competitions. With eight sheets of ice in a modern, bright and accessible building, the VCC has over 1,700 members who participate in 28 weekly leagues.
The Vancouver Curling Club acknowledges that we operate on the traditional territories of the Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh, and Squamish First Nations who lived here before us and continue to live here.
VISION
To be a leader in community-focused curling.
MISSION
To cultivate an environment where community members come together to deliver positive curling and social experiences for people of all ages and abilities.