Welcome to the Granville Island Open League!
Welcome to the Granville Island Open League!
Draw Times: Tuesdays 6:45 pm & 9:00 pm (alternating weekly)
If you have a team and are looking to join the league, you are welcome to add your team to the waitlist when vacancies open up. New teams are chosen on a first-come, first-served basis. Please e-mail the league representatives to add yourself to the team waitlist. If you would like to spare in our league, please fill out this form to add yourself to our league-specific spare list.
If you have any questions about our league, please contact a league representative:
Dorothy Higa: [email protected]
Ricardo Bortolon: [email protected]
Luke Opacic is the third league organizer.
Granville Island Open League Rules
The Granville Island Open league has three rounds each season: round robin, pools play, and playoffs. Standings in the round robin and pools play are determined by points during that round (no carryover). Ties are broken (in order) by head-to-head results in the current round, points during all rounds, and draw to the button. If multiple teams are tied, the tie-breaking procedure applies anew once any teams are separated.
Team points are awarded 12 points for a win, 8 points for a tie, 4 points for a loss, and 0 points for a forfeit (absence). The organizing committee may, at its discretion, award a loss instead of a forfeit if it determines exceptional mitigating circumstances applied.
A team must have three players in order to play. No more than two substitutes are permitted. Substitutes cannot play the skip position.
Late arrivals: Teams are expected to be on the ice by the scheduled start time. If a team arrives 5 minutes after the scheduled start time (6:50 pm or 9:05 pm), the team loses 1 point and hammer. After 15 minutes the late team loses 2 points and hammer. After 30 minutes, the late team loses by default. (Curling Canada's Rules for General Play state that if a team arrives 1 minute after the scheduled start time, it loses 1 point and hammer. However the period of grace is extended to 5 minutes for the Granville Island Open League.)
Games finish at 8:45 pm & 11:00 pm. When the bell goes off (30 minutes before finish time), teams may complete the end they are in and play one more end - only if the game finishes by 8:45 pm or 11:00 pm. A new end starts once either team has cleared its stones.
During the round robin and pools play
Hammer is determined randomly by a coin toss or other agreed random procedure.
The Granville Island Open League will not apply the no-tick rule in the 2025/26 season.
Playoffs Rules
A team must have three players in order to play. No more than two substitutes are permitted.
A single spare must play lead. The second spare must throw second.
The higher-seeded team from the pool games is awarded hammer for the first end and choice of rock colour.
Ties are broken by draw to the button. Sweeping and skipping are allowed, and rock must be in the house to count. Any player on a team may throw the tie-breaking rock, except spares.