Curling Programs

HIT, DRAW, TAP will continue in the 2024-25 season.  We are looking forward to the HIT, DRAW, TAP competitions that will take place as part of a junior program at your club, the regional competitions and the provincial competition that will take place in Portage la Prairie, MB.

Hit, Draw, Tap (HDT) is a youth skills competition where athletes 6 – 12 years of age compete as individuals.  There are three age categories that the young athletes will be grouped into to perform three different shots – a Hit, a Draw and a Tap.  The difficulty of the skill is based on the age category.

Curling Clubs all across Manitoba are encouraged to host a HDT competition as part of their Junior Curling Programs.  Winners will progress to a sport region competition; the sport region winners then advance to the Provincial Competition to be held in conjunction with the 2025 Viterra Championship on February 9th.

Along the way these young athletes will receive great giveaways!

If you’re already a curler, bring a friend, they don’t need to be a member of the club (yet). In fact, we are pretty sure that once they try it, they will want to join!

Click here for general rules of the competition.

For more information or to have a hosting guide sent to you, please contact Elaine Owen at [email protected]

Youth Camp – Dauphin CC

Saturday, November 30, 2024

10am-3pm

Ages 9-16

$80 + GST

Lunch provided

Skill include:
Sweeping Fundamentals, Delivery Analysis, Hack Setup, Line of Delivery, Proper Release Mechanics, Practice Drills

Click here to register

 

Youth Camp – Heather CC

Saturday, December 14, 2024

10am-3pm

Ages 9-16

$80 + GST

Lunch provided

Skill include:
Sweeping Fundamentals, Delivery Analysis, Hack Setup, Line of Delivery, Proper Release Mechanics, Practice Drills

Click here to register

 

Youth Camp – Selkirk CC

Saturday, February 22, 2025

10am-3pm

Ages 9-16

$80 + GST

Lunch provided

Skill include:
Sweeping Fundamentals, Delivery Analysis, Hack Setup, Line of Delivery, Proper Release Mechanics, Practice Drills

Click here to register

 

Youth Camp – Carman CC

Saturday, March 8, 2025

10am-3pm

Ages 9-16

$80 + GST

Lunch provided

Skill include:
Sweeping Fundamentals, Delivery Analysis, Hack Setup, Line of Delivery, Proper Release Mechanics, Practice Drills

Click here to register

U15 RockFest In Person Qualification Event

Sunday, December 8, 2024 at Fort Garry Curling Club

2-4pm

Curlers must be between the ages of 11-14 as of June 30, 2024

$5 entry fee

Click here to register (registration deadline November 28, 2024)

 

U15 RockFest is a program developed by Curling Canada to assist youth curlers in their training. Athletes will perform various shots and coaches are encouraged to use the Singles Curling App to record scores and use as a training tool.

For more information, click here

Girls Rock is the product of Curling Canada’s Women in Curling Leaders’ Circle, created to advance female leaders and increase participation of women and girls in all aspects of curling.

What to expect from a Girls Rock event:

• an introductory experience to curling
• exposure to the opportunity of trying something new in a safe and fun environment
• event lead by local female coaches, instructors, past champions, and leaders

Curling Canada’s RockStars Program is a series of lesson plans, resources and training guides for youth under 12. The easy-to-follow program develops youth skills in five key categories – technical, tactical, physical, mental and social – and provides the framework instructors need to offer a consistent and engaging learning experience for youth. The lesson equips young curlers with the foundation to continue through the Long Term Curler Development path as recreational and competitive/high-performance curlers as teens and adults.

For more details, click here.

To order the program, curling centres can email [email protected]

Please contact Manitoba Possible at [email protected] (204) 975-3010

LTAD STAGES: AWARENESS & FUNDAMENTALS

Three easy steps to hosting a clinic:

1. It’s recommended to start by booking a Rocks and Rings session. The program visits participating schools for a full school day. The program takes over the gym and classes take turns visiting for 40 minutes sessions of fun and instruction. Various drills, relays and team-building activities are used to introduce students to the sport of curling. It is a highly interactive program with the emphasis on fun! Unique indoor floor curling equipment is used to provide a true curling experience without requiring ice! These clinics can be booked at the following website https://www.rocksandrings.com/contact/manitoba.html
2. Getting Started in Curling. After your Rocks and Rings session CurlManitoba will lend you a set of indoor gym rocks and will provide you with the Getting Started in Curling resources and program. A school may book the gym set for 2 weeks at a time. Once the Getting Started in Curling program is complete, a two-hour on ice clinic will be arranged. There is no cost for the Getting Started in Curling Program, which includes the gyms rocks, but a deposit of $100 is required upon pickup.
3. Book your two-hour on ice clinic at the curling club nearest you. CurlManitoba will provide certified instructors who, with the assistance of the teacher(s), will provide an on ice two-hour clinic where students will have the opportunity to take the skills they practiced in the school and apply them on the ice.

Expenses for the clinicians are the responsibility of the school. Clinicians cost $50.00 per clinic (plus mileage) and the ratio requirements are 8:1.

Contact Tracey Ewasko by email at [email protected] or by phone at 204-925-5723.

LTAD STAGE: AWARENESS & FUNDAMENTALS 

Help us grow curling in Manitoba!

Open your doors program is an initiative ran by curling clubs

 

Step One:  Schedule a Learn-to-Curl Clinic at your Club

Decide when your club wants to host a learn-to-curl clinic! It can be whenever you would like to host it and for any length of time. Don’t have instructors? We can assist with that too. All you have to do is open your club to new curlers. Let’s grow the sport together!

Step Two:  Contact CurlManitoba for Online Advertising

Once you have a clinic at your club scheduled, contact us for online advertising assistance. We will help set up a Facebook page for your club if you don’t already have one and a Facebook event page for your clinic. We will also create Facebook and Instagram ads like the one pictured. This will help create online exposure and awareness and increase the number of participants at your clinic. Don’t worry about the cost — we’ve got you covered!

Step Three:  Run your Clinic

Have some fun at your clinic! If you have a lot of success, consider hosting more learn-to-curl clinics, so people can build on their skills and bring even more new curlers into the sport. This is a great opportunity to encourage participants to become members or join a league at your club. In the 2019/2020 season, seven clubs held clinics and 300 people attended overall. Let’s keep that number growing together!

For more information, you can contact Tracey Ewasko by email at [email protected]

LTAD STAGE: AWARENESS

Egg Farmers Rocks & Rings presented by Curling Canada

The Rock Solid Rocks & Rings program is designed to introduce the Olympic sport of curling to elementary school children.

By bringing the curling rink to the school gym we reach children that would otherwise not have access to the roaring game. The best part? We bring everything to the kids – no field trip or school buses required! Curling is a highly social sport that can be enjoyed for a lifetime. It is a fantastic physical activity that can be enjoyed by all ages and abilities. It also promotes sportsmanship and camaraderie and is an inexpensive and less dangerous alternative to many other sports.

For more information on the Rock Solid Rocks and Rings please visit the website at www.rocksandrings.com

LTAD STAGE: TRAIN TO TRAIN

Curling brought to the school curriculum! The program is firmly focused on the development of technical skills and fitness.

Program Philosophy:

The philosophy of the Curling Academy is to provide students different paths to achieve academic and personal success. The program is designed to allow students the opportunity to develop their curling skills while not altering or sacrificing the provincial curriculum goals or expectations. Canada’s athletes have too frequently been forced to choose between pursuing their sporting dreams and acquiring an education that will equip them for life after sport.

Program Rationale:

The school provides every student a chance to succeed academically. By offering a variety of programs we feel we can achieve this goal. Other programs such as these have been implemented in other parts of the country and the statistics have shown that students tend to achieve higher grades as a result of their involvement. The goal of the program is to give students two options:

1. An academic as well as an athletic future
2. To educate and train the students so that they develop a well balanced arsenal of skills and knowledge

The program facilitates the development of soft skills such as peer relations, teamwork, and problem solving. These skills benefit students beyond the walls of the curling rink.

Course Content:

The course content includes on-ice curling skills and off-ice skills. As well, the course offers nutrition and fitness components in addition to many leadership activities. The entire program will help enhance the individual curling skills of the students as well as help develop future leaders of the community.

Curriculum:

Content has been developed and implemented for Senior 1 and 2 programs. Senior 3 is currently being piloted.

For more information on the Curling Academy and implementing the program in your school, please contact Elaine Owen at [email protected] .

Click here for information on the 2026 Manitoba Games.