Bonspiels
Desert Rocks Bonspiel
The 2012 Desert Rocks Bonspiel is planned for the weekend of September 7-9, 2012 at the Town Toyota Center in Wenatchee, Washington. You can find the 2012 Registration Form here. We are planning for 20 teams this year. Lots of curling - 3 games guaranteed. Great bonspiel discounts on rooms at nearby hotels. Fruit harvests in full swing. Beer and wine bar in the hospitality room, full bar upstairs, catered dinner and silent auction on Saturday, the Wenatchee Valley and the east-side Cascade mountains in late summer... doesn't get any better than that! Send email to Mike McRae or call him at 509-664-0651 for questions about the event.
The first annual 2011 Desert Rocks Bonspiel, was held in September on the ice at Town Toyota Center. Sixteen teams from the US and Canada participated with Team Iwanick earning the championship.
New Novel Uses Curling As A Backdrop
Andy Brokaw, Desert Rocks player on Team "Here For The Beer" recently from Ellensburg, WA, now in Maryland, has published a "young adult, romance on the ice" novel, Pride, Prejudice and Curling Rocks. For the 2010 auction, she donated a beautiful necklace centered around a commemorative Canadian coin celebrating curling at the recent Olympics. You can order her book from Amazon. If you are interested in her curling jewelry send email and we will connect you with Andrea.
Team Wenatchee At The Granite Club "Interclub Bonspiel"
This spiel is the Portland, Oregon based Evergreen Curling Club's event, but is hosted in Seattle at the Granite Curling Club rink. The Wenatchee Valley was well represented at this late November event in Seattle by Greg Sexton, Roger Carlson, Josh Hartmann and Don Horn (Greg's son, now living in Tacoma, WA). They won 2 of their 4 games and came real close on a third. Greg related,"This bonspiel is always a great time - win or lose." Good curling, guys!
Bonspiels Far and Wide
The Castlegar Club in BC is putting on their Men's "Groundhog" Bonspiel this February 3-5. There will be 32 teams and four games are guaranteed. Team entry fee is $220 Canadian. Prizes will be awarded to the top 4 teams in each event (average prize value has been around $250 per 
team). There will be a complimentary breakfast on either Saturday or Sunday, dinner on Saturday night and complimentary pizza on Friday night.
The Castlegar Curling Club operates in its own building and has dedicated curling ice (i.e. the ice is only used for curling and not for hockey, public skating etc.) which is in first class condition. The bonspiel is always a great time. There are teams of all different skill levels and there is an emphasis on fun. Send email to the WCC, if interested.
The Park City Curling Club in Park City, Utah has their "Curling Elevated" Bonspiel scheduled for late Spring, May 18 - 20. For more information, their website is www.parkcitycurlingclub.com. Park City is located very near Salt Lake City in the Rockies.
For other bonspiels in the US, visit the US Curling Association. For spiels in Canada, visit the provincial curling sites such as Curl BC or the Northern Alberta Curling Association.
If you have any Bonspiel information you'd like to include on this page, email Greg Alderson. This includes participation by our members at spiels, other clubs wanting to publicize their events, recruiting club members to join a team for an out-of-town event, or simply a suggestion to make the page more useful to everyone.