Curling Rules

 

League play at the Springbank Curling Club follows the current rules of play published by the Canadian Curling Association. The current rules of play can be viewed online on the CCA web site. To go to the rules web page click here.

 

In addition to the CCA rules of play, we also have some local house rules:

 

1. Men may only curl in the Men’s (or Mixed) league(s).

2. Ladies may only curl in the Ladies (or Mixed) league(s).

3. Mixed Leagues must be comprised of a least 1 member of each gender (e.g. 3 females and 1 male), and the same gender cannot play both skip and third.

4. A spare (not registered on the team at the beginning of the season) must play in the “Lead” position.  If you have two spares, then they must play “Lead” and “Second”. (Exception: unless needed to meet rule #3).

5. Maximum of one Juvenile (17 & under) allowed to play without Executive approval.Rules #1 and #2 apply.

6. At no time will any member of the competing teams:

   a)      throw curling rocks on their sheet prior to the game, or

   b)     adjust the ice conditions of their sheet prior to the game.

7. When the bell rings, you complete the end you are playing and play one more. The end is deemed “complete” when the last rock of the end comes to a stop. If the bell rings after the last rock has stopped but before you have started the next end, then you will play the next end plus one more.

8. For each ten minutes a team is late they lose one point and last rock, after 30 minutes the game is defaulted.

9. The ice keepers will take down the score of the previous game off of the score board as a signal to us when the ice is ready for use.  Please do not go on or near ice prior to score coming down.

Thank you,

Your Executive.