Ponoka Curling Club

Enhanced Public Heath Measures Announcement

***IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT***

We would like to clarify a few things regarding the Enhanced Public Health Measures Announced by AHS on November 12^th, 2020.

**The cities affected by the health orders include Calgary and area, Edmonton and area, Red Deer, Fort McMurray, Lethbridge, and Grande Prairie** These health orders include shutting down for 2 weeks.

The Ponoka Curling Centre is in the “enhanced measures” zone (within a purple zone on the map) but we have confirmed with Curling Alberta that our community is NOT included in the detailed list of affected cities or affected surrounding areas. Therefore these measures do NOT affect the Ponoka Curling Centre. We can and will stay open.

We will proceed with regular league play, this includes junior curling. We HIGHLY recommend masking in the lounge and on the ice. At this point we are lucky to be open, we could be like many clubs across the province who had to shut down for the 2 weeks. So please when you are not seated at a table please wear a mask.

Things to note:

The Town of Ponoka announced new temporary restrictions: no spectators will be permitted at the Ponoka Arena Complex and the Curling Rink. These facilities will be limited to athletes and support staff for the next two weeks.
The lounge will stop liquor sales at 10pm and close at 11pm - November 13-27, 2020.
The Executive encourages you to be diligent with our COVID Return to Play Guidelines. Social distancing, sanitizing your hands and masking will help us to keep curling in Pon
Residents from affected communities are not to travel to non-affected communities for the purpose of training or game play at this time. So if you live in Red Deer, we ask you to find a spare for the next two weeks of curling.

From the Ponoka Curling Executive

Mundare Sausage Fundraiser

We have been doing this Mundare Sausage Fundraiser for years! The executive decided we could proceed safely with sales to friends, family & coworkers and fellow curlers.

The product itself is handled in a facility that sells the products daily. The executive will take all necessary precautions when dispersing your orders once they arrive. We ask our curlers to safely collect order information before November 26th. Curlers...get those creative juices going!

• Text a photo of the order form to all your contacts

• Send an email with mundare sausage details to your coworkers

• Collect all your sale money via e-transfer and then pay the treasurer with one cheque by November 26th.

Let’s not allow covid restrictions to slow down our Mundare Sausage Fundraiser! You can help us raise funds for the Ponoka Curling Centre safely.

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Open Doubles Bonspiel

Our first bonspiel of the season will be our Open Doubles Spiel in November. With proper Covid-19 protocols in place this a great spiel to enter. Doubles is an excellent format for social distancing. There will be less curlers in the lounge than a standard 4 player spiel of curling but you will still have the same experience playing the game we love.

We also welcome teams that may be playing in the Curling Alberta Mixed Doubles Qualifer that the Ponoka Curling Centre will be hosting in January. A great way for teams to come and test out the Ponoka ice before your qualifer. Contact information is listed below, hold you spot by contacting us today!