Buying tickets to the BDO Grand Slam of Curling event in Kingston?

Well if you are, GREAT news!!! The event organizers have provided the local clubs with an amazing incentive ... RKCC will earn cash for every person who purchases a ticket package by using our special code - "ROYAL".

For each and every full ticket package sold through our promo code, RKCC will receive $10 in cash!!

Members - past members - their families - friends - friends of friends - ANYONE LOOKING TO PURCHASE TICKETS TO THIS EVENT - you can help support RKCC by using the ROYAL code. Whether by phone, online or in person, simply advise the ticket agent of our code before ordering/paying.

And, for those members who may have purchased their packages before this incentive had been advertised ... even MORE great news!!! The organizers have agreed to include your purchase after the fact!

If you purchased tickets without using our promo code, simply send the following info to me in the office:

• your seat info (section(s) and number(s))
• method of payment (if debit or credit, we don't need any specific card numbers)
• name used to purchase the tickets

Best method would be by email - admin@royalkingston.com

Please take advantage of this promo if you, or anyone you know, is planning to purchase tickets.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me in the office.

GOOD CURLING and SEE YOU AT THE K-ROCK!!!!

Reminder about the club's accessible parking spaces.

With the snow almost gone, our 5 accessible parking spots are more readily visible. For those who may have been parking here without the proper permit, please note the designated spaces pictured above (these are the first 5 stalls to the east of our main entrance).

Stand alone signs have been created and will soon be installed.

Thank you for helping insure that our building is 100% accessible!

Kingston will host the 2011 BDO Canadian Open - a Grand Slam of Curling event!!!

Hear Ye, Hear Ye ... Hurry HAAAARD!!

I have just returned from the press conference, held this morning at Market Square, officialling announcing that Kingston will play host to the 2011 BDO Canadian Open - a Capital One Grand Slam event ... and I am sure I don't need to tell you, this is REALLY exciting!!!

(the official press release can be viewed here)

Get ready, because tickets go on sale starting Friday, March 11 @ 10am ... and they should go fast!!

With teams like Martin - Howard - Stoughton - Koe - Gushue - Middaugh - McEwen and more ... there will never been a better chance to watch some of the best curlers in the world - live!!

To purchase tickets, visit K-RockCentre.com, charge by phone at 1-877-554-8399, or visit the venue box office at 1 Barrack St.

The Whig Standard Bonspiel is looking for a few, new teams - here's your chance!!!

For those of you who have been waiting for a chance to gain an entry to RKCC's famous, Whig Standard Bonspiel ... here's your chance!!

Inaugural winners of the Whig trophy, played at RKCC in 1933.

Although it is short notice, the convenors do have a limited number of spaces for this year's event. The 78th edition of this bonspiel is set to run January 27,28 and 29, and there are a couple of starting schedules to choose from (see flyer/entry here). But, they will go quickly - if you are interested, don't delay!

Cutoff for entries is 9am, Wednesday, January 12.

Contact Gord Abson - email: gabson@cogeco.ca phone: 613-389-0834, or myself, Graham Weatherby - email: admin@royalkingston.com phone: 613-546-2243, for more info.

Players wait years to get into the Whig ... don't miss this chance to become part of one of the longest running, competitive, men's bonspiels in Ontario!!

Good Curling - See you on the ice!

Welcome to our new sheet sponsor - Chiropractic Matters - Dr.Deborah Berry and Dr.Jacki White

When you arrive at the club for your first game of 2011, please take notice that sheet 5 has once again found a sponsor - Chiropractic Matters. Located in Kingston at 1343 Princess Street, the practice is owned and operated by Dr. Deborah Berry and Dr. Jacki White, and is presently welcoming new clients - click this link to visit their website.

Dr. Deborah Berry is the daughter of longtime RKCC members Anne & John Berry, who I am sure had a hand in convincing Chiropractic Matters to invest in advertising at our club. Let's show them that we appreciate the support by considering their practice for your chiropractic needs. When you do visit or consult their clinic, be sure to mention that you are a member of RKCC - help convince them that their advertising dollar has been well spent!

If you are a company that would like to advertise at our club, please contact me in the office. We are always looking for additions to our family of sponsors.

Happy New Year and Good Curling for 2011!!

Christmas and Holiday hours of operation at RKCC

With the conclusion of Men's Club curling on Thursday night, the club will be closed until Monday, January 3, 2011. Major ice maintenance is scheduled during that time, so there will be no open ice opportunities this holiday season. Next year, a proposed Family Day is being considered, along with the possible return of Battle of the Sexes (if a convenor can be found!!).

The proshop will be open today, Thursday, until 9pm for all your last minute gift needs - see previous posts for some great ideas!!!

From the staff at RKCC, a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

See you on the ice in 2011!!

ICE HALOS ARE BACK IN THE ROYAL KINGSTON CURLING CLUB PROSHOP, JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS!!!

A new order of Ice Halos has arrived and are now available for purchase in the Royal Kingston Curling Club proshop.

If you have never seen or heard of the Ice Halo before, click here for a previous post on the item.

And, if you are still looking for Christmas ideas for that curler in your family, here is a list of items on sale now:

• brooms
• broomheads
• Asham Ultra Lite Competitor - Men's and Women's Rotator shoes
• Grippers
• Arrow delivery crutches
• Extender Scope delivery sticks
• Women of Curling 2011 Calendar

Questions about these, or any other proshop merchandise? Contact me in the office, I would be glad to give you answers.

Happy Holidays!!