Due to a late drop-out, we have an opening for a two-person stick curling team in the Friday 12:45 and 2pm leagues. Play in one or both leagues.

** One-hour games   ** Friendly competition

An opportunity to join the expanding 2-person stick curling community for league play or access to bonspiels & even a provincial championship&/OR a great practice opportunity if you are moving to delivery stick to continue to play with your regular foursome.

** If you’re interested but don’t have a playing partner, contact us to join a team

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'On the Rocks' is looking for another team to join the league. 'On the Rocks' is a fun Mixed League and they curl at 2 pm on Saturdays. If you are interested in joining, please e-mail Doug at - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  

Written By: Resby Coutts

When Fort Rouge Curling Club member Keith Johnston became President of CurlManitoba at the provincial association’s annual meeting on September 17, 2022, he continued a tradition of provincial leadership which has seen eight Past-Presidents of the Manitoba Curling Association and Manitoba Ladies Curling Association in the past 50 years.

Johnston follows the path of Spence Shiach, Paul Pelletier and Dan Hildebrand as Presidents of the MCA, Beryl Harding and Nell Stoughton as President of the MLCA, and Resby Coutts, Kim Warburton and Matt Pilloud as Presidents of CurlManitoba.

He also continues a family tradition of leadership and volunteerism. He first curled in Stony Mountain where the family, particularly his grandfather, was very active in the curling club. He was a junior in the Elmwood CC program and he first curled in men’s play at the Springfield CC in Dugald, where his father was an active member and volunteer.

Keith’s first strong recollection of his dad’s volunteer activity was his role as an Accreditation Committee volunteer for the ’78 Air Canada Silver Broom.

Keith curled with his father for a dozen or more years before moving to the Granite and eventually to his long-time curling home at Fort Rouge.

He served a decade on the Fort Rouge Board and continues as an active Fort Rouge volunteer along with long-time teammates Randy Baraniuk and Glen Tobie who are current FRCC Directors.

Keith knows the traditions of club leadership and family volunteerism are both important traditions in our curling world but in his new role as CurlManitoba President, he sees an important change as being critical to the future of the sport of curling in Manitoba and Canada.

“I see a great year ahead for curling in Manitoba, coming out of the pandemic our calendar is back to almost normal,” he says. “That’s great for our current curling population.”

“However, our clubs need to look at where our next generation of curlers will come from and our provincial association has to find ways to support them in that.”

Johnston acknowledges that the expanding population of new Canadians has the potential to change the face of curling but he says it isn’t good enough to just introduce them to the game if clubs don’t also make room in their schedules for them to play the game.

Asked independently for a thought on the challenge facing Johnston, outgoing President Ray Baker pointed to the same issue, not just for Keith or for CurlManitoba.

“The most pressing issue facing our sport across the country is declining participation. It is a challenge we all have to address,” Baker said.

Baker says he thinks Keith is well-suited to the role of President. “He’s articulate and expresses his opinions very well. He has the strength to defend his opinions but he has great respect for other people’s opinions,” Baker said.  

“When Keith and I are not quite on the same page, we always have great discussions and we can always get to the same place,” he acknowledges, emphasizing it is not the role of the President to expect support for his own opinion but that leadership is helping the group get to the right place through discussion.

Keith also supports the different roles of the Board of Directors and the CurlManitoba operational staff, emphasizing the Board's role to establish policy and provide guidance.

“All credit to our staff team. Here in Manitoba, we are fortunate to have the operational group we have. We are respected right across the country.” he said. Unspoken is the obvious – why would the President interfere?

The term of CurlManitoba President is currently a two-year term. Fort Rouge member Keith Johnston will serve in that role through the 2023-24 curling season.

Curling starts October 12, 2024!

Saturdays - 4:15pm - 6:15pm

The Fort Rouge Curling Club is fired up to start the 2024/25 curling season. We felt last year was a huge success due to the leadership, volunteers, and excited Juniors. We will be moving forward with the same Program we ran last year. We will continue to operate as a grass roots program, the three categories of Junior curlers as well as two separate terms running from October-December and January-March

Our junior program is successful because of the support of our curling community. We rely heavily on parent volunteers to help on and off the ice. Throughout the season, we invite elite curlers to spend time with and instruct our junior curlers. We celebrate the end of the season with off-ice games, treats and food. We look forward to sharing the upcoming season with you and your family!

Registration for Term 1 closes on September 25, 2024
Registration for Term 2 closes on December 18, 2024

Term 1: Oct 12 - Dec 21 (no curling on November 9th)
November 16 (optional) – Bring a friend to try curling – no formal lessons

Term 2: Jan 11 - Mar 29 (no curling on January 18 & February 8)
February 22 (optional) – Bring a friend to try curling – no formal lessons

Little Rocks (Ages 6 - 10)

Basic Membership - $25 for the year
Curling Fees - $60 per term
Max curlers per session - 8 (Two groups of 4)

The Little Rocks program will target ages 6-10 who are ready to learn about the sport of curling in a fun and structured environment. Each week will offer a 45-minute lesson(4:15 pm & 5:15 pm), including instruction on the rules, etiquette, technique, and strategy.

Space will be limited to eight participants in each session. 

Novice (10+)

Basic Membership - $25 for the year
Curling Fees - $70 per term
Max curlers per session - 20

The Novice group will be offered structured 30-minute lessons each week followed by a 4-end game or skills competition

Approximately 1.5 hours each week, this group will be open to 10 years and older. Kids in this group need no previous experience with curling, but it may also be of interest to kids who have already played. Although this is a registered program, we will operate drop-in style, which means no set teams, rather different teams form each week based on attendance and ability. Players from this group may also occasionally be called on to spare in the Junior group.

Juniors

Basic Membership - $25 for the year
Curling Fees - $70 per term
Max curlers per session - 24

FRCC is encouraging team registration for this component of the program, however, singles are welcome, and we can assist in forming teams. This group will be provided with on-ice coaching as required, but instruction will be limited to a short refresher clinic at the beginning of each term. We expect participants in this group to have some curling experience and have the ability to play an 8-end game.

For more information, contact Junior Coordinator - Cameron Owens; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

REGISTER TODAY!