Welcome to CVCC Saturday Mixed Curling!
OVERVIEW
- Saturday Mixed is a fixed team social curling league for recreation.
- This season’s game times for the Saturday Mixed league are at 3:00pm, 5:15pm and 7:30pm (three draws).
- The regular season is expected to begin on October 14th and run to April 13th with banquet on April 20th.
- Intention for the season is to enjoy getting on the ice and playing.
- Have fun!
THE BASIC RULES:
- COVID house rules and play instructions take precedence. ***NONE presently in effect.
- Standard club curling rules apply.
- Teams can be of the following combinations:
- Two female and two male players. The male and female players shall play alternate positions in the team’s delivery rotation. If you use a spare, the spare must be the same gender as the player they are replacing,
- Three players (2 males and 1 female, or 2 females and 1 male). The throwing order must always alternate between male and female players. If you use a spare, the spare must be the same gender as the player he/she is replacing,
- One female and three males are permitted if an exception is granted by the league coordinator. Exceptions will be based on years of curling experience. The female player must throw third or skip’s rocks. Spares must be female until there are 2 females in the team.
- One male and three females are permitted if an exception is granted by the league coordinator based on years of curling experience. No restrictions on order of throw.
- Four females with combined years of curling experience less than 15 years; any exception would be granted by the league coordinator.
- Four males with combined years of curling experience less than 15 years; any exception would be granted by the league coordinator.
Starting the Game:
- Be ready to THROW the first rock at game start time.
- Leads will use the coin roller to determine hammer and colour.
Duration of the Game:
- All games are to be a maximum of 8 ends long.
- Regardless of when the bell sounded, do NOT start another end.
Scheduling / Seeding of Teams:
- Teams will play a round-robin against the other teams in their division. Intention is to rotate individual teams start times each week.
- At the start of the season, teams will be placed in divisions based on their point totals from the previous season. New teams or teams with 2+ new CVCC players will always start in the lowest division unless the league coordinator chooses to seed them in a higher division for competitive purposes.
- At the end of each round, the top team in Divisions B, C and D will move up to A, B and C respectively and the bottom team from A, B and C will drop to B, C and D respectively. Standings are based on total points accumulated for that round.
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Wild card scenario: If at the end of the round, the bottom 2 teams in the higher division have fewer points than the top 2 teams of the immediate lower division, the 2 bottom teams from the higher division will be moved to the lower division and the top 2 teams of the lower division will be moved to the higher division.
Scoring:
Points are awarded as follows:
5 pts if your team wins vs. an A division team. 2.5 pts for a tie (or for a bye where needed in draws with unequal number of games).
4 pts if your team wins vs. a B division team. 2 pts for a tie (or for a bye where needed in draws with unequal number of games).
3 pts if your team wins vs. a C division team. 1.5 pts for a tie (or for a bye where needed in draws with unequal number of games).
2 pts if your team wins vs. a D division team. 1 pts for a tie (or for a bye where needed in draws with unequal number of games).
After each game, the WINNING TEAM should immediately record the result of the game on the website (www.cityviewcurling.ca) by logging in and selecting your team’s game for that date.
Tie-breaking Formula
If two or more teams are tied at the end of a round, the tie-breaking formula to determine promotion/relegation will be as follows:
- Head-to-head record during the round
- Fewest losses during the round
- Coin toss
The tie-breaking formula to determine the final standings at the end of the season will be as follows:
- Head-to-head record during the season
- Fewest losses during the season
- Closest draw to the button.
Sparing and Defaults
Spares can come from any CVCC league or external to CVCC. Non-CVCC spares must follow CVCC sparing policy and the following league rules.
You can use up to 2 or 3 spares as long as one of your regular team members is in the lineup. Spares must be same sex as the person they are replacing or female. A spare must throw the same (or lower) rocks than the player they are replacing with exception a spare cannot throw skip’s rocks. If you are normally a 3 person team, you may use up to 2 spares, but no more than 3 players total playing.
- If you cannot find enough spares to play, then PLEASE contact your opponent ASAP, and contact the league chair (Conrad Uniacke) know by emailing him at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Defaults are recorded as an 8-0 loss for the defaulting team.
Fundraising
The Saturday Mixed league uses a 50/50 draw to fund the year end BBQ, league prizes/awards, or support the club.
- Every week, a list of all of the league members will be circulated after each draw. The losing team on Sheet 1 is responsible for administering the list and collecting 50/50 money for their draw.
- In administering the list, members should minimize contact with others by dedicating one person managing the list and another collecting the monies. Saturday Mix box is found on the shelf above the bar cash.
- The cost to participate in the 50/50 draw each week is $5. $2.50 goes into the pot the week, $2.50 goes to the league to help finance our year-end banquet / trophies / prizes.
- After paying your entry fee for the week, your name will be checked off the list of Saturday Mixed players for the week. Please ensure that your name gets checked off after paying your entry fee. If your name is drawn and your name has not been checked off on the master list, you will not be awarded the pot.
- Spares / non-league members can participate in the draw by paying their entry fee and having their name handwritten onto the list of participants for the week.
- You can have someone else pay on your behalf if you are not at the club that week.
- Once a week, a name will be randomly drawn from amongst all of the curlers who are registered for Saturday Mixed.
- If your name is drawn and you paid your entry that week, you win 50% of the total pot.
- If your name is drawn and you did NOT pay for an entry that week, the pot will carry over to the following week and will continue to grow every week thereafter until the pot is won.
- Only the league coordinators may conduct the draw of the winning name on any given week. The draw will occur in front of witnesses at the club. The draw may occur anytime between Saturday at 9pm and the following Saturday at noon. The winner’s name will be posted as part of the weekly update email.
- You may pay your 50/50 entry fees in advance by paying $5 for each week remaining in the draw.
