Everybody had a great time curling this past weekend (Feb. 22-24, 2013) in Evergreen CC’s DIY Bonspiel!    The field included veteran teams, league teams, pickup teams,  juniors, seniors, and everything in between.    Good curling and great times all around. My favorite final was the B Event in which Jason Hill’s team won it in [...]

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Evergreen CC’s mostly-local DIY Bonspiel begins this Friday, February 22.   Can’t wait. See the draw schedule:  DIY Bonspiel Draw Schedule If you are curling in the ‘spiel, then show up early and be ready for your draw.   Bring some food to share (you should receive suggestions in email soon).   Most of all, [...]

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A curler from Houston recently asked me, “Did Evergreen CC search on their own for a warehouse building or did you use a real estate agent?” Really good question. We tried a couple of real estate agents and settled on Jon Rubey in Portland, OR.  Jon was able to learn the unique constraints of curling, [...]

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Evergreen Curling Club’s Video Stream has been a big surprise hit so far.     In just under two weeks we’ve seen a steady audience of more than 100 concurrent viewers during the MoPac Men’s and Women’s Championships, thousands of total live views, and more than 1000 views of recorded games.    The social/chat stream [...]

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February 22-24 at Evergreen Curling Club Registration Link — CLICK HERE TO REGISTER First we built it, and now it’s time to enjoy it!  Register now for a fun, informal bonspiel at Evergreen Curling Club in Portland, OR. The DIY bonspiel will be open format, welcoming teams with any combination of men, women, young, old, [...]

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Today we tested the new facility with a few fun games among friends.   Members signed up for draws at 11am, 1pm or 3pm.   Art Placek divvied them up into teams, and we played two hour games.   No brackets, no pools, no pressure, just smiles, fun, potluck cooking and good curling. The ice [...]

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We did it!   The water is frozen, the rings are laid, the lines are buried in the ice.   After two years of searching, planning, raising, negotiating, budgeting, building, cleaning, painting, worrying, flooding, scraping and decorating Evergreen CC is ready to enter its new phase of Dedicated Ice. Tonight we open with a members-only [...]

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We’ve been frustrated over the past several days.   Each day we came in and fo und too much air in the ice mat tubes.   Each day crews of 5 or more volunteers struggled to coax the air out of the system. They pressed, lifted, jiggled and squeezed air bubbles out of the system. [...]

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Another great day today as the crew finished fitting the ice mats and unrolled the mats into their resting places.   When I showed up around 4:30pm Matt Starr, Eugene Carroll, Wayne Brock and Bruce Joncas were busy unrolling each mat and adjusting the mats into place.   It’s OK to walk on the mats [...]

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We’re floored! On Friday the sprinkler contractors finished their three days of work and completed the last of the sprinkler heads, thereby protecting us from Ice Fire.   They tested the system by filling it with water and keeping it under pressure for two hours.   No leaks, no problem.   Then the inspectors came [...]

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