"Just the 2 of Us" - One Day Open Doubles Fun Bonspiel

Bonspiel Details

• Date:  Saturday, 22 February 2025

• Format, Food, and Prizes:

  • Open Doubles Teams

  • Guaranteed minimum 3 x 6 End Games (triple elimination; A, B, C, D events)

  • Fun Dress Up Encouraged - come as your favorite duo!

  • Lunch, Dinner & Snacks Included

  • Lots of Great Prizes & Draws

• Cost:  $110 per team + GST

• Registration: Click below to go to our CurlingIO registration page

Draw - A, B, C, D Events

Rules

• A team is composed of two players and a game is played over 6 ends.  A team must forfeit any game(s) in which it fails to have both players playing for the entire game.

• The scoring shall be the same as in a regular game of curling. The “positioned” stones that are placed before the beginning of each end are eligible to be counted in the scoring.

• Each team shall deliver five (5) stones per end. The player delivering the team’s first stone of the end must also deliver the team’s last stone of that end. The other team member shall deliver the team’s second, third and fourth stones for that end. The player delivering the first stone can change from end to end.

• Modified Free Guard Zone: no stone in play, including the “positioned” stones and those in the house, can be moved to an out-of-play position prior to the delivery of the fourth stone of an end. If there is a violation, without exception, the delivered stone shall be removed from play, and any displaced stone(s) shall be replaced to their original position by the non-offending team.

• Teams will toss a coin to determine who has the ‘hammer’ in the first end, and decision on the placement.  Following the first end, the team that did not score shall have the decision on the placement. If neither team scores in an end, the team that delivered the first stone in that end shall have the decision on placement in the next end.

• While a team is in the process of delivery, that team’s non-delivering player may be anywhere on the ice surface.  After delivery, either or both players may sweep their delivered stone and any stones set in motion belonging to their team anywhere in front of the tee line.  This applies to all the teams delivered stones.

• If a player delivers a stone out of proper rotation, the delivered stone is removed from play and any displaced stones are returned to their original positions by the non-offending team. Should the infraction not be discovered until after the delivery of a subsequent stone, play continues as if the infraction had not occurred; however, the player that delivered the first stone of the end can deliver a maximum of two stones in that end.

• 1st Tie-breaker:  Most number of ends won

• 2nd Tie-breaker:  Draw to the button (one person from each team, with sweeping by partner allowed, but no sweeping by opposition) 

Positioning

The team with the ‘hammer’ or last stone advantage has the option which stones to position where.  Teams can decide to put their stone in the back four foot and the other team’s stone as the centre guard. If you choose this option, the opposition would deliver first in the end.  If you choose to put your stone as the guard, then you would deliver first.  For this bonspiel, the guard is placed on the house side of the center (2nd) in-ice marker.

Power Play Option

Once per game, each team, when they have the decision on the placement of the “positioned” stones, can use the “Power Play” option to position the stones.  The in-house stone, which belongs to the team with last stone in that end, is placed with the back edge of the stone abutting the front edge of the tee line, with half the stone in the 8-foot and half in the 12-foot circle.  The guard stone is positioned to the side of the sheet, so it would be bisected by a direct line between the middle of the in-house stone to the middle of the hack where the hack intersects with the centre line.