Schedule of Events"

Friday, February 3

Saturday, February 4

Sunday, February 5

Pick the Winner

At registration, place your bets on who you think will be crowned the 2012 Pac Rim Cup and the Canadian Gay Curling Champions. Simply select the name of the winning team and the point spread of their victory in the final game. One guess for $5 or three guesses for $10. Whoever guesses the closest keeps the cash. Deadline for ballot entries is 9:00 pm on Friday, February 3.

Old Farts Draw to the Button Competition 

At registration, each team selects one player to participate in the Old Farts Draw to the Button Competition. Immediately following the Welcome Ceremony, participating curlers stay in the ice shed and go to their assigned sheet. 

• Each participating curler throws one stone. No sweeping is allowed. If the stone stops in the house, a volunteer will measure and record the stone’s distance from the button. The stone is then removed.
• The eight curlers who draw closest to the button will play off in the final to be played before the final draw ceremony. Each curler is assigned to his/her own sheet. The curler whose stone draws closest to the button is deemed the winner. Congratulations Old Fart!

BienVANue – Friday evening

Mix, mingle, meet new friends, eat sushi and celebrate all things Vancouver. Complete your BienVANue trivia card for a chance to win fun prizes. Vote for your favourite bubble butt in the Hot Butt Contest: Yoga Pant Edition. Better yet, sign up and show us how you can fill out a pair of lululemons!

Silver & Gold Soirée – Saturday evening

Two years ago, in the building that is now home to the Vancouver Curling Club, Canada won silver and gold medals in the curling tournaments at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games. Celebrate the legacy and get your shimmer and glitter on for a scandalously scintillating Saturday night! Music! Contests! Prizes! Drag queens! 50/50 Draws!

Silver & Gold Photo Contest

Get into the spirit of Silver & Gold by posting your photos to Pacific Rim Curling League's Facebook wall.

• Each photo must include at least two players from your curling team. Tag them in the photo.
• Add to each of your photos one of the captions from the list below:
  • Just me and the Golden Girls
  • This gives a whole new meaning to "golden shower"
  • Long John Silver
  • Goldilocks and the Three Bears
  • Silver Fox and the Three Otters
  • Must be the fifth day of Christmas
  • I ain't sayin' she a gold digger
  • Movie night at SilverCity
  • Hanging out under the Golden Arches
  • Are you sure this is the Golden Gate Bridge?
• Prizes will be awarded for the most creative interpretation of each caption. A prize will also go to the team that posts the most photos befitting the captions. Keep in mind the Facebook Community Standards (nudity is not allowed).

Hillcrest Centre

Need a break from curling? Across the concourse, the Hillcrest Aquatic Centre is open every day from 6:00 am to 9:45 pm and features a pool, diving boards, sauna, steam room, and a 70 person hot tub! The skating rink is open for Public Skate on Friday 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm, Saturday 3:30 pm to 4:45 pm and Sunday 12:45 pm to 2:15 pm. Skate rentals available. Admission for swim or skate is $6.65.

Venue

Vancouver Curling Club at Hillcrest Centre
4575 Clancy Loranger Way
Vancouver BC V5Y 2M4
Map to the Vancouver Curling Club

Getting Around Vancouver

Host Hotel

Sandman Suites on Davie – Reserve your room by clicking the link below or by calling 1-800-SANDMAN and quoting reference number. 

Air Canada Promotion Code:

Flying to Vancouver for the PacRim Cup or Canadian Gay Curling Championship? Email pacrimcurling@gmail.com for a 10% discount promotion code for travel on Air Canada.

Bookings must be made at aircanada.com > Book Travel > enter Promotion Code (in the designated box). The promotion is good for travel to/from Vancouver between January 27 and February 12, 2012. 

EVENT SUPPORTERS & SPONSORS:

Air Canada (official airline), Arts Club Theatre Company, The Boathouse at English Bay, Caya, CruiseExperts Travel, Denman Place Dental Centre, Delany’s Coffee House, The Fountainhead Pub, Kermodi Living Art, Park Royal, Parliament Interiors, Pender Copy, Richmond Curling Club, Sandman Suites on Davie (host hotel), Tourism Vancouver, Underwriters Insurance Brokers, Vancouver Curling Club, Vancouver Men’s Chorus

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Stephen Bailey, Clayton Bergquist, Trevor Boudreau, Stephen Caldwell, Rick Feeney, Gerald Gunn, Jack Holmes, Johnny LaRusic, Jodi Miller, Brian Oldham, Bryan Pezzi, Glenn Smith, Ted St. Pierre, Jason Tusor

VOLUNTEERS

Andrew Bass, Robert Burns, Margaret Deachman, David Devine, Raphy Dumais, Chris Fysh, Mike Giles, Matthew Hinton, Wendy Jestico, Mathieu Lefebvre, Steeve LePage, Andrea May, Brad McKeage, Nancy Oldham, Craig Parkes, Perry Ragoobar, Gail Roberts, Stephen Schneider, Sandy Silver, Karen Smith, Kieran Thomas, Aaron Thompson

A SPECIAL THANK-YOU

Brad Burton, Lynne Jambor, Dick King – Event Officials Spencer Chandra Herbert – MLA, Vancouver-West End National and World Champion, Olympic Medalist Kelley Law René-Pierre Chiasson, Welcome Ceremony translation

All the AMAZING management and staff at the Vancouver Curling Club