High School Tournament
Ironman Outdoor Curling is happy to announce the return of the High School Tournament, open to all Manitoba High School/Collegiate students in grades 9 to 12, and once again sponsored by:
When: Thursday Feb 6 and/or Friday February 7, 2025
Note: Until closer to the date we won’t know if we need only 1 day on Friday (up to 16 teams), or 2 days of Thursday and Friday (more than 16 teams and up to 32 teams). Please plan to be available for a few hours on both days when you register your team.
Where: Games will be played on the Red River next to the Redboine Boat Club at 20 Churchill Drive, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Team Registration Cost: $60 (that’s only $5 per game played for each player, less when teams have Playoffs!)
Team Registration Deadline: Friday January 31, 2025 (so please Click Here to Register NOW!)
Once registered, you will receive an email with payment instructions (i.e. mail in a cheque or use PayPal). Once the payment has been received, your team will be added to the High School Tournament pools and assigned draw times (based on the paid entries received at that time). Final draw times will be released the weekend before the event.
For this tournament we are only accepting up to 32 teams of 4 players each (with and option to add up to 2 alternate players). An Assumption of Risk Under Age of Majority waiver will need to be signed by parents/guardians as well as each participant who has not reached the age of 18 by the date of the event. For those who are 18, our standard waiver can be signed without the need for a parent’s signature. Some form of photo ID (even if from your High School) may be requested at the event to help us verify players ages and that they have signed all appropriate forms. A parent or teacher from each school/team is not required to attend or supervise, but everyone is always welcome to watch the event and they could even act as the ID for some kids who may not have any photo ID available.
If you would like to promote this event in your High School, click here for our 1st November flyer or click here for our 2nd December flyer or click here for our 3rd January flyer. To stay up to date on what’s happening with our High School Tournament, please SIGN UP NOW for our news flyers.
Notes:
Outdoor Curling has been described as “shuffleboard on ice,” so you do not need to know how to curl to compete. Loaner fabric curling brooms and stick curling devices from Asham Curling will be available for students to use so they do not need to buy any fancy curling equipment. They can also bring any house broom as well to help clear snow from the front of the gliding rock (great if it’s snowing outside!). For additional safety, helmets are recommended (but optional). Please dress for the weather to stay warm outside for about an hour at a time (layers of clothing work best as you can remove items if you are too warm).
Here is the tentative High School Tournament Schedule (based on 32 teams):
Draw times will be as follows (this depends on the number of teams registered):
- 32 Teams – Pools 1 & 2: Thursday 12:00, Thursday 14:50 (2:50pm), Friday 11:00 (Bodegoes Lunch provided around 12:15) or 12:15 (Bodegoes Lunch provided around 11:15)
- 32 Teams – Pools 3 & 4: Thursday 13:25 (1:25pm), Thursday 16:05 (4:05), Friday 11:00 (Bodegoes Lunch provided around 12:15) or 12:15 (Bodegoes Lunch provided around 11:15),
- 32 Teams Pool Notes: Friday’s 3rd game time will depend on which division you are in after Thursday’s games. If you win your first game on Thursday (stay in A division) then you will play the later shift at 12:15 on Friday (A&C divisions). If you lose your first game on Thursday (move to B division) then you will play the earlier shift at 11:00 on Friday (B&D divisions). You must win your third game (played on Friday) to carry on to playoffs at 13:45 (1:45pm). If you lose your third game you probably have time to return to your Friday classes for the afternoon, so this is an important game to win if you want to guarantee the afternoon off of school.
- 32 Teams Division Playoffs: Friday 13:45 (1:45pm) Semi-Finals & Friday 15:00 (3:00pm) Finals. Awards and prizes will follow at 16:30 (4:30pm) once all playoff games are completed. We hope to have some prizes for all teams that make it to the Semi-Finals, and a school banner will be available at the event (to be hung at their school at a later date) for the top team who goes undefeated!
OR (if less than 32 teams register)
- 16 Teams – Pools 1 & 2: Friday 9:00, Friday 10:30, (Bodegoes Lunch provided around 11:45), Friday 13:00 (1pm)
- 16 Teams Note: Playoff Finals on Friday at 14:30 (2:30pm). Awards and prizes will follow around 16:00 (4:00pm) once all playoff games are completed.
- 8 Teams – Pool 1: Friday 10:00, Friday 11:30, (Bodegoes Lunch provided around 12:45), Friday 14:00 (2pm)
- 8 Teams Note: Playoffs are not required for 8 teams so we will have the awards and prizes on Friday around 15:30 (3:30pm) once all games are completed.
Special Note: We ask that all teams registered to play keep an open schedule for the Thursday & Friday (as shown above) until we finalize the draws the weekend before the event (notices will go out by Monday to confirm your team’s times). If more teams sign up than we can schedule to play, the additional teams will be placed on a waiting list (based on date/time of registration) to fill in for a fully registered/paid team should they become unavailable for any last minute reason (no refunds if cancelling within 3 days of event).
Note: We will issue a full refund to any team who has paid but we are unable to schedule to play as described above.
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