Our Mission
Build a strong community through the sport of curling. We provide a welcoming environment for athletes of all ages and skill levels to learn about one of the fastest growing sports in the United States of America.
Our Journey
Windy City Curling began as a paper club, meaning we didn’t have a physical home. We participated in different bonspiels just to get our name out into the community.
We began contacting ice arenas in the western suburbs until finally finding one that was interested in working with us, Rocket Ice Arena.
A Learn to Curl and our first league night was held at Rocket Ice Arena in Romeoville starting at 9:00 pm on Thrusday nights.
The first Windy City men’s team competed at U.S. Arena Nationals.
Our non-profit status was assigned retroactive to our incorporation date.
Team Richardson won the first Open Club Championship.
Along with crowning Team Richardson as the first Club Champions, it was also the last game played at Rocket Ice Arena. It became obvious that growth potential was limited at Rocket Ice with the late Thursday night time slot.
The first Windy City women’s team competed at U.S. Arena Nationals.
We began curling at Seven Bridges in Woodridge, IL with leagues on Sunday nights at 7:00 pm.
Our first bonspiel was won by Team Rittgers of Chicago Curling Club.
Our second WC3 Open Bonspiel had a repeat champion, Team Rittgers from Chicago Curling Club.
Seven Bridges Ice Arena ended our contract and we were relegated to a 10 x 10 storage unit.
Seven Bridges renewed our contract when they could not fill the time slot but we needed to draw our houses for a while.
Two members of the club approached the board with a proposal to take on the building and managing of a facility for the club.
For the first time, our the bonspiel was held on dedicated ice at Chicago Curling Club. We hosted 32 teams and it was won by Team Murphy of Chicago Curling Club.
Our club proudly crowned our first all-female team as club champions.
Second and last year hosting our bonspiel at Chicago Curling Club. We hosted 24 teams and again named a Chicago Curling Club champion. Someday we will win it.
April 28th marks the last time Windy City Curling Club was an arena club.
The board got its first look at their future home.
Members volunteered to donate “Sweat Equity!” Once demo was completed, members helped with painting, carpet laying, locker installation and other building tasks.
During our 4th WC3 Open Bonspiel, we received word that 15,000 lbs. of equipment was being delivered and they didn’t provide a method to offload it. Members, some playing in the spiel left for a coupel hours to help move manually offload this equipment.
Windy City Curling officially becomes a dedicated ice facility, and members deliver stones in our first league games in our new home.
