Two will become one. That is the case for the two curling clubs in the Battlefords, the North Battleford Granite Curling Club and Battleford Community Co-operative Curling Club, that will dissolve into one new entity.
A name hasn't been chosen and an official timeline for the complete transformation hasn't been set, but the process will be in place and once the CUPlex opens its doors a new club will be ready to start the season.
"New resolutions were passed and both clubs will be dissolved over a period of time and a third entity has been created," said Doug Fehr, NBGCC president.
Oct. 13, the two clubs held their separate annual general meetings with the start of the 2011-12 curling season a week away. Along with the discussions of this season the main topic was finding the necessary two-thirds majority from both clubs to pass the idea to start fresh and amalgamate.
The new club, which is unnamed at this time, will operate out of the CUPlex, but it is uncertain yet what the future of the current BCCCC facility will be. In the end, the curlers in the Battlefords hope that perhaps the CUPlex will be so busy the current facility in Battleford will remain open, but that is something that will be decided by the new directors.
"This is a step towards recognizing the past and looking to the future," said BCCCC president Doug Horn in a press release.
The BCCCC was created in 1899 and in 1905 an indoor two-sheet curling and skating rink opened its doors. That year, the NBGCC was formed. Seven years later, the BCCCC opened it's own four-sheet facility while in 1954 the NBGCC opened the doors for their new location. In 2006, the NBGCC played their final season at the North Battleford facility. Now after more than a century with two curling clubs operating in the Battlefords, they will join together and prepare to start fresh in 2012, as they begin a new era in the Northland Power Curling Centre.
To make up the new board, four members from the BCCCC and four from the NBGCC will choose the final ninth director to complete the originating board.
A transfer fee of $1 will allow curlers from booth clubs to join the newly formed entity.
As for this season and what is available, the high school league and open league will run Mondays. Tuesdays feature two New Horizons draws, a junior instructional program and two men's league draws. A new beginner league will run Wednesdays. Thursdays, the 50+ league, the junior program and the open league will operate. Saturdays, a new social league will begin at 6 p.m. Sundays will be the new family league.
