Tuesday Matinee
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Tuesday Matinee
Tuesday Matinee is drop-in curling. Sign up each week. Depending on the number of people who sign up each week games are 4-on-4 games, or sometimes 4-on-3 or 3-on-3. Rarely there could be an opportunity for doubles or singles, or for throwing (practicing) on a side sheet. Registration opens Saturday at 1:00 PM, 10 days before the Tuesday event.
The first Tuesday Matinee for 2025-26 is Tuesday, September 30, 2025. (Note this is before the official start of leagues on October 3 - an extra chance get your curling legs under you.) Registration for that opens Saturday, September 20, 1:00 pm. See the Member Info page for the link to the signup page.
Tuesday Matinee is open to all members. You do NOT need to indicate interest in Tuesday Matinee during registration to play, but please do tick the box if you have some interest: you will put on the mailing list, and may get occasional emails, perhaps an occasional reminder about signups, plus scattered other announcements, about weather cancellations, our end-of-year party, unofficial/extra sessions, etc. (But you can tick the box and then opt out from those emails at any time if you want.) If you are putting a bonspiel team together, Tuesday Matinee is a great way (perhaps your only way) to come out to play a practice game as a team! We can easily accommodate those who want to play together, as two, three, or four players.
Tuesday Matinee is great for new or less experienced curlers, because there are no set teams and no standings. If you need to work on your game, this is perfect for you. If we lose today, we get a free adult beverage, and next week no one remembers. While we try our best, having fun and improving your game are as much or more important than winning the game. There is plenty of on-ice humor, and you are as likely to get advice from an opponent as from a teammate. You can work on elements of your game or experiment with your delivery in ways that you may not feel comfortable with during a league game that "counts". It is a good way to improve your game, to learn what works for you and what doesn't.
Tuesday Matinee is also a great opportunity to try skipping or playing vice, even as a novice curler. Your skip or vice and your opposing skip/vice will be very happy to coach you (honestly, fairly, and repeatedly) -- the game doesn't count anyway, and we always need skips. Please come and skip! Even if you are not ready to skip in league games, starting to understand the strategy and tactics at that end of the sheet will enrich your games immensely!
Please sign up in advance (by 3:45) each week. Let the League Coordinator (Scott) know if you cannot sign up (new members sometimes can't, initially), or to be added to the waitlist if the session is full. We try to sort out teams and sheets at 5:00 sharp, or two to three minutes before. Try to arrive and be ready to play by 5:00, or let the coordinator know if you will be late. Email, call, or text: my email and mobile number are on the Member Info and Roster tabs. Often we can save a "hole" for you on a three-person team that you can slot into when you arrive (even routinely, if you can pretty much never make it right on time), but we have to know you are coming.
For general information about the Potomac Curling Club, please see our Contact Us page.
[Updated September 2025]