Founded in 2014, Our Club now includes more than 150 members curling four times on three days per week, and hosting one of the premier Bonspiels in the Great Lakes Curling Association. We have hosted two Olympic Gold Medalists and supported our members curling in bonspiels and friendly events across the nation, all while being powered exclusively by volunteer leadership. Through the sport of curling, our club is a community within our community, and we invite you to join us – as a curler, a volunteer, a spectator, and supporter. Within these pages you will see the many ways you can support the growth of the fastest-growing winter sport in America!
Our Mission: Building a strong community through the sport of curling.
Our Vision: The Club strives to be the epicenter for an inclusive, socially engaging community through the culture of curling.
Foundations
“FOUNDATIONS: A Living History of the People and Events that Gave Birth to the Founding and Growth of the Traverse City Curling Club,” will be made available in the History section of our website. TCCC founder and 2016 USCA Volunteer of the Year, Don Piche, is writing the story of our club.
First Edition:
On a winter Tuesday evening, with only word of mouth and an announcement in the paper and a Facebook page, 60 people showed up, fired up to try curling and build the Traverse City Curling Club. We shared the dream of a curling club and the plan for an event to introduce the game to Traverse City, which we coined, “So You Wanna Be A Rockstar.” ...read more
Our First Official Member
The first public announcement of curling coming to Traverse City was a brief Sports Notes piece in the Record Eagle. It was an announcement inviting those interested in curling or volunteering to our Open House. The next day, I received a call from an interested party explaining his lengthy association with curling. He told me of his experience throughout the US and Canada! Wow...a ringer!
“I’m so excited to learn how to play this game,” he stated. While confused, I asked what he meant. Seems he had participated in dozens of high-level curling “bonspiels” as the piper. He detailed the important history of this unique curling pageantry, leading the curlers “into battle” to officially open a tournament. Seeing a need for some credibility, eight-time North American Bagpipe Champion Stephen MacNeil was tapped as the Official Bagpiper of the TC Curling Club, and has been blessing us with his talents ever since.
