About Us

Upper Valley Curling was founded as Woodstock Curling Club in January 2008 by a group of friends in Woodstock, VT who were intrigued by the sport that has been called “chess on ice” due to the strategy and teamwork involved.

With the support of the Union Area in Woodstock and one set of donated curling stones and two rented sets, the club began curling on Friday nights, learning the sport as they went along.  Since then, the club has grown. They held numerous “Learn to Curl” sessions and hosted bonspiels in 2010 and again in 2012 to crown the year’s arena club champion of the Grand National Curling Club.

Woodstock Curling Club members continued to promote the sport throughout the Upper Valley of Vermont and New Hampshire. In 2012, the club recognized that they had grown to include members from towns throughout the Upper Valley of Vermont and New Hampshire, changing it's name to Upper Valley Curling. The club became a 501(c)(3) non-profit. 

Throughout the years, club members have taken training classes to learn to become certified instructors, attended training camps to grow their own skills, and formed teams to compete in bonspiels around the world. We now curl at the Barwood Arena in Hartford, VT on shared arena ice. 

Upper Valley Curling members range in age from teens to 70-plus and cover a wide range of professions and backgrounds.  Some members would consider themselves life-long athletes. For others, curling is their first team sport. Although the skills involved take some practice, the game is easily learned at any age and can accommodate different levels of mobility through use of a delivery stick, sometimes referred to as "stick curling." Teams often have mixed delivery preferences with some players using a stick and others using the gliding delivery from the hacks. All are welcome!