October means Frogtown Curling season!

...So wake me up when September ends (but make sure you renew your membership before that)

In this Issue!

Club Membership Registration

Save the Dates

League Schedule Reveal

Happy Hour League

League Criers Needed

TCCA Club Champions

Quick Hits

Membership Registration/Renewal

There’s only one week left to renew your Frogtown membership without a late fee! Payment is due before October 1st, or else a $25 late fee will be applied. Membership registration can only be completed online – no payments will be taken at the front desk.

If you’re already registered, thank you! Please pass this message along to your teammates, especially if they are new to Frogtown. We email every player we have an address for, but new teammates may not be in our system yet and older addresses go stale. 

Don't forget to add a USA Curling Membership! For more info, click here.

Questions? Issues? Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Save the Dates: 

October 15th, 6:30-9:00: Frogtown Fall Cleanup Night

Help the building crew finish up the final tasks of the year and start earning your volunteer frogs for 2026-27!

October 17th & 18th, times TBD: Skills clinics and New Member Welcome Events

October 20th, 6:00-8:00: Annual Club Meeting

Reconnect with your curling friends! The board will be sharing club updates and information about the 2026-27 season. Food provided, please bring your own beverages.

Important League Dates

• October 16th: Friday Leagues Start!
• October 21st: Regular Leagues Start!
• November 10th: Homer Simpson League starts!
• November 16th: Happy Hour League starts!
• November 25th-27th: No Leagues - Thanksgiving Break
• December 20th-January 2nd: No Leagues - Winter Break
• February 28th-March 18th: League Playoffs
• April 1st and April 3rd: Club Championship

All of these dates are also available on the Club Calendar.

League Schedule Reveal

League schedules for this season are now live in the Member area of the website! Schedules include weekly opponents and byes through the regular season, as well as league playoff dates and Club Championship dates. As usual, the club will take a winter break between December 20th and January 2nd, so all leagues will be off for two weeks during that time.

All schedules are available here (must be logged in to view) or you can click on Members->My Profile->My Teams to view your teams’ schedules. This page also includes links to download your schedules in ICS formats for your personal calendar.

If you don’t see one of your teams in your profile or if your roster is either missing someone or has a holdover from a previous year, please email Dave Cary (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) to get your team roster updated. All rosters need to be finalized by January 15th.

Thursday leagues: please note that you do have games on the Thursday night of The Big Spiel (1/7/27). Please plan ahead if you are playing in The Big Spiel that weekend.

Thanks to Dave Cary and Peter Akimoto for their work getting everything organized and input into the website!

Happy Hour League

We’re bringing back our 4pm Monday Happy Hour Leagues for 2026-27! Happy Hour League will run two 5-week sessions, with the fall league starting on November 16th and the winter league starting on January 25th.

Sign up individually or in groups of up to four, we’ll match groups up to create 3-to-4 person teams. Each session is $50 (plus tax) for five weeks of curling, and a Club Membership is required.

More information and register for one or both sessions on the League Registration page.

Criers Needed

In addition to our biweekly newsletter emails, the club Discord server, and the Member Center page of the club website, the league criers are an essential source of Frogtown news. Criers will give announcements in the warm room after leagues again this year, so please make sure you stick around to hear what’s going on at the club.

Leagues that still need a primary crier are:

• Sunday 3:30pm 
• Sunday 5:45pm
• Monday 8:15pm
• Tuesday 6:00pm
• Thursday 6:00pm
• Friday 6:00pm

We are currently seeking backup criers for all leagues except Sunday at 5:45pm, Monday at 6pm, and Wednesday at 6pm. 

New this year: crier announcements will also be available on the club tables each week and in the League Criers section of the website. If you have an announcement you’d like the criers to read, please email Ryan Mintz (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

ICYMI: TCCA Club Champions

Back in May, Team Downs became the first Frogtown team in club history to win the Twin Cities Curling Association Championship! Congratulations to Kat Beaulieu, Craig Downs, Tony Perella, and Scott Christensen! Their trophy will be on display at the club all season and we look forward to finding out which Frogtown team will keep it here after this season!

Quick Hits

• • Icemaking has begun! Thanks to Darrin and his crew of volunteers for their hard work over the next few weeks to prepare the ice for the season.
  • Our first bonspiel volunteering opportunity is here! Spiel of the Dead is coming up the weekend of October 23-35, and volunteer shifts are posted. Shifts are available Thursday night, Friday night, all-day Saturday, and all-day Sunday. Sign up now and start collecting your frogs!
  • Want to make sure you don’t miss any important club news in 2026-27?
    • Bookmark the Member Center page of the club website
    • Add This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to your email contacts to make sure emails don’t get caught in your spam filter
    • Sign up for the club Discord server
    • We will be cross-posting as much information in multiple locations as we can, but the three main online sources of information are the club website, emails, and Discord server
  • Plan now to replace your gripper and brush head! 
    • As a general rule, you should replace these at least as many times per season as leagues you play in 
      • 1 league = replace at the beginning of the season
      • 2 leagues = replace at beginning and middle of season
      • And so on
    • Grippers will be available for cost at the front desk once the season starts, or can be bought from several curling equipment retailers.