Rainbow Rockers Curling League

Attention 2SLGBTQI+ curlers and allies!

The 2024 Over the Rainbow Bonspiel (OTRB) is set to happen on January 25 to 28, 2024 at the Ottawa Curling Club, home of the Rainbow Rockers Curling League (RRCL). Note, this flagship event of the RRCL’s season and premier event among 2SLGBTQI+ curling leagues falls on a new weekend this year.

We are excited to host you at the club and in Ottawa for a fun-filled weekend. Please join us for great curling, fair play, good sportsmanship, courteous rivalry and all the camaraderie that goes with it.

The OTRB will be open to 40 teams with spots allocated to both local and out-of-town teams. More details will follow in the coming weeks. For now, curlers can expect a four-game guarantee that includes three round-robin games and a qualifier game, playoffs will consist of five divisions and prize money for the winning teams and runners-up have been increased significantly.

This always popular bonspiel includes many of the solid elements of past OTRBs as well as several enhancements this year, including added sponsorships, enhanced entertainment, a silent auction, plenty more prizes and giveaways, live streaming, live results, and much more. There will even be a prominent Canadian curler as our guest and keynote speaker.

Registration is expected to open in early October and more registration details will be posted in August.

Come! Curl on our ice and skate on our canal!
It will be Frozen but Fierce.

My name is Scott Cooke and I am a member/organizer for a gay sport league in Hamilton.

I am working closely with Goldline and Grandslam of Curling to get more LGBTQ2+ exposure in curling and we have a couple things coming up this year that I wanted to extend to the Ottawa Rainbow Rockers Curling League.. 

On Sept 23 us and Goldline will be hosting a UnitedWeCurl bonspiel to kick off the year at the Oakville curling club. We will be looking for both experienced and rookie LGBT teams to play (probably a recreational and competitive division). We will be sourcing teams from Hamilton and Toronto and wanted to reach out to see if there are any teams in your club that would be interested. 

We are also working with Grandslam of curling to host pride nights at the October slam in Niagara and April slam in Toronto on a weekend with free tickets, potential ice time and meets with LGBT pro curlers. 

I wanted to reach out and see if participating in any of these of initiatives would be of interest to your club?

Cheers!

Scott Cooke

[Interested curlers/teams should reach out to Scott directly at: [email protected]]