The Karol Bilyj memorial bonspiel is a seniors' bonspiel.  To be eligible, men must be 55 or over and women 50 or over.  It is an open bonspiel; the team may have any gender combination.  Five member teams are permitted when following ROC 2022-2026 substitution rules

There are five options for the date and time of your first draw.  These options determine whether your other pre-final games are played on Wednesday or Thursday.  All finals are played on Friday.  All teams are guaranteed at least three games.  Morning games are played starting at 08:45am or 11:00am.  Afternoon games start at 01:30pm or 03:45pm.

Game Rules

The bonspiel will be using the Rules of Curling (ROC) 2022-2026 for General Play, which has the five rock rule.  Games will use the newly adopted "no tick" rule.  Games are a maximum of eight (8) ends  Ties at the end of the game are broken by skips rock, with no sweeping by an opposition member.

To keep next round games close to schedule, we will use a derivative of our Bell Rule.  The bell will “ring” 1 hour and 35 minutes after the start of the game.  The glass in front of each sheet will have a board with the start time and the Bell Time.  At the Bell Time, you may complete the end you are currently playing, and then play one more end.  Note that the current end is not complete until the first rock of the next end crosses the closest T-line.

The start time is considered to be the scheduled start time unless play is delayed because the ice is not ready.  If the ice is not ready, a bonspiel official will note the deficiency and allow an equal time adjustment to the Bell Time.

Except for the Consolation final, only wins and losses are considered; please stop playing when the game cannot be won.

Snacks, Lunches and Bar

The bar will open at 11:00am. The MCC bar only accepts debit or credit cards for payment.

For Game 1 snacks will be provided after the game to the participating teams.

For games on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, lunches will be provided between 11:30am and 01:30pm.  The lunch meal will be different for each day.

Snack items (such as peanuts, chocolate bars, potato chips and Microwave popcorn) may also be purchased at the bar.