International curling. Wheelchair curling. Statewide competition. The 2026-27 curling season about to get underway at the Wausau Curling Center promises to be an exciting one for local curlers and fans of this classic winter sport.
The season begins next weekend with Learn to Curl and Rookie Orientation sessions for individuals interested in learning the sport. Those sessions will be held Saturday morning Oct. 24 and mid-day Sunday Oct. 25, at the Wausau Curling Center on Curling Way on Wausau’s southeast side. Check the website at www.wausaucurling.org for times, cost, and registration details.
Recreational and regular league curling start the week of October 26.
Then on January 22, the Scottish Men’s Curling Team will be in Wausau to play a local team at the curling center. The Scottish team tours U.S. curling clubs every five years and features traditional pomp and circumstance in addition to excellent curling. Wausau is one of several sites the Scots will visit during their tour of the upper Midwest and East Coast.
On Feb. 5-7, the local curling center will be the host site for the National Wheelchair Team Curling Championships. This competition features wheelchair-bound curlers who deliver the stones with exceptional accuracy and skill. Wheelchair curling is an international Paralympic sport.
On Jan. 1-3, the Wisconsin Lions clubs will be hosting a statewide curling weekend for members at the Wausau facility. The event is expected to bring as many as 200 curlers and family members to the area.
In addition, the Wausau curlers will be hosting a full slate of bonspiels and championships during the season, beginning with the popular Supper Club bonspiel the weekend of Nov. 13, the Kringle-Jingle stick spiel on Dec.5, the Highlanders and All-American women’s curling events on Jan. 15-17 and Jan. 23., and the popular Tietge high school curling meet on Jan. 29-30.
Other February events include the Men’s Invitational bonspiel Feb. 12-14, the Wisconsin state high school curling championships, Feb. 19-20. The Wausau West girls team is defending champion. The Silver Spoon bonspiel for new curlers will be held March 5-7.
Curling events are free and open to the public for viewing. Games are also live-streamed on the Wausau Curling Club’s You Tube channel.