Petersham Curling Club

Had a wonderful, first curling experience there.
One of my friends found this alumni event for people from Queens University in Canada and although neither him or I went there, we decided to essentially crash it so we could play curling for four hours and eat some food from Redbones who catered the event.
After everyone arrived, about 28 people I think, we were all taught the basics of the game. Having watched curling during each Winter Olympics, I was quite familiar with most of the rules. I had always wanted to try it out; this was the perfect opportunity.
This club is about 75 minutes away from Boston and is 50 years old this year. It’s very well managed and the staff and the members are very friendly. They have two ice sheets that are extremely well maintained and the club area with some couches, tables, chairs and a full bar is neat as well. They even have a nice fireplace that they had going while we were there.
They have a big parking lot outside, although it’s not fully paved. The drinks at the bar are cheap, $ 3 for regular beers, $ 3.75 for premium beers. Cocktails are $ 5 I think and they also have a few snacks.
After a few drinks, we were broken down into smaller groups and taught how to curl, sweep and the scoring. Then we were once again broken down into teams of 4 players, and went on to play games (4 on 4). It was a lot of fun and the members of the club were there to guide us along the way, pointing out tips, tricks and guiding us along the way.
The most important thing that I learned that day was that although curling is very easy to learn, it is extremely difficult to master. It was an absolute blast and I think that I just might consider joining a curling club at some point in the future, but one that’s hopefully closer to downtown Boston. Curling is awesome!