It's been a busy start to 2015 for members of the Peace Arch Curling Club.
In addition to the club's array of nightly leagues, earlier this month PACC hosted Curl BC's men's open zone playdowns – which are a precursor to provincials, and beyond that, the Brier.
And there's very little downtime in the near future, as the club will hold it's annual Bye the Sea senior women's bonspiel, Pacific Coast Masters Curling Association playdowns and B.C. Mixed Doubles provincials over the next three weekends.
"Usually we host one, maybe two of these types of events a year, but this year we've got three, so it's very busy," said Peace Arch Curling Centre manager Kent Bird. "We're excited, especially for the mixed doubles, because it's provincials – it will be our biggest event."
First up is this weekend's Bye the Sea bonspiel, a 16-team event that will feature more teams from the host club than in previous years.
Seven of the 16 teams will be from Peace Arch, said PACC ladies director Jennifer MacArthur, one of the bonspiel's organizers.
"We're really happy about that, having so many local teams this year," she said, adding that the rest of the teams are from the Lower Mainland, with the exception of one group that is making the trip from Gibsons.
"It's a great bonspiel, and a very popular one – many years we have teams on a waiting list," she said.
This year's event will begin Friday at 8 a.m., with a second draw at 10:15 a.m. Saturday's action will also begin at 8 a.m., and the three-day spiel will wrap up with a final draw Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m.
Last year's Bye the Sea event was Langley's Team Christian rink, with another Langley team, Team Clark, finishing second. The top PACC rink, finishing in fifth place, was skipped by Gail Bicknell.