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MEDIA GUIDE................................................................................................... 2–80About the USCA..................................................................................................... 2USCA National O�ce Sta� and O�-Site Sta�................................................. 3–4USCA Board of Directors....................................................................................... 5USCA Executives...................................................................................................... 6Athletes’ Advisory Council.................................................................................... 6USCA Past Presidents/Chairmen ......................................................................... 7A�liated Organizations........................................................................................... 8U.S. Olympic Committee & World Curling Federation Reps............................. 8Championship Contacts......................................................................................... 9USCA Hall of Fame & World Curling Hall of Fame.....................................10–11What Is Curling?..................................................................................................... 12ABCs of Curling..................................................................................................... 13Curling Equipment................................................................................................. 14Who Curls, and Where?......................................................................................... 15Glossary of Curling Terms............................................................................... 16–17Curling’s Olympic History............................................................................... 18–19Paralympic History/World Wheelchair Championship................................20–21World University Games ..................................................................................22–23College National Championship......................................................................24–25U.S. Mixed Doubles Championship/World Mixed Doubles........................26–29U.S. Junior Nationals/World Junior Championships................................... 30–43U.S. Senior Nationals/Senior World Championships................................... 44–51U.S. Club National Championships................................................................ 52–55U.S. Mixed National Championship............................................................... 56–59U.S. Arena National Championships............................................................. 60–61U.S. National Championships/World Championships................................ 62–75Awards.......................................................................................................... 75–77, 80Programs & Resources For Clubs................................................................... 78–79DIRECTORY ................................................................................................ 81–136Member Associations ................................................................................... 82–133Alaska Curling Association.................................................................................... 82At-Large ................................................................................................................... 83Colorado Curling Association............................................................................... 83Grand National Curling Club........................................................................ 83–97Great Lakes Curling Association.................................................................. 97–102Illinois Curling Association........................................................................ 102–105Mid America Curling Association.............................................................. 105–109Minnesota Curling Association.................................................................. 109–115Mountain Paci�c Curling Association....................................................... 115–120North Dakota Curling Association............................................................ 120–123Washington Curling Association..........................................................................124Wisconsin Curling Association................................................................... 124–133Sponsors & Partners.............................................................................................. 134Championship Calendar....................................................................................... 135

Table of Contents

CREDITS:�e USA Curling Media Guide & Directory is a publication of the USA Curling Communications Department. For more information, contact Terry Davis, Director of Communications, at [email protected]. Editor & Design: Terry Davis • Photos: World Curling Federation (or as noted)

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The United States Curling Association (USCA) is the National Governing Body of the sport of curling in the United States and has its national o�ce in Stevens Point, Wis. �e o�cial national training center for the top U.S. curling athletes is located at Fogerty Arena in Blaine, Minn., home of the Four Seasons Curling Club. �e arena became an Olympic Training Site for curling in 2015.

As the NGB for the sport of curling, the USCA is committed to sustained growth of the sport through competitive excellence. �e USCA is a member of the World Curling Federation and the U.S. Olympic Committee.

USA Curling is proud to have sponsors Brooms Up Curling Supplies, AtomAmpd, RAM Restaurant and Brewery, Nike, Sitrin, Skills.com, and BalancePlus as o�cial sponsors. In addition, USA Curling is proud to partner with Hilton Hotels, United Airlines, CurlingZone, Laurie Artiss Ltd. – �e Pin People, and RJM Licensing.

About the USCA

JOIN US IN 2016!�is year’s

MEMBERS’ ASSEMBLYis in Fort Wayne on Oct. 15-18.

Where will we head in 2016? Check www.usacurl.org and

make plans to be there!

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Rick PatzkeChief Executive O�cer

[email protected]: 715-344-1199, Ext. 204

Cell: 608-338-5500Joined the USCA in 1996

Christy HeringDevelopment Associate

[email protected]: 715-344-1199, Ext. 209Joined the USCA in 2010

Jenny BiadaszEvent Services Manager


Terry DavisDirector of

Communications

[email protected]: 715-344-1199, Ext. 202

C: 608-338-9900Joined the USCA in 2002

Tom DohertyController


Kim NawynDirector of

Growth & Development


National O�ce Sta�

Simone LaMarche Administrative Assistant

[email protected] 715-344-1199, Ext. 201

Joined the USCA in 2015

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Dave StaveteigHead Ice Technician

Brian McWilliamsAthletic Trainer

Anna CastellanoMassage �erapist

Derek BrownDirector of High Performance

[email protected]

Joined the USCA in 2011

Scott BairdNational Coach

[email protected]

Dave JensenNational Coach

[email protected]

Steve BrownNational Wheelchair Coach

[email protected]

Marc DepernoNational Wheelchair

Outreach & Development Program Director

[email protected]

Steve BrownAssistant National Wheelchair Coach

[email protected]

Ann SwisshelmNational Coach

[email protected]: @curlannie

Wally HenryNational Coach

[email protected]

Phill DrobnickNational Coach

[email protected]: @CoachPhill

High Performance Sta�

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Craig Brown [AAC, 2016]Madison, [email protected]

Catharine Persinger [Alaska, 2016]Anchorage, [email protected]

Matt Gamboa [Mountain Paci�c, 2017]Van Nuys, [email protected]

Je� Hannon [Grand National, 2017]Bridgeport, CT 203-644-4853je�[email protected]

Cyndee Johnson [Minnesota, 2016]Proctor, MN [email protected]@esko.k12.mn.us

Rich Lepping [Wisconsin, 2017]Madison, [email protected]

Hawley MacLean [Board-elected, 2017]Reno, [email protected]

Joe Polo [AAC, 2016]Duluth, [email protected]

Doug Potter [Washington, 2017]Seattle, [email protected]

Allison Pottinger [AAC, 2016]Eden Prairie, [email protected]

Doug Pottinger [AAC, 2016]Eden Prairie, [email protected]

Courtney Schmidt [Great Lakes, 2016]Gates Mills, [email protected]

Jessica Schultz [AAC, 2016]Minneapolis, [email protected]

Sean Silver [Illinois, 2016]Chicago, [email protected]

Chris Sjue [North Dakota, 2017]Fargo, [email protected]

Jennifer Stannard [USWCA, 2016]Stamford, [email protected]

Scott Stevinson [Mid America, 2016]Littleton, [email protected]

Mark Swandby [Wisconsin, 2016]Madison, [email protected]

Carl �omas [Grand National, 2016]Forestport, [email protected]

Nick Wellen [Minnesota, 2017]White Bear Township, [email protected]

Beau Welling [Board-elected, 2017]Greenville, [email protected]

Key:AAC=Athletes Advisory CouncilWCF=World Curling Federation repUSWCA=United States Women’s Curling Association[Region represented, term length]

Board of Directors

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Board Leadership

Rich LeppingChairman of the [email protected]

Vic HuebnerTreasurer

[email protected]

Gordon MacleanSecretary

[email protected]

Secretary general to the board: Rick Patzke

Standing Committees, Chairpersons:Audit/Finance: Sean SilverHuman Resources: Chris SjueJudicial: Kent BeadleEthics: Michael ShalhoubNominating/Governance: Leland Rich

Operational Committees, Chairpersons:Organizational Development: Leland RichMember Development: Gordon MacleanGrassroots Competition: Sam Williams

World Curling Federation representativesLeland Rich (Fairbanks, Alaska)Jennifer Stannard (Stamford, Conn.)Mark Swandby (Madison, Wis.)Beau Welling (Greenville, S.C.)

The purpose of the USCA’s Athletes Advisory Council (AAC) is to provide comprehensive guidance and/or recommendations to the USCA on any issue relating to athletes. �e mission of the AAC is to provide guidance to the USCA as the collective voice of elite athletes in the United States. AAC mem-bers make up 20 percent of the USCA Board of Directors.

Members: • Craig Brown, Wisconsin, vice chairman, USCA board member• Derek Corbett, New York• Tabitha Peterson, Minnesota• Joe Polo, Minnesota, USCA board member• Cassie Potter, Minnesota, USOC AAC representative-alternate• Allison Pottinger, Minnesota, chairwoman, USCA board member• Doug Pottinger, Minnesota, USOC AAC representative, USCA board

member• Jessica Schultz, Minnesota, USCA board member

Athletes Advisory Council

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Past Chairperson(s) of the Board2014–15 David Carlson – Wisconsin

Past Presidents2012–14 James Pleasants – Washington2010–12 Chris Sjue – North Dakota2009–10 Leland Rich – Alaska2008–09 R. Chris Moore – Ohio2006–08 Georgia West – Illinois2004–06 Mark Swandby – Wisconsin2003–04 Bob Fenson – Minnesota2002–03 Jack McNelly – Colorado2001–02 Peggy Hatch — Pennsylvania2000–01 Albert M. Anderson — Illinois1999–00 Leland Rich — Alaska1998–99 D. Clark Higgins — Wisconsin1997–98 Tom Brooke — Maryland1996–97 Winnifred H. Bloomquist — North Dakota1995–96 Warren R. Lowe — Illinois1994–95 Denis Fox — Alaska1993–94 Evelyn Nostrand — Connecticut1992–93 David Russell — Wisconsin1991–92 Ann Brown — Illinois1990–91 �omas L. Satrom — Minnesota1989–90 C. Kenneth Cooper — Connecticut1988–89 Robert L. Whitehead — Ohio1987–88 William B. Pattinson — Wisconsin1986–87 Robert Sponaugle — Pennsylvania1985–86 Robert E. Hardy — Washington1984–85 John Woodin — Wisconsin1983–84 Dr. William J. Ensign — Minnesota1982–83 Dr. Donald Barcome — North Dakota1981–82 Howard P. Chandler — Massachusetts1980–81 Kenneth Sherwood — Washington1979–80 Harvey Marshall — Minnesota1978–79 Norman P. Rickards — Illinois1977–78 Donald G. McKay — New York1976–77 L. T. Kreutzig — Wisconsin1975–76 Elgie L. Noble — Wisconsin1974–75 J. Nelson Brown — Michigan1973–74 Arthur J. Cobb — New York1972–73 Edward J. Shipstad — Colorado1971–72 David E. Brown — Illinois1970–71 William C. Livingston — Minnesota1969–70 Edward C. Childs — Connecticut1968–69 Ernest R. Nyman — North Dakota1967–68 Joseph A. LeVine — Minnesota1966–67 Ralston B. Reid — New York1964–66 Ray C. Meddaugh — Illinois1963–64 W. Lincoln Seibert — New York1962–63 Ralph A. Trieschmann — Illinois1961–62 Joseph Carlson — Wisconsin1960–61 Coleburke Lyons — Michigan1959–60 Walter C. Rhodes — Wisconsin1958–59 Walter E. Selck — Illinois

Past Chairpersons/Presidents

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World Curling Federationwww.worldcurling.org

President Kate Caithness (SCO)Vice President (Americas) Graham Prouse (CAN)Vice President (Europe) Bent Ramsfjell (NOR)Vice President (Pacific-Asia) Hugh Millikin (AUS)Directors Andy Anderson (USA) Hew Chalmers (SCO) Laura Lochanski (CAN) Toyokazu Ogawa (JPN)Secretary General Colin Grahamslaw 3 Atholl Crescent Perth PH1 5NG Scotland, UK Tel: +44 1738 451630 Fax: +44 1738 451641 USA representatives: Leland Rich, Jennifer Stannard, Mark Swandby, Beau Welling

Royal Caledonian Curling ClubBoard Chairman Alastair MacNish (2017)CEO Bruce Crawford Cairnie House Ingliston Show Ground Newbridge, Midlothian Scotland EH28 8NB Phone: 44-131-333-3003 o�[email protected]

American Curling Foundation & MuseumLocation: Chicago Curling Club, 555 Dundee Road, Northbrook, IL 60062 Curator: James Miller, 847-272-7224

United States Olympic Committeewww.teamusa.org

Chairman Larry ProbstCEO Scott Blackmun Olympic House One Olympic Plaza Colorado Springs, CO 80909USCA Representatives Rick Patzke & Rich Lepping Doug Pottinger, USOC–AAC

U.S. Women’s Curling Association www.uswca.org

President Donna PearsonUSCA Representative Jennifer Stannard Cell: 203-912-2164 E-mail: [email protected]

A�liated Organizations

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Championship Contacts

2016 Youth Olympic Games PlaydownNov. 2-8, 2015, Four Seasons Curling Club, Blaine, Minn.

Chairman: John Benton, [email protected]

Wheelchair Team Selection EventNov. 6-8, 2015, Wausau Curling Center, Wausau, Wis.

Chairman: Marc Deperno, [email protected], 315-737-2459

9th U.S. Mixed Doubles ChampionshipDec. 2-6, 2015, Denver Curling Club, Golden, Colo.

Chairpersons: Alyssa Schaer, [email protected], 303-901-7278

Phil Moir, [email protected], 303-478-8736

Women’s National Championship Challenge Round Jan. 6-10, 2016, Four Seasons Curling Club, Blaine, Minn.

Chairman: John Benton, [email protected]

Men’s National Championship Challenge Round Jan. 6-10, 2016, Madison Curling Club, McFarland, Wis.

Chairman: Adam Derringer, [email protected], 608-843-3699

43rd USA Curling Junior Men’s National Championship & 30th USA Curling Junior Women’s National Championship

Jan. 16-23, 2016, Willmar Curling Club, Willmar, Minn.Chairman: Matt Proehl, [email protected]

15th USA Curling Senior National ChampionshipsMen’s event: Jan. 27-31, 2016, Medford Curling Club, Medford, Wis.

Chairmen: Dennis Christianson, [email protected], 715-748-4983Chris Kolstad, [email protected], 715-748-2478

Women’s event: Jan. 27-31, Columbus Curling Club, Columbus, OhioChairwomen: Karen Hamilton, [email protected], 614-443-7920

Melanie Rellinger, [email protected], 419-308-2541

60th USA Curling Men’s National Championship &40th USA Curling Women’s National Championship

Feb. 6-13, 2016 • Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, Fla.Chairman: Joel Lamp, [email protected], 904-630-3497

12th USA Curling Club National ChampionshipsMarch 5-12, 2016 • Capital Curling Club, Bismarck, N.D.

Chairman: Sam Unruh, [email protected], 701-226-4129

42nd USA Curling Mixed National ChampionshipApril 2-9, 2016, Coyotes Curling Club, Tempe, Ariz.

Chairwomen: Carol Ann Naso, [email protected], 480-459-8580

Karen Tait, [email protected], 480-688-4426

Interested in hosting a future event? Contact Christy Hering at the USA Curling o�ce at 1-888-CURLERS

or via email at [email protected].

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2013Jerome Larson

2012Jon Mielke

2010Bob Fenson

2009Paul PustovarKay Sugahara

2007Mark Haluptzok

2006Lisa Schoeneberg

2005Scott Baird

2003Elgie Noble

2002Robert HardyJohn Williamson

2001George GodfreyNancy Richard

2000Glenn Gilleshammer

1999Tom Satrom

1998Frank BeferaSteve Brown

1997Harold LauberKen Sherwood

1996Bernie RothErnest Slyziuk

1995Bob ChristmanJim Stephens

1994Dr. Donald BarcomeTom Locken�e 1965 World Champions

Bud Somerville Bill Strum

Al GagneTom Wright

�e 1976 World ChampionsBruce RobertsJoe RobertsGary Kle�manJerry Scott

1993Ann Brown

1992Orvil Gilleshammer

1991J. Nelson BrownNorman RickardsMary Van Ess

1990Bob NicholsMike Slyziuk

1989Art CobbHarvey MarshallBill Strum

1988Ted ChildsGlenn HarrisHughston McBainDon McKayBruce Roberts

1984Bud Somerville

Nominations for the Hall of Fame are accepted annually with a typical deadline of June 1. Nomination paperwork can be downloaded from the USA Curling website at www.usacurl.org or by emailing [email protected].

Hall of Fame

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�e World Curling Federation regularly honors those who have contrib-uted signi�cantly to the development and promotion of curling at the world level. It honors the memory of the late Elmer Freytag of the United States, one of the founding members and early leaders of the International Curling Federation. Induction into the World Curling Hall of Fame is the highest ‘non-playing’ honor that the World Curling Federation can bestow on someone and recognizes outstanding contribution to the sport of curling whether through on-ice exploits or o�-ice endeavors.

�e �rst year that the WCF accepted nominations for this honor was 2012. Previously, the WCF presented the World Curling Freytag Award to recognize outstanding contribution to the sport. From 2012 onward, inductees into the World Curling Hall of Fame will be presented with the Freytag Medal to mark their induction.

World Curling Hall of Fame2015 Hiroyuki Saito (builder) Japan2015 Russ Howard (curler) Canada2015 Ray Turnbull (curler) Canada2014 Eigil Ramsfjell (curler) Norway2014 Randy Ferbey (curler) Canada2014 Patrick Huerlimann (curler) Switzerland2013 Don Duguid (curler) Canada2013 Ron Northcott (curler) Canada2012 Elisabet Gustafson (curler) Sweden2012 Gunther Hummelt (builder) Austria2012 Jean-Paul Bidaud (builder) Switzerland

Freytag Award Winners2011 Ray Kingsmith Canada2010 Malcolm Richardson Scotland2009 Sandra Schmirler Canada2008 Leslie Ingram-Brown Scotland2005 Kunio Nando Japan2004 Not awarded2003 Robert Whitehead (builder) United States2002 Franz Tanner (curler) Switzerland2001 Raymond “Bud” Somerville (curler) United States

Shirley Morash (builder) Canada2000 Bob Hardy (builder) United States

Ernie Richardson (curler) Canada1997 Erwin Sautter-Hewitt Switzerland1996 Elisabeth Paterson-Brown Scotland1995 Not awarded1994 Keith Wendorf Germany1990 Colin Campbell Canada1989 Don McKay United States1988 Kay Sugahara United States1987 Bob Picken Canada 1986 Art Cobb United States1985 Don MacLeod Canada1984 Robin Welsh Scotland1983 Mabel DeWare Canada1982 Sven Eklund Sweden1981 Doug Maxwell Canada1980 Bob Grierson Scotland1979 Chuck Hay Scotland1978 Ken Watson Canada

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Curling is a team game, where all four team members’ e�orts contribute directly to each shot. Teams can be composed of both sexes and all ages, and like golf, curling is a lifetime sport.

A curler at any skill level, like a golfer, �nds that his or her skills decline only gradually from about age 45 onward. A national class curler, like the pro golfer, realizes that once the physical aspects are mastered, the mental aspect of the game separates the good player from the champion.

To continue with the golf analogy, it can be said that the curler who is at the height of his or her game has the same edge as the golfer who is sinking the key putts: great nerves, will to win, and mental toughness.

Historical and Descriptive NotesIt is generally agreed that curling was developed in Scotland in the 16th

century. �e climate in Scotland was colder then, and curling took place on the many marshes (since drained). Scottish farmers curled on the frozen marshes using “channel stones,” which were naturally smoothed by the water’s action. �e principles of the game were similar to the modern game, although there were many di�erences in rules and equipment.

�e spirit of curling evolved in the early centuries in Scotland. It is this spirit of honorable competition followed by egalitarian sociality that made curling a special game in curlers’ minds. An excerpt from “�e Spirit of Curling:”

“Curlers play to win but never to humble their opponents. A true curler would prefer to lose rather than win unfairly ... while the main object of the game is to determine the relative skill of the players, the spirit of the game de-mands good sportsmanship, kindly feeling, and honorable conduct.”

Scottish immigrants brought the game with them to North America, �rst to Canada around 1759, then to the United States around 1832. By 1855, curling clubs �ourished in New York City, Detroit, Milwaukee and Portage, Wis. Curling in the rest of Europe developed in the 20th century.

Two developments ensured that the modern game would be marked by a high degree of physical skill and mental toughness:

1. the standardization of the stone, and 2. indoor, refrigerated ice.�e modern stone is round, and about 42 pounds. Curling is played, for the

most part, on indoor, refrigerated ice, which helps ensure a fast, consistent and predictable playing surface.

�e GameA game is made up of 10 ends (like innings). An end consists of each team

member shooting (delivering) two rocks, or stones, alternately with the op-ponent’s player at the same position. When all 16 rocks have been delivered, the score for that end is determined.

A 12-foot circle (the “house”) is the scoring area. For each stone closer to the center of the circles (the tee) than any of the opponent’s, one point is scored. The team scoring shoots �rst in the next end, giving the opponent the “hammer,” or last shot of that end. Teams will sometimes ignore taking a point to retain the next end’s hammer.

The sheet of ice (playing surface) is 16’ 5” wide and 150 feet long, set up to accommodate play in both directions. Most curling takes place in curling clubs, which commonly have two to six sheets of ice. Hockey arenas are also used as temporary curling rinks; they accommodate up to six sheets.

All four players shoot two rocks per end, beginning with the player referred to as the “lead.” �e “second” shoots next, and then the “third,” or “vice skip.” �e skip usually shoots the last rocks, and calls the strategy for the game. �e skip decides on shot selection, and “reads” the curl in the ice for the shooter. �e shooter must be accurate in three functions:

1. Aim (at the broom) 2. “Weight” (velocity imparted to the stone)

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�e ABCs of Curling

3. Imparting the correct “handle” (curl) to each shot Shots are called either to stop at a certain point on the sheet (“draws” or

“guards”) or to have enough weight to strike another rock out of play (“takeouts” or “hit and rolls”).

Each running stone curls, or curves, as it proceeds down the ice based on the twist given the handle during the delivery. �e amount of curl varies based on the ice surface and the speed of the rock. �e curl allows for better control of the stone and also provides a means to shoot around guards.

Sweeping—with either a straw broom, hog hair or horse hair brush, or synthetic brush—adds the element of �tness to curling because, to be e�ective, sweeping must be very vigorous. Sweeping slightly melts the ice, which reduces the friction between the running stone and the ice. �e result is that the stone will curl less, and slide farther.

Sweeping is called for when the stone has not been delivered �rmly enough, and/or when the shot is aimed “narrow,” or inside the broom target. Sweeping can help a rock slide up to an additional 15 feet. Top teams control most shots by using aim and weight “within the sweeping zone.”

Strategy is a major part of curling. Shots are played with an eye to the last rocks of each end, not simply placed at the center of the circles. �e strategy can be rather complex. Innovations are constantly being made and adopted when the innovators win, similar to other sports where strategy and the game plan plays a major role.

It is common for games between national-class teams to be very close, with both skips jockeying for the last shot in the last end.

In curling, all four players of a team are involved in each of their team’s shots. While the skip, or captain, holds his or her broom for a target and calls the strategy for the shooter, the other two players sweep the stone’s path when deemed necessary.

Sweeping clears the ice of any frost or debris that might slow the stone down or send it o� course. Sweeping also polishes the ice, creating a thin layer of mois-ture that reduces friction and allows the rock to go farther and straighter (up to 15 feet farther with vigorous sweeping).

�e “sweepers” are in the best position to judge whether or not the delivered stone has enough momentum to reach its target, while the person in the house can best judge the line and call for sweeping if the stone is curling too much.

Sweeping is allowed between the tee lines, and beyond the far tee line by only one player per team. All four players may sweep at the same time when the stone is between the tee lines.

�e player in charge of the house may sweep an opponent’s stone once it passes the tee line. Players may also sweep any of their own stones that have been set into motion by the delivered stone.

By the 1990s, the skill of top players had progressed to such a point that, once a team got a small lead, they were simply knocking out one another’s rocks repeatedly, which translated to “boring games” for many spectators. To spice up the game, the World Curling Federation introduced the Free Guard Zone Rule (or Moncton Rule, since it was first tested in competition in Moncton, New Brunswick).

Simply put, the Free Guard Zone Rule speci�es that players are allowed to bump—but not remove—the �rst four rocks of a given end if they come to rest between the hog line and the tee line, excluding the house (i.e., the guard zone). Any rock touching the tee line outside the house, or biting (touching) the 12-foot ring at the front of the house, is not considered to be in the Free Guard Zone and may be taken out by the opposing lead player.

When teams take advantage of the Free Guard Zone, there generally are more rocks in play throughout an end, and teams have a much better chance of coming back from a de�cit. In turn, strategies have evolved that are signi�cantly di�erent from the old “hit” game, and the sport has become much more interest-ing for the majority of spectators, as well as for the players.


Clothing: Loose �tting, several layers, sweaters, pants, kilts, caps. Matching uniforms for many competitions.

Shoes: Special curling shoes are common but not mandatory. Shoes should grip the ice well for walking. Smooth soles are easy to clean to minimize dirt on the ice. For the delivery, extremely slippery surfaces such as Te�on are used on the sliding foot to generate a long, smooth-sliding follow through. Some “sliders” are built into shoes, while others are strapped on over the sole.

Broom/Brush: Commercially manufactured for curling. �e straw brooms, synthetic brushes, and short bristled brushes are all e�ective.

Stones: Made of a rare, close and evenly grained granite quarried primarily on Scotland’s Ailsa Craig, with handles attached. Standardized, weighing 42 pounds, and provided by the curling clubs.

Equipment

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Curling opportunities exist for males and females of all age groups. Twenty-four-pound “junior stones” are available for younger children to use. �e game has equal appeal as both a social outlet and a competitive sport.

Recreational curling competitions, called “bonspiels,” are organized for men, women, couples, seniors and juniors. Local clubs have regular leagues for these same constituencies. “Open” events feature curlers of all ages and both genders competing in one competition.

Curlers come from all walks of life, and value the special camaraderie integral to the sport.

Curling is played in more than 44 states across the United States. It is a winter sport, but it is being played more and more in warmer climates with the growth of indoor ice facilities.

�ere are approximately 20,000 curlers and 170 clubs in the U.S. Wisconsin has the largest concentration of curlers, with nearly 4,000, while the Grand National region along the East Coast now boasts close to 4,000 as well from its member clubs while Minnesota reports around 3,500. �ere also are substan-tial clubs in the Great Lakes region, Seattle, and Fairbanks, Alaska.

Each year, more curling clubs utilizing ice arenas are able to fundraise to build dedicated curling facilities, including two clubs in North Carolina in the past year. To learn more about curling’s growth in the U.S., contact USA Curl-ing’s Kim Nawyn at [email protected].

Who curls, and where?

Curling is mostly concentrated in countries with colder climates. Canada has the most curlers of all, with nearly 1.2 million of the estimated 1.5 million in the world. �e U.S. reached the 20,000-member mark in 2015. �e 54 coun-tries listed below have curling organizations that belong to the World Curling Federation:

Andorra Australia Austria Belarus Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Canada China Chinese Taipei Croatia Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany

Greece Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan KoreaKosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Mongolia Netherlands New Zealand Norway

Poland Qatar Romania Russia Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United States U.S. Virgin Islands Wales


BACK LINE – the line at the back of the house. Rocks completely beyond the line are out of play.

BONSPIELS – curling tournaments.BROOM – the instrument used to sweep the ice. Brooms with synthetic heads are

most common.BURNED ROCK – a shooting team’s rock that has been fouled (touched by a player

or equipment) while in motion. It is removed from play.CENTERLINE – the line dividing and running the length of the sheet of ice.CURL – a turn of the rock’s handle upon release makes the rock curl, or curve, as it

travels down the ice. �e rock curls in the direction of the turn.DELIVERY – the release of the curling stone by the shooter.DRAW – a rock that stops in front of or in the house.END – One end is complete when all 16 rocks (eight per team) have been thrown to

one end of the sheet. A game is usually eight ends, or about two hours. Championship games are 10 ends, or about 2 1/2 hours. A�er each end, the score is determined.

FREEZE – a draw that �nishes in front of and up against another rock.GUARD – a rock between the hog line and the house used to thwart the opposition

from hitting a rock in the house.HACK – a rubber foothold from which curlers deliver the rock. It is about 125 feet

from the scoring area.HAMMER – the last rock of each end.HEAVY ICE – when the ice is “slow” and the rocks have to be thrown harder.HIT & ROLL – a shot designed to take out an opponent’s rock and then roll the

shooter to a designated spot, such as behind a guard.HOG LINES – located 21 feet from each tee. A rock must be released before the near

hog line, and travel beyond the far hog line, or it is removed from play. HOUSE – the round scoring area, 12 feet in diameter, with concentric circles of four

and eight feet in diameter inside.HURRY – a command shouted by the skip or shooter to tell the sweepers to sweep.KEEN ICE – when the ice is “fast” and less momentum is needed on the rock.LEAD – the player who delivers the �rst two rocks of each end, alternating with the

opponent’s lead. NARROW – a rock delivered inside the intended line of delivery.PEEL – a shot to remove a guard, or guards.PORT – an opening through which teams try to draw or shoot through.RAISE – a draw that raises another rock into the house.RINK – a curling team, which consist of four players, the skip, third (vice-skip),

second, and lead. All players are involved in every shot, with one shooting, two sweeping, and one calling strategy. Two rinks play against each other.

ROCKS – also known as stones, are made of rare, dense, polished granite. Each rock weighs 42 pounds.

SCORING – only one rink scores per end, that being the rink with the rock(s) closest to the center of the house. �e team with the highest score at the end of a game wins. �e maximum score in each end is eight, which is very rare. Typically, one to three points are scored per end.

SECOND – the player who delivers the second two rocks of each end, alternating with the opponent’s second.

SHEET – the 150-�. long ice playing area. �e sheet’s design allows play in both directions.

SKIP – player who holds the broom as a target for shots by the other three players. Skips are team strategists and must study–or read–the ice, judge the amount of curl, and call the shots. Skips usually throw the last two rocks of each end.

SLIDER – worn on the sliding foot, in the delivery of a stone to allow for long, smooth motion and follow through.

STRAIGHT ICE – when the ice is not curling much.SWEEPING – players sweep to make the rock travel farther, or to keep it from curl-

ing too much. Good sweepers can increase the distance a stone travels by more than 10 feet. Sweeping creates a thin �lm of water under the rock that allows it to glide easier. Two players are ready to sweep each shot.

“SWINGY” ICE – when the ice is curling a lot. TAKEOUT – a rock that removes another rock from play.TEE (or BUTTON) – center of the house.THIRD – the player who delivers the third two rocks of each end, alternating with the

opponent’s third. �e player who holds the broom for the skip, and who assists the skip with game strategy. Also known as a vice skip.

WEIGHT – the momentum, or force, behind a rock as it glides down the ice.WIDE – a rock delivered outside the line of delivery.

Glossary of Terms

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Curling returns to Las Vegas in 2016 as the WFG Continental Cup is set to take place Jan. 14-17 at the Orleans Arena. �e format for the event changed in 2015 and did not feature U.S. teams as part of the North American squad, rather six Canadian teams competing against rinks from Europe. �e event in 2016 will go back to the original format with Canada and the U.S. teaming up to take on Team World, which will feature teams from Asia and Europe.

�e Continental Cup is similar to golf ’s Ryder Cup and features di�erent disci-plines of curling – mixed doubles, singles, skins, and traditional team competition with the points building throughout the four days of competition.

Here’s a look at the event’s historical results:Year Site Canada Europe2015 Calgary, Alberta 42 18Year Site North America World 2014 Las Vegas, Nev. 36 24USA members: Erika Brown, Debbie McCormick, Jessica Schultz, Ann Swis-

shelm, John Shuster, Je� Isaacson, Jared Zezel, John Landsteiner2013 Penticton, B.C. 37 23USA members: Allison Pottinger, Nicole Joraanstad, Natalie Nicholson, Tabitha

Peterson, Heath McCormick, Bill Stopera, Martin Sather, Dean Gemmell2012 Langley, B.C. 165 235USA members: Patti Lank, Nina Spatola, Caitlin Maroldo, Mackenzie Lank, Pete

Fenson, Shawn Rojeski, Joe Polo, Ryan Brunt2011 St. Albert, Alb. 298 102USA members: Erika Brown, Nina Spatola, Ann Swisshelm, Laura Hallisey, Pete

Fenson, Shawn Rojeski, Joe Polo, Ryan Brunt2008 Camrose, Alb. 192 208USA members: Debbie McCormick, Allison Pottinger, Nicole Joraanstad, Tracy

Sachtjen, Craig Brown, Rich Ruohonen, John Dunlop, Pete Annis2007 Medicine Hat, Alb. 290 110USA members: Debbie McCormick, Allison Pottinger, Nicole Joraanstad, Nata-

lie Nicholson, Todd Birr, Bill Todhunter, Greg Johnson, Kevin Birr 2006 Chilliwack, B.C. 171 229USA members: Debbie McCormick, Nicole Joraanstad, Natalie Nicholson,

Tracy Sachtjen, Pete Fenson, Shawn Rojeski, Joe Polo, Doug Pottinger2004 Medicine Hat, Alb. 228 172USA members: Patti Lank, Erika Brown, Nicole Joraanstad, Natalie Nicholson,

Jason Larway, Doug Pottinger, Joel Larway, Bill Todhunter2003 �under Bay, Ont. 179 208USA members: Debbie McCormick, Allison Pottinger, Ann Swisshelm, Tracy

Sachtjen, Pete Fenson, Eric Fenson, Shawn Rojeski, John Shuster2002 Regina, Sask. 207 193USA members: Patti Lank, Erika Brown, Nicole Joraanstad, Natalie Nicholson,

Paul Pustovar, Mike Fraboni, Geo� Goodland, Richard Maskel

Continental Cup of Curling


�e �rst Olympic demonstration was in 1924, in Chamonix, France, where men’s teams from England, France and Sweden competed. England won the gold, and Sweden the silver. Games at this time were 18 ends long versus 10 today. �is event was most recently recognized as the �rst time curling was an Olympic medal sport. However, the sport would not have full medal status again until the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Curling was next a demonstration sport in 1932, in Lake Placid, N.Y. Eight men’s teams competed–four from Canada and four from the United States. �e U.S. teams came from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Michigan, and New York. Canada won the round robin competition, taking 12 games to the USA’s four. Games were 16 ends long.

A�er a long absence, curling returned to the Olympics as an o�cial demonstration in 1988, in Calgary, Canada. For the �rst time, a women’s com-petition was included. Canada won the women’s event, followed by Sweden and Norway. On the men’s side, Norway took the gold, followed by Switzerland and Canada. (Bronze medals were awarded to the team that lost in the playoffs to the eventual champion.) The U.S. men’s and women’s teams both finished fourth.

Curling was again part of the Olympic demonstration sport program in 1992, in Albertville, France. �is time, Germany won the women’s gold, fol-lowed by Norway and Canada. A bronze medal game was held, with Canada defeating Denmark. Switzerland took the men’s championship, with Norway earning the silver medal and the USA defeating Canada for the bronze medal. �e USA’s team included Bud Somerville, Mike Strum, Bill Strum and Tim Somerville, all from Superior, Wis. (The U.S. women failed to earn a berth in the Olympic competition in 1992.)

In Salt Lake City in 2002, curling was a medal sport on the Olympic pro-gram for the third time. �e U.S. men, led by Tim Somerville, �nished seventh, while the women’s team, skipped by Kari Erickson, missed a bronze medal by just a few rocks.

�e Pete Fenson rink based out of Bemidji, Minn., won U.S. curling’s �rst Olympic medal when the team defeated Great Britain to win the bronze medal

U.S. Olympic team members – men: 2014: John Shuster, Je� Isaacson, Jared Zezel, John Landsteiner, Craig Brown2010: John Shuster, Jason Smith, Je� Isaacson, John Benton, Chris Plys2006: Pete Fenson, Shawn Rojeski, Joe Polo, John Shuster, Scott Baird2002: Tim Somerville, Mike Schneeberger, Myles Brundidge, John Gordon, Don Barcome Jr.1998: Tim Somerville, Mike Peplinski, Myles Brundidge, John Gordon, Tim Solin1992*: Tim Somerville, Mike Strum, Bud Somerville, Bill Strum, Bob Nichols1988*: Bob Nichols, Bud Somerville, Tom Locken, Bob Christman, Bill Strum1932*: Four U.S. men’s teams participated1924: No U.S. teams competed

Year Site Gold Skip Silver Bronze USA 2014 Sochi, RUS CAN Brad Jacobs GBR SWE 92010 Vancouver, CAN CAN Kevin Martin NOR SUI 102006 Torino, ITA CAN Brad Gushue FIN USA 32002 Salt Lake City, USA NOR Pal Trulsen CAN SUI 71998 Nagano, JPN SUI Patrick Hurliman CAN NOR 41992* Albertville, FRA SUI Urs Dick NOR USA 31988* Calgary, CAN NOR Eigel Ramsfjell SUI CAN 41932* Lake Placid, USA CAN William Burns USA N/A 21924 Chamonix, FRA ENG Col. Robertson-Aikman SWE FRA ***denotes demonstration sport ** did not qualify for competition

Curling’s Olympic History

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U.S. Olympic team members – women: 2014: Erika Brown, Debbie McCormick, Jessica Schultz, Ann Swisshelm, Allison Pottinger2010: Debbie McCormick, Allison Pottinger, Nicole Joraanstad, Natalie Nicholson, Tracy Sachtjen2006: Cassie Johnson, Jamie Johnson, Jessica Schultz, Maureen Brunt, Courtney George2002: Kari Erickson, Debbie McCormick, Stacey Liapis, Ann Swisshelm, Joni Cotten1998: Lisa Schoeneberg, Erika Brown, Debbie McCormick, Lori Mountford, Stacey Liapis1924: No U.S. teams competed1992*: U.S. women did not qualify1988*: Lisa Schoeneberg, Erika Brown, Carla Casper, Lori Mountford, Diane Brown

at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy. �e U.S. women’s team, led by Cassie Johnson, �nished eighth overall. Canada’s Brad Gushue rink would capture the men’s gold medal defeating Finland, while the Anette Norberg team from Sweden added to its collection of medals by defeating Switzerland for the gold.

In 2010 at the Olympic Games in Vancouver, 2006 Olympic bronze medal-ist John Shuster and Olympian Debbie McCormick (1998, 2002, 2010, and then 2014) skipped their teams at the 5,000-seat Vancouver Olympic Center. It was a tough week as the teams battled through the round robin. Unfortunately, both would �nish in 10th place and out of playo� contention. Canada’s Kevin Martin rink would capture the men’s gold over Norway’s �omas Ulsrud in 2010. On the women’s side, Sweden’s Anette Norberg rink came from behind to overtake Canada’s Cheryl Bernard to repeat as women’s Olympic champions. In the bronze-medal matches, Switzerland’s Ralph Stoeckli outlasted Sweden’s Niklas Edin in the men’s game while China won its �rst Olympic medal in curling when Bingyu Wang defeated Switzerland’s Mirjam Ott.

In 2014, Canada struck double gold as the Jennifer Jones and Brad Jacobs rinks topped the podium. �e Canadian women completed an historic week by going undefeated en route to the gold medal as they defeated Sweden’s Margaretha Sigfridsson in the �nal, 6-3. Great Britain’s Eve Muirhead got past Switzerland’s Mirjam Ott for the bronze medal. On the men’s side, Canada dominated Great Britain’s David Murdoch in a 9-3 victory for the gold while Sweden’s Niklas Edin held on in an extra end to defeat China’s Rui Liu, 6-4. �e U.S. teams finished ninth (men) and 10th (women).

Curling was o�cially a demonstration sport three times, but there were also “domestic exhibitions” (host country participants only) in 1948 (St. Moritz, Switzerland) and 1964 (Innsbruck, Austria).

�e 2018 Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games will take place in PyeongChang, South Korea, while the 2022 Olympic Games will be staged in Beijing, China.

Year Site Gold Skip Silver Bronze USA 2014 Sochi, RUS CAN Jennifer Jones SWE GBR 102010 Vancouver, CAN SWE Anette Norberg CAN CHN 102006 Torino, ITA SWE Anette Norberg SUI CAN 82002 Salt Lake City, USA GBR Rhona Martin SUI CAN 41998 Nagano, JPN CAN Sandra Schmirler DEN SWE 51992* Albertville, FRA GER Andrea Schopp NOR CAN –1988* Calgary, CAN CAN Linda Moore SWE NOR 4

*denotes demonstration sport ** did not qualify for competition

Curling’s Olympic History


Curling’s Paralympic History

Organized wheelchair curling in the United States began in the 1990s at the Granite Curling Club in Seattle. Since then, the sport has made great advance-ments. �e �rst world wheelchair curling championship took place in 2002 in Sursee, Switzerland.

Wheelchair curling debuted as a medal sport at the 2006 Paralympic Win-ter Games in Torino, Italy. USA’s team, led by James Pierce, �nished in seventh place. By 2008, Team USA had reached the podium to claim the program’s �rst medal when the Americans earned bronze at the World Wheelchair Champi-onship. �is represented the �rst and only world or Paralympic medal for USA to date.

In 2010, wheelchair curling was a medal sport for the second time at the Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver. Team USA, led by Augusto Perez, im-proved to a fourth-place �nish with many of the same team members. While wheelchair curling is still growing in the United States, the program has made great strides in improving on the world scene at international bonspiels and championships. Patrick McDonald and the U.S. team narrowly missed the playo�s at the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, a�er a rough start to the round robin. �e 4-5 record by the Americans equated to a ��h-place �nish. Canada went on to win its third straight Paralympic gold medal.

Year Site Gold Skip Silver Bronze USA2014 Sochi, RUS CAN Jim Armstrong RUS GBR 52010 Vancouver, CAN CAN Jim Armstrong KOR SWE 42006 Torino, ITA CAN Chris Daw GBR SWE 7

USA Paralympic Winter Games team members:2014: Patrick McDonald, David Palmer, James Joseph, Penny Greely, Meghan Lino2010: Augusto Perez, James Pierce, James Joseph, Jacqui Kapinowski, Patrick McDonald2006: James Pierce, Augusto Perez, James Joseph, Danell Libby, Wes Smith

Members of Team USA (above) in action at the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Russia.

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World Wheelchair Championship

Patrick McDonald and Team USA came up a win short of advancing to the playo�s of the 2015 World Wheelchair Championship in Finland.

A�er starting the tournament 4-1, the Americans lost their �nal four round robin games – including two extra-end losses – to �nish with a 4-5 record at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja. Russia went on to defeat China, 7-4, to win the gold medal while Finland got past Slovakia, 8-5, to earn the bronze medal.

McDonald (Madison, Wis.) and his team of Steven Emt (Andover, Conn.), Jimmy Joseph (New Hartford, N.Y.), Penny Greely (Green Bay, Wis.), and Meghan Lino (East Falmouth, Mass.) finished in fifth place in the 10-team field. They were coached by Steve Brown (Madison, Wis.) and Rusty Schieber (Portage, Wis.).

2015 World Wheelchair ChampionshipFeb. 7-14, 2015 • Lohja, Finland

Round robin standings:Russia 9-0China 7-2Finland 5-4Slovakia 5-4USA 4-5Canada 4-5Germany 3-6Scotland 3-6Sweden 3-6Norway 2-7

Page 1-2 game:China 100 000 2x – 3*Russia 010 000 0x – 1

Page 3-4 game:Finland 011 101 01 0 – 5*Slovakia 100 010 30 1 – 6

Semi�nal:*Russia 310 323 xx – 12Slovakia 001 000 xx – 1

Bronze-medal game:Finland 010 501 01 – 8*Slovakia 102 010 10 – 5

Gold-medal game:Russia 130 030 0x – 7*China 001 101 1x – 4*last rock in �rst end

USA round robin results:Russia 10, USA 5USA 9, Slovakia 7USA 10, Norway 1USA 6, China 3USA 9, Canada 8Finland 7, USA 6 (extra end)Sweden 7, USA 6 (extra end)Scotland 4, USA 2Germany 10, USA 5

USA’s Penny Greely and Patrick McDonald strategize during the 2015 World Wheelchair Championship in Finland.


World University Games

Round robin standings:Canada 9-0Russia 7-2Sweden 7-2Switzerland 5-4*Korea 5-4Norway 4-5Great Britain 4-5USA 3-6Japan 1-8Spain 0-9*SUI defeated KOR in a tiebreaker game to advance to the semi�nals

USA round robin results:Russia 13, USA 3USA 8, Great Britain 2Norway 8, USA 5Korea 7, USA 1USA 10, Spain 1

Switzerland 6, USA 4Sweden 12, USA 1USA 8, Japan 7Canada 11, USA 4

Semi�nals:Switzerland 011 000 100 x – 3*Canada 000 023 012 x – 8

Russia 031 130 20x x – 10*Sweden 100 002 01x x – 4

Bronze medal:Switzerland 011 010 300 2 – 8*Sweden 100 102 012 0 – 7

Gold medal:Russia 100 103 021 01 – 9*Canada 023 010 100 10 – 8*last stone in �rst end

World University Games Results –Women:Year Gold Skip Silver Bronze USA2015 RUS Anna Sidorova CAN SUI 82013 RUS Anna Sidorova KOR SUI 82011 GBR Anna Sloan RUS KOR – 2009 CHN Bingyu Wang CAN RUS 92007 CAN Brittany Gregor RUS JPN 72005 RUS Olga Jarkova CAN NOR 6

Team USA – WomenYear Location Team members2015 Granada, Spain Hannah Ely, Abbey Suslavich, Emma Annand, Emily Walker, Grace Gabower2013 Trentino, Italy Cory Christensen, Becca Funk, Anna Bauman, Mackenzie Lank, Sonja Bauman2011 Erzurum, Turkey No U.S. women’s team competed2009 Harbin, China Katherine Stewart, Amanda McLean, Casey Cucchiarelli, Sarah McLeod2007 Torino, Italy Jessica Schultz, Christina Schwartz, Megan O’Connell, Steph Sambor, Lysa Hambley2005 Tarvisio, Italy Laura Delaney, Hope Schmitt, Kaitlyn Schmitt, Kirsten Finch, Chrissy Fink

Team USA (l-r): Hannah Ely, Grace Gabower, Emma Annand, Abbey Suslavich, and Emily Walker.

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World University Games

World University Games Results –Men:Year Gold Skip Silver Bronze USA2015 NOR Ste�en Walstad RUS GBR 82013 SWE Oskar Eriksson GBR CAN 52011 KOR Chang-Min Kim SUI CZE 62009 SWE Niklas Edin NOR CHN 82007 USA John Shuster GBR SWE 12005 CAN Mike McEwen SUI KOR 6

Team USA – MenYear Location Team members2015 Granada, Spain Stephen Dropkin, Blake Morton, Kyle Kakela, Evan Jensen, Calvin Weber2013 Trentino, Italy Chris Plys, Stephen Dropkin, Sean Beighton, Korey Dropkin, Tom Howell2011 Erzurum, Turkey Blake Morton, Marcus Fonger, Tommy Juszczyk, Calvin Weber2009 Harbin, China Chris Pleasants, Zach Radmer, Jon Chartrand, Bret Nordlund, Cory Yalowicki2007 Torino, Italy John Shuster, Je� Isaacson, Chris Plys, Shane McKinlay, Kevin Johnson2005 Tarvisio, Italy Joey Bonfoey, Kevin Deeren, Joel Dietz, Bob Johansen, Scott Jordan

Round robin standings:Norway 7-2Russia 7-2Great Britain 6-3Sweden 6-3Canada 5-4Czech Republic 3-6Japan 3-6USA 3-6Switzerland 3-6Spain 2-7

USA round robin results:USA 6, Canada 5Russia 9, USA 2Sweden 5, USA 4Japan 7, USA 6Switzerland 8, USA 7Great Britain 5, USA 4

Czech Republic 8, USA 6USA 11, Spain 3USA 8, Norway 3Semi�nals:*Russia 400 100 010 1 – 7Great Britain 011 001 002 0 – 5

*Norway 010 000 201 x – 4Sweden 000 000 010 x – 1

Bronze medal:*Great Britain 020 020 210 x – 7Sweden 000 102 001 x – 4

Gold medal:Russia 000 103 020 00 – 6*Norway 000 020 201 11 – 7*last stone in �rst end

Team USA (l-r): Stephen Dropkin, Blake Morton, Kyle Kakela, and Evan Jensen.


Year Site National Champion/School 2015 Rochester, N.Y. Ryan Kernosky, Evan Brauer, Rebecca Kelble,

Kylie Abel, Michael Clemmons, Jillian Behling (University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point)

2014 Blaine, Minn. Marina Hauser, Preston Waala, Phil Huberty, Heather Lindahl (University of Wisconsin-Green Bay) 2013 Duluth, Minn. John �eisen, Josh Nalezny, Rachel Gewiss, Evan Corliss Jensen (University of Minnesota)

College National Championship

2015 College National ChampionshipMarch 13-15, 2015 • Rochester, N.Y.

�e 2014-15 College National Championship took place at the Rochester (N.Y.) Curling Club March 13-15 with the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point emerging as this year’s champions.

�e Pointers – Ryan Kernosky, Evan Brauer, Rebecca Kelble, Kylie Abel, Michael Clemmons, and Jillian Behling – went undefeated through the round robin phase, then beat the University of Minnesota and the University of Pennsylvania in the championship round. Penn took second-place honors; third-place went to Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Rochester Institute of Technology �nished fourth; and Boston University was ��h.

�e championship took place a�er the busiest college curling season yet. �is year saw the college bonspiel circuit expand to 13 college bonspiels with eight teams or more participating. �ere were 80 smaller events, mostly pairs of schools playing head-to-head.

College bonspiels of note over the past year included: Broomstones College Bonspiel (Boston University hosting, 12 teams, nine schools, Villanova win-ner); Rochester CC Collegespiel (RIT hosting, 16 teams, 10 schools, Colgate winner); Fourth Annual Rice Lake CC College Spiel (University of Wisconsin-Barron County hosting, 13 teams, nine schools, Wisconsin-Stevens Point winners); RPI College Bonspiel (Schenectady CC, RPI hosting, 16 teams, 10 schools, Villanova winner); Carroll University College Spiel (Kettle Moraine CC, 12 teams, eight schools, Wisconsin-Green Bay winner); Yale College Su-perSpiel (Nutmeg CC, 16 teams, 10 schools, Villanova winner); and the Utica CC College Spiel (Colgate/Hamilton co-hosts, 16 teams, nine schools, Penn winner).

�e 2016 College National Championship will take place March 11-13 at the new curling facility in Chaska, Minn.

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College National Championship

2015 U.S. College National champions include (l-r) Evan Brauer, Kylie Abel, Jillian Behling, Rebecca Kelble, Michael Clemmons, and Ryan Kernosky.

Pool A:University of Minnesota (Nicholas Drews) 3-0Rennselear Polytechnic Institute (Chris Celi) 2-1University of Nebraska (Chris Celi) 1-2Yale University (Alison Creeger) 0-3

Pool B:University of Pennsylvania (Carly Meyer) 3-0Villanova University (Shawn Plesnick) 2-1University of Tennessee-Knoxville (Issac Eubanks) 1-2Boston University (Kevin Leahy) 0-3

Pool C:University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (Ryan Kernosky) 3-0Harvard University (Jacob Meisel) 2-1Carroll University (Steve Kubisiak) 1-2Colgate University (Grant Haines) 0-3

Pool D:University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (Michael Hauser) 3-0Hamilton College (Jake Davidson) 2-1Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Andrea Dubin) 1-2Rochester Institute of Technology (Hannah Ely) 1-2

Round Robin & Playoff Results

Semi�nals:*UWSP 312 10x xx – 7University of Minnesota 000 01x xx – 1

*UWGB 000 103 0x – 4University of Pennsylvania 311 030 1x – 9

Final:*UWSP 201 102 1x – 7University of Pennsylvania 010 020 0x – 3*last rock in �rst end


Year Site Team Finish at Worlds2015 Eau Claire, Wis. Sarah Anderson, Korey Dropkin 52014 Medford, Wis. Joyance Meechai, Steve Gebauer 19 2013 Bismarck, N.D. Peter Stolt, Maureen Stolt 12 2012 Wayland, Mass. Brady Clark, Cristin Clark 42011 Duluth, Minn. Brady Clark, Cristin Clark 72010 Seattle, Wash. Sharon Vukich, Mike Calcagno 102009 Two Harbors, Minn. Brady Clark, Cristin Clark 182008 Bemidji, Minn. Jamie Haskell, Nate Haskell 15

U.S. Mixed Doubles Champions

2015 U.S. Mixed Doubles National Championship

Dec. 3-7, 2014 • Eau Claire, Wis.

Mixed Doubles Championship

�e youth-dominated playo�s set the tone for the �nal day of action at the 2015 USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship in Eau Claire, Wis., and it was a pair of 19-year-olds who emerged with the title when all the stones were thrown at the Eau Claire Curling Club.

College students Korey Dropkin (Southborough, Mass.) and Sarah Anderson (Broomall, Pa.) defeated 2013 mixed doubles champions Peter Stolt and Mau-reen Stolt (Plymouth, Minn.), 7-3, to win the national title.

“�is was the best game we played all week and we felt pretty solid and continued it through-out the game,” Sarah Anderson said. “We had really good communication out there, which helps a lot.”

�e Stolts, who also made the championship �nal last year, struggled in the early ends and spotted the Dropkin-Anderson rink an early lead that the duo never gave up.

“All you can really do is look forward to the next shot and hope it goes well. �ankfully, it did,” said Dropkin, who won the U.S. junior title in 2012 and 2013 as well as a bronze medal in the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics Games. “We played well, she made her draws and things went really well.”

�is was the �rst time Anderson and Dropkin competed in this national event. �e duo went through the competition with a perfect 7-0 record. “�e Stolts gave us a great game today. I’m proud that we were able to pull it out,” Anderson said.

�e 2016 USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship will take place Dec. 2-6 at the Denver Curling Club in Golden, Colo. It was announced in 2015 that mixed doubles will be added as an Olympic discipline starting in 2018 at the Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea.

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Round robin standingPool A:

Brady Clark-Cristin Clark 5-0Mike Peplinski-Laura Roessler 4-1Michael Bera-Nicole Bera 3-2Sharon Vukich-David Corn�eld 2-3Elaine Smith-Koop-Josh Engle 1-4Matt Fowler-Sarah �uriot 0-5

Pool B:Tina Persinger-Mark Fenner 4-1Maureen Stolt-Peter Stolt 4-1Cory Christensen-Derek Benson 2-3�omas Lee-Jiyoung Lee 2-3Steve Swoboda-Lynn Struzan 2-3Gary Mazzotta-Kim Roden 1-4

Pool C:Scott Dunnam-Taylor Anderson 4-1Sean Murray-Emilia Juocys 4-1Tyler George-Courtney George 3-2Darrick Kizlyk-Dena Rosenberry 3-2Christon Clark-Logan Tingley 1-4Sam Unruh-Larissa Unruh 0-5

Pool D:Korey Dropkin-Sarah Anderson 4-0Desiree Laitinen-Doug Weimerskirch 2-2Joyance Meechai-Steve Gebauer 2-2Scott Olson-Teri Olson 1-3Dan Wiza-Stephanie Martin 1-3

Playoffs:Tiebreaker: Laitinen-Weimerskirch 7, Meechai-Gebauer 6

Quarterfinals:Dropkin-Anderson 8, Laitinen-Weimerskirch 5Persinger-Fenner 9, Murray-Juocys 3Dunnam-Anderson 9, Clark-Clark 2Stolt-Stolt 6, Peplinski-Roessler 3

Semifinals:Dropkin-Anderson 004 010 04 – 9*Persinger-Fenner 110 202 20 – 8

Dunnam-Anderson 030 021 01 0 – 7*Stolt-Stolt 103 100 20 1 – 8

Final:*Dropkin-Anderson 121 110 1x – 7Stolt-Stolt 000 000 3x – 3*last rock in �rst end

Mixed Doubles Championship


2015 World Mixed Doubles ChampionshipApril 18-25, 2015 • Sochi, Russia

Canada put a screeching halt to Team USA’s run at the 2015 World Mixed Doubles as the American duo of Sarah Anderson (Broomall, Pa.) and Korey Dropkin (Southborough, Mass.) fell in the quarterfinals to their neighbors to the north, 9-6, on April 24 in Sochi, Russia.

“We were playing well and our communication was up. Canada is a very strong team and they gave us a good game. It was a fun game playing them,” Anderson, 20, said a�er the loss to Canada’s Kalynn Park and Charley �omas, a two-time world junior champion.

�e U.S. team’s �nal ranking was ��h, which is the second-best �nish for an American team at this event since it began in 2008.

“We came into this week hoping to play strong and get into the playo�s. I feel good about it,” said Anderson, who �nished ��h at the 2015 World Junior Championships playing vice skip.

�e U.S. team advanced to the playo�s a�er going through the round robin with a 7-2 record. Canada and the U.S. each scored deuces to be knotted a�er two ends.

Canada struck for three points in the third end, only to have the U.S. dupli-cate the e�ort to tie the game at the halfway point. �e game turned in Cana-da’s favor in the second half, however, a�er a key miss by the Americans in the ��h end allowed the Canadians to put up three more points on the scoreboard. �e U.S had a chance for multiple points in the sixth but only came away with a single point instead. Canada drew for a single point in the seventh end to take a three-point lead and ran the U.S. out of stones in the eighth to advance to the next stage of the playo�s.

Hungary’s Dor-ottya Palancsa and Zsolt Kiss went on to win their second world title with a 6-5 victory over Sweden in the final. (The duo also won in 2013). �is was the fourth straight silver-medal �nish for the Swedes. Norway defeated Canada, 9-4, to secure the bronze medal.

Mixed doubles will debut as a medal sport at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea.

World Mixed Doubles

USA’s Korey Dropkin (le�) and Sarah Anderson �nished ��h at the recent World Mixed Doubles Championship.

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Round robin standingsGroup A:

Russia 9-0USA 7-2Denmark 6-3Japan 6-3Switzerland 5-4Czech Republic 4-5France 3-6Turkey 3-6Slovakia 2-7Australia 0-9

Group B:Norway 9-0Sweden 6-3Italy 6-3Latvia 6-3Finland 6-3China 5-4New Zealand 2-7Slovenia 2-7Austria 2-7Brazil 1-8

Group C:Canada 8-1Estonia 7-2Hungary 7-2Korea 5-4England 5-4Spain 5-4Scotland 5-4Poland 2-7Romania 1-8Belarus 0-9

Quarterfinals:Canada 9, USA 6Sweden 8, Estonia 3Norway 6, Denmark 4Hungary 10, Russia 4

Semifinals:*Hungary 203 021 1x – 9Norway 030 300 0x – 6

Canada 000 210 30 – 6*Sweden 211 002 02 – 8

Bronze-medal game:*Norway 340 100 1x – 9Canada 001 021 0x – 4

Gold-medal game:Hungary 021 100 20 – 6*Sweden 200 011 01 – 5*last stone in �rst end

Team USA round robin scores:USA 7, Slovakia 3USA 8, Japan 5USA 6, Turkey 2Russia 8, USA 3USA 9, France 1USA 6, Czech Republic 3USA 8, Australia 4USA 8, Denmark 5Switzerland 9, USA 6

World Mixed Doubles Results:Year Location Gold Team members Silver Bronze 2015 Sochi, RUS HUN Dorottya Palancsa-Zsolt Kiss SWE NOR2014 Dumfries, SCO SUI Reto Gribi-Michelle Gribi SWE ESP 2013 Fredericton, CAN HUN Dorottya Palancsa-Zsolt Kiss SWE CZE 2012 Erzurum, TUR SUI Nadine Lehmann-Martin Rios SWE AUS2011 St. Paul, USA SUI Sven Michel-Alina Patz RUS FRA2010 Chelyabinsk, RUS RUS Petr Dron-Jana Nekrasova NZL CHN2009 Cortina, ITA SUI Toni Mueller-Irene Schori HUN CAN2008 Vierumaki, FIN SUI Toni Mueller-Irene Schori FIN SWE

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2015 U.S. Junior National ChampionshipsJan. 17-24, 2015

Lake Region Curling Club Devils Lake, N.D.

Cory Christensen earned her third U.S. junior title in four years a�er lead-ing her team to a near perfect week at the 2015 USA Curling Junior National Championships.

Christensen (Duluth, Minn.) and her High Performance Program (HPP) team of Sarah Anderson (Broomall, Pa.), Mackenzie Lank (Lewiston, N.Y.), Jenna Haag (Milton, Wis.), and Taylor Anderson (Broomall, Pa.) used a lot of o�ense to defeat Madison Bear’s Massachusetts rink, 10-6, in the gold-medal game on Jan. 24 at the Lake Region Curling Club in Devils Lake, N.D.

“Patience is a big thing. We knew we were the best team coming in but we just had to show it,” said Christensen, who won the junior title in 2014 and 2012. “We had to stay patient throughout the whole week and make the shots we needed to make.” The team was coached by John Benton (St. Michael, Minn.).

Bear (Pardeeville, Wis.) and her team of Jenna Burchesky (Walpole, Mass.), Allison Howell (Brick, N.J.), and Annmarie Dubberstein (Portage, Wis.), play-ing in their �rst junior national championship, fell behind but battled back and made the Christensen rink earn their trip to the World Juniors.

“We were down 2-7, but we felt like we were still in it and could keep going for it. Our coach was super supportive during the ��h end and we came back and hit it hard in the next few ends,” said Bear, 17, who was skipping in her �rst major national title game. “It’s great to have a team that is so supportive, and I couldn’t have been here without all of them. It was fun. Next year we’ll have a better run, hopefully.” Bear’s team was coached by Bev Schroeder (Ste-vens Point, Wis.) and Keith Dropkin (Southborough, Mass.).

Christensen’s team had an opportunity to get the o�ense ramped up high from the opening end, taking advantage of a few half shots by Massachusetts to draw for three with the �nal stone. A�er the second end was blanked, the Massachusetts ladies capitalized on a missed takeout by Christensen to score two points and close the gap to 3-2. A key miss with Bear’s �rst skip stone in the fourth end allowed the HP girls to once again draw for three points, which extended the lead to 6-2.

A�er giving up a single steal in the ��h, Massachusetts battled back with a draw for three points a�er Christensen’s rink failed on a double takeout attempt with Christensen’s last stone. Massachusetts tightened the gap with a steal of one point in the eighth end a�er the HP team could not convert a runback to remove the Massachusetts stone buried above the tee-line. A missed takeout in the next end, however, would haunt the Massachusetts rink as Christensen had an open draw for three more points. �at lead was too big for the young Massachusetts rink to overcome and they o�ered the handshake a�er the ninth end.

“All week long we knew what goal we were going for and we just stayed focused,” said Christensen, 20, a�er the win. “It’s very exciting, especially with this new team. It’s been a really great season so far. We’re really excited to go to the Worlds. We’ve worked hard all year and want to prove it. We’re de�nitely hoping to medal this time. We have a great shot with this team and playing in the women’s nationals in a couple of weeks will be good practice and experi-ence for us.”

�e 2016 USA Curling Junior National Championships will take place Jan. 16-23 in Willmar, Minn.

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Round robin standings:High Performance Team (Cory Christensen) 8-1North Dakota (Abi Lindgren) 7-2Wisconsin (Tina Persinger) 7-2Massachusetts I (Madison Bear) 6-3*Minnesota II (Melissa Runing) 6-3Michigan (Sidney Schroeder) 5-4Massachusetts II (Elizabeth Cousins) 2-7Alaska (Cora Farrell) 2-7Minnesota I (Courtney Osbakken) 2-7Illinois (Sarah Calcutt) 0-9**Massachusetts I defeated Minnesota II to move on to the playo�s

Page Playoffs 1-2:High Performance 003 020 004 x – 9*North Dakota 110 100 010 x – 4

Page Playoffs 3-4:Wisconsin 020 202 000 x – 6*Massachusetts I 102 010 031 x – 8

In honor of the late Katie Beck, 2002 World Junior champion and two-time U.S. Junior National champion, an annual award has been established by Sharon O’Brien to be presented at the U.S. Juniors each year to an athlete playing in the second position who is coachable and has a true love for the sport of curling.

Katie Beck Memorial Award winners:Year Recipient Team2015 Naimy Schommer Alaska2014 Emma Bromenschenkel Minnesota 2013 Jesse Jaeger Minnesota II2012 Jesa Legacie North Dakota I2011 Meredith Hazen Alaska2010 Chloe Pahl Wisconsin II2009 Jared Zezel Minnesota II2008 Connor Gervais North Dakota2007 Molly Bonner Minnesota


2015 U.S. junior national champions (l-r) Cory Christensen, Sarah Anderson, Mackenzie Lank, Jenna Haag, and Taylor Anderson.

Semifinal:North Dakota 100 020 030 0 – 6*Massachuetts I 002 102 002 1 – 8

Final:*High Performance 300 310 003 x – 10Massachusetts I 002 003 010 x – 6*last rock in �rst end


Year Site Winning Club Skip 2015 Lake Region CC, ND Duluth, MN Cory Christensen2014 Seattle, WA Duluth, MN Cory Christensen2013 Wayland, MA Itasca, MN Miranda Solem2012 Madison, WI Duluth, MN Cory Christensen2011 Fairbanks, AK Madison, WI Becca Hamilton2010 Bemidji, MN St. Paul, MN Alexandra Carlson2009 Devils Lake, ND St. Paul, MN Alexandra Carlson2008 Portage, WI Madison, WI Nina Spatola2007 Seattle, WA Duluth, MN Aileen Sormunen2006 Duluth, MN Madison, WI Nina Spatola2005 Bismarck, ND Bismarck, ND Gillian Gervais2004 Centerville, WI Duluth, MN Aileen Sormunen2003 Wayland, MA Bemidji, MN Cassie Johnson2002* Kettle Moraine CC, WI Bemidji, MN Cassie Johnson2001 Rochester, NY Madison, WI Nicole Joraanstad2000 Bemidji, MN Madison, WI Laura Delaney1999 Waupaca, WI Bemidji, MN Hope Schmitt1998 Kettle Moraine CC, WI Bemidji, MN Hope Schmitt1997 Chicago, IL Bemidji, MN Risa O’Connell1996 Schenectady, NY Omaha, NE Amy Becher1995 Hibbing, MN Bemidji, MN Risa O’Connell1994 Madison, WI Madison, WI Erika Brown1993 Portage/Poynette, WI Bemidji, MN Erika Brown1992 Seattle, WA Bemidji, MN Erika Brown1991 Bemidji, MN Madison, WI Erika Brown1990 Exmoor/North Shore, IL Bemidji, MN Kari Liapis1989 Duluth, MN Lodi, WI Erika Brown1988 Gra�on, ND Lodi, WI Tracy Zeman1987 Madison, WI Lodi, WI Tracy Zeman* world junior champion

Jr. Women’s National Champions

�e Anderson twins won their �rst junior national title and helped the American women �nish ��h at the 2015 World Junior Championships.

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�ird Second Lead AlternateSarah Anderson Mackenzie Lank Jenna Haag Taylor AndersonMackenzie Lank Anna Bauman Anna Hopkins Sonja BaumanVicky Persinger Karlie Koenig Chelsea SolemElizabeth Busche Anna Bauman Sonja BaumanTara Peterson Karlie Koenig Sophie BrorsonTabitha Peterson Tara Peterson Sophie BrorsonTabitha Peterson Tara Peterson Sophie BrorsonBecca Hamilton Anna Plys Jenna Haag Karlie KoenigCourtney George Molly Bonner Jordan MoultonMegan O’Connell Jackie Mueller Jordan MoultonSarah Gervais Stephanie Jensen Stephanie Sambor Amy HultstrandCourtney George Amanda Jensen Amanda McLeanKatie Beck Rebecca Dobie Maureen BruntJamie Johnson Katie Beck Maureen BruntKirsten Finch Katie Schmitt Rebecca DobieNicole Joraanstad Kirsten Finch Rebecca DobieNikki Baird Katie Schmitt Teresa BahrNikki Baird Katie Schmitt Teresa BahrAmy Becher Natalie Simenson Missi O’Connell�eresa Faltesek Monica Carlson Heather MillerMissi O’Connell Natalie Simenson Alison NaylorDebbie Henry Stacey Liapis Analissa Johnson Allison DarraghKari Liapis Stacey Liapis Debbie HenryKari Liapis Stacey Liapis Bobbie Breyen Debbie HenryJill Jones Shellie Holerud Debbie HenryStacey Liapis Heidi Rollheiser Bobbie BreyenTracy Zeman Shellie Holerud Jill JonesErika Brown Marni Vaningan Shellie HolerudPam Goetz Shellie Holerud Lori Myers

Jr. Women’s National Champions

Mackenzie Lank (above) won her second U.S. junior national title in 2015 and also won a women’s national title in 2011 with her mom, Patti Lank.


2015 U.S. Junior National ChampionshipsJan. 17-24, 2015

Lake Region Curling Club Devils Lake, N.D.


In his �nal year of junior eligibility, Minnesota’s Ethan Meyers �nally made it to the top of the podium. Meyers and his team of Quinn Evenson (Fairbanks, Alaska), Steven Szemple (Edison, N.J.), and William Pryor (Cornwall-on-Hudson, N.Y.) needed an extra end to take down the High Performance rink led by two-time junior champion Korey Dropkin, 5-4, to earn the men’s title at the 2015 USA Curling Junior National Championships.

“We all worked really hard this year so to have that pay o� means so much to us,” said Meyers, 21, a�er the win at the Lake Region Curling Club in Devils Lake, N.D. “We made all of our shots toward the end of the game so we were on a roll. We made some perfect shots that won this game. �ose felt as good as winning the game.”

�e men’s championship game was conservative for the most part. �e Meyers rink was forced to draw for a single point in the fourth end to tie the game, 1-1. �e lone deuce of the game came in the seventh end when the Mey-ers rink took advantage of a miss by the HP boys and Minnesota drew into the four-foot for two points. Dropkin’s rink was set up for a deuce as well in the eighth end until Meyers converted a double takeout to lie two, forcing the HP team to draw in for a single to tie the game. Minnesota was then forced to take a single point in the ninth end.

Minnesota got a stone covering half of the button above the tee-line early in the 10th end with two HP stones above it in the four-foot. Howell’s �rst vice skip stone skimmed past the high guard to get into the house to nudge the stones but it wasn’t enough to move the HP rock into scoring position. Evenson’s guard attempt over-curled, leaving a path to the four-foot open for Howell’s second attempt. �at opening was all Howell needed to come through the port and tap out the Minnesota stone to leave four red HP rocks in scoring position creating a wall above the button. Meyers made a takeout and tucked his stone perfectly into the nest of rocks to leave just one HP stone in scoring position. Both skips then guarded with Dropkin attempting a di�cult angle raise with the �nal stone that didn’t curl in enough to score two.

In contrast to the cluttered 10th, a double peel by Szemple kept the extra end relatively open. Hoping to steal, the HP team put up guards and the Min-nesota boys played the peels. A guard got le� up late in the end and Dropkin used his �rst stone to play a tap on the stone Evenson placed in the house behind it. Minnesota still had shot stone so Meyers used his �rst shot to try to draw down to it and cover the button. His stone come up short of the intended target and remained in the top of the eight foot. Dropkin used his team’s �nal shot of the game to attempt the double takeout but he only removed one and Minnesota became the new U.S. junior national champions.

“It’s something I’ve dreamed about for a really long time,” Meyers said. “We de�nitely are looking forward to it [World Juniors]. Just making it to the �nal felt like the big game for us.”

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Men’s Round Robin:High Performance Team (Korey Dropkin) 9-0Minnesota II (Ethan Meyers) 8-1Minnesota I (Jake Vukich) 6-3Pennsylvania (Cody Clouser) 5-4Maryland (Hunter Clawson) 4-5North Dakota (Alex Kitchens) 4-5Wisconsin 2 (Matthew Sandquist) 3-6Washington (Nicholas Connolly) 2-7Wisconsin 1 (Cody Falk) 2-7Michigan (Wesley Pedersen) 2-7

�e 2015 Junior National Championship Curtis Cup Awards for Sports-manship were presented to the North Dakota women and Wisconsin I men.

�e awards, donated by the Curtis family of Portage, Wis., are given to the junior women’s and men’s teams best exemplifying the “Spirit of Curling” both on and o� the ice. �e competing teams select the winners.

North Dakota’s women’s team members included Abigayle Lindgren, Katie Sigurdson, Emily Lindgren, and Kelsey Colwell. �ey were coached by Dave Jensen. Men’s team members from Wisconsin were Cody Falk, Rob Shlimov-itz, Ben Miller, Ben Vorpahl, and Alex Vorpahl. �ey were coached by Chris Horak and Jim Shlimovitz.

Curtis Cup Awards

Page Playoffs 1-2:*High Performance 101 000 200 01 – 5Minnesota II 000 110 010 10 – 4

Page Playoffs 3-4:*Minnesota I 001 001 000 1 – 3Pennyslvania 000 100 010 0 – 2


2015 U.S. junior national champions (l-r) Ethan Meyers, Quinn Evenson, Steven Szemple, and William Pryor.

Semifinal:*Minnesota II 100 001 000 21 – 5Minnesota I 001 010 011 00 – 4

Final:*High Performance 001 010 010 10 – 4Minnesota II 000 100 201 01– 5*last rock in �rst end


Year Site Winning Club Skip 2015 Devils Lake, ND St. Paul, MN Ethan Meyers2014 Seattle, WA Granite, WA Jake Vukich2013 Wayland, MA Broomstones, MA Korey Dropkin2012 Madison, WI Broomstones, MA Stephen Dropkin2011 Fairbanks, AK Hibbing, MN Aaron Wald2010 Bemidji, MN Granite, WA Sean Beighton2009 Devils Lake, ND Duluth, MN Chris Plys2008* Portage, WI Duluth, MN Chris Plys2007 Seattle, WA Duluth, MN Chris Plys2006 Duluth, MN Duluth, MN Chris Plys2005 Bismarck, ND Chisholm, MN Kris Perkovich2004 Centerville, WI Chisholm, MN John Shuster2003 Wayland, MA Chisholm, MN Jesse Gates2002 Kettle Moraine, WI Fairbanks, AK Leo Johnson2001 Rochester, NY Ak-Sar-Ben, NE Andy Roza2000 Bemidji, MN Bemidji, MN Randy Baird1999 Waupaca, WI Ak-Sar-Ben, NE Andy Roza1998 Kettle Moraine, WI Ak-Sar-Ben, NE Andy Roza1997 Chicago, IL Bemidji, MN Matt Stevens1996 Schenectady, NY Seattle, WA Travis Way1995 Hibbing, MN Centerville, WI Mike Peplinski1994 Madison, WI Centerville, WI Mike Peplinski1993 Portage/Poynette, WI Hibbing, MN Garrett Paine1992 Seattle, WA Bemidji, MN Eric Fenson1991 Bemidji, MN Bemidji, MN Eric Fenson1990 Exmoor-North Shore, IL Poynette, WI Kurt Marquardt1989 Duluth, MN Poynette, WI Kurt Marquardt1988 Rochester, NY Poynette, WI Will Marquardt1987 Medford, WI Gra�on, ND Darren Kress1986 Bowling Green, OH Cavalier, ND Scott Brown1985 Chicago, IL Seattle, WA Rodger Schnee1984* St. Paul, MN Rolla, ND Al Edwards1983 Seattle, WA Rolla, ND Al Edwards1982 Highland Park, IL Seattle, WA Dale Risling1981 Superior, WI Seattle, WA Ted Purvis1980 Colo. Springs, CO Devils Lake, ND Scott Dalziel1979* Wayland, MA Grand Forks, ND Don Barcome Jr.1978 Seattle, WA Seattle, WA Je� Tomlinson1977 Detroit, MI Grand Forks, ND Don Barcome Jr.1976 Wilmette, IL Grand Forks, ND Don Barcome Jr.1975 Madison, WI Hibbing, MN Steve Penencello1974 Arden Hills, MN Hibbing, MN Gary Kle�man

*world junior champion

Jr. Men’s National Champions

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�ird Second Lead AlternateQuinn Evenson Steven Szemple Will PryorEvan McAuley Luc Violette Kyle Lorvick�omas Howell III Mark Fenner Alex Fenson Connor HogeKorey Dropkin �omas Howell III Derek Corbett Cameron RossJosh Bahr Jared Zezel John MullerDerrick Mclean Sam Galey Joe PurvisAanders Brorson Matt Perushek Matt HamiltonAanders Brorson Matt Perushek Matt Hamilton Daniel PlysAanders Brorson Matt Perushek Joel Cooper Joshua BahrMatt Mielke Kevin Johnson Tommy Kent Aaron WaldJason Smith Je� Isaacson Kevin Johnson Shaye PerkovichJason Smith Kevin Johnson Shane McKinlay Chase SchmittJe� �une Kevin Johnson Shane McKinlay Chris PlysColin Hufman Martin Sather Chris Benshoof Steven BirklidSteve Jaixen Chris Becher Scott JordanPhill Drobnick Chase Jackson Cody StevensSteve Jaixen Kevin Jordan Chris Becher Scott JordanSteve Jaixen Kevin Jordan Chris Becher Scott JordanCraig Brown Bob Liapis Jeremy FogelsonTroy Schroeder Owen Bunstein Brandon WayCraig Brown Ryan Braudt Cory WardCraig Brown Ryan Braudt Cory WardKevin Kosel Danny Hadrava Joel KoskiShawn Rojeski Kevin Bergstrom Ted McCannShawn Rojeski Kevin Bergstrom Ted McCannJe� Falk Dan �urston Mike �urstonJe� Falk Dan �urston Mike �urstonJim Falk Je� Falk Kurt MarquardtBrett Davis Duane McGregor Connor OihusDarin Holt Perry Hillman Darren KressKelly Yalowicki Shane Way Mark LundgrenMark Larson Dewey Basley Kurt DisherMark Larson Kenny Mickelson Dana WestemeierMilt Best Rob Foster Jim FosterDale Risling Milt Best Dean RislingTodd Dalziel Scott Gerrard Paul �ompsonRandy Darling Bobby Stalker Earl BarcomeTed Purvis Curt Fish Marc McCartneyDale Mueller Gary Mueller Earl BarcomeDale Mueller Earl Barcome Gary MuellerRick Novak Ben Gardeski Ken BaherJerry Scott Rick Novak Ben Gardeski

Jr. Men’s National Champions


2015 World Junior ChampionshipsFeb. 28-March 8, 2015 • Tallinn, Estonia

World Junior Championships

A�er a nearly �awless performance earlier in the day in the round robin �nale against Switzerland, Cory Christensen and Team USA didn’t have the same result in a 6-4 loss in the tiebreaker match of the 2015 World Junior Championships. �e result le� the American ladies watching the playo�s from the sidelines.

“We didn’t start o� as sharp as we needed to, and Switzerland came out shooting. �ey played very well,” said Christensen, 20, who was playing in her fourth World Juniors. “We did turn things around at the ��h end and started playing better, but it was a little too late. We fought back and made it a good game.”

Christensen (Duluth, Minn.) and her team of Sarah Anderson (Broomall, Pa.), Mackenzie Lank (Lewiston, N.Y.), Jenna Haag (Milwaukee, Wis.), with Taylor Anderson (Broomall, Pa.) as alternate, got off to a sluggish start in contrast to the round robin �nale in which they dominated Briar Huerlimann’s rink at the Tondiraba Ice Hall. They were coached by John Benton (St. Michael, Minn.).

“Our draw weight wasn’t the best in the �rst few ends and reading the ice was something we struggled with. It was a little straighter then it had been,” Christensen said.

�e U.S. team’s �nal placement was ��h. “�e week has been good. We got o� to a slow start but de�nitely had some really good games,” said Christensen, who has one year le� of junior eligibility. Looking to the future, Christensen said: “I still want to make the playo�s. �at’s still the goal.”

Canada went undefeated in winning the world title as the ladies defeated Scotland, 8-2, in the �nal. Switzerland took Sweden to an extra end before prevailing, 7-6, to take home bronze. Korea defeated Russia, 6-5, in a quali�ca-tion game for the �nal spot in next year’s World Juniors. Russia will now be relegated along with Estonia, England, and the Czech Republic to the Junior B competition in Finland in January.

�e 2016 World Junior Championships are scheduled to take place March 5-13 in Erzurum, Turkey.

Cory Christensen (above) won her third U.S. junior national title in 2015 and led Team USA to a ��h-place �nish at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Estonia.

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Round Robin Standings: WomenCanada 9-0Scotland 6-3Sweden 6-3Switzerland 5-4USA 5-4Korea 5-4Russia 5-4*Estonia 2-7*England 2-7*Czech Republic 0-9**relegated to Junior B competition in January 2016

USA round robin game results:

Russia 8, USA 7Canada 7, USA 3USA 10, Korea 4Scotland 8, USA 2USA 9, Czech Republic 3USA 5, Estonia 3USA 14, England 3Sweden 9, USA 6USA 7, Switzerland 3

Tiebreaker:Switzerland 6, USA 4

Playoffs:Page Playoff 1-2 Game:

Scotland 010 010 00x x – 2*Canada 103 001 22x x – 9

Page Playoff 3-4 Game: Switzerland 010 200 01x x – 4*Sweden 203 022 10x x – 10

Semifinal:*Scotland 110 011 02x x – 6Sweden 000 100 00x x – 1

Bronze-Medal Game:*Sweden 111 010 101 00 – 6Switzerland 000 103 010 11 – 7

Gold-Medal Game:Scotland 001 001 00x x – 2*Canada 010 300 31x x – 8*last rock in �rst end

World Junior Sportsmanship AwardYear Athlete Country2015 Niamh Fenton England2014 Zuzana Hajkova Czech Republic2013 Sara McManus Sweden2012 Jocelyn Peterman Canada2011 Anna Li France2010 Marie Coulot France2009 Agnes Knochenhauer Sweden2008 Annaline Skarsmoen Norway2007 Marte Bakk Norway2006 Jordan Moulton USA2005 Marte Bakk Norway2004 Anna Viktorsson Sweden2003 Marliese Miller Canada2002 Mari Motohashi Japan2001 Stefanie Richard Canada2000 Laura Delaney USA1999 Henriette Wang Norway1998 Marianne Rorvik Norway1997 Nadia Benier France1996 Nadja Heuer Switzerland1995 Gerrit Muller Germany1994 Gerrit Muller Germany1993 Dorthe Holm Denmark1992 Mayumi Ohmura Japan1991 Dorthe Holm Denmark1990 Cecilie Torhaug Norway1989 Sandy Symyrozum Canada




2015 World Junior ChampionshipsFeb. 28-March 8, 2015 • Tallinn, Estonia

Ethan Meyers (Minneapolis, Minn.) and the American men finished out their week in Estonia with an exclamation point in shutting out Russia in the round robin finale. Meyers (Minneapolis, Minn.) and teammates Quinn Evenson (Duluth, Minn.), William Pryor (Cornwall-on-Hudson, N.Y.), Steven Szemple (Edison, N.J.), and Korey Dropkin (Southborough, Mass.) defeated Ali Artur’s rink, 7-0, to �nish ��h in the 10-team �eld.

“We shot absolutely lights out and that’s what happens,” Meyers said about the shutout. “�ey didn’t make all of their shots and le� a couple draws short to give us steals … and we took advantage.”

�e win over Russia gave the Americans a �nal record of 4-5, but, more importantly, quali�ed the U.S. for the 2016 World Junior Championships. �e top six countries from the 2015 World Juniors plus next year’s host (Turkey), automatically qualify.

It was the �rst World Juniors appearance for Meyers, Evenson, Pryor and Szemple, who won the 2015 Junior Nationals in January in North Dakota, and third trip for Dropkin. For Meyers, the trip was bittersweet as it will be his �rst and only as he ages out of junior competition.

“It was really great for me to make it here to Junior Worlds in my �nal year as a junior. Winning Junior Nationals meant a lot to me and it’s been a nice week here in Estonia,” said the 21-year-old skip who is a biomedical engineer-ing student at the University of Minnesota. �e U.S. men were coached by Linda Christensen (Duluth, Minn.) and Wally Henry (Beaver Dam, Wis.).

�e Canadian men went on to win the gold medal a�er defeating Switzer-land, 6-3. Scotland swept past Sweden, 9-4, to earn the bronze. As a result of �nishing in the bottom four, Estonia, Russia, Italy, and Korea will be relegated to the 2016 World Junior B. �e 2016 World Junior Championships are sched-uled to take place March 5-13 in Erzurum, Turkey.

Year Athlete Country2015 Gaute Nepstad Norway2014 Sebastian Wunderer Austria2013 �omas Howell USA2012 Sander Rolvag Norway2011 Roger Gulka Switzerland2010 Aaron Tasa USA2009 Markus Hoiberg Norway2008 Matt Hamilton USA2007 Niklas Edin Sweden2006 Logan Gray Scotland2005 Soo-Hyuk Kim Korea2004 Joel Retornaz Italy2003 David Robertson Scotland2002 Christo�er Svae Norway2001 Mike Adam Canada2000 Richard Woods Scotland1999 Daniel Jaeggi England1998 Makoto Tsuruga Japan1997 Scott Pfeifer Canada1996 James Dryburgh Scotland1995 Christopher Galbraith Canada

Year Athlete Country1994 Daniel Herberg Germany1993 Takashi Hara Japan1992 Takashi Hara Japan1991 Marco Alberti Italy1990 Peja Lindholm Sweden1989 Brian Benkjaer Denmark1988 Derek Brown Scotland1987 Jonathan Mead Canada1986 David Aitken Scotland1985 Roger Schnee USA1984 Al Edwards USA1983 Mike Hay Scotland1982 Cristoph Moeckel Germany1981 Peter Wilson Scotland1980 Andrew McQuistin Scotland1979 Andrew McQuistin Scotland1978 Colin Hamilton Scotland1977 Donald Barcome Jr. USA1976 Massimo Alvera Italy1975 Claude Feige France

Sportsmanship Award

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Round Robin StandingsCanada 8-1Switzerland 7-2Sweden 6-3Scotland 6-3USA 4-5Norway 4-5Korea 3-6*Italy 3-6*Russia 3-6*Estonia 1-8**relegated to World Junior B competition in January 2016

USA round robin results:Scotland 9, USA 2USA 4, Norway 3Canada 6, USA 4Sweden 8, USA 5Switzerland 6, USA 5USA 5, Korea 2Italy 10, USA 1USA 9, Estonia 4USA 7, Russia 0

Page Playoff 1-2 game:Switzerland 002 002 020 0 – 6*Canada 010 020 201 1 – 7

Page Playoff 3-4 game:*Sweden 020 310 010 x – 7Scotland 001 002 102 x – 6

Semifinal:Sweden 001 002 010 x – 4*Switzerland 030 020 202 x – 9

Bronze-medal game:Scotland 003 010 211 x – 8*Sweden 000 102 000 x – 3

Gold-medal game:Switzerland 000 000 102 x – 3*Canada 020 101 020 x – 6* last rock in �rst end


USA’s Ethan Meyers (center) helped lead Team USA to a ��h-place �nish in Estonia at the 2015 World Junior Championships.


Year Site Gold Skip Silver Bronze USA2015 Tallinn, EST CAN Braden Calvert SUI SCO 52014 Flims, SUI SUI Yannick Schwaller SCO NOR 92013 Sochi, RUS SCO Kyle Smith RUS CAN 72012 Ostersund, SWE CAN Brendan Bottcher SWE SCO 52011 Perth, SCO SWE Kristian Lindstrom SUI SCO 62010 Flims, SUI SUI Peter de Cruz SCO CAN 92009 Vancouver, CAN DEN Rasmus Stjerne CAN USA 32008 Ostersund, SWE USA Chris Plys SWE CAN 12007 Eveleth, MN, USA CAN Charley �omas SWE SUI 52006 Jeonju, KOR CAN Charley �omas SWE SCO 82005 Pinerolo, ITA CAN Kyle George SWE SCO 42004 Trois Rivieres, CAN SWE Niklas Edin SUI SCO DNQ2003 Flims, SUI CAN Steve Laycock SWE SUI DNQ2002 Kelowna, CAN CAN David Hamblin NOR SCO 82001 Ogden, UT, USA CAN Brad Gushue DEN USA 32000 Geising, GER CAN Brad Kuhn SUI GER 61999 Ostersund, SWE CAN John Morris SUI USA 31998 �under Bay, CAN CAN John Morris SCO SUI 51997 Karuizawa, JPN SUI Ralph Stoeckli FIN CAN 91996 Red Deer, CAN SCO James Dryburgh SUI GER 61995 Perth, SCO SCO Tom Brewster GER CAN 51994 So�a, BGR CAN Colin Davison GER SUI/USA 31993 Grindelwald, SUI SCO Craig Wilson CAN FRA/GER 91992 Oberstdorf, GER SUI Stefan Heilmann FRA SWE/CAN 51991 Glasgow, SCO SCO Alan McDougall CAN SUI/USA 3 1990 Portage la Prairie, CAN SUI Stefan Traub SCO SWE 71989 Markham, CAN SWE Peter Lindholm CAN SUI 61988 Chamonix, FRA CAN Jim Sullivan SWE NOR 51987 Victoria, CAN SCO Douglas Dryburgh CAN NOR 51986 Dartmouth, CAN SCO David Aitken CAN SWE 81985 Perth, SCO CAN Bob Ursel SUI SCO 61984 Cornwall, CAN USA Al Edwards SUI SCO** 11983 Medicine Hat, CAN CAN John Base NOR SCO 41982 Fredericton, CAN SWE Soren Grahn CAN CAN** 41981 Megeve, FRA SCO Peter Wilson CAN USA 31980 Kitchener, CAN SCO Andrew McQuistin CAN SWE 41979 Moose Jaw, CAN USA Don Barcome Jr. SCO CAN 11978 Grindelwald, SUI CAN Paul Gowsell SWE (NA) 51977 Quebec City, CAN CAN Bill Jenkins SWE (NA) 31976 Aviemore, SCO CAN Paul Gowsell SWE (NA) 61975 East York, CAN SWE Jan Ullsten CAN (NA) 5

*�e bronze medal game was introduced in 1979. It was discontinued in 1991, when dual bronze medals were awarded. �e bronze medal game was reinstituted in 1995.

**Undefeated round robin teams earned first-round byes (no semifinal), meaning no bronze medal game was played.

***�e United States did not qualify a team for Junior Worlds.

World Junior Men’s Champions

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Year Site Gold Skip Silver Bronze USA2015 Tallinn, EST CAN Kelsey Rocque SCO SUI 52014 Flims, SUI CAN Kelsey Rocque KOR RUS 62013 Sochi, RUS RUS Yulia Portunova SCO JPN 72012 Ostersund, SWE SCO Hannah Fleming CZE RUS 102011 Perth, SCO SCO Eve Muirhead CAN RUS 52010 Flims, SUI SWE Anna Hasselborg CAN USA 32009 Vancouver, CAN SCO Eve Muirhead CAN SUI 52008 Ostersund, SWE SCO Eve Muirhead SWE CAN 82007 Eveleth, MN, USA SCO Sarah Reid CAN NOR 42006 Jeonju, KOR RUS Ludmilla Privivkova CAN DEN 10 2005 Pinerolo, ITA SUI Tania Grivel SWE CAN 102004 Trois Rivieres, CAN NOR Linn Githmark CAN SWE 42003 Flims, SUI CAN Marliese Miller USA ITA 22002 Kelowna, CAN USA Cassie Johnson SWE SCO 1 2001 Ogden, UT, USA CAN Suzanne Gaudet SWE SUI 62000 Geising, GER SWE Matilda Mattsson CAN USA 31999 Ostersund, SWE SUI Silvana Tirinzoni JPN CAN 51998 �under Bay, CAN CAN Melissa McClure JPN SWE 51997 Karuizawa, JPN SCO Julia Ewart SWE CAN 41996 Red Deer, CAN CAN Heather Godberson SCO SWE 101995 Perth, SCO CAN Kelly MacKenzie SWE SCO 61994 So�a, BGR CAN Kim Gellard USA SWE/DEN21993 Grindelwald, SUI SCO Kirsty Hay CAN DEN/USA 31992 Oberstdorf, GER SCO Gillian Barr USA SWE/SUI 21991 Glasgow, SCO SWE Eva Eriksson SUI SCO/CAN 51990 Portage la Prairie, CAN SCO Kirsty Addison SWE CAN 51989 Markham, CAN CAN LaDawn Funk NOR SCO 61988 Fussen, GER CAN Julie Sutton SUI DEN 6*�e bronze medal game was discontinued in 1991, when dual medals were awarded to the losing semi�nalists. �e bronze medal game was reinstituted in 1995.

World Junior Women’s Champions

Alaska’s Quinn Evenson (above) competed in his �rst World Junior Champion-ship and helped the American men �nish ��h in the 10-team competition.


Year Site Winning Club Skip2015 Eveleth, MN Duluth Norma O’Leary2014 Eau Claire, WI St. Paul, MN Margie Smith2013 Fairbanks, AK St. Paul, MN Margie Smith2012 Gra�on, ND Wauwatosa, WI Pam Oleinik2011 Bismarck, ND St. Paul, MN Margie Smith2010 Cape Cod, MA Granite, WA Sharon Vukich2009 Janesville, WI Granite, WA Sharon Vukich2008 Highland Park, IL Wauwatosa, WI Pam Oleinik2007 Milwaukee, WI Wauwatosa, WI Pam Oleinik2006 No event Broomstones Jamie Hutchinson2005 Portage, WI Nutmeg, CT Anne Wiggins2004 Gra�on, ND Nashua, NH Nancy Dinsdale2003 Bemidji, MN Gra�on, ND LaVonne Berg2002 Superior, WI Nashua, NH Nancy Dinsdale

U.S. Senior Women’s Champions

U.S. Senior National Championships

2015 U.S. Senior National ChampionshipsJan. 28-Feb. 1, 2015 • Eveleth, Minn.

In the women’s division, it took two rounds of tiebreakers but Minnesota’s Norma O’Leary rink prevailed as national champions with a convincing 9-1 victory over Shelley Dropkin’s rink from Massachusetts Feb. 1 as the 2015 USA Curling Senior National Championships came to a close.

�e gold-medal game was less dramatic with Dropkin’s team of Suzanne Roy (Hudson, Mass.), Nancy Jennett (Natick, Mass.), and Margaret Lawler (Norfolk, Mass.) scoring in the opening end with the hammer as the action got underway at Curl Mesabi in Eveleth, Minn. O’Leary (Silver Bay, Minn.) and her team of Linda Christensen (Duluth, Minn.), Mary Shields (Duluth, Minn.), and Lucy DeVore (Superior, Wis.) would follow up with a single and then steal the remaining ends for the lopsided 9-1 victory.

�e win marked the third consecutive year that O’Leary won the senior ladies title with 2015 marking the �rst year she won in the skip position. It was the second title for DeVore and �rst for Christensen and Shields.

Four teams �nished the seven-game round robin with identical 5-2 records. Dropkin’s rink defeated Kathy Pielage’s squad from Madison (Wis.), 8-5, to move on to the �nal while O’Leary’s rink defeated two-time champion Sharon Vukich of Seattle, 12-2.

�e 2016 USA Curling Senior Women’s National Championship will take place Jan. 27-31 in Columbus, Ohio. �e winning team will move on to repre-sent the U.S. at the 2016 World Senior Championships in April in Sweden.

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Round robin standings:Shelley Dropkin (Broomstones CC, Wayland, Mass.) 5-2Norma O’Leary (Duluth CC, Duluth, Minn.) 5-2Kathy Pielage (Madison CC, McFarland, Wis.) 5-2Sharon Vukich (Granite CC, Seattle) 5-2Margie Smith (St. Paul CC, St. Paul, Minn.) 4-3Debra Horn (Mayfield CC, Mayfield, Ohio) 3-4Dana Watson (Evergreen CC, Beaverton, Ore.) 1-6Anne Wiggins (Potomac CC, Laurel, Md.) 0-7

�ird Second Lead AlternateLinda Christensen Mary Shields Lucy DeVoreNorma O’Leary Debbie Dexter Shelly KosalNorma O’Leary Debbie Dexter Shelly Kosal Lucy DeVoreLaurie Rahn Julie Denten Stephanie MartinDebbie Dexter Rachel Orvik Sally BarryLinda Corn�eld Susan Curtis Betty Kozai Danni �ibodeauxJoan Fish Cathie Tomlinson Aija EdwardsLaurie Rahn Susan Curtis JoAnn Matthews Donna PurkeyLaurie Rahn Susan Curtis JoAnn MatthewsShelley Johnson Carolyn Macleod Cheryl Pieske Karen GloydJean Murphy Carol White Rosemary Morgan Carolyn MacLeodAnne Wiggins Anne Robertson Jan Stahlheber Rosemary MorganDelores McDonald Paddy Hutson Nancy Rentfrow Jean VorachekDonna Purkey Linda Handyside Rosemary Morgan Barbara Cornelsen

U.S. Senior Women’s Champions


2015 U.S. senior champions (l-r): Norma O’Leary, Linda Christensen, Mary Shields, and Lucy DeVore.

Tiebreakers:Dropkin 8, Pielage 5O’Leary 12, Vukich 2

Final: *Shelley Dropkin 100 000 xx – 1Norma O’Leary 011 322 xx – 9*last rock in �rst end


Year Site Winning Club Skip2015* Eveleth, MN Seattle, WA Lyle Sieg 2014 Portage, WI Exmoor, IL Je� Wright2013 Fairbanks, AK Ardsley, NY Gert Messing2012 Bismarck, ND Poynette, WI Ian Journeaux2011 Wayland, MA Eau Claire, WI Geo� Goodland2010* Portage, WI Hibbing, MN Paul Pustovar2009 Rice Lake, WI Hibbing, MN Paul Pustovar2008 Highland Park, IL Centerville, WI David Russell2007 Milwaukee, WI Eau Claire, WI Geo� Goodland2006 Medford, WI Hibbing, MN Brian Simonson2005 Portage, WI Centerville, WI David Russell2004 Gra�on, ND Madison, WI George Godfrey2003 Bemidji, MN Bemidji, MN Scott Baird2002* Superior, WI Grand Forks, ND Larry Johnson*Won world title

U.S. Senior Men’s Champions


2015 U.S. Senior National ChampionshipsJan. 28-Feb. 1, 2015 • Eveleth, Minn.

A new senior men’s champion was crowned as the 2015 USA Curling Senior National Championships concluded Feb. 1 in Eveleth, Minn.

Washington’s Lyle Sieg rink held on to defeat Minnesota’s Ross Litman, 6-5, at Curl Mesabi to win their �rst senior national title.

Sieg (Tacoma, Wash.) and teammates Tom Violette (Issaquah, Wash.), Ken Trask (Seattle), and Steve Lundeen (Seattle) finished the competition with a perfect 7-0 record. �e championship �nal, however, was the closest battle for the Seattle-based rink. Litman’s team took an early advantage a�er stealing a single in the fourth end to go ahead 4-1 at the halfway point. Sieg’s team came out �ring in the second half with four points in the ��h end. A steal of one in the seventh end put the team up 6-4 and they held Litman’s Duluth team of Dave Johnson, Sam Perrella, and Lee Leksell to a single in the �nal end of play to seal the one-point victory.

�e Sieg rink went through the round robin with a perfect 5-0 record and defeated Bill Rhyme’s team from Green Bay (Wis.) in the semifinal, 5-2. Litman’s team took a 4-2 record into the playo�s and defeated Paul Pustovar’s team from Hibbing (Minn.), 5-4, in the quarterfinals. The team then defeated last year’s champions – the Je� Wright rink from Illinois – in the semi�nals, 8-7, to set up the gold-medal game against Sieg’s squad.

�e 2016 USA Curling Senior Men’s National Championship is set to take place Jan. 27-31 at the Medford Curling Club in Medford, Wis. �e winning team will then represent the U.S. at the 2016 World Senior Championships April 16-23 in Karlstad, Sweden.

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Round Robin StandingsPool A:

Jeff Wright (Exmoor) 6-0Bill Rhyme (Green Bay) 4-2Dale Gibbs (St. Paul) 3-3Dennis Jorgensen (Curl Mesabi) 3-3Gert Messing (Ardsley) 2-4Rick Tangedal (Williston Basin) 2-4Lionel Locke (St. Paul) 1-5

Pool B:Ross Litman (Duluth) 4-2Jeff Erickson (Duluth) 4-2Paul Pustovar (Hibbing) 4-2Seppo Sormunen (Duluth) 3-3Tony Beraducci (Hibbing) 2-4David Cornfield (Granite) 2-4Tim Funk (Madison) 2-4

Pool C:Lyle Sieg (Granite) 5-0Paul Matzke (Madison) 4-1Kent Beadle (St. Paul) 3-2Greg Eigner (Fort Wayne) 2-3Kent Bahr (Bemidji) 1-4Larry Sharp (Rice Lake) 0-5

Tiebreaker: Pustovar 7, Erickson 4

Quarterfinals:Rhyme 10, Matzke 3Litman 5, Pustovar 4

Semifinals:Sieg 5, Rhyme 2Litman 8, Wright 7

Final:Lyle Sieg 010 004 10 – 6*Ross Litman 101 110 01 – 5*last stone in �rst end

�ird Second Lead AlternateTom Violette Ken Trask Steve Lundeen Duane RutanRuss Armstrong Russ Brown Nils Johanson Jim WilsonBill Nickle Dennis Mellerup Bill Pesko�Dave Carlson Tim Funk Ken Spatola Tim Solin Pete Westberg Ken OlsonBrian Simonson Tom Harms Don MohawkBrian Simonson Tom Harms Don MohawkBill Rhyme Mark Swandby Dave Carlson Mike FraboniStan Vinge Wally Henry Jim WilsonTom Harms John Kokotovich Don MohawkBill Rhyme Mark Swandby Dave CarlsonBill Kind Walt Erbach Larry SharpMark Haluptzok Bob Fenson Bob Naylor Richard ReiersonStan Vinge George Godfrey Bill Kind

U.S. Senior Men’s Champions


2015 U.S. senior national champions (l-r) Lyle Sieg, Tom Violette, Ken Trask, and Steve Lundeen.


2015 World Senior ChampionshipsApril 18-25, 2015 • Sochi, Russia

World Senior Championships

Norma O’Leary and the U.S. women held back Sweden’s Gunilla Arfwids-son Edlund rink, 6-4, to earn the second consecutive bronze medal for the Americans at this event.

“I’m de�nitely glad to go home with a medal, no question about it,” said O’Leary, who won bronze as vice skip last year. “I was kind of hoping for a di�erent color this year, but I’ll take it. We won the game well – we did not play well this morning so we de�nitely stepped it up. But, we can play better.”

O’Leary (Silver Bay, Minn.) and teammates Linda Christensen (Duluth, Minn.), Mary Shields (Duluth, Minn.), Lucy DeVore (Superior, Wis.), and Shelley Dropkin (Southborough, Mass.) lost a tough semifinal match to Italy, 7-6, earlier in the day. Canada went on to win the women’s gold medal with a 6-2 victory over the Italian ladies.

“I’m really happy to have a medal, and I love the team that I’m on. It’s been a really good feeling all the time,” DeVore said.

�e U.S. women stole the �rst two ends to build a 2-0 lead over Sweden. A�er holding their opponent to a single in the third, the U.S. team scored one in the fourth and took control in the ��h with a steal of two. Sweden tried to get back in the game in the sixth by putting two points on the scoreboard. �e U.S. ladies scored one more point in the seventh and kept Sweden’s o�ense in check in the eighth to hold on for the win.

“Our �rst time here and we got a medal so I’m happy,” Christensen said.�e U.S. women have won the bronze medal �ve times since the event

began in 2002.

Team USA (l-r): Norma O’Leary, Linda Christensen, Mary Shields, Lucy DeVore, and Shelley Dropkin.

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Year Site Gold Skip Silver Bronze USA2015 Sochi, RUS CAN Lois Fowler ITA USA 32014 Dumfries, SCO SCO Christine Cannon CAN USA 32013 Fredericton, CAN CAN Cathy King AUT SWE 72012 Copenhagen, DEN CAN Heidi Hanlon SCO SWE 52011 St. Paul, USA CAN Christine Jurgenson SWE SUI 42010 Chelyabinsk, RUS CAN Colleen Pinkney SUI SWE 4 2009 Dunedin, NZL CAN Pat Sanders SUI SWE 62008 Vierumaki, FIN CAN Diane Foster SCO SUI 5 2007 Edmonton, CAN SWE Ingrid Meldahl CAN USA 32006 Copenhagen, DEN SWE Ingrid Meldahl CAN SUI 112005 Greenacres, SCO SCO Carolyn Morris JPN SWE 72004 Gavle, SWE CAN Anne Dunn SWE USA 32003 Winnipeg, CAN CAN Nancy Kerr SCO ENG 52002 Bismarck, USA CAN Anne Dunn SUI USA 3

Round Robin Standings: Women, Group A:

Sweden 5-1Finland 4-2Switzerland 4-2Scotland 3-3Czech Republic 3-3Russia 1-5Japan 1-5

Group B:USA 5-0Canada 4-1Italy 2-3England 2-3New Zealand 2-3Slovakia 0-5

USA round robin results:USA 10, New Zealand 5USA 8, Slovakia 5USA 9, Italy 3USA 6, Canada 5USA 12, England 2

Quarterfinals:Italy 9, Finland 3Canada 5, Switzerland 2

Semifinals:Italy 201 102 01 – 7*USA 010 010 40 – 6

Sweden 010 100 0x – 2*Canada 303 031 1x – 11

Bronze-medal Game:USA 110 120 10 – 6*Sweden 001 002 01 – 4

Gold-medal Game:Italy 010 100 0x – 2*Canada 202 001 1x – 6*last stone in �rst end

Senior women’s world champions

USA’s Norma O’Leary made her third straight appearance at the World Senior Championships.


2015 World Senior ChampionshipsApril 18-25, 2015 • Sochi, Russia

Year Site Gold Skip Silver Bronze USA2015 Sochi, RUS USA Lyle Sieg CAN NZL 12014 Dumfries, SCO CAN Wayne Tallon SWE AUS 42013 Fredericton, CAN CAN Robert Armitage NZL SUI 112012 Copenhagen, DEN IRE Johnjo Kenny CAN SWE 142011 St. Paul, MN, USA CAN Mark Johnson USA AUS 22010 Chelyabinsk, RUS USA Paul Pustovar CAN AUS 12009 Dunedin, NZL CAN Euge ne Hritzuk USA SCO 22008 Vierumaki, FIN CAN Pat Ryan SWE USA 32007 Edmonton, CAN SCO Keith Prentice CAN SWE 42006 Copenhagen, DEN CAN Les Rogers USA SWE 22005 Greenacres, SCO CAN Bas Buckle USA SUI 22004 Gavle, SWE CAN Bas Buckle USA SUI 22003 Winnipeg, CAN CAN Tom Reed USA SCO 22002 Bismarck, ND, USA USA Larry Johnson CAN SWE 1

Senior men’s world champions


It may have been their rookie appearance but Lyle Sieg and the American men played like the experienced athletes they are in bringing home the �rst gold medal for the Americans since 2010 as the 2015 World Senior Champion-ships concluded April 25 in Sochi, Russia.

Sieg (Olympia, Wash.) and teammates Tom Violette (Issaquah, Wash.), Ken Trask (Seattle), Steve Lundeen (Seattle), and Duane Rutan (Olympia, Wash.) defeated Canada’s Alan O’Leary rink, 9-4, in the championship �nal. “Well, well ... world champion ... a�er 40 years, to win the last game of the year, and we �nally did it,” said Sieg, 55. “I’m so proud of this team. All the work we’ve put in this year and to come out like this, that was fantastic. In that game, we had a lot of pressure on them right from the get-go. �ey are a great team.”

�e U.S. �nished the tournament with a perfect 10-0 record. It was the lone loss for Canada at the most critical moment. (The U.S. men also went undefeated to win the senior national title.)

“�is is a �rst world championship for us as a team, obviously, and the �rst world championship for USA since 2010 in Russia, so I thought it was a good omen coming back here,” Sieg said. “You spend your whole life from when you’re 15 to when you’re 60 curling and you just dream about throwing that last one and winning the game and �nishing the year with a win. It’s so rare, and I’m going to hold it dear forever. It’s very sweet.”

�e U.S. men defeated New Zealand, 9-4, to advance to the gold-medal game while Canada defeated Denmark, 5-3. New Zealand would bounce back to win the bronze medal with a 6-4 win over the Danes. �e American men capitalized on mistakes by the Canadians to take a 3-0 lead a�er stealing the �rst two ends of the �nal. Canada was held to a single point in the third and the U.S. scored three more points to take a 6-1 advantage a�er �ve ends. Canada scored three in the sixth only to have the U.S. score three more to put the game out of reach a�er seven ends.

�is is the third overall gold medal at this event for the U.S. a�er victories in 2002 and 2010.

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Round Robin Standings: Men’s Group A

Canada 7-0Scotland 5-2Ireland 4-3Czech Republic 4-3Japan 4-3Italy 2-5Latvia 2-5Kazakhstan 0-7

Group BDenmark 7-0New Zealand 6-1Sweden 4-3Norway 3-4England 3-4Hungary 3-4Russia 2-5Turkey 0-7

Group CUSA 7-0Switzerland 5-2Australia 5-2Finland 4-3Germany 4-3Slovakia 2-5France 1-6Poland 0-7

USA round robin scores:USA 10, France 2USA 5, Germany 2USA 7, Switzerland 3USA 7, Finland 3USA 8, Australia 5USA 9, Slovakia 5USA 6, Ireland 3

Quarterfinals:USA 6, Ireland 3New Zealand 5, Switzerland 4Canada 9, Sweden 3Denmark 5, Scotland 4

Semifinals:New Zealand 020 002 xx – 4*USA 301 140 xx – 9

Denmark 010 020 0x – 3*Canada 200 102 0x – 5

Bronze-medal Game:New Zealand 101 003 01 – 6*Denmark 010 110 10 – 4

Gold-medal Game:*Canada 001 003 0x – 4USA 120 120 3x – 9*last stone in �rst end


USA’s Tom Violette (le�) and Ken Trask celebrate a good shot along the way to helping the American men win the 2015 world senior title.


Year Site Winning Club Skip2015 Fargo, ND Capital, ND Nicole Reiser2014 Two Harbors, MN Duluth, MN Norma O’Leary2013 Highland Park, IL Capital, ND Nicole Reiser2012 Mankato, MN Granite, WA Em Good2011 Mankato, MN Plain�eld, NJ Janice Langanke2010 Madison, WI Exmoor, IL Tracy Lawless2009 Utica, NY Duluth, MN Norma O’Leary2008 Mankato, MN Duluth, MN Norma O’Leary2007 St. Paul, MN St. Paul, MN Margie Smith2006 Superior, WI Madison, WI Nina Spatola2005 Chicago, IL Broomstones, MA Shelley Dropkin

U.S. Women’s Club National Champions

2015 U.S. Club National ChampionshipsMarch 7-14, 2015 • Fargo, N.D.

Club National Championships

The North Dakota ladies, led by Nicole Reiser (Bismarck, N.D.), captured a second championship as the 2015 USA Curling Club National Championships came to a close March 14 at the Fargo-Moorhead (N.D.) Curling Club.

Reiser’s team defeated Alaska’s Cathy Shuttleworth, 9-7, to earn the nation-al title. Reiser (Mandan, N.D.) and teammates Corrina Stroh (Bismarck, N.D.), Tanya Smith (Bismarck, N.D.), and Roxy Howes (Bismarck, N.D.) capitalized on early steal opportunities to build a lead that Alaska did not overcome.

Trailing 5-3, Shuttleworth and her Fairbanks Curling Club teammates Lacy Simko, Adie Callhan, and Catharine Persinger (all of Fairbanks, Alaska) scored three points in the seventh end to take the lead. It was short-lived, however, as North Dakota countered with three in the eighth and held on for the win. �is is the second Club Nationals title for Reiser, Stroh and Howes, who won in 2013.

�e North Dakota ladies defeated Illinois, 7-4, in the semi�nal, while Alas-ka knocked o� Minnesota, 9-5. In the bronze medal game, Minnesota’s Norma O’Leary rink bounced back to defeat Marcy Calaway’s Illinois team, 10-4.

�e 2016 USA Curling Club National Championships will take place March 5-12 at the Capital Curling Club in Bismarck, N.D.

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�ird Second Lead AlternateCorrina Stroh Tanya Smith Roxanne Howes Jill Hansen Mary Shields Patti LukeMichelle Wagner Corrina Stroh Roxanne HowesJill Lamberts Jennifer Westhagen Hannah VolkmanRachel Howell Shara Dellatore Barbara KlugMarcy Calaway Leslie Armstrong Laurie HektorPam Cavers Mary Johnson Patti LukePam Cavers Mary Johnson Patti LukeDebbie Dexter Peggy Gazzola Jennifer KamarainenStephanie Radl Shelley Pape Martha Busse Mary EisenbraunChristine Scherz Phelcia Howland Dawn Gutroa

U.S. Women’s Club National Champions


Women’s Round Robin Standings

Minnesota (Norma O’Leary) 8-1Illinois (Marcy Calaway) 8-1North Dakota (Nicole Reiser) 7-2Alaska (Cathy Shuttleworth) 6-3Colorado (Cynthia Smith) 5-4California (Stephanie Smith) 4-5Ohio (Jennifer Paine) 3-6Maryland (Dawn Findlay) 2-7Washington (Miyo Konno) 2-7Arizona (Carol Ann Naso) 0-9

Semifinals: *Minnesota 100 020 101 x – 5Alaska 023 002 020 x – 9

*Illinois 101 001 010 0 – 4North Dakota 010 010 300 2 – 7

Bronze-medal game:*Minnesota 320 004 01x x – 10Illinois 001 110 10x x – 4

Gold-medal game:*Alaska 200 010 301 0 – 7North Dakota 012 101 030 1 – 9*last rock in �rst end

2015 Club Nationals champions (l-r) Nicole Reiser, Corrina Stroh, Tanya Smith, and Roxy Howes of the Capital (N.D.) Curling Club.


2015 U.S. Club National ChampionshipsMarch 7-14, 2015 • Fargo, N.D.


Year Site Winning Club Skip2015 Fargo, ND Granite, WA Lyle Sieg2014 Two Harbors, MN Granite, WA Joel Larway2013 Highland Park, IL Granite, WA Doug Kau�man2012 Mankato, MN Bemidji, MN Aaron Wald2011 Mankato, MN Duluth, MN Seppo Sormunen2010 Madison, WI Mankato, MN Todd Birr2009 Utica, NY Madison, WI Mike Fraboni2008 Mankato, MN Madison, WI Dave Brown2007 St. Paul, MN St. Paul, MN Mike Farbelow2006 Superior, WI Duluth, MN Dave Running2005 Chicago, IL Exmoor, IL Russ Armstrong

U.S. Men’s Club National Champions

�e Washington region defended its men’s title as the 2015 USA Curling Club National Championships came to a close March 14 at the Fargo-Moor-head (N.D.) Curling Club.

Lyle Sieg and teammates Tom Violette (Issaquah, Wash.), Ken Trask (Se-attle), Steve Lundeen (Seattle), and Duane Rutan (Olympia, Wash.) capitalized on a key steal that took the game’s momentum from Michigan’s Scott Strouse rink en route to an 8-4 victory. A�er scoring a deuce in the second end to take a 2-1 lead, Strouse and his Midland Curling Club teammates Aaron Carlson, Curtis Whaley and Pete Waters (all of Midland, Mich.) gave up a steal of four points in the third end to Washington, which started the tournament 1-3 before getting on a seven-game win streak. Michigan put two points back up on the board in the ��h end, but Washington would score in the next two ends to put the game away.

�e Washington team bounced back from a tough start to the tournament that saw them lose three of their �rst four games. �e team then rattled o� seven straight wins to earn the national title. In the semi�nals, Washington shut out New York, 6-0, while Michigan scored four points in the 10th end to defeat Wisconsin, 8-4, which set up the Washington-Michigan �nal.

In the bronze medal game, New York’s Andrew Stopera prevailed over Wisconsin’s Ryan Spielman, 9-4.

�e Club Nationals began in 2005 and features teams that compete together all season long in preparation for regional playdowns to qualify to the national event. Minnesota has crowned the most champions with �ve total while Washington’s win in 2015 marks the third year in a row that Seattle’s Granite Curling Club produced the champion.

�e 2016 USA Curling Club National Championships will take place March 5-12 at the Capital Curling Club in Bismarck, N.D.

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�ird Second Lead AlternateTom Violette Ken Trask Steve Lundeen Duane RutanBenj Guzman Peter Sommer Chad SiefertJohn Rasmussen Ken Trask Liam BarksdaleTrevor Andrews Josh Bahr Atticus WallaceJe� Ritchie Michael Huska Roger HendricksonRandy Cumming Kevin Vetter Shawn RuningBrian Kopp Joel Dietz Donnie HenryKraig Deeren Kroy Nernberger Richard Maskel Wally HenryNick Myers Tim Solin Tim GartnerBrad Jensen Je� Laundergan Tony LaskyMike Griem Sean Silver Chip Anderson Steven Waters

U.S. Men’s Club National Champions

Men’s Round Robin Standings

Michigan (Scott Strouse) 6-3Washington (Lyle Sieg) 6-3Wisconsin (Ryan Spielman) 6-3New York (Andrew Stopera) 5-4Illinois (Greg Wilson) 5-4Minnesota (Tim Gartner) 5-4North Dakota (Alex Kitchens) 4-5Texas (Nick Myers) 4-5Alaska (Leo Johnson) 3-6Arizona (Greg Gallagher) 1-8

Tiebreakers:Illinois 9, Minnesota 8New York 7, Illinois 5

Semifinals: *Washington 000 001 14x x – 6New York 000 000 00x x – 0

*Wisconsin 100 110 001 0 – 4Michigan 001 002 010 4 – 8

Bronze-medal game:New York 030 010 23x x – 9*Wisconsin 200 101 00x x – 4

Gold-medal game:Washington 024 001 10x x – 8*Michigan 100 020 01x x – 4*last rock in �rst end

2015 Club Nationals champions (l-r) Coach Greg Violette, Lyle Sieg, Tom Violette, Steve Lundeen, and Duane Rutan of the Granite (Wash.) Club.


2015 U.S. Mixed National ChampionshipMarch 28-April 4, 2015 • Blaine, Minn.

Mixed National Championship

Washington’s Brady and Cristin Clark captured their 10th mixed title a�er defeating Wisconsin’s Sean Murray rink, 9-2, on April 4 at the 2015 USA Curl-ing Mixed National Championship at the Four Seasons Curling Club in Blaine, Minn.

�e Clarks, who won their �rst title in 2002, and teammates Sean Beighton (Seattle) and Jillian Walker (Seattle) moved on to represent the U.S. at the inaugural World Mixed Championship Sept. 12-19 in Berne, Switzerland.

“It is a dream come true to have won our 10th U.S. Mixed Nationals and become Team USA a�er earning our right to compete in the inaugural world mixed championship,” said Clark, who also won the men’s national title in 2013.

Washington got off to a fast start against Murray (Columbus, Ohio) and his team of Heather Betzhold (Hartland, Wis.), Dan Wiza (Waunakee, Wis.), and Paige Caulum (Middleton, Wis.) as they stole five points over the first two ends. A�er Wisconsin was held to a single in the third end, Washington blasted Wisconsin for three points to put the game out of reach.

In the bronze-medal game, Colorado’s Darrick Kizlyk defeated Alaska’s Greg Persinger rink, 5-2, to put the team on the podium for the �rst time at this event. Kizlyk and teammates Cynthia Smith (Denver), Justin Boshoven (Castle Rock, Colo.), and Dena Rosenberry (Manitou Springs, Colo.) were tied with Alaska, 2-2, at the halfway point but held on to the hammer to patiently earn a deuce in the seventh end. Persinger and his team of Vicky Persinger, Chad Persinger, and Tina Persinger (all of Fairbanks, Alaska) could not score in the eighth and Colorado stole the point to sew up the win.

�e 2016 USA Curling Mixed National Championship will take place next spring in Tempe, Ariz., at the new home of the Coyotes Curling Club.

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Round Robin StandingsWisconsin (Sean Murray) 8-1Washington (Brady Clark) 7-2Colorado (Darrick Kizlyk) 6-3Alaska (Greg Persinger) 6-3Minnesota (Randy Baird) 6-3Illinois (Greg Wilson) 4-5North Dakota (Evan Workin) 3-6California (Steph Jensen) 2-7Massachusetts (Robert Melville) 2-7Ohio (Stu Cohen) 1-8

Tiebreaker:Alaska 6, Minnesota 3

Semifinals:*Wisconsin 001 002 01 – 4Alaska 000 110 10 – 3

*Washington 002 010 01 1 – 5Colorado 010 201 00 0 – 4

Bronze-medal Game: Alaska 000 110 00 – 2*Colorado 101 000 21 – 5

Gold-medal Game:*Wisconsin 001 010 xx – 2Washington 320 301 xx – 9*last rock in �rst end

Mixed National Championship

Washington’s team of Brady Clark (l-r), Cristin Clark, Sean Beighton, and Jillian Walker hoisted the mixed national championship trophy a�er defeating Sean Murray’s team from Wisconsin, 9-2, to win the title in April.


Year Site Winning Club Skip2015 Blaine, Minn. Granite, WA Brady Clark2014 Wisconsin Rapids, WI Chicago, IL Greg Wilson2013 Willmar, MN Nutmeg, CT Derek Surka2012 Portage, WI Granite, WA Brady Clark2011 Midland, MI Granite, WA Brady Clark2010 Chicago, IL Granite, WA Brady Clark2009 Medford, WI Granite, WA Brady Clark2008 Detroit, MI Lake Region, ND Duane Symons2007 Gra�on, ND Granite, WA Brady Clark2006 Fairbanks, AK Granite, WA Brady Clark2005 Laurel, MD Granite, WA Brady Clark2004 Mankato, MN Fairbanks, AK Steve Shuttleworth2003 Medford, WI Granite, WA Brady Clark2002 Seattle, WA Granite, WA Brady Clark2001 Rice Lake, WI Williston Basin, ND Rick Tangedal2000 Utica, NY Madison, WI Craig Brown1999 Devils Lake, ND Granite, WA Ian Cordner1998 Wayland, MA Madison, WI Mike Fraboni1997 Two Harbors, MN Denver, CO Jack McNelly1996 Highland Park, IL Broomstones, MA Grayland Cousins1995 Utica, NY Madison, WI Mike Fraboni1994 Rochester, MN Bemidji, MN Andy Borland1993 Bismarck, ND Eau Claire, WI Geo� Goodland1992 Hartland, WI Bemidji, MN Andy Borland1991 Denver, CO Wausau, WI Geo� Goodland1990 St. Paul, MN Denver, CO Jack McNelly1989 Seattle, WA Duluth, MN Lee Leksell1988 Fairbanks, AK Madison, WI Steve Brown1987 Brookline, MA Wilmette, IL Grayland Cousins1986 St. Paul, MN Alsen, ND Joel Jacobson1985 Detroit, MI Granite, WA Doug Jones1984 Bemidji, MN Madison, WI Steve Brown1983 Two Harbors, MN Poynette, WI Elgie Noble1982 Madison, WI Bemidji, MN Mark Haluptzok1981 Falmouth, MA Bowling Green, OH Fred Arn1980 Highland Park, IL Bemidji, MN Mark Haluptzok1979 Duluth, MN Wausau, WI Neil Collins1978 Colo. Springs, CO Poynette, WI Elgie Noble1977 Hastings, NY Seattle, WA Garth Wallace1976 Milwaukee, WI Gra�on, ND Frank Aasand1975 Chicago, IL Wausau, WI Neil Collins

Mixed National Champions

Washington’s Clark rink celebrates its 2015 mixed national title win.

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�ird Second Lead AlternateCristin Clark Sean Beighton Jillian WalkerPam Wilson Collin Rittgers Michele RittgersCharrissa Lin Nate Clark Rebecca AndrewCristin Clark Sean Beighton Bev WalterCristin Clark Philip Tilker Bev WalterCristin Clark Philip Tilker Bev WalterCristin Clark Philip Tilker Bev WalterVal Nash Chad Carlson Christine MikulichCristin Clark Leon Romaniuk Bev WalterCristin Clark Tom Violette Bev WalterCristin Clark Darren Lehto Bev WalterSusan Carothers Peter Lundquist Cathy Floerchinger Dennis �iesCristin Clark Ryan Beighton Bev WalterCristin Clark Jason Larway Kim KroppJanet Tangedal Garland Legacie Jan LegacieErika Brown Jonathon Brunt Jill JonesDolores Cordner James Pleasants Jaynie PleasantsAllison Darragh Craig Brown Tracy SachtjenBev Behnke Bucky Marshall Susan AnschuetzSandy Resetich Jim Wilson Karyn CousinsAllison Darragh Mark Swandby Toni SwandbyLiz Johnson Tim Johnson Jean BorlandLori Mountford Cal Tillisch Marcia TillischLiz Johnson Tim Johnson Jean BorlandKathy Baldwin Cal Tillisch Marcia TillischBev Behnke Adolph Behnke Dawna BennettKelly Sieger Kevin Stevens Bonnie LeksellLisa Schoeneberg Paul Schaefer Bonnie Mans�eldSandy Resetich Jim Wilson Karyn MarkechLori Kreklau Tim Kreklau Lisa JacobsonBeth Bronger-Jones Bob Anderson Cheryl HardyDiane Brown Vince Fitzgerald Georgia FitzgeraldMarilyn Noble Bill MacLeish Mary MacLeishLiz Johnson Tim Johnson Mary Jo RoufsBetty Arn Bob Vollmer Micki VollmerLiz Johnson Tim Johnson Mary Jo RoufsJo Shannon Rick Shannon Elaine CollinsMarilyn Noble Dick Marquardt Nancy MarquardtSophie Wallace Tom Wallace Jan SpencerPaddy Hankey Ray Morgan Vicky AasandSandy Robarge Roger Robarge Elaine Collins

Mixed National Champions


Year Site Winning Club Skip 2015 Cedar Rapids, IA San Francisco, CA Sarah Walsh Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Je�rey Knott2014 Lansing, MI Kalamazoo, MI Stephanie Senneker Broadmoor, CO Guy Scholz 2013 Fort Wayne, IN Dakota, MN Darcy Ellarby Kalamazoo, MI Garnet Eckstrand

Arena National Championships

2015 U.S. Arena National ChampionshipsJuly 16-19, 2015 • Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Winners of the 2015 Arena National Championships, held July 16-19 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, proved that experience pays o�. Both the women’s cham-pion team, San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club, and the men’s champion team, Dallas-Fort Worth Curling Club, have been working on this for awhile.

�e San Francisco team, led by skip Sarah Walsh and vice skip Kimberly Chapin, also included BriAnna Weldon and Pamela Montbach. Walsh, 35, took up curling in 2007 and had been to the previous two Arena Championships in 2013 and 2014 along with Chapin, scooping up a bronze and silver before sliding o� with the gold this year. Walsh and Chapin have also been to Club Nationals and the Paci�c International Cup. �is year they survived a four-team playdown within their home club before heading to Cedar Rapids. In the final, San Francisco defeated Toni Paisley’s La Crosse (Wis.) Curling Club team, 10-3.

�e DFW team, skipped by Je� Knott and vice skip Laith Sando, had Nicholas Myers, Kevin Roberts, and John Lambert (as fifth) rounding out the team. Knott, 49, is a Canadian citizen and has been to the Arena Champion-ships twice (winning silver in the inaugural year). Curling since he was 9 years old, Knott brings signi�cant curling experience to the ice, even though he took time o� from the sport in his 20s and 30s. Knott and Lando have also previ-ously gone to Club Nationals. Dallas-Fort Worth earned a 10-1 victory in the gold-medal game over Pittsburgh’s Mark Robinson rink.

Both skips mentioned that their teams really jelled during the competition. Particularly noteworthy was the chemistry of the teams and, in particular, their communication abilities.

“As a team, we just kept connecting more and more as the tournament progressed. We took the tournament seriously, even analyzing our shots with the Curling Coach app to understand what was working and what wasn’t,” Knott said. He mentioned that the level of play seems to be getting better at the Arena Nationals and that teams continue to be more serious about the event.

Commenting on their success, Walsh praised everyone on her team for making their shots. “Our takeouts were particularly good in the championship game and made it an easier game for me to call,” she said.

If there is one thing other teams can learn about the importance of com-munication, it was expressed by Chapin when asked how the event unfolded. “We respected the competition, kept our heads, and even when we had some shaky moments, we just kept talking to each other,” she explained.

Arena National Champions

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�ird Second Lead AlternateKim Chapin BriAnna Weldon Pam MontbachLaith Sando Nick Myers Kevin Roberts John LambertPamela Nelson Nicole Brinkmann Reeves Valeria Hart-Young Barbara LittleKevin Lyons Gordon Harrison Nathan MascarenasJennifer Witschen Robyn Farm Julie Wennberg Beth LundquistKent Elliott Marcus Gleaton Chris Gleaton �omas Deater

Arena National Championships

2015 U.S. arena national champions (l-r) Je� Knott, Laith Sando, Nick Myers, Kevin Roberts, and John Lambert of the Dallas-Fort Worth Curling Club.

Photos by Rich Harmer for USA Curling

2015 U.S. arena national champions (l-r) Sarah Walsh, Kim Chapin, BriAnna Weldon, and Pam Montbach of the San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club.

Line scores, gold medal games:San Francisco (Sarah Walsh) 214 030 xx – 10La Crosse (Toni Paisley) 000 201 xx – 3

Pittsburgh (Mark Robinson) 001 00x xx – 1Dallas-Fort Worth (Jeff Knott) 130 42x xx – 10

Line scores, bronze medal games:Kalamazoo (Katlyn Beebe) 001 151 3x – 11Oklahoma (Nicole Merrifield) 120 000 0x – 3

San Francisco (Jesus Barajas) 200 000 2x – 4Cincinnati (Jonathan Penney) 031 112 0x – 8

Arena National Champions


Women’s National Championship

2015 U.S. National ChampionshipsFeb. 14-21, 2015 • Kalamazoo, Mich.

One thing Erika Brown knows how to do is win national titles. �e highly-decorated skip added one more medal to her growing tally a�er her team defeated Patti Lank, 7-6, on Feb. 21 to win the 2015 USA Curling Women’s National Championship in Kalamazoo, Mich.

Brown (Oakville, Ontario) sealed the victory with a routine takeout at Wings Stadium to earn her seventh women’s national title.

“You know what, I’m really happy. It was a young team, and none of my teammates have won a national title before, a women’s national title, and I’m proud they stepped up to the challenge. �ey did a great job all week,” said Brown, 41, who most recently skipped the women’s team at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games.

It was the �rst women’s national title for Brown’s teammates – Alex Carlson (St. Paul, Minn.), Becca Funk (McFarland, Wis.), and Kendall Behm (Bethesda, Md.).

“It is very exciting. �is is my ��h or sixth year playing women’s nationals and I kept coming so close. It’s so exciting to make it to the �nal, and play a great �nal and win. �is is just thrilling,” said Carlson, 26, who won the U.S. junior title twice and a bronze medal at the 2010 World Juniors.

Lank’s team of Maureen Stolt (Plymouth, Minn.), Anna Bauman (Duluth, Minn.), and Madisson Lank (Lewiston, N.Y.) got off to a slow start but rallied in the second half to keep the game close. “�e girls, they played good. It’s just the ice was a little bit slower and I just didn’t give it that extra positive every time I threw my draws,” Lank said about the rough start. “Finally it just caught up to me, and I was like, ‘Well, geez, just throw something di�erent already. But, we had a good strong second half so that was good. �ey [Team Brown] had some nice shots; we had a few chances to steal. But Erika [Brown] played well today.”

Kate Bert (St. Paul, Minn.) and Mark Haluptzok (Bemidji, Minn.) were the recipients of the Ann Brown Sportsmanship Awards.

�e 2016 USA Curling National Championships will take place Feb. 6-13 in Jacksonville, Fla.

Olympian Erika Brown (center) delivers the winning shot (with sweepers Becca Funk (le�) and Kendall Behm) to capture the 2015 USA Curling women’s national title in February in Kalamazoo, Mich.

Photo by Rich Harmer for USA Curling

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Women’s National Championship

Round robin standings: WomenAileen Sormunen (Duluth, Minn.) 8-1Erika Brown (Oakville, Ontario) 8-1Cory Christensen (Duluth, Minn.) 8-1Patti Lank (Lewiston, N.Y.) 6-3Nina Roth (McFarland, Wis.) 4-5Debbie McCormick (Rio, Wis.) 4-5Kate Bert (Cedarburg, Wis.) 3-6Jordan Moulton (St. Paul, Minn.) 2-7Kim Wapola (St. Paul, Minn.) 1-8Joyance Meechai (New York City) 1-8

Page Playoff, 1 v. 2:Sormunen 000 200 100 x – 3*Brown 212 011 011 x – 9

Page Playoff, 3 v. 4:*Christensen 020 101 00x x – 4Lank 102 020 41x x – 10

Semifinal:*Sormunen 010 200 020 x – 5Lank 003 001 302 x – 9

Final:*Brown 112 101 010 0 – 7Lank 000 010 202 1 – 6*last rock in �rst end

2015 U.S. women’s national champions (l-r) Kendall Behm, Becca Funk, Alex Carlson, and Erika Brown.


Year Recipient Club Team2015 Kate Bert Milwaukee, WI Kate Bert rink2014 �eresa Ho�oss St. Paul, MN Amy Lou Anderson rink2013 Sarah Anderson Philadelphia, PA Sarah Anderson rink2012 Tara Peterson St. Paul, MN Becca Hamilton rink2011 Chrissy Haase Schenectady, NY Chrissy Haase rink2010 Gabrielle Coleman San Francisco, CA Gabrielle Coleman rink2009 Laura Roessler Centerville, WI Cassie Potter rink2008 Ann Swisshelm Exmoor, IL Patti Lank rink2007 Caitlin Maroldo Rochester, NY Patti Lank rink

Ann Brown Sportsmanship Award


Year Site Winning Club Skip2015 Kalamazoo, MI Madison, WI Erika Brown2014 Aston, PA Madison, WI Nina Spatola2013 Green Bay, WI Madison, WI Erika Brown2012 Aston, PA St. Paul, MN Allison Pottinger2011 Fargo, ND Rochester, NY Patti Lank2010 Kalamazoo, MI Madison, WI Erika Brown2009 Broom�eld, CO Madison, WI Debbie McCormick2008 Hibbing, MN Madison, WI Debbie McCormick2007 Utica, NY Madison, WI Debbie McCormick2006 Bemidji, MN Madison, WI Debbie McCormick2005 Madison, WI Bemidji, MN Cassie Johnson2004 Grand Forks, ND Madison, WI Patti Lank2003* Utica, NY North Shore, IL Debbie McCormick2002 Eveleth, MN Madison, WI Patti Lank2001 Madison, WI Highland Park, IL Kari Erickson2000 Ogden, UT Ak-Sar-Ben, NE Amy Wright1999 Duluth, MN Madison, WI Patti Lank1998 Bismarck, ND Wilmette, IL Kari Erickson1997 Seattle, WA Arlington, WI Patti Lank1996 Bemidji, MN Madison, WI Lisa Schoeneberg1995 Appleton, WI Madison, WI Lisa Schoeneberg1994 Duluth, MN Denver, CO Bev Behnke1993 St. Paul, MN Denver, CO Bev Behnke1992 Gra�on, ND Madison, WI Lisa Schoeneberg1991 Utica, NY Houston, TX Maymar Gemmell1990 Superior, WI Denver, CO Bev Behnke1989 Detroit, MI Rolla, ND Jan Lagasse1988 Darien, CT Seattle, WA Nancy Langley1987 St. Paul, MN Seattle, WA Sharon Good1986 Chicago, IL St. Paul, MN Gerri Tilden1985 Hershey, PA Fairbanks, AK Bev Birklid1984 Wauwatosa, WI Duluth, MN Amy Hatten1983 Gra�on, ND Seattle, WA Nancy Langley1982 Bowling Green, OH Oak Park, IL Ruth Schwenker1981 Kettle Moraine, WI Seattle, WA Nancy Langley1980 Seattle, WA Seatle, WA Sharon Kozai1979 Winchester, MA Seattle, WA Nancy Langley1978 Duluth, MN Wausau, WI Sandy Robarge1977 Wilmette, IL Hastings, NY Margaret Smith*world champion

Women’s National Champions

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�ird Second Lead Alternate Alex Carlson Becca Funk Kendall BehmBecca Hamilton Tara Peterson Sophie BrorsonDebbie McCormick Jessica Schultz Ann SwisshelmNicole Joraanstad Natalie Nicholson Tabitha PetersonCaitlin Maroldo Jessica Schultz Mackenzie LankNina Spatola Ann Swisshelm Laura HalliseyAllison Pottinger Nicole Joraanstad Natalie Nicholson Tracy SachtjenAllison Pottinger Nicole Joraanstad Natalie NicholsonAllison Pottinger Nicole Joraanstad Natalie Nicholson Tracy SachtjenAllison Pottinger Nicole Joraanstad Natalie NicholsonJamie Johnson Jessica Schultz Maureen BruntErika Brown Nicole Joraanstad Natalie NicholsonAllison Pottinger Ann Swisshelm Tracy Sachtjen Joni CottenErika Brown Allison Pottinger Natalie Nicholson Nicole Joraanstad Debbie McCormick Stacey Liapis Ann SwisshelmAmy Becher Joni Cotten Natalie Simenson Corina MarquardtErika Brown Allison Darragh Tracy SachtjenLori Kreklau Stacey Liapis Ann Swisshelm Risa O’ConnellAnalissa Johnson Joni Cotten Tracy SachtjenErika Brown Lori Mountford Allison Darragh Debbie HenryErika Brown Lori Mountford Marcia Tillisch Allison DarraghDawna Bennett Susan Anshuetz Pam FinchDawna Bennett Susan Anshuetz Pam FinchAmy Wright Lori Mountford Jill JonesJudy Johnston Janet Hunter Brenda JancicDawna Bennett Susan Anschuetz Pam FinchJanie Kakela Cooky Bertsch Eileen MickelsonNancy Pearson Leslie Frosch Mary HobsonJoan Fish Beth Bronger-Jones Aija EdwardsLinda Barneson Barb Polski Barb GutzmerPeggy Martin Jerry Evans Katrina SharpTerry Leksell Karen Leksell Kelly SiegerDolores Campbell Donna Purkey Kathleen WilsonStephanie Flynn Betty Kozai Aija EdwardsCarol Dahl Leslie Frosch Nancy WallaceJoan Fish Betty Kozai Aija EdwardsDolores Wallace Leslie Frosch Nancy WallaceElaine Collins Jo Shannon Virginia MorrisonCynthia Smith Jackie Grant Eve Switzer

Women’s National Champions

Two-time U.S. junior national champion Alex Carlson won her �rst women’s national title in 2015 as vice skip for Erika Brown’s team.

Photo by Rich Harmer, USA Curling


Men’s National Championships

2015 U.S. National ChampionshipsFeb. 14-21, 2015 • Kalamazoo, Mich.

A familiar face made a return to the world stage as three-time Olympian John Shuster (Duluth, Minn.) led his team to the 2015 USA Curling Men’s National Championship title at Wings Stadium.

Having already secured the berth for the upcoming world championships with enough Order of Merit points the day prior, Shuster and his team of Tyler George (Duluth, Minn.), Matt Hamilton (McFarland, Wis.), John Landsteiner (Duluth, Minn.), and Trevor Host (Duluth, Minn.) wanted to leave Kalamazoo as national champions as well. With a routine takeout with the �nal stone of the game, the Shuster rink did just that in defeating Craig Brown’s team, 8-5.

“I tell you, a�er the last few years, for me personally, it really means a lot,” said George, who also won the title in 2010. “�e past few Nationals we fell short in the �nal. Even with the worlds berth before the game I didn’t even want to look at a silver medal. We did good in the game. We were a little bit �at to begin with, but we really found our feet towards the end, and �nished. I am proud of the way the guys played the game out even with that berth in hand – we won it the right way.”

It was tight match between the two skips, who are very used to playing with and against one another.

“We didn’t exactly go crazy in any of the ends. �ere were no big pileups of rocks in the four foot. It was passive-aggressive play from both teams today. �ere were plenty of rocks in play, but they weren’t cluttered up in the middle,” said Shuster, who skipped Team USA at the 2014 and 2010 Olympic Winter Games and won bronze as lead at the 2006 Olympics.

Shuster’s team was forced to open the game with a hit for a single point. Brown, a two-time national champion and last year’s runner-up as well, had the early game advantage, twice scoring deuces to take a 4-1 lead a�er four ends of play. Shuster capitalized on a heavy draw by Team Brown to score a deuce in the ��h end to tie the game, 4-4.

�e next two ends were blanked with Brown and his team of Kroy Nern-berger (Madison, Wis.), Jared Zezel (Hibbing, Minn.), Sean Beighton (Seattle), and Alex Leichter (Boston) taking a point in the eighth end for the slim lead. �e Shuster rink was able to hold the hammer until the 10th end to set up the win.

Kate Bert (St. Paul, Minn.) and Mark Haluptzok (Bemidji, Minn.) were the recipients of the Ann Brown Sportsmanship Awards.

Minnesota’s Tyler George (above) won his second U.S. men’s national title. Photo by Rich Harmer for USA Curling

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Men’s National Championships

Year Recipient Club Team2015 Mark Haluptzok Bemidji, MN Mark Haluptzok rink2014 Josh Bahr Bemidji, MN Eric Fenson rink2013 Mike Farbelow St. Paul, MN Mike Farbelow rink2012 Kroy Nernberger Madison, WI Craig Brown rink2011 Todd Birr Mankato, MN Todd Birr rink2010 Kevin Kakela Langdon, ND Kevin Kakela rink2009 Mike Farbelow St. Paul, MN Mike Farbelow rink2008 Greg Romaniuk Seattle, WA Greg Romaniuk rink2007 Joel Jacobson Langdon, ND Craig Disher rink

Ann Brown Sportsmanship Award

Round robin standings: MenJohn Shuster (Duluth, Minn.) 8-1Craig Brown (Madison, Wis.) 7-2Heath McCormick (Sarnia, Ont.) 6-3Brandon Corbett (Rochester, N.Y.) 4-5Dean Gemmell (Short Plains, N.J.) 4-5Paul Pustovar (Hibbing, Minn.) 4-5Korey Dropkin (Southborough, Mass.) 4-5 Brady Clark (Lynnwood, Wash.) 3-6Mark Haluptzok (Bemidji, Minn.) 3-6Ethan Meyers (Minneapolis, Minn.) 2-7

Tiebreaker, Round 1: Corbett 6, Dropkin 5 (extra end); Gemmell 8, Pustovar 7Tiebreaker, Round 2: Corbett 8, Gemmell 6

Page Playoff, 1 v. 2:*Shuster 003 200 100 1 – 7Brown 000 021 021 0 – 6

Page Playoff, 3 v. 4:McCormick 203 001 020 x – 8*Corbett 020 100 200 x – 5

Semifinal:*Brown 000 021 100 0 – 4McCormick 001 000 020 0 – 3

Final:Shuster 101 020 000 4 – 8*Brown 020 200 010 0 – 5*last rock in �rst end

2015 U.S. men’s national champions (l-r) John Shuster, Tyler George, Matt Hamilton, John Landsteiner, and Trevor Host.



Men’s National ChampionsYear Site Winning Club Skip2015 Kalamazoo, MI Duluth, MN John Shuster2014 Aston, PA Bemidji, MN Pete Fenson2013 Green Bay, WI Granite, WA Brady Clark2012 Aston, PA Ardsley, NY Heath McCormick2011 Fargo, ND Bemidji, MN Pete Fenson2010 Kalamazoo, MI Bemidji, MN Pete Fenson2009 Broom�eld, CO Duluth, MN John Shuster2008 Hibbing, MN Madison, WI Craig Brown2007 Utica, NY Mankato, MN Todd Birr2006 Bemidji, MN Bemidji, MN Pete Fenson2005 Madison, WI Bemidji, MN Pete Fenson2004 Grand Forks, ND Seattle, WA Jason Larway2003 Utica, NY Bemidji, MN Pete Fenson2002 Eveleth, MN Madison, WI Paul Pustovar2001 Madison, WI Seattle, WA Jason Larway2000 Ogden, UT Madison, WI Craig Brown1999 Duluth, MN Superior, WI Tim Somerville1998 Bismarck, ND Stevens Point, WI Paul Pustovar1997 Seattle, WA Langdon, ND Craig Disher1996 Bemidji, MN Superior, WI Tim Somerville1995 Appleton, WI Superior, WI Tim Somerville1994 Duluth, MN Bemidji, MN Scott Baird1993 St. Paul, MN Bemidji, MN Scott Baird1992 Gra�on, ND Seattle, WA Doug Jones1991 Utica, NY Madison, WI Steve Brown1990 Superior, WI Seattle, WA Bard Nordlund1989 Detroit, MI Seattle, WA Jim Vukich1988 St. Paul, MN Seattle, WA Doug Jones1987 Lake Placid, NY Seattle, WA Jim Vukich1986 Seattle, WA Madison, WI Steve Brown1985 Mequon, WI Wilmette, IL Tim Wright1984 Hibbing, MN Hibbing, MN Joe Roberts1983 Colo. Springs, CO Colo. Springs, CO Don Cooper1982 Brookline, MA Madison, WI Steve Brown1981 Fairbanks, AK Superior, WI Bob Nichols1980 Bemidji, MN Hibbing, MN Paul Pustovar1979 Superior, WI Bemidji, MN Scott Baird1978* Utica, NY Superior, WI Bob Nichols1977 Northbrook, IL Hibbing, MN Bruce Roberts1976* Wausau, WI Hibbing, MN Bruce Roberts1975 Detroit, MI Seattle, WA Ed Risling1974* Schenectady, NY Superior, WI Bud Somerville1973 Colo. Springs, CO Winchester, MA Charles Reeves1972 Wilmette, IL Gra�on, ND Robert LaBonte1971 Duluth, MN Edmore, ND Dale Dalziel1970 Ardsley, NY Gra�on, ND Art Tallackson1969 Grand Forks, ND Superior, WI Bud Somerville1968 Madison, WI Superior, WI Bud Somerville1967 Winchester, MA Seattle, WA Bruce Roberts1966 Hibbing, MN Fargo, ND Bruce Roberts1965* Seattle, WA Superior, WI Bud Somerville1964 Utica, NY Duluth, MN Robert Magie Jr.1963 Duluth, MN Detroit, MI Mike Slyziuk1962 Detroit, MI Hibbing, MN Dick Brown1961 Grand Forks, ND Seattle, WA Frank Crealock1960 Chicago, IL Gra�on, ND Orvil Gilleshammer1959 Green Bay, WI Hibbing, MN Dick Brown1958 Milwaukee, WI Detroit, MI Mike Slyziuk1957 Chicago, IL Hibbing, MN Harold Lauber * won world championship

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Men’s National Champions�ird Second Lead AlternateTyler George Matt Hamilton John Landsteiner Trevor HostShawn Rojeski Joe Polo Ryan BruntSean Beighton Darren Lehto Philip Tilker Steve LundeenBill Stopera Martin Sather Dean Gemmell Matt HamesShawn Rojeski Joe Polo Ryan BruntShawn Rojeski Joe Polo Tyler GeorgeJason Smith Je� Isaacson John BentonRich Ruohonen John Dunlop Pete AnnisBill Todhunter Greg Johnson Kevin BirrShawn Rojeski Joe Polo John Shuster Scott BairdShawn Rojeski Joe Polo John ShusterDoug Pottinger Joel Larway Bill Todhunter Doug Kau�manEric Fenson Shawn Rojeski John ShusterMike Fraboni Geo� Goodland Richard MaskelGreg Romaniuk Joel Larway Travis Way Doug Kau�manRyan Quinn Jon Brunt John DunlopDon Barcome Jr. Myles Brundidge John Gordon Bud SomervilleDave Violette Greg Wilson Cory WardKevin Kakela Joel Jacobson Paul PetersonMike Schneeberger Myles Brundidge John GordonMike Schneeberger Myles Brundidge John GordonPete Fenson Mark Haluptzok Tim JohnsonPete Fenson Mark Haluptzok Tim JohnsonJason Larway Joel Larway Tom ViolettePaul Pustovar George Godfrey Wally Henry Mike FraboniDoug Jones Murphy Tomlinson Tom VioletteCurt Fish Bard Nordlund James Pleasants Jason LarwayBard Nordlund Murphy Tomlinson Mike GrennanRon Sharpe George Pepelnjak Gary JoraanstadWally Henry George Godfrey Richard MaskelJohn Jahant Jim Wilson Russ Armstrong**Bruce Roberts Gary Kle�man Jerry ScottJerry Van Brunt Jr. Bill Shipstad Jack McNellyEd She�eld Huns Gustrowsky George GodfreyBud Somerville Bob Christman Robert BuchananJohn Jankilla Gary Kle�man Jerry ScottDan Haluptzok Mark Haluptzok Bob FensonBill Strum Tom Locken Bob ChristmanPaul Pustovar Gary Kle�man Jerry ScottJoe Roberts Gary Kle�man Jerry ScottCharles Lundgren Gary Schnee Dave TellvikBob Nichols Bill Strum Tom LockenDoug Carlson Henry Shean Barry BlanchardFrank Aasand John Aasand Ray MorganDennis Melland Clark Sampson Rodney MellandGlenn Gilleshammer Ray Holt Trueman �ompsonBill Strum Franklin Bradshaw Gene OvesenBill Strum Al Gagne Tom WrightTom Fitzpatrick John Wright Doug WalkerJoe Zbacnik Gerry Toutant Mike O’LearyBill Strum Al Gagne Tom WrightBert Payne Russell Barber Britton PayneNelson Brown Ernest Slyziuk Walter HubchikTerry Kle�man Fran Kle�man Nick JerulleKen Sherwood John Jamieson Bud McCartneyGlenn Gilleshammer Wilmer Collette Donald LaBonteTerry Kle�man Fran Kle�man Nick JerulleDouglas Fisk Ernest Slyziuk Merritt KnowlsonLouis Lauber Peter Beasy Matt Berklich


2015 World Women’s ChampionshipMarch 14-22, 2015 • Sapporo, Japan

Women’s World Championship

Aileen Sormunen and Team USA fought each game to the �nal stone but wins were a rare commodity for the Americans at the 2015 ZEN-NOH World Women’s Championship in Sapporo, Japan.

Team USA, led in the final game by alternate Becca Hamilton (McFarland, Wis.), finished the event with an 8-5 loss to Norway’s Kristin Skaslien rink at Tsukisamu Gymnasium.

Sormunen (Duluth, Minn.) and teammates Monica Walker (Brighton, Mass.), Tara Peterson (Eagan, Minn.), Vicky Persinger (Fairbanks, Alaska), and Hamilton concluded their week in Japan with a �nal ranking of 10th place. The team was coached by Olympians Scott Baird (Bemidji, Minn.) and Ann Swisshelm (Chicago).

“It took us maybe a little bit longer to get a grasp of the ice and how it was moving, the patterns, how one side was di�erent from the other side,” said Persinger, 22. “We just didn’t quite get the rocks where we needed them to be. We had a di�cult time with rock placement all week.”

Norway played its best game of the week in earning its lone win of the championship. �e U.S. team also played its strongest statistical game in its �nal game but couldn’t get the “w” to show for it as they out-shot Norway 83 to 79 percent. A�er scoring three points early in the game, the U.S. team looked ready to take control of the game but struggled to place stones in the best spots to prosper.

“We got the three, but we still knew that we needed to be sharp and on top of our game and we missed some opportunities,” said Persinger, who shot 99 percent in the game. “Once we got behind, we didn’t get our freezes quite perfect all the time.”

Switzerland’s Alina Paetz went on to win the gold medal with a 5-3 victory over Canada’s Jennifer Jones. Russia won its second straight bronze medal a�er getting past Scotland, 13-5.

�e 2016 World Women’s Championship will be staged March 19-27 in Swi� Current, Saskatchwan, Canada. �e 2016 USA Curling National Cham-pionships, which helps determine Team USA for the men’s and women’s world championships, will be Feb. 6-13 in Jacksonville, Fla.

Team USA’s Tara Peterson (le�) represented the American women for the second year in a row. She also competed in three World Junior Championship previously.

Photo courtesy of the World Curling

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Round robin standings: WomenSwitzerland (Alina Paetz) 10-1Canada (Jennifer Jones) 9-2Russia (Anna Sidorova) 8-3Scotland (Eve Muirhead) 7-4China (Sijia Liu) 7-4Japan (Ayumi Ogasawara) 6-5Sweden (Margaretha Sigfridsson) 5-6Denmark (Lene Nielsen) 4-7Germany (Daniela Driendl) 4-7USA (Aileen Sormunen) 3-8Finland (Sanna Puustinen) 2-9Norway (Kristin Skaslien) 1-10

Tiebreaker: Scotland 9, China 4

Page Playoff, 1 v. 2:*Switzerland 200 101 002 x – 6Canada 001 010 110 x – 4

Page Playoff, 3 v. 4:Scotland 000 100 100 x – 2*Russia 001 011 022 x – 7

Semifinal:*Canada 210 200 110 x – 7Russia 001 002 001 x – 4

Bronze-medal:Scotland 010 002 01x x – 4*Russia 501 130 30x x – 13

Gold medal:Canada 000 000 201 0 – 3*Switzerland 011 002 000 1 – 5*last rock in �rst end

USA round robin results:Russia 12, USA 4Switzerland 6, USA 5China 8, USA 4Scotland 9, USA 2Germany 6, USA 5USA 6, Japan 4Canada 10, USA 2USA 7, Sweden 6USA 8, Finland 4Denmark 8, USA 5Norway 8, USA 5

USA shooting percentages by position and ranking:

Aileen Sormunen, skip, 63%, 11thMonica Walker, vice, 73%, 8thTara Peterson, second, 78%, 4thVicky Persinger, lead, 81%, 5thBecca Hamilton, alternate, 79% (played all positions)Team, 74%, 8th

USA skip Aileen Sormunen (above) competed in her �rst world women’s championship.

Photo courtesy of the World Curling Federation


2015 World Men’s ChampionshipMarch 28-April 5, 2015

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Men’s World Championship

Team USA �nished ��h a�er losing a heartbreaking tiebreaker game to Finland, 6-5, at the 2015 Ford World Men’s Championship on April 3 in Hali-fax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

John Shuster (Duluth, Minn.) and his team of Tyler George (Duluth, Minn.), Matt Hamilton (McFarland, Wis.), John Landsteiner (Duluth, Minn.), and Craig Brown (Madison, Wis.) had plenty of opportunities to defeat Aku Kauste’s rink but could not capitalize in the end at the Scotiabank Centre.

“�is one’s on me,” Shuster said a�er the loss. �e ��h-place �nish for the American team is the highest �nish since Pete Fenson’s squad was fourth in 2010. The team was coached by Fenson (Bemidji, Minn.) and Phill Drobnick (Eveleth, Minn.).

“�is de�nitely has proven that we belong here at the top of the standings when we come here and play our game,” said Shuster, who shot 78 percent in the tiebreaker game. “I’m proud of these guys and the way they played this week. We just couldn’t get it done today.”

�e U.S. team out-shot Finland 87 to 75 percent in the loss. �e U.S. had control of most of the ends but failed to execute when big scoring opportuni-ties were presented.

“I liked two or the three of them that cost us the game. I liked them when I let them go,” said Shuster, who has competed in three Olympic Games and �ve world championships. Too many key misses late in the game cost the U.S. at a chance for its �rst playo� appearance in �ve years.

Finland (7-5) moved on to play Sweden (8-3) in the Page playoff 3-4 with the Swedes prevailing, 7-4. Norway defeated Canada in the Page 1-2 game to advance to the gold-medal game. Sweden kept up its winning ways and defeated Canada in the semi�nal, 6-3, and Norway in the �nal, 9-5, to win the world title. Canada bounced back to earn the bronze a�er getting past Finland, 8-5.

�e 2016 World Men’s Championship will be held April 2-10 in Basel, Switzer-land.

�ree-time Olympian John Shuster (le�) made his ��h appearance at the men’s world championship and second in the skipping role.


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Men’s World Championship

Round robin standings: MenNorway (Thomas Ulsrud) 10-1Canada (Pat Simmons) 10-1Sweden (Niklas Edin) 8-3Finland (Aku Kauste) 6-5USA (John Shuster) 6-5Japan (Yusuke Morozumi) 5-6Switzerland (Mark Pfister) 5-6China (Jialiang Zang) 4-7Czech Republic (Jiri Snitil) 4-7Italy (Joel Retornaz) 3-8Scotland (Ewan MacDonald) 3-8Russia (Evegny Arkhipov) 2-9

Tiebreaker:*Finland 100 110 110 1 – 6USA 002 002 001 0 – 5

Page Playoff, 1 v. 2:Canada 020 011 010 10 – 6*Norway 101 000 202 01 – 7

Page Playoff, 3 v. 4:*Sweden 100 012 020 1 – 7Finland 000 100 201 0 – 4

Semifinal:Sweden 102 021 000 x – 6*Canada 010 100 010 x – 3

Bronze-medal:*Canada 110 302 001 x – 8Finland 001 010 020 x – 4

Gold medal:Sweden 300 030 30x x – 9*Norway 012 001 01x x – 5*last rock in �rst end

USA round robin results:Canada 11, USA 10 (extra end)USA 10, Norway 7Switzerland 9, USA 3Finland 7, USA 4USA 8, Italy 2Scotland 6, USA 4USA 9, China 5Sweden 11, USA 6USA 8, Japan 6USA 6, Czech Republic 2USA 6, Russia 5

USA shooting percentages by position and ranking:

John Shuster, skip, 79%, 5thTyler George, vice skip, 80%, 3rdMatt Hamilton, second, 79%, 6thJohn Landsteiner, lead, 78%, 10thTeam, 79%, 5th

USA’s John Landsteiner (le�) and Matt Hamilton prepare to sweep one of John Shuster’s skip stones during round robin action in Halifax.



Year Site Gold Skip Silver Bronze USA2015 Sapporo, JPN SUI Alina Paetz CAN RUS 102014 Saint John, CAN SUI Binia Feltscher CAN RUS 62013 Riga, LVA SCO Eve Muirhead SWE CAN 42012 Lethbridge, CAN SUI Mirjam Ott SWE CAN 52011 Esbjerg, DEN SWE Anette Norberg CAN CHN 72010 Swi� Current, CAN GER Andrea Schopp SCO CAN 52009 Gangneung, KOR CHN Bingyu Wang SWE DEN 92008 Vernon, CAN CAN Jennifer Jones CHN SUI 72007 Aomori, JPN CAN Kelly Scott DEN SCO 42006 Grande Prairie, CAN SWE Anette Norberg USA CAN 22005 Paisley, SCO SWE Anette Norberg USA NOR 22004 Gavle, SWE CAN Colleen Jones NOR SUI 42003 Winnipeg, CAN USA Debbie McCormick CAN SWE 12002 Bismarck, USA SCO Jackie Lockhart SWE NOR 72001 Lausanne, SUI CAN Colleen Jones SWE DEN 52000 Glasgow, SCO CAN Kelly Law SUI NOR 61999 St. John, CAN SWE Elisabet Gustafson USA DEN 21998 Kamloops, CAN SWE Elisabet Gustafson DEN CAN 81997 Berne, SUI CAN Sandra Schmirler NOR DEN 6 1996 Hamilton, CAN CAN Marilyn Bodogh USA NOR 21995 Brandon, CAN SWE Elisabet Gustafson CAN NOR 51994 Oberstdorf, GER CAN Sandra Peterson SCO GER/SWE 61993 Geneva, SUI CAN Sandra Peterson GER SWE/NOR 81992 Garmisch, GER SWE Elisabet Johansson USA SUI/CAN 21991 Winnipeg, CAN NOR Dordi Nordby CAN SWE/SCO 91990 Vasteras, SWE NOR Dordi Nordby SCO CAN/DEN 81989 Milwaukee, USA CAN Heather Houston NOR GER/SWE 91988 Glasgow, SCO GER Andrea Schopp CAN SWE 71987 Chicago, IL, USA CAN Pat Sanders GER SUI 51986 Kelowna, CAN CAN Marilyn Darte GER SWE 71985 Jonkoping, SWE CAN Linda Moore SCO SUI 91984 Perth, SCO CAN Connie Laliberte SUI NOR/GER 91983 Moose Jaw, CAN SUI Erika Mueller NOR CAN/SWE 61982 Geneva, SUI DEN Marianne Jorgensen SWE SCO/NOR 81981 Perth, SCO SWE Elisabeth Hogstrom CAN NOR/SUI 81980 Perth, SCO CAN Marj Mitchell SWE SCO/USA 31979 Perth, SCO SUI Gaby Casanova SWE CAN/SCO 5

World Women’s Champions

Team USA’s Vicky Persinger (le�) played lead for the American ladies at the 2015 world championship in Japan.

Photo courtesy of the World Curling

Federation

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Year Site Gold Skip Silver Bronze USA2015 Halifax, CAN SWE Niklas Edin NOR CAN 52014 Beijing, China NOR �omas Ulsrud SWE SUI 102013 Victoria, CAN SWE Niklas Edin CAN SCO 92012 Basel, SUI CAN Glenn Howard SCO SWE 82011 Regina, CAN CAN Je� Stoughton SCO SWE 102010 Cortina, ITA CAN Kevin Koe NOR SCO 42009 Moncton, CAN SCO David Murdoch CAN NOR 52008 Grand Forks, USA CAN Kevin Martin SCO NOR 72007 Edmonton, CAN CAN Glenn Howard GER USA 32006 Lowell, USA SCO David Murdoch CAN NOR 42005 Victoria, CAN CAN Randy Ferbey SCO GER 62004 Gavle, SWE SWE Peter Lindholm GER CAN 92003 Winnipeg, CAN CAN Randy Ferbey SUI NOR 8 2002 Bismarck, USA CAN Randy Ferbey NOR SCO 42001 Lausanne, SUI SWE Peter Lindholm SUI SUI 62000 Glasgow, SCO CAN Greg McAulay SWE FIN 41999 St. John, CAN SCO Hammy McMillan CAN SUI 41998 Kamloops, CAN CAN Wayne Middaugh SWE FIN 6 1997 Berne, SUI SWE Peter Lindholm GER SCO 61996 Hamilton, CAN CAN Je� Stoughton SCO SUI 51995 Brandon, CAN CAN Kerry Burtnyk SCO GER 41994 Oberstdorf, GER CAN Rick Folk SWE SUI/GER 51993 Geneva, SUI CAN Russ Howard SCO USA/SUI 31992 Garmisch, GER SUI Markus Eggler SCO CAN/USA 31991 Winnipeg, CAN SCO David Smith CAN USA/NOR 31990 Vasteras, SWE CAN Ed Werenich SCO DEN/SWE 61989 Milwaukee, USA CAN Pat Ryan SUI NOR/SWE 81988 Lausanne, SUI NOR Eigil Ramsfjell CAN SCO 71987 Vancouver, CAN CAN Russ Howard GER NOR 51986 Toronto, CAN CAN Ed Lukowich SCO USA 3 1985 Glasgow, SCO CAN Al Hackner SWE DEN 41984 Duluth, USA NOR Eigil Ramsfjell SUI SWE 61983 Regina, CAN CAN Ed Werenich GER NOR 61982 Garmisch, GER CAN Al Hackner SUI GER 61981 London, CAN SUI Jurg Tanner USA CAN 21980 Moncton, CAN CAN Rick Folk NOR SUI 41979 Berne, SUI NOR Kristian Soerum SUI CAN 51978 Winnipeg, CAN USA Bob Nichols NOR CAN 11977 Karlstad, SWE SWE Ragnar Kamp CAN SCO 41976 Duluth, USA USA Bruce Roberts SCO SUI 11975 Perth, SCO SUI Otto Danieli USA CAN 21974 Berne, SUI USA Bud Somerville SWE SUI 11973 Regina, CAN SWE Kjell Oscarius CAN FRA 51972 Garmisch, GER CAN Orest Meleschuk USA SCO 2 1971 Megeve, FRA CAN Don Duguid SCO USA 31970 Utica, NY, USA CAN Don Duguid SCO SWE 41969 Perth, SCO CAN Ron Northcutt USA SCO 21968 Pointe Claire, CAN CAN Ron Northcutt SCO USA 31967 Perth, SCO SCO Chuck Hay SWE CAN/USA 31966 Vancouver, CAN CAN Ron Northcutt SCO SWE/USA 31965 Perth, SCO USA Bud Somerville CAN SCO/SWE 11964 Calgary, CAN CAN Lyall Dagg SCO SWE/USA 31963 Perth, SCO CAN Ernie Richardson SCO/USA (NA) 21962 Falkirk, SCO CAN Ernie Richardson USA SCO 21961 Falkirk, SCO CAN Hector Gervais SCO USA 31960 Falkirk, SCO CAN Ernie Richardson SCO (NA) (NA)1959 Falkirk, SCO CAN Ernie Richardson SCO (NA) (NA)

World Men’s Champions


Frances Brodie & Colin Campbell Sportsmanship AwardsFinland’s Sanna Puustinen was honored with this year’s Frances Brodie

Award for sportsmanship during the 2015 World Women’s Championship. �e award is in honor of Scotland’s Frances Brodie, one of curling’s pioneers who helped establish the women’s world championship. Japan’s Kosuke Morozumi received the 2015 Colin Campbell Memorial Award, which honors the memory of Colin A. Campbell, president of the International Curling Federation (now the World Curling Federation) from 1969 until his passing in 1978. �e award is presented annually to the player in the men’s World Curling Championship who best combines playing ability with sportsmanlike conduct, as determined by his fellow competitors.

Frances Brodie Award Recipients Colin Campbell Award Recipients2015 Sanna Puustinen FIN Kosuke Morozumi JPN2014 Alison Kreviazuk CAN Ewan MacDonald SCO2013 Corinna Scholz GER Niklas Edin SWE2012 Eve Muirhead SCO Sean Becker NZL2011 Henriette Lovar NOR �omas Ulrsud NOR2010 Linn Githmark NOR Torger Nergard NOR2009 Marianne Rorvik NOR Fengchun Wang CHN2008 Mirjam Ott SUI �omas Dufour FRA2007 Lindsay Wood SCO Ralph Stoecki SUI2006 Junko Tonobe JPN Ewan MacDonald SCO2005 Cassie Johnson USA Marco Mariani ITA2004 Madeleine Dupont DEN Sean Becker NZL2003 Dordi Nordby NOR Markuu Uusipaavalniemi FIN2002 Mi-Yeon Kim KOR Paal Trulsen NOR2001 Ann Swisshelm USA Spencer Mugnier FRA2000 Rhona Martin SCO Greg McAulay CAN1999 Marianne Aspelin NOR Sean Becker NZL1998 Jackie Lockhart SCO Markuu Uusipaavalniemi FIN1997 Jaana Jokela FIN Jussi Uusipaavalniemi FIN1996 Kirsty Hay SCO Mikael Hasselborg SWE1995 Ayako Ishigaki JPN Peter Lindholm SWE1994 Helena Blach-Lavrsen DEN Gert Larsen DEN1993 Jaana Jokela FIN Hugh Millikin AUS1992 Amy Hatten Wright USA Jussi Uusipaavalniemi FIN1991 Veronika Huber AUT Markus Eggler SUI1990 Almut Hege-Scholl GER Tommy Stjerne DEN1989 Christina Lestander SUI Tommy Stjerne DEN1988 Bo Bakke NOR1987 Goran Roxin SWE1986 Uli Sutor GER1985 Tim Wright USA1984 Mike Hay SCO1983 Keith Wendorf GER1982 Rick Lang CAN1981 Mark Olson CAN1980 Greig Henderson SCO1979 Keith Wendorf GER

World Sportsmanship Awards

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USA Curling AwardsUSA Curling Team of the Year

2015 The Lyle Sieg rink (Lyle Sieg, Tom Violette, Steve Lundeen, Ken Trask, Duane Rutan)2014 The Margie Smith rink (Margie Smith, Norma O’Leary, Debbie Dexter, Shelly Kosal)2013 The Erika Brown rink (Erika Brown, Debbie McCormick, Jessica Schultz, Ann Swisshelm)2012 Brady Clark & Cristin Clark of Seattle, Wash.2011 The Geoff Goodland rink of Eau Claire, Wis. (Geoff Goodland, Tim Solin, Pete Westberg, Ken Olson, Phil DeVore)2010 The Paul Pustovar rink of Hibbing, Minn. (Paul Pustovar, Brian Simonson, Tom Harms, Don Mohawk, Dale Gibbs)2009 The Brady Clark rink of Seattle, Wash. (Brady Clark, Cristin Clark, Philip Tilker, Bev Walter)2008 The Chris Plys rink of Duluth, Minn. (Chris Plys, Aanders Brorson, Matt Perushek, Matt Hamilton, Daniel Plys)2007 The Todd Birr rink of Mankato, Minn. (Todd Birr, Bill Todhunter, Greg Johnson, Kevin Birr)2006 The Pete Fenson rink of Bemidji, Minn. (Pete Fenson, Shawn Rojeski, Joe Polo, John Shuster, Scott Baird)2005 The Cassie Johnson rink of Bemidji, Minn. (Cassie Johnson, Jamie Johnson, Jessica Schultz, Maureen Brunt)2004 The Patti Lank rink of Wisconsin (Patti Lank, Erika Brown, Nicole Joraanstad, Natalie Nicholson)2003 The Debbie McCormick rink of Illinois (Debbie McCormick, Allison Pottinger, Ann Swisshelm, Tracy Sachtjen)2002 The Cassie Johnson rink of Bemidji, Minn. (Cassie Johnson, Jamie Johnson, Katie Beck, Maureen Brunt)2001 The Andy Roza rink of Ak-Sar-Ben (Omaha), Neb. (Andy Roza, Steve Jaixen, Chris Becher, Scott Jordan)2000 The Laura Delaney rink of Wisconsin (Laura Delaney, Nicole Joraanstad, Kirsten Finch, Rebecca Dobie)1999 The Patti Lank rink of Wisconsin (Patti Lank, Erika Brown, Allison Darragh, Tracy Sachtjen)1998 The Andy Roza rink of Ak-Sar-Ben (Omaha), Neb. (Andy Roza, Steve Jaixen, Kevin Jordan, Chris Becher, Scott Jordan)1997 The Risa O’Connell rink of Bemidji, Minn. (Risa O’Connell, Amy Becher, Natalie Simenson, Missi O’Connell)

Bruce Bennett Media AwardYear Recipient Media Outlet2013 Matthew De George Delaware County (Pa.) Daily Times2011 Jim Carrington Bemidji (Minn.) Pioneer Press2010 Janie McCauley Associated Press2007 Jon Miller & Peter Diamond NBC Sports 2003 Tom Erskine WKTV-NBC, Utica, N.Y. 2002 Walter Brzoza curling cartoonist2000 Frank & Mary “China” Rhyme U.S. Curling News, Portage, Wis.

�e Bruce Bennett Media Award honors Bruce Bennett of Duluth, Minn., who captured the many aspects of curling – the people, the competition, the strategy, and the skill. He was able to convey, in his stories, the essence of the game, for curlers and non-curlers alike. He wrote about curling with passion and enthusiasm. Bennett was responsible for generating interest in the sport and expanding the curling community throughout the curling world through his newspaper stories, as well as in curling publications in the U.S. and Canada. Bennett was an ambassador for all curlers and for the sport of curling. �e award is presented to those who exemplify Bennett’s sustained journalism skills for the promotion of curling.


INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCEUSA Curling sta� members are available to answer questions and provide

assistance to current members and emerging clubs. Contact the o�ce toll free at 1-888-CURLERS (287-5377) or through email ([email protected]) with questions or requests on anything from signing up for a class to starting a curl-ing club. We are here to help you!

COMMUNICATION WITH MEMBERS�e USCA connects current members with the latest news and informa-

tion about the sport through multiple communication platforms. �e U.S. Curling News, a full-color magazine, is delivered to members four times each year, with two additional bonus online summer editions. Between issues look for updates on the USA Curling website, in the Stone Soup electronic newslet-ter or by connecting with USA Curling on Facebook and Twitter.

MEMBERS’ ASSEMBLYUSA Curling’s second annual Members’ Assembly will be held in October

2015 in Fort Wayne, Ind. �e Members’ Assembly includes educational and networking components. Seminars on topics such as recruiting and retention, coaching, and grant writing will be o�ered along with on-ice skills training.

CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING COURSESUSA Curling o�ers training in ice making, o�ciating, coaching, and

instruction. �ese courses, which are geared toward increasing the level of curling knowledge throughout the country, are taught by experienced curlers with expertise in the subject matter. A new Wheelchair Instructor Certi�cation Course was introduced during the 2014-15 curling season.

COMPETITIONSChampionship events provide opportunities for curlers of all ages to chal-

lenge themselves in the sport and connect with other curlers from around the country. Annual events include arena, club, college, junior, men’s and women’s, mixed, mixed doubles, and senior national championships.

SUMMER CAMPSAll curlers have the opportunity to learn from USA Curling High Perfor-

mance Program coaches during the annual multiple-day open training camp, which takes place at the National Training Center in Blaine, Minn. USA Curl-ing also provides support for popular junior camps around the country.

CURLING IN THE GYMMembers can introduce curling in local schools, youth centers, or at

community events. USA Curling loans rolling stones to clubs seeking to o�er o�-ice programs. An eight-session lesson plan, designed to expand knowledge of and access to the sport while increasing physical activity in school children, accompanies this equipment.

CLASSROOM MATERIALSMembers can also introduce curling in the classroom through use of

handouts developed with the elementary/middle school audience in mind. Age appropriate information about curling, classroom discussion prompts, word �nd, crossword puzzle, and instructions for a classroom beanbag game can be found on the USA Curling website.

Programs & Resources for Clubs

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SAFETY INITIATIVES�e USCA has partnered with the National Center for Safety Initiatives

(NCSI) for several years, and recently expanded this partnership to offer member clubs access to comprehensive background screening programs at signi�cantly reduced prices. Online abuse and harassment prevention training is also available to member clubs free of charge through the USOC SafeSport program. Contact USA Curling at [email protected] for more information.

LIABILITY INSURANCEUSA Curling’s club insurance program provides access to liability insur-

ance and accident coverage with reasonable premiums. Member clubs are contacted each year prior to the annual policy renewal in December.

DARWIN CURTIS GRANT PROGRAM�e USCA was selected to administer the Darwin Curtis Fund Grant Pro-

gram on behalf of �e Chicago Community Trust in 2012. �e Darwin Curtis Fund was established to “support and encourage participation by the general public in the sport of curling.” Each season $20,000 is available to clubs and/or other 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations through a competitive application process.

AWARDS AND HONORSUSA Curling recognizes excellence through the USCA Hall of Fame and by

honoring the Coach, Developmental Coach, Athlete, and Team of the Year. In 2012, the Volunteer of the Year Award also was established. As volunteers are the foundation of our sport, the award was designed to recognize the work that curlers throughout the nation do to advance curling on the club level.

ON-DEMAND SEASONAL MEMBERSHIP PACKAGEDuring the 2015-16 season, member clubs will be able to choose the mate-

rials that they receive in their annual mailing from the USCA. Club presidents can request relevant quantities of items the club typically uses and forego oth-ers. �ese items, which are geared toward membership development, include brochures, posters, and in-ice logos.

STONE PURCHASE PROGRAMUSA Curling o�ers all member clubs the opportunity to purchase stones at

cost through a program made possible by the World Curling Federation. Pay-ments can be made over a �ve-year period. For more information, contact Kim Nawyn, USA Curling’s Director of Growth & Development, at 1-888-CURL-ERS (287-5377), Ext. 203, or [email protected].

TEAM FAN SHOPUSA Curling apparel and other merchandise is available through Team Fan

Shop. Look for the online store at http://shop.curlingrocks.net/.

Programs & Resources for Clubs


USA Curling Athletes of the Year2015 John Shuster* Sarah Anderson2014 John Landsteiner Ann Swisshelm*2013 Brady Clark Erika Brown***2012 Korey Dropkin Allison Pottinger*2011 Pete Fenson** Patti Lank*2010 Joe Polo Alexandra Carlson2009 John Shuster Natalie Nicholson2008 Augusto Perez Allison Pottinger2007 Todd Birr Nicole Joraanstad2006 Shawn Rojeski Debbie McCormick*2005 Pete Fenson Cassie Johnson2004 Joel Larway Erika Brown2003 Pete Fenson Debbie McCormick2002 Paul Pustovar* Kari Erickson2001 Jason Larway Ann Swisshelm2000 Craig Brown Amy Wright1999 Myles Brundidge Patti Lank1998 Paul Pustovar Stacey Liapis1997 Kevin Kakela Joni Cotten1996 Travis Way Lisa Schoeneberg***1995 Tim Somerville Lisa Schoeneberg1994 Mike Peplinski Erika Brown 1993 Scott Baird Kari (Liapis) Erickson1992 Doug Jones* Lisa Schoeneberg1991 Eric Fenson Lori Mountford1990 Doug Jones Bev Behnke1989 Kurt Marquardt Tracy Zeman1988 Bob Nichols Erika Brown1987 Bud Somerville Lisa Schoeneberg* 2-time recipient ** 3-time recipient *** 4-time recipient

USA Curling Volunteer of the Year

Year Award Recipient Club2015 Darryl Horsman Coyotes (Ariz.) 2014 Mary Fanette Norfolk (Conn.) 2013 Cal Tillisch Wausau (Wis.)2012 Doug Brugler Rochester (N.Y.)

In 2012, the Volunteer of the Year Award also was established. As volunteers are the foundation of our sport, the award was designed to recognize the work that curlers throughout the nation do to advance curling on the club level. �e 2015 recipient is Darryl Horsman (left) of the Coyotes Curling Club.

Volunteer of the Year Award

USA Curling Awards

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Curlers in Charlotte, N.C., now have a four-sheet dedicated curling facility to call home. �e club, which formed in 2010, has more than 100 members and hosted its �rst bonspiel in the new facility in January 2015. Also in 2014, the Triangle Curling Club in Durham became the �rst dedicated curling facility to open in North Carolina.

United States Curling Association

Member Club Directory


(2014-15 regional information)Marty Schultz..........................................................................................................President6311 E. Ninth, Anchorage, AK 99504907-230-0654 [email protected]

Peter Lundquist..............................................................................................Vice President1376 Sixth Ave., Fairbanks, AK 99701907-322-2651 [email protected]

Leland Rich.............................................................................................................Treasurer3080 Riverview Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99709907-388-1058 [email protected]

David Flippo...........................................................................................................Secretary10121 Schneiter Circle, Anchorage, AK 99507907-978-6862 dave.�[email protected]

Steve Shuttleworth...................................................Instruction & Training Coordinator907-479-8796 [email protected]

Anchorage Curling Club711 Loop Road, Anchorage, AK 99520

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 200686, Anchorage, AK 99520Est. 1962 • 2 sheets 907-272-2825www.anchoragecurling.com [email protected]

Brian Sweeney.........................................................................................................President 3226 Discovery Bay Drive, Anchorage, AK 99515907-748-5871 [email protected]

Scott Parker.....................................................................................................Vice President907-349-3626 [email protected]

John Seigle...............................................................................................................Secretary907-223-2536 [email protected]

Barbara Harmon.....................................................................................................Treasurer907-345-1107 [email protected]

Fairbanks Curling Club1962 Second Ave., Fairbanks, AK 99701

Est. 1905 • 6 sheets 907-452-2875 www.curlfairbanks.org

Catharine Persinger................................President/Youth Curling/College Coordinator1961 Second Ave., Fairbanks, AK 99701907-952-9357 [email protected]

Karen Spaleta.....................Vice President/Instruction & Training/Roster Coordinator907-978-5797 [email protected]

Jennifer Ostnes.......................................................................................................Treasurer907-750-2522 [email protected]

Adie Callahan..........................................................................................................Secretary907-347-1626 [email protected]

Ken Hall..................................................................................Club Insurance Coordinator907-378-1292 [email protected]

Member Associations

Alaska Curling Association

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At-Large Region(not in any state or regional association)

Peachtree Curling Club(USCA membership pending)

P.O. Box 681111, Marietta, Ga.Est. 2015 [email protected] www.peachtreecurling.org

Maria Eswine....................................................................................................Club Contact770-870-4517 [email protected]

Colorado Curling AssociationRegion website: www.coloradocurling.org

Cynthia R. Smith....................................................................................................President945 S. Milwaukee Way, Denver, CO 80236303-733-2251 (H) 720-934-0152 (C) [email protected]

Aspen Curling ClubAspen Ice Garden, 233 W. Hyman Ave., Aspen, CO 81611

Est. 2006 • 4 sheets (arena ice) www.aspencurlingclub.com

Wendle Whiting.....................................................................................................President970-618-7955 [email protected]

Casper Curling ClubCasper Ice Arena, 1801 E. Fourth St., Casper, WY 82601

Est. 2007 www.facebook.com/CasperCurling

Dean Boril...............................................................................................................President1551 W. 60th, Casper, WY 82601307-266-4994 [email protected]

Rahul Kandepaneni...............................................................................................Treasurerrahulkandepaneni@gmail.com

Gerald Gassman.....................................................................................................Secretaryggassman@farmersagent.com

Grand National Curling Club of AmericaRegion website: www.gncc.org

Chris Banino...........................................................................................................President7 Hillside St., Tarrytown, NY 10591914-591-8468 [email protected]

Daniel Boeger........................................................................................First Vice President610-827-7230 [email protected]

Charles Brown..................................................................................Second Vice President518-852-0347 [email protected]

Gwen Krailo Lyons.................................................................................................Treasurer603-888-7766 [email protected]

Pauline Davies.........................................................................................................Secretary914-478-5394 [email protected]

Member Associations


Albany Curling Club117 W. McKown Road, Guilderland, NY 12203

Est. 1955 – 2 sheets 518-456-6272www.albanycurlingclub.com [email protected]: Search “Albany Curling Club” Twitter: @albanycurling

Geo�rey Van Epps.................................................................................................President6051 State Farm Road, Guilderland, NY 12084518-456-6272 [email protected]

Jay Watsky................................Vice President/Co-Instruction & Training [email protected]

Marilyn Mathany...........................................................................................Vice [email protected]

Stephen Randolph..................................................................................................Treasureralbanycurlingclubtreasurer@gmail.com

Kelly Adams............................................................................................................Secretaryalbanycurlingclubsecretary@gmail.com

Nicholas Schiraldi................................................................College Curling [email protected]

Martha Naber.....................................................Co-Instruction & Training [email protected]

Marilyn Goldstein.........................................................Membership Roster [email protected]

Amherst Curling Club, Inc.Mailing address: c/o Club President

Est. 1960 – No sheets of ice/paper club Carol Wood.............................................................................................................President1855 Macedon Center Road, Macedon, NY 14502585-329-1480 [email protected]

Anthracite Curling Club�e Ice Rink at Coal Street Park, 40 Coal St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 19702

Est. 2006 – 4 sheets (arena ice) www.anthracitecurling.com

Dave Cawley............................................................................................................Presidentdave@cawley.org

Ardsley Curling ClubNorth Mountain Drive, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10533

Mailing address: P.O. Box 54, Ardsley-on-Hudson, NY 10503Est. 1932 – 3 sheets 914-591-8019www.ardsleycurling.com [email protected]: @ArdsleyCurling

Je� Casper................................................................................................................Presidentjcasper@tabonline.com

Michael Shalhoub..........................................................................................Vice President

Timothy Klein.....................................................Treasurer/Club Insurance Coordinator [email protected]

Laura Hill.................................................................................................................Secretarylaurahilltv@gmail.com

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Atlanta Curling ClubMarietta Ice Center, 4880 Lower Roswell Road, Marietta, GA 30068

Mailing address: P.O. Box 72873, Marietta, GA 30007-2873Est. 2010 – 5 sheets (arena) [email protected] Twitter & Instagram: @atlcurlingFacebook: Search “Atlanta Curling Club”

Daniel O’Toole........................................................................................................President2232 Dunseath Ave. #106, Atlanta, GA 30318678-362-6102 [email protected]

Jon Burba........................................................................................................Vice President770-862-6057 [email protected]

Chris Hyde..............................................................................................................Treasurer770-814-1307 [email protected]

Hannah Hyde..........................................................................................................Secretary678-327-6812 [email protected]

Belfast Curling Club211 Belmont Ave., P.O. Box 281, Belfast, ME 04915

Est. 1957 – 3 sheets 207-338-9851 www.belfastcurlingclub.org

Bart Read.................................................................................................................President64 Appleton Ridge Road, Appleton, ME 04862207-785-6134 (H) 207-322-5368 (C) [email protected]

Je�rey Jones....................................................................................................Vice President207-542-4864 [email protected]

Donna Fancy........................................................Treasurer/Club Insurance Coordinator207-323-8595 [email protected]

Mary Melton...........................................................................................................Secretary425-681-1101 [email protected]

Ann Kirkpatrick.......................................................Instruction & Training Coordinator207-322-9123 [email protected]

Douglas Co�n......................................................................College Curling Coordinator207-338-1466 douglas.co�[email protected]

Steve McLaughlin..........................................................Membership Roster Coordinator207-215-2559 [email protected]

Mark Hall.................................................................................Youth Curling Coordinator207-505-0571 [email protected]

Boston Curling ClubMailing Address: c/o Club Treasurer

Est. 1856 – No sheets/paper club

Sam Williams..........................................................................................................President14 Chadwick St., Acton, MA 01720978-621-5988 [email protected]

�omas Cla�in.......................................................................................................Treasurertcla�[email protected]

Stephen Farrell........................................................................................................Secretary617-244-4804



Brooklyn Lakeside Curling Club(USCA membership pending)

LeFrak Center at Lakeside, Prospect Park, 171 East Drive, Brooklyn, New York 11225

Est. 2014 • 4 sheets (outdoor) [email protected]: Search “Brooklyn Curling” Twitter: @CurlBklyn

Seth Mellin..............................................................................................................President10 Maple St., F9, Brooklyn, NY 11225732-330-7332 [email protected]

Adam Klein....................................................................................................Vice President732-928-6628 [email protected]

Dean Roth.............................................................................................Treasurer/Secretary908-456-6220 [email protected]

Broomstones Curling Club(2014-15 officer information)

1 Curling Lane (138 Rice Road for GPS), Wayland, MA 01778Est. 1968 – 4 sheets 508-358-2412 www.broomstones.com [email protected]: @broomstones

Dave Secor...............................................................................................................President4 Hampden St., Wellesley, MA 02482781-237-7021 (H) 617-968-2424 (C) [email protected]

Teri Olson.......................................................................................................Vice President978-486-0077 [email protected]

Jennifer Leichter.....................................................................................................Treasurer508-655-6783 [email protected]

Christina Young......................................................................................................Secretary617-224-6164 [email protected]

Bucks County Curling ClubBucks County Ice Sports Complex, 1185 York Road, Rink 2, Warminster, PA 18974Est. 2010 – 4 sheets [email protected] Facebook: Search “Bucks Curling Club” Twitter: @BucksCurling

Kevin Stayer.............................................................................................................President2110 Ashton Drive, Jamison, PA 18929244-422-2875 [email protected]

Dave Schmel...................................................................................................Vice President

Mark Wheeler.........................................................................................................Treasurer

Kristen Weiss...........................................................................................................Secretary

Canadian Club of BostonMailing address & phone: c/o Club President

Est. 1960 – 4 sheets at �e Country Clubwww.canadianclubo�oston.com info@canadianclubo�oston.com

Daniel P. Dacey.......................................................................................................President19 Rendall Road, West Roxbury, MA 02132617-325-7079 (H) 857-544-9120 (C) [email protected]

Tim Cla�in IV.........................................................................................................Treasurer45 Parley Road, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

Jennifer Tschumakow.............................................................................................Secretary115 �eodore Parker Road, West Roxbury, MA 02132


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Cape Cod Curling Club37 High�eld Drive, P.O. Box 396, Falmouth, MA 02541

Est. 1969 – 3 sheets 508-540-2414www.capecodcurling.org [email protected]: Search “Cape Cod Curling Club”

Todd Benedict.........................................................................................................President109 Valley Bars Road, Bourne, MA 02532508-759-5078 TBBlue�[email protected] O�nger.........................................................................................Vice President508-274-1508 co�[email protected]

Richard Lousrarian................................................................................................Treasurer508-299-3357

Philip Bruce..................................................Secretary/Membership Roster Coordinator508-457-0391 [email protected]

John Murray.............................................................................Youth Curling Coordinator781-858-7730 [email protected]

Charlotte Curling Association6525 Old Statesville Road, Charlotte, NC 28269

Mailing address: 5009 Beatties Ford Road, Suite 107-242, Charlotte, NC 28216

Est. 2010 – 4 sheets 704-906-6442www.charlottecurling.com [email protected]: Search “Charlotte Curling” Twitter: @cltcurling

Steve McKee............................President/College Curling/Club Insurance Coordinator6104 Greengate Lane, Waxhaw, NC 28173980-721-9987 [email protected]

Omar Van Rooyen.........................................................................................Vice President704-234-2748 [email protected]

Todd Becher............................................................................................................Treasurer704-728-5884 [email protected]

Ronda Harlow.........................................Secretary/Instruction & Training Coordinator704-799-5245 [email protected]

Brady Gould............................................................................Youth Curling [email protected]

Melissa Filanowicz.........................................................Membership Roster Coordinator704-904-9780 melissa.�[email protected]

Chesapeake Curling ClubTalbot County Community Center, 10028 Ocean Gateway, Easton, MD 21601

Mailing address: P.O. Box 753, Easton, MD 21601Est. 1979 – 3 sheets 410-822-0893www.chesapeakecurling.org [email protected]/chesapeakecurling Twitter: @Chesapeake_CC

Lorrie Needles.........................................................................................................President28740 Jacks Field Road, Wye Mills, MD 21769443-454-5443 [email protected]

Martin Wyatt..................................................................................................Vice [email protected]

Matt O’Shea.............................................................................................................Treasurerinfo@chesapeakecurling.org



Sandy Frederick......................................................................................................Secretary443-994-1919 [email protected]

Jill Ferris.............College Curling/Instruction & Training/Youth Curling [email protected]

Coastal Carolina Curling ClubWilmington Ice House, 7201 Ogden Business Lane, Wilmington, NC 28411

Est. 2011 – 4 sheets (arena) 910-742-0008 www.coastalcurling.com [email protected] www.facebook.com/coastalcurling

Rick Crowell............................................................................................................PresidentP.O. Box 4471, Wilmington, NC 28406910-620-6957 [email protected]

Jason Allen......................................................................................................Vice President910-228-2822 [email protected]

Kay Lynch................................................................................................................Treasurer910-520-0448 [email protected]

Anita Liebscher.......................................................................................................Secretary910-262-5638 [email protected]

Aaron King............................................................................College Curling Coordinator517-896-4703 [email protected]

Garden State Curling ClubEst. 1978 – No sheets of ice/paper club

J. Peter Mitchell...................................................................President/Treasurer/Secretary10 Glory Lane, E. Falmouth, MA 02536508-540-6611 [email protected]

Granite Curling ClubEst. 1972 – No sheets of ice/paper club

Peter J. Lyons...........................................................................................................President171 Taylor St., Nashua, NH 03061603-888-2640 [email protected]

Jack Tulley.......................................................................................................Vice President603-888-0550 [email protected]

Gwen Krailo Lyons...............................................................................Secretary/Treasurer171 Taylor St., Nashua, NH 03061 603-620-9012 [email protected]

Green Mountain Curling ClubMailing address: 106 South St., Essex Junction, VT 05452

Curls at the Bedford Curling Club, Bedford, Quebec Est. 2005 www.greenmountaincurlingclub.org [email protected]: www.facebook.com/GreenMountainCurlingClub

Connie Dollinger....................................................................................................President106 South St., Essex Junction, VT [email protected]

Bill Germer.....................................................................................................Vice [email protected]

Chris Luczynski...........................................Treasurer/Membership Roster [email protected]


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Michael Kupersmith...............................................................................................Secretarymichael.kupersmith@state.vt.us

Mike Sitko.................................................................Instruction & Training [email protected]

Hartford Curling Club(USCA provisional member)

Mailing address: 240 Burlington Ave. #25, Bristol, CT 06010www.hartfordcurling.com [email protected]: Search “Hartford Curling” Twitter: @hartfordcurling

Craig Doucette........................................................................................................President240 Burlington Ave. #25, Bristol, CT 06010860-202-7297 [email protected]

Jersey Pinelands Curling Club(USCA provisional member)

�e Igloo Ice-Rink, 3033 Fostertown Rd, Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054Mailing address: 5 Cloverleaf Court, Medford, NJ 08055

Est. 2014 732-598-7257www.jerseycurling.org [email protected] Facebook: Search “Jersey Pinelands Curling Club” Twitter: @JerseyCurling

Jane Sharp...............................................................................................................President5 Cloverleaf Court, Medford, NJ 08055732-598-7257 [email protected]

John Voorhees................................................................................................Vice President732-233-7045 [email protected]

Paul Guerin.............................................................................................................Treasurer856-780-5004 [email protected]

Christopher Gray.................................................Secretary/Club Insurance Coordinator856-812-1811 [email protected]

Nicole Guerin.................................................................Membership Roster Coordinator856-780-5004 [email protected]

Kayuta Lake Curling ClubMailing Address & Phone: c/o Club President

Est. 2001 – Outdoor ice [email protected]

Carl �omas............................................................................................................President318 Buck Lane, Forestport, NY 13338315-831-4253 [email protected]

Lake Placid Curling ClubSaranac Lake Civic Center, 211 Ampersand Ave., Saranac Lake, NY 12983

P.O. Box 134, Saranac Lake, NY 12983Est. 1981 – 5 sheets (arena ice) 518-327-3223 www.lpcurling.org [email protected]

Amber McKernan...................................................................................................President518-524-3314 [email protected]

Michelle Brown-Garcia.................................................................................Vice President518-891-3905 [email protected]

Tom McKernan......................................................................................................Treasurer518-327-3223 [email protected]

Elaine Sater..............................................................................................................Secretary518-327-3498 [email protected]



Long Island Curling ClubNewbridge Arena, 2600 Newbridge Road #2, Bellmore, NY 11710

Mailing address: P.O. Box 852, Bellmore, NY 11710Est. 2008 – 5 sheets (arena ice) www.licurling.org [email protected] Facebook: Search “li curling” Twitter: @licurling Instagram: licurling

Dave Tumminello...................................................................................................President212 Victory Drive, Massapequa Park, NY 11762917-613-6981 [email protected]

Christine Buquicchio...........................................................................First Vice President516-993-9210 [email protected]

Joe Olsey............................................................................................Second Vice President917-747-3149 [email protected]

Ted Phillips..........................................................Treasurer/Club Insurance Coordinator516-448-0233 [email protected]

Adrianne Rondinelli..............................................................................................Secretary516-650-0985 [email protected]

Matt Scheiner.................................Instruction & Training/Youth/College CoordinatorP.O. Box 852, Bellmore, NY 11710516-987-1096 [email protected]

Ruth Loomis..................................................................Membership Roster Coordinator718-831-5672 [email protected]

Merrimack Valley Curling Club(2014-15 officer information)

Curls at Nashua Country Club, 25 Fairway St., Nashua, NH 03060Est. 2006 – 3 sheets of ice at Nashua www.mvcurling.com

Leo Lambert............................................................................................................President14 Trout Brook Road, Dracut, MA 01826978-453-4288 [email protected]

Darryl Dinsdale.............................................................................................Vice President603-883-2888 [email protected]

Warren Barclay.....................................................................................Secretary/Treasurer603-886-1183 [email protected]

Mount Washington Valley Curling ClubHam Ice Arena, 87 W. Main St., Conway, NH 03818

Est. 2011 – 4 sheets (arena) [email protected] www.facebook.com/mwvcc

Patrick Kittle...........................................................................................................PresidentP.O. Box 2575, North Conway, NH 03860603-986-3480 [email protected]

Peter Ellis........................................................................................................Vice President603-367-3821 [email protected]

Louie Inkell.............................................................................................................Treasurer

Kathy Sherman......................................................................................Assistant Treasurer

Paula Ellis.................................................................................................................Secretary603-367-3821 [email protected]


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Nashua Country Club25 Fairway St., Nashua, NH 03060

Est. 1928 – 3 sheets 603-888-0121www.nashuacountryclub.com Twitter: @Nashua_CC

Darryl Dinsdale......................................................................................................President26 Sandpiper Lane, Merrimack, NH 03054603-883-2888 [email protected]

Monica Brazinski....................................................................................................Treasurer603-821-5760 [email protected]

Christine DuPont.........................................Secretary/Membership Roster Coordinator603-635-3680 [email protected]

Bill King..................................................................................Youth Curling Coordinator603-672-4935 [email protected]

Ed Clark.....................................................................Instruction & Training Coordinator603-888-0589 [email protected]

Je� Anderson.................................................................Membership Roster Coordinator603-721-2009 [email protected]

New PondMailing address & phone: c/o Club President

Est. 1998 – 1 sheet (outdoor ice)

R. Douglas Burchesky............................................................................................President17 McKinley Ave., Walpole, MA 02081508-660-9546 [email protected]

New York Caledonian Curling Club46 Sycamore Road, Mahopac, NY 10541

Mailing address & phone: c/o Club PresidentEst. 1855 – 3 sheets at Ardsley Curling Club

George Austin.........................................................................................................President29 Boulder Trail, Bronxville, NY 10708914-961-7305 [email protected]

Chris Banino..................................................................................................Vice President 914-320-2529 [email protected]

Jerry McCarty.........................................................................................................Treasurer914-968-5877 [email protected]

Steve Smith..............................................................................................................Secretary914-628-2089

Peter Austin..............................................................................Youth Curling Coordinator914-591-6988

Norfolk Curling Club70 Golf Drive, P.O. Box 102, Norfolk, CT 06058

Est. 1956 – 2 sheets 860-542-1100 www.norfolkcurlingclub.org [email protected]: Search “Curling in Norfolk”

Ted Stone.............................................................President/College Curling Coordinator38 South Trail, Tolland, MA 01034413-258-4743 [email protected]

Alan Chandler................................................................................................Vice President860-673-4475 [email protected]

Deborah Lane-Olson..........................................Treasurer/Club Insurance Coordinator860-824-1230 dlane-olson@syno�sys.com



Vickie Brown................................................Secretary/Membership Roster Coordinator860-688-8004 [email protected]

Mary Fanette.............................................................Instruction & Training Coordinator860-542-1865 [email protected]

Ray Robitaille...........................................................................Youth Curling Coordinator860-738-2244 [email protected]

Nutmeg Curling Club123 Glenwood Ave., Bridgeport, CT 06610

Mailing address: P.O. Box 5125, Bridgeport, CT 06610Est. 1960 – 3 sheets 203-615-0077www.nutmegcurling.com [email protected]: Search “Nutmeg Curling Club” Twitter: @NutmegCurling

Maura Cockey.........................................................................................................President594 Merwin Ave., Milford, CT 06460203-376-0242 [email protected]

Craig Doucette...............................................................................................Vice President860-202-7297 [email protected]

Nigel Lucas..............................................................................................................Treasurer646-413-9394 [email protected]

Marianne Roggemann...........................................................................................Secretary203-915-9092 [email protected]

Ocean State Curling Club(2014-15 officer information)

Cranston Veterans Memorial Ice Rink, 900 Phenix Ave., Cranston, RI 02921Est. 2009 – 4 sheets (arena ice) 401-603-5732 www.oceanstatecurling.org [email protected]: @oscurling www.facebook.com/OceanStateCurlingClub

Larry Riccitelli........................................................................................................President111 Ambassador Ave., Warwick, RI [email protected]

Orlando Curling Club(USCA membership pending)

RDV Sportsplex, 8701 Maitland Summit Blvd., Orlando, FL 32810www.curlingorlando.com www.facebook.com/curlingorlandoBryan Pittard....................................................................................................Club [email protected]

Palmetto Curling Club�e Pavilion, 400 Scottswood Road, Taylors, SC 29687

Est. 2010 – 4 sheets (arena ice) www.palmettocurling.com [email protected]/palmettocurlingclub Twitter: @palmettocurling

Ryan Smith...........................................................President/Club Insurance Coordinator224 Ashridge Way, Simpsonville, SC 29681864-354-2799 [email protected]

Kay Oken........................................................................................................Vice President864-640-9215 [email protected]

Keith Parker.............................................................................................................Treasurer864-609-5188 [email protected]

Nicole Plante...........................................................................................................Secretary864-395-9248 [email protected]


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Panthers Curling Club(USCA provisional member)

Panthers Ice Den, 3299 Sportsplex Drive, Coral Springs, FL 33065www.panthersiceden.com [email protected]: Search “Panthers Curling Club” Twitter: @PanthersCurling

Petersham Curling Club(2014-15 officer information)

250 Main St., Route 32, Petersham, MA 01366Mailing Address: P.O. Box 5, Athol, MA 01331

Est. 1960 – 2 sheets 978-724-3210www.petershamcurling.org [email protected]/petershamcurlingclub60 Twitter: @PetershamCurl

Michael Finke..........................................................................................................President48 Greystone Drive, Holden, MA 01520m�[email protected]

Philadelphia Curling Club65 Plank Ave., Paoli, PA 19301

Mailing address: P.O. Box 715, Paoli, PA 19301-0715Est. 1957 – 2 sheets 610-285-8448www.philadelphiacurlingclub.org [email protected]/phillycurling Twitter: @phillycurling

Richard Chadwick..................................................................................................Presidentpresident@philadelphiacurlingclub.org

Tracy Schickel.................................................................................................Vice [email protected]

Pamela Stephani.....................................................................................................Treasurertreasurer@philadelphiacurlingclub.org

John O. Senior..............................................Secretary/Membership Roster [email protected]

Wayne Anderson......................................................Instruction & Training [email protected]

Leslie Dudt..................................................Youth Curling/College Curling [email protected]

Rob Van Schooneveld...........................................................Club Insurance [email protected]

Pine Tree Curling Club(USCA provisional member)

Troubh Ice Arena, 225 Park Ave., Portland, ME 04101Est. 2014 – 5 sheets (arena) www.pinetreecurlingclub.comwww.facebook.com/pinetreecurlingclub Twitter: @pinetreecurling

Derek Campbell...............................................................................................Club Contact207-831-1030 [email protected]

Pittsburgh Curling ClubRobert Morris University Island Sports Center

7600 Grand Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15225Est. 2002 – 5 sheets (arena) [email protected] Twitter: @PghCurlingClub Facebook: www.facebook.com/pittsburghcurlingclub

Steve Bu�ngton......................................................................................................President202 Shafer Road, Coraopolis, PA 15108412-269-0075 steve.bu�[email protected]



Brian Stuart.....................................................................................................Vice President412-916-4100 [email protected]

Daphne Roberts......................................................................................................Treasurer412-567-4320 [email protected]

Karyn Drombosky..................................................................................................Secretary412-609-4154 [email protected]

Plainfield Curling Club133 McKinley St., South Plain�eld, NJ 07080

Est. 1963 – 2 sheets 908-668-9460 www.njcurling.org [email protected]: @njcurling www.facebook.com/njcurling

John Wilman...........................................................................................................Presidentc/o Plain�eld CC, 133 McKinley St., South Plain�eld, NJ [email protected]

Mark Szemple................................................Vice President/Youth Curling [email protected] [email protected]

Charles Rebick........................................................................................................Treasurertreasurer@njcurling.org

Karen DeJong..........................................................................................................Secretarysecretary@njcurling.org

Aaron Dubberley......................................................Instruction & Training [email protected]

Mary Lou Mitchell........................................................Membership Roster [email protected]

Mary Cognetta.......................................................................Club Insurance [email protected]

Potomac Curling Club13810 Old Gunpowder Road, Laurel, MD 20707

Est. 1961 – 4 sheets 301-362-1116www.curldc.org Twitter: @curldcFacebook: Search “Potomac Curling Club”

Linda Murphy.........................................................................................................President11275 Independence Way, Ellicott City, MD 21042410-730-7867 [email protected]

Joe Rockenbach.........................................Vice President/College Curling Coordinator410-458-3942 [email protected]

Dawn Findlay......................................................Treasurer/Club Insurance Coordinator301-458-3931 [email protected]

Elizabeth Andrew..............Secretary/Youth Curling/Membership Roster Coordinator443-882-3615 [email protected]

Michael Dobbs..........................................................Instruction & Training Coordinator703-915-7041 dobbs@mik�ut.org

Rochester Curling Club71 Deep Rock Road, Rochester, NY 14624

Est. 1961 – 4 sheets 585-235-8246www.rochestercurling.org [email protected]

Phil White..............................................................President/Youth Curling Coordinator7237 Lane Road, Victor, NY 14564585-339-0501 [email protected]


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Kathy Schmitz................................................................................................Vice President585-730-4644 [email protected]

Bob Denny...........................................................Treasurer/Club Insurance Coordinator585-225-7228 [email protected]

John Yaworski..................Secretary/College Curling/Membership Roster Coordinator585-377-6491 [email protected]

Clark Raven...............................................................Instruction & Training Coordinator585-414-5581 [email protected]

Rutland Rocks Curling Club(2014-15 officer information)

Giorgetti Arena, 2 Oak St., Rutland, VT 05401Mailing address: c/o Club Treasurer

Est. 2007 – 4 sheets (arena ice) 802-773-7802www.rutlandrocks.com [email protected]

Dean Mooney..........................................................................................................President48 Grover Drive, Rutland, VT 05701802-236-9407 [email protected]

Linda Mercier.................................................................................................Vice President802-345-6871 [email protected]

Nancy Murphy......................................................................................Treasurer/Secretary802-324-5947 [email protected]

Schenectady Curling Club1084 Balltown Road, Niskayuna, NY 12309

Est. 1907 – 4 sheets 518-372-4063www.schenectadycurlingclub.us [email protected]: Search “Schenectady Curling Club” Twitter: @curlschenectady

Kirk Wallace............................................................................................................President16 Dorothy Lane, Schenectady, NY 12309518-280-9019 [email protected]

Je� Brewster.....................Vice President/College Curling/Youth Curling Coordinator518-852-2849 [email protected]

Charlene Fitzgerald.............................................Treasurer/Club Insurance Coordinator518-356-0052 [email protected]

John Adair.....................................................Secretary/Membership Roster Coordinator518-595-9607 [email protected]

Rebecca Trousil.........................................................Instruction & Training Coordinator518-280-9019 [email protected]

South Shore Curling ClubBridgewater Ice Arena, 20 Bedford Park, Bridgewater, MA 02324

Est. 2010 – 5 sheets (arena ice) 508-715-4355www.southshorecurling.com [email protected]: Search “South Shore Curl” Twtter: @southshorecurl

Kieran Chapman....................................................................................................President105 Green St., Bridgewater, MA 02324508-279-4982 [email protected]

Jamie Quinn...................................................................................................Vice [email protected]

Jane Sousa................................................................................................................Treasurer

Erin O’Hara.............................................................................................................Secretaryerind_2001@yahoo.com



The Country Club1919 Clyde St., Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

Est. 1882 – 4 sheets 617-566-0240www.curlbrookline.com

Pamela Ellsworth....................................................................................................President45 Centre St., Dover, MA 02030508-654-5576 [email protected]

Triangle Curling Club2310 So-Hi Drive, Durham, NC 27709

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 14628, Durham, NC 27709Est. 1995 – 4 sheets 919-908-6123www.trianglecurling.com [email protected]/trianglecurling Twitter: @trianglecurling

Chris Juan................................................................................................................President8321 Timber Crest Drive, Apt. 207, Raleigh, NC 27617919-720-2783 [email protected]

Sue Mitchell....................................................................................................Vice President919-757-9181 [email protected]

Dan Scheck..........................................................Treasurer/Club Insurance Coordinator919-995-3438 [email protected]

P.J. Feinson...............................................................................................................Secretary919-376-1557 [email protected]

Keith Scott.................................................................Instruction & Training Coordinator919-359-2147 [email protected]

Upper Valley Curling & Woodstock Curling ClubUnion Arena, 496-3 Woodstock Road, Woodstock, VT 05091Mailing address: 69 Kings Highway, West Windsor, VT 05089

Est. 2008 • 2 sheets (arena ice) 802-457-2500http://www.uppervalleycurling.org [email protected]: www.facebook.com/UpperValleyCurling

Paula Flanders.........................................................................................................President131 Young Hill Road, Sunapee, NH 03782603-763-9450 paula�[email protected]

Todd Allen......................................................................................................Vice [email protected]

Dave Dugdale..........................................................................................................Treasurerdavedugdale@vermontel.net

Rita Seto...................................................................................................................Secretaryseto_rita@hotmail.com

Utica Curling Club8300 Clark Mills Road, Whitesboro, NY 13492-3912

Est. 1868 – 6 sheets 315-736-1724www.uticacurlingclub.org [email protected]/UticaCurlingClub

John Jacon................................................................................................................President411 French Road, Utica, NY 13502315-269-3153 [email protected]

Carl �omas...................................................................................................Vice President315-794-8876 [email protected]


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Brad Anderson....................................................Treasurer/Club Insurance [email protected]

Sean Lanigan...........................................................................................................Secretarys.e.lanigan@gmail.com

Roger Rowlett...........................................................Instruction & Training Coordinator315-723-7245 [email protected]

Joyce Sha�er...........................................................................Club Insurance Coordinatorjoycesha�[email protected]

Curling Club of VirginiaRichmond Ice Zone, 636 Johnston Willis Drive, North Chester�eld, VA 23236

Est. 2011 – 3 sheets (arena ice) [email protected] Twitter: @CurlingVAFacebook: Search “Richmond Virginia Curling Club”

Brent Cooke.............................................................................................................President14911 Orchard Grove Drive, Midlothian, VA 23112804-639-5981 [email protected]

Travis Hamilton.............................................................................................Vice President804-898-0044 [email protected]

Andrew McBride....................................................................................................Treasurer804-379-8186 [email protected]

Mary Millage...........................................................................................................Secretarygol�[email protected]

Weston Curling ClubEst. 1990 • 4 sheets at Broomstones 978-546-3847

Steven J. Kitses........................................................................................................PresidentLongmeadow Road, P.O. Box 588, Lincoln, MA 01773781-259-9370

Great Lakes Curling AssociationRegional website: www.greatlakescurling.org

Ben Levy..................................................................................................................President7571 Streamwood Drive, Ypsilanti, MI 48197734-985-0236 [email protected]

Sandra Takata.................................................................................................Vice President865-382-5365 [email protected]

Mark McElwee........................................................................................................Treasurer517-285-6106 [email protected]

Martha Lemert.......................................................................................................Secretary260-460-1736 [email protected]

Bowling Green Curling ClubBGSU Ice Arena, 417 N. Mercer Road, Bowling Green, OH 43403

Est. 1967 – 3 sheetswww.bgcurlingclub.com [email protected]/CurlingClubBG Twitter: @BGSUcurlingclub

Shannon Orr............................................................................................................President128 Biddle St., Bowling Green, OH 43402 419-581-1965 [email protected]

Gary Saddler...................................................................................................Vice [email protected]



Matt Smith...............................................................................................................Treasurerjourneyis1@aol.com

Mary Zaums............................................................................................................Secretarymarylzaums@bex.net

Cincinnati Curling ClubCincinnati Gardens, 2250 E. Seymour Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45212

Est. 2010 – 4 sheets (arena ice) [email protected] www.cincinnaticurlingclub.com www.facebook.com/CincinattiCurlingClub Twitter: @CincyCurling

Jonathan Penney...........President/College/Youth/Instruction & Training Coordinator7479 Hunters Trail, West Chester, OH 45069513-773-6866 [email protected]

Shawn O’Connor............................................................................................Vice [email protected]

Dave Forcum...........................................................................................................Treasurertreasurer@cincinnaticurlingclub.com

Stephanie Simpson.................................................................................................Secretarysecretary@cincinnaticurlingclub.com

Debbie Coviello.............................................................Membership Roster [email protected]

Circle City Curling Club�e Forum at Fishers Ice Arena, 9022 E. 126th St., Fishers, IN 46038

Est. 2007 – 4 sheets (arena ice) www.circlecitycurling.comFacebook: Search “Circle City Curling Club” Twitter: @CircleCityCurl

Dan Ivers..................................................................................................................President3328 E. State Road 234, Green�eld, IN 47140317-326-3831 diu�[email protected]

Ernie Forney...................................................................................................Vice President765-749-9679 [email protected]

Tammy Ho�man....................................................................................................Treasurer317-512-7781 [email protected]

Steve Straiger...........................................................................................................Secretary317-709-1944 [email protected]

Cleveland Skating Club2500 Kemper Road, Shaker Heights, OH 44120

Est. 1936 – 5 sheets 216-691-2800www.clevelandskatingclub.org [email protected]

Lisa and Doug Schattinger...............................................................Curling Coordinators16301 Shaker Blvd., Shaker Heights, OH 44120216-752-9621 [email protected]

Annie & Rick Hubbard...................................................................Bonspiel Chairpersons216-470-5022 [email protected]

Columbus Curling Club2999 Silver Drive, Columbus, OH 43224

Est. 2004 – 5 sheets 614-265-2875 www.columbuscurling.com [email protected]/pages/Columbus-Curling-Club Twitter:@ColumbusCurling

Terry Butterworth..................................................................................................President2999 Silver Drive, Columbus, OH 43224614-265-2875 [email protected]

Great Lakes Curling Association

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Jack Gaynor.....................................................................................................Vice [email protected]

Leeanne Chandler...............................................Treasurer/Club Insurance [email protected]

Heather Yardley............................................Secretary/Membership Roster [email protected]

Jennifer Frim..................................Youth Curling/Instruction & Training [email protected]

Copper Country Curling Club57189 Mackinac Trail, Calumet, MI 49913

Est. 1993 – 2 sheets 906-337-5582 www.coppercountrycurlingclub.com [email protected]: Search “Copper Country Curling Club

Gary Lassila..................President/Instruction & Training/Youth Curling Coordinator57126 Calumet Ave., Calumet, MI 49913906-337-5582 [email protected]

Alexander Hughes..............................Vice President/Membership Roster Coordinator906-281-0565 [email protected]

Noel Hanson........................................................Treasurer/Club Insurance Coordinator906-337-1885 [email protected]

Sue Mickus...............................................................................................................Secretarysmickus@chartermi.net

Gordon Maclean...................................................................College Curling Coordinator906-482-6788 [email protected]

Delta Rocks Curling ClubWells Sports Complex, 1647 17.4 Road, Escanaba, MI 49829

3 sheets (arena ice) [email protected] James Beauchamp...................................................................................................President7350 G Road, Escanaba, MI 49829906-786-6601 [email protected]

Joe Shaw........................................................................................Vice President/Treasurer906-474-6997 [email protected]

Kathy Kohtala.....................................................Secretary/College Curling Coordinator906-428-1337 (H) 906-399-1676 (C) [email protected]

Detroit Curling Club1615 E. Lewiston Ave., Ferndale, MI 48220

Mailing address: P.O. Box 1094, Royal Oak, MI 48068-1094Est. 1885 – 4 sheets 248-544-0635 www.detroitcurlingclub.com [email protected] Facebook: Search “Detroit Curling Club”

Maryanne Wessels..................................................................................................PresidentP.O. Box 1094, Royal Oak, MI 48068586-202-0730 [email protected]

Jim Morris.......................................................................................................Vice [email protected]

Brooke Schneider...................................................................................................Treasurertreasurer@detroitcurlingclub.com

Daniel Maggio......................................................Secretary/Club Insurance [email protected]



Ben Levy.........................................................................Membership Roster [email protected]

Michael Grudzinski.................................................Instruction & Training [email protected]

Gerry Tortorelli.......................................................................Youth Curling [email protected]

Fort Wayne Curling Club3674 N. Wells St., Fort Wayne, IN 46808

Est. 2010 – 4 sheets 206-739-5182 www.fortwaynecurling.com [email protected]: Search “�e Fort Wayne Curling Club” Twitter: @FWCurling

Craig Fischer....................President/Club Insurance/Membership Roster Coordinator5220 Wapiti Drive, Fort Wayne, IN 46804260-443-6673 [email protected]

Bob Leckron...................................................................................................Vice President317-670-8956 [email protected]

Robert Binns...........................................................................................................Treasurer260-437-4743 [email protected]

Ruthie Ilnicki...........................................................................................................Secretary260-438-4832 [email protected]

Je� Bockelman......................................................................College Curling Coordinator812-489-0015 je�[email protected]

Jerri Mead.................................................................................Youth Curling Coordinator260-438-6963 (C) 260-436-2404 (H) [email protected]

Greg Eigner...............................................................Instruction & Training Coordinator260-341-5019 (C) [email protected]

Great Smoky Mountains Curling ClubIce Chalet, 100 Lebanon St., P.O. Box 23972, Knoxville, TN 37933

Est. 2004 – 5 sheets (arena ice) [email protected]

David Hooper..........................................................................................................President363 Shepard St., Knoxville, TN 37917307-262-9841 [email protected]

Kalamazoo Curling ClubWings Stadium, 3600 Vanrick Drive, Kalamazoo, MI 49001

Est. 2008 – 5 sheets (arena ice) [email protected] www.kalamazoocurlingclub.com Twitter: @curlthezooFacebook: Search “Kalamazoo Curling Club”

Marcus Gleaton.......................................................................................................President56190 Bu�alo Drive, �ree Rivers, MI 49093269-998-4112 [email protected]

Krista Ragotzy................................................................................................Vice [email protected]

Tom Deater..............................................................................................................Treasurerthomasdeater@gmail.com

Garnet Eckstrand....................................................................................................Secretarygarnet@eckstrand.com

Chris Gleaton...........................................................................Youth Curling [email protected]


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Lansing Curling Club�e Summit Sports & Ice Complex , 9410 Davis Highway, Dimondale, MI 48810

Est. 2010 – 4 sheets (arena) www.lansingcurls.org [email protected]: www.facebook.com/LansingCurlingClub Twitter: @lansingcurls

Wyl McCully............................................................................................................President317 E. Elm, Mason, MI 48854517-676-7762 (H) [email protected]

Mike Glovak...................................................................................................Vice [email protected]

Mark McElwee........................................................................................................Treasurermccurler@gmail.com

Ian Mays...................................................................................................................Secretaryianmmays@gmail.com

Lewiston Curling Club4230 County Road 612, Lewiston, MI 49756

Mailing address: P.O. Box 893, Lewiston, MI 49756Est. 1961 – 2 sheets 789-786-3888www.lewistoncurlingclub.com [email protected]

Lou Hubert..............................................................................................................President4848 Oakwood Drive, Lewiston, MI 49756989-786-7261 [email protected]

Mayfield Curling Club1545 Sheridan Road, South Euclid, OH 44121

Est. 1962 – 3 sheets 216-381-0826www.may�eldcurling.com webmaster@may�eldcurling.com

Angela Fox...............................................................................................................President3626 Runnymede Blvd., Cleveland Heights, OH 44121440-666-4061 [email protected]

Cindy Riehl.....................................................................................................Vice President216-217-2402 [email protected]

Byron Sah................................................................................................................Treasurer216-201-0019 [email protected]

Michael Moore......................................................................College Curling Coordinator216-973-1570 [email protected]

Mindy Kosmin........................................................................Youth Curling Coordinator440-473-0385 [email protected]

Joel Appel..................................................................Instruction & Training Coordinator330-656-0874 [email protected]

Dan Schmidt..........................................................................Club Insurance Coordinator216-214-1478 [email protected]

Michael Mann................................................................Membership Roster Coordinator216-402-4542 [email protected]

Midland Curling Club2009 Je�erson Ave., Midland, MI 48640

Est. 1962 – 4 sheets 989-832-7937www.midlandcurls.org [email protected]: Search “Midland Curling Club”

Michael Devon........................................................................................................President989-832-5284 [email protected]



Steve Passmore...............................................................................................Vice President989-687-5036 [email protected]

Craig Murchison....................................................................................................Treasurercbmurch2@gmail.com [email protected]

Simon Cook.............................................................................................................Secretary989-492-1156 [email protected]

John Zimmerman.................................................................College Curling Coordinator989-631-2954 [email protected]

Mike Graves..............................................................Instruction & Training Coordinator989-426-2904 [email protected]

Kevin Heye.....................................................................Membership Roster [email protected]

Traverse City Curling Club(USCA provisional member)

Centre Ice Arena, 1600 Chartwell Drive, Traverse City, MI 49686Est. 2014 (arena ice)www.tccurling.org [email protected]: Search “TC Curling” Twitter: @tccurling

Don Piche................................................................................................................President3916 N. Spider Lake Road, Traverse City, MI 49696231-218-3076 [email protected]

Dave Eggli.......................................................................................................Vice [email protected]

Andrew Raymond..................................................................................................Treasurer513-461-8425 [email protected]

Jim McDonnell........................................................................................................Secretarymcdonnell.jim@gmail.com

Jillian Riecke.............................................................Instruction & Training Coordinator231-392-5061 [email protected]

Paul Kolak.......................................................................Membership Roster Coordinator231-649-2338 [email protected]

Illinois Curling Associationwww.curlillinois.org

Walter Burns...........................................................................................................President1274 Telegraph, Lake Forest, IL 60045847-234-2101 [email protected]

David Jamros..................................................................................................Vice President630-550-2850 [email protected]

Mark Striblen..........................................................................................................Treasurer312-927-7652 [email protected]

Lauren Sturdy..........................................................................................................Secretary757-272-8143 [email protected]


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Cedar Rapids Curling ClubCedar Rapids Ice Arena, 1100 Rockford Road SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404

Est. 2012 – 4 sheets (arena) 319-438-2875www.cedarrapidscurling.com [email protected]/cedarrapidscurling Twitter: @crcurlingclub Instagram: @crcurlingclub

Lon Peper.............................................................President/Club Insurance Coordinator330 26th St. NW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52405864-901-2236 [email protected]

Mark Olson....................................................................................................Vice President319-431-1812 [email protected]

Phil Burian..............................................................................................................Treasurer319-350-4505 [email protected]

Kari Kozak...............................................................................................................Secretary515-520-7191 [email protected]

Phil Engen......................................................................Membership Roster Coordinator319-533-8339 [email protected]

Chicago Curling Club555 Dundee Road, Chicago, IL 60062

Est. 1948 – 4 sheets 847-564-9877www.chicagocurlingclub.org o�[email protected]

Michael Rane...........................................................................................................President847-962-8904 [email protected]

Stephanie Martin...........................................................................................Vice President847-323-2969 [email protected]

Michael Bleser......................................................Treasurer/Club Insurance Coordinator847989-5081 [email protected]

Joby Berman............................................................................................................Secretary224-616-0700 [email protected]

Jim & Deb Murray..............................................................College Curling Coordinators847-567-7031 [email protected]

Lisa Boland..............................................................................Youth Curling Coordinator630-681-8942 [email protected]

Chris Longee..................................................................Membership Roster Coordinator847-205-1587 [email protected]

Des Moines Curling Club(USCA provisional member)

Metro Ice Sports Facility, 5100 NW 72nd St, Urbandale, IA 50322Est. 2013 – arena ice [email protected] www.facebook.com/DMCurling

Nate Boulton.......................................................President/College Curling Coordinator2670 Wisconsin Ave., Des Moines, IA 50317515-669-4259 [email protected]

Mike Sible.......................................................................................................Vice President515-961-1752 [email protected]

Michael Liang.........................................................................................................Treasurer515-470-9780 [email protected]

Ryan Meyer..............................................................................................................Secretary920-540-3940 [email protected]

Illinois Curling Association


Exmoor Country Club700 Vine Ave., Highland Park, IL 60035

Est. 1938 – 4 sheets 847-432-3600www.exmoorcountryclub.org

Ken Brown..........................................................................................Chairman of Curling680 Timber Hill Road, Deer�eld, IL 60015312-961-4151 [email protected]

David Kassner..........................................................................Youth Curling Coordinator847-657-7567 [email protected]

Northwestern University Curling Club555 Dundee Road, Chicago, IL 60062

Est. 2005 – 4 sheets (uses ice at Chicago Curling Club) [email protected]://groups.northwestern.edu/nucurling www.facebook.com/groups/NUcurling

Reda Al-Bahrani.....................................................................................................President844 Custer Ave., Apt. 2W, Evanston, IL 60202773-334-2478 [email protected]

Peiyao Chen............................................................................................................Treasurer720-480-2651 [email protected]

Eddie Brooks...........................................................................................................Secretary215-630-9436 [email protected]

Oak Park Curling ClubMailing address: c/o Club President

Est. 1953 – 4 sheets (curls at Exmoor) http://sites.google.com/site/oakparkcurling

�omas Michael.....................................................................................................President1227 Ashland Avenue, River Forest, IL 60305708-366-8228 (H) 312-699-6687 (C) [email protected]

Jim Figiel.........................................................................................................Vice President847-299-2880 (H) 847-452-0929 (C) [email protected]

Lorrie Michael.......................................................................................Secretary/Treasurer708-366-8228 (H) 312-699-6687 (C) [email protected]

St. Louis Curling ClubCreve Coeur Ice Arena, 11400 Olde Cabin Road, St. Louis, MO 63141

Mailing address: 133 Echo Lake Circle, Byrnes Mill, MO 63025Est. 2010 www.stlouiscurlingclub.org [email protected] Twitter: @stlcurlingclub

Lucas Shook............................................................................................................President208 N. Edison St., Freeburg, IL 62243314-956-6986 [email protected]

Nancy Rogers.................................................................................................Vice President314-971-8051 [email protected]

Christine Ellis.........................................................................................................Treasurertreasurer@ stlouiscurlingclub.org

Cathy Kromer..........................................................................................................Secretary314-258-0748 [email protected]


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Waltham Curling Club3926 E. 758th Road, P.O. Box 11, Triumph, IL 61371-0011

Est. 1884 – 3 sheets 815-538-3420www.walthamcurling.org [email protected] Facebook: Search “Waltham Curling Club”

Mike Hess................................................................................................................President2972 N. Illinois, Route 71, Ottawa, IL 61350815-433-4967 [email protected] [email protected]

Rachel Puckett................................................................................................Vice President815-992-0952 [email protected]

Fred Carus & Ron Hindt..........................Co-Treasurers/Club Insurance Coordinators815-228-3733 (Fred) 815-993-2533 (Ron) [email protected]

Lisa Salander............................................................................................................Secretary815-830-5595 [email protected]

Ryan Accetta...................................Instruction & Training/Youth Curling Coordinator585-957-6112 [email protected]

Wilmette Curling ClubEst. 1968 – 4 sheets (curls at Exmoor) www.wilmettecurling.org

Walter Burns...........................................................................................................President1274 Telegraph, Lake Forest, IL 60045847-234-2101 [email protected]

Vickie Downes........................................................................................................Treasurer847-480-6256 [email protected]

Ruth Gleason...........................................................................................................Secretary847-729-1587 [email protected]

Windy City Curling ClubSeven Bridges Ice Arena, 6690 Illinois Route 53, Woodridge, IL 60517

Est. 2012 – 6 sheets (arena ice) 630-791-0138www.windycitycurling.com [email protected]/WindyCityCurling Twitter: @WindyCity_CC

Je� Sampson............................................................................................................President30W111 Bruce Lane, Naperville, IL 60563630-607-8208 [email protected]

Matt Galas.......................................................................................................Vice President630-788-6567 [email protected]

David Jamros...........................................................................................................Treasurer630-550-2850 [email protected]

Chuck Justis.............................................................................................................Secretary630-673-0568 [email protected]

Mid-America Curling AssociationDavid Franklin........................................................................................................President281-814-3182 [email protected]

Scott Stevinson...............................................................................................Vice President303-514-3346 [email protected]

Nick Myers..............................................................................................................Treasurer651-210-9192 [email protected]

Dan White...............................................................................................................Secretary816-806-1732 [email protected]



Ak-Sar-Ben Curling ClubTranquility Ice Plex, 12550 West Maple Road, Omaha, NE 68164

Mailing address: P.O. Box 31157, Omaha, NE 68131Est. 1958 – 4 sheets (arena) [email protected] Twitter: @curlaksarben

Steven Taylor......................President/Youth Curling/Membership Roster Coordinator7431 Spring St., Omaha, NE 68124402-639-7424 [email protected]

Paul Benardy...................................................................................................Vice President402-733-1669 [email protected]

Lyle Jaixen............................................................Treasurer/Club Insurance Coordinator402-431-9596 [email protected]

Sigrid Festersen.......................................................................................................Secretary402-343-1248 [email protected]

Nancy Myers.........................................................................College Curling Coordinator402-326-4618 [email protected]

David Steinhauser.....................................................Training & Instruction Coordinator402-658-4288 [email protected]

Broadmoor Curling ClubBroadmoor World Arena Ice Hall

3185 Venetucci Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO 80906Mailing address & phone: c/o Club President

Est. 1968 – 4 sheets (arena ice) [email protected]

Paula Bloom............................................................................................................President719-499-8465 [email protected]

Kathy Bannick.....................................................Treasurer/Club Insurance [email protected]

Jorgette Krsulic........................................................................................................Secretarysecretary@coloradocurling.org

Dena Rosenberry...........................................................Membership Roster Coordinator720 Duclo Ave., Manitou Springs, CO 80829

John West..................................................................Instruction & Training Coordinator719-237-8420 [email protected]

Dallas/Fort Worth Curling ClubDr Pepper StarCenter, 12700 N. Stemmons Freeway, Farmers Branch, TX 75234

Est. 2002 – 5 sheets (arena) [email protected] www.dfwcurling.com Twitter: @dfw_curlingwww.youtube.com/dfwcurling www.facebook.com/dfwcurling

Jason Hotra..............................................................................................................President469-804-4891 [email protected]

Kevin Roberts.................................................................................................Vice [email protected]

Mike LeVeck........................................................Treasurer/Club Insurance Coordinator469-222-4883 [email protected]

Stephanie Grissom..................................................................................................Secretary214-986-1838 [email protected]

Nick Scarlata.............................................................Instruction & Training Coordinator214-629-7329 [email protected]

Mid America Curling Association

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Denver Curling Club14100 West Seventh Ave., Golden, CO 80401

Est. 1965 – 4 sheets 303-321-1107www.denvercurlingclub.com [email protected]/DenverCurlingClub Twitter: @CurlDenverYouTube: www.youtube.com/user/DenverCurling www.linkedin.com/company/denver-curling-club

Pam Finch................................................................................................................President22765 East Long Drive, Aurora, CO 80016720-231-4633 pam.�[email protected]

Matt Culbertson..................................Vice President/Membership Roster Coordinator303-478-3338 [email protected]

Phil Moir.........................................................................................................Vice President303-478-8736 [email protected]

Sean Stevinson.....Vice President/Instruction & Training/Youth Curling Coordinator303-908-5808 [email protected]

John Cherrey...........................................................................................................Treasurer303-730-9572 [email protected]

Cynthia Smith.........................................................................................................Secretary303-733-2251 [email protected]

Alex Merrell....................................................................Membership Roster Coordinator303-469-7190 [email protected]

Jennifer Nguyen....................................................................College Curling Coordinator303-638-5565 [email protected]

Darin Romine........................................................................Club Insurance Coordinator720-323-7700 [email protected]

Curling Club of HoustonBellerive Ice Center, 7300 Bellerive Drive, Houston, TX 77036

Est. 1973 – 4 sheets (arena) Twitter: @HoustonCurlingwww.houstoncurling.com www.facebook.com/groups/HoustonCurling

Carl Schaeper..........................................................................................................President5734 Benning Drive, Houston, TX 77096713-376-3724 [email protected]

Billy Reynolds................................................................................................Vice President720-201-4775 [email protected]

Kevin King..............................................................................................................Treasurer713-894-8680 [email protected]

Matt Kane................................................................................................................Secretary281-339-7177 [email protected]

Kansas City Curling Club(2014-15 officer information)

Line Creek Community Center 5940 NW Waukomis Drive, Kansas City, MO 64151

Est. 1987 – 5 sheets (arena) 816-806-1732www.kccurling.com [email protected]

Dan White...............................................................................................................President10101 Lamar, Overland Park, KS 66207816-582-4025 [email protected]



Lone Star Curling ClubChaparral Ice Skating Rink, 2525 W. Anderson Lane, Austin, TX 78757

Mailing address: P.O. Box 660181, Austin, TX 78766Est. 2006 – 5 sheets (arena ice) [email protected] Twitter:@lonestarcurlingwww.facebook.com/LoneStarCurlingClub

Ken Poklitar.............................................................................................................President130 Lakewood Trail, Leander, TX 78641512-413-6783 [email protected]

Buck Krawczyk...............................................................................................Vice President512-799-9212 [email protected]

Landon Russell................Treasurer/Club Insurance/Membership Roster Coordinator512-784-6235 [email protected]

Guy Davis................................................................................................................Secretary651-900-2361 [email protected]

Wayne Garman.........................................................Instruction & Training Coordinator512-626-6269 [email protected]

Oklahoma Curling ClubArctic Edge Ice Arena, 14613 N. Kelly Ave., Edmond, OK 73013

Mailing address: P.O. Box 5244, Edmond, OK 73083Est. 2010 – 4 sheets (arena) www.okcurling.com Facebook & Instagram: Search “OK curling” Twitter: @okcurling

Rebecca �ompson................................................................................................President2306 Cheval Pointe Drive, Edmond, OK 73034405-818-0396 [email protected]

Kevin Hull.......................................................................................................Vice President405-315-2011 [email protected]

Becky Morse............................................................................................................Treasurer405-840-1709 [email protected]

Bruce Maelzer..........................................................................................................Secretary405-630-7530 [email protected]

Ron Conlon...........................................................................College Curling Coordinator405-360-2302 [email protected]

Mark Ngo.......................................................................Membership Roster Coordinator918-261-8133 [email protected]

Poudre Valley Curling Club(USCA provisional member)

1801 Riverside Ave, Fort Collins CO 80525Est. 2015 • 3 sheets (arena) www.poudrevalleycurling.comFacebook: Search “Poudre Valley Curling” Twitter: @CurlPVC

Nathan Mascarenas................................................................................................President6 Elm St., Windsor, CO 80550970-218-8301 [email protected]

Kevin Lyons............................................................................................................Treasurer719-330-5978 [email protected]

Gordon Harrison....................................................................................................Secretary719-337-7610 [email protected]


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Telluride Curling Club (USCA provisional member)

P.O. Box 2877, Telluride, CO 81435https://www.facebook.com/TellurideCurling [email protected]

Megan Wise......................................................................................................Club Contact970-379-7315 [email protected]

Minnesota Curling Associationwww.mncurling.org

Kathy Busch.............................................................................................................President763-783-0426 [email protected]

Phil DeVore...........................................................................................First Vice President715-399-2638 [email protected]

Denny Bone......................................................................................Second Vice [email protected]

Norma O’Leary.......................................................................................................Treasurer218-220-9660 [email protected]

Cynthia Johnson.....................................................................................................Secretarycjohnson@esko.k12.mn.us

Arden Hills Curling Club(2014-15 officer information)

Curls at St. Paul Curling Club, 470 Selby Ave., St. Paul, MN 55102 Est. 1974 – 8 sheets at St. Paul Curling Club 651-224-7408www.stpaulcurlingclub.org

Jamie Warndahl......................................................................................................President2684 South Shore Blvd., White Bear Lake, MN 55110651-303-7464 (H) [email protected]

Bemidji Curling Club1230 23rd St. NW, P.O. Box 101, Bemidji, MN 56619

Est. 1935 – 6 sheets 218-751-1123www.bemidjicurling.org [email protected]

Teresa Trepanier......................................................................................................President11126 Radar Road NW, Bemidji, MN 56601218-444-5810 [email protected]

Chase Jackson.................................................................................................Vice President218-368-1667 [email protected]

Eric Fenson......................Treasurer/Membership Roster/Club Insurance Coordinator218-759-9210 [email protected]

Pete Harrison....................................................................................................Secretary218-239-0027 [email protected]

Brainerd Lakes Curling ClubFran Holden Curling Arena at the Crow Wing County Fairgrounds

2000 SE 13th St., Brainerd, MN 56401Mailing address: P.O. Box 361, Brainerd, MN 56401

Est. 2005 – 4 sheets 218-454-2875www.brainerdcurling.org [email protected] Facebook: Search “Brainerd Lakes Curling”

Chuck Klecatsky......................................................................................................PresidentP.O. Box 361, Brainerd, MN 56401218-330-1558 [email protected]

Minnesota Curling Association


Mary Jo Hamilton..........................................................................................Vice President218-828-3017 [email protected]

Dustin Nelson.........................................................................................................Treasurer763-291-3200 [email protected]

Julie Iten........................................................Secretary/Membership Roster Coordinator218-820-0621 [email protected]

John Raboin..............................................................Instruction & Training Coordinator218-828-9211 [email protected]

Mary Jo Hamilton...................................................................Youth Curling Coordinator218-828-3017 [email protected]

David Johnson.......................................................................Club Insurance Coordinator218-824-9200 [email protected]

Cambridge Competitive Curling ClubHighway 95, Isanti County Fairgrounds, Cambridge, MN 55008

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 204, Cambridge, MN 55008 www.cambridgecurlingclub.com [email protected]

Tom Heinen............................................................................................................President624 249th Ave. NE, Isanti, MN 55040763-444-7353 [email protected]

Brian Netzer..................................................Vice President/Youth Curling Coordinator612-701-3139 [email protected]

Steve Kast.....................................................Treasurer/Membership Roster Coordinator612-390-4756 [email protected]

Kelli Ellingsen.........................................................................................................Secretary763-213-4883 [email protected]

Brad Swanson...........................................................Instruction & Training Coordinator763-689-5214 [email protected]

Chaska Curling Center(USCA provisional member)

3210 Chaska Blvd., Chaska, MN 55318Est. 2015 • 6 sheets 952-448-5633www.chaskacurlingcenter.com [email protected]://www.facebook.com/chaskacurlingcenter

Je� Isaacson..............................................................................................................Managerjisaacson@chaskamn.com

Chisholm Curling Club(2014-15 officer information)

Memorial Park, P.O. Box 62, Chisholm, MN 55719 4 sheets 218-254-7923www.chisholmcurlingclub.com [email protected]

Ed Chamernick.......................................................................................................Presidentchisholmcurlingclub@gmail.com

Tom Bobich....................................................................................................Vice PresidentEmily Anderson.........................Secretary/Treasurer/Membership Roster [email protected]


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Cook County Curling Club317 W. Fi�h St., Grand Marais, MN 55604

Mailing address: P.O. Box 176, Grand Marais, MN 55604Est. 1962 – 4 sheets [email protected] www.cookcountycurlingclub.com Facebook: Search “Cook County Curling”

Bill Parish.................................................................................................................President1230 Fi�h St., Grand Marais, MN 55604218-387-2382 [email protected]

Andrew Smith................................................................................................Vice President218-370-0619 [email protected]

George Maruska..................................................Treasurer/Club Insurance Coordinator218-387-1180 [email protected]

Joanne M. Smith........................Secretary/Instruction & Training/Roster Coordinator218-387-2052 [email protected]

Curl Mesabi901 Hat Trick Ave., Eveleth, MN 55734

Mailing address: P.O. Box 500, Virginia, MN 55792Est. 1999 – 8 sheets 218-744-1302www.curlmesabi.com Facebook: Search “Curl Mesabi”

Denny Bone.............................................................................................................President4163 St. Mary’s Court, Eveleth, MN 55734218-290-1609 [email protected]

Ellen Lind........................................................................................................Vice President218-749-9880 [email protected]

Phill Drobnick.............................................Treasurer/Membership Roster Coordinator218-780-6061 [email protected]

Craig Doughty.........................................................................................................Secretary218-780-5282 [email protected]

Ross Harvey..............................................................................Youth Curling Coordinator218-780-5165

Dakota Curling ClubBurnsville Ice Center, 251 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville, MN 55337

Est. 2004 – 5 sheets (arena ice) 952-479-0322 www.dakotacurlingclub.org [email protected] Facebook: Search “Dakota Curling Club”

Steve Schneider.......................................................................................................President7363 Derby Lane, Shakopee, MN 55379952-210-4655 [email protected]

Darcy Ellarby..................................Vice President/Instruction & Training Coordinator612-695-5999 [email protected]

Eric Lundquist.....................................................Treasurer/Club Insurance Coordinator612-384-3852 [email protected]

Beth Lundquist........................................................................................................Secretary612-384-4153 [email protected]

Karl Kruggel...................................................................Membership Roster Coordinator612-237-4328 [email protected]



Duluth Curling Club327 Harbor Drive, Duluth, MN 55802

Est. 1891 – 8 sheets 218-727-1851www.duluthcurlingclub.org o�[email protected]: Search “Duluth Curling Club”

Linda Christensen..................................................................................................President4904 Maxwell Road, Duluth, MN 55804218-428-9865 [email protected]

Philip DeVore.................................................................................................Vice President715-399-2638 [email protected]

Lee Leksell...............................................................................................................Treasurer218-391-2257 [email protected]

Nancy Odden..........................................................................................................Secretary218-724-8115 [email protected]

Dick Wicklund..........Instruction/Youth/College/Club Insurance/Roster Coordinator218-591-3231 [email protected]

Four Seasons Curling Club at Fogerty Arena U.S. Olympic Training Site

9250 Lincoln St. NE, Blaine, MN 55434 Est. 2013 – 6 sheets 763-780-3328www.fourseasonscurlingclub.com [email protected] www.facebook.com/FourSeasonsCurlingClub Twitter: @FourSeasonsCurl

John Benton.......................................................................Director of Curling Operations763-780-3328 [email protected]

Eric Tebben...................................................................League & Membership Chairman763-780-3328 [email protected]

Matt Fowler.............................................................................Bonspiel & Event Chairman763-780-3328 [email protected]

Regan (Mizuno) Birr...........................................................Manager of [email protected]

Hallock Curling Club(USCA provisional member)

514 South Bryan Ave., Hallock, MN 56728Mailing address: PO Box 234, Hallock, MN 56728

3 sheets 218-843-2331www.hallockcurling.com/ [email protected]/hallockcurlingclub Twitter: @HallockCurlingCorey Younggren....................................................................................................PresidentCorey.Younggren@gmail.com

Heather Curling Club315 W. Silver St., P.O. Box 68, Mapleton, MN 56065

Est. 1905 – 4 sheets 507-524-3733www.mapletoncurlingclub.org [email protected]/mapletoncurlingclub

Kameron Duncanson.............................................................................................PresidentP.O. Box 68, Mapleton, MN 56065507-327-3718 [email protected]

Ryan Bolte.......................................................................................................Vice President507-317-1435 [email protected]

Cory Ward...............................................................................................................Treasurer507-514-0855 [email protected]


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Jayne Howley................................................Secretary/Membership Roster Coordinator 507-995-3518 [email protected]

Larry Barott..............................................................Instruction & Training Coordinator507-380-1614

Hibbing Curling ClubMemorial Building, 400 E. 23rd St., Hibbing, MN 55746

Mailing address: P.O. Box 357, Hibbing, MN 55746 Est. 1913 – 7 sheets 218-262-2841www.hibbingcurling.com [email protected]: Search “Hibbing Curling Club”

Joe Zezel...................................................................................................................President726 Michigan St., Hibbing, MN 55746218-969-4423 [email protected]

Tom Scott........................................Vice President/Instruction & Training Coordinator218-969-0628 [email protected]

Denise Sampson...................Secretary/Treasurer/Roster/Club Insurance Coordinator218-969-0628 [email protected]

Tim Muller...............................................................................Youth Curling Coordinator218-969-5787 [email protected]

International Falls Curling ClubMailing address & phone c/o Club President

6–rents ice at Fort Frances CC, Ontario

David C. Johnson.................................................................................President/Treasurer1010 Second St., International Falls, MN 56649218-283-8135

Itasca Curling Club902 Hale Lake Pointe Road, P.O. Box 863, Grand Rapids, MN 55744

Est. 1968 – 4 sheets 218-999-5875www.itascacurling.com [email protected]

Joe Kaczor................................................................................................................President952-210-1392 [email protected]

Rebeka Leudtke..............................................................................................Vice President218-410-0268 [email protected]

Mona Sjostrand.......................................................................................................Treasurer218-999-5093 [email protected]

Julie Gothard...........................................................................................................Secretary218-259-2952 [email protected]

Mike Solem..............................................................................Youth Curling Coordinator218-259-8203 [email protected]

Mankato Curling Club600 Hope St., Mankato, MN 56001

Mailing address: P.O. Box 75, Mankato, MN 56002-0075Est. 1903 – 5 sheets 507-388-3335www.mankatocurling.org [email protected]/MankatoCurlingClub

Kim Rheaume.........................................................................................................President423 Van Brunt St., Mankato, MN 56001507-381-3859 [email protected]

Mary Maidl.....................................................................................................Vice President507-388-2976 [email protected]



Roxie Weingartz.....................................................................................................Treasurer507-382-2780 [email protected]

Jennifer Haessly.......................................................................................................Secretary507-381-0835 [email protected]

Joe Flannery.............................................................................Youth Curling Coordinator507-469-1090 �[email protected]

Owatonna Curling Club1515 S. Elm, P.O. Box 21, Owatonna, MN 55060

Est. 1968 – 2 sheets 507-451-3684www.owatonnacc.org [email protected]

Bill Beschnett..........................................................................................................Presidentowatonnacurling@gmail.com

St. Paul Curling Club470 Selby Ave., St. Paul, MN 55102

Est. 1912 – 8 sheets 651-224-7408 www.stpaulcurlingclub.org [email protected] Facebook: Search “St. Paul Curling Club” Twitter: @stpcurl

Linda Lokensgard...................................................................................................Presidentlu.lokensgard@gmail.com

Tim McMahon...............................................................................................Vice [email protected]

Barb Gutzmer..........................................................................................................Treasurer651-453-9516 [email protected]

Brad Clasen.............................................................................................................Secretarybccurl@gmail.com

Loni Strassman........................................................................Youth Curling [email protected]

Scott Clasen....................................................................Membership Roster [email protected]

Two Harbors Curling Club227 Seventh Ave., P.O. Box 183, Two Harbors, MN 55616

Est. 1964 – 4 sheets 218-834-2664www.twoharborscurling.com [email protected]

Rhonda Studier-Sve................................................................................................President3648 Highway 61, Two Harbors, MN 55616218-220-8666 [email protected]

Dave Mount....................................................................................................Vice President218-525-7961 [email protected]

Kay Libby.................................................................................................................Treasurer218-390-3281 [email protected]

Erin Mecklin............................................................................................................Secretary218-834-3340 [email protected]

Vikingland Curling ClubRunestone Community Center, 802 �ird Ave. W., Alexandria, MN 56354

Est. 2005 – 5 sheets (arena) 302-852-8008 www.vikinglandcurling.org [email protected]/VikinglandCurling

Troy Dittberner.......................................................................................................President1634 Fairview Beach Road NE, Alexandria, MN 56308320-852-8008 [email protected]


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Willmar Curling ClubWillmar Civic Center, 2707 Arena Drive, Willmar, MN 56201

Mailing address: P.O. Box 3046, Willmar, MN 56201Est. 2004 – 5 sheets (arena) 320-403-3398www.willmarcurling.org [email protected]

Randy Czarnetzki...................................................................................................President314 Fi�h St., Willmar, MN 56201320-235-2811 [email protected]

Josh Bernhagen..............................................................................................Vice President320-894-8574 [email protected]

Gary Johnson..........................................................................................................Treasurer320-905-4005 [email protected]

Sharon Nelson.........................................................................................................Secretary320-235-8303 [email protected]

Matthew Proehl..............................Instruction & Training/Youth Curling Coordinator320-905-0251 [email protected]

Mountain Paci�c Curling Associationwww.mopacca.org • www.facebook.com/mopacca

Brian Patrick............................................................................................................President107 Patterson Blvd., Pleasant Hill, CA 94523415-602-1003 [email protected]

Peter Hicks......................................................................................................Vice President406-240-9038 [email protected]

Don Eshelby............................................................................................................Treasurer208-371-6562 [email protected]

BriAnna Weldon.....................................................................................................Secretary562-714-7898 [email protected]

Karen Tait..................................................................Instruction & Training [email protected]

Boise Curling ClubIdaho Ice World Arena, 7072 S. Eisenman Road, Boise, ID 83716

Mailing address: P.O. Box 5033, Boise, ID 83705-0033Est. 2006 – 5 sheets (arena) www.boisecurlingclub.org [email protected] www.facebook.com/groups/boisecurling Twitter: @boisecurling

Vince Carlson..........................................................................................................President827 E. Fallingbranch Court, Meridian, ID 83642208-310-1843 [email protected]

Jared Belsher...................................................................................................Vice President208-310-1207 [email protected]

Rachel Holtgard...................................................Treasurer/Club Insurance [email protected]

Glenda Carr.............................................................................................................Secretaryglenda@boisecurlingclub.org

Mountain Paci�c Curling Association


Cache Valley Stone SocietyGeorge S. Eccles Ice Center, 2825 N. 200 E., North Logan, UT 84321

Est. 2003 – 5 sheets (arena) 435-787-2288 www.ecclesice.com/curling

Michael Wolfe.........................................................................................................President976 Hillcrest Ave., Logan, UT 84321435-753-1513 [email protected]

Coyotes Curling Club2202 W. Medtronic Way #101, Tempe, AZ 85281

Est. 2002 – 4 sheets 602-300-4808www.coyotescurling.com [email protected] Facebook: Search “Coyotes Curling Club” Twitter: @coyotescurling

Je� Baird..................................................................................................................President9604 N. Soltitude anyon, Fountain Hills, AZ 85268480-250-7182 [email protected]

Wayne Fleming..............................................................................................Vice President602-421-3935 [email protected]

Mike Siggins............................................................................................................Treasurer602-740-6529 [email protected]

Shawn Tait........................Secretary/Membership Roster/Club Insurance Coordinator602-291-6930 [email protected]

Ron Kloth..............................................................................College Curling Coordinatorbeerbu�@aol.com

Darryl Horsman.......................................................Training & Instruction [email protected]

Eric Kowal................................................................................Youth Curling [email protected]

Curl San DiegoIcetown Arena, 2283 Cosmos Court, Carlsbad, CA 92011

Est. 2006 – 4 sheets (arena) www.curlsandiego.org [email protected] Twitter: @curlsdwww.facebook.com/curlsandiego

Brian Walsh.............................................................................................................President3404 Via Alicante, La Jolla, CA 92037858-243-9804 [email protected]

Owen McLachlan...........................................................................................Vice President760-470-8298 [email protected]

Marychello Lauritzen.............................................................................................Treasurer619-415-9978 [email protected]

Matt Clay..................................................................................................................Secretarymattclay3333@gmail.com

Evergreen Curling Club10950 SW Fi�h St. #155, Beaverton, OR 97005

Est. 2002 – 3 sheets 503-430-0910 www.evergreencurling.org [email protected]/evergreencurling Twitter: @curlportland

Bruce Irvin.............................................................President/Youth Curling Coordinator503-928-1170 [email protected]

Eric Hemesath................................................................................................Vice [email protected]


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Karen Fairley...........................................................................................................Treasurertreasurer@evergreencurling.org

Joe Maser..................................................................................................................Secretarysecretary@evergreencurling.org

Josh Engle..................................................................Instruction & Training [email protected]

Patrick Julian..................................................................Membership Roster [email protected]

Hollywood Curling ClubValley Ice Center, 8750 Van Nuys Blvd., Panorama City, CA 91402

Mailing address: P.O. Box 7872, Van Nuys, CA 91409Est. 2007 – 4 sheets (arena) 818-850-6692 www.hollywoodcurling.org [email protected]/hollywoodcurling Twitter: @hollywoodcurl

Larry Lieberman.....................................................................................................President7856 Genesta Ave., Van Nuys, CA 91406818-437-0525 [email protected]

Liza Beres........................................................................................................Vice [email protected]

Richard Cruz...........................................................................................................Treasurerrichard@hollywoodcurling.org

Steph Jensen............................................................................................................Secretarysteph@hollywoodcurling.org

Klamath Falls Curling ClubKlamath Ice Sports Inc./Bill Collier Community Ice Arena

5075 Fox Sparrow Drive, Klamath Falls, OR 97601Est. 2012 – 1 sheet (arena) 541-850-5758www.klamathicesports.org [email protected]

Suzette Machado.............................................................................................Club Contact541-850-5758, Ext. 7 [email protected]

Lake Tahoe Epic CurlingSouth Lake Tahoe Ice Arena, 1180 Rufus Allen Blvd., South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150

Est. 2013 – 5 sheets (arena) 860-830-2726 www.tahoecurling.com [email protected]

Larry Sidney.........................................................President/Club Insurance CoordinatorP.O. Box 6767, Stateline, NV 89449860-830-2726 [email protected]

Julie Macan.....................................................................................................Vice President781-249-1099 [email protected]

Chris Sullivan.........................................Treasurer/Instruction & Training Coordinator775-586-8503 [email protected]

Scott Weavil.............................................................................................................Secretary917-513-5163 [email protected]

Las Vegas Curling ClubLas Vegas Ice Center, 9295 W. Flamingo Rd., Suite 130, Las Vegas, NV 89147

Est. 2011 – 5 sheets (arena) 702-350-CURL www.lvcurling.com [email protected]

Nick Kitinski...........................................................................................................PresidentP.O. Box 6014, Burbank, CA 91510818-731-4268 [email protected]



McCall Curling ClubManchester Ice and Event Center, 200 E. Lake St., McCall, ID 83638

Mailing address: P.O. Box 2575, McCall, ID 83638Est. 2004 – 4 sheets (arena) [email protected] www.mccallcurling.com

Bill Colpo.................................................................................................................President208-634-9696

Michele Applebee...............................Vice President/Membership Roster Coordinator208-880-7903

Connie Harris.........................................................................................................Treasurer

Laura Crawford.......................................................................................................Secretary

Missoula Curling ClubGlacier Ice Rink, 1101 South Ave. W., Missoula, MT 59801-7907

Mailing address: P.O. Box 2355, Missoula, MT 59806Est. 2011 – 5 sheets (arena) 406-239-4238www.missoulacurlingclub.com [email protected]/missoulacurlingclub

Barry Bollenbacher.................................................................................................President2317 Highwood Drive, Missoula, MT 59803406-239-4238 [email protected]

Dave Strobel....................................................................................................Vice President406-728-1942 [email protected]

Bob Keane........................Treasurer/Club Insurance/Membership Roster Coordinator406-721-0709 [email protected]

Elaine Sutherland...................................................................................................Secretary406-370-0164 [email protected]

Peter Hicks................................................................Instruction & Training Coordinator406-240-9038 [email protected]

Charlene Young.......................................................................Youth Curling Coordinator406-721-4484 [email protected]

Ogden Curling Club�e Ice Sheet, 4390 S. Harrison Blvd., Ogden, UT 84403

Est. 1999 – 6 sheets (arena) www.ogden-curling-club.com

Ben Womack...........................................President/Instruction & Training Coordinator9873 E. 325 S., Huntsville, UT 84317801-391-4647 [email protected]

Mark Rubey........................................................Treasurer/Club Insurance Coordinator801-791-5485 [email protected]

Lucinda Tutterow........................................Secretary/Membership Roster Coordinator818-915-0039 [email protected]

Orange County Curling ClubWestminster Ice Rink, 13071 Springdale St., Westminster, CA 92683

Est. 2009 – 5 sheets (arena) 714-987-2875www.occurling.org/www.occurling.com [email protected] www.facebook.com/occurlingclub Twitter: @occurling Instagram: @occurlingclub

Olivia Stella..............................................................................................................President512 Sun�ower, Lake Forest, CA 92630714-512-1246 [email protected]


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Bill Waddington Sr........................................................................................Vice President949-939-0429 [email protected]

Brian Sanders.......................................................Treasurer/Club Insurance Coordinator714-343-0948 [email protected]

Bill Waddington Jr..................................................................................................Secretary949-309-7357 [email protected]

Nick Wiley..........College Curling/Youth Curling/Instruction & Training Coordinator714-263-5520 [email protected]

Oval Curling ClubUtah Olympic Oval, 5662 S. Cougar Lane, Kearns, UT 84118

Est. 2010 – arena ice [email protected]

Lanny Derby..........................................................................................President/Treasurer6997 Canyon Creek Circle, Cottonwood Heights, UT 84121801-718-1763 [email protected]

Cammie Derby...............................................................................................Vice President801-518-3451

Chelsea Malouf.......................................................................................................Secretary801-455-6699

Park City Curling ClubPark City Ice Arena, 600 Gilmore Way, Park City, UT 84060

Est. 2006 – 6 sheets (arena ice) 801-209-3385 www.parkcitycurlingclub.com [email protected] www.facebook.com/parkcitycurlingclub

Greg Basrak.............................................................................................................President3074 Elk Run Drive, Park City, UT 84098801-209-3385 [email protected]

Ramon Gomez Jr............................................................................................Vice President435-640-0590 [email protected]

Debbie Basrak.........................................................................................................Secretary435-901-2595 [email protected]

Frank Skeele............................................................................................................Treasurerfskeele@gmail.com

San Francisco Bay Area Curling ClubSharks Ice at San Jose, 1500 S. 10th Street, San Jose, CA 95112

Sharks Ice at Fremont, 44388 Old Warm Springs Blvd., Fremont, CA 94538Oakland Ice Center, 519 18th St., Oakland, CA 94612

Est. 1958 – 15 sheets (arena ice at 3 locations) 414-745-2875www.bayareacurling.com [email protected]/bayareacurling Twitter: @s�acc

Brian Davidson.......................................................................................................President1616 Sorrel Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94598925-451-3500 [email protected]

Sarah Walsh....................................................................................................Vice President

Richard Lazarowich...............................................................................................Treasurer408-540-8281 [email protected]



Whitefish Curling Club(USCA provisional member)

Stumptown Ice Den, 725 Wisconsin Ave., White�sh, MT 59937Est. 2009 • Arena ice www.whitefishcurlingclub.com

Jack Minnich.....................................................................................................Club [email protected]

Wine Country Curling ClubSkatetown Ice Arena, 1009 Orlando Ave., Roseville, CA 95661

Est. 2007 – 5 sheets (arena ice) www.winecountrycurlingclub.com www.facebook.com/winecountrycurling Twitter: @winecountrycurl

Bob Kuhl..................................................................................................................President6029 Edgewill Drive, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762916-947-5060 [email protected]

Jonathan Gee..................................................................................................Vice President530-823-8921 [email protected]

Katie Feldman........................................................................................................Treasurer916-849-9731 [email protected]

Jessica Tudor............................................................................................................Secretary510-277-2999 jessica@ winecountrycurlingclub.com

Bruce Johnson................................Instruction & Training/Youth Curling Coordinator916-718-5849 [email protected]

Evan Elliott............................................................................College Curling Coordinator510-847-9395 [email protected]

Tony Kelly.......................................................................Membership Roster Coordinator916-616-5141 [email protected]

Sonia Montero.......................................................................Club Insurance Coordinator510-910-2101 [email protected]

North Dakota Curling Associationwww.fmcurling.org/ndcurling

Amelia Young..........................................................................................................President1438 Fourth Ave. S., Fargo, ND 58103701-238-1556 [email protected]

Travis Kitchens...............................................................................................Vice President701-770-8064 [email protected]

Dan Lindgren........................................................................................Secretary/Treasurer701-330-0654 [email protected]

Aberdeen Curling Club (USCA membership pending)

Holum Expo Building, 400 24th Ave. NW, Aberdeen, SD 57401Mailing address: P.O. Box 1282, Aberdeen, SD 57401

Est. 2014 • Arena ice www.curlaberdeen.comTwitter: @CurlNESD

Adam St. Paul..........................................................................................................President320-815-0558 [email protected]

Kelly Erdmann...............................................................................................Vice President605-380-3129 [email protected]


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Capital Curling Club (2014-15 officer information)

1200 N. Washington St., Bismarck, ND 58501Mailing address: P.O. Box 2453, Bismarck, ND 58502-2453

Est. 1983 – 4 sheets 701-221-6816 www.capitalcurlingclub.org www.facebook.com/CapitalCurlingClub

Tucker Smith...........................................................................................................President2305 Point Loop, Bismarck, ND 58503701-866-4894 [email protected]

Jared Auch......................................................................................................Vice President701-595-1320 [email protected]

Scott Collins........................................................Treasurer/Club Insurance Coordinator701-391-9924 [email protected]

Michelle Wagner.....................................................................................................Secretary701-388-6325 m/[email protected]

Erik Holland............................................................................Youth Curling Coordinator701-516-6847 [email protected]

Roger Smith.................................................................Membership Roster Coordinator701-400-6283 [email protected]

Crosby Curling Club450 First Ave. NE, Crosby, ND 58730

Est. 1954 – 3 sheets 701-965-6235

Josh Bummer...........................................................................................................President11472 99th St. NW, Crosby, ND 58730701-965-5422 [email protected]

Drayton Curling Club 105 1/2 Almeron Ave., Drayton, ND 58225

Est. 1901 – 4 sheets 701-454-3871

Tom Grzadzieleski...........................................................................................Club [email protected]

Fargo-Moorhead Curling Club4300 23rd Ave. S., Fargo, ND 58104

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 212, Fargo, ND 58107-0212Est. 1938 – 6 sheets 701-232-0341www.fmcurling.org [email protected]

Steve Scheel......................President/Membership Roster/Club Insurance Coordinator6239 Marten’s Way S., Fargo, ND 58104701-799-1496 [email protected]

Steve Hatlevoll...............................................................................................Vice President701-866-7028 [email protected]

Natalie Melland......................................................................................................Treasurer701-261-8237 [email protected]

Mark Jensen............................................................................................................Secretary701-866-9162 [email protected]

Frank Podoll.....................................................................Co-Youth Curling Coordinator701-232-5049 [email protected]

Lonny Martin....................................................................Co-Youth Curling Coordinator

North Dakota Curling Association


Fortuna Curling ClubCrosby Arena, 450 First Ave NE, Crosby, ND 58730

2 Sheets (arena)

Brian Dejardine......................................................................................................PresidentP.O. Box 132, Fortuna, ND [email protected]

Grafton Curling Club31 E. Seventh St., P.O. Box 388, Gra�on, ND 58237

Est. 1957 – 4 sheets 701-352-1084 www.gra�oncurling.com www.facebook.com/gra�oncurlers

Roger Gorder...........................................................................................................Presidentgorderr@polarcomm.com

Laura Hughes.................................................................................................Vice [email protected]

Christine Tallackson............................................................................Secretary/[email protected]

Grand Forks Curling Club1124 Seventh Ave. S., Grand Forks, ND 58201

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 5134, Grand Forks, ND 582064 sheets 701-775-9249www.gfcurling.com [email protected]

Pete Zavoral.............................................................................................................President25935 422nd Ave. SW, East Grand Forks, MN 56721-9608701-739-0353

Bob Bina..........................................................................................................Vice President701-739-2064

Brenda Staveteig.....................................................................................................Treasurer218-791-1393 [email protected]

Dan Lindgren..........................................................................................................Secretary701-330-0654 [email protected]

Lake Region Curling Club703 Seventh St. SE, P.O. Box 254, Devils Lake, ND 58301

5 sheets 701-662-2555www.lrcurling.com [email protected]

Dwight Noltimier...................................................................................................President701-230-1960 [email protected]

Rudi Bloomquist............................................................................................Vice President701-230-1979 [email protected]

Chad Peterson.........................................................................................................Treasurer701-361-9514 [email protected]

Mark Hodek............................................................................................................Secretary701-360-3764 [email protected]


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Minot Curling Club(2014-15 officer information)

North Dakota State Fairgrounds, 2005 E. Burdick Expressway, Minot, ND 58702Mailng address: P.O. Box 1683, Minot, ND 58702

Est. 1905 – 4 sheets 701-838-3452 www.curling.minot.com

Craig Nathan...........................................................................................................President2615 Crescent Drive, Minot, ND 58703701-240-4014 [email protected]

Brad Doll.........................................................................................................Vice President701-720-5380

Mark Hildahl...........................................................................................................Treasurer701-720-7263

Rushmore Curling ClubRoosevelt Park Ice Arena, 235 Waterloo St., Rapid City, SD 57702

Mailing address & phone: c/o Club PresidentEst. 2003 – 4 sheets (arena) www.rushmorecurling.com [email protected]

Herb Kistler.............................................................................................................PresidentP.O. Box 1083, Rapid City, SD 57709605-484-4477 [email protected]

Nick Dierks.....................................................................................................Vice President

Mike LaBonte..........................................................................................................Treasurer

Roger Bohls.............................................................................................................Secretary

Sioux Falls Curling Club(USCA membership pending)

Scheels IcePlex, 4300 N. Bobhalla Drive, Sioux Falls, SD 57107Est. 2010 – 4 sheets (arena)www.sfcurling.com [email protected]: Search “Sioux Falls Curling” Twitter: @siouxfallscurl

Morgan Andenas....................................................................................................President2501 S. Arcadia Road, Sioux Falls, SD 57105605-480-3057 [email protected]

Kory Kooima..................................................................................................Vice President605-359-5257 [email protected]

Julianna Dick-Ford.................................................................................................Treasurer

�eresa Klingbile....................................................................................................Secretaryklingbiletheresa@gmail.com

Williston Basin Curling Club(2014-15 officer information)

Williams County Fairgrounds, P.O. Box 5, Williston, ND 58802Est. 1980 – 4 sheets 701-572-3338

Travis Kitchens.......................................................................................................President701-770-8064 [email protected]

Marcia Benway...............................................................................................Vice President701-533-8094 [email protected]

Janet Tangedal.........................................................................................................Treasurer701-570-3332 [email protected]

Mel Gardner............................................................................................................Secretary701-770-7224



Washington Curling Associationwww.curlwa.org • [email protected] • www.facebook.com/washingtoncurling

Elizabeth LeBeau....................................................................................................PresidentP.O. Box 254, Lynnwood, WA 98036206-618-7898 [email protected]

Cynthia Eng-Dinsel.......................................................................................Vice [email protected]

Stuart Beck..............................................................................................................Treasurerbeck@r2usa.com

Granite Curling Club1440 N. 128th St., P.O. Box 33057, Seattle, WA 98133

Est. 1960 – 5 sheets 206-362-2446 www.curlingseattle.org [email protected]/granitecurlingclub Twitter: @curlingseattle

April Gale-Seixeiro.................................................................................................President P.O. Box 33057, Seattle, WA 98133360-668-3828 [email protected]

Joe Roberts......................................................................................................Vice President206-915-7795 [email protected]

Avi Belinsky..........................................................Treasurer/Club Insurance Coordinator206-285-5973 [email protected]

Diana Ho�man.......................................................................................................Secretary206-362-2446 [email protected]

Lisa Rauliuk................................................College Curling/Youth Curling Coordinator206-789-2887 [email protected]

David Corn�eld........................................................Instruction & Training Coordinator206-362-2446 [email protected]

Michele Bucy..................................................................Membership Roster Coordinator206-362-2446 [email protected]

Lilac City Curling Club Riverfront Park Ice Palace, 6808 S. Grove Road, Spokane, WA 99224

Mailing address: P.O. Box 7120, Spokane, WA 99207Est. 2011 – 2-4 sheets (arena ice) [email protected]: Search “�e Lilac City Curling Club” Twitter: @LilacCityCC

Eric �ompson........................................................................................................PresidentP.O. Box 7120, Spokane, WA [email protected]

Wisconsin Curling Associationwww.wi-curling.org

Rich Lepping...........................................................................................................President1634 Sherman Ave., Madison, WI 53704608-235-1707 [email protected]

Jim O’Neill......................................................................................................Vice President2316 N. Rankin St., Appleton, WI 54911920-858-3823 [email protected]

Aaron Richards.................................................................Vice President of Competitions39 W. Madison Ave., Milton, WI 53563608-290-1993 [email protected]

Washington Curling Association

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Nicole Atkinson......................................................................................................Secretary608-320-8362 [email protected]

Greg Dunlop...........................................................................................................Treasurer414-778-0341 [email protected]

Appleton Curling Club307 N. Westhill Blvd., Appleton, WI 54914

Est. 1939 – 4 sheets 920-733-9662www.appletoncurlingclub.com [email protected]: Search “Appleton Curling Club” Twitter: @appletoncurl

Josh Ho�man..........................................................................................................President920-279-0913 ho�[email protected]

Todd Good......................................................................................................Vice President715-347-3521 [email protected]

Dan Griedl...............................................................................................................Treasurer920-585-2305 [email protected]

Ann Huelsbeck........................................................................................................Secretary920-205-3406 [email protected]

Scott & Tanya Armstrong..............................................Co-Youth Curling Coordinators920-257-6124 [email protected]

Arlington Curling Club207 Pierce St., P.O. Box 224, Arlington, WI 53911-0224

Est. 1954 – 3 sheets 608-635-4013www.arlingtoncurling.com

Tim Paige.................................................................................................................President8970 Blackhawk Road, Middleton, WI 53562608-836-6887 [email protected]

Alex Ta�..........................................................................................................Vice President608-438-6170 ta�[email protected]

Marty Henert..........................................................................................................Treasurer608-846-9189 [email protected]

Nicole Atkinson......................................................................................................Secretary608-320-8362 [email protected]

Jene Atkinson........................................................................................Media Coordinator262-308-4277 [email protected]

Blackhawk Curling ClubRock County Fairgrounds, 1400 Craig Ave., Janesville WI 53547

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1095, Janesville, WI 535473 sheets 608-754-9714www.blackhawkcurling.com [email protected] Aaron Richards.......................................................................................................President39 W. Madison Ave., Milton, WI 53563608-290-1993 [email protected]

Joel Bailey........................................................................................................Vice President608-758-0532 [email protected]

Phil Boutwell...........................................................................................................Treasurer608-751-8241 [email protected]

Megan Veldkamp....................................................................................................Secretary262-325-9699 [email protected]

Wisconsin Curling Association


Kim Rudkin...............................................................Instruction & Training Coordinator608-225-7884 [email protected]

Ryan Spielman.........................................................................Youth Curling Coordinator815-540-7291 [email protected]

Calvin Merath................................................................Membership Roster Coordinator608-295-7554 [email protected]

Randy �ompson..................................................................Club Insurance Coordinator608-921-9981 [email protected]

Centerville Curling ClubW24854 State Road 54/93, Galesville, WI 54630

Mailing address: W25824 Bear Coulee Road, Trempealeau, WI 54661 Est. 1947 – 4 sheets 608-539-3651www.centervillecurlingclub.com

Vickie Klinger.........................................................................................................PresidentN14753 Prairie View Lane, Trempealeau, WI 54661608-534-6539 [email protected]

John Critzman................................................................................................Vice President608-534-7404 [email protected]

Dan Lilla.........Treasurer/Secretary/Membership Roster/Club Insurance Coordinator 608-539-3923 [email protected]

Sarah Hein...............................................................................Youth Curling Coordinator608-582-4340 [email protected]

Clintonville Curling Club65 Sixth St., P.O. Box 35, Clintonville, WI 54929-0035

Est. 1948 – 2 sheets 715-823-4160

Chase Schroeder.....................................................................................................PresidentN10662 Klemp Road, Clintonville, WI 54929715-250-0308 [email protected]

AJ Mahnke......................................................................................................Vice President715-853-1583

Wendy Pregnitz......................................................................................................Treasurer

Pat Mahnke.............................................................................................................Secretary715-823-3232 [email protected]

Bonnie Ferg..............................................................Instruction & Training Coordinator715-823-6164 [email protected]

Eau Claire Curling Club5530 Fairview Drive, Eau Claire, WI 54701

Mailing address: P.O. Box 1381, Eau Claire, WI 54702-1381Est. 1956 – 4 sheets 715-834-4898www.curlingmanager.com [email protected]: @ECCurlingClub

Sam Johnson............................................................................................................President715-497-4685 [email protected]

Pete Marsnik...................................................................................................Vice President

Jesse Anderson........................................................................................................Treasurer

Spencer Eklund.......................................................................................................Secretary


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Green Bay Curling Club781 Mike McCarthy Way, Green Bay, WI 54304

Est. 1958 – 3 sheets 920-494-9931www.curlgb.com [email protected]/curlgb

Jay Pennock.............................................................................................................President920-621-1318 [email protected]

Bill Rhyme......................................................................................................Vice President920-819-9550 [email protected]

Eric Mielke..............................................................................................................Treasurer920-960-6547 [email protected]

Kettle Moraine Curling Club2630 Oakwood Road, P.O. Box 244, Hartland, WI 53029

Est. 1963 – 5 sheets 262-367-3877www.kmcurlingclub.com [email protected]

Tom Godar...............................................................................................................PresidentW343 N6475 Bayview Road, Oconomowoc, WI 53066608-577-9235 [email protected]

Jerry Helding...................Treasurer/Membership Roster/Club Insurance Coordinator262-965-3851 [email protected]

Tess Munich.............................................................................................................Secretary262-719-0636 [email protected]

Mike Schuder...............................College Curling/Instruction & Training Coordinator262-422-0120 [email protected]

Mike Neimon...........................................................................Youth Curling Coordinator262-370-1268 [email protected]

La Crosse Curling ClubGreen Island Ice Arena, 2312 Seventh St. S., La Crosse, WI 54601

Est. 1914 – 5 sheets (arena) 608-788-0595http://curlinginlacrosse.yolasite.com [email protected]

Chris Ho�and.........................................................................................................President241 S. 17th St., La Crosse, WI 54601608-782-3314 docho�[email protected]

Jim Nelson......................................................................................................Vice President608-792-8228 [email protected]

Jud Omans...............................................................................................................Treasurer608-784-5098 [email protected]

Robert Richardson.................................................................................................Secretary608-788-0595 [email protected]

Loch Wissota Curling ClubEst. 1981 – 1 sheet (outdoor ice)

Jonathan Stolp.........................................................................................................President2914 Northland Drive, Eau Claire, WI 54703715-832-3180 [email protected]

John Stange.....................................................................................................Vice President715-834-5889

Dennis Lee..............................................................................................................Treasurer715-552-3346

Dave Schroeder.......................................................................................................Secretary715-835-7312



Lodi Curling Club704 Fair St., Lodi, WI 53555

Club mailing address: 103 Vilas Hibbard Parkway, Lodi, WI 53555Est. 1880 – 2 sheets 608-592-4499www.lodicurling.org www.facebook.com/LodiCurlingClub

Paul Johnson...........................................................................................................President4897 Pine Spring Road, DeForest, WI 53532608-225-7011 [email protected]

John Steele.......................................................................................................Vice [email protected]

Jim Ness.................................................................................................Treasurer/Secretary608-669-4892

Monte �ompson....................................................................Youth Curling [email protected]

Donna Markgraf............................................................Membership Roster [email protected]

Madison Curling Club4802 Marsh Road, P.O. Box 386, McFarland, WI 53558-0386

Est. 1921 – 6 sheets 608-838-5875www.madisoncurlingclub.com [email protected]: Search “Madison Curling Club”

Adam Derringer.....................................................................................................President2770 Twilight Drive, Sun Prairie, WI 53590608-843-3699 [email protected]

Joel Dietz.........................................................................................................Vice President608-213-1475 [email protected]

Rene Eastman.........................................................................................................Treasurer608-616-2640 [email protected]

Dae Jean Jahnke......................................................................................................Secretary608-223-1405 [email protected]

Donnie & Courtney Henry...................................................Youth Curling Coordinators608-333-8458 [email protected]

Mary Parker..............................................................Instruction & Training Coordinator608-235-9018 [email protected]

Troy Mayne............................................................................Club Insurance Coordinator608-831-2382 [email protected]

Steve Schally...................................................................Membership Roster Coordinator608-238-1109 [email protected]

Marshfield Curling Club1500 S. Vine Ave., P.O. Box 35, Marsh�eld, WI 54449

Est. 1976 – 3 sheets 715-384-9425www.marsh�eldcurling.com marsh�[email protected]

Jacob Roberts..........................................................................................................President1506 South Adams Ave., Apt. 205, Marsh�eld, WI 54449715-615-3028 [email protected]

Todd Besler.....................................................................................................Vice President715-305-0234 [email protected]

Jordan Munger.....................................................Treasurer/Club Insurance Coordinator715-486-5024 [email protected]


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Lucas Olli.................................................................................................................Secretary715-207-5865 [email protected]

Chris Schwanz..........................................................Instruction & Training [email protected]

Mike Behling...........................................................................Youth Curling Coordinator715-305-1611 [email protected]

Dean Markwardt...........................................................Membership Roster Coordinator715-384-4187 [email protected]

Medford Curling Club525 S. Whelen Ave., P.O. Box 56, Medford, WI 54451

Est. 1914 – 4 sheets 715-748-4050www.medfordcurling.com Facebook: Search “Medford Curling Club”

Dennis Christianson..............................................................................................President562 N. Second St., Medford, WI 54451715-748-4983 [email protected]

Frank Bichler..................................................................................................Vice President715-678-2251 [email protected]

Rick Zenner.............................................................................................................Treasurer715-748-4690 [email protected]

Chris Kolstad...........................................................................................................Secretary715-748-2478 [email protected]

Stu Amundson.........................................................................Youth Curling Coordinator715-748-5364

Milwaukee Curling ClubOzaukee County Fairgrounds, W67 N890 Washington Ave., Cedarburg, WI 53012

Mailing address: P.O. Box 169, Cedarburg, WI 53012Est. 1845 – 5 sheets 262-375-1822www.milwaukeecurlingclub.com [email protected]: Search “�e Milwaukee Curling Club” Twitter: @mkecurling

Hank Bowman........................................................................................................Presidentpresident@milwaukeecurlingclub.com

Lynn Packard..................................................................................................Vice [email protected]

Frank Gedelman.................................................Treasurer/Club Insurance [email protected]

Tom Hayman...........................................................................................................Secretarysecretary@milwaukeecurlingclub.com

Drew Friend.......Instruction & Training/College Curling/Youth Curling [email protected]

Chris Apel.......................................................................Membership Roster [email protected]

Pardeeville Curling Club203 Second St., P.O. Box 442, Pardeeville, WI 53954

Est. 1875 – 2 sheets 608-429-2000www.pardeevillecurlingclub.com

Doug Hare...............................................................................................................President110 Morton St., Pardeeville, WI 53954608-429-3221 [email protected]



Aron Kershaw.................................................................................................Vice President608-215-7179 [email protected]

Margo Pufahl.........................................................................................Secretary/Treasurer608-429-2500 [email protected]

Portage Curling Club107 W. Albert Street, P.O. Box 55, Portage, WI 53901

Est. 1851 – 4 sheets 608-742-3237www.portagecurlingclub.com [email protected]/PortageCurlingClub

Steve Benck...................................................President/Membership Roster Coordinator842 Riverview Court, Portage, WI 53901608-745-4344 [email protected]

Jim Swan.........................................................................................................Vice President608-697-2968 [email protected]

Jim Murphy.............................................................................................................Treasurer608-742-5554 [email protected]

Sharon Trecek..........................................................................................................Secretary608-697-0297 [email protected]

Vietta Kampen..............................Instruction & Training/Club Insurance Coordinator608-697-6510 [email protected]

Poynette Curling Club216 Hudson St., P.O. Box 637, Poynette, WI 53955

Est. 1848 – 2 sheets 608-635-7100www.poynettecurlingclub.com

Shane McPeak.........................................................................................................President608-712-4123 [email protected]

Jim Falk...........................................................................................................Vice President608-635-4007 [email protected]

Donald Jackson.......................................................................................................Treasurer608-235-9323 [email protected]

Jan Carlson..............................................................................................................Secretary

Racine Curling Club1914 Melvin Ave., Racine, WI 53402

Est. 1954 – 2 sheets 262-639-9990www.racinecurlingclub.com [email protected]/racinecurlingclub Twitter: @RacineCurling

Lisa Johnson............................................................................................................President2248 Penbrook Drive, Racine, WI 53405262-902-8960 [email protected]

Amanda Hyttel...............................................................................................Vice President262-880-3298 [email protected]

Lora Christensen....................................................................................................Treasurer414-254-7148 [email protected]

Pam Wortley............................................................................................................Secretary262-498-3566 [email protected]

Phil Janusiak............................................................................Youth Curling Coordinator262-770-2227 [email protected]

Bob Ryals........................................................................Membership Roster Coordinator847-207-8336 [email protected]


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Rice Lake Curling Club912 S. Wisconsin Ave., Rice Lake, WI 54868

Est. 1967 – 4 sheets 715-234-9812www.ricelakecurling.org [email protected]/Rice-Lake-Curling-Club

Joe Knepper..........................................................President/Club Insurance Coordinator2226 16 3/4 Ave., Rice Lake, WI 54868715-234-7462 [email protected]

Greg Leach......................................................................................................Vice President715-790-1574 [email protected]

Kraig Smith.............................................................................................................Treasurer715-234-9755 [email protected]

Kathy La�n.............................................................................................................Secretary715-434-6003 kathyla�[email protected]

Russ LaPoint............................................................................Youth Curling Coordinator715-205-2125 [email protected]

Stevens Point Curling Club1628 Country Club Drive, P.O. Box 824, Stevens Point, WI 54481

Est. 1956 – 2 sheets 715-344-9881www.pointcurling.org [email protected]/StevensPointCurlingClub

Chris Viau..............................................................President/Youth Curling Coordinator2460 Maplewood Drive, Plover, WI 54467715-630-9459 [email protected]

Casey Konopacky...........................................................................................Vice [email protected]

Jack Edgerton.......................................................Treasurer/Club Insurance [email protected]

Sandra Kawleski......................................Secretary/Instruction & Training Coordinator [email protected]

Nick Bandow..................................................................Membership Roster [email protected]

Superior Curling Club4700 Tower Ave., Superior, WI 54880

Mailing address: P.O. Box 565, Superior, WI 54880Est. 1893 – 4 sheets 715-392-2022www.superiorcurlingclub.com [email protected] Facebook: Search “Superior Curling Club”

Irvin Mossberger Jr.................................................................................................President218-260-7458 [email protected]

John Bradshaw................................................................................................Vice President218-340-3052 [email protected]

Scott Laven...................................................Treasurer/Membership Roster Coordinator612-269-4202 [email protected]

Kim Lund.................................................................................................................Secretary218-393-9157 [email protected]

Doug Runnoe...........................................................................Youth Curling Coordinator218-391-5419 [email protected]



Tri-City Curling Club131 Hurley St., P.O. Box 751, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494

Est. 1958 – 2 sheets 715-421-0201www.tri-citycurlingclub.com Facebook: Search “Tri-City Curling Club”

Kerry Duckart.........................................................................................................President715-213-6106 [email protected]

Zach Henke....................................................................................................Vice President

Joan Berceau...........................................................................................................Treasurerjberceau@charter.net

Dean Berceau..........................................................................................................Secretary715-421-5607 [email protected]

Mike Swanson..........................................................................Youth Curling Coordinator715-423-4407 [email protected]

Waukesha Curling ClubMailing address & phone: c/o Club President

Est. 1952 – 3 sheets (outdoor)

Bill Hoppenjan........................................................................................................President10200 W. Bluemound Road, Apt. 430, Wauwatosa, WI 53226414-259-7753

Robert Brenckle.........................................................Vice President/Treasurer/Secretary262-542-4551 (H)

Greg Dunlop..........................................................................................Media Coordinator414-778-0341 [email protected]

Waupaca Curling Club 216 S. Franklin St., P.O. Box 22, Waupaca, WI 54981

4 sheets – Est. 1879 715-258-8935 www.curlwaupaca.com [email protected]: Search “Waupaca Curling Club”

Neil Wenberg.........................................................President/Youth Curling Coordinator7991 County Road TT, Almond, WI 54909715-281-9693 [email protected]

Jason Smith.....................................................................................................Vice President715-498-5416 [email protected]

Miralee Much......................................................Treasurer/Club Insurance Coordinator715-281-8016 [email protected]

Ben Janssen..............................................................................................................Secretary920-287-4822 [email protected]

Mark Wolverton............................................................Membership Roster Coordinator715-281-2506 [email protected]


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Wausau Curling Club1920 Curling Way, P.O. Box 627, Wausau, WI 54402-0627

Est. 1920 – 8 sheets 715-842-3614www.wausaucurling.org [email protected]: Search “Wausau Curling”

Susan Sandquist......................................President/Instruction & Training Coordinator715-551-5555 [email protected]

Perry Grueber.................................................................................................Vice President715-298-3050 [email protected]

Ryan Meyers............................................................................................................Treasurerrmeyers@wip�i.com

George Goyke..........................................................................................................Secretary715-355-0757 [email protected]

Jim Wendling...........................................................................Youth Curling Coordinator715-297-5757

Steve O’Keefe..................................................................Membership Roster Coordinator715-571-2453 [email protected]

Gregg James...........................................................................Club Insurance Coordinator

Wauwatosa Curling Club7300 Chestnut St., Wauwatosa, WI 53213

Est. 1940 – 4 sheets 414-453-2875www.wauwatosacurlingclub.com [email protected]

Mike Elwing...........................................................President/Youth Curling Coordinator12640 Zinke Drive, Brook�eld, WI 53005262-821-1063 [email protected]

Mike Trotta.....................................................................................................Vice President414-241-6497 [email protected]

Deborah Masloro�.................................................................................................Treasurer414-529-6936 [email protected]

Tom Havas ..............................................................................................................Secretary414-587-2211 [email protected]

Ti�any Reilly.............................................................Instruction & Training Coordinator414-870-2273 toti�[email protected]



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Championship Calendar

2015-16 season:Championship event Dates Location2016 World Mixed Championship Sept. 12-19 Berne, SUI2016 Youth Olympic Games Trials Nov. 2-8 Blaine, Minn.2016 World Wheelchair Team Selection Nov. 6-8 Wausau, Wis.2016 Mixed Doubles Championship Dec. 2-6 Denver, Colo.2016 Men’s Nationals Challenge Round Jan. 6-10 Madison, Wis.2016 Women’s Nationals Challenge Round Jan. 7-10 Blaine, Minn.2016 Junior National Championships Jan. 16-23 Willmar, Minn.2016 Senior Women’s National Championship Jan. 27-31 Columbus, Ohio2016 Senior Men’s National Championship Jan. 27-31 Medford, Wis.2016 U.S. National Championships Feb. 6-13 Jacksonville, Fla.2016 Youth Olympic Games Feb. 12-21 Lillehammer, NOR2016 World Wheelchair Championship Feb. 21-28 Lucerne, SUI2016 Club National Championships March 5-12 Bismarck, N.D.2016 World Junior Championships March 5-13 Erzurum, TUR2016 College National Championship March 11-13 Chaska, Minn.2016 World Women’s Championship March 19-27 Swi� Current, CAN2016 Mixed National Championship April 2-9 Tempe, Ariz.2016 World Men’s Championship April 2-10 Basel, SUI2016 World Senior Championships April 16-23 Karlstad, SWE2016 World Mixed Doubles Championship April 16-23 Karlstad, SWE2016 Arena National Championships May 10-15 West Chester, Pa.

2016-17 season:2017 Mixed Doubles Championship Dec. 7-11 TBA 2017 Junior National Championships Jan. 14-21 Fargo, N.D.2017 Senior Men’s National Championship Jan. 25-29 Centerville, Wis.2017 Senior Women’s National Championship Jan. 25-29 Beaverton, Ore.2017 Winter World University Games Jan. 29-Feb. 8 Almaty, KAZ2017 World Junior Championships Feb. 16-26 PyeongChang, SK2017 World Wheelchair Championship March 4-11 PyeongChang, SK2017 Club National Championships March 4-11 TBA2017 World Women’s Championship March 18-26 TBA2017 World Men’s Championship April 1-9 Canada2017 Arena National Championships April 25-30 Notre Dame, Ind.

(additional season events to be announced)

Seattle’s Brady Clark (above) won his 10th mixed national championship title in 2015 and helped the Americans advance to the playo�s of the World Mixed Championship.


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