BOARD OF DIRECTOR NEWS // COLLEGE CURLING
College curling begins a bold new season For further information on the U.S. College
by Gordon Maclean, Chairman, College Curling National Championship
to a National Championship based on merit. Six- teen schools will be invited to participate at the U.S. College and University College Champion- ship to be held March 8-10 in Duluth, Minn. Guidelines detailing the entire process were
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published in September and will be found online on Facebook at “US University Club and Varsity Curling” and on our new website
www.colleg-
ecurlingusa.org. (Please note that our old website will still be active and will automatically redirect you to the new site.) In brief, schools earn points by participating in
college-only curling events; either head-to-head, triangular, quad, or larger round robin events or traditional bonspiel format events. Schools can also earn points by hosting events. Automatic berths can be earned by winning events that meet certain minimum field size requirements. Schools with the most points will be invited to participate in the National Championship. Spots at the National Championship will be
awarded to a school rather than to a particular team of four individuals.
or the first time, college curling is headed
and University College Championship, contact Gordon Maclean at president@coppercountryc-
urlingclub.com, or call 906-482-6788. College bonspiels on tap
Te University of Tennessee will be hosting
a college-only bonspiel at the Columbus (Ohio) Curling Club, the weekend of Oct. 5-7. So far Tennessee and Butler have teams entered. Tere are 16 spaces available; cost is $150 per team. Contact Kevin Spellman, 502-523-5844, or
kspellma@utk.edu. Te Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
Curling Club is working with the Rochester Curling Cub to host an early season bonspiel, Nov. 9-11. Te first draw is tentatively set for 4 p.m. on Nov. 9. Te bonspiel has 24 slots avail- able, with teams from RIT, Colgate, Boston, and Villanova already entered. Entry Fee is $150 per team. Contact Steve Noble at, 315-399-2591,
spn4788@rit.edu or
ritcurling@gmail.com for further information. Te University of Wisconsin-Superior and
University of Wisconsin-Barron County are combining forces to host a college-only, open bonspiel format event at the Rice Lake Curling Club, Dec. 1-2. Te first draw will be at 8 a.m. on
Dec. 1. Entry fee is $100 per team. Eight teams participated at last year’s event; the goal for 2012 is to have 16 teams. Current participants include Nebraska, UW-Superior, Tennessee, UW-Madi- son, UW-Green Bay, and Carroll University. For further information, contact Tony Nelson, 715- 418-0454,
tnelso18@uwsuper.edu or Scott Sharp, 715-296-0662,
gunner2878@yahoo.com. Colgate University will be hosting a college-
only bonspiel at the Utica (N.Y.) Curling Club the weekend of Feb. 9. Colgate, Hamilton and SUNY are currently entered. Tere are 16 spots available for this event; the cost is $25 per person. For more information, contact Mary Jane Walsh at 315-228-6194, or
mwalsh@colgate.edu. n
Three new directors join USCA Board of Directors Jennifer Stannard (Stamford, Conn.), Jeff Han-
non (Norwalk, Conn.) and Nick Kitinski (Bur- bank, Calif.) were recently elected to the United States Curling Association Board of Directors. Stannard, a member of the Nutmeg Curling
Club, joins the Board of Directors as the repre- sentative for the United States Women’s Curl- ing Association. Stannard, a past president of the USWCA, joins the board with an extensive leadership background from service on the Nut- meg Curling Club’s board and within the club as well as within other areas of interest, including the United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps and the Trinity Episcopal Church. An account executive with Aetna Life Insur-
ance, Stannard graduated from Central Con- necticut University. She began curling in 1992 at the Nutmeg club. She has one son, Eric, who curled as a junior but assignments with the Unit-
ed States Navy have prevented him from curling much since. In her free time when she is not curl- ing, Stannard enjoys singing and golfing. Hannon joins the Board of Directors repre-
senting the Grand National region. A member of the Nutmeg and Plainfield curling clubs, Han- non began curling in 1994 at the Plainfield club in New Jersey. A graduate of Rutgers, Te State University of New Jersey with a degree in com- puter science, Hannon works as a management consultant. His wife, Sally Mackenzie, also curls and has held many leadership positions within the Grand National region. Hannon serves as Nutmeg’s head ice technician and has served on its board of directors. In addition, Hannon has chaired the mixed competition for the GNCC and coached at several national championship events. In his free time, Hannon enjoys fishing. Kitinski joins the board representing the
Mountain Pacific region. He is a member of the Las Vegas Curling Club and has been instrumen- tal in the formation of several clubs in the MoPac region, most recently the one in Las Vegas. Ki- tinski was the founder of the Hollywood Curling Club in Panorama, Calif., and served as its presi- dent for three years. He also served as president of the MoPac region for two years. Kitinski, who works as a sound engineer and earned degrees in electrical engineering, economics and cinema, helped the USCA create the “Dare to Curl” video in 2011. He currently serves as chairman of the USCA’s Club and Membership Development Committee. He is a Level II official and Level II instructor. A complete list of the USCA Board of Direc- tors can be found on Page 4. n
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