BONUS ONLINE-ONLY COVERAGE // // HIGH PERFORMANCE Shuster, Brown lead Order of Merit standings Te USCA Championships Rules for 2012-13 stipulates that two men’s
teams and two women’s teams, not already qualified, will advance to the 2013 USA Curling National Championships in Green Bay, Wis., based on the World Curling Tour Year-To-Date Order of Merit as of the conclusion of
Team John Shuster Team Pete Fenson* Team Tyler George
Team Heath McCormick* Team Todd Birr
Team Craig Brown Team Korey Dropkin Team Kris Perkovich Team Geoff Goodland Team Mark Haluptzok Team Eric Fenson Team Matt Stevens Team Leon Romaniuk Team Brady Clark
Team Brandon Corbett *already qualified to Nationals
the Curl Mesabi Cashspiel on Dec. 16. Te standings of the point winners through the conclusion of bonspiels as of Oct. 29 are as follows:
Team Erika Brown Team Patti Lank
Team Margie Smith Team Becca Hamilton Team Cassie Potter* Team Alex Carlson Team Miranda Solem Team Allison Pottinger*
19.050 2.500 1.750 1.250 1.250 0.900 0.250 0.000
// WORLD CURLING FEDERATION NEWS Kosovo becomes provisional member
curling. Te vote took place at the WCF Annual General Assembly held at the
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conclusion of the inaugural World Curling Federation Annual Congress at the Turnberry Resort in Scotland. “On behalf of the Kosovo Curling Federation, we are very happy to join
the world curling family,” said Besim Hasani, president of the Kosovo Olympic Committee. Te Kosovo Curling Federation was established in September 2011. Ac-
cording to KCF they count five curling clubs with a total of 85 youngsters trying out curling at present. Te KCF is one of 30 sports associations es-
ember associations of the World Curling Federation have voted to accept the Kosovo Curling Federation as a provi- sional member of the world governing body of the sport of
tablished in Kosovo since it declared independence from Serbia in February 2008. Members also voted unanimously to suspend Bulgaria and Armenia
from the Federation due to failure to pay outstanding subscription fees. More than 100 delegates from around the world attended the World
Curling Federation’s first congress, including several from the United States. One of the main discussion points at the congress has been focussing on the governance structure of the WCF and working closely on a proposal for a new WCF constitution. Work will continue on these matters over the next year ahead of the second WCF Annual Congress due to take place from Aug. 26-Sept. 2 (location to be announced). n