CLUB NEWS By David Garber, Emeritus Editor,
dj.garber@
tds.net
6,000 wins and counting T
he richness of the culture of curling in the United States is oſt en well-described by relating the stories of the people who love the game.
Ron Gervais, Sr., is a member of the Cook County Curling Club of
Grand Marais, Minn. T is dedicated curler also belongs to the Duluth and Two Harbors curling clubs. He celebrated his 6,000th game on Jan. 14, 2013, with fellow members and a good cake. T e local paper’s article by Brian Larsen reports that, remarkably, Ron has never missed a league game in 50 years of curling, for many of these years belonging to three clubs, and almost always with three league nights each week. Many curlers in the U.S. will know Ron from competing with and against him. He has played in more than 600 bonspiels and playdowns (599 as of January), from club to international level. Ron recalls perhaps his biggest honor, his selection to the 1982 USCA
Men’s Scotland Tour Team. “We played 18-20 matches,” in each Scottish curling facility. During this Tour, his team scored the only eight-ender known in international play, and the U.S. brought home the Herries-Max- well Trophy for the fi rst time since the Tour’s inception in 1952, starting
a streak of fi ve wins through 2001. An inveterate journal keeper
for 50 years, Ron has main- tained a log of games played, scores, sites, and opposing teams. T e full-page article in the Jan. 26 Cook County News- Herald is in itself a treasure trove of curling history, from 45-below-zero games in Fin- land, Minn., to tales of dodging deer while driving to league games in three clubs. Gervais plans to share his history some- day — hopefully he will advertise his book in the U.S. Curling News and send us a copy to review! ■
Ron Gervais
– Contributions by the Cook County News Herald and Joanne M. Smith, Secretary, Cook County Curling Club.
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(T e author appreciates insights provided by Sandra McMakin, Chair of
USA Curling’s Training and Instruction Committee, and Matt Mielke, former junior national champion and soon to be MD in residency in the Twin Cit- ies. All of the author’s previous training articles are available on line at: USA Curling – Inside the USCA – CNews Columnists – Columns by Jon Mielke).
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