CHAMPIONSHIPS Field set for first Arena National Championships By Terry L. Kolesar, Editor,
terry.kolesar@usacurl.org
four-day national championship will be staged at the Fort Wayne Curling Club, which is housed in the Canlan Ice Sports Arena. Teams from Arizona to South Carolina will be competing in this first-
T ing: Women’s field (13 teams): Team Ellarby, Dakota (MN) Curling Club: Darcy Ellarby (Burnsville,
Minn.), Jennifer Witschen (Eagan, Minn.), Robyn Farm (Shakopee, Minn.), Julie Wennberg (Burnsville, Minn.), Beth Lundquist (Eagan, Minn.) Team Hamm, Lansing (MI) Curling Club: Lisa Hamm (Mason, Mich.),
Kim Harrison (Lansing, Mich.), Kitty Lam (Lansing, Mich.), Claire Blaske (Grand Ledge, Mich.), Corinne McElwee (Dewitt, Mich.) Team Hopper, Oklahoma (OK) Curling Club: Jessie Hopper (Okla-
homa City, Okla.), Janet Trina (Yukon, Okla.), Andrea Floyd (Edmond, Okla.), Allison Tompson (Edmond, Okla.) Team Knott, Dallas-Fort Worth (TX) Curling Club: Liana Knott (Lan-
caster, Texas), Allison Peterson (Dallas, Texas), Carolyn Stewart (Richard- son, Texas), Carrie Scarlata (Richardson, Texas) Team Lampkins, Fort Wayne (Ind.) Curling Club: Denise Lampkins
(Fort Wayne, Ind.), Kerry Sharpe (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Jill Downs (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Logan Tingley (Celina, Ohio) Team Luckey, Long Island (N.Y.) Curling Club: Karen Luckey (Old
Brookville, N.Y.), Alison Piatt (Hunlock Creek, Pa.), Nicole Mikoleski (North Lindenhurst, N.Y.), Adrianne Rondinelli (West Hempstead, N.Y.) Team Mead, Fort Wayne (Ind.) Curling Club: Jerri Mead, Jamie Free-
man, Ruthi Ilnicki, Martha Lemert, Victoria Sprague (all of Fort Wayne, Ind.) Team Montgomery, Circle City (Ind.) Curling Club: Melissa Mont-
gomery (Indianapolis, Ind.), Tamera Hoffman (Westfield, Ind.), Jennifer Hinderer (Indianapolis, Ind.), Lisa Wieland (West Lafayette, Ind.), Jennifer Cox (Fishers, Ind.) Team Senneker, Kalamazoo (Mich.) Curling Club: Stephanie Senneker
(Perry, Mich.), Pamela Nelson (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Nicole Brinkmann Reeves (South Bend, Ind.), Krista Ragotzy (Kalamzoo, Mich.) Team Temple, Pittsburgh (Pa.) Curling Club: Jacki Temple (Glenshaw,
Pa.), Daphne Roberts (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Amanda Marchitelli (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Elizabeth Cubbison (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Team Tsamoutales, Curling Club of Virginia: Julie Tsamoutales (Up-
per Marlboro, Md.), Connie Walters (Midlothian, Va.), Kirsten Collins (Midlothian, Va.), Pamela Kemp (North Chesterfield, Va.) Team Walsh, San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) Curling Club: Sarah
Walsh (Oakland, Calif.), Kimberly Chapin (San Francisco, Calif.), Emily Schermerhorn (San Francisco, Calif.), Jessica Tudor (Oakland, Calif.)
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ever championship, which was designed to give club curlers who utilize arena-style ice conditions a place to duke it out to determine the top arena team in the nation. Te double knockout will get underway at 8:30 a.m. on July 18. Live scor-
ing from the event will be available online via USA Curling partner Curl- ingZone. Here is a look at the competing teams and the clubs they are represent-
he inaugural Arena National Championships sweep into Fort Wayne, Ind., on July 18. Nineteen men’s and 13 women’s teams will compete to reign supreme on the national arena scene. Te
Team Wiggins, Palmetto (S.C.) Curl-
ing Club: Anne Wiggins (Henderson- ville, N.C.), Nicole Plante (Simpsonville, S.C.), Linda Marshall (Simpsonville, S.C.), Laurie English (Simpsonville, S.C.) Men’s field (19 teams):
Team Cooke, Curling Club of Vir-
ginia: Brent Cooke (Midlothian, Va.), Richard Collins (Midlothian, Va.), Travis Hamilton (Richmond, Va.), Scott Walters (Midlothian, Va.) Team Dittberner, Vikingland (Minn.) Curling Club: Troy Dittberner
(Alexandria, Minn.), Andy Siira (Brandon, Minn.), Logan Moore (Alexan- dria, Minn.), Michael Bouressa (Alexandria, Minn.), Jason Lattimer (Alex- andra, Minn.) Team Eckstrand, Kalamazoo (Mich.) Curling Club: Garnet Eckstrand
(Portage, Mich.), Kent Elliott (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Marcus Gleaton (Tree Rivers, Mich.), Chris Gleaton (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Tomas Deater (Ka- lamazoo, Mich.) Team Ellarby, Dakota (Minn.) Curling Club: Paul Ellarby (Burnsville,
Minn.), Ryan Claussen (Rochester, Minn.), Gary Mazzotta (Minneapolis, Minn.), Aaron Knewtson (Lakeville, Minn.), Dan Wennberg (Burnsville, Minn.) Team Fountain, Fort Wayne (Ind.) Curling Club: Jason Fountain (Fort
Wayne, Ind.), Kenton Morrell (Fort Wane, Ind.), Craig Fischer (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Keith (Brian) Bradtmiller (Garrett, Ind.) Team Gallagher, Coyotes (Ariz.) Curling Club: Greg Gallagher (Scott-
sdale, Ariz.), Wayne Fleming (Phoenix), Joshua Lewis (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Jeff Fassett (Phoenix) Team Havercroſt, Oklahoma Curling Club: Jonathan Havercroſt (Nor-
man, Okla.), Ronald Conlon (Norman, Okla.), Mark Ngo (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Ryan McGhee (Oklahoma City, Okla.) Team Heck, Circle City (Ind.) Curling Club: Jeff Heck (Indianapolis,
Ind.), Joshua Scott (Noblesville, Ind.), Robert Jennings (Carmel, Ind.), Dan Ivers (Greenfield, Ind.), Wes Hoffman (Westfield, Ind.) Team Parker, Lansing (Mich.) Curling Club: Stephen Parker (East Lan-
sing, Mich.), Robert Hardenbergh (Owosso, Mich.), David Hardenbergh (Mason, Mich.), Wyl McCully (Mason, Mich.) Team Klein, Long Island (N.Y.) Curling Club: Timothy Klein (Kew
Gardens, N.Y.), Dannie Steski (Shoreham, N.Y.), Michael Spensieri (West- bury, N.Y.), Joe Olsey (Massapequa, N.Y.) Team Marshall, Palmetto (S.C.) Curling Club: Bill Marshall (Simpson-
ville, S.C.), Beau Welling (Greenville, S.C.), Daniel Fort (Mauldin, S.C.), Kurt Wagner (Simpsonville, S.C.) Team Mendoza, Hollywood (Calif.) Curling Club: Paul Mendoza (Bur-
bank, Calif.), Ryan Berdan (Burbank, Calif.), Matt Gamboa (Granada Hills, Calif.), Richard Cruz (Covina, Calif.) Team Moir, Denver (Colo.) Curling Club: Phil Moir (Aurora, Colo.),
Matthew Culbertson (Highlands Ranch, Colo.), David Suhr (Highlands Ranch, Colo.), Tom Whitman (Lakewood, Colo.)
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