USSMCA NEWS


By Perry Grueber, Chairman, 2014 USSMCA Bonspiel


Feb. 12-16. Sixty-four teams in three divisions – Masters (68+), Super Seniors (63+) and Seniors (55+) – vied for the Association’s national titles. Te bonspiel, the first national event held at the new, eight Olympic-regulation sheet Wausau Curling Center since it’s opening in fall 2012, was highlighted by a four-game guarantee, fierce competition, high-quality playing conditions, ample refreshments each of the five days and a Tursday evening banquet for the 262 partici- pants, their guests and Wausau Curling Club vol- unteers. Te warm and welcoming surroundings of the Wausau Curling Center made the perfect venue for renewing old and starting new friend- ships and viewing the action both at the Center and televised from the Ice Cube at the Sochi


USSMCA champions crowned T


Olympics. Conversations, not surprisingly, went on well into the night. By Sunday evening each of the event cham-


he Wausau (Wis.) Curling Club played host to the United States Senior Men’s Curling Association’s 2014 Bonspiel on


pions were crowned. First to be named were the Masters’ winners, the Larry Brown Rink of the Exmoor (Illinois) Curling Club. In the Super Seniors’ the Bob Knievel Rink of the Granite Curling Club in Seattle, prevailed. And in the Seniors’, it was the Geoff Good- land rink out of the Eau Claire (Wis.) Curling Club, with Mike Fraboni and Stan Vinge of the Madison (Wis.) Curling Club and Wausau Curling’s own Cal Tillisch – the event’s youngest participant. In 2015, the USSMCA Nationals moves


from one of the newest facilities, to one of our sports’ most storied and respected, the eight- sheet St. Paul Curling Club in Minnesota, with play scheduled to begin on Tursday, Feb. 19, 2015. n


Senior Division champions (l-r) Geoff Goodland, Mike Fraboni, Stan Vinge, and Cal Tillisch repre- senting the Eau Claire (Wis.) Curling Club.


PLACE 1EW–Eau Claire 1ERU–Duluth 2EW–Bemidji 2ERU–Madison 3EW–Madison 3ERU–Rice Lake 4EW–Rice Lake 4ERU–Detroit


Master's Division champions (l-r) Larry Brown, Ken Birchard, Joe Kadleck, and Bob Koln repre- senting the Exmoor (Ill.) Curling Club.


PLACE 1EW–Exmoor 1ERU–Poynette 2EW–Arlington 2ERU–Madison 3EW–Arlington 3ERU–Chicago 4EW–Chicago


TEAM Masters Division (age 68+)


Larry Brown, Ken Birchard, Joe Kadleck, Bob Koln


Dean Teeter, Barney Lohan, Vern Herr, Charles Hilgendorf


Lewie Falk, Dave Qualle, Clif Erstad, Gordon Dunn


Steve O'Connor, Dan Lynch, Tony Wendricks, Allen Hafeman


Marvin Powers, Marvin Manke, Marv Plenty, Larry Manthe


Paul Arnold, Dan Cahill, Don Rand, Joe Dunbeck


Ron Buchanan, Steve Carlson, Jack Bernauer, Morgen Porter


4ERU–Curl Mesabi Gerald Bodas, Neill Luedtke, Tony Dresher, Warren Anderson


20 )) usacurl.org )) 2ERU–Portage 3EW–Bemidji 3ERU–Marshfield 4EW–Wausau 4ERU–Triangle


Super Seniors Division champions (l-r) Bob Knievel, Jay Booth, Charles Smith, and Vic Lem- echa of Seattle's Granite Curling Club.


PLACE 1EW–Granite 1ERU–Waupaca 2EW–Centerville


TEAM Super Seniors Division (age 63+)


Bob Knievel, Jay Booth, Charles Smith, Vick Lemecha


Jeff Martin, Dennis Girard, Elmer Keil, Rand Swenson


Bob Hammond, Bob Hanson, Randy Van Fleet, Ken Johnson, Jon Stolp


Dan Brunt, Ron Wagner, John Brunt, Ernie Curley


Mike Liapis, Jerry Pickett, Jim Humeniuk, Donn Satrom


David Bjarnason, Dean Mark- wardt, Jim Sherburne, Mike Thomasgard


Bill Edwards, Dan LaCerte, Pete Hessert, Dale Gerlach


Dick Macartney, Hal McGrady, Mike Hartman, Dan Schenck


5EW–Portage 5ERU–Wausau


TEAM Senior Division (age 55+)


Geoff Goodland, Mike Fraboni, Stan Vinge, Cal Tillisch


Seppo Sormunen, Pete Westberg, Michael Kolb, Mike Manick


Dave Chandler, Steve Johnson, Dan Haluptzok, Pat Writing


Ken Neidhart, Paul Matzke, Tom Gannon, Rod Wixson


Mike Kosovec, Scott Reich, Mark Zylkowski, John Harrington, Mike Babcock


Dale Stoik, Kraig Smith, Mel Pearson, Don Peterson


Larry Sharp, Bill Kind, Don Drost, Greg Dahl


David Nelson, Ron Boehmer, John Danckaert, Pat Cannon


Bob Daly, Mike Moe, Russ Schider, Jim Jordan


Jeff Stubbe, Bob Frihart, Steve Crooks, Dick Hilger


// IN MEMORIAM Douglass Seeber


Douglass Seeber, 82, Wausau, Wis., passed


away March 6, 2014. A native of upper Michi- gan, Seeber moved to Wausau in 1963 and joined the curl- ing club that year. He served as president of the club in 1982 and was instrumental in brining the inaugural Winter Badger States Games to Wausau. He also served as president of the Wisconsin State Curling Association for three years.


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