CHAMPIONSHIPS Pre-register for the 2015 Arena Nationals in Iowa T
he 2015 USA Curling Arena National Championships will take place July 16-18 at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Te pre-registration deadline is March 13. If your club would like to
bring forth a men’s and/or women’s team to compete in the Arena Cham- pionships, be sure to express your interest and commitment by complet- ing the pre-registration form as soon as possible, but prior to the March 13 deadline. Club presidents can pre-register teams via the link found on the main
event webpage in the championships section of
www.usacurl.org. Te event will again feature 32 teams total, including a men’s and a women’s division. Each region is assured of one entry with preference going
to clubs that enter both a men’s and a women’s team. Please note that this season’s rules (See Rules Booklet, Page 23) state that “Each team may have a maximum of two players who also curl at a dedicated ice facility. Stick curl- ers are not eligible to compete. Wheelchair curlers are allowed to compete, but must adhere to wheelchair curling rules.” Please refer to the USACurl- ing website for greater detail of rules and event-related information. Selected teams will be required to complete their online registration
through the USA Curling Sports Signup online registration system before May 1, 2015, at 11:59 p.m. Te registration fee will be $550 per team. A $10 per/individual early registration discount will be given to any team mem- bers that complete their registration prior to April 15. Feel free to contact the USA Curling office with any questions. n
First world mixed championship set for September Curling Bahn Allmend, an eight-sheet curling facility in Berne, Switzer-
land, will host the inaugural World Mixed Championship this fall. Te Swiss capital city will host the event Sept. 12-19. Te winning team
from the 2015 U.S. Mixed National Championship taking place in March in Blaine, Minn., will determine Team USA for the world championship. Te world championship is an open entry event for all World Curling
Federation (WCF) member associations. Member Associations may enter one mixed gender team for this event, consisting of two male and two fe-
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male athletes. Mixed Curling is played following the same rules as 'traditional' curl-
ing with the exception that games will be played up to a maximum of eight ends, delivery rotation must alternate between each gender and the skip and vice-skip must be from the opposite gender. Also, no alternate (substitute) athletes are allowed on the team. Tis event replaces the European Mixed Curling Championship, which
was last held in Taarnby, Denmark in September 2014. – Report courtesy of the WCF
Tom Pence reported to the Curling News that Elvis was spotted at the Fargo- Moorhead Curling Club in Fargo, N.D., during the Halloween bonspiel on Oct 31. However, he has leſt the building.
// TEAM USA COVERAGE Editor’s note: At press time, the 2015 U.S. Nationals, 2015 Winter World
University Games and 2015 World Wheelchair Championship were just getting underway. Results from these events, as well as the remaining 2015 national and world championship events, will be included in the May edi- tion of this magazine.
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