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Te membership of the Milwaukee Curling Club, seen above in this panoramic view, welcomes USWCA National Bonspiel participants to its state-of-the-sport curling facility, built in 2012. Te Milwaukee Curling Club is the oldest curling club in continual existence in the United States.


Milwaukee Curling Club to host ‘Bikes & Brew,’ 69th


Annual USWCA National Bonspiel


By Mary Beth Goelzer and Clare Bergquist, USWCA he Milwaukee Curling Club will host the 69th


Milwaukee’s great cultural touchstones, great beer and world-class motor- cycles. In the Milwaukee area you will be able to tour an amazing art mu- seum, take brewery tours, and visit the Harley Davidson Museum, among


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National Bonspiel Feb. 15-19 in Cedarburg, Wis. Te theme of the bonspiel is Bikes and Brew – Tunder on Te Ice, in honor of


other local attractions. Lonely Planet rated Milwaukee as one of the best U.S. cities to visit in 2016. Te five-year-old curling club is located just north of Milwaukee in Cedarburg, which Midwest Living Magazine described as “Pretty as a postcard and filled with specialty shops.” Te bonspiel coin- cides with Cedarburg’s Winter Festival, which features ice sculptures, a parade, frozen riverbed races and many other festivities. Visit the USWCA website (www.uswca.org) for more information about how to submit an ap- plication to the bonspiel. We hope to see you next year in Milwaukee. Q


Five and Under Bonspiels take center stage By Millie Buege, USWCA


2016-17 season. We’ve divided the country into five geographic areas: East, Central, Wisconsin, West I, and West II. Each area has a rotation schedule for their member clubs to host a USWCA-sponsored five & under bonspiel. So far, we have commitments from clubs in four of the five areas. Tis season’s calendar is as follows: East Region: Cape Cod Curling Club, Five & Under Open Challenge,


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Oct. 28-30 Central Region: Detroit Curling Club, Five & Under Open Challenge,


he USWCA Five-Year and Under Committee is busy fulfilling their goal of USWCA-member curling clubs across the nation to host a Five Year and Under Women’s and/or open bonspiel in the


Wisconsin Region: t Centerville Curling Club, Five & Under Open Challenge, Dec. 2-4 t Blackhawk Curling Club, Janesville, Five & Under Women’s Chal- lenge, dates TBD


West I Region: Host club and dates to be determined West II Region: Evergreen Curling Club, Beaverton, Ore., Five & Under


Open Challenge, March 24-25 Te USWCA Five-Year and Under Committee would like to thank our


member curling clubs for continuing to encourage new curlers to embrace our sport by hosting five & under bonspiels. If you are a new curler and have curled for five years or less, we hope you


will take advantage of the opportunity to curl in a five & under bonspiel this coming season. For more information, please check the USWCA five & under bonspiel website (www.uswca.org). Q


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