USWCA NEWS Circuit Spotlight: Grab your toga!


Head to Schenectady’s Carosella Memorial Bonspiel, Nov. 4-6


By Andrea Warr and Elizabeth Demers, USWCA


building opened its doors. A half-century later, Schenectady Curling Club (SCC) members Becky and Shawn Manore looked for a way to memorial- ize her late father – and so the Carosella Memorial Bonspiel was born. Te couple named the second event trophy, the McLaugh Medal, aſter Shaun’s Irish mother. Karen Hess donated the Chu Medal in honor of her Taiwanese son. In 2005, Dion Warr sponsored the fourth event, since called the Mac Isaac Medal to commemorate his Scottish mother. Te Carosella Memorial Bonspiel is unique in that all named honorees of the four events had never themselves curled. Moreover, the pins honor four different nationalities. Schenectady Women have a storied past. Tey joined the USWCA in


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1953, have sent teams to national junior, women’s, and mixed champion- ships as well as the U.S. Olympic Team Trials, and have won countless five & under bonspiels. SCC was a co-founder of the Empire State Bonspiel and has been in rotation as a host club since that bonspiel began in 1955. Te year 2016 also is the 150th


anniversary of the GNCC, to which Schenectady


belongs. Schenectady is part of New York’s capital region and has many parks,


historical sites, museums, and large shopping centers. Schenectady has a great downtown with a lot of fantastic restaurants and bars, and the beauti- ful, historic Proctor’s Teater.Te theme for the 2016 Carosella Memorial Bonspiel is Ancient Rome – Et tu, Broomus?Q


Juniors rock! USWCA junior bonspiel schedule


By Leslie Armstrong, USWCA


spiels range from competitive to developmental, and include young curlers with a variety of ages and abilities. Here is a look at the 2016-17 schedule: Central region: Midland Curling Club, Midland, Mich., Dec. 3-4 West region: Fargo-Moorhead Curling Club, Fargo N.D., Jan. 6-8 East region: Schenectady Curling Club, Schenectady, N.Y., March 3-5 Te contact information and entry forms will be available on the US-


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WCA website as registration approaches. Teams can also find information on travel reimbursement on the website (www.uswca.org). Te USWCA is always looking for clubs willing to host these events. If


your club would be interested in hosting in an upcoming season, please contact Leslie Armstrong at flingtime@comcast.net. Q


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he USWCA is thrilled to announce the dates and locations for this season’s junior bonspiels. Te USWCA is in its 17th


season of sponsoring events for junior curlers across the states. Te bon-


n 1907, a group of intrepid curlers formed the Schenectady Curl- ing Club in New York, using the Mohawk River as their sheet. Te women became an official part of the club in 1951, when the current


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