INSIDE USA CURLING Grab your ski poles, brooms and head to Telluride By Rich Lepping, Chairman, USCA Board of Directors
the best year ever! Well, I’ve been traveling around lately. It started with the Members' As-
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sembly in Fort Wayne, Ind., in October, and then onward to thank our 2015 Volunteer of the Year Award recipient, Darryl Horsman, in Arizona at the Coyotes Curling Club. Aſt er that I spent a weekend at the Chicago Curling Club and at the end of December, I went to curl at the brand new curling club in Telluride, Colo. T ree out of the four clubs were relatively new. But, all have one thing in common – fun, fellowship and love of the game. It’s the love of the game that bonds us together and continues to grow
our sport. T anks to all that have welcomed me as we try to better com- municate what the U.S. Curling Association (USCA) is doing and how our athletes and clubs are making an impact. I’m excited to see a number of new applications for new curling clubs around the country, and can’t wait until we can say we have clubs in every state. As 2016 unrolls, I want to remind you that we have board meetings com-
ing up in February, April, July, and October. I will conduct a Town Hall call two weeks aſt er each meeting. Please try and join in on a call to hear the latest information, but more importantly, to ask questions. T e information will be posted at
www.usacurl.org. T e October meeting will be our annual Members' Assembly, which this year will be held in Phoenix. Please watch for details and plan on attending. Please take advantage of the coaching clinics, the certifi cation classes,
and webinars that the USCA has to off er. Submit photos and stories to us for the Curling News and most importantly, let Rick Patzke in on what’s going
appy New Year! I hope your holidays were fi lled with happiness and relaxation, and spent with family and friends. What a great time to refl ect on the past and plan for the future. May 2016 be
New curlers at the Telluride Curling Club in Colorado go from the slopes to the curling rink now that they have their fi rst league set up at Hanley Rink.
on in your club and community. We love to hear about community fund- raisers or people doing great things. T is is curling, so let’s share our stories. Earlier I told you I was traveling around. Well, the January stops in-
cluded the Continental Cup in Las Vegas and the 2016 USA Curling Senior Men's National Championship in Medford, Wis., where I got to spend more quality time with great curlers. Now, it is onward to the 2016 USA Curling National Championships in Jacksonville, Fla., the USWCA meeting in Fair- banks, Alaska, and I hope to talk with you there. T is May I’ve been invited to the Grand National (GNCC), Great Lakes (GLCA) and Illinois (ICA) regional meetings. Rick Patzke and I would like to visit your region next. Good luck to all our playdown curlers, our High Performance Program
athletes and all the club members playing in bonspiels across the U.S. Good curling to all. Q
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