USWCA NEWS Maier rink brings home USWCA Senior Bonspiel title By Abigail Read, USWCA


Vermont, Pennsylvania, Maryland. From the president’s First Rock Cer- emony on Wednesday night, through the fi nals on Sunday aſt ernoon, the 34th U.S. Women’s Curling Association Senior Women’s Bonspiel, “Yule Rock the Coast,” featured camaraderie, competition, a Christmas theme, and, of course, crustaceans. Congratulations to the Kettle Moraine team of Judy Maier, Carol Stevenson, Flip Flemming, and Mary Rasmussen, the A Event winners. T e 35th USWCA Senior Women’s Bonspiel will be held at the Waltham


O


Curling Club in Illinois in 2016. Here are the results: t A Event winners, Kettle Moraine Curling Club (Wis.): Judy Maier, Carol Stevenson, Flip Flemming, Mary Rasmussen


t B Event winners, Broomstones Curling Club (Mass.): Jamie Hutchinson, Carolyn MacLeod, Gwen Krailo-Lyons, Elaine Ritchie


t C Event winners, Chicago Curling Club: Julie Denten, Susan Bennett, Donna Slabas, Jody Berman


t D Event winners, Philadelphia Curling Club: Rosemary Morgan, Jo Hess, Maggie McMahon, Pat Jolly.


USWCA raffl e winner heads to sunny Jacksonville for Nationals


By Bethany Rivera, USWCA T e United States Women’s Curling Association would like to con-


gratulate Karen Leskell of Duluth, Minn., for being the lucky winner of two full session event passes to the 2016 U.S. National Curling Champi- onships in Jacksonville, Florida, Feb., 6-13. T e USWCA would like to thank Rick Patzke and the United States


Curling Association for generously donating the tickets, and for the US- CA’s support of the USWCA and women’s curling. Additionally, many thanks to the members of the USWCA who sold more than 700 tickets and helped promote the raffl e and the National Championships. T e USWCA would not be able to provide quality local and national curling experiences without the support of the entire curling community. To fi nd out more about the USWCA and the events we sponsor, visit our website at www.uswca.org.


FROM P16: Five and Under Bonspiels


host the 5 Year and Under Open Challenge on March 18-20. Information and guidelines as well as fl yers and the 5 & Under Eligibility (entry) forms can be downloaded off the USWCA 5 & Under website. Curlers with fi ve years or less experience are encouraged to take advantage of these opportu- nities to visit other clubs, competing with curlers at their same skill levels in positions they normally would not play in home league games. USWCA member clubs that sponsor Five & Under Bonspiels encourage


curling across the nation. If your club is interested in hosting a Five & Un- der Bonspiel, check the USWCA Five & Under Bonspiel website for more information. Q


rocket exhaust Top 10 More Interesting Facts About


“T e Most Interesting Curler in the World” (“I don’t always draw, but when I do,


I prefer the weld shot. Stay freezy, my friends.”) A column by Richard Maskel


10] He once executed a septuple takeout on his own stones and rolled


the shooter out, just so he could blank the end and retain hammer. 9] Opponents have been known to lose the pre-game coin toss and


immediately concede the match. 8] He walks on water — and not just the frozen kind. 7] His sweeping technique is commonly referred to as “T e Immacu-


late Correction.” 6] He can get a rock to stop anywhere he wants, just by talking nicely


to it. 5] When the opposing team gets together on the ice for a strategy


conference, they will oſt en urge him to join in. 4] He can see all of the stone that he’s trying to hit — even when it’s


completely buried. 3] Out of respect, his brush head never gets dirty. 2] He enjoys “home ice” advantage everywhere he plays. 1] He isn’t just part of the “High Performance Plan,” he is the “High Performance Plan.”


Winners of the USWCA Senior Bonspiel were Kettle Moraine Curling Club members (l-r) Judy Maier, Carol Stevenson, Flip Flemming, and Mary Rasmussen.


n Wednesday, Dec. 2, teams arrived at the Belfast Curling Club from all over the country: Arizona, Denver, Wisconsin, Min- nesota, Chicago, Ohio, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts,


USA Curling (( 17


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38