CHAMPIONSHIPS Senior Men’s Curling Association honors champions By Herb Rasmussen, Event Chairman


Wauwatosa Curling Clubs with 257 curlers from 11 states representing 32 clubs participating in this event from Feb. 18-21. Te Tom Godar rink from the Kettle Moraine Curling Club in Hartland, Wis., won the first event in the Senior Championship. Te Donn Satrom rink from St. Paul/Bemidji won the Super Senior Champion- ship and the Dave Qualle rink from Arlington won the Masters Championship. 2016 USSMCA Championship Results: Senior Division Championship


T 1EW–Kettle Moraine: Tom Godar, Keith


Berres, Jeff Moylan, Eric Hill 1ERU–Exmoor: Jeff Wright, Nils Johanson,


Bob LeClair, Ken Brown 2EW–St. Paul: Mark Faltesek, Jim Milosevich,


Bob Hedstrom, John Eustice 2ERU–Detroit: Chuck Tomas, Leroy Bliven,


Juan Heath, Scurvy Heath 3EW–Portage: Bob Daly, Mike Moe, Rusty


Schider, Tom Schrank 3ERU–Green Bay/Medford: Dave Destache,


Terry Gebert, Jeff Hemer, Bill Weiland 4EW–Chicago: Dave Durrant, Jim Wilson, Jeff


Smaha, Terry Nicola 4ERU–Arlington: Dave Phillips, Ron Louick,


Jeff Schuchardt, Doug Bindrich 5EW–Rice Lake: Bill Kind, Don Drost, Phil


Henkel, Dean Springer 5ERU–Blackhawk: Henry Clement, Tom Vet-


ter, Butch Pickett, Jim Wilhelm Super Senior Championship


1EW–St. Paul/Bemidji: Donn Satrom, Mark From Page 20: Arena Nationals


rived with well-prepared sheets of ice delivered by Kevin Madsen and crew – ice that was, for many arena curlers, unfamiliar in that it was flat, ran true, and had predictable curl to it with very few slopes or falls. Master of ceremonies Dean Gemmell led a


huge throng of curlers onto the ice at the opening ceremony. Gemmell, in his remarks, acknowl- edged the spirit and dedication that arena curlers bring to the sport with their perseverance and willingness to curl on just about anything that is frozen and noted the role arena curlers play in promoting and expanding the sport in the USA. Te Jersey Pinelands Curling Club, based in


Varriano, Jerry Pickett, Rich Reierson 1ERU–Lodi: George Godfrey, Walter Erback,


Richard Ryan, Jerry Carncross 2EW–Granite (Seattle): Robert Knievel,


Charles Booth, Charles Smith, Vic Lemecha 2ERU–Coyotes: Bob Walstead, Carl Naso,


Brian Cristall, Hal Purkey 3EW–Orange County: Bob Kuhl, Bill Wad-


dington, Gordon Harder, Bob Krause 3ERU–Madison: Steve O’Connor, Dan Lynch,


Tony Wendericks, Vern Connor 4EW–Clintonville: Merritt Sasse, Jeff Martin,


Steve Fellman, Steve Zais 4ERU–Detroit: Gil Schumacher, Dave Turner,


Jeff Deenen, Sam Kilby Masters Championship


1EW–Arlington: Dave Qualle, Clif Erstad, Bill


Monteufel, Gordon Dunn 1ERU–Poynette: Dean Teeter, Jon Vaningan,


Mark Kretzman, Barney Lohan 2EW–Milwaukee: Jack Baker, Crandall Hayes,


south New Jersey, served as the host club for the event. Jane Sharp, club president, said it was great to meet people from all over and ex- perience the camaraderie that the curling world always embodies. “Curlers have a very strong volunteer spirit and that was certainly displayed this week,” she noted. Te competition benefited from an expand-


ed format this year with 38 teams competing. Of the 62 arena clubs officially recognized by USCA, more than one-third of the arena clubs in the U.S. were represented by either a men’s or women’s (or both) team at the event. Te 2017 Arena National Championships will take place April 25-30 in South Bend, Ind. Q


Super Senior champions (l-r) Donn Satrom, Mark Varriano, Jerry Pickett, and Rich Reierson.


Ivars Gailans, Neil Doese 2ERU–Exmoor: Larry Brown, John Beckwith,


Ken Cooke, Bob Kohn 3EW–Exmoor: Mike Griem, Art Helt, Steve


Hatch, Denis Pepin 3ERU–Tri-City: Jon Niedhold, Bill Karberg,


Mike Swanson, Bob Wright 4EW–Kettle Moraine: John Geason, Terry


Ball, Tom Hoffman, Jim Nelson 4ERU–Arlington: Marv Powers, Marv Man- the, Marv Plenty, Larry Manthe


2018 U.S. Olympic Team Selection Procedures approved, finalized


Te 2018 U.S. Olympic Team Selection Pro-


cedures for women’s and men’s teams are now approved and finalized. Te selection proce- dures for mixed doubles are still in process and will be posted as soon as they are approved. Visit the USA Curling website to download the selection procedures in PDF format.


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he United States Senior Men’s Curling Association held its annual Cham- pionships at the Kettle Moraine and


Senior Division champions (front, l-r) Tom Go- dar, Keith Berres, Jeff Moylan, and Eric Hill. Runners-up were (back, l-r) Jeff Wright, Nils Johanson, Bob LeClair, and Ken Brown.


Masters champions (l-r) Dave Qualle, Clif Erstad, Bill Monteufel, and Gordon Dunn.


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