CHAMPIONSHIPS
Wisconsin women, New York men win 2016 Club National Championships
By Terry L. Davis, Editor
ington in the gold-medal game of the 2106 USA Curling Club National Championships on March 12 at the Capital Curling Club. Joining Wiscon- sin at the top of the podium was Bill Stopera’s rink from New York’s Ardsley Curling Club as they defeated Illinois in an extra end, 4-3, in the men’s division. Schmus (Sun Prairie, Wis.) and teammates
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Angela Montgomery (Fitchburg, Wis.), Sha- lon Holbeck (Madison, Wis.), and Emily Loew (Madison, Wis.) got past Washington’s Miyo Konno rink using a lot offense along the way. Te Madison Curling Club squad scored three points in the opening end and added four more in the third to take a quick 7-2 lead on Konno and her team of Sara Skulec (Kirkland, Wash.), Nicole Samson (Seattle) Aryn Grause (Seattle), and Gina Triolo (Redmond, Wash.). Washington battled back in the second half and got within two points aſter stealing the sixth and seventh ends. But, the Wisconsin squad got back on track with a single in the eighth end and sealed the 12-6 win when they stole three points in the ninth. Te men’s gold-medal game, in comparison,
was much more defensive between Jeff Wright’s Illinois squad and New York’s Stopera rink. Te lone deuce – and first points of the game – was scored in the fiſth end by Wright and teammates Sean Silver (Chicago), Stephen Wright (Chicago), and Russ Brown (Lake Forest, Ill.), with alternate Ken Brown (Deerfield, Ill.). New York settled for a single point in the sixth end before stealing im- portant points in the second half. Stopera and teammates Martin Sather (Yon-
kers, N.Y.), Peter Austin (Rockville Centre, N.Y.), and George Austin (Rockville Centre, N.Y.), who turned 76 just days aſter the championship con- cluded and is believed to be the “most senior”
isconsin’s Sydney Schmus rink was the team to beat all week and proved it by defeating Wash-
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Wisconsin (Sydney Schmus) North Dakota (Nicole Reiser) Washington (Miyo Konno) Arizona (Carol Ann Naso) Maryland (Stephanie Erstad) North Dakota (Beth Bohlman) Oregon (Eleanor Charlesworth) Colorado (Becca Wood) Minnesota (Mary Deuhs) Michigan (Jill Garrity)
2016 Women’s Club Nationals champions from Madison were (l-r) Schmus, Angela Montgomery, Shalon Holbeck, and Emily Loew.
Semifinals: *Wisconsin Arizona
North Dakota *Washington
North Dakota
Gold-medal game: Wisconsin
*Washington
Women’s round robin standings: 8-1 7-2 6-3 6-3 5-4 4-5 4-5 4-5 1-8 0-9
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021 012 020 1 – 9 300 300 202 0 – 10
#SPO[F NFEBM HBNF: *Arizona
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304 100 013 x – 12 020 012 100 x – 6
*last rock in first end Men’s round robin standings:
Colorado (Darrick Kizlyk) Illinois (Jeff Wright)
Minnesota (Aaron Nunberg) New York (Bill Stopera) Ohio (Michael Moore)
2016 Men’s Club Nationals champions from Ardsley include (l-r) Martin Sather, Bill Stopera, Peter Austin, and George Austin.
national champion in the history of all USCA events, took a point away from Illinois in the eighth and then held Illinois to one point in the ninth. Aſter scoring to tie the game in the 10th
Washington (Joe Shoesmith) New York (Gert Messing)
North Dakota (David Pengilly) Oregon (Jim Smoltz)
Wisconsin (Irv Mossberger)
Semifinals: *Colorado New York
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New York then capitalized on a runback miss with the final stone of the game to steal the win- ning point and become the 2016 Club National champions. Te Fairbanks (Alaska) Curling Club will host
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*Minnesota Illinois
*Minnesota
Gold-medal game: New York *Illinois
*last rock in first end
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102 201 020 0 – 8 030 020 201 1 – 9
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010 210 010 x – 5 205 001 102 x – 11
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