WHEELCHAIR CURLING
Athletes who were selected to USA Curling’s national wheelchair curling team include (l-r) Patrick McDonald, Steve Emt, Penny Greely, Jimmy Joseph, Justin Marshall, Corey Fairbanks, Matthew Tums, and Meghan Lino.
By Terry L. Davis, Editor
skills event at the Wausau (Wis.) Curling Center. Te eight selected athletes include Paralympi- ans and former national team members as well as
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a few new faces. Here is a look at the final eight: t Steve Emt (Hebron, Conn.), 2015 national team member
t Corey Fairbanks (Centennial, Colo.) t Penny Greely (Green Bay, Wis.), two-time
Paralympian (2014, 2004 with sitting volley- ball)
Jimmy Joseph (New Hartford, N.Y.), three- time Paralympian (2014, 2010, 2006)
t Meghan Lino (East Falmouth, Mass.), 2014 Paralympian
Justin Marshall (Evansville, Wis.)
ight athletes have been named to USA Curling’s national wheelchair curling team following a competitive three-day
t Patrick McDonald (Madison, Wis.), two- time Paralympian (2014, 2010)
t Matthew Tums (Merrill, Wis.) Te three-day competition, which concluded
on Nov. 8 at the eight-sheet club in Wausau, fea- tured 14 athletes from across the United States. Te team was selected by national coaches Steve Brown (Madison, Wis.) and Rusty Schieber (Por- tage, Wis.); Marc Deperno (New Hartford, N.Y.), team leader; and Anthony Colacchio (Falmouth, Mass.), Cape Cod Curling Club’s wheelchair curling program director. Te athletes will take part in upcoming com-
petitions in Canada and the U.S., as well as a high performance camp in January in Tempe, Ariz., at the Coyotes Curling Club. Aſter this camp, the final five athletes will be
named to Team USA for the 2016 World Wheel- chair Championship, which will take place Feb.
21-28 in Lucerne, Switzerland. Earlier this sea- son, members of the U.S. team won silver at an event in Scotland and placed sixth out of 12 teams at a competition in Switzerland. Te national wheelchair curling program is
supported in part by the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, Sitrin Health Care Center, and
skills.com. Q
// IN MEMORIAM Patricia “Pat” Pfiffner Patricia “Pat” Pfiffner, 88, died Sept. 18, 2015, // COCKY ROCKY COMIC STRIP
in Madison, Wis. Pat and her husband of 65 years, the late David Pfiffner, were charter mem- bers of the Stevens Point Curling Club in 1959- 60. Pat delivered the very first stone aſter the club opened. In 1965, Pat and Dave moved to North- brook, Ill., where they were long-time stalwarts at the North Shore Curling Club. Pat was presi- dent of the Stevens Point Pipers and North Shore Lassies, while Dave was a former USCA director. Pat was a past USWCA national bonspiel winner. Survivors include children, Dennis (Debo-
rah), Michael (Star) and Pamela; and six grand- children. Memorials may be made to the U.S. Women’s
Curling Association – Women’s Development Fund, P.O. Box 9430, Toledo, OH 43697; or the National Parkinson’s Foundation at
www.par-
kinson.org.
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