CLUB NEWS
Arizona club to be first dedicated facility in Southwest
Olympics. For the past 10 years, the Coyotes Curling Club has grown its membership and interest in curling by young and old alike, teaching more than 4,000 Valley residents to curl. Trough tremendous member and community support, the Coyotes
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Curling Club has reached an agreement to construct Arizona’s first dedi- cated curling facility at 2202 W. Medtronic Way, Tempe. It will be the first dedicated curling facility in Arizona and the only curling club in the South- west. By January 2014 the dedicated ice facility will be completed with daily
curling activity during daytime and evening hours, on weekdays and week- ends. Te club will involve every demographic with plans to have junior leagues, senior leagues, young professionals leagues, a wheelchair league, and Armed Forces league in addition to the standard men’s, women’s, and mixed leagues. Open, private and corporate learn-to-curl events will be held regularly to teach the mechanics and strategy of the game. – Coyotes Curling Club press release
// IN MEMORIAM Michael Allan Kirkeby
Michael Allen Kirkeby died unexpectedly on Aug. 14, 2013, at his
home in Graſton, N.D. Mike was an active curler as well as an experi- enced and accomplished curling umpire. He had been named one of the assistant umpires for the Olympic Trials in Fargo this coming November and was excited for the opportunity to give back to the sport yet again. He had the rare ability to be both likeable and respected, which is rare for any umpire in any sport. Mike leaves behind a wife (Kathy), a son (Allen), a daughter (Lauren, who is also an accomplished curler), a large extended family and an even larger circle of friends. For me personally, Mike’s passing at the age of 64 comes much too
early. He was always a willing volunteer around the club and around the town. He “did his 20” years in the United States Navy where he rose to the rank of senior chief as a jet mechanic. Men of his caliber don’t come along all that oſten. Mike and I both learned about curling and the spirit of curling from
his father, the late Allen Kirkeby. Allen was an avid curler out of the Drayton Curling Club who also made the ice there for decades. Allen had the perfect booming voice for skipping. When he yelled “YES!” on any sheet, all four sheets in Drayton started sweeping. Yet that booming voice came from a gentle soul and that is the type of soul we lost when Mike died too young. Such are the roots that feed our sport. n – By Ben Tucker
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Members of the Coyotes Curling Club in Scottsdale (above) get a feel for the "swing" of the future ice that will house the club's new dedicated facility in Arizona.
Submitted photo
he Coyotes Curling Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., was formed in 2003 shortly aſter curling grabbed the hearts and imagination of ev- eryone who tuned in to watch curling during the 2002 Winter
2012-13 Circuit Champion Congratulations!
Tracy Lawless A special thank you to the sponsors of the Circuit:
Esco Awards of Distinction (Erffmeyer Pins), Hot Shots Curling Camp, Goldline Curling Supplies, Taco Bell, Rock It Gurl, and Wisconsin regional sponsor Goldline Mobile Pro Shop. We are very thankful for your contin- ued support!
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