Cyndy Garzina, Karen Brattesani, Emily Bissonnette, Melanie Zahn, and Cathie Tomlinson won the USWCA Bonspiel playdown last night by defeating Laurel Haigh-Gore, Kathy Justice, Jenny Evans, and Joyce Lingg in the final of the double elimination tournament. Garzina et al. will represent GCC at the USWCA National Bonspiel here in Seattle February 19-23, 2020.
The Mixed Doubles signup deadline is November 6th. To get the early registration discount, the deadline is today (10/16). Unless you qualify for the National Championship through WCF points, you play in the Mixed Doubles Challenge Round, Dec. 19-22, at Portage Curling Club, Registration.
The other national deadlines are:
The U-18 State Championships have moved from January 11-13 (where they were at the same time as the Clubs state championship) to December 27-29 (at the same time as the Senior State Championship). Signups for most championships is through the USA Curling Website. For U-18, Registration closes on 11/20/2019 at 11:45 PM. The Senior State and PIC Playdowns are local registration when they open.
Saturday Evening Update: Connor's team finishes the round-robin at 3-2 and Allison's at 2-3. Unfortunately neither makes the playoff.
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Friday Evening Update: Connor's team is 2-2 and Allison's is 1-3 at the end of the second day. Saturday first game at 9 am Pacific. Live Webstream. Scores.
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Cristin Clark and Chris Bond made it to the quarter-finals of the Colorado Curlilng Cup Mixed Doubles selection spiel last weekend at the Denver Curling Club. They went 3-1 in their pool before being defeated by Kira Brunton and John Morris. Alexandra Agre and Derrick McLean also went 3-1 in their pool before being defeated in the quarter-finals by Sarah Anderson and Korey Dropkin. Em Good and Mac Guy went 2-2 in their pool.
Registration for 2019-2020 leagues is now open! Join us for another season of competition, fun, and camaraderie on the ice!
To register:
Or join us at one of our pre-season open houses for more information and to register in-person.
The Priority Registration Deadline is 11:59pm on Tuesday, September 10, 2019. You must register and pay by the Priority Registration Deadline to ensure best access to your desired leagues. Details on our league registration priority can be found in our League Over-Subscription Policy. Leagues begin this season on Thursday, September 27th!
USA Curling has announced that CEO Rick Patzke is leaving. The board has appointed Rich Lepping, immediate past board chair, as interim CEO. Lepping has served as president of the Wisconsin State Curling Association and the Madison Curling Club, and is a USCA representative for the World Curling Federation. He has more than 30 years of corporate franchise restaurant experience and earned a bachelor’s of business education from Eastern Michigan University.
Do you have kids or know kids that want to try curling? Registration for the fall session of Junior Learn-to-Curl is now open: https://curlingseattle.org/juniors
The Knock the Dust Off spiel was designed as a direct result of our 2019 curling research project. Here is what we heard:
• Finding bonspiel team members is challenging for new and experienced curlers, so we're doing individual sign-up.
• You'd like to know when you'll curl, so most of the weekend will be pool play, i.e. you'll know ahead of time the time of all your Friday and Saturday games.
• Bonspiels are expensive, so we're offering this spiel for only $50 a person (with advance payment) which is $20 less than traditional 3-day spiels.
