(borrowed from the USCA press release)
Lyle Sieg's world senior championship rink is USA Curling's Team of the Year for 2015. In addition, three-time Olympian John Shuster (Duluth, Minn.) and 2012 Youth Olympian and reigning junior and mixed doubles national champion Sarah Anderson (Broomall, Pa.) have earned top individual honors for the 2014-15 season.
Our Annual General Meeting, coming up on Saturday May 16. Dinner starts at 5 pm, and the meeting starts at 7. You do not have to have dinner to participate in the meeting (though Bitterroot is catering so you know it will be delicious!). The cost for dinner is $30 and may be paid by sending in or dropping off a cheque, requesting a PayPal invoice, or paying at the event.
- Washington's Brady Clark captured his 10th mixed title with wife Cristin Clark after defeating Wisconsin's Sean Murray, 9-2, on Saturday afternoon at the 2015 USA Curling Mixed National Championship in Blaine, Minn.
The Clarks, who won their first title in 2002, and teammates Sean Beighton (Seattle) and Jillian Walker (Seattle) will now represent the U.S. at the inaugural World Mixed Championship Sept. 12-19 in Berne, Switzerland.
Whether you are brand new curler or are looking for some extra tips after playing for a season or two, join us for our upcoming "Learn to Curl" sessions on 7pm April 7 and 6pm April 8, 14 and 16.
Spring leagues have been very popular in the past years, and we’re excited to bring them back this year with an additional league, Mixed Doubles on Tuesday nights at 6:30. Mixed Doubles, if you’re not already familiar, is a version of curling with one man and one woman per team and modified rules. We’ll also have open leagues on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings as well as Thursday mornings. All the open leagues are great for new curlers!
Another Ladies Spiel is over and was a tremendous success thanks to many people. I am grateful for the help and support to the following people:
Miyo Konno, Kris Ikegami, Jiyoung Lee, and Claire Bonin won the Women's Club Championship while Lyle Sieg, Tom Violette, Ken Trask, and Steve Lundeen won the Men's. Both teams had no losses.
Congratulations to Team Connolly -Nick Connolly, Kent Suslavich, Kyle Lorvick and Ben Richardson for winning the Washington Junior State Playdowns! Next stop, 2015 Junior Nationals in Devils Lake January 17-24!!
In the Senior playdowns, 5 teams played down: Team Iwanick, Team Knievel, Team Pleasants, Team Sieg, and Team Smith
Team Sieg was victorious again, with a 4-0 record! Please congratulate - Lyle Sieg, Tom Violette, Ken Trask, Steve Lundeen, and Duane Rutan.
The Granite Curling Club is starting the campaign for new rocks! The campaign will focus on the opportunity to engrave inscriptions on rock handles. This is a great opportunity to literally leave your mark on the club.
Our goals are to:
Please explore the New Rock Campaign information online.
Online League registration is closed until spring league signup. Registration needs to be pre-approved by the Leagues Coordinator to make sure there is a spot for you. Please contact him
directly: leagues@curlingseattle.org.
