Thank you to all who participated in the brief survey regarding the annual GCC Golf Tournament, Saturday, August 23. Based on popular responses this year's format will be a shotgun start with golf carts included. For those of you not interested in golfing please consider joining us for a BBQ immediately following the round.
Golf Tournament
At Granite Curling Club's Annual General Meeting last Saturday, May 17th, the members reviewed highlights of the 2013-2014 season, went over our financial picture, and elected new board members. The major awards of the night went to James Pleasants, life membership, and Lori Markham, the Cruikshank award for service to the club. State champions and league winners picked up crystal.
Changes and events for next season include:
Another April Spiel in the books!
US Medal Winners, 2014 Optimist U18 International Curling Competition
Team Washington Makes Podium
Brady has racked up yet another honor as the Everett Herald's Man of the Year in Sport for 2013. Check out the link for a nice story.
Receive personally geared instruction from experienced, championship-level instructors that will take your game to the next level!
For new curlers this includes:
Working in small groups to help refine delivery and sweeping techniques
The basics behind curling strategy
Rules, regulations and etiquette to help you be a great teammate in any league!
Sessions can be tailored for individuals and can include:
Video analysis of delivery
Sweeping analysis and tips
Suggestions for individualize practice drills
Steve Liske tells us: Curling school will be in session at ECC April 4-6, and we couldn't be more excited about it. A terrific group of three very accomplished Canadian curlers/instructors, led by Renee Sonnenberg, will be providing all of the instruction. I met Renee at Four Foot Camp in 2013 - she's a great instructor and an even better person. The school takes place over three days, and is aimed at curlers with at least one year of experience. I bet some of your members would really enjoy it.
It’s time for spring league registration. The board has already given the go ahead for spring leagues, so they are definitely happening this year. We are currently offering four leagues; Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings, plus Thursday morning. All spring leagues are appropriate for all skill levels and are a format similar to the main season Friday Open league (teams allowed at manager’s discretion, individuals will be placed on teams). If you have any questions about the leagues please e-mail leagues@curlingseattle.org.
Washington men, Minnesota women, win 2014 Club Nationals
(STEVENS POINT, Wis.)
Joel Larway (Lynnwood, Wash.) led his Washington foursome, with Benj Guzman (Everett, Wash.), Peter Sommer (Carnation, Wash.) and Chad Siefert (Seattle) to the championship by dominating Massachusetts' Peter Bialek rink, 8-2. Bialek (Billerica, Mass.) Adam Jacobson (Westborough, Mass.), Dan Naylor (also of Billerica) and Daniel Cho (Providence, R.I.). A Washington men's team also won the title last year.
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Brady Clark, Cristin Clark, Derrick McLean, and Bev Hale made it tough on themselves and needed some help from other teams, but the Clark/Clark/Hale dynasty rolls on as they took yet another state mixed championship. Clark et al. dropped both their games on Saturday, then won both their games on Sunday to force a sudden death tie-breaker on Monday. The other two teams Michael Calcagno, Marissa Wright, Andrea Callegari, Laura Yee, Sharon Vukich and Lyle Sieg, Miyo Konno, Peter Sommer, Jennifer Westhagen, Travis Way also had 2-2 records in the double round-robin.
