The Holiday Spiel featured amazing food and costumes for the whole weekend. First place in the ugly sweater contest went to Scrabble-mas with matching lettered costumes reminiscent of Dr. Seuss. Second place went to Rugen Claus. Third went to the Who's - also with a Dr. Seuss flavor. Barbequed ribs made a great dinner from Canyon's restaurant.
Minnesota rinks move on to quarterfinals at Mixed Doubles Championship in Bismarck
(BISMARCK, N.D.) - There will be a new team wearing USA gear at the upcoming World Mixed Doubles Championship as two Minnesota rinks survived the quarterfinals this morning at the 2013 USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship at the Capital Curling Club.
St. Paul Curling Club teammates Tim Doherty (St. Paul, Minn.) and Carol Strojny (Mendota Heights, Minn.) defeated the defending champions Brady and Cristin Clark of Washington, 8-5, to move on to the semifinals.
Todd Birr's team with Granite member Greg Romaniuk as well as Tom O'Connor and Kevin Birr won the the Seattle Cash Spiel Thanksgiving weekend. Brady Clark, Sean Beighton, Darren Lehto, and Steve Lundeen were the runners-up.
Thanks to Betty Kozai and company for preparing food. Thanks to Chris Rimple for sponsoring the entry of two Junior teams. And congratulations to Brady Clark for pulling off yet another successful cash spiel.
Team Johnson (Mark Johnson - skip, Jason Larway - third, Joel Larway - second and Chris Rimple plays lead) went undefeated in the Wainright Roaming Buffalo Classic with a total purse of $55,000.
On Saturday, November 17th GCC will be hosting a Level I and II officiating clinic to train new (and refresh current) officials on everything you need to know to officiate at a USCA curling event. This is also a great opportunity for newer curlers to help the club out, and to learn the ins-and-outs of the rules of curling. We really will be needing timers for many of the events coming up, it's fun and you get the best seats in the house to watch the games.
Brady Clark, Sean Beighton, Darren Lehto, and Steve Lundeen made it into the money round of the Vancouver Island Shootout. After posting a 3-0 record in the qualifying round, they lost the semifinal in an extra end.
Another weekend, another spiel!
There were 16 teams that played down this weekend during the Autumn Spiel. Lots of Granite members (some novice curlers and some old curlers) and add in a few Canadians and a team that came up from Evergreen and a fun time was had by all. Canyon's Restaurant catered the banquet dinner which was roast beef, gravy, mashed potatoes, vegetable, corn and for dessert, pumpkin pie.....YUM!
The 6th Annual Man Spiel is set for this weekend and the first draw kicks off Friday at 6:30pm with 24 teams playing down. The Juniors are hosting a breakfast fundraiser Saturday morning starting at 8am which consists of eggs, sausage and pancakes. So come on down and watch some curling and support the junior program at the same time.
Bring your whole work or social group to curl in a group event. We can support groups of any size for private events.
We have Learn to Curl sessions throughout the season - come learn what curling is all about and try it out. Discover why it's harder than it looks - and some muscles you'd forgotten about.
