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Juniors
It was a cold day at the Exmoor Country Club but two teams from Midland Michigan were hot, taking top honors in both the Competitive and Developmental events. For the Competitive event, Wes Pederson, Aaron Carlson and Brandon Wichman won, with Logan Cook Wesley Swartz, Will Heckbarth and Marcus Minardi winning Developmental honors. Congratulations to a great event!
The USWCA is sponsoring three regional junior bonspiels this season in order to promote interclub curling among juniors. The USWCA will provide winner and runner up pins for four events as well as a traveling trophy for the first event winners. This season's bonspiels will be held at the following clubs: Travel assistance is available for those teams that travel more than 150 miles by car or more than 300 miles by bus, rail, or air. More information regarding travel reimbursement is available on the USWCA website, (Curling Development Fund). Broomstones had 20 teams participating - 16 competitive and 4 developmental/recreational. It was a fabulous time - we housed 46 junior curlers and guaranteed them 4 games. Most teams were able to get in 5 games starting Friday late afternoon. The winners received a new designed pin created especially for the Junior Bonspiel.
The winning recreational team was: Joe Sipzner (lead - Albany Curling Club); Nick Glaser (second - Broomstones Curling Club); Kent Suslavich (vice - Nutmeg Curling Club) and Kyle Reedy (skip - Albany Curling Club).
The next USWCA-sponsored junior bonspiels this year will be held in:
Madison, WI: December 12-13th. Contact Tim and Mary Funk:
crlngfn@verizon.net
Bismarck, ND: January 8th-10th. Contact Cathy Janikowski:
cjanikowski@bis.midco.net
For the tenth year, the USWCA is again sponsoring junior bonspiels as a way of promoting and supporting the growth of youth curling. Three bonspiels has been hosted across the United States in the East, Central and West regions.
The clubs hosting the junior bonspiels the 2009-2010 curling season are: Broomstones (East - November 20-22, 2009), Madison (Central - December 12-13, 2009), and Capital/Bismarck (West - January 8-10, 2010). Travel reimbursement is availavle to help defray the cost for junior teams traveling to these bonspiels.
During the 2008-2009 curling season, the junior bonspiels were hosted by Fargo-Moorhead (6 teams), Portage (15 teams - competitive and developmental divisions) and Potomac (9 teams). Thirty teams in all participated in these events!
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Shelley Dropkin, the USWCA Junior Bonspiel Chairperson.
Sdropkin@rcn.com
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USWCA Sponsored Junior Bonspiels held across the U.S. in 2009
For the West Region, the Junior Bonspiel was held at the Fargo-Moorhead Curling Club on January 23-25th. Six teams participated in a double-elimination format. Three of the teams will be representing North Dakota at Junior Nationals in Devil's Lake, ND. The winning rink was from the Fargo-Moorhead Curling Club and skipped by Ann Podoll, with Christina Lammers at vice, Vanessa Manlove at second and Casey Hatlevoll at lead. The first event runner-up was skipped by Lauren Kirkeby, with Rachel Tharalson at vice, Jesa Legacie at second and Anna Hopkins at lead.
For the Central Region, the Junior Bonspiel was held in Portage, WI at the Portage Curling Club also on January 23-25th. Fifteen teams participated, including 8 teams in a competitive division and 7 in a developmental division. The winner of the first event, in the competitive division, was a Portage, WI rink skipped by Zack Oszman, with John Pape at vice, Nathan Considine at second and Ethan Bennet at lead. The first event runner-up was a Madison rink skipped by Blake Morton, with Marcus Fonger at vice, Tommy Juszcyk at second and Calvin Weber at lead.
In the Developmental Division, the winning rink was from Madison, WI and skipped by Jason Funk, with Rob Shlimovitz at vice, Dan Gabower at second and Nathan Krumpos at lead.
In the East Region, the Junior Bonspiel was held at Potomac Curling Club in Laurel, MD on January 16th-18th. Nine teams participated including teams from the Potomac, Philadelphia, Plainfield and Schenectady Curling Clubs. The winning team was from Potomac and skipped by Hal Erickson, with Doug Chalmers at vice, Jeff Vanarsdall at second and Ryan McMakin at lead.
We would like to extend our sincere thanks to the Fargo-Moorhead, Portage and Potomac Curling Clubs for doing such an excellent job in hosting these successful events across the U.S.! As we bring these events to a close, we are looking for three new sites to host next year's USWCA-sponsored Junior Bonspiels.
Please remember that the USWCA provides a trophy and pins for the event, as well as other financial support if needed to ensure that junior teams can participate. If your club is interested in considering hosting this event next year, please contact Shelley Dropkin, the USWCA Junior Chairperson at the following telephone number: 508-481-3860 or please send an email to:
juniors@uswca.org.
Fargo-Moorhead Curling Club
Portage Curling Club
Madison Curling Club
Potomac Curling Club
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