(August 2, 2022) by Maureen Guay

Fellow Curlers - It is with great pleasure that we invite you to Bloomington, Minnesota to welcome the twenty women from Scotland who make up the long awaited (2022) Scot Tour of the United States. The Opening Banquet for the Tour will be held on October 19, 2022 at the Hilton Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport. The reception begins at 6 pm followed by dinner from 7 to 9 pm. There will be a number of distinguished guests on hand and the Scots will unveil their planned entertainment.

For more information about the banquet, please open/print the Invitation. Those attending the banquet will need to complete the form on the invitation and return it with a check postmarked by September 12, 2022. 

If you have any questions, my contact information can be found in the invitation.   

The Incoming Scot Tour will begin October 17, 2022.  The Opening Banquet will be held October 19, 2022 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  The tour will continue through November with the Closing Banquet being held on November 8 in Natick, Massachusetts. A quilt will be raffled to support the Scot Tour and tickets will be available at the USWCA Fall Meeting in Chicago, Illinois. The winning ticket will be drawn at the USWCA Winter Meeting in Bowling Green, Ohio. The quilt was made and donated by Diane Firari of the Kettle Moraine Curling Club.

Clubs Ready to Welcome Women's Scot Tour (by Donna Pearson as appeared in the Aug. 2019 Curling News)

The USWCA received so many applications to host the incoming Scot Tour that the committee wrestled with how to create the best schedule and most representative, diverse experience for our Scottish guests in 2021.

The Tour will kick off in Minneapolis with an opening banquet in early January.  The Scots will curl with the women of host clubs St. Paul, Arden Hills, and Four Seasons before flying to Denver for a three-day curling and sightseeing trip.  The Scots then head to Wisconsin to curl in Wausau, Madison, Kettle Moraine, and Milwaukee before taking a break in Chicago for more sightseeing, and curling at the Chicago and Exmoor clubs.  Their Midwest swing ends with stops to curl at Bowling Green and Detroit.  From there they head to the East Coast to curl in Belfast, Maine, and Nashua, N.H. before traveling south to Cape Cod.  They end their American tour at Broomstones, which will also host the closing banquet.

The USWCA invites all curlers and clubs that are near a host club to share in the songs and laughter, and love of the game.  Please contact the regional coordinators with questions about playing or volunteering:

East: Stacie Pinnavaia and Ann Kirkpatrick

Central: Cheryl Drake and Tammy Hoffman

Wisconsin: Margie Knitter and Kristin Smith

West: Carol Ann Naso and Sandy Bromenschenkel

For additional questions, please contact the 2021 Scot Tour Committee Co-Chairs, Donna K. Pearson and/or Tracy Lawless.

(For security purposes, the email addresses of the co-chairs were removed from this article.  To contact them, please go to the Contact tab and Send Us a Message.  Be sure to put Scot Tour 2021 in the message box and the name of the person to whom your question should go.) 

(by Donna Pearson, Scot Tour Chair, September 19, 2021)

Scot Tour: Postponed from January to October/November pending Host Club approval.  Respecting the current Covid/Delta health climate, the USWCA remains steadfast in supporting wellness and good curling.

(by Donna Pearson, Scot Tour Chair, March 25, 2021)

Greetings from the USWCA Incoming Scot Tour Committee!  Excitement is stirring as Host Clubs and USWCA Representatives receive updates and reminders regarding the Incoming Scot Tour.  We are delighted to share "cautious optimism" as Tour planning is gaining speed and the Lady Scots have all had their vaccinations and anticipate having boosters by the departure time in January 2022.

Having that said, they are still the '21 Tour that will arrive stateside in 2022....

While we laugh at the year 2020 and have extra time to consider the event, there is indeed great anticipation for the trip.  Without question, the Incoming Tour participants will have an extra year to get to know each other and we on this side of the pond have extra time to consider how we might further share our clubs and regional experiences with them.

Therefore, we ask you to mark your calendars for January 2022 and check with your local clubs and regions to see exactly when the Lady Scots will be arriving in your area.  If there are general questions, please feel free to contact your USWCA Club Representative.  If you would like to participate, please feel free to contact a local club that is hosting one of the curling events. 

(by Donna Pearson, Scot Tour Chair, August 30, 2020)

The 2021 Women's USWCA Scot Tour will officially be held 364 days later than planned!  Moving the Scottish trip forward one year, the women arrive in Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 3, 2022 and spend several weeks curling, touring, and visiting clubs across the country and return home January 28, 2022, from Boston, Massachusetts.  Visting clubs across the nation, the women fly into Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota and begin curling.  The USWCA Clubs participating include: St. Paul/Arden Hills, Four Seasons, Denver, Wausau, Madison, Kettle Moraine, Milwaukee, Chicago, Exmoor, Bowling Green, Detroit, Belfast, Nashua, Cape Cod, and Broomstones.

This provides an additional year of preparation given our current health climate.  And I assure you the Lady Scots are very eager to visit.  They send greetings of good health and wellness in addition to good curling.

All USWCA Clubs will receive an email announcing such changes and invite everyone to join in the curling when the Tour Comes to or near your club.

If there are questions or concerns, please contact Donna K. Pearson using the Contact page and putting Scot Tour in the message box along with your inquiry.  

Wellness and Peace.