USWCA Sponsored Junior Bonspiels 

The USWCA tries to sponsor three regional junior bonspiels each 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.

USWCA bonspiels are open to teams of juniors from the United States (under 21) and from Canada (under 19). Teams are open format (any combination of males and females). Bonspiel participants do not have to belong to USWCA member clubs. Teams can enter a USWCA junior bonspiel from any region. Teams may also play in more than one USWCA bonspiel in a single season.

The USWCA is looking for member clubs who are willing to host junior bonspiels in the coming seasons. The host club can elect to have the USWCA sponsor an existing spiel, it is not necessary to add an additional event to the calendar.

The Midland Curling Club held their USWCA sponsored Junior Bonspiel March 9-10 2024 in the Central Region. They had a total of 10 teams compete in the Competitive Division and 6 teams compete in the Novice/ Triples Division.  Teams attended from Ayr, Ontario, Leamington, Ontario, Detroit, Michigan, Bowling Green, Ohio and Midland, Michigan.

The champion was the Team Marcin/ Stratton from Bowling Green and Leamington, Ontario.
Skip: Kyle Stratton, Vice: Natalie Hollands, Second: Cole Stratton, Lead: Peyton Marcin

On display at Cape Cod Curling Club’s 2023 Junior Summerspiel was the future of curling.  Some of the competitors were teams that played on the national and international stage.  Some came out for their very first bonspiel.   All of them had a great time! 

We hear time and time again that this bonspeil is where teammates are found and new friendships are forged.  This year was no exception.  The teams curled together, ate together, played cornhole together, swam together, and watched the sun set together. 

The 2023 Junior Summerspiel was comprised of 11 teams from Maine to California.  The clubs represented at this year’s event were Ardsley, Belfast, Broomstones, Bucks County, Cape Cod, Capital, Eau Claire, Exmoor, Norfolk, Peachtree, Plainfield, Potomac, Silicon Valley, Wausau, and Windy City,

The Bonspiel started off Sunday, July 23, with 11 teams sorted into one 5 and one 6 team pool.  Over Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, each team played four games to be seeded into an 8 team playdown bracket that started Tuesday afternoon.   All throughout the bonspiel we were treated to not only some great curling, but some amazing sportsmanship.

The first event finals came down to Team Hebert and Team Cenzalli.  It was a close and hard fought game, but in the end Team Cenzalli took the win for their second consecutive year.  Our other two events were won by Team Vidaurrazaga (Second Event) and Team Neill (Third Event). 

The first event winners, Team Cenzalli, was skipped by Nicholas Cenzalli with Vice Shaheen Bassiri, Second Cayden Kraft, and Lead Dylan Ciapka.

(March 14, 2023) The Four Seasons Curling Club in Blaine, Minnesota held the West USWCA sponsored Junior Bonspiel March 10 - 12, 2023. A total of 33 teams registered for the event. There were 16 boys teams, 13 girls teams, and 4 mixed teams. The OPEN division winners were Team Berg from Bemidji, MN. Pins were awarded to 4 events and a plaque to the 1st event winner.

Teams members were (pictured, left to right) Nia Berg, Mark Olson, Solveig Berg, and Lilly Rock.  

(February 1, 2023) The East Region USWCA Sponsored Junior Bonspiel was held at the Norfolk Curling Club January 27 - 29, 2023. Three of the four members of the team that were the First Event Winners are pictured with Tyler George. In the photo from left to right are Tyler George, Elijah DeRomanis, Ben Skoog, and DJ Neill.

(September 21, 2022)  The 2022 - 2023 Central USWCA sponsored Junior Bonspiel was held September 16 - 18, 2022 at the Rice Lake Curling Club in Rice Lake, Wisconsin.  There were 14 teams attending: 2 developmental and 12 competitive. Congratulations to the first event winners in the competitive division, Team Grabow from Capital Curling Club in Bismarck, ND. Pictured seated in the front row they are, from left to right, skip Conner Grabow, vice Ethan Macomber, second Miles Grabow, and lead Jake Ring.  Behind them, standing, are the first event runners up, Team Ponzio from 4 different curling clubs - Dakota CC in Minnesota, Stevens Point CC in Wisconsin, Poynette CC in Wisconsin, and Capital CC in North Dakota. They are, from left to right, skip Kenna Ponzio, vice Teagan Thurston, second Alyssa Hahn, and lead Carly Setter.

(April 11, 2022)  The 2021 - 2022 East USWCA sponsored Junior Bonspiel was held April 8 - 10, 2022 at the Ardsley Curling Club in Ardsley-On-Hudson, New York.  Congratulations to the first event winners, Team Philanta.  The team members are pictured left to right, skip Ivy Neil, vice Emma Betteridge, second Sara Bassiri, and lead Caden Lynch.