Utica Curling Club News Archives Current Year

The GNCC annual meeting will be May 14-16 in Saratoga Springs. The guest speaker will be Fred Veale from Canada Curling Stone Co., who will discuss curling stones & equipment. More info and registration form.

Carrie Casab, Melissa Foote, Audrey Foote, and Tammy Delano traveled to Rochester for "Death by Chocolate". They were the B Event runners-up. Yumm!

Congratulations to the winners in the Rose: 1 game high: Team Gleason, 2 game high: Team Law, 3 game high: Team Moore/Stulhman. Full results.

Congratulations to Lori Millet and Schenectady #1 who won the Childs Challenge. Full results.

Congratulations to Teams Canada, Korea, and Sweden, who took Gold, Silver, & Bronze at the Paralympic Games. USA placed fourth.

Olympic Curling School, March 7, 14, 21, 6:00-8:00 pm
Enjoyed your brief introduction? Refine your skills and learn more about the strategy behind the game at the UCC Olympic Curling School. Some of our best curlers got started that way!
     March 7th, 14th, and 28th
     6:00-8:00pm
     $75 for the three sessions
     Syllabus
Register during the Try Curling session on Sunday 2/28 or by emailing Roger Rowlett. Class is currently full. Waitlist only.

Learn to Curl Clinic, March 23, 6:00-9:00 pm (tentative)
An encore event for those that missed out on curling school. This one-day event will provide instruction on delivery, sweeping, and the basic strategy/rules/etiquette of curling. After Curling School, this is the second best way to get a head start on next season. The fee for this event is $30. Email Carol Jones to register. Syllabus.

Follow Team USA at the Official Website, and watch on Paralympic Sport TV. Universal Sports will be airing 2 hour highlights each night (6:00pm and 11:00pm EST) and on demand rewinds of the events.

Congratulations to the winners of the Glengarry Challenge: Team Williams. Full results.

Liz Williams and Rachel Ryan are off to the U.S. Nationals as part of Team Walker (Massachusetts). Follow the action at the Curling Zone or USA Curling (click on Scoreboard on right).

Clare Bareiss and Melon Sofinksi traveled to Washington D.C. to help with the Hilton Garden Inn Capital Curling Expo. Read (and watch) all about.

UCC is now registered with GoodSearch and GoodShop. Earn money for the club when you use your computer. Download a toolbar for your browser and make it easy! Instructions for Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers.

Thanks to everyone who helped out with the Olympic Try Curling Event. You helped 317 people a good time!Congratulations to the winners of the 2010 Cobb Mixed Bonspiel, Utica #5, Brian Moore's rink. Full results.

Calling all volunteers. We need you for Olympic events. Contact Laura or John Jacon if you can help with Try Curling on February 28th, and Roger Rowlett, M.J. Walsh, or Carol Jones if you can help with Olympic Curling School, March 7th, 14th, and 21st.

Congratulations to the winners of this year's Corporate Charity Challenge, TriState Industrial Laundries. All told, more than $4,300 was raised for local charities by 24 teams.

Congratulations to the winner of the Mixed Championship, Team Costello. Full results.

Congratulations to the winner of the Empire State, Kayuta Lake #1, skipped by Karen Rogowski. Full results.

The Scotties (Canadian women's championship) has begun. Early draws are streaming online at http://tsn.ca/curling/ .

Congratulations to the winners of the 125th (99th in Utica) Mitchell Bonspiel: Utica #3 (Don Knapp, Tom Everson, Roger Rowlett, and Kevin Stevens) Full results.

Katlyn Beebe and Kayla Martin are competing at the USCA Juniors in Bemidji. Follow the action online.

Congratulations to the winners of the Calder-Conley-Hurd (teams B. Moore, H. Swiercz, and R. Rowlett). Full results.

Congratulations to the winners of the King's Cup (Bob Burnett's rink). Complete results.

Congratulations to the winners of the Bonnie Piper (Laura Jacon's rink), and the Calder (Julie Chanatry's rink.)

Congratulations to participants and winners of the Early Bird Friendly. Team Knapp won the Early Bird, and Team Stuhlman took the Friendly. Complete results.

Congratulations to George Aldrich, who won Syracuse's Brew Week Hombrew contest. You can read all about it, and even better, go to Empire Brewery for dinner and a glass of his beer. Get it before it's gone!

Come on down on Friday for dinner and curling. Special prices Dec. 18th, to celebrate Dan's last night.

Calling all 5 and under women curlers. Join us at "Camp Wannacurl" (a.k.a. UCC) for the Elisabeth Childs Challenge. More information.

A great time was had by all at the annual Turkeyspiel Nov. 14th. Team "Pumpkin Pies" led by Ylva Cortright took home the turkeys and Team "Spam" lived up to their name and snagged the turkey spam. Complete results.

A good time was had by all during the Our House is Your House bonspiel. The winners: Liz Williams, Barb Felice, Joe Corona, and Justin Kaido. Congratulations!

H1N1 influenza is widespread in New York. Please help minimize the spread of this illness, for which few individuals have immunity. Wash hands frequently, cover your cough, use hand sanitizers on the sheets before shaking hands, and if possible sanitize rock handles after games. If you are ill with flu-like symptoms, please remain at home and find a sub. A fact sheet is available for more details about the H1N1 flu.

Notice: The HotShots Curling Camp originally scheduled for October 16-18 has been canceled.

Help introduce new members to our sport. Download and personalize a poster (Word doc) and spread them around. We need you (and your friends) to make this a success. Come on down!

The latest Curlogram is now online. It contains a proposed by-laws change to be voted on Oct 10th, league signups, and more (including the latest calendar).

Nutmeg will have early ice this year. They're hosting several programs, including ice time to practice. Details.

The Empire State bonspiel will be hosted by Utica this year, and Joyce Shaffer is the chair. Start spreading the word, women: this year's theme is Breast Cancer Awareness. More information.

GNCC is running a fundraiser to support new clubs with better rocks/handles. Details.