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2014 Olympic Winter Games pin design contest announced
Monday, April 22, 2013

2014 Olympic Winter Games Pin Design Contest

Are you creative? Do you have an artistic flair? How would you like to have your design chosen as USA Curling's logo pin for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games being held in Sochi, Russia? Contest is open to any USCA individual member. All ideas must be received at the USA Curling office by no later than July 1, 2013.

Design requirements:

  • Limited to 4 colors
  • Must have the words "2014 US Olympic Team-Curling"
  • Must have USA Curling Logo - Must have Olympic rings - Optional word "Sochi"
  • Must be no larger than 1.5" in scale
  • Must be submitted as a PDF, JPEG or EPS file
  • Must include a short narrative explaining what is symbolized in the design
  • Winner to receive a framed color drawing of final design along with 5 pins
  • Selected design may be modified for production purposes and for approval from U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC)
  • This contest is not endorsed by the USOC

Entries should be e-mailed to christy.hering@usacurl.org. Please include your name, club affiliation, address, phone number, and e-mail address.

U.S. teams miss playoffs at 2013 World Seniors & World Mixed Doubles
Friday, April 19, 2013

The 2013 World Senior Championships and 2013 World Mixed Doubles Championship are underway in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The U.S. senior teams are skipped by Margie Smith and Gert Messing while the U.S. mixed doubles team is Peter Stolt & Maureen Stolt. Live webstreaming of the mixed doubles is being produced by the WCF. USA's Dean Gemmell will be part of the on-air commentary team. View the schedule here.

USOC approves 2014 OWG team leader, coaches, additional staff selection procedures
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Alaska Airlines offering discounted flights to Las Vegas for Continental Cup; win tickets
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Thinking about heading to Las Vegas in January for the 2014 World Financial Group Continental Cup? Alaska Airlines is offering a 7% discount on flights. Find out more.

Interested in winning tickets? Enter your information here.

Arena National Championships planned in July
Thursday, April 11, 2013

The inaugural United States Curling Association Arena Curling National Championship, an event designed specifically for curlers who utilize arena curling facilities, will debut next summer. This new championship will take place July 18-21 at the Fort Wayne Curling Club in Fort Wayne, Ind.

The event will feature 32 teams, with men’s and women’s divisions, and the hopes of growing the event in the future. To be eligible to enter, team members must all be dues-paying, league-playing members of the same arena curling club.

Each region is assured of at least one entry. If more than one arena club within a region enters a team, then the entry will be awarded to whichever club entered both a men’s team and a women’s team. In the event more than one club in a region entered a team for both divisions, then the region’s entrant will be determined by selecting the club entry at random. Any remaining open slots in the events will be selected at random from all the entries received that did not win a berth through the first selection.

The registration fee for the event is $400 per team. Pre-registration is required. Club presidents will be required to pre-register teams by using the pre-registration form embedded here. The pre-registration deadline has now passed. The teams that are selected to compete in the event will need to complete their online registration through the SportsSignup system before May 22, 2013.

Olympic qualifier to be staged in Germany
Friday, April 5, 2013

The WCF Olympic Qualification Event will take place Dec. 11-15 in Fussen, Germany. The final two men's and women's 2014 Olympic Winter Games berths will be awarded at this event.

On the women's side, Sweden, Switzerland, Scotland (whose points are allocated to Great Britain for Olympic purposes), Canada, USA, Denmark, Korea and Russia (as hosts) have all qualified directly for Sochi, based on points gathered for their final ranking at the 2012 and 2013 World Women’s Curling Championships.

Germany, Japan, China, Italy, Latvia, Czech Republic and Norway are the nations eligible to compete in the women’s Qualification Event in Füssen.

On the men's side, Canada, Sweden, Scotland (whose points are allocated to Great Britain for Olympic purposes), Norway, Switzerland, China, Denmark and Russia (as hosts)

USA, Finland, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, Czech Republic, France and Germany are eligible to compete in the men's qualification event in Fussen.

2014 Olympic Qualification Points Standings