Press News & Events

Digital edition of Fall Curling News available
Monday, October 1, 2012

Dear U.S. Curling News subscribers and fans,

We are pleased to invite you to check out the new digital edition of the inaugural Curling News magazine -- another great member benefit. If you are a current Curling News subscriber, your hard copy will start showing up in your mailbox beginning Oct. 4.

This first digital edition will be open for everyone to view. In the future, it will be password protected and only viewable to current U.S. Curling Association members, individual Curling News subscribers and Fan Club members. The only way we will have your e-mail address in our database for the digital editions is if your club submitted it to us when they supplied us with club rosters during the past season, or if you provided your email address yourself directly in the USCA membership database. To access your personal information, log into the USCA Membership Database. (Please note that the GNCC region and many other member clubs do not supply e-mail addresses to the USCA when submitting rosters).

The Curling News app is now available for iPhone, iPad and Android. Search "USA Curling" in iTunes or GooglePlay to install this free app or click on the embedded links.

Now sit back, kick your feet up and enjoy your advance copy. Click here to read the digital edition of the Curling News.

Prefer a static Adobe Reader copy instead of the above dynamic digital version? Click here.

Terry Kolesar
Editor, U.S. Curling News

Rick Patzke,
Associate Editor, U.S. Curling News

Brooms Up Curling Supplies named presenting sponsor of 2013 Nationals
Monday, October 1, 2012

(STEVENS POINT, Wis.) - A national supplier of curling equipment from Connecticut has been name the presenting sponsor for the 2013 USA Curling National Championships. Brooms Up Curling Supplies represents nearly every major manufacturer of curling equipment including Asham, BalancePlus, Goldline, Olson and The Curling Company. The company is owned and operated by Gary and Megan Suslavich and their children, Abbey and Kent, of Woodbury, Conn.

To read the complete press release, click here.

Columbus set to host instructor course
Saturday, September 29, 2012

The Columbus Curling Club in Columbus, Ohio, will be hosting a USCA Level I instructor clinic, taught by USCA Certified Level II Instructor Scott Piroth from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 20. Fee of $30 includes lunch. Please register online by Tuesday, Oct. 16, by clicking here. To view the complete course flyer, click here .

Space still available for campers at No Boundaries Junior Camp in Bismarck
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Cindy Bishop will headline the No Boundaries Junior Camp Oct. 19-21 in Bismarck, N.D. Cindy is currently the curling pro at the Weston Golf and Curling Club near Toronto, Canada. She has instructed at the Amethyst and Trillium junior curling camps in Canada and the Fussen camp in Germany, along with various Hot Shots Fantasy camps. She also has coached the Austrian and Netherlands national women's teams. She has an innovative approach to instruction and strategy , and her enthusiasm is infectious. This is a chance to work with one of the premiere curling instructors and coaches in the world. Don’t miss out; resister soon as there is only room for eight competitive teams and eight developmental teams. This year’s dates have been chosen to coincide with teachers conventions in both Minnesota and North Dakota.

For additional information and to register please see the links below:

North Dakota's Jon Mielke inducted into USCA Hall of Fame
Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Jon Mielke (Bismarck, N.D.) is the 40th individual and fourth from North Dakota to be inducted into the United States Curling Association (USCA) Hall of Fame.

Nominees can be nominated in three key areas: builder, curler and curler/builder. The USCA Hall of Fame defines a builder of the sport as an individual who has made a major contribution toward the promotion, development and advancement of curling in the United States. Mielke's nomination was put forth to the USCA for consideration by the North Dakota Curling Association. Mielke's induction in the builder category was approved by the USCA Board of Directors at the recent fall board meeting in Bloomington, Minn. Mielke's induction ceremony is tentatively scheduled to take place during the 2014 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Curling, set for Nov. 10-17, 2013, in Fargo, N.D.

Click here to read the complete press release.

Teams confirmed for 2013 Continental Cup
Tuesday, September 25, 2012

American rinks skipped by reigning U.S. national champions Allison Pottinger (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Heath McCormick (Sarnia, Ontario) are set to compete in the 2013 World Financial Group Continental Cup, presented by Monsanto. All teams for the event have now officially been confirmed.

To read the complete press release, click here.