Press News & Events

Town Hall meetings to discuss governance changes on tap
Friday, July 15, 2011
Town hall meetings to discuss governance changes are scheduled at the following locations (more sites to be added):

Green Bay, Saturday, July 16, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Best Western (near curling club)

Denver area, Saturday, July 23, 1-3 p.m., at Pam Finch’s house (22765 E. Long Drive, Aurora, CO 80016)

Bismarck, ND, July 22, 5 p.m. and location is tentatively set as the curling club

Kansas City, Aug. 6, time & location TBD

In addition, webinars will be scheduled to facilitate additional meetings.

More details to come. Please check back here.

Draft of 2014 Selection Procedures available for your information
Friday, July 8, 2011
To read the draft, click here follow this link: http://www.curlingrocks.net/sites/default/files/press_pdf/trials_update_...

Eight teams invited to High Performance National Program
Thursday, July 7, 2011
The U.S. Curling Association, in partnership with the U.S. Olympic Committee, has selected eight teams to become part of the 2011-2012 High Performance National Program. The overall program is under the leadership of Derek Brown, USCA Director of High Performance, who has established an advisory group to provide input into the program development and team selections.

The invited teams include four at the elite level and four considered developmental, the latter part of a national program termed Project 2018. High Performance Program teams include those skipped by Pete Fenson, Tyler George, Patti Lank and Erika Brown. In addition, four junior teams have been tagged for the Project 2018 program. Those teams are skipped by Josh Bahr (Bemidji, Minn.), Stephen Dropkin (Southborough, Mass.), Becca Hamilton (McFarland, Wis.) and Miranda Solem (Cohasset, Minn.).

Read full press release here: http://www.curlingrocks.net/sites/default/files/press_pdf/national_progr...

National Program coaches announced
Thursday, July 7, 2011
The U.S. Curling Association has appointed three coaches to work with the National High Performance Program Teams. Scott Baird (Bemidji, Minn.) has been appointed as National Coach for the Men's High Performance Program. A national coach for the women's program will be announced at a later time. In addition, 2010 Olympian John Benton (St. Michael, Minn.) and 2010 Olympic men's coach Phill Drobnick (Duluth, Minn.) will work with the National High Performance Program Project 2018 Teams, developing the USA's best young curling talent.

Read the full press release here: http://www.curlingrocks.net/sites/default/files/press_pdf/hp_update_coac...

PyeongChang, South Korea, selected to host 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
PyeongChang, South Korea, beat out bids from Germany and France to win the rights to host the 2018 Olympic Winter Games and 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, the IOC announced today.

AP story via ESPN: http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/news/story?id=6742361

The city for the curling competition will be Gangneung, which hosted the 2009 World Women's Championship.

Copper Country CC hit by storm; Minot CC flooded
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
The Copper Country Curling Club in Calumet, MI, was hit hard by a storm on July 1. More info is posted at the club website: http://sites.google.com/site/coppercountrycurlingclub/

The Minot Curling Club is still in 4-6 feet of flood water, according to Craig Nathan, club president. Club members will be able to go in and check out the full damage in about 1-2 weeks. Nearly all club members were directly affected as well. Volunteer help may be needed to help get the club back up and running this fall. Contact Craig at cnathan@min.midco.net.