Press News & Events

Wisconsin Junior Camp application now available
Thursday, May 23, 2013

The Wisconsin Junior Camp will take place July 26-28 at the Four Seasons Curling Club in Blaine, Minn.

Registration information can now be downloaded here.

The host hotel will be Blaine's Super 8 (linked here). The group name is "Junior Curling Camp." please refer to this group when booking at this hotel to get the group rate. The rate is $101.88 per night. To get this rate you must book both nights, and CALL THE HOTEL (1-763-786-8888). You will not get a group rate by booking online.

The camp director is Dan Lieburn, dlieburn@gmail.com.

USCA leaders affirm performance program responsibilities
Monday, May 20, 2013

The USCA Executive committee has affirmed a Board of Directors resolution from 2010 delegating authority and responsibility to staff for development and implementation of a High Performance Plan, and has taken further steps to clarify what exactly this means. Read more here about the Executive Committee actions, accompanied by a message from USCA President James Pleasants.

Upcoming camps scheduled
Thursday, May 16, 2013

Upcoming camps at Four Seasons Curling Club in Blaine, Minn.:

July 26-28 – Wisconsin Open Jr. Camp

Run by: Dan Lieburn

Attendees: Jr. Athletes

Fee: $125

Aug. 1-4 – USCA HP Camp – Jr. and WUGS Teams

Run by: HP Program Coaches

Attendees: Jr. HP Teams Selected by application.

Aug. 9-11 – USCA HP Camp – Olympic Trials Teams

Run by: HP Program Coaches

Attendees: Men’s and Women’s Olympic Trials Teams

Aug. 23-25 – USCA HP Camp – Olympic Trials Teams

Run by: HP Program Coaches Attendees: Men’s and Women’s Olympic Trials Teams

Sept. 13-15 - USCA HP Junior Team Developmental Camp

Run by: Phill Drobnick and John Benton

Attendees: Jr. Teams selected by application

Fee: TBD

The USA Curling High Performance Junior Developmental Camp is scheduled for Sept. 13-15, at the Four Seasons Curling Club in Blaine, Minn. The camp is open to junior teams that have strong potential to be successful at the national level. The camp will begin at 7 p.m. on Sept. 13. Applications for the camp will be available soon. Check back for more details!

Project 2018 applications for 2013-14 season being accepted

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

USA Curling is now accepting applications for Project 2018 for the 2013-14 season. Applications are due June 7, 2013.

Selection procedures are included in Appendix 1 of the application linked below. Completed applications should be returned to Derek Brown via email at derek.brown@usacurl.org.

To download the application in Word format, click here.

National champs Brown, Clark named top athletes for 2013; Brown rink top team
Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Reigning national champions Erika Brown (Oakville, Ontario) and Brady Clark (Lynnwood, Wash.) have been named USA Curling's top athletes for 2013. In addition, Brown's team is 2013 Team of the Year.

Brown, 40, a native of Madison, Wis., led her team to a very successful 2012-13 season, culminating by earning the U.S. its women's berth in the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. This is the fourth time that Brown, who is a seven-time U.S. national champion, has earned the women's MVP award. She previously won in 2004, 1994 and 1988.

"Being named Athlete of the Year is a great honor, but I share it with my team," said Brown, who works in Ontario as a physician's assistant. "We each bring out the best in each other, and it is a sum of everyone's commitment and energy that earned this honor for me."

To read the complete press release, click here.

Free "Make the Commitment: Stop Abuse in Sport" webinars being offered
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Make the Commitment: Stop Abuse in Sport is hosting the first of 11 free webinars for National Governing Bodies, local clubs and parents on May 23, 2013, at 1 p.m. EST. The presenter, Cindy McElhinney, is director of programs at Darkness to Light, a national nonprofit organization that is dedicated to preventing child sexual abuse. We strongly encourage you to join us as McElhinney helps us better understand the issue by revealing the facts about child abuse. Sign up today and visit the campaign website for more information.