On the heels of hosting a highly successful championship earlier this year, IceWorks Skating Complex near Philadelphia has been selected to host the 2014 USA Curling National Championships.
IceWorks Skating Complex, located in metro Philadelphia, will once again partner with the Philadelphia Sports Congress and Brandywine Visitor's Bureau to host this premier event featuring the top 20 U.S. men's and women's curling teams.
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Sept. 24, 2012
Women's curling team off to fast start to competitive season
(STEVENS POINT, Wis.) - A team of U.S. Olympians is off to a fast start to the season after picking up another Ontario Curling Tour event title yesterday.
1998 Olympian Erika Brown (Oakville, Ontario) and her team of three-time Olympian Debbie McCormick (Rio, Wis.), 2006 Olympian Jessica Schultz (Richfield, Minn.) and 2002 Olympian Ann Swisshelm (Chicago) captured the KW Fall Classic title in Kitchener, Ontario, with a 5-4 victory over Ontario's Kristy Russell rink.
In three events this season, Team Brown has amassed an 18-2 record, which includes two events titles (Ontario Curling Tour Championship title on Sept. 9 and this weekend's KW Classic) and one semifinal finish at the Fort Wayne Cashspiel in August.
Team Brown returns to the ice next month for the Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Classic Oct. 5-8 in Calgary, Alberta. To learn more about Team Brown, check out their athlete biographies and season schedule here.
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For more information: Terry Kolesar, USA Curling, terry.kolesar@usacurl.org, 715-344-1199, Ext. 202, or 608-338-9900 (cell).
The Nashua Curling Club in Nashua, N.H., is set to host a USCA Level I Instructor Clinic, taught by USCA Certified Level III Instructor and Level III Coach, Sandra McMakin. Level I Instructors are trained to work with new curlers, helping them learn the game and develop basic skills. View the flyer.
A playoff took place Sept. 15-16 at the High Performance Camp in Rice Lake, Wis., between four USA Curling HP teams. Earning direct berths to the 2013 USA Curling Junior Nationals were teams skipped by Miranda Solem of Minnesota and Korey Dropkin of Massachusetts. Press release.
Two-time world champion Al Hackner of Thunder Bay, Ontario, has been named a national coach for USA Curling. Press release.
