A chance to see world-class curling competition is coming to Pennsylvania in just two months and your opportunity to get close to the action is very real.
The 2012 USA Curling Nationals will be held from Feb. 11-18 at IceWorks Skating Complex in Aston, Pa., just outside Philadelphia. The Men’s and Women’s fields will consist of the 10 best teams in the country, all competing to represent the U.S. at the World Championships. Continue reading
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Squirrels never held the Hammer during a 12-0 victory over Cracked Ice in the opener of the four-team Holiday Bowl. Continue reading
Matt Lyons continued a club record winning streak by scoring in the first four ends to open the Holiday Bowl with a victory, 8-3, over Happy Hour. Continue reading
Four teams will play a three-round, Round Robin tournament through the beginning of 2012 at Anthracite Curling Club.
Draws will take place from 9:45 p.m. until Midnight on the following nights: Dec. 10, Dec. 17 and Jan. 7. The following teams will be competing: Ice Techs, Cracked Ice, Squirrels and Happy Hour.
After the three-week competition, the teams will reorganize and allow more teams to join for a final four-week competition.
If there are no new teams which form in that time, a second three-week competition will be held. On the last curling session of the winter in March, the winners of each Round Robin tournament will play for the Winter championship.
A blind draw was held to determine scheduling. Here are the draws for each of the three weeks:
Dec. 10
Happy Hour (Perrino) vs. Ice Techs (Lyons)
Cracked Ice (Karampilas) vs. Squirrels (Sophy)
Dec. 17
Happy Hour vs. Cracked Ice
Squirrels vs. Ice Techs
Jan. 7
Squirrels vs. Happy Hour
Ice Techs vs. Cracked Ice
Anthracite Curling Club is currently accepting new members and you can get into one of the fastest growing sports in the U.S. in practically no time at all. Continue reading
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A total of five Anthracite Curling Club members are participating at the Harvest bonspiel at Philadelphia Curling Club. This is a traditional Mixed bonspiel, with teams comprised of two women and two men.
There are 18 teams competing in the tournament with clubs from Philadelphia, Bucks County, Broomstones (Mass.), Plainfield (N.J.), Potomac (Md.), Chesapeake (Md.), Long Beach Island (N.J.), Nutmeg (Conn.) and Dallas/Fort Worth in addition to the two teams featuring Anthracite curlers.
Club President Alison Piatt is Vice of the Ardsley Ducks (Ardsley Curling Club). The team comprised of Anthracite curlers features Maria Maas (Lead), Kimm Montone (Second), Dana Griesback (Vice) and Joshua Sophy (Skip).
The Anthracite team won its First Event First Round draw against a team from Philadelphia/Broomstones Curling clubs, 9-8, stealing a point in the 8th end for the win. A loss in the Second Round to a team from Broomstones dropped the team to the Third Event.
Ardsley lost its first two draws, running into incredibly difficult teams (including a former champion of this event) but had their luck turn around in the Third Event First Round, defeating Anthracite, 8-3, taking 3 points in the 7th end to break open a tie game after six ends.
Team Anthracite at Blazing Leaves 2011: (from L-R) Lyle Kerrick, Al Winter (Nutmeg sub), Michael Detweiler, Monica Lynn.
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The Anthracite Curling team of Lyle Kerrick, Monica Lynn and Michael Detweiler is competing this weekend at the Blazing Leaves bonspiel held at Nutmeg Curling Club in Bridgeport, Conn.
Only three members were able to make the trip so they have enlisted the help of a local Nutmeg substitute. Continue reading
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Stacey feat. The Ice Techs (Matt Lyons, Brandon Jackson, Tom McGreevy and Stacey Berkoski) completed a clean sweep through the competition at Anthracite Curling Club’s Summerspiel competition, finishing atop the mini-league standings with a 5-0 record.
The team, once mired in a last-place tie during the Club’s most recent Spring/Summer League and propelled to the league championship in less than two months completed an undefeated Summerspiel with a win over Team Binghamton in the league finale.
Seven teams played five games each during a six-week calendar slot at The Ice Rink at Coal Street. Thanks to all the curlers who were able to attend draws and make the competition a success.
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Tuesday couldn’t have gone any easier for Stacey feat. The Ice Techs. The undefeated leaders at Summerspiel earned a forfeit victory over a mostly-absent Happy Hour crew to move to 4-0 at the summer tournament.
Team Binghamton had one of its best nights on the ice in disposing of Team Piatt, 8-1, on Sheet 2. The win keeps the team within reach of first place with a draw against the leaders this Tuesday. A win in that game would force a two-way tie for first place at Summerspiel.
On Sheet 3, Platoon earned its second consecutive win of Summerspiel by defeating Cracked Ice.
In the first-ever draw on Sheet 4 at Anthracite Curling Club, Squirrels earned a 4-3 win over Bitter End, keeping the team alive for a first-place finish at Summerspiel. If Binghamton defeats SfIT on Tuesday and Squirrels wins it final draw, there will be a three-way tie for first place.
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2012 Nationals Squirrels Curling Curling headlines Team USA Curling
