Red River Shootout - Sept 25 & 26
Dallas/Ft. Worth Curling Club
vs. Oklahoma Curling Club
The Red River Shootout is an annual competition between the Dallas/Fort Worth Curling Club and the Oklahoma Curling Club. Each club will send 8 to 10 teams and each team will compete in 4 different events, accumulating points for the overall competition.
The competition is modeled after curling’s Continental Cup and is similar to the Ryder Cup in Golf. The four events are a regular curling game, a skills competition, doubles curling, and a skins game. Everyone who registers for the competition will play one game in each of the four events. The club with the most points at the end of the end of the weekend will win the competition and will keep the Red River Shootout trophy for the year.
The application and details can be found here in pdf format.
Stones for Crohn's Open House and Mini Bonspiel Sunday, August 8th
The Bonspiel is full. Please come for the Open House!
If you have ever wanted to try curling come on out on August 8th at 2pm!
We will have a one hour open house/learn to curl event and that time followed by a fast paced, 3 hour bonspiel which will last from 3-6pm on August 8th.
The learn to curl session will be $10 per person. Everyone is invited, just wear tennis shoes and a light jacket.
In the Bonspiel, each team will play three 4-end games in a bracket format. Prizes for the A and B event winners! Registration includes an event T-shirt! Fees are $190/team or $47.50/curler.
Click on the APPLICATION link to view a pdf with more information
All net proceeds will be donated to the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America.
The Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America(CCFA)supports research leading to improved treatment options and a cure for Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis—collectively known as inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). It is estimated that over 1.4 million Americans have IBD. These diseases are chronic, painful disorders that attack the digestive system and cause inflammation. There is no cure, and the cause of IBD remains unknown.
Competition Committee Forming
This committee will set the competition rules and formats for the 2010-2011 curling season. If you ever wanted input on draws, playoff formats and league rules, this is your chance for real input in the decision making. Contact Jason Hotra. Only full voting members from 2009-2010 are eligible.
DFW Curling Club First Annual Shuffleboard Tournament - POSTPONED - Watch for New Date
The Dallas-Ft Worth Curling Club cordially invites you to join us for a fun filled day of (table) shuffleboard and libations. We’ve arranged for a stylish party bus to take you and your shuffleboard mate to as many pubs as it takes to find out who can draw the best pucks.
For more information and registration, click on Inaugural DFWCC Shuffleboard Pub Crawl.
Team Kulka Wins Rocky Mountain Bonspiel
Left to right: Krystal Kulka, Steve Walton, Andy Cooper and Chris Alt
Team Kulka, a first time DFW team, plowed through a strong field to win first place in the first event at the Rocky Mountain Bonspiel in Park City, Utah. They defeated a team from Lethbridge, Alberta in the finals for the championship.
Congratulations from the Club!
The Little Club that Could
by John Fowler
With less than fifty members the DFW Curling Club might well be called the little club that could.
In just over two months the club introduced over seven hundred people to curling in two open house events. Then, it started two eight week mini-leagues with eight teams in each league and offered curling classes to many of the people who were unable to get a spot in the two mini-leagues.
That was a good start, but things just keep rolling (or should I say sliding) along. With only three weeks left before the next two mini leagues are set to start the Wednesday league is sold out and there are only a few spaces left on the Tuesday league. Judy Willingham-Friend, the club president said, “Many of the teams from the first mini-leagues have already signed up for the next session and are asking to continue playing as a team."
Last week, twenty-two people from the DFW Curling Club went to the Texas Open Bonspiel in Houston. Most were competing but some were just there to be a part of the excitement and to root for the other club members.
Carolyn, and her daughter, Dakota were two of those competing from the Dallas club. When asked about going to the Bonspiel, Carolyn said, “My husband, Dakota, and I spent three days watching Olympic curling on TV. We decided that it looked like fun and decided to give it a try. Now that we have, we can’t get enough.”
Four others- Krystal Kulka, Andy Cooper, Steve Walton and Chris Alt - from the Wednesday league signed up for the TOB, but the tournament was filled before their application was received. Not to be discouraged they went to watch and cheer. They also decided to enter the Utah Bonspiel in May.
Onward and Upward!
May/June Mini Leagues Full
Both Tuesday and Wednesday nights are full for the next eight week mini-league. If your curling jones still needs to to be satisfied, check back here.
We are trying to set up more curling classes and will soon be organizing another eight week league to follow the current one.
If you've GOT to curl sooner, Come on out on Tuesday/Wednesday nights from 7:30-9:30, get there early and ask the skips if they need substitutes. There are usually a few open spots.
New Board of Directors - May 1st
Your newly elected Board of Directors is in office as of May 1st. Four elected officers are returning, Judy Willingham-President, Shana Healer-Secretary, Andrew Buckner-Treasurer and Nick Myers-Special Events.
Your three new board members are Jason Hotra-Vice President, Tyler Dick-Membership and Brian Alguire-Communications.
The three directors that are leaving office are Andy Bahr-Vice President, Jonathan Havercroft-Membership and Dan Johnson-Communications.
Dan served in his recent term as Communications Director for two years. He also served four previous terms on the board and is a founder of the club.
Andy served as Vice President for three years and has helped the club for many more.
Jonathan was our Membership director for the last year. He handled this job from his home in Oklahoma while founding the Oklahoma Arctic Curling Club.
These members had key roles in presiding over the largest, most complicated growth in the club since it's founding in 2002. Please thank them when you see them. Jonathan will be back down here for the Red River Shoot Out.
TEAM KLEPPE
4th Texas Open Bonspiel Champions 2010
Photo by Tyler Dick
The fourth annual Texas Open Bonspiel hosted by Houston finished on Sunday, April 18th with DFW's Team Kleppe winning the First Event. Players left to right are Stephen Kleppe, Don Kleppe, Scott Powrie and Shana Healer.
More Events to be Scheduled this Summer
Register at the Newletter Signup button on the left and we will contact you about future events, training and leagues.
2010 State of the Club Adress
Over the last three months the club has used this website almost exclusively to advertise and promote curling by starting up leagues and clinics. Now that things have slowed down a little, here is the 2010 State of the Club Address that was delivered to the membership in February.
Team Harvercroft Wins 2009-2010 Club Championship
Team Havercroft, condisting of Jonathan Havercroft, Andrew Buckner, Becky Buckner and Jason Hotra, won the 2009-2010 DFW Curling Club championship playoffs. Going into the playoffs as the sixth and last seed, this accomplishment was made even more impressive by the fact that the Skip could not be present for the final. He was in Oklahoma City giving birth to a new curling club. Congratulations to all!
Team Kleppe Wins 2009-2010 Presidents Cup for Second Straight Year
Congratulations to Team Kleppe for winning the 2009-10 Presidents Trophy! Members are Don Kleppe, Stephen Kleppe, Shana Healer and Lenni Sommer. They tied with Team Myers with a league leading 9-3 record but beat them on the "most ends" tiebreaker.
Open House Thank You!
Our Olympic open houses were a tremendous success with over 700 curlers arriving to give curling a try. A big thanks from the Board to the Club for working the long hours to make this event the success that it was.
An Extra BIG thanks from the Club to those of you that came out to give it a try. If you gave us your email, we will be contacting you about future events.
For those several hundred of you that showed up and we couldn't get you onto the ice, we will try to do something special for you. Watch your email box. Again, we apologize for not being able to put you on the ice but the response has been overwhelming our available ice time.
We will be forming events, classes and leagues throughout the summer. Keep your eye on the website or sign up for the NEWSLETTER and Come Curl With Us!
Watch Us in the Local News!
NBC Ch 5 Locally
http://www.nbcolympics.com/
Star Telegram Newspaper
http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/02/24/1991260/curling-melts-the-heart-of-a-curmudgeon.html#tvg
DallasNews.com also Denton Record and TXCN and The Dallas Morning News Paper
http://www.dallasnews.com/
CBS Ch 11 Locally
http://cbs11tv.com/video/?id=
KISS FM Radio Web site
http://www.1061kissfm.com/
Look for BITS - Psycho Shannon Curling
D/FW Curling Club Board Meeting
The next board meeting of the D/FW Curling Club is scheduled for 6:00pm on Tuesday, June 1st at the Dr. Pepper StarCenter in Farmers Branch. All active members are invited to attend. If you want to see 'the inside' of what is going on in your league contact Judy Friend at President.
Join the Dallas/Ft Worth Curling Club!
We are planning several exciting events this summer for first time curlers. If you have never before curled but always wanted to give it a try, stay tuned to the se pages for more detail.
If you would like to be on our contact list, email a quick note to Tyler Dick at Membership Director.
The D/FW Curling Club is a 501(c)(3) public charity dedicated to furthering the amateur sport of curling. We do this by increasing awareness of the sport, attracting athletes interested in local, national and international competition and by training those athletes for competition.
