Champion  Sieg

(Lyle Sieg, Davinna Ohlson Kong, Mason Kong, Richard Lazarowich) San Francisco Bay Area CC

Runner-Up  Funk

(Richard Funk, Greg Basrak, Wendy Funk, Debbie Basrak) Lethbridge CC/Park CityCC

Chardonnay

Winner McLachlan

(Owen McLachlan, Stefanie Smith, Ryan Malthus, Francesca Somma) Curl San Diego

Runner-Up Gong

(Roland Gong, Ericka Hailsocke, Bill Jokobowski, Sara Troy) SF Bay Area CC

Pinot Noir

Winner Mathews

(Bryan Mathews, Mike Blackwel, Patrick Tabuchi, Matthew David) Vancouver CC, SF Bay Area CC

Runner-up Loudon

(Edith Loudon, Eric Hazard, Alan Barber, Jerome Larson) Royal Caledonian CC, Wine Country CC

Merlot

Winner Glauser

(Richard Glauser, Ed Glowacki, Mary Glowacki, Jayne Woods) Curl San Diego, Bowling Green CC

Runner-up Dossett

(Summer Barnes, Mark Dossett, Tom Hemenway, Marychello Brown) Curl San Diego

The Crush 2010 Program

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10:30am
S2 Dubberley v Kuhl
S3 Loomis v Swandby
S4 Markowski v Ueltzen

1:00pm
S1 Sieg v DeLauder
S2 Pengelly v Glauser
S3 Funk v Lively
S4 Loudon v McKnight
S5 Campbell v Kitinski

3:30pm
S2 Coull v Gong
S3 Mathews v Harder
S4 Iwanick/Peck v McLachlan
S5 Feist v McCormick

7:00pm
S1 Seeger v Dossett
S2 Tryon v Peterson

9:30pm
S1 Millar v Messier
S3 Mendoza v Devreeze

Eagle Eye Engraving

Fairfield High School Scarlet Brigade Bagpipers

Goldline Curling Supplies

Hampton Inn & Suites

Kaiser Permanente

Kick’t up designs

Mary’s Pizza Shack

Mirage Salon & Spa

NorthBay Healthcare

Napa Valley Wine Tasting Society

Outback Steakhouse

Redskyent.com

SA Grafix

Sepay Groves Olive Oil

Stevescurling.com helped with order of the ice nipper.

Vacaville Convention and Visitors Center

Vacaville Ice Sports

Winery

CLos du Bois

Joya Wine Company

Quercus

Wild Oak Ranch

Gary Farrell Winery

VACAVILLE, CA – The Wine Country Curling Club will honor and highlight the 2010 United States Women’s Olympic Team Skip Debbie McCormick at their annual Crush Bonspiel. The Bonspiel will be held at Vacaville Ice Sports (707) 455-0225, (vacavilleicesports.com) during Labor Day Weekend, September 3, 4, and 5. The public is encouraged to come and watch the cult sport that kept you up late at night during the last winter Olympics. There is no admission charge although donations are accepted.

Debbie, is a three-time Olympian, was World Champion in 2003, seven-time U.S. National Champion as well as a four-time U.S. junior champion and a 3-time medal winner at the World Juniors. Her husband Pete, an accomplished curler himself, will also be curling on the team. The balance of the four-person team will be two paraolympians from the 2010 USA Team. Local curler, Pat McDonald, a member of the Wine Country Curling Club and fellow wheelchair curler, Jacqui Kapinowski of Point Pleasant, N.J., will be curling with the McCormick’s. The 2010 US Paralympics Team took fourth in the Vancouver Games.

And if that isn’t enough Olympians, Edith Loudon of Perth, Scotland, a member of the Scottish Olympic Team at the 1998 Nagano Olympics where she competed against Debbie, will be defending her former two time Crush Bonspiel championships. Edith is a World Curling Federation Director representing the Royal Caledonian Curling Club (the oldest curling club in the world), which is the equivalent in curling to the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews Scotland in golf.

Thirty-two curling teams will be coming from all points across the United States and Canada. Many top-notch curlers will be vying for the title of “Champion of the Crush”. Other event attractions include the Opening Ceremonies on Friday at 6:00 PM that involve a “piping the teams on to the ice” by the Scarlet Brigade Pipe Band from Fairfield High School. Curling games are scheduled Friday 8:30a-10:30pm, Saturday 8:00a-4:30pm and Sunday 7am – 4:30pm. Five games are played at a time so there will be plenty of action!

Curling involves teams of four trying to knock an opponent’s 42-pound stone out of a circle and having your stones closest to the center to earn points. The sport was invented in Scotland in the sixteenth century. The exposure from the Olympics is drawing intense interest in the United States. Many curling clubs across the country have reported large increases in membership since the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Wine Country Curling Club (WCCC) based in Vacaville, CA. The club began four years ago after the Torino Winter Olympics. WCCC is a member of the Unites States Curling Association and Mountain Pacific Curling Association. Curling has had a presence in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1958.

Team entries are here.

Sat, August 21

Sat, August 28

Vacaville Ice sports

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The excitement of this past year’s Olympics has created enthusiasm for California Curling. We have already received entries for 26 teams and have over half of those paid. We have increased the number of teams this year as it is real important for us to keep the excitement going. Having teams from as many clubs as possible including our own club contributes to the fun of “The Crush.” We have teams from Toronto Canada, Wisconsin, Dallas, New Jersey, Hollywood, San Diego as well as Bay Area and WCCC teams.

We would love to have more teams from our club in the Bonspiel. Of course we need to know as soon as possible. If you want to play, I can add you to the singles list and fill in with out of town teams or combine with other locals or add you as a team. Entries must be received prior to August 1, 2010 and the cost is $360.00 per team.

Additional information can be obtained by going to our web site at www.winecountrycurling.org or contacting me for any special requirements at any of the numbers below. Checks and Registration forms should be made out to Wine Country Curling Club.

We have opened this year’s bonspiel to 32 teams with each team guaranteed three games. The Bonspiel is likely to require starting the earliest draw late Friday morning and will finish the Championship Draws Sunday afternoon, leaving Monday for travel or additional wine tasting.

We are looking at a late Friday night draw for some teams with travel or connection issues. Please send the earliest starting time your team can curl on Friday September 3rd and the Bracket Committee will do it’s best to accommodate any special situations. If you have a single curler that wants to play, let me know and I will try to find a team, cost would be $90 as a single.

Team Entry fee includes four (4) tickets to the “Saturday Night Banquet” plus Continental Breakfast on Saturday and Sunday and Lunch Saturday. (If additional tickets are needed for the Banquet Saturday or the Lunch they are available in advance for $25 for each Banquet ticket and $5 for each Lunch ticket. This cost can be sent with the registration fee.)

We are having a wine tasting Friday night at the Curling Rink and the first round is on us, you will receive additional information when you arrive and check-in.