SCC is proud to announce all of our league winners (and finalists where applicable) for the 2012-2013 season! These teams were honored at the Closing Meeting on April 10th. Congratulations to you all!

Women’s Leagues

Dr. Ack: Winner: Nicole Ladopoulos, Nancy Wurth, Amy Machold and Janis Gaunay
All American: Winner: Charlene Fitzgerald, Fay Navratil, Martha Naber, and Natalie McDonough
Women’s Singles: Winner: Sue Adair
Blackhall: Winner: Maureen Fodera, Alice Rubin, Lisa Filkins, and Amanda Barr
Lydgate: Winner (finalist for the Blackhall) Andrea Warr, Lisa Nieradka, Laura Knussman, and Liz Lansing

Mixed and Open Leagues

Erdman: Winner: Jeff Brewster, Nicole Ladopoulos, Kelly McCart and Greg Alexis
Erdman: Finalist: Mike Luft, Vic Temple, Isaac Bratton, and Cheyenne Bratton
Gabel: Winner: Joe Perrotto, Brian Montgomery, David Genevich, and Alex Chambers
Gabel: Finalist: Jeff Brewster, Nicole Ladopoulos, Sean Duffy, and Greg Alexis
Bradshaw: Winner: Jack Stopera, Nancy Wurth/Amy Hawrylchak, Doug Kerr, and Bruce Bucciferro
Bradshaw: Finalist: Maureen Fodera, , Mike Luft, Becky Trousil, and Kirk Wallace
Fitzgerald: Winner: Dan Machold, Lisa Nieradka, Sean Duffy and Linda Falcon
Fitzgerald: Finalist: Pete Drechsler, Lisa Filkins, John Adair and Sue Adair
Griffin: Winner: Jim Holmblad, David Longbrake, Brandon Chew, and Cynthia Walton-Leavitt
Griffin: Finalist: Jim Colton, Mike Luft, Ralph Comanzo, and Denise Cashmere
Burgess: Winner: Jim Holmblad, David Longbrake, Mary Sue Reed, and Cynthia Walton-Leavitt
Burgess: Finalist: Jack Fitzgerald, Mike Luft, Michele Moffitt, and Lisa Daly
Stopera: Winner: Sue Adair, Brad Austin, Becky Trousil, and Kirk Wallace
Stopera: Finalist: Mike Stefanik, Nancy Wurth, Jack Stopera, and Candace Stefanik
Cioffi: Winner: Kevin Gomes, Jill Grandusky, Brian Montgomery, and Yuko Kashiwado
Sovik: Winner: Bruce Bucciferro, Frank Wyllie, Phil Falconer, and Karen Hess
Sovik: Finalist: Bette Sovik, , Jeff Faulkner, Paul Clarke, and Lori Millet

Men’s Leagues

Pletenik: Winner: Chad Stoffer, Brad Austin, Bill McLaughlin and Brent Lehman
Pletenik: Finalist: Peter Drechsler, Robert Klees, Jim Gorgos and Doug Kerr
Graham: Winner: Charlie Brown, Rich Gonyeau, Joey Sipzner and Robert Maynard
Graham: Finalist: Pat Fitzgerald, Pete Dreschler, Ron Holbrook, and Chad Stoffer
Girard Singles: Winner: Dion Warr
Girard Singles: Finalist: Brian Damon
Van de Car: Winner: Brian Damon, Mike Stefanik, Pete Drechsler, and Art Merkley

And a shout out to our new members who successfully completed curling school and thus get a pin! They are: Greg Alexis, Karen Denike, Sean Duffy, Janis Gaunay, Bryan Gonyeau, Jon Hamilton, Jackie Hennessy, Jim Hennessy, Dave Potts, Matt Rennells, Dave Spengler, Kathy Walsh, Bill Williams, Chris Williams, Steve Yeager. Congratulations!

Thank you to all of our club members who made this year amazing! Thank you to all of our friends from other clubs who visited us for our many bonspiels this season….we loved seeing you! And thank you to all of our supporters out there if you curl or not.

We look forward to next season. We are already making plans to improve our club, plan out our packed schedule and to just make 2013-2014 our best season yet.

Have a great summer and see you in October!

Congratulations to Team Machold who became the A Event Finalists at this weekend’s 60th Annual Fisherman’s Bonspiel at the Royal Kingston Curling Club in Kingston, ON. This event boasted 48 teams and Team Machold swept through all their matches to land in the A Finals. Dan Machold led his crew of Mike Stefanik, Brian Damon and Charlie Brown to the A Finals and came up just short in that game.

Team Machold won their first match Thursday night in just 4 ends! They followed this up with what was initially a very close game…until they stole 2 in the 6th and 5 in the 7th. Next up they won again in another tight match until they stole one in the 7th to go up by 3. They then continued their winning streak by winning by one after coming home tied with hammer. That brought them to the A event semi’s which they won handily in only 4 ends.

Great job gentlemen and a good way to end the season!

Team Brooks: Tim Brooks, Carol Munro, Lisa Filkins, David Genevich

On March 30th 2013, SCC turned curling upside down with its annual Krakow Bonspiel! Congratulations to Teams Brooks and Team Lancaster for picking up the “Gold” and the “Silver” medals in this fun event. Tim Brooks led his team of Carol Munro, Lisa Filkins and Dave Genevich to a 67 point high score to capture the gold medal while Tom Lancaster led his rink of Paula Lancaster, Kirk Wallace and Becky Trousil to a score of 64 points to get the silver. Last but not least, Bette Sovik and her team of Marty Zavadil, Cynthia Walton-Leavitt and Nancy Gaines came up with the last place number of points (39) but scored big by winning a ring of Kielbasa! Team Austin also won a special prize for winning the trivia quiz…way to go smarties!

Here is how all the rinks made out:

67 points: Tim Brooks, Carol Munro, Lisa Filkins, Dave Genevich
64 points: Tom Lancaster, Paula Lancaster, Kirk Wallace, Becky Trousil
63 points: Brad Austin, Linda Austin, Rob Klees, Dan Muller
61 points: Pat Fitzgerald, Sue Streeter, Jeff Mayott, Yuko Kashiwado
58 points: Dave Longbreak, Chad Stoffer, Jenn Wood, Laura Dolins
53 points: Jim Holmblad, Phil Falconer, Shirley Burgess, Christina Hall
42 points: Dorothy Szymaszek, Mike Luft, John Ioia, April Katz
39 points: Bette Sovik, Marty Zavadil, Cynthia Walton-Leavitt, Nancy Gaines

So how does it work? You get points for having stones in the house (1 each) but you get 5 points for having your rocks the furthest from the button (biters are a wonderful thing). Also if you take an opponent’s stone out…you lose a point and your rock! So..normal curling rules do NOT apply! A fun time was had by all and thank you to Jim and Charlotte Colton for putting on this great end of season event and most of all for the wonderful themed lunch after! Yum!

To see all of our winning teams and some on ice photos, check out our In House Bonspiel Photo Gallery!

Team Warr: Dion Warr, Andrea Warr, Kirk Wallace, Sue Adair

Congratulations to Team Warr for winning SCC’s Mixed Club Championships – The Cunningham. Dion Warr led his rink of Andrea Warr, Kirk Wallace and Sue Adair to a 12-5 victory over Jim “Doc” Holmblad’s team of Carol Munro, John Ioia and Mary Sue Reed in an exciting final game. There were 13 teams in this year’s event which kicked off on March 22nd and ran through March 24th. Team Warr triumphed over Team Fitzgerald and Team Brown before heading to the Finals against Team Holmblad. Team Holmblad had bested Team Szymaszek, Team Sovik, and Team Navratil to secure their spot in the finals.

And the other Event Winners and Finalists:

B Event – The Parker
Winner: Tom Lancaster , Paula Lancaster, Phil Falconer and Shirley Burgess – 11
Finalist: Brad Austin, Laura Knussman, Isaac Bratton and Cheyenne Bratton – 4

C Event – The Brunkhorst
Winner: Jamey Grandusky, Jill Grandusky, Jeff Mayott and Yuko Kashiwado – 9
Finalist: Bette Sovik, Fred Mackintosh, April Katz and Joe Perrotto – 3

D Event – The McCullough
Winner: Charlie Brown, Libby Brundage, Brandon Chew and Roberta Feiden – 7
Finalist: Dan Navratil, Fay Navratil, Sebastian Elliott and Nancy Gaines – 3

Congratulations to all the Winners and Finalists and thank you to bonspiel chairs Paula and Tom Lancaster for a well-run bonspiel. Thank you to all of the volunteers who assisted with the kitchen and ice. Great job, one and all!

To see the photos of all event winners and finalists check out our In House Bonspiel Photo Gallery!

Team Stefanik: (l to r) Chuck Skinner Jr, Mike Stefanik, Candace Stefanik, Chuck Skinner Sr.

Well, either way it went, Schenectady was bringing home the A! Congratulations to Team Stefanik (StefSkis) in winning the A Event of Potomac Curling Club’s 11th Annual Cherry Blossom Bonspiel – The Yoshino Cherry Event. Mike Stefanik led his team of Chuck Skinner Jr (Potomac), Chuck Skinner Sr. (Chesapeake) and Candace Stefanik to victory over Brian Damon’s rink of Jack Stopera, Nancy Wurth, and Ron Cohen. SCC is so proud to have had two Schenectady helmed teams make it to the A event! The Cherry Blossom Bonspiel is a lovely spring tradition at the Potomac Curling Club. This year the event was held March 21st to March 24th, 2013. There were 32 teams participating in this 4 event spiel.

Team Stefanik battled their way through the A event competing against teams from Potomac (II, III, and IV) and St. Catherine’s while Team Damon hit the CC of VA, “I want to try something” and “Cherry Poppin Daddies” all before coming up against each other in the Finals. You can watch the match on Potomac’s Livestream account .

Congratulations to both teams for getting to the A event finals and to Team Stefanik for the big win!

Team Machold: (r to l) Dan Machold, Rick Munro, Dave Longbreak, Tom Lancaster

Team Machold achieved the coveted “8 Ender” the evening of March 20th 2013 in a Van de Car League game. Skip Dan Machold led his team of Rick Munro, Tom Lancaster, and Dave Longbrake to this historic moment! We won’t mention who it was against to protect the innocent.

Congratulations gentlemen!!!

Team Holmblad: Dave Longbreak, Fred Mackintosh, Doc Holmblad, Phil Falconer, Dan Navratil

Congratulations to Team Holmblad who competed for the Gordon International Medal March 15th and 16th and helped the US take the prize – US gained 369 points over Canada’s 324. This event pits 20 American teams (2 games per team) and 40 Canadian teams (one game per team) against each other for the coveted Gordon Medal. This event is hosted every other year in Canada and the USA with it being held at various clubs in the Montreal area this year. The outcome of the match is determined by the total number of stones scored by each side in the two Gordon medal games. Over the years the Canadians have won this event almost 4 times as many times as the US but not this year!

SCC was represented by five man team Doc Holmblad, Fred Mackintosh, Phil Falconer, Dave Longbreak and Dan Navratil. Team Holmblad won an award for the two highest scores during the “friendly” matches that took place on the 15th. Their stones during the competitive matches on Saturday helped nudge the US to victory in this event.

This is a very historic event. On January 25th 1884, Mr Robert Gordon of New York City presented a handsome gold medal to the curlers of the United States and Canada to be played for in an annual competition. The first match for the Medal was played in Montreal on February 8th 1884 and was won by the Milwaukee Curling Club. The first match in the United States (as it was decided to alternate between having the event in Canada and the US) was at the Albany City Curling Club on February 22nd, 1890. Records indicate that over the 117 year period, matches were postponed due to smallpox, lack of ice and wars.

The actual format changes based on the venue. When the medal is played for in the US there are usually 20 Canadian teams and 20 American teams playing two 10 end games. When the medal is played for in Canada there are usually 40 Canadian teams playing 1 game and 20 American teams playing 2 games. (This was the format for 2013.) The outcome is determined by the total number of stones scored by each country in the two games.

In addition to the Gordon International Medal there are other competitions played for at the same time. The Add Hastings International Bowl is awarded to the rink (on either the US or Canada side) that has the largest score in any single game during the Gordon International Medal competitive games. In addition to the competitive matches for the Gordon International there are also “Friendly” matches that take place the day prior. The team with the three highest scoring games win the James C Stevens Memorial Shield. In addition, teams with the two highest scoring games receives an award, and this is what Team Holmblad won this year.

We were so proud that Team Holmblad was part of this historic event!

8th Event Winners: Dean Wadland, Mike Stefanik, Charlie Brown, Rob Klees

Congratulations to SCC’s Team Wadland in winning the 8th Event at the Alexander Keith’s City of Ottawa Bonspiel which was held in clubs around Ottawa March 13th through 17th. This huge event took place among fourteen clubs with 128 rinks participating. Dean Wadland led his rink of Mike Stefanik, Rob Klees, and Charlie Brown to victory over Team Jamieson of Metcalfe in the 8th Event finals on Sunday. Wadland ended with a record of 7-2 after playing games in Navy, Rideau, Manotick, Carleton Heights, Ottawa Curling Club, RA Centre and Ottawa Hunt.

This was the first time both Wadland and Klees played in this event with Stefanik and Brown attending previously. Overall, all of the matches were very tight and well curled. Team Wadland battled against teams from Shawville, Pointe Claire, Peterborough and then the Ottawa area. Every one of them were great competitors and a lot of fun off the ice.

There were three other SCC teams who made the trek up to Ottawa including:

Team Brooks: Tim Brooks, Dan Machold, Ted Kreutz (of Plainfield), Jim Jordan
Team Fitzgerald: Pat Fitzgerald, Art Merkely, Kirk Wallace, Jeff Mayott
Team Rzonca: Marek Rzonca, Dion Warr, Dave Hooper, Jeff Muha

And with 128 teams involved…amazingly Team Brooks and Team Rzonca played each other! (Brooks prevailed)

Congratulations Team Wadland!

2013 Childs D Event Winners: Christina Hall, Peggy O'Connor, Laura Dolins, Amy Machold

Congratulations to SCC’s Team Hall for winning the Shelley Dropkin (D event) Event at the GNCC Childs Challenge Bonspiel. This event, for women with 5 years curling experience or less, is named in honor of Elisabeth Childs and was held at the Rochester Curling Club March 15th through 17th 2013. 2nd Year Curler Christina Hall led her team of Peggy O’Connor, Laura Dolins, and Amy Machold to an 11-0 victory over Potomac 1 in the D Event finals. Hall ended with an notable record of 3-2. Team Hall battled teams from Albany, Chesapeake, Ardsley and two from Potomac during their path to D Event victory!

Nicole Ladopoulos also led a rink of Sara Marchand, Mary-Sue Reed, and Roberta Feiden at this highly anticipated yearly event. This year the Childs drew a field of 21 contenders from clubs all throughout the GNCC.

Worth noting, Christina Hall and Peggy O’Connor were also on the Kayser Bonspiel (Mixed 5 and Under) winning team this year (Team Klees). Very impressive ladies! Do you need help carrying around all that bling?

Great job Team Hall!