Schenectady Curling Club

14 Teams To Play in The Cunningham

The last in-house bonspiel of the season is taking the ice this weekend as 14 teams get ready to play in The Cunningham. The Cunningham, the club's mixed championship, has four events, The Cunniingham (A event), The Parker (B event), The Brunkhorst (C event), and the McCullough (D event). The first two draws will happen Friday night at 6:15 and 8:30. Four more draws will happen on Saturday (8:30am, 10:45am, 3:00pm, and 6:30pm). The C event semi-finals will happen on Sunday morning at 8:30 and will be followed by all four event finals at noon. If you aren't able to make it to the club to watch some games, you can always follow along with the live bracket.

Good luck to all the teams!

The "Plain Old Curlers" Win the 10 & Under

A Winner

A Event Brooks Medal Winners: Plain Old Curlers Paddy Coburn (skip), Bill Grzybowski (vice), John Gephart (second), and Joe Angelli (lead).

After a year's absence, the 10 & Under Bonspiel returned in December for a weekend of good curling and plenty of socializing. Originally created as a men's event to allow Dykes teams that had aged out of the 5 & Under world to continue playing and socializing together, as well as current teams to prepare for the current season's event, the bonspiel became an open event, allowing Kayser and Childs teams the same opportunities. And while the competition has always been robust, it has also always been important that everyone have fun and enjoy good food, good drink, and good companionship.

This year's A Event, the Brooks Medal was won by the Plainfield Curling Club's 'Plain Old Curlers', skipped by Paddy Coburn. They defeated 'A Sweep at the Wheel', skipped by Pat Howard.

The B Event, the Garber Medal, was won by the Bucks County's Team Brady, skipped by Kevin Brady. They defeated 'Well Swept Secret', skipped by Tim Lowden.

The C Event, the Griffin Medal was won by the Ardsley Curling Club's Team Spensieri, skipped by Michael Spensieri. They defeated Albany Curling Club's Team Oettinger, skipped by Rich Oettinger.

The D Event, the Good Neighbor Medal, was won by Bucks Rocks!, skipped by Jim Fannon. They defeated Schenectady/Bucks Team Wietsma, skipped by Zach Wietsma.

The E Event, played on Saturday night for the entertainment of the crowd, was won by Schenectady's Team Stoffer, skipped by Chad Stoffer. The 'place' team was 'The Ice Giants' skipped by Dan O'Connell. The 'show' team was Albany's Team Clark, skpped by Lisa Clark.

We look forward to seeing everyone again at next year's event!

SCC Women Win the U-S-A Friendly!

SCC WOmen After an 18 month hiatus, nine Schenectady women curlers dusted off their curling shoes and brooms to 'sweep' victory at the Utica-Schenectady-Albany Friendly Bonspiel on November 13, 2021. Albany Curling Club hosted the annual one day point spiel at which everyone enjoyed a fun day of curling, eating, and catching up with longtime curling friends. The SCC teams consisted of Laura Dolins, Raquel Hillis, Fay Navratil, Emily Ciuk, and Paula Lancaster, Andrea Warr, Ashlyn Hillis, and Kathy Brown/Caitlin Janiszewski (who shared a position). Schenectady's Dorothy Szymaszek cheered the teams on to victory. The SCC teams scored 49.75 points, while Utica and Albany scored 23.25 and 12.75 points respectively. A big thank you to Albany's Cathleen Schiraldi and team for hosting a wonderful event. Next year's U-S-A Friendly will be hosted by the Utica Curling Club with Schenectady the year after.