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Congratulations to Team Gallegos from the Ardsley Curling Club in winning this year’s Raymond Kayser Bonspiel, the GNCC’s Mixed 5 and Under. 40 teams competed in this highly anticipated yearly event which was held at SCC February 12th through the 15th 2015. The Kayser Mixed Bonspiel is solely for curlers with five years or less of curling experience. Of the 40 teams, players came from as far away as Virginia and both Potomac and Schenectady brought six teams each to the spiel.

Matthew Gallegos led his rink of Sharon Gallegos, Jan Zahour and Nicole Pottberg-Zahour to victory over Schenectady’s own Team Stoffer, skipped by Chad Stoffer, with Meghan Muller as vice, Kirk Wallace at second, and Becky Trousil at lead.

And congratulations to all of the event winners and finalists:

Kayser Medal (A Event)
Winner: Team Gallegos (Ardsley): Matthew Gallegos, Sharon Gallegos, Jan Zahour, Nicole Pottberg-Zahour
Finalist: Team Stoffer (Schenectady): Chad Stoffer, Meghan Muller, Kirk Wallace, Becky Trousil

St Andrews Medal (B Event)
Winner: Team Scimia (Nutmeg): Edward Scimia, Kelsey Schuder, Craig Doucette, Elizabeth Brown
Finalist: Team Padellaro (Petersham): Frank Padellaro, Skye Padellaro, Jeff Tallman, Tina Tallman

NY Caledonian Medal (C Event)
Winner: Team Williams (Rochester): Bob Williams, Jennifer Hill, Darin Brooks, Tia Demartino
Finalist: Team Fournier (Broomstones): Anne Fournier, Jake Davis, Lena Rybak, Jim Wirwille

Hastings Medal (D Event)
Winner: Team Spensieri (Ardsley): Michael Spensieri, Erin Durba, Nick Beaton, Nicole Mikoleski
Finalist: Team Jennett (Broomstones): Kim Jennett, Seth Robertson, Kelli Peterson, Dmitriy Rybak

Schenectady had a great time hosting this year’s Kayser and hopes that all the teams enjoyed their time with us. SCC would like to thank Fay Navratil and Paula Lancaster for chairing this event and being there from start to finish to ensure everything went off well and to too many members to mention specifically who came out in support of this event and SCC. From the kitchen volunteers (special shout out to Kathy Brown, Sue Streeter, Kevin Gomes, and Jackie Donegan), to the ice crew (special shout out to Jim Ridenour and Jeff Mayott) to the bar staff (special shout out to Tom, Joan and Sherrie), to the webcasting crew (special shout out to Scott Brennan, Peggy O’Connor, Dan Machold and Rock)…it takes a whole club to put on a good bonspiel. Thank you to all those who came out and made it happen! And good luck to all of the 5 and Under curlers on their upcoming bonspiels…thank you for making Schenectady a stop on your 5 and under trail!

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Congratulations to Maureen Fodera who led her rink to the A Event win at the Colton Bonspiel held February 7th and 8th at SCC. Fodera’s rink of Laura Knussman, Ashlyn Hillis and Kathy Brody bested Sue Streeter’s team of Sara Johnsen, Amy Machold and Joy Del-Sette in the A Event finals on Sunday. Sara Johnsen stepped up to skip during the finals and Colleen Leszczynsky subbed in at second. The Colton is our in house Women's Club Championship that is held in honor of Charlotte Colton, Ruth Kerr, Dorothy Szymaszek and in memory of Ursula Hilborn. Charlotte and Dorothy were on hand to award their pins to the winners at this year’s event. The prestigious Colton pin features an image of the Queen of Hearts playing card with a winking Queen to represent the fact that the ladies are all queens in this bonspiel but they don't take themselves too seriously! And though the curling is always top notch there is a bit of fun at this spiel! This year’s theme was “Through the Decades” with each team representing a different decade during the event and at the Saturday evening costume party.

Congratulations to all of the event winners and finalists!

A Event: Colton
Winner: Team Fodera: Maureen Fodera, Laura Knussman, Ashlyn Hillis, Kathy Brody
Finalist: Team Streeter: Sue Streeter, Sara Johnsen (skipped in the finals), Amy Machold, Joy Del-Sette

B Event: Kerr
Winner: Team Munro: Carol Munro, Lisa Miller, Roberta Feiden, Karen Denike
Finalist: Team Brown: Kathy Brown, Jill Grandusky, Raquel Hillis, Caitlin Janiszewski

C Event: Szymaszek
Winner: Team Szymaszek: Dorothy Szymaszek, Shirley Burgess, Lisa Nieradka, Jackie Donegan
Finalist: Team Dolins: Laura Dolins, Mary-Sue Reed, Laura Dial, Nancy Gaines

D Event: Hilborn
Winner: Team Fitzgerald: Charlene Fitzgerald, Paula Lancaster, Laura MacManus-Spencer, Sue Hartz
Finalist: Team Warr: Andrea Warr, Peggy O’Connor, Sue Adair (skipped in the finals), Kim Berg

Thank you to Becky Trousil and Meghan Muller for running a wonderful event as well as all of our “cooks in the kitchen” including Charlotte Colton, Kirk Wallace, John Adair, and Kevin Gomes who kept the ladies fed and happy throughout the event!

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Congratulations to Team Zavadil in winning this year’s Lovejoy bonspiel, SCC’s Men’s in house Championship. Marty Zavadil led his team of Jeff Mayott, David Rubin, and Jeff Faulkner to victory over Dion Warr’s rink of Kirk Wallace, Steve Wood, and Paul Clarke. In an interesting turn of events, just recently the Schenectady Gazette featured a photo of the team that won the 1990 Lovejoy Bonspiel. It just so happens that Marty Zavadil was on that winning team as well…but as lead! So Zavadil has come full circle…winning this prestigious event 25 years later but as a skip! (just for the record that winning team on January 7th 1990 was Jack Stopera, Matt Staccone, Doug Spring and Marty Zavadil.)

Congratulations to all of the event winners and finalists:

"A" event, the Lovejoy championship:
Lovejoy Champions: Team Zavadil: Marty Zavadil, Jeff Mayott, David Rubin, Jeff Faulkner
Finalists: Team Warr: Dion Warr, Kirk Wallace, Steve Wood, Paul Clarke

"B" event, the Rice:
Winners: Team Brennan: Scott Brennan, Dan Navratil, Dave Spengler, Dave Potts
Finalists: Team Rzonca: Marek Rzonca, Lou Horton, Jeff Brewster, Gerry Lampman

"C" event, the Steadwell/Jackson:
Winners (Steadwell): Team Temple: Vic Temple, Dan Muller, Sebastian Elliott, Bob Briske
Finalists (Jackson): Team Andersen: Karl Andersen, Jeff Howles, Bryan Gonyeau, Ian Spencer

"D" event, the DeLack:
Winners: Team Fitzgerald: Pat Fitzgerald, Fred Mackintosh, Ron Holbrook, Brent Lehman
Finalists: Team Lancaster: Tom Lancaster, Kevin Gomes, Tom Holbrook, Teddy Germain

This event was held on the weekend of January 16th and was chaired by Jeff Howles. A good time was had by all. Thanks to the ice crew of Sue Streeter, Fred Mackintosh and Jeff Mayott. Also, a hearty thank you to Jeff Howles' wife, Kee, for a fantastic lunch!