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Teams are heading out of town for the March 14 to 17 weekend.

Click on thumbtacks on map to view more details. Red designates the current spiels.

View 2012-13 On the Road in a larger map

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GNCC Elisabeth Childs Challenge

Good curling to the eight SCC ladies who will be heading over to the Rochester Curling Club for this year’s Elisabeth Childs Challenge for 5 & under women curlers. The ladies who hope the luck of the Irish is with them are:

Team Ladopoulos: Nicole Ladopoulos, Sara Marchand, Mary-Sue Reed, and Roberta Feiden – First Game: Friday 10am

Team Hall: Christina Hall, Peggy O’Connor, Laura Dolins and Amy Machold – First Game: Friday 6:30pm

Peggy O’Connor (second) and Amy Machold (vice) were on the A event winning team from last year’s Childs! Good luck to all of you!

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Alexander Keith’s City of Ottawa Bonspiel

Four SCC men’s teams are heading up to Canada this weekend for the exciting Alexander Keith’s City of Ottawa Bonspiel. This huge event takes place among fourteen clubs around Ottawa with 128 rinks participating. This event boasts not only some great competitive curling and the chance to visit several clubs in the Ottawa area...there is also prize money on the line! Here are the fine gentlemen who will be attending this year’s event:

Team Brooks: Tim Brooks, Dan Machold, Ted Kreutz (of Plainfield), Jim Jordan – First Draw: Thursday at 2:00pm vs Fradette from RCMP.
Team Fitzgerald: Pat Fitzgerald, Art Merkely, Kirk Wallace, Jeff Mayott – First Draw: Thursday at 4:30pm vs Dewar from RCN.
Team Rzonca: Marek Rzonca, Dion Warr, Dave Hooper, Jeff Muha – First Draw: Thursday at 2:00pm vs Hammond from RCMP.
Team Wadland: Dean Wadland, Mike Stefanik, Rob Klees, Charlie Brown – First Draw: Thursday at 4:30pm vs Harris from Shawville.

To find out more information about this event (and to see the very impressive draw) check out the event website. Good luck Gentlemen!

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115th Gordon International

The GNCC is heading to Quebec to battle for the Gordon International Medal which marks its 115th anniversary this year. 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. It 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. In the 115 prior competitions, the Canadians have won 88 matches, the Americans 27. USA won this event when it was last held in Canada so we are hoping for a repeat performance!

SCC will be represented by five man team Doc Holmblad, Fred Mackintosh, Phil Falconer, Dave Longbreak and Dan Navratil. Good luck to Team Holmblad and to the USA!

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Golden Handle Bonspiel

Good luck to Team Burgess as they head to the Golden Handle Open bonspiel being held this weekend at the Nutmeg Curling Club. Shirley Burgess will lead her team of Mark Zielinski, Lynn Zielinski, and Ed Hoostowski (Norfolk). The theme is "Fifty Shade of Grey...Ice". We are glad they threw the word "ice" in there because we weren't really sure what kind of event our team was heading into!

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[caption id="attachment_2301" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Lovejoy Winners: Brian Damon, Brandon Chew, Doug MacNeal, John Ioia"][/caption]

Congratulations to Team Damon in winning the SCC Men's Championship - The Lovejoy over Team Fitzgerald in 7 ends. Brian Damon led his team of Brandon Chew, Doug MacNeal and John Ioia to a 8 to 3 victory over Pat Fitzgerald's rink of Kirk Wallace, Jim Gorgos and Ken McPartlin.

And congratulations to all of the event winners and finalists:

Lovejoy (A Event)
Winner: Brian Damon, Brandon Chew, Doug MacNeal, John Ioia - 8
Finalist: Pat Fitzgerald, Kirk Wallace, Jim Gorgos, Ken McPartlin -3

Rice (B Event)
Winner: Dion Warr, Brad Austin, Brent Lehman, Bryan Gonyeau - 8
Finalist: Jack Stopera, Mike Luft, Doug Spring, Bill McLaughlin - 2

Steadwell - Jackson (C Event)
Winner: Fred Mackintosh, Jeff Howles, Phil Falconer, Jeff Faulkner - 7
Finalist: Vic Temple, Dan Navratil, Mark Zielinski , David Genevich - 1

Delack (D Event)
Winner: Dan Machold, Chad Stoffer, Tom Holbrook, Sean Duffy - 10
Finalist: Marek Rzonca, Lou Horton, Sebastian Elliot, Bob Briskie - 1

Thank you to David Rubin (last year's winning skip) for running this year's event and to all of the volunteers who helped out. Congratulations to all of the teams!

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[caption id="attachment_2404" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Team Brennan: (l to r) Rob Klees, Dan Muller, Scott Brennan, Jeff Howles"][/caption]

Scott Brennan's team of Dan Muller, Jeff Howles, and Rob Klees captured the 74th Annual Francis Dykes Memorial Bonspiel by defeating Scott Burns' Plainfield rink 9-8 after 10 ends. This popular GNCC event for men with 5 years or less experience was held from February 27 to March 3, 2013 at the Potomac Curling Club in Laurel, MD. Karl Andersen, who viced from the lead position on Team Burns, is also a member of Schenectady. Both teams had a great run leading up to the final game at 2:30 PM on Sunday.

During the final, Brennan stole 5 points through the first 3 ends but Burns climbed back into the game making it 6-5 for Brennan after 8 ends. Team Brennan had a good 9th end, scoring 3 with the hammer on a nice last draw by Brennan. Finally, being up by 4 points they were able to hold Burns to 3 to claim the first Francis Dykes victory for Schenectady in 36 years (SCC last won in 1975 and 1976). Rob and Dan also had just won this year's Kayser. Congratulations everyone, we are proud of you!

Also playing in the bonspiel were Team Alois - Brandon Alois, Jeff Brewster, Andy Maurer, Nathan Alois (2-2, losing in the B event semi-final); Team Holbrook - Tom Holbrook, Joe McCarthy, Joe Marshall, David Spengler; and Team Perrotto - Joe Perrotto, Jacob Fields, Mark Roberts, David Genevich.

By all accounts, Potomac did a wonderful job hosting the tournament and next season's 75th Annual will be held right here in Schenectady. All the members of Team Brennan have now aged out so another team will need to step up to defend the title!

You can check out the full draw and saved webstreamed games and awards ceremony provided by Potomac's fantastic coverage during the event.

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