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Congratulations to Team Broomstones 2 for winning the Green Medal (A Event) at the 52nd Annual Green Junior Bonspiel held at SCC from March 1st through 3rd 2013. Andrew Glaser led his team to of Jenna Burchesky, Alex Harlow and Lily Wadsworth to a 4-2 victory over Philadelphia 1 with skip Daniel Dudt, Vice Sean Burchesky, 2nd Cameron Vike, and lead Andrew Dudt.

And the results of our other events:
 
B Event: The Fink
Winner: Nutmeg: Ken Suslavich, Joe Sipzner, Will Pryor, Nick Glaser - 8
Finalist: Broomstones 3: Justin Hoge, Emma Annand, Cameron Ross, Laura Bernier - 4

C Event: The Munro
Winner: Schenectady 1: Ryan McMakin, Donald Mackintosh, David Wadsworth - 9
Finalist: Montreal West 2: Dominique Jean, Melissa Dunn, Megan Gentile, Samantha Gentile - 7

D Event: The Mackintosh
Winner: Philadelphia/Plainfield/Ardsley: Scott Dunnam, Andrew Stopera, Steven Szemple, Andrew Dunnam - 6
Finalist: Nashua: Morgan Lee, Evan Mullaney, Hunter Secor, Matthew Clarkson - 5

This event has been sponsored by The Gazette Newspapers since 1962. The Green Trophy is named after John Garside Green, who was publisher of the Gazette from 1946-64. The three-day bonspiel attracted 18 rinks from six states and Quebec.

Navratil Nabs the E at the Cobb

 
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Congratulations to Team Navratil for winning the E Event of the Marie Cobb Bonspiel that was held at the Utica Curling Club in Whitesboro, NY.  Skip Dan Navratil led his team of Fay Navratil, Tom Lancaster and Paula Lancaster to victory over Team Nashua 1 in the exciting finals. SCC’s Team Brennan also became the F Event Finalists at the Cobb, coming up just short against Philadelphia 1. Team Brennan had Scott Brennan at skip, Peggy O’Connor at vice, Steve LeMon at second and Amanda Barr at lead.

Team Adair with Sue Adair, Kirk Wallace, Becky Trousil, and John Adair made their way to the B semifinals. Teams Schenectady 1 (Pete Drechsler, Lisa Filkins, Rob Klees, Yuko Kashiwado) and Schenectady 5 (Dan Stuhlman, Shannon Magee (Albany), Keagan Shaw (Albany) , Carrie Casab (Utica) ) also took part in this fun and competitive event.

Stopera Brothers Go Caledonian

Congratulations to Team Stopera in winning the NY Caledonian (B Event) at the McKay-Douglas International Bonspiel which was held at the Ardsley Curling Club . Bill Stopera of Ardsley led his team of Jack Stopera, Brian Damon and Dan Machold (Jack, Brian and Dan are of SCC) to an 11-2 victory in 6 ends over Team Steiert of the Philadelphia Curling Club in the finals. The McKay-Douglas is a six event invitational bonspiel put on by both the Ardsley and NY Caledonian curling clubs.

Team Warr Hits Tough Competition at Playdowns

SCC is very proud to have had Team Warr compete in the 2013 GNCC Mixed Championship which took place at the Plainfield Curling Club. The top two finishers in this 7 team single round robin will advance to the US Mixed Nationals in Willmar, MN in March. Congratulations to winning Team Surka (Nutmeg, Rochester, Broomstones) and finalist Team Mellerup (Ardsley, Plainfield) who will be representing the GNCC at mixed nationals. Team Warr struggled in their early games but were competitive in their final games among tough competition such as two current and one prior national champion. Dion Warr led his rink of Andrea Warr, Dean Roth (of Plainfield), and Amy Howansky in this exciting event.

Klees has been to this dance before. In 2012, Rob Klees skipped his team of Meghan Muller, Dan Muller and Sara Marchand through to the A Event Finals of the Raymond Kayser Bonspiel and came up just short. Not this year. Klees and his 2013 rink of Peggy O'Connor, Dan Muller and Christina Hall conquered teams from Ardsley, Bucks County, Rochester, Plainfield and Potomac to become this year's Kayser winners. It wasn't an easy trip this time either, lots of close games culminating in an extra end in the Finals against Courtney Shaw's rink from Potomac where Team Klees prevailed with a 1 rock steal. This year’s Kayser, the GNCC's 5 and Under Mixed event for teams with five or less years of curling experience, boasted 32 teams and was held at the Utica Curling Club in Whitesboro, NY.

So, the trophy is coming back to Schenectady and we are very happy to see it. This is the fourth time in five years that the trophy has called Schenectady home. It started in 2009 with the first Kayser win by a Schenectady team by Team Magee (Shannon Magee, Charlie Brown, Jeff Muha and Stephanie Magee). Then, back to back wins by skip Brian Damon (2010 – Damon, Amy Howansky, Tom Lancaster, Michele Moffit; 2011 – Damon, Sara Marchand, Mike Stefanik, Candace Stefanik) and now Klees. Now that's impressive.

Also at this year's event, Schenectady's Team Ladopoulos led by Nicole Ladopoulos with Jeff Brewster at vice, Roberta Feiden at second and Andy Maurer at lead came out strong and landed in the A and then D quarterfinals.

Up next for our Kayser teams... Klees and Muller will be competing in the upcoming Dykes Bonspiel for skip Scott Brennan with Jeff Brewster and Andy Maurer playing for skip Brandon Alois. Peggy O’Connor and Christina Hall will be competing in the upcoming Child's Challenge with Christina skipping and Nicole Ladopoulos will be skipping a rink which includes Roberta Feiden at lead.

Congratulations Team Klees and good luck to all our SCC curlers as they head to the remaining 5 and Under events! You can see a replay of the Kayser A Event Final on Utica's Curling Channel on USTREAM.