WSCA Senior Men's Bonspiel Results
Posted January 29, 2017 - 12:02pm

Madison Curling Club hosted  a full slate of 40 Senior Men's curling teams on Jan. 20-22, for the WSCA Senior Men's Bonspiel.

Successfully defending his championship from 2016 was Ken Neidhart, Madison, with his teammates of Paul Ryan, Jim Neidhart and Rob Wixson. 1st event runner up was the youngest team in the field, Neil Feil from Kettle Moraine, with Bob Cuomo, Craig Schambow and Steve Keshen.

Winning the Masters Division was the Ron Parker Team from Rice Lake. Curling with Ron were Bill Wiberg, Wes Mohns and Bob Stanonik

The other event winners were:

McDonald and Steinhaus Win Badger Junior Titles; McDonald and Elwing Win U18
Posted December 22, 2016 - 9:34pm

The Wisconsin Junior Championships were completed at the Portage Curling Club, Dec. 16-18, 2016.  For the first time ever, the Junior Championships consisted of two competitions, the Wisconsin (Badger) Championships and the new U18 competitions.  Andrea McDonald from Madison led her team to an undefeated record of 5-0 to win both the U18 competition and the Wisconsin Junior Women's Badger Championship.  Curling with Andrea were  Elizabeth Vorpahl - Portage, Rachel Kawleski and Suzanna Viau, from Stevens Point.

Sweeping Equipment - Compliant Brush Heads for Playdown Events
Posted December 15, 2016 - 12:36am

Based on the Sweeping Summit, held last summer in Canada,  the World Curling Federation has stipulated a list of compliant brush heads for sweeping equipment used by all teams participating in Playdown and Championship events.  Generally, the compliant brush heads are all a standard color - golden  (yellow-orange).  For  a complete list of compliant brush heads along with photos, please click on the link.

Wisconsin Junior/U-18 Championships in Portage
Posted December 15, 2016 - 12:24am

Portage Curling Club is hosting the Wisconsin Junior/U18 Championships,  Dec. 16-18.  Along with the traditional Junior Men's and Women's Championships, for the first time ever, U18 championships will also be decided.  As it's name suggest, U18 competitions are open only to junior curlers who were under age 18, on June 30 of this year.   Five boys teams have signed up.  They are:

1. Rob Shlimovitz, Portage  - defending champions

    Rob Shlimovitz, Cody Falk, Ben Miller, Alex Vorpahl

2. Nick Steinhaus, Kettle Moraine

Championship Weekend in Wisconsin!
Posted December 14, 2016 - 11:19pm

December 15-18 will see several Wisconsin State Championships contested.  In Eau Claire, the Wisconsin Men's Championship will begin on Thursday.  8 Teams have entered the field vying for the Bucky patches.  The champions will also have the opportunity to represent the Badger State in the Club National Championship, in Fairbanks, AK, March 3-11, 2017.  Irvin Mossberger brings back his rink from Superior, last years winner.  Sure to be in the contest is the Ryan Spielman team from Blackhawk, wnners in 2014.  If you are in the Eau Claire area be sure to check out the action at the Eau Claire