Congratulations to the 4 teams that will be representing MoPac at the Club Nationals in Mankato 2012. After a record number of teams coming out to the regional play downs in Salt Lake City over the Martin Luther King weekend. Thank you all and good luck!

Follow the scores for the MoPac Club Nationals in Salt Lake City where a total of 21 teams will be competing for spots in the final event March 3-10, 2012 Mankato, MN. Good Luck Everyone!

Choose one of the two links to follow the scores

SCORE  or bonspieler.com

Registration will begin soon for a Level 1 U.S. Curling Association ice technician certification course to be held at the Duluth Curling Club in Duluth, Minn., Dec. 3-4.

Ream more about it in the Event Section…..The last Ice Course was taken by Francesca Somma from Curl San Diego, “it was fantastic, I learned a lot”

Pacific International Cup Playdown

Mens’ and Women’s Playdowns for a California berth in the Pacific International Cup are scheduled for Presidents Day Weekend (Feb 18-20) and will be hosted by the Hollywood Curling Club.  The Pacific International Cup takes place in Richmond, B.C. between April 18-22, 2012.

The registration deadline is set for October 15th. Please visit the CalPIC website (http://calpic.org/Welcome.html) to find your club’s PIC Rep and for more information about the tournament itself.  For further questions, contact Michael Lively, mlively@bayareacurling.com.

The United States Curling Association (USCA) is proud to sponsor a drawing for the benefit of the athletes and programs of USA CURLING. For each donation of $25.00 to the USCA, you will receive an entry to win a trip to participate in the Las Vegas Style Bonspiel, Oct. 28-30, 2011, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

This is the first USA Curling course offered on improving curling ice conditions. This event will take place on September 9-11, 2011, at the Bielenberg Sports Center in Woodbury, MN. Instructors will be Kevin Madsen, Willmar Curling Club Icemaker and Dave Staveteig, USA Curling Head Ice Technician.

Women’s Competitive Curling Camp(Click for Info)
With Bill Tschirhart
October 15 & 16, 2011
Seattle’s Granite Curling Club

Questions? Contact Cyndy (cynthetic@gmail.com) or Gabrielle (gcurling@gmail.com)

The Orange County Curling Club will be hosting a USCA Level I Instructor’s Course on Saturday, July 23rd from 3:30 pm – 7:00 pm. This class is intended for curlers who have the fundamentals down and want to learn how to share that knowledge with novice curlers.

The cost is $40 for USCA paid members. $75 for Non United States Curling Association members. Please, Cash or Checks only. Make checks payable to: Orange County Curling Club.

New instructors will be given the latest information from the USCA on teaching new curlers the basic fundamentals of curling. In addition to the 3 ½ -4 hours of classroom training, the new instructors will teach a Learn to Curl class that evening as part of the course. The Learn to Curl is from 7-9pm.

For more info or or to sign up here, Please visit:

http://www.occurling.com/003B.CMS

MoPac President, Nick Kitinski, requested a region recount at the USCA spring meeting to achieve a second USCA board spot for MoPac. Jerome Larson, VP of Membership and MoPac USCA board member will be joined by the newly elected Gabrielle Coleman.