United States Arena Curling Championships
| United States Arena Curling Championship | |
|---|---|
| Established | 2013 |
| 2021 host city | Worcester, Massachusetts |
| 2021 arena | Fidelity Bank Worcester Ice Center |
| Current champions (2019) | |
| Men |  Nick Myers,Dallas-Ft.Worth CC |
| Women | Merlin Howick, CC Houston |
The United States Arena Curling Championships are annual national curling championships for men and women that are members of arena curling clubs. Arena curling clubs do not have their own facilities and instead rent ice time at traditional ice arenas. The tournament is run by the United States Curling Association.
The 2019 Arena Curling Championships were held May 5-11, 2019 in West Chester, Pennsylvania, making West Chester the first site to hold the Arena Championships more than once.[1]
The 2020 Arena Curling Championships were set to be held April 26 to May 2, 2020 at the Wyoming Center Spirit Hall Ice Arena in Gillette, Wyoming.[2] But they were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Gillette instead getting the opportunity to host the Arena Curling Championships in 2022.[3]
Past champions[edit]
Men[4][edit]
| Year | Site | Winning club | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Fort Wayne, IN |  Kalamazoo, MI
|
Garnet Eckstrand | Kent Elliott | Marcus Gleaton | Thomas Deater | |
| 2014 | Lansing, MI |  Broadmoor, CO
|
Guy Scholz | Kevin Lyons | Gordon Harrison | Nathan Mascarenas | |
| 2015 | Cedar Rapids, IA | Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX
|
Jeffrey Knott | Laith Sando | Nick Myers | Kevin Roberts | John Lambert |
| 2016 | West Chester, PA |  Pittsburgh, PA
|
Mark Robinson | Nick Visnich | Alex Visnich | Steve Buffington | |
| 2017 | Notre Dame, IN | Houston, TX
|
Christopher Doremus | Billy Reynolds | Carl Schaeper | Matthew Kane | |
| 2018[5][6] | Salt Lake City, UT | Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX
|
Jeffrey Knott | Kevin Roberts | Laith Sando | Nick Myers | John Lambert |
| 2019[7] | West Chester, PA | Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX
|
Nick Myers | Laith Sando | Kevin Roberts | John Lambert | Stephen Kleppe |
| 2020 | Gillette, WY | Cancelled[3] | |||||
| 2021 | Worcester, MA[8] | Cancelled[9] | |||||
Women[4][edit]
| Year | Site | Winning club | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Fort Wayne, IN |  Dakota, MN
|
Darcy Ellarby | Jennifer Witschen | Robyn Farm | Julie Wennberg | Beth Lundquist |
| 2014 | Lansing, MI | Kalamazoo, MI
|
Stephanie Senneker | Pamela Nelson | Nicole Brinkmann Reeves | Valeria Hart-Young | Barbara Little |
| 2015 | Cedar Rapids, IA |  San Francisco Bay Area, CA
|
Sarah Walsh | Kimberly Chapin | BriAnna Weldon | Pamela Montbach | |
| 2016 | West Chester, PA | San Francisco Bay Area, CA
|
Sarah Walsh | Kimberly Chapin | BriAnna Weldon | Pamela Montbach | |
| 2017 | Notre Dame, IN |  Oklahoma, OK
|
Nicole Merrifield | Angela Strange | Kristy Witzke | Jennifer Bates | |
| 2018[10][6] | Salt Lake City, UT |  Cleveland, OH
|
Kathryn Mercer | Carole Negus | Rebecca Storey | Elizabeth Feighan | |
| 2019[7] | West Chester, PA | Houston, TX
|
Merlin Howick | Man-Fong Mah | Alyssa Parks | Sara Johnson | Kelly Reynolds |
| 2020 | Gillette, WY | Cancelled[3] | |||||
| 2021 | Worcester, MA[8] | Cancelled[9] | |||||
References[edit]
- ^ "National Championship Events". Team USA. Archived from the original on June 27, 2016. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^ "Wyoming to host first curling championship". Team USA. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
- ^ a b c Detrick, Ashley (2020-04-01). "Curling event nixed; Gillette to host in 2022". Gillette News Record. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
- ^ a b "Champions". Team USA. Archived from the original on May 12, 2018. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- ^ "USA Arena National Men's Championship: Playoffs". curlingzone.com. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- ^ a b "Dallas Fort Worth and Cleveland Skating Club win 2018 Arena Nationals". Team USA. Archived from the original on May 11, 2018. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- ^ a b Davis, Terry L. (2019-05-11). "Texas teams sweep gold medals at 2019 Arena Nationals". USA Curling. Archived from the original on May 13, 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ^ a b "2021 Arena Nationals Host Site". USA Curling. 2020-04-02. Archived from the original on April 30, 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
- ^ a b "CANCELLED: 2021 ARENA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS". USA Curling. 2021-02-11. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ^ "USA Arena National Women's Championship: Playoffs". curlingzone.com. Retrieved 2018-05-12.