End of the season

A bit of a wrap-up for the season. Lots of success for Nutmeg all over.

Derek and Charrissa won the bronze at the National Mixed event. After a slow start they pulled it together and made the playoffs. A loss in the semis but a big win in the Bronze event. Congrats!

The club had a very successful run of open houses and learn to curls for the Olympics. Over 1100 people came through the door to try curling in one form or another. Three separate greenhorn leagues had to be started with 90 new curlers involved. There is already a waiting list for next season for more learn to curls and hopefully more new members to join our merry band.

Sally survived her first year on the GNCC board as 2nd VP. Lots of behind the scenes work to keep the various GNCC championships running smoothly.

Jeff happened to win the Bell Silver Quoits medal at the GNCC spring meeting. This event has been in competition since 1868. Very different rules than the normal quoits game. The motts (pegs) are placed 18 yards apart and the quoits are quite heavy. A bit of technique and a lot of oomph is required to throw them.

Our President Joel did a bang up, spectacular, wonderful, frustrating job running the club for the season. Lots of help from his board too. The club has never been so organized and a lot of that credit goes to Joel.

David did a great job with corporate events this year especially after the Olympics. Lots of groups came in and the club gained a lot of revenue.

Bobbie and her tireless crew of instructors were strained to the max to get all the interested parties trained in curling. Lots and lots of long hours on the ice.

The social committee and the warm room committee keep the interest up in the club and keep the club looking neat and welcoming.

The ice crew did it normal job to keep the ice frozen and in good shape for good curling.

Charrissa worked hard to keep the leagues organized and to keep Joel from going crazy. Lots of unseen work that really made a difference.

Next season will see an increase in the number of curlers and a couple of special events will be happening including the Ross-Tarleton. The RT is an annual competition between the GNCC and Canada.

Have a great summer everyone.

Olympic Festival at Rockefeller Center

Numerous Nutmeggers attend the Olympic Festival at Rockefeller Center on Wednesday 11/4. I don't want to list them all in case I miss someone. The juniors presented hats to all the Olympic curlers in a ceremony held on the ice rink. There was a curling booth set up to showcase curling in the Olympics and lots of people helped out there and chatted with interested parties. Some of the ice crew was present as well trying to help out with getting the Olympic curlers to throw some rocks. That was really interesting as they set up a "sheet" the short way on the rink so it was only about 40 feet long or so. And they had skating going on just before the curling demonstation was to take place. But people got to see rocks being thrown.

Not sure if any of it made it onto the Today show. A quick review of the DVR did not find anything on TV.

Thanks to all who attended and helped out in anyway they could.

New front yard

If you have not been by the club recently we now have a landscaped front. Huge thanks to Neil and Mary. Looks great guys and the mayor is very happy with it.

Congrats to the new club officers

Congratulations to Joel, Charrissa, Pam and David as the new/returning officers of the club.

Joel becomes President and Charrissa will support him as Vice President. Pam returns as Secretary as David returns as Treasurer.

Congrats again and also to new board members Steve and Kathy.

Nutmeg little rockers at Ardsley

When most kids have vision of sugar plums dancing in their heads, these kids had visions of drawing to the button and making double takeouts.

Olympic Trials

Nutmeggers Derek Surka and Charrissa Lin are both playing in the Olympic Trials. Derek and his team will be at The Country Club in Brookline, MA and Charrissa and crew (with Joseph Smith coaching) will be just down the road at Ardsley.

The playdowns start on Wednesday January 7th for both. There are games all day Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

If you have all recovered from New Years, take a short drive to Ardsley to support Charrissa, Tanya, Karen and Nicole. The schedule is not quite set but will be available HERE soon.

Or if you are looking for a road trip, take the longer drive to Brookline to support Derek, Tim, Sean and Ron.

Both sites feature prior US national champions so the curling will be great.

JH

Charrissa and team in Canada

The Olympic hopeful team coached by Joseph Smith is off to Brantford Ontario this weekend. A big cashspiel to get their feet wet. First game is Friday morning at 9:00 against the Chinese team. The Chinese team finished second last year in the Worlds. They are professional curlers as all they do is curl. They go to Canada starting in September and live there the entire season, playing in events and practicing.

You can follow all the game action HERE The draw and teams are all listed just by clicking on the tabs. Scores will also be updated. All the top US teams are playing there as well.

Good luck to Charrissa, Tanya, Karen and Nicole.

JH

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