Hey y'all,

Just a note to let you know the schedule has been adjusted, and now there are always four games at 6:30 and three games at 8. Also, we do not curl the day before Thanksgiving. Make sure to double check what time your team plays Wednesday, though only one game should be affected. Simply put, the teams playing on Sheet E at 6:30 p.m. had their games moved to 8 p.m., except when Linda Shoup State Farm was one of the teams because they always need to play at 6:30. In that case (only once, I believe), a different game got pushed back.

Here is the schedule for this Wednesday, Nov. 13 just for the sake of convenience:

6:30 p.m. A Linda Shoup State Farm vs. Rock Stars 
6:30 p.m. B Docs and Doggs vs. Stone Cold 
6:30 p.m. C Curling Cobras vs. Broomstackers Anonymous 
6:30 p.m. D Grimm Sweepers vs. Team Steiger 
8:00 p.m. B Ice Swabbies vs. Engineer Guys 
8:00 p.m. C The Chosen Frozen vs. FIJCI 
8:00 p.m. D Curling With Wolves vs. Ready to Rock

With the new schedule, Sheet E will always be available for practice at 6:30, but no league games are scheduled on that sheet, so the only advantage gained should be reputation ... the time you spend working on your game.

Good curling!

Good news! League curling begins Wednesday. I will include the first two weeks of games at the end of this message. The bad news is there are a substantial number of people who are not registered and even more who have not paid. You can and should do both things before showing up at the expo building Wednesday. It is easy to both register and pay on our website - curlaberdeen.com. If you are not registered and paid, you will NOT be allowed to play Wednesday, which could result in your team forfeiting.

To find the schedule online, you must log in to the website. At the top, hover over "Members Home." Then, click on "Teams, Schedules and Standings."

Another thing to remember is that games should start on time, especially the 6:30 p.m. draw. If not, we have a series of rules. If a team is five minutes late, they lose the hammer in the first end. If a team is 10 minutes late, they lose the hammer and are penalized a point. After 15 minutes, it is a forfeit. If your team isn't going to have enough players, have the courtesy to contact your opponents and a member of the curling board. Starting on time is courteous to the teams that play at 8 p.m., the volunteers who put the gear away after play and our host, the hockey association, as they want to Zam the ice at 10 p.m.

As has been the case for years now, draws are at 6:30 and 8 p.m. For the early draw, no new ends will be allowed to begin after 7:50 p.m. Teams should not slow down the pace of play because they are ahead. That's poor sportsmanship and out of line with the spirit of curling.
 
All of that said, let's throw some stones Wednesday. I hope everybody is as excited for the star of the season as I am.

Here's what the schedule for the first two weeks looks like:

Wednesday, Oct. 23
(time, sheet, teams)

6:30 p.m. A Curling With Wolves vs. Stone Cold   
6:30 p.m. B Grimm Sweepers vs. The Chosen Frozen   
6:30 p.m. C Ready to Rock vs. Rock Stars   
6:30 p.m. D Curling Cobras vs. FIJCI   
6:30 p.m. E Engineer Guys vs. Linda Shoup State Farm   
8 p.m. C Broomstackers Anonymous vs. Docs and Doggs   
8 p.m. D Ice Swabbies vs. Team Steiger   

Wednesday, Oct. 30
(time, sheet, teams)

6:30 p.m. A Team Steiger vs. Docs and Doggs   
6:30 p.m. B Rock Stars vs. Broomstackers Anonymous   
6:30 p.m. C Curling With Wolves vs. Engineer Guys   
6:30 p.m. D Linda Shoup State Farm vs. FIJCI   
6:30 p.m. E Grimm Sweepers vs. Ice Swabbies   
8 p.m. C Ready to Rock vs. Curling Cobras   
8 p.m. B Stone Cold vs. The Chosen Frozen

Have fun, good luck and good curling!

The Aberdeen Curling Club executive board gave final approval Monday at its regular meeting of a new logo for the club.  This is the first logo update in club history.

A big thanks to Troy McQuillen from McQuillen creative group for helping make this new look a reality.

the 2023-24 Aberdeen Curling Club operating budget has been approved by the club's Board of Directors and is now available for viewing by club members.  To view the budget log into the website, click the drop down menu titled "curling", then click on the news tab.  There club members can view the budget.  

The Aberdeen Curling Club's Blues Brothers team of Mark Becking, Steve Gascoigne, Bryan Rau and Mark Tolvstad finished second last weekend at the Big Sky Bonspiel in Mizzoula, Mont. The team won four straight games to advance to the championship before losing on the last shot. Congratuiations!

Congratulations to Aber-Dabber-Doo for winning the B Event at the 5-Club Bonspiel at the FM Curling Club March 25-27 in Fargo. Team members are, from left, Matthew Perreault, Scott Waltman, Ann Podoll and Matthew Klundt. Thank you to all of the Aberdeen teams that attended and all of the curlers who helped make the bonspiel a success by pitching in with duties. Our club made more than $2,300 over the weekend. Thanks again to everybody who volunteered and to our hosts at the FM Curling Club.

As a reminder, we will need 10 vounteers on Friday, April 14 to help at the Ducks Unlimited Spring Banquet. This is another chance to raise funds for our club. If you enjoy curling and the people you meet and are interested in playing again next season, please make time to help out. All Aberdeen Curling Club teams should be able to provide at least one volunteer. If you're interested, call Scott Waltman at 605-228-2617.

The next board meeting is at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, April 3 at K.O. Lee Aberdeen Public Library.

The Aberdeen Curling Club was well represented at the U.S. Arena Nationals in Eveleth Minnesota November 3rd through the 6th.  

Competing at the event included club members Mark Tolvstad, Bryan Rau, Steve Gascoign, and Mark Becking. 

Competing in this national tournament included arena teams from California, Utah, and Dallas/Ft. Worth.

The team skipped by Mark Tolvstad finished in second place falling to Dallas/Ft. Worth in the final 8-2.  

Aberdeen Curlign Club members recently took part in the Drayton North Dakota "Summer Spiel."  This is considered North Dakota's oldest curling club.

Those pictured include from left to right, Mark Tolvstad, Bryan Rau, Mark Becking and Steve Gascoigne 

A Big thanks to all those who came out and enjoyed friendship and community at the Aberdeen Curling Club summer pot luck Sunday July 10th.

All were welcome to come play games, eat, chat and more!  Hope to see you next year.  

Congratulations to Danny Wolfgram and Mindy Chatelle.  Winners of our second annual Floor Curl "Floorspiel" at Anchors Away on Richmond Lake...

Aberdeen Curling Club members recently took part in the "Big Sky Bonspiel" in Missoula Montana.  At the event "Blues Brothers and Penguin Too" won the "C" Division.  The team consisted of Aberdeen Curling Club members Mark Tolvstad, Bryan Rau and Mark Becking.  

The Aberdeen Curling Club welcomed Aberdeen Central high schoolers to come out and try curling for gym class.  About 80 students in all came out Thursday Feb. 10th to throw some stones.  A big thanks to Todd Sayler who donated money to cover the ice time for this event.

Members of the Aberdeen Curling Club made the trek up to Fargo January 28th through the 30th to take part in the annual "Greenspiel."

A Greenspiel is a bonspiel, but two members of your team can only be curling for less than two years.  

1st Place Youth Division 

2nd Place Youth Division 

Troop 188

Dante Kohlman, Logan Gordan, Aiden Hahler, Grant Anderson

 

1st Place Green Division

Kelly's Heroes 

Sub Nate Bass, Bernie Jark, Cormac Bloomfield, Kelly Erdmann, Robert Papazian

 

 

2nd Place Green Division

Team Steiger

Justin Steiger, Andrew Jerman, Chris Waltman, Landon Jung

 

3rd Plave Green Division 

Yankton

Brady Clavel, Jen Clavel, Julianna Dick-Ford, Mike Ford

 

1st Place Open Division 

Danger Von Dempsey

Bryan Rau, Mark Becking, Ethan Feist, Todd Sayler

 

2nd Place Open Division 

Major Docs

Danny Wolfgram, John Hilton, Kris Kirkeide, Alan Shaw

 

3rd Place open Division 

Cedar Rapids

Phil Burian, Greg Schmitt, Cale Tesch, Bryan Coster

 

 

 

Aberdeen Curling Club members Danny Wolfgram, John Hilton, Alex Wolfgram and John Peterson managed to accomplish what few curlers do as a team.  Complete an eight ender or a "snowman" as they are sometimes called.

An eight ender is compared to a perfect game in baseball by some due to how rare and difficult they are.  Also, the team from Aberdeen scored this eight ender without the hammer. 

The Aberdeen Curling Club held its annual September learn to curl on Saturday September 18th.  Several people came out to give curling a try as the league gears up fo the 2021-22 season.  

If you want to try curling please keep an eye out for future learn to curls or if you want to schedule a corporate curling event for your business, club or organization reach out to us!

Aberdeen Curling Club members made the trip to Cedar Rapids Iowa to take part in the Cedar Rapids Curling Club "CedarSpiel" September 10th - 12th.

The team made it to Sunday but lost and returned home.

Pictured are "the Blues Brothers" Mark Tolvstad, Bryan Rau, Brian Dannen and Mark Becking.