SF Curlers Make the Playoffs at the Deaf World Championships
Team USA, featuring SFBACC curlers JoDee Dike-Johnson and Karen Officer, finished second in the round robin at the Deaf World Championships in Winnipeg and (I believe) move directly to the semi-finals on Friday. Good luck, ladies!
California Teams at the Pacific International Cup in BC
Two teams from the SFBACC are representing at the Pacific International Cup (PIC) in Richmond, British Columbia this week: Lyle Sieg, Barry Ivy, Brian Zaitz and Mason Kong and Nikki Larrabure, Loreen Makishima and TC Altus. The men lost a tough game this afternoon to Texas (and former CA curler, John Tryon) and are in the middle of their night game against a BC team as this post is being written. The ladies play their first game Thursday morning.
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Local Curlers Win First Game at Deaf World Championships
Karen Officer and JoDee Dike-Johnson of the SFBACC are curling for Team USA this week at the Deaf World Curling Championships in Winnipeg. They beat Slovakia on Monday and have 3 more games to go in the round robin. Congrats, ladies, and good luck!
Men's World Championships Begins This Weekend - Watch Online and on NBC Universal Sports
Team John Shuster will represent the US at the World Championships in Moncton, New Brunswick, beginning April 4.
Women's Worlds on TV and the Web by NBC Universal Sports
Games from the Women's World Curling Championship will be broadcast and webcast by NBC Universal Sports. Follow Debbie McCormick and Team USA as the competition begins this weekend:
2009 World Women's Curling Championship
Press release with tentative coverage schedule attached.
New Board Members Elected
Congratulations to the SFBACC's new vice president, Nikki Larrabure, and to at-large board of directors, Brian Zaitz and Stacey MacNeil. Thank you to all candidates for running!
Local Curler wins Bronze at U.S. Club Nationals
Congratulations to Gabrielle Coleman and her team from Washington in winning bronze at the U.S. Club Nationals! (Gabrielle trains here and in Seattle.)
Read more about their adventures at their team blog.
Club Nationals in progress
Games for U.S. Club Nationals began on Sunday, March 8. The SFBACC is not represented, but one of our members, Gabrielle Coleman, is also a member of the Granite Curling Club in Seattle and is skipping a team from there. Members of their team are live blogging at http://www.teamcoleman.net/.
Updated scores and standings can be found at the Utica Club website, and a live webcast for the event can be found at moguls.com.
Local Wheelchair Curler Finishes 4th at Worlds
Patrick McDonald and Team USA made it to the playoffs and finished 4th at the World Curling Championships last week. full results
Olympic Trials Results: McCormick and Shuster win, Local Club Member Finishes 8th
Team Debbie McCormick and Team John Shuster won the US Curling Olympic Trials last weekend in Broomfield, CO, and will represent the US at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. watch the women's final; watch the men's final




