CCC Newsletter
1.05.2018
CONGRATS TO THE MoPac WOMEN's WINNERS: THE BURTON TEAM!
They went, they saw the other teams, and THEY CONQUERED!! Jayne Burton's team (Tatiana Keeling, Amy Thompson and Kim Gaddie) was the undefeated winner at the Women's MoPac playdowns at the Evergreen Curling Club, and will represent MoPac and the Coyotes Curling Club at the 2018 USA Curling Club Nationals in Brainerd, Minnesota, February 8 - 17, 2018. (Did their "monster" team shirts scare the competition ... or was it their awesome curling skills that simply overwhelmed the other teams?) We are proud of you and will be cheering for you in Minnesota!!
AND DON'T MISS THE EXCITEMENT THIS WEEKEND . . .
MoPac MIXED National playdowns at the CCC, Jan 5 - 7
The CCC is hosting the MoPac Mixed playdowns from Friday, January 5th through Sunday, January 7th. 8 teams will be playing for the right to represent MoPac in the USA Mixed National Championship at the Dakota Curling Club in Lakeville, MN from March 23 - 31, 2018. The winning team will represent the US in the World Mixed Championship. Teams participating in the MoPac playdowns include:
1 - Team Argetsinger: Ernest Argetsinger, Karen Fairly, Ron Fairley, Morgan Rhodes
(Evergreen Curling Club)
2 - Team Baird: Jeff Baird, Tatiana Keeling, Sean Keeling, Tracey Drummond
(Coyotes Curling Club)
3 - Team Brown: Corey Brown, Olivia Stella, Bryce Kuklok, Sarah Aponte
(Coyotes Curling Club)
4 - Team Endicott: Adam Endicott, Kimberly Gaddie, Travis Gaddie, Cassie Matras
(Coyotes Curling Club)
5 - Team LeClair: Bob LeClair, Lu Brock, Tom Danielson, Marilyn LeClair
(Coyotes Curling Club)
6 - Team Mendoza: Paul Mendoza, Marissa Messier, Tim Mendoza, Jenn Gamboa
(Hollywood Curling Club)
7 - Team Oller: Jim Oller, Monica Hernandez, Tony Del Porto, Kristina Luga
(SFBACC)
8 - Team Walsh: Sarah Walsh, Matt Gamboa, Kim Chapin, Ryan Berdan
(Hollywood CC / SFBACC)
Come down to the Club, support your team, and watch some good curling! Don't forget to buy a rafffle ticket before all the tickets are gone! See below for details . . .
AND NEXT WEEKEND IS THE ED WERENICH GOLDEN WRENCH !
The 2018 Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic is a premiere World Curling Tour event featuring some of the top teams in the world. We encourage everyone to head to the club January 11 - 14 to take in the action. The first draw will be Thursday at 8am. Keep an eye on CCC site for the draw schedule, which should be posted early in January!
Want to come down and watch? Day passes are $10 and event passes are $25. Event tickets & passes may be purchased at the door. Contact Mike Siggins for more info.
We want to again thank Ed Werenich, all of our volunteers, spectators, and curlers for a great event in 2017. Congratulations to Team McEwen (Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak and Dennis Neufeld) for winning the 2017 event!
NEW LEAGUES HAVE STARTED
If you haven't signed up, you can always spare. Following are the leagues that are just getting started:
- Monday PM Men's
- Tuesday PM Competitive
- Wednesday Doubles
- Thursday Day and PM
- Friday Social
Contact
Beki Horsman with any questions. Full descriptions are posted on your member website, or contact
LEAGUES@COYOTESCURLING.COM for more info.
34 days to Olympic Curling!!
The Coyotes Curling Club built it - and they are coming!! Last Saturday's "Try Curling" event sold out and over 50 new curlers descended on the CCC to give it a sweep and a slide! For any CCC members that haven't been involved, we need your help! Come and experience the enthusiasm of new curlers and lend a helping hand! You can register to volunteer on the CCC webpage or contact
Bucky Marshall with any questions
. TRY CURLING EVENTs
Our Olympic Try Curling Events are only $15 per person and all you need to do is dress warmly in layers, wear flexible clothing, bring clean athletic shoes (street shoes are not permitted on the ice)…and leave the rest up to us!
Classes begin with an off-ice tutorial that lasts roughly 30-40 minutes, then you will take to the ice for two hours on ice instruction and half game! In no time you will be well on your way to enjoying curling for years to come! Sign up for multiple classes and receive access to advanced training classes. Class spaces are limited, sign up early to ensure your spot. Our next two events are Saturday, January 20 from 5 - 10pm and Sunday, January 21 from 10am to 3pm. Register by clicking HERE.
$10,000 RAFFLE
Did you forget someone on your Christmas list? Here's the perfect opportunity!! Buy a raffle ticket to gift . . . or buy one for yourself . . . or Valentine's Day is just around the corner!!
February 3rd is our sales deadline as the winning ticket will be drawn at half-time on Super Bowl day. Please see
Greg Gallagher or
Carol Ann Naso,
Brian Cristall, or other members of the Budget Committee to get your tickets to sell or buy. We also have tickets at the Broken Broom Bar.
And there's always a chance of that free $10,000 ticket! Did you spot the typo in this newsletter? The find-the-typo-for-a-free-ticket game continues!! The first person to email me the correct answer - that is, correct spelling of the misspelled word in this newsletter will receive a ticket in our annual $10,000 Raffle! First person to email
Communications identifying the typo and with the correct spelling gets a free ticket!
PS - misspelled names or bad grammar doesn't count!
OTHER IMPORTANT STUFF:
CLOTHING DONATION DRIVE
As you start 2018, are you cleaning out your closet? Are you trying to figure out what to do with the “unique” shirt that your great aunt twice removed gave to you? If so, here’s some
GREAT NEWS FOR YOU! Please bring donations of
new or clean, gently used clothing for Women, Men or Children to the club. These donations will be given to participants in the UMOM NEW DAY CENTERS programs. The New Day Centers work with homeless individuals and families as they seek to gain the skills and education needed to rebuild their lives and succeed when they leave the programs.
Please bring donations to CCC by Saturday, January 6, 2018.
SFBACC FUND DRIVE
As you now know, the San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club has a facility and is in the process of building out the newest dedicated ice facility in the MoPac region. THEY NEED YOUR HELP! They are offering a range of opportunities for assistance. For example, if a club donates $5,000 then SFBACC will offer a weekend of donated ice for the donor to do with as they please. Holding a fundraising bonspiel on donated ice could yield more than double your donation. For more information about donation opportunities, please visit
www.dedicatedice.com. If anyone is interested in donating cash/equities, extending a loan or have any questions, please email
Brian Patrick (bcpatrick@gmail.com). Corporate referrals would be appreciated as well.
Reminder: ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL
Please go to the
member website to renew and update your CCC membership. We have a
new annual premium membership package with some additional perks!
VALENTINE IDEAS . . . shop at the CCC Pro Shop!!
LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT HOLIDAY GIFT? CHECK OUT THE PRO SHOP FOR IDEAS! NOTHING SAYS
I ❤️YOU LIKE A NEW BROOM (OK, NOT FOR HOUSE-WORK!) OR NEW CURLING JACKET OR CURLING SHOES! . . . even a gift certificate is better than just a Valentine's Day card!! Contact Beki or email
CURLINGGEAR@COYOTESCURLING.COM for more info.
ADVERTISING AT CCC
Promote your business by buying ice or wall advertising space. Your business name and logos will be seen by all members and visitors to the club AND on all YouTube Iive feeds! Go to
coyotescurling.com/sponsorships for more info.
CCC's DONOR WALL
The CCC could not exist without the support and contributions of its members and friends. In recognition of the generous contributions made, donors' names are engraved on tiles placed on the south wall of the warming room. More tiles will be added this summer - please contact
Greg Gallagher or the
Budget Committee to learn more.
DONATIONS VIA SMILE.AMAZON.COM
Do you shop on Amazon? On your first visit to smile.amazon.com, you will be prompted to select a charitable organization - please select the Coyotes Curling Club to have 0.5% of eligible purchases donated to the club!
THOUGHTS AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO A NEW YEAR . . .
Guest Submission by CCC Board Member Tracy Heuermann
The first quarter of next year will look different than any other in the history of the Coyotes Curling Club. It’s the first time that we will be experiencing an Olympic cycle in a building meant only for curling. The opportunities associated with this ought to make all of us excited and proud. For the first time in our history we will have the privilege to show off our club to greater numbers than ever before.
The stated goal for this Olympic cycle for the CCC is to add a minimum of 100 new members. Let that sink in for a minute. Integrating this many new members successfully won’t happen by chance. It will take a concerted effort on the part of every one of us to expand our club in a successful and sustainable way. Doing so will reap great rewards for all of us the future: lower league fees, more volunteers, new ideas and energy, and who knows…a new teammate who turns out to be an incredible curler. The upside is huge, but in the short term this push is likely to cause a little stress and tension.
It’s imperative that, internally, we work together through this busy time. We must support each other and dish out large helpings of flexibility, kindness and consideration. In that light, these are my New Year’s Resolutions for the Coyotes Curling Club….
- Curling is a sport with a long history and is steeped in great tradition. But in the same way that we now have a Mixed Doubles League and we are beginning a Wheelchair league, the sport has shown a willingness to evolve. Bringing that concept into the club, we are blessed to have both longstanding, charter members of the organization as well as dynamic new talent. The curlers who have played the sport for decades know what they’re doing. We wouldn’t be a club without them. We should listen to them. But we’ve also been lucky to attract new curlers with interesting ideas, that we should also be listening to. To grow our club in our unique demographic and geography, we need to embrace change and try some new things! What ideas do you have?
- League and Membership dues alone are not sufficient to retire our debt and help us achieve a financially secure future. Corporate Learn to Curls also play an important role for this club. Darryl Horsman and I take phone calls for these events and book several each month. Learn to Curls contribute several thousand dollars to our club per month, and yet there are only about 8 or 10 of us who regularly help with these events. That has to change. Corporate events provide fantastic exposure for our sport and our club. Plus they’re a ton of fun. Please, if you can make yourself available to help, do it. And if you’re at the club when a group arrives, greet them warmly, help them set up, and make them feel at home. We all need to adopt the attitude that we are hosts…every one of us…all the time!
- The contributions of every club member are valuable. There is great work being done and many hours logged by our volunteers, both visibly and behind the scenes. Our volunteers are the entire reason we are in our fourth year in this dedicated facility. However, I think we sometimes get bogged down a little in thinking that we have to do things the same way every time. For example, it’s possible that two different people can chair a bonspiel in two different ways, and both be successful. It’s possible that two different Instructors can teach a new curler in slightly different ways and both find success. We must share our best practices, and then give each other space for our unique talents and gifts. There’s room for some variation in a volunteer organization. Let’s start the new year by first thanking each other for the willingness to help, and then focus on uniformity in our volunteer efforts a little later in the year.
- You may be familiar with the phrase “in any volunteer organization, 20% of the people do 80% of the work.” That absolutely cannot be the case in this club, or we won’t survive. The “work” of adding 100 new members in the first quarter of the new year is something that will require effort from 100% of us. If you’ve found time this year to practice, play in a league, work a make-up game or a practice game into your schedule, or competed anywhere, I know you can find three hours per month to help someone new to the sport. You’ll love it! The enthusiasm and excitement of a brand new curler is infectious. Whether you’ve curled for 40 years, or 4 hours, you know more than someone walking into our club for the first time. Teach them something, and share what you love about the sport.
Bucky Marshall and his Olympic Committee and
David Twohig and his Marketing Committee have done great work in positioning us to receive a huge number of excited people in the coming weeks. On Dec. 30th, we had 50 of them come through our door. Their joy in finding us and their enthusiasm for getting out on the ice was palpable. We had a great core group of members come out to meet them, answer questions, tend bar and run the on-ice stations. Thank you so much for the time each of you happily gave that night! If you are asked to help out with one of our 20 upcoming events associated with the Olympics, please make it a priority and say “yes.” Better still…don’t wait to be asked. Familiarize yourself with the calendar and when we have scheduled Try Curling Open Houses, Beginning Leagues, Newbie Nights, etc. These are the “landing places” for new curlers. Come to the club and meet them!
There is a certain “vibe” with curling, and we all know it. The sport is unique and addictive. The people are fun and wonderful. Let’s grab this opportunity to share all that is great about our sport with everyone who walks in our door. Happy New Year to you all!
Looking forward to seeing everyone on the ice!
Questions? Call our Membership hotline: 480 - 447 - 4559
THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS:
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