Mankato is the largest and closest dedicated rink to KC (about 6.5 hours by car)  They offer many bonspiels for different ages groups of  which our club has attended a number.  Ice plays well and the newly fixed roof has been a plus.

THE MEN'S/WOMENS'S PLAYDOWN DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDEDED TO JANUARY 11TH.

Illinois Curling Association has graciously agreed to allow the At-Large Region which include the Kansas City Curling club to playdown for men's and women's club nationals and mixed nationals at the same time as Illinois holds its playdowns. These dates are:

Men's/Women's playdown at Exmoor in Chicago: January 26-29 The USCA entry deadline was Nov. 30.

Mixed playdown at Chicago CC: Feb. 17-19. The USCA entry deadline is Jan 25.

$100 per playdown team to Illinois

Winning team from our region will play at Club Nationals in Mankato, MN. March 3rd-10th for the Men and Women.  and Portage, WI March 17th-24th for the Mixed.  There is no world event for the winner.

USCA Website Details

USCA Championship Schedule

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We had 28 teams compete in  the 2011 Annual Barbecue Bonspiel,  but it was the "Off Kilter Curlers"  from the Chicago Curling Club that grabbed top honors that weekend.   Overall, the team uniforms, team names, great curling attitude, and great curling all made it a very special weekend for our club.

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16 teams traveled to the city of fountains,  home of great jazz/blue and barbecue.  They included our farthest travelers (Long Island Curling Club)  from New York.  Closest Travelers (Aksarben Curling Club) in Nebraska. as well as curlers from the  Broadmoor Curling Club (CO) Denver Curling Club (CO), St. Louis Curling Club (IL), Fargo Curling Club(ND), Madison Curling Club(WI),  Dallas/Fort Worth Curling Club (TX), Houston Curling Club (TX) Dakota Curling Club(MN) St. Paul Curling Club (MN), Circle City Curling Club (IN), and 3 whole teams from the Oklahoma Curling Club,

Dave Huston and Elmar Arians provide good cooking all weekend.

The winners and runners up were

• 1st Event Winner  - Off Kilter Curlers (Chicago)  Douglass Boyd,  Susan McDonald, Colin Rittgers,  Michele Rittgers
• 1st Event Runner Up  - Juggerknotts (Dallas/Fort Worth) Jeff Knott,  John Lambert,  Liana Knott, Robert Mikaloff (KC)
• 2nd Event Winner  -  Regina Rangers (Kansas City)  Glenn Schmidt, Mike Erin, Jeff Bird, and Joe Van Amberg
• 2nd Event Runner Up  - Hackers (Kansas City) Bill McBride, Darin Traff, Patrick Wietekamp and Dave Arnold.
• 3rd Event Winner  - House Cleaning(Oklahoma)  Jacob Ingalls, Bruce Maelzer, Jonathan Havercroft, Chris Johnson
  
• 3rd Event Runner Up  - N'Oh Henry! (Kansas City) John Taylor, Daryl Hunt, Tracey Taylor, Ted Brown
• 4th  Event Winner  - Sweeping Penguins (Kansas City) Chris Nazar, Donald Baker, Kyle Baker, Derrick Mahoney
• 4th Event Runner Up  - Taken for Granite (Kansas City) Doug Linder, Jon Nelson, Jeff Keal, Julie Stengle
• Bronze Event Runner Up  - 3 Davis and Dave (Denver, St. Louis, Aksarben) Brett Davis (Den) , David Suhr (Den) Keefe Davis (St.L), Nick Davis (Aks)
• Bronze Runner Up  - Dakota Cubs (Dakata CC) Ryan Claussen,  Matt Heile, Tom Berg,  James Makylla (KC)

The Kansas City Curling Club’s Seventh Annual Barbecue Bonspiel went fully international this year.  For the first time the Bonspiel featured an all Canadian final in the First Event.  The Kansas City Curling Club held their annual Barbecue Bonspiel on August 27 to 29, 2010 at Pepsi Ice Midwest in Overland Park, Kansas.  Sixteen teams took to the ice on the newly renovated ice surface thanks to a new concrete floor.  Teams included representatives from Dallas-Fort Worth, Oklahoma City, Wichita, Ajax Ontario, Ste. Anne Manitoba, and Kansas State as well as local Kansas City Curling Club members.

In the First Event Final, the Norton/Alexander Rink (Gord Norton, Wilma Norton, Ron Alexander, and Rita Alexander) from the Annandale Curling Club in Ajax, Ontario beat the Oh Canada Rink (Dave Beaudoin, Steven Rawluk, Daryl Ann Rawluk, Laura Beaudoin, and Devon Beaudoin) from the Ste. Anne Curling Club in Ste.  Anne, Manitoba.  First event semi-finalists included the Southwesterns Rink (Dan White, Dave Huyett, Rich Graulich, and Ken Herstowski) and BTO (John Taylor, Tracey Taylor, Shelly Buse, and Leo Buse) both of the Kansas City Curling Club.

In the Second Event Final, the Jolly Green Giants Rink (Jason Jorski, Trae Schwabe, Andrew Stephens, Dave Huston, and sub Keith Briscoe) from the Oklahoma City and Kansas City Curling Clubs beat the Texas Toast Rink (Jason Hotra, David Chang, Justin Donaldson, and Carolyn Steward) of the Dallas/Fort Worth Curling Club.

In the Third Event Final, Kansas City’s own Wolfe Pack (Ian Wolfe, Eric Wolfe, Dan Searles, and Lucie Vaillancourt) were triumphant against the Wichita House Crashers Rink (Christopher Bohn-Gettler, Andrew Biemers, John Baalman, and Keith Means).  In the Fourth Event Final, the House Wreckers Rink (Anne Barthel, Sarah Wruck, Mary Miller, and Heidi Matthews) out lasted the Snow Cones Rink (Patrick Weitekamp, Lori Behnke, Chris Hutchings, and Matt Mayfield).  Both rinks are from the Kansas City Curling Club.

Participants also enjoyed great hospitality provided by Kansas City Curling Club Members including a delicious barbecue dinner prepared by Elmer Arians, Colin Arians, and Dave Huston.  The Bonspiel also included an Opening Ceremony led by pipers Jason and Steven Hough and a draw to the button contest won by Mary Miller of the Kansas City Curling Club.

The club would like to thank all of the club members who donated their time, raffle prizes, food, and other items and the ice staff at Pepsi Ice Midwest who helped to make the event a great success.