Summer 2007

All-Club Meeting - July 11 Gabrielle's hightlights Overview

 

Summer League - The SFBACC holds a summer league in Fremont on Thursdays, 7:30 - 9:45 pm, July - September.

 

Scottish Highland Games - July, August & September -  The club has booths at the Monterey, Oakland (Dunsmuir) and Pleasanton Scottish highland games in an effort to recruit new curlers and spread the word about curling. 

(photos from Oakland and Pleasanton Highland Games)   

 

Summer Picnic - August - The club hosts a "get ready for curling season" picnic in Sunnyvale.  About 40 members and guests attend.      Picnic Photos

Side Sheet "Intro to Curling" - August - The club begins a free drop-in "Intro to Curling" program on the "side sheets" next to the summer league games in Fremont.  Summary of summer "Intro to Curling" program: 

  • Total number of individuals who attend: approx. 55
  • Repeat visitors: 2 people - 3 times; 1 person twice
  • Number of people who joined club: 3 (*revised to 4 in Spring '08 when another person returned to join)
  • Found us through website: 12
  • Found us through Scottish games: 11
  • Founds us through family and friends: 32

 

WineCountry Bonspiel, "The Crush" The first WineCountry Curling bonspiel is held August 31- Sept 2.  The national champion and world bronze medal winning Todd Birr rink attend as special guests and win.  Doug McNabb, an SFBACC founder and skip of the club's 1978 national silver medal team, threw out the first rock.  Doug's 1978 teammates, Bob Kuhl and Jerome Larson (also The Crush host) were on hand to cheer him on.  For more photos and videos check out the WCC website.   Bonspiel Flyer Photos! - from Sportspage   Photos by Art Dominguez.   SFBACC Flicker account  An article from the Fairfield Daily Republic. (These photos by Alice Mansell)

   

SFBACC Business Cards  Barbara Feist creates personalizable business card templates for the SFBACC.

 

80 Members - August - The SFBACC reaches the 80 member mark for the first time in about 3 decades. In the words of Gordon Mullin, "It's like the 70's!" 

 

Fall 2007

 

Curler Helps with Fossett Search - September - Figure skater, lawyer, curler and pilot, too! Alice Mansell helps in the search for missing adventurer, Steve Fossett.  Article

 

 

 

Lyle's on CurlTV! - October -  Lyle Sieg becomes the first SFBACC member to play a game on CurlTV.  In the "Bilesky vs. Wight" match from the Westcoast Curling Classic, Lyle shoots second on Team Brian Wight as they make a run on the World Team Trials. 

 

Fall Leagues - (October - December)  Two fall leagues are held:

  • San Jose - Tuesdays, 9:30 pm - 11:30 pm, Oct 2 - Dec 18. League winners: Gabrielle Coleman, Andrew Bernard, Carl Norum, Matt Byom (photo to right)

    SJ League Photos by Brian Agee (Brian took these photos at the Tuesday night league in San Jose this fall. 

  • Fremont - Saturdays, 9:45 pm - 11:45 pm, Oct 6 - Dec 22. (Competitive League - no restrictions on team composition)   League winners: Tie between Team Ivy and Team Sieg.  Team Ivy: Barry Ivy, Jon Nall, Eric Macauley, Bill Welch; Team Sieg: Lyle Sieg, Candace Seip, Brannon Wells, Nikki Larrabure

 

First Competitive Curling Meeting Held - October - For the first time in decades, California has enough curlers and clubs to need a state meeting to organize the selection of regional teams for competitive events.  The SFBACC hosts this meeting, all California clubs are invited and curlers from the SFBACC and WCC attend. 

 

Club adopts new bylaws -  October (12) 2007

 

All-Club Meeting; Club Holds Board of Directors/Officer Elections  - November 13 -    This is the first time an online ballot is used. 61 ballots were received (out of 87 members).  The new board:

  • President - Brent Halpenny
  • Vice President - Gabrielle Coleman *
  • Sec/Treasurer - Mike Loomis
  • At-Large - Lyle Sieg
  • At-Large - Beverly Van Pelt
  • At-Large - Brian Zaitz *
  • At-Large - Nikki Larrabure *

* Because we hope to have staggered terms and this is the first year of the new system, these people will serve only a 1 year term. All others will serve a 2 year term.

Many thanks to our outgoing board members Dave Peck, Yvonne Reddy, Barry Ivy, Allan Barber and Gordon Mullin for your service to the club!

 

WCC Curler is Alternate for National Wheelchair Curling Team - November - WineCountry curler, Patrick McDonald qualifies for a spot as an alternate on the National Wheelchair Curling team.  

 

Club Nationals Teams Determined - December

  • Mens:  Team Halpenny defeats Team Ivy to earn the right to represent the SFBACC at the MoPac Club Nationals Playdown.  Team Halpenny:  Brent Halpenny (skip), Jay Diamond (3rd), Stephen Marschall (2nd), Mike Greenberg (lead).   
  • Womens:  There is no internal club playdown for women's club nationals. Team Coleman, therefore, becomes the SFBACC representatives at the MoPac Women's Club Playdowns for a second year.  Team Coleman: Gabrielle Coleman (skip), Beverly Van Pelt (third), JoDee Dike-Johnson (second), Karen Officer (lead)

 

NBC Curling Event - December 17 - NBC reporter Bob Redell joins the curlers at Downtown Ice in San Jose for a live report on the 11 am news.  San Jose Mercury News reporters also cover the event which promotes an upcoming open house and the 2nd Annual Korbel Curling Challenge.  Watch the video  more video stills

 

Open House - December 22 - The club holds an open house and has a great turnout of approximately 80 new people (about 10 of whom stayed afterwards to play in the league.)  Former SFBACC president and 1962 men's national competitor, Carroll McCune, joins us as well.   Photo: Barry Ivy and Carroll McCune   More photos 

 

Winter 2007

SFBACC Mailing Address  - January 8 -  The SFBACC gets a new "home" mailing address:  88 South 3rd Street #243, San Jose, CA 95113

Open House  -  January 12 - The club and Sharks Ice host the winter season open house, Saturday, Jan 12 9:15-11:45 pm in Fremont.  An open house is also held in San Jose following the NBC interview in December.   Post a flyer! 

2 winter leagues (January - March)

  • San Jose, Tuesdays, 9:30 - 11:30 pm, starts early January (oversubscribed)  Winners - Doug Devore, Mason Kong, Melonee Wise, Wendy Van Wazer and Tim Richards

  • Fremont, Saturdays, 9:45 - 11:45, starts with 2 classes in late January, then continues as an instructional league (lower turnout)  (video training also a part of this league) more photos from Fremont league

  • Video training in Fremont League - February 9

  • Gabrielle

    Mason

    Mason (low), Mason (high), Gabrielle, Colleen, TC, Cindy

 

The Blue Pumas! - San Jose Winter League -  from Gabrielle's Bay Area Curling News,  "In a coincidence that could challenge our notion of the nature of the universe, a new team of Pumas has spontaneously emerged - The Blue Pumas.  Much as with the original black Pumas, these new Blue Pumas sprung up from a team of newbie curlers who insisted on playing together on a team.  Can a challenge match for Puma supremacy be far behind?"

  Andrew, Nick, Chris and Logan - the Blue Pumas

Vote On Revising Bylaws - January 9 -  The club passes revised bylaws (per the advice of a lawyer) to assist with its 501(c)(3) application approval. Vote results: 37 for, 3 against

 

Club Member in National Elite Qualifier and Challenge Round  - Jan 3-6, Lyle Sieg plays for Team Brian Wight in the Men's National Qualifier in Schenectady, NY.  Team Wight qualifies for the Challenge round in late January.  Unfortunately, in the Challenge round, they just miss the cut-off for Nationals.

 

Boccespiel - January 19 - 20 ->>more  In an event co-sponsored with Campo de Bocce in Livermore, 16 curlers and 16 bocce players spend a weekend trying each other's sports.  On Saturday night, everyone curls and on Sunday afternoon, everyone plays bocce.  more photos

 

Club Nationals Playdowns - January 13 -  Alas, all 3 teams from CA fail to qualify during Club National playdowns.  The Arizona women and Oregon men are the winners, and MoPac representatives.  California teams: Team Coleman, Team Halpenny and WCC Team Markowski. 

 

Mixed Bonspiel in Seattle - January 28 - Many SFBACC players travel to Seattle for a mixed bonspiel.  Team Ivy (Barry Ivy, Miyo Konno, Jeff Tomlinson, Gabrielle Coleman) wins the B event. Team Kong (Mason Kong, Beverly Van Pelt, Mike Greenberg, Sarah Walsh) makes it to the C event semi-finals.  Photo: Barry, Sarah and Mike chill after yet another flight delay on the way home.

MoPac Mixed Nationals Playdowns in Seattle - February 2-3 -  Two teams featuring SFBACC curlers participate in the MoPac Mixed Nationals Playdowns - Team Sieg (Lyle Sieg, Candace Seip, Brannon Wells, Nikki Larrabure) and Team Ivy (Barry Ivy, Miyo Konno (Seattle), Jeff Tomlinson (Oregon), Gabrielle Coleman).  Unfortunately, both fail to qualify, losing to Team Maxie.

 

Deaf Team Trials - March 1 - No tryout is held.  Club members JoDee Dike-Johnson and Karen Officer selected for team for the second time.

 

All-Club Meeting - March 11- The club holds an All-Club meeting.  Sharks Ice hosts a pre-meeting reception and volunteer appreciation.  

 

50th Anniversary of the SFBACC - March 13, 2008 

 

USWCA All-American, March 15-16 Seven SFBACC curlers attend the second combined CA, OR and WA USWCA All-American in Seattle.  Attendees:  Trish Hambridge, Loreen Makishima, Pam Biesenthal, Alice Hartman, Barbara Feist, Wendy Feist, Gabrielle Coleman.  photo: Alice H., Loreen, and 2 OR curlers enjoy a late night pancake run.  results

more photos

 

 

Instructor Training Sessions - March

The club holds its first Instructor Level 2 training class on March 15, and two Instructor Level 1 training classes on March 22 and 29.  All classes were held in Fremont, and all classes were four hours long. 

More photos from instructor Training March 22, March 29

 

Spring 2008

 

Open Houses  - April - The club and Sharks Ice host two open houses for the spring season: San Jose, April 8, 7:45-9:45 pm, free; Fremont, April 3, 7:30-9:30 pm, free

 

 

Spring Season - (April-June) - The club holds two combined leagues/lesson sessions. 

  • San Jose Tuesdays, beginning April 15, 11 weeks, 7:45-9:45 pm  
    • Fremont, Thursdays, beginning April 10, 11 weeks, 7:30-9:30 pm

Photos from Fremont League - May 16 -  Click here!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pacific International Cup, April 16-20

California sends a men's and - for the first time - a women's team to the Pacific International Cup in Richmond, BC.  Both California teams finish with a 2-5 record and the CA women win the sportsmanship award. Photos: The WCC guys sweeping hard; TC gets a hug from Idaho after CA's first win; Bev's Birthday

  • Men's:  David Markowski, Dave Holt, Eric Hazard, John Tryon, Barry Ivy
  • Women's: Colleen Foley (OR), Gabrielle Coleman, Beverly Van Pelt, TC Altus

 

 

 

50th Anniversary Banquet - April 26   The SFBACC holds a banquet to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Special guests: Carroll McCune, Gordon Mullin, Jerome Larson (and Doug McNabb in absentia)  Details (photos - right: Carroll McCune, who joined in 1959) More photos from Gabrielle and Cindy

   

California Men Spice-up Hibbing's Last Chance  -April -  Brian Z., Tony G., Jesse E. and Daniel E. go to Brian's hometown of Hibbing, MN for the infamous "Last Chance" bonspiel.  The spiel features more than 100 men's teams, a wild time and a competitive field - and who does the local paper write about?  California!  Here's the article!  

 

 

Golden Gate Bonspiel: Celebrating 50 Years of the San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club,  May 23-25

 Winners: Ken Watson Rink

Full results

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    • Board Meeting - June 11 - Gabrielle's personal meeting notes (these are not minutes)