The Madison Curling Club (MCC) is a curling club located in McFarland, Wisconsin, United States. MCC was the third-largest curling club in the United States with 570 members as of February 2014.[1] The club had 590 members for the 2019-2020 season.
History
Planning for the club started in 1919[2] and then the Madison Curling Club was formally established in 1921. For the club's first eight years games were played under the bleachers at Camp Randall Stadium.[3] In 1930 the club moved to Burr Jones Field in Madison. In 1997 the club moved into their current facility in William McFarland Park in McFarland.[4][5] The MCC has had at least one member curl for Team USA in every Winter Olympics since curling was instated as a full Olympic sport in 1998.[1]
Leagues
Through the curling season Madison Curling Club members participate in leagues including men's, women's, open (any combination of gender), doubles, and instructional. MCC members are assigned a 1- to 20-point value based on their experience and skill. Many leagues have a point cap not to be exceeded by each team.[6]
National and International Championships
Teams organized out of the Madison Curling Club have won 6 United States Men's Curling Championships and 15 United States Women's Curling Championships.
The Madison Curling Club has hosted the following championship events
- 1968 US Curling Championship
- 2001 US Curling Championship
- 2005 US Curling Championship (served as US Olympic Trials in 2005).[7]
- 1975 US Junior Championship
- 1987 US Women's Junior Championship
- 1994 US Junior Championship
- 2012 US Junior Championship[8]
Bonspiels
The Madison Curling Club hosts many bonspiels throughout the season as fundraisers or tour sanctioned events:[9]
- Halloween Spiel
- Curl vs Cancer Bonspiel
- Schmecken Spiel!
- Madison Cash Spiel
- Mixed Doubles Bonspiel
- Madison Men's Bonspiel
- Madison Mixed Bonspiel
- Madison Junior Bonspiel
Affiliations
Notable Members
- Craig Brown[12]
- 4× U.S. National Runner-up: 2001, 2005, 2014, 2015
- 2× U.S. National Champion: 2000, 2008
- U.S. Curling Association Male Athlete of the Year: 2000
- Olympian: 2014
- Erika Brown[13]
- 8× U.S. National Champion: 1995, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2013, 2015
- 2× World Championships Runner-up: 1996, 1999
- 3× Olympian: 1988, 1998, 2014
- Steve Brown[14][15]
- Senior World Championships Runner-up: 2004
- Senior World Champion: 2002
- Coach of U.S. Men's National Champion: 2000
- 4× Coach of U.S. Women's National Championships Runner-up: 1991, 1994, 2000, 2003
- 5× Coach of U.S. Women's National Champion: 1992, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2004
- U.S. Olympic Committee Curling Coach of the Year: 1996
- 2× USA Curling Coach of the Year: 1996, 2012;
- USA Curling Hall of Fame Member: 1998
- Mike Fraboni[16]
- 2× U.S. National Champion: 1991, 2002
- George Godfrey[17]
- 5× U.S. National Runner-up: 1980, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1992
- 3× U.S. National Champion: 1982, 1986, 1991
- Senior World Championships Runner-up: 2004
- Senior World Champion: 2002
- Becca Hamilton[18]
- Women's Team Olympian: 2018
- Mixed Doubles Olympian: 2018
- U.S. Curling Association Female Athlete of the Year: 2017
- U.S. National Champion: 2014
- 2× U.S. Junior Champion: 2008, 2011
- Matt Hamilton[19]
- Men's Team Olympic Gold Medalist: 2018
- Mixed Doubles Olympian: 2018
- U.S. Curling Association Male Athlete of the Year: 2017
- World Men's Championship Bronze Medalist: 2016
- U.S. National Champion: 2015
- U.S. National Runner-up: 2014
- 2× U.S. Junior Champion: 2008, 2009
- World Junior Champion: 2008
- Nicole Joraanstad[20]
- 2× U.S. Junior Champion: 2000, 2001
- 2× U.S. Junior Championships Runner-up: 1997, 1999
- 6× U.S. National Champion: 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
- World Championships Runner-up: 2006
- Olympian: 2010
- Richard Maskel[21]
- 5× U.S. National Runner-up: 1987, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1997
- 3× U.S. National Champion: 1986, 2002, 2003
- Debbie McCormick[22][23]
- 4× U.S. Junior Champion: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
- 2× World Junior Runner-up: 1992, 1994
- 6× U.S. National Champion: 1996, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008
- 3× U.S. National Runner-up: 2002, 2004, 2005
- World Champion: 2003
- 2× World Championships Runner-up: 1996, 2006
- 4× Olympian: 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014
- Nina (Spatola) Roth[24]
- Olympian: 2018
- 2× U.S. National Champion: 2010, 2014
- Lori Mountford
- 2× Olympian: 1988, 1998
- 2× World Championships Runner-up: 1992, 1996
- 3× U.S. National Champion: 1992, 1995, 1996
References
- ^ a b Cap Times Open House Article
- ^ "Tucker Backs Curling Sport For Madison". Madison Capital Times. March 17, 1919. p. 8. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
- ^ "History of Madison Curling Club". Madison Capitol Times. February 22, 2001. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ History of Madison Curling Club
- ^ MCC Facebook Page
- ^ Badger Herald Article
- ^ "2006 US Olympic Team Trials Draw".
- ^ 2012 US Juniors Facebook Event Page
- ^ MCC Bonspiel Page
- ^ Wisconsin State Curling Association Directory
- ^ United States Curling Association Directory
- ^ "Craig Brown at United States Curling Association". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-16.
- ^ Erika Brown at United States Curling Association
- ^ Steve Brown at United States Curling Association
- ^ USA Curling Hall of Fame
- ^ Mike Fraboni at United States Curling Association
- ^ George Godfrey at United States Curling Association
- ^ Becca Hamilton at United States Curling Association
- ^ Matt Hamilton at United States Curling Association
- ^ Nicole Joraanstad at United States Curling Association
- ^ Richard Maskel at United States Curling Association
- ^ "Debbie McCormick at United States Curling Association". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-10-16.
- ^ Debbie McCormick at CurlingZone
- ^ Nina Spatola at United States Curling Association
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