There was spirited competition at the Cook County Curling Club for its first event of the year, the Halloween Bonspiel. Above left: Rory Smith’s team was the winner of the Halloween Bonspiel “A” Event. (L-R) Brian Smith, Hilja Iverson, Rory Smith, Shawn Swearingen. Above right: The runners-up in the “A” Event were the Bob Hedstrom team with members from the St. Paul Curling Club and the Cook County Curling Club. They were Bob Hedstrom, Scott Clasen, Karen Futterer and Chuck Futterer.
The Cook County Curling Club held its 5th Annual Open Halloween Bonspiel this past weekend with eight teams competing in a round robin format. The club is always happy to see returning guests from the St. Paul Curling Club and Duluth Curling Club. This year we were happy to have two teams from the Two Harbors Curling Club join in the fun. Everyone enjoyed the camaraderie and social interaction, plus some good curling, too.
In addition, our guests also enjoyed competing for best dressed individual and team costume contest with prize money donated by our local Coldwell Banker owner Virginia Palmer. Best dressed individual costume winner was Karen Futterer dressed as Michael Jackson and the best dressed team were the Kay Libby team from Two Harbors Curling Club as the “Loofa Girls.” Rory Smith won the “Throw to the Button” with a frozen pumpkin.
The Rory Smith rink from the Cook County Curling Club won the “A” Event and Bob Hedstrom rink from St. Paul Curling Club were runner-up. The winners of the “B” Event were the Julie Smith rink from St. Paul Curling Club and the Scott Scheirbeck rink from Duluth Curling Club being runner-up.
Above left: Winning the “B” Event was a St. Paul Curling Club team. Julie Smith, Eric Schultz, Tracy Lindgren, Tim Gartner. Above right: The Scott Scheirbeck team of Scheirbeck, Jed Lahti, Andy Skildum and Mike Gorichs were the “B” Event runners-up.
The Cook County Curling Club will start its 2015-2016 curling season on Monday, November 9. If you are interested in learning to curl or want to join the Cook County Curling Club please contact Joanne Smith at (218)-387- 2052 or check out the curling club website at www.cookcountycurlingclub.com
Interested in curling?
There are many opportunities to give curling a try. Anyone interested in curling lessons is encouraged to contact Joanne Smith at bjsmith@boreal.org
League Curling Nights
Monday Night Open 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday Night Open 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday Afternoon 1:00 p.m.
Wednesday Night 6:30 p.m.
2016 Bonspiels
. February Open Bonspiel
February 19 – 21, 2016
. Charles J. Futterer Memorial Open Bonspiel
March 11 – 13, 2016
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