United States Arena Curling Championships

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United States Arena Curling Championship
Established2013
2021 host city Worcester, Massachusetts
2021 arenaFidelity Bank Worcester Ice Center
Current champions (2019)
Men Flag of Texas.svg Nick Myers,
Dallas-Ft.Worth CC
Women Flag of Texas.svg Merlin Howick,
CC Houston

The United States Arena Curling Championships are annual national curling championships for men and women that are members of arena curling clubs. Arena curling clubs do not have their own facilities and instead rent ice time at traditional ice arenas. The tournament is run by the United States Curling Association.

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The 2019 Arena Curling Championships were held May 5-11, 2019 in West Chester, Pennsylvania, making West Chester the first site to hold the Arena Championships more than once. [1]

The 2020 Arena Curling Championships were set to be held April 26 to May 2, 2020 at the Wyoming Center Spirit Hall Ice Arena in Gillette, Wyoming. [2] But they were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Gillette instead getting the opportunity to host the Arena Curling Championships in 2022. [3]

Past champions

Men [4]

YearSiteWinning clubSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternate
2013 Fort Wayne, IN Flag of Michigan.svg Kalamazoo, MI Garnet EckstrandKent ElliottMarcus GleatonThomas Deater
2014 Lansing, MI Flag of Colorado.svg Broadmoor, CO Guy ScholzKevin LyonsGordon HarrisonNathan Mascarenas
2015 Cedar Rapids, IA Flag of Texas.svg Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX Jeffrey KnottLaith SandoNick MyersKevin RobertsJohn Lambert
2016 West Chester, PA Flag of Pennsylvania.svg Pittsburgh, PA Mark RobinsonNick VisnichAlex VisnichSteve Buffington
2017 Notre Dame, IN Flag of Texas.svg Houston, TX Christopher DoremusBilly ReynoldsCarl SchaeperMatthew Kane
2018 [5] [6] Salt Lake City, UT Flag of Texas.svg Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX Jeffrey KnottKevin RobertsLaith SandoNick MyersJohn Lambert
2019 [7] West Chester, PA Flag of Texas.svg Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX Nick MyersLaith SandoKevin RobertsJohn LambertStephen Kleppe
2020 Gillette, WY Cancelled [3]
2021 Worcester, MA [8] Cancelled [9]

Women [4]

YearSiteWinning clubSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternate
2013 Fort Wayne, IN Flag of Minnesota.svg Dakota, MN Darcy EllarbyJennifer WitschenRobyn FarmJulie WennbergBeth Lundquist
2014 Lansing, MI Flag of Michigan.svg Kalamazoo, MI Stephanie SennekerPamela NelsonNicole Brinkmann ReevesValeria Hart-YoungBarbara Little
2015 Cedar Rapids, IA Flag of California.svg San Francisco Bay Area, CA Sarah WalshKimberly ChapinBriAnna WeldonPamela Montbach
2016 West Chester, PA Flag of California.svg San Francisco Bay Area, CA Sarah WalshKimberly ChapinBriAnna WeldonPamela Montbach
2017 Notre Dame, IN Flag of Oklahoma.svg Oklahoma, OKNicole MerrifieldAngela StrangeKristy WitzkeJennifer Bates
2018 [10] [6] Salt Lake City, UT Flag of Ohio.svg Cleveland, OH Kathryn MercerCarole NegusRebecca StoreyElizabeth Feighan
2019 [7] West Chester, PA Flag of Texas.svg Houston, TX Merlin HowickMan-Fong MahAlyssa ParksSara JohnsonKelly Reynolds
2020 Gillette, WY Cancelled [3]
2021 Worcester, MA [8] Cancelled [9]

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