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Andrew Stopera
Andrew Stopera (born September 30, 1997) is an American curler from Briarcliff Manor, New York. He currently throws third rocks and skips Team Korey Dropkin. He is a three-time United States Junior Champion and won the silver medal at the 2017 World Junior Championships. Career Stopera had a prolific junior curling career, playing in the United States Junior Championships seven straight years, 2013–2019, and medaling every time. The first two seasons of his junior career Stopera played third for Scott Dunnam's team. They earned bronze at the 2013 Junior Nationals and improved to silver at the 2014 Junior Nationals. Dunnam aged out of juniors after the 2013–14 season and Stopera joined the United States Curling Association's (USCA) Junior High Performance Program. Stopera was added to the Korey Dropkin rink at the lead position, joining Tom Howell, Mark Fenner, and alternate Luc Violette. Despite the new team, the result at the 2015 Junior Nationals was a familiar one, a ...
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Briarcliff Manor, New York
Briarcliff Manor () is a suburban village in Westchester County, New York, north of New York City. It is on of land on the east bank of the Hudson River, geographically shared by the towns of Mount Pleasant and Ossining. Briarcliff Manor includes the communities of Scarborough and Chilmark, and is served by the Scarborough station of the Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line. A section of the village, including buildings and homes covering , is part of the Scarborough Historic District and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. The village motto is "A village between two rivers", reflecting Briarcliff Manor's location between the Hudson and Pocantico Rivers. Although the Pocantico is the primary boundary between Mount Pleasant and Ossining, since its incorporation the village has spread into Mount Pleasant. In the precolonial era, the village's area was inhabited by a band of the Wappinger tribes of Native Americans. In the early 19th century, ...
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2021 United States Olympic Curling Trials
The 2021 United States Olympic Curling Trials was held from November 12 to 21, 2021 at the Baxter Arena in Omaha, Nebraska. The trials featured six men's teams and six women's teams who played in a double round robin tournament. After the round robin, the top two teams on each side played a best-of-three playoff to determine the winner. The winner of both the men's and women's events will represent the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. Qualification As both John Shuster and Tabitha Peterson finished within the top six teams at the 2021 World Men's Curling Championship and the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship respectively, the United States earned an automatic berth into the 2022 Winter Olympics in the men's and women's events. The following teams qualified to participate in the 2021 Curling Olympic Trials: Men Women Men Teams The teams are listed as follows: Round-robin standings ''Final round-robin standings'' Round-robin results ...
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2019 World Junior Curling Championships
The 2019 World Junior Curling Championships was held from February 16 to 23 at the Queens Place Emera Centre in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada. Men Teams Men's teams Round-robin standings ''Final Round Robin Standings'' Round-robin results Draw 1 ''Saturday, February 16, 19:30'' Draw 2 ''Sunday, February 17, 15:00'' Draw 3 ''Monday, February 18, 9:00'' Draw 4 ''Monday, February 18, 19:00'' Draw 5 ''Tuesday, February 19, 14:00'' Draw 6 ''Wednesday, February 20, 9:00'' Draw 7 ''Wednesday, February 20, 19:00'' Draw 8 ''Thursday, February 21, 14:00'' Draw 9 ''Friday, February 22, 9:00'' Playoffs Semifinal ''Friday, February 22, 19:30'' Bronze-medal game ''Saturday, February 23, 10:00'' Final ''Saturday, February 23, 10:00'' Women Teams Women's teams Round-robin standings ''Final Round Robin Standings'' Round-robin results Draw 1 ''Sunday, February 17, 9:00'' Draw 2 ''Sunday, February 17, 20:00'' ...
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2018 World Junior Curling Championships
The 2018 World Junior Curling Championships was held from March 3 to 10 at Curl Aberdeen in Aberdeen, Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to th .... Men Teams Men's teams Round Robin Standings ''Final Round Robin Standings'' Round Robin Results Draw 1 ''Saturday, March 3, 14:00'' Draw 2 ''Sunday, March 4, 9:00'' Draw 3 ''Sunday, March 4, 19:00'' Draw 4 ''Monday, March 5, 14:00'' Draw 5 ''Tuesday, March 6, 9:00'' Draw 6 ''Tuesday, March 6, 19:00'' Draw 7 ''Wednesday, March 7, 14:00'' Draw 8 ''Thursday, March 8, 9:00'' Draw 9 ''Thursday, March 8, 19:00'' Playoffs Semifinal ''Friday, March 9, 19:00'' Bronze Medal Game ''Saturday, March 10, 14:00'' Final ''Saturday, March 10, 14:00'' Women Teams Wo ...
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Lee Ki-jeong
Lee Ki-jeong (born 18 July 1995) is a South Korean curler. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics as part of the mixed doubles team with partner Jang Hye-ji. In 2021, he won the 2021 Korean Mixed Doubles Curling Championship The 2021 Korean Mixed Doubles Curling Championships, Korea's national mixed doubles curling championships, was held July 27 to August 9, 2021 at the Jincheon National Training Centre in Jincheon, South Korea. The winning team will be the Korean N ... with partner Kim Min-ji. Personal life Lee's brother Ki-bok is also a curler. References External links * 1995 births Living people Curlers at the 2018 Winter Olympics South Korean male curlers Olympic curlers for South Korea 21st-century South Korean people Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade {{SouthKorea-bio-stub ...
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2016–17 Curling Season
The 2016–17 curling season began in August 2016 and ended in April 2017. ''Note: In events with two genders, the men's tournament winners will be listed before the women's tournament winners.'' Curling Canada sanctioned events This section lists events sanctioned by and/or conducted by Curling Canada (formerly the Canadian Curling Association). The following events in bold have been confirmed by Curling Canada as are part of the 2016–17 Season of Champions programme. Other events ''Note: Events that have not been placed on Curling Canada's list of sanctioned events are listed here. If an event is listed on Curling Canada's final list for the 2016–17 curling season, it will be moved up to the "Curling Canada-sanctioned events" section.'' World Curling Tour Teams :''See: List of teams on the 2016–17 World Curling Tour'' ''Grand Slam events in bold. Men's events Women's events Mixed doubles events WCT Order of Merit rankings WCT Money List Notes Referenc ...
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Lead (curling)
In curling, the lead is the person who delivers the first two stones of the end for their team. On most teams, where the lead does not act as skip or vice, the lead will sweep for each of their teammates shots. Because of the free-guard-zone rule, which prevents leads from removing most of an opponents guards, leads are usually proficient at throwing guards and draws, and throw few takeouts or other power shots. In some regions, such as Eastern Ontario and the Eastern United States, the lead is responsible for determining who has hammer, using random selection, such as flipping a coin. However, in most regions, this is the responsibility of the third Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute'' Places * 3rd Street (other) * Third Avenue (other) * Hi .... References Curling terminology {{curling-stub ...
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Second (curling)
In curling, the second is the person who delivers the second pair of stones. On most teams, where the second does not act as skip or vice, the second will sweep for each of their teammates. Due to the free-guard-zone rule, which prevents guards from being removed from play by the lead Lead is a chemical element with the Symbol (chemistry), symbol Pb (from the Latin ) and atomic number 82. It is a heavy metals, heavy metal that is density, denser than most common materials. Lead is Mohs scale of mineral hardness#Intermediate ...s, the second is usually a curler with a high degree of proficiency throwing takeouts, peels, and other power shots. Following the adoption of the 5 rock rule in 2018, the role of the second has become more of a finesse role, as seconds often have to throw guards and other finesse shots. References Curling terminology {{curling-stub ...
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2015 United States Men's Curling Championship
The 2015 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from February 14 to 21 at the Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was held in conjunction with the 2015 United States Women's Curling Championship. The winning John Shuster rink went on to represent the United States at the 2015 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Teams Ten teams participated in the 2015 national championship. The teams are listed as follows: Round-robin standings ''Final round-robin standings'' Round-robin results All draw times listed in Eastern Standard Time ( UTC−5). Draw 1 ''Saturday, February 14, 8:30 pm'' Draw 2 ''Sunday, February 15, 12:00 pm'' Draw 3 ''Sunday, February 15, 8:00 pm'' Draw 4 ''Monday, February 16, 12:00 pm'' Draw 5 ''Monday, February 16, 8:00 pm'' Draw 6 ''Tuesday, February 17, 3:00 pm'' Draw 7 ''Wednesday, February 18, 8:00 am'' Draw 8 ''Wednesday, February 18, 4:00 pm'' Draw 9 ''Thursday, Febr ...
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Luc Violette
Luc Violette (born March 8, 1999) is an American curler from Edmonds, Washington. He is a five-time United States Junior Champion and was a silver medalist at both the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics and the 2017 World Junior Championships. Curling career Violette started curling competitively at eleven years old. At his first three appearances at the United States Junior Curling Championships Violette played second for Jake Vukich's team, culminating winning the championship in 2014. As Team USA at the 2014 World Championships, they finished in ninth place. As part of the United States Curling Association's (USCA) Junior High Performance Program, Violette was the alternate for Korey Dropkin's team for the 2014–15 season. Violette earned his second Junior Nationals silver medal at the 2015 Championship, and then competed at his first United States Men's Championship, where they finished seventh. The next season, Violette and Andrew Stopera, who played lead for Team Dropki ...
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United States Curling Association
The United States Curling Association (USCA or USA Curling) is the national governing body of the sport of curling Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding ... in the United States. The goal of the USCA is to grow the sport of curling in the United States and win medals in competitions both domestic and abroad. Curling's recent popularity has swelled the USCA to 185 curling clubs and approximately 23,500 curlers in the United States. The United States Olympic men's curling teams have seen success in recent years, most notably Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics, winning the gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, led by Skip (curling), skip John Shuster. After being headquartered in Stevens Point, Wisconsin for many years, in April 2021 it was announced that th ...
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2013–14 Curling Season
The 2013–14 curling season began in August 2013 and ended in May 2014. ''Note: In events with two genders, the men's tournament winners will be listed before the women's tournament winners.'' CCA-sanctioned events This section lists events sanctioned by and/or conducted by the Canadian Curling Association (CCA). The following events in bold have been confirmed by the CCA as are part of the 2013–14 Season of Champions programme. Other events ''Note: Events that have not been placed on the CCA's list of sanctioned events are listed here. If an event is listed on the CCA's final list for the 2013–14 curling season, it will be moved up to the "CCA-sanctioned events" section.'' World Curling Tour ''Grand Slam events in bold. Teams Men's events Women's events WCT Order of Merit rankings WCT Money List The Dominion MA Cup ''The Dominion MA Cup'' (presented by TSN TSN may refer to: Science and technology * Translin, DNA binding protein involved in microRNA funct ...
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