FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact:
Matt Gamboa
matt@curling.la
Phone: (213) 349-3864

FREE LEARN-TO-CURL EVENT WITH OLYMPIC CURLING GOLD MEDALIST
TYLER GEORGE AND CURLING MEXICO ATHLETE ADRIANA CAMARENA

WHAT: Curling Mexico and the World Curling Federation are bringing their Olympic Celebration Tour to LA. Members of the public can sign up for a FREE 60-minute Learn-To-Curl session at the Southern California Curling Center and learn from our instructors as well as Olympic Curling Gold Medalist Tyler George, and Curling Mexico athlete Adriana Camarena. Instruction will be provided in both English and Spanish, and no experience is required. Register at CURLING.LA/OCT

WHY: Our goal is to introduce more people to the sport of curling, with a focus on the Spanish-speaking community. Members of Curling Mexico and staff of the Southern California Curling Center will be present to answer questions about further involvement in the sport.

WHO: Olympic Curling Gold Medalist, Tyler George. Curling Mexico athlete, Adriana Camarena. Representatives of Curling Mexico and the Southern California Curling Center. Members of the public are invited to register and attend.

WHEN: Saturday, May 21st, 10am – 2pm

WHERE: Southern California Curling Center, 4545 Pacific Blvd, Vernon, CA 90058

MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES: Advance interviews with Curling Mexico athlete Adriana Camarena are available upon request, subject to schedule availability, in both English and Spanish. Olympic Curling Gold Medalist Tyler George will be onsite on May 21st 10am - 2pm for photo opportunities. Both
Ms. Camarena and Mr. George are available on May 19th from 1pm - 4pm for scheduled interviews.

ABOUT Southern California Curling Center: We are Southern California’s only dedicated curling facility, offering six sheets of high-quality ice. Minutes from Downtown LA and the Arts District, Boyle Heights, Huntington Park, and South LA. Accessible via the 60, 611, and 105 Metro Buses.
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PARA PUBLICACIÓN INMEDIATA
Contacto Medios:
Matt Gamboa
matt@curling.la
Teléfono: (213) 349-3864


EVENTO GRATUITO “APRENDE CURLING” CON TYLER GEORGE, MEDALLISTA OLÍMPICO DE ORO DE CURLING, Y ADRIANA CAMARENA, ATLETA MEXICANA DE CURLING


¿QUÉ?: Curling México en conjunto con la Federación Mundial de Curling traen su gira de celebración olímpica “Olympic Tour Celebration” a Los Ángeles. Este es un evento abierto al público en general, en donde los participantes podrán inscribirse de manera gratuita a una sesión de 60 minutos de “Aprende Curling” y se llevará a cabo en el Southern California Curling Center. Estas sesiones serán impartidas por nuestros instructores, así como por el Medallista Olímpico de Oro de Curling, Tyler George y la atleta mexicana Adriana Camarena. 
Las sesiones serán impartidas tanto en inglés como en español, y no se requiere ningún tipo de experiencia para poder participar. Puedes registrarte en:  CURLING.LA/OCT

¿POR QUÉ?: Nuestro objetivo es introducir más personas al deporte del curling, con un enfoque en la comunidad de habla hispana. Miembros de Curling México y del equipo de Southern California Curling Center estarán presentes para responder a todas las preguntas relacionadas a un mayor involucramiento en este deporte. 

¿QUIÉN? Tyler George, Medallista Olímpico de Oro de Curling. Adriana Camarena, atleta mexicana de Curling. Representantes de Curling México y del Southern California Curling Center. Público en general que se haya registrado y que asista al evento.

¿CUÁNDO?WHEN: Sábado 21 de Mayo de 2022 en un horario de  10am – 2pm

¿EN DÓNDE?: Southern California Curling Center, 4545 Pacific Blvd, Vernon, CA 90058

OPORTUNIDAD PARA LOS MEDIOS: Entrevistas a profundidad en inglés y en español, con Adriana Camarena atleta mexicana de Curling México disponibles a solicitud y sujetas a disponibilidad de horario. Tyler George, Medallista Olímpico de Oro de Curling estará presente el 21 de Mayo de 10am a 2pm para toma de fotografías. Tanto Adriana Camarena como Tyler George estarán disponibles el 19 de Mayo de 1pm a 4pm para entrevistas agendadas. 

ACERCA DE Southern California Curling Center:
Somos la única pista dedicada al Curling, ofreciendo 6 carriles de hielo de alta calidad para jugar. Estamos ubicados a unos minutos del centro de Los Ángeles y del Distrito de las Artes, Boyle Heights, Huntington Park, y South LA. 
Vías de acceso Metro-Autobús 60, 611 y 105. 

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(Vernon, Calif) January 13, 2022 - With the Winter Olympics only weeks away, and Los Angeles hosting the Super Bowl, the Southern California Curling Center (SCCC) is the perfect venue to host a unique and fun event for your team. From February 21st through 25th, 2018 Olympic Gold Medalist Tyler George will be available for events. 

Minutes away from the Arts District in Downtown Los Angeles, and conveniently located to major freeways, SCCC has over 10,000 s.f. in multi-purpose event space as well as six sheets of dedicated curling ice. The space has become popular for corporate team building events for major companies like Space X, Trader Joes, Netflix, and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Notable productions include Late Late Show with James Cordon and a T-Mobile national commercial.

With an open floor plan and 27' high ceilings, SCCC offers plenty of room to spread out and the three loading dock bay doors provide additional opportunity to bring in outside ventilation, making the space ideal for Covid mitigation. Additionally, SCCC constantly monitors local regulations and trends to keep our Covid-19 policies up to date.

There is ample parking in the attached lot, as well as street parking and opportunities for additional overflow parking or staging nearby.

Standard curling packages include personable and knowledgeable instructors and an event coordinator to help you plan your experience, including food and drink options. SCCC has relationships with top level curlers, including Olympic Gold Medalist Tyler George, which means clients have the opportunity to have top level talent to join groups for instruction, motivational speaking, and filming requests. 

The Center is available 7 days a week. Potential visitors can view the facility calendar, but SCCC representatives will be able to provide detailed availability depending on particular event needs.

PRESS RELEASE
Press Contact: Liza Beres     info@Curling.la     PH: 213-349-3864

USA Curling is excited to announce the inaugural USA Curling 5-and-Under National Championship will be hosted by the Southern California Curling Center on May 12-15, 2022.

The 5-and-Under, initially supported by the United States Women’s Curling Association (USWCA) and an ad-hoc Grow the Sport committee, will now be included under USA Curling’s umbrella of sanctioned National Championships. The 5-and-Under Championship fuels one of USA Curling’s key initiatives of strengthening a foundational level of the sport by creating a competitive pathway for curlers with five years of experience of less.

“Although I started my curling journey as a junior, I vividly remember working hard toward making it to what would hopefully be my first national tournament, the Junior National Championships,” said 2018 Olympic Gold Medalist John Shuster. “To me, piloting our 5-and-Under National Championship gives curlers who found our sport later in life something similar to work toward.”

In addition to advancing competitive experiences, the qualification structure for the annual USA Curling 5-and-Under National Championship will provide member clubs from across the country the opportunity for their 5-and-Under bonspiels to serve as qualifying events for the field of 24 teams that will compete for the 5-and-Under National title at the National Championship.

“I’m so proud of where we’ve taken grassroots curling and am excited for the direction it’s going by giving these curlers a true championship experience to fuel their curling journeys,” added Shuster.

Hosting and Competition Eligibility:

To classify a 5-and-Under bonspiel as a 5-and-Under National Championship qualifier, the bonspiel must:

• Be hosted by a USA Curling member club
• Be completed by April 17, 2022
• Be submitted for approval by November 7, 2021

5-and-Under teams can be comprised of any combination of men and women curlers. To be eligible to qualify for the 5-and-Under National Championship, every participant must:

• Have five years of curling experience or less
• Be a dues paying member of a USA Curling member club
• Upon qualifying through a 5-and-Under bonspiel, submit a $500 entry fee (per team) to compete in the National Championship

USA Curling thanks the USWCA for their efforts and continued commitment toward fostering sport engagement and development and looks forward to leveraging the combined knowledge of John Shuster (National Team Athlete), Matt Gamboa (Southern California Curling Center Co-Founder) and Dean Gemmell (Director of Curling Development) to further evolve grassroots curling in the United States.

REGISTER YOUR 5-AND-UNDER BONSPIEL
If you have any questions regarding the 5-and-Under National Championship or the qualification process, please contact Director of Curling Development, Dean Gemmell.

The Southern California Curling Center will be hosting a qualifying 5 and Under bonspiel in March, 2022.

PRESS RELEASE
Press Contact: Liza Beres     info@Curling.la     PH: 213-349-3864

Angelenos flock to Southern California Curling Center, the newest and largest facility on the West Coast dedicated to the Olympic sport of curling. Grand opening August 27-29.

(Vernon, Calif) August 6, 2021 - Southern California Curling Center (SCCC) opened its doors last month to enthusiastic crowds eager to experience a facility custom built to showcase the Olympic sport of curling.  The 42,000 square foot facility, converted from a warehouse space, is located at 4545 Pacific Blvd, in the city of Vernon, just three miles from the heart of Downtown Los Angeles. 

The venue is a first of its kind in California and boasts the most sheets of dedicated curling ice west of the Dakotas. A grand opening weekend is scheduled for August 27th through 29th, featuring an inaugural tournament, ribbon cutting ceremony on Aug 28 at 5:00pm, and a public open house. The open house will take place on Sunday, Aug 29 from 11am-2pm, and is open to anyone who has ever seen the sport and thought “I can probably do that!”. Reservations may be made in advance at www.curling.la/learntocurl.

On hand for the ceremonies will be captain of the 2018 Olympic gold medal team, John Shuster. “Many of us curlers around the country have seen the passion for curling over the past decade in Southern California,” says Shuster, “so we are so excited for all of them to now have a place to curl everyday and share our sport more easily with the rest of the LA area.”

The opportunities for growth beyond Southern California is evident as well. “We are delighted that we have been able to contribute in a small way to the opening of this new facility”, said World Curling Federation President, Kate Caithness. “The huge growth of our sport in the United States is something we have long anticipated, and to now have a dedicated facility in the second biggest market in the country is a significant step forward. We have no doubt that this facility will become a foundation of the curling community in Southern California.”

Southern California Curling Center is a member of USA Curling and the home of Hollywood Curling, a 501(c)-3 non-profit organization dedicated to growing the sport of curling in Southern California.  As the only curling club in Los Angeles County, Hollywood Curling’s 125+ members now have a permanent home after 13 years of renting ice at various local ice rinks. The club will host leagues, tournaments, workshops, skills clinics, and more.

“This is an exciting time for curling in the United States, particularly in Southern California,” Says USA Curling CEO Jeff Plush. “Between hosting Curling Night in America and the Olympic Mixed Doubles Trials in Irvine later this year, and the opening of a curling facility in the media capital of the world, I see curling booming in Los Angeles and Southern California as we look to defend our Olympic gold medal next year in Beijing.”
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Southern California Curling Center is also the home of Curling Mexico, the national organization for curling in Mexico. In conjunction with Curling Mexico, Southern California Curling Center will offer programs that will help to grow curling in Southern California and support the Federation in their attempt to grow the sport not only among Angelenos of Mexican descent, but also dedicated curling in Mexico City and beyond.

In addition to serving the local population through leagues, private parties, and corporate events, Southern California Curling Center will attract curlers from all over the world for tournaments & competitive events. The new facility is hosting dozens of Learn to Curl classes this summer, giving Angelenos the opportunity to try the sport in a 90 minute class with one of SCCC’s experienced and encouraging instructors, and provides all of the equipment and stones needed to play a game.  The events are open to the public with advanced registration, and are recommended for ages 8+. 

Founded by local entrepreneur, former SpaceX engineer, and Michigan Tech alumnus Peter Dohm and his partners, the Southern California Curling Center team brings over 25 years of curling experience to ensure the highest quality experience possible to those looking to curl in Southern California. Joining him in operations are a team of curling professionals with extensive curling operation experience; Matt Gamboa (Vice-President, Marketing; an LA native with a background in entertainment, real estate, and urban planning), and Liza Beres (Vice-President, Operations; a Canadian transplant with over 15 years of production management experience). In addition to the operations team, SCCC has recruited to its advisory board Olympic Gold Medalist John Shuster, and Chad McMullan of Rock Solid Productions, a USA Curling partner company.


About Curling

The sport of curling has seen a tremendous increase in popularity since becoming an Olympic medal sport in 1998. Originating in Scotland, the sport was brought to North America where it has traditionally thrived in Canada and the Midwest. Though curling has been played in California since the 60s, it took Olympic coverage for it to really take off when Americans became fascinated watching televised matches of athletes hurling 42-pound granite stones to a target 150 feet away while teammates sweep the ice in the path of the stone. Clubs have been forming in non-traditional markets like Phoenix, Atlanta, and Charlotte utilizing available hockey ice until they can make the leap to curling-only facilities. The success of the USA Men’s team at the 2018 Winter Olympics capturing the country’s first gold medal in the sport has translated to an explosion of new curlers eager to try the sport for the first time.

About Southern California Curling Center

Southern California Curling Center was formed to create a dedicated home for curling in the Los Angeles region. By bringing business know-how with strategic partnerships, the Center has managed to break through the hurdles that a challenging market like Los Angeles has to offer in order to bring the sport of curling to a new population.  We will become a premiere facility for competitors at all experience levels, from the newly inducted to the elite world champion, allowing year-round opportunities to grow and promote the sport, providing a unique and enriching experience for the local community. Curling.la

About Hollywood Curling

​Founded in December 2007, Hollywood Curling is one of seven curling clubs in California and the only club in Los Angeles County. The club’s goal is to introduce the sport of curling to the local community, to foster the social and competitive spirit of the sport and to teach and develop curlers to compete at the local, national and international levels. In addition to public Learn to Curl events, Hollywood Curling also hosts skills clinics, tournaments, and a youth program called School of Rocks. Hollywood Curling is a volunteer-run, 501(c)3 non-profit organization and is a member of USA Curling and the Mountain Pacific Curling Association (MoPac). For more information, including event and league schedules, visit hollywoodcurling.org.


For more information: 

Liza Beres
Vice President, Operations
Southern California Curling Center
213-349-3864
info@curling.la
Curling.la

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​​ “Curling Night in America” Heads to Irvine 

Great Park Ice and FivePoint Arena to host “Curling Night in America” on August 24-27, 2021 

California will host its first major international curling competition as “Curling Night in America” is scheduled to film at the Great Park Ice & Five Point Arena in Irvine, California on August 24-27, 2021. 

“Orange County Sports Commission is proud to bring the first major international sporting event to the destination since the onset of the pandemic,” said Tim Ryan, Orange County Sports Commission Chairman. “Fans, athletes and locals alike will be able to see how diverse and accommodating Great Park ICE, the four-rink 280,000-square-foot Anaheim Ducks practice venue and public facility, is for all ice sports, including curling, a sport not typically associated with Southern California.” 

The event, a result of a partnership between USA Curling, NBC Sports Network, the World Curling Federation, and the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, will film for the return of the seventh season of the made-for-TV event. 

The format of “Curling Night in America” welcomes one men’s, women’s, and mixed doubles team from competing nations to play in a round-robin tournament, utilizing a points system to name a winner of each division and to crown an overall champion. 

The duo of Vicky Persinger and Chris Plys, 2021 U.S. Mixed Doubles National Champions, will compete in the mixed doubles contest. 

Team Peterson (Tabitha Peterson, Nina Roth, Tara Peterson, Becca Hamilton, and Aileen Geving), 2021 World Women’s Curling Championship bronze medalists and 2018 Olympians, will represent the United States in this season’s filming of “Curling Night in America”. 

​In the men’s division, 2018 Olympic gold medalists, Team Shuster (John Shuster, Chris Plys, Matt Hamilton, and John Landsteiner), will be representing the United States following their top six finish at the 2021 World Men’s Curling Championship that qualified the United States for a spot in the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. 

With the participation of the top curlers in the country, bringing “Curling Night in America” to Southern California will continue to build the positive momentum around curling in the region that has led to the recent establishment of the Southern California Curling Center, the biggest dedicated curling facility west of Fargo, North Dakota. 

“Curling has been around Southern California since the 60s, but between these big USA Curling events and the opening of the Southern California Curling Center, the region’s first ice facility dedicated to curling, the sport is poised to really take off here this year,” said Matt Gamboa, Co-Founder of Southern California Curling Center. “Bringing such high-profile events just as we’re opening will help jumpstart the facility and continue to spread the grassroots of curling in Southern California.” 

Sharing in the excitement of bringing a high-profile event to the area is the Orange County Curling Club. 

“The Orange County Curling Club is thrilled to be part of the committee bringing America's favorite curling competition to Great Park Ice in August 2021, “said Mike Cassidy, President of Orange County Curling Club. “This is the biggest curling broadcast event to ever come to Southern California and we are excited for the local exposure this will bring to our sport!” 

The support of area clubs, coupled with the excitement and collaboration of Great Park Ice & Five Point Arena and the Orange County Sports Commission makes Irvine the perfect location. 

“We look forward to hosting some of the top curling countries in the world as they compete in an event that has proven to boost engagement and promote grassroots growth within our sport,” said USA Curling CEO Jeff Plush. “The exposure and accessibility of curling will always be a top priority of the organization, and consequently, we’re thrilled to deliver the sport into homes across the country through the NBC Sports Network.” 



ABOUT GREAT PARK ICE AND FIVEPOINT ARENA 

An affiliate of the Anaheim Ducks, Great Park Ice & FivePoint Arena is one of the nation’s largest public ice facilities, located at the Orange County Great Park. The facility is a part of a public-private partnership with the Irvine Ice Foundation. The $100 million, 280,000-square-foot facility has four sheets of ice and serves sports-related activities that include youth and adult hockey programs, regional and national tournaments, figure skating, and public skating hours. FivePoint Arena has space to seat 2,500 spectators. The complex includes administrative offices, dressing rooms, training facilities, retail space, and concession space. Great Park Ice is an official practice facility of the Anaheim Ducks. 

For more information visit the Curling Night In America event site.

COMUNICADO DE PRENSA
Contacto de Prensa: Liza Beres     info@Curling.la     Tel: 213-349-3864          Curling.la

Southern California Curling Center anuncia una asociación con Curling México para ser el local oficial en los Estados Unidos

(Vernon, Calif) May 14, 2021 – Southern California Curling Center (SCCC) se ha asociado con Curling México para ser el local oficial de la federación en los Estados Unidos. El momento del acuerdo es perfecto ya que SCCC planea abrir el primer complejo deportivo de curling en el sur de California este verano. Curling México ha sido un miembro de la Federación Mundial de Curling desde 2016 y ha tenido equipos que compiten en campeonatos mundiales y eventos de clasificación en los últimos años. 

<<Los Angeles tiene una población de 1.2 millones de mexicanos, la mayor de cualquier lugar fuera de la Ciudad de México>>, dice Rodrigo Vélez, el presidente de la Federación Mexicana de Curling AC, <<por lo que tiene sentido asociarse con Southern California Curling Center para promulgar nuestra federación y deporte.>> Vélez y la federación tienen planes para abrir una pista de curling dedicada en la Ciudad de México y ven esta asociación estratégica como una forma de ganar popularidad para el deporte en México.  

El fundador y presidente ejecutivo de SCCC, Peter Dohm, está emocionado por la asociación. <<Uno de nuestros objetivos es ofrecer un espacio comunitario para los miembros de los vecindarios de Vernon, Downtown LA, y otras áreas circundantes. Los Angeles es una de las ciudades multiculturales más importantes del mundo y esta asociación garantizará que esto se refleje en nuestro deporte.>>

Atletas que juegan en SCCC podrán ser miembros de Curling México y, dependiendo de su elegibilidad, podrán competir por posiciones en la selección nacional de México. En 2019, México mandó un equipo al Campeonato Mundial de Dobles Mixtos por primera vez. El mismo año, un equipo de mujeres y un equipo de hombres compitieron contra los Estados Unidos y Brasil en el Americas Challenge por una posición en el campeonato mundial y terminó en segundo lugar en el torneo.

<<Esto es solo el comienzo>>, dice Dohm. <<Tenemos una oportunidad única de ser un complejo internacional y doy bienvenida a conversaciones con otras federaciones de curling que quieran tener presencia en nuestro complejo deportivo.>> Brasil es actualmente el único país latinoamericano con una pista de curling dedicada, pero el potencial de promulgar el deporte en la región es grande. Como señala Vélez, <<el curling fue el segundo deporte más visto en Latinoamérica durante los Juegos Olímpicos Invernales de 2018.>>

SCCC planea abrir este verano. Con seis pistas, será el complejo más grande al oeste de Fargo, North Dakota y casi duplicará la cantidad de hielo dedicado en la región de Mountain Pacific. Ubicado en Vernon, California, al sur del centro de Los Angeles, el complejo tiene una ubicación central para todo el sur de California. El complejo ofrecerá programación durante todo el año, incluidas ligas, torneos, curling para los niños, curling para personas con capacidades diferentes, curling universitario y eventos nacionales e internacionales. 

Sobre Curling

El deporte del curling ha crecido en popularidad desde que se convirtió en un deporte olímpico en 1998. Para jugar, dos equipos de cuatro personas toman turnos lanzando una piedra de 20 kilos sobre una pista de hielo a un blanco a cuarenta y seis metros de distancia. Originalmente de Escocia, el deporte se llevó a Norteamérica, donde tradicionalmente ha prosperado en Canadá y el Medio Oeste de los Estados Unidos. Hoy en día los clubes se han estado formando en mercados no tradicionales como Phoenix, Atlanta y Charlotte utilizando la pista de hockey disponible hasta que puedan dar el salto a las pistas de curling dedicadas. El éxito del equipo de hombres de Estados Unidos en los Juegos Olímpicos Invernales de 2018, al ganar la primera medalla de oro del país en este deporte, se ha traducido en una explosión de nuevos jugadores ansiosos para tratar el deporte por primera vez.

Sobre Southern California Curling Center

Southern California Curling Center (SCCC) se formó para crear un hogar dedicado al curling en la región de Los Angeles. A través del conocimiento empresarial y las asociaciones estratégicas, SCCC ha superado muchos obstáculos en un desafiante mercado de Los Angeles para llevar el deporte del curling a una nueva población. SCCC será una instalación de primer nivel para los competidores en todos los niveles de experiencia, desde el nuevo jugador hasta el campeón mundial. El complejo permitirá oportunidades durante todo el año para crecer y promover el deporte, proporcionando una experiencia única para la comunidad local. 

Sobre Curling México

Curling México se unió a la Federación Mundial de Curling en 2016 y es miembro permanente de la Comisión Nacional de Cultura Física y Deporte (Conade) y el Comité Olímpico Mexicano (COM). Curling México fue el anfitrión del Olympic Celebration Tour de Curling de la Federación Mundial de Curling en la Ciudad de México con una gran respuesta de los medios locales y los fanáticos interesados. Posteriormente México fue el anfitrión del Congreso Mundial de Curling 2019 de la Federación Mundial de Curling en Cancún, que reunió a casi 200 delegados mundiales de curling para su asamblea general anual. La promoción del deporte en México y la apertura del primer complejo de curling en el país es la prioridad numero uno de la federación. 
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Para más información:

Liza Beres, Vicepresidenta de Operaciones
Southern California Curling Center
+1 213 349 3864
info@curling.la
Curling.la

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