Disclaimer: CurlingZone does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any Content posted on any Forums area and you acknowledge that any reliance upon such Content shall be at your sole risk. Any Content placed on any Forums area by users and anonymous posters are the views of the user posting the statement, and do not represent the views of CurlingZone or our partners, advertisers or sponsors. By posting anonymously, you are allowing your IP address to be displayed for identification purposes. CurlingZone reserves the right to remove any post at its discretion without warning or explanation.
08-28-15 03:36PM |
|
rbi
Hitting Paint
Registered: May 2014
Location:
Posts: 143 |
US Nats winners get entry into Champions Cup Grand Slam
Just noticed that the new Champions Cup Grand Slam event gives an invitation to the winners of the US Nationals (both men and women). This is great news.
I've been vocal in this forum about how USA Curling has been de-valuing the US Nationals, one of the greatest yearly curling events outside of Canada. The Champions Cup news is a welcome step in the other direction. It will heighten the value and prestige of the US Nationals.
Love it.
http://www.thegrandslamofcurling.co...mpions-cup-411/
Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged
|
|
08-28-15 10:40PM |
|
Phil_D
Drawmaster
Registered: May 2014
Location: Joliet, IL
Posts: 629 |
Re: US Nats winners get entry into Champions Cup Grand Slam
quote: Originally posted by rbi
Just noticed that the new Champions Cup Grand Slam event gives an invitation to the winners of the US Nationals (both men and women). This is great news.
I've been vocal in this forum about how USA Curling has been de-valuing the US Nationals, one of the greatest yearly curling events outside of Canada. The Champions Cup news is a welcome step in the other direction. It will heighten the value and prestige of the US Nationals.
Love it.
http://www.thegrandslamofcurling.co...mpions-cup-411/
Great news indeed.
On another note, this event sounds like a really cool format, really excited to see what happens this season with the GSOC.
__________________
Recreational curler & resident armchair curler at Windy City Curling Club.
Co-host of the NerdCurl podcast & occasional blogger.
http://www.nerdcurl.com
Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged
|
|
08-30-15 09:17PM |
|
AK267
Super Rockchucker
Registered: Oct 2002
Location: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Posts: 1713 |
Even if the national winner is a non HPP team?
__________________
Visit The AKCA Website!!!
http://www.curlaksarben.com
Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged
|
|
08-31-15 03:45PM |
|
curlky
Drawmaster
Registered: Oct 2013
Location:
Posts: 559 |
I would assume that the people at Pintys can dictate if the US National Champion would be the Points Leader or the event winner. Afterall this is their event, not the USCA controlled, so USCA should have no say.
Honestly, I think that having the points leader go to Worlds and the event champion go to Pintys is probably a good compromise, so that if the event winner was not the points champion, it would still be a pretty good consolation prize.
Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged
|
|
09-17-15 01:51PM |
|
SmokeyJoe
Hitting Paint
Registered: Apr 2006
Location:
Posts: 127 |
quote: Originally posted by AK267
Even if the national winner is a non HPP team?
Here is the press release from the USCA:
Aug. 19, 2015, 12 a.m. (ET)
The winners of the 2016 USA Curling National Championships in Jacksonville, Fla., this winter will earn berths in the 2016 Champions Cup, a Grand Slam of Curling event, scheduled April 26-May 1 in Sherwood Park, Alberta.
Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged
|
|
|
All times are GMT. The time now is . |
|
|
|
|
|
Forum Rules:
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
|
HTML code is OFF
vB code is ON
Smilies are ON
[IMG] code is ON
|
|
|
|
|
|