The Marlborough Curling Club held their first summer bonspiel on August 18-20 this year, and South Shore had a couple teams participate: Team Sousa: Jane, James Z, Caitlin, & Brendan Team Barnes: Chuck, Jamie, Kieran & Mary Beth Unfortunately neither team made the finals, but everyone had a good time. Thanks again to MCC for hosting, and we […]
We finished off our regular season with a final Learn to Curl session. Take a look at some photos from the evening!
The top 8 finishers of our winter season played for the Lemcke Bowl on our final night of the regular curling season. The teams were: Jim Chaplin Steve Falconer Jonathan So Jane Sousa vs. Chuck Barnes Evan Falkof James Zuber Dee Chaplin It was a close game (closer than the final score shows) with Team Barnes […]
On March 2–5 The Country Club in Chestnut Hill, MA held their annual Worcester Cup bonspiel. This year South Shore sent four teams to compete: Jamie Quinn, LeRoy Woodman, Kayla Grossman, Kendall Walker Michelle Landry, Dick Dawson, Andy Jussaume, Kate Dawson Evan Falkof, Jonathan So, Jim Chaplin, Dee Chaplin Jane Sousa, James Zuber, Brendan Hurd, Caitlin Zuber […]
The SSCC had a couple teams playing in the 2017 Kayser 5 & under bonspiel at Broomstones this past weekend, where the theme was “cult movies.” Sam Ogelsby from Broomstones posted photos from the bonspiel — you can see all of them here, but below are some of the South Shore teams in action. […]
The educational video channel SmarterEveryDay had an episode on the physics of curling. Why do curling stones turn in the direction of their rotation, while other objects (like a glass on a table) behave the opposite way? Turns out we don’t really know! This video shows you the two different scientific explanations, as well as explaining curling […]
Before we start our second half season, 80 people tried curling at our Learn to Curl sessions. Take a look at some photos below… January 6 Learn to Curl View the January 6 photo album on Flickr or view the slideshow below: January 13 Learn to Curl View the January 13 photo album on Flickr or view the slideshow below:
The top 2 finishers of our pointspiel were new members of the club playing in the finals for the first time. After the selections were made, there were two tough teams battling it out for the 2016 Broom & Button Cup: Brendan Hurd, Evan Falkof, Chuck Barnes and Andy Flynn vs. Andrew Jussaume, Kate Weaver, Jamie Quinn and LeRoy Woodman. Congratulations to Brendan, Evan, Chuck and Andy […]
Happy halloween everyone!This weekend’s curling nights had many club members in costumes including The Joker and Harley Quinn, Eleven (from “Stranger Things”), Louise Belcher (from “Bob’s Burgers”) and Michael Phelps (complete with medals, chair, headphones, and scowl).Take a look at some photos below, and don’t miss videos on our Instagram feed: Michael Phelps’ pre-delivery warmup […]
This past Sunday marked the first time we’ve had two concurrent curling sessions! We’ve been curling on Friday nights since the club’s founding in 2010, but since we’re limited to 40 people on a single night it was time to expand. Our five-week Sunday night session has allowed us to expand the club to almost 60 members. We’re […]
