Rebecca headed to national curling tournament

Rebecca is returning to national-level curling competition. She's on a team that has won a place in the U.S. Mixed National Curling Championship tournament, to be held March 16-23 in Willmar, Minn.

After playing in national competitions at the club level and three times at the junior level, Rebecca was asked this winter to join Team Surka in the adult mixed category. This weekend, the team competed in the Grand National Curling Club's mixed championship tournament, held at the Plainfield Curling Club in New Jersey.

Team Surka came out on top with a 6-0 record and, along with the runner-up, will represent GNCC, the Eastern U.S. regional curling association, in the national event next month.

Here's an album of action photos from the team's sixth win on Saturday night.



A total of ten teams from across the country will take part in the national tournament at the Willmar Civic Center. (Willmar is about 90 miles west of Minneapolis.)

Champions: Derek, Nate, Rebecca and Charrissa

Rebecca last week completed her college studies at Rochester Institute of Technology, finishing one trimester early. She earned a B.S. degree in polymer chemistry.