About Lupus Spiel USA 2019
Lupus Spiel USA will be held for the sixth year in a row in Blaine, Minnesota. It is the largest curling Pro-Am in the WORLD.
LUPUS SPIEL USA 2019:
- Dates: May 3rd-5th, 2019
- Size: 58 teams. We are growing! * Games will start Friday morning. Please arrive Thursday night *
- Locations: WE HAVE ADDED A LOCATION THIS YEAR FOR A TOTAL OF 12 CURLING SHEETS:
- Fogerty Arena Four Seasons Curling Club: 9250 Lincoln St. NE Blaine, MN 55434
- Anoka Area Ice Arena: 4111 7th Ave NW, Anoka, MN 55303 (just a few minutes from Fogerty Arena)
Teams will be playing in both locations!
******** NEW THIS YEAR ********
- SKIP AUCTION To make it easier to pick the skip you want, and to see who you’re up against, we have created a skip auction, which is set up like a silent auction. See Skip Auction for more details and to place your bid
- Sign-up system now provides your own log-in so you can directly upload your team’s campaign. Please follow directions on Registration page
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PAY WHAT YOU CAN.
This year we are encouraging a “pay what you can” sign up. We are going to more teams! So if the entry fee is too steep, please do what you can; we want you to play!
Please just note that your entry fee will be counted towards picking your celebrity skip
Suggested entry fee:
$150 per person
$125 per person aged 21 and under
- Warm-up party Thursday night (with of course parties Friday and Saturday night)
- New Banquet location:
- Leopold’s Mississippi Gardens 9500 W River Rd, Minneapolis, MN 55444
- FRIDAY night
- formal gala
- live auction
HOST HOTEL:
LivINN Hotel Minneapolis North / Fridley
5201 Central Ave NE, Fridley, MN 55421
HOTEL PARTIES for everyone in hospitality suite!
Special lupus rate: call in and ask for the “Lupus Spiel” block rate. It is $89 per night plus tax
phone: (763) 571-9440
AS BEFORE:
Goal of Lupus Spiel 2019: Raise money for lupus research and have fun!
- Olympic and World curlers are paired with “amateur” curlers (of any skill level including beginners)
- Juniors are WELCOME!
- Curlers raise money to pick their celebrity skip
- Three-game guarantee
- Full eight-end games
- 64 teams
- Parties Thursday, Friday and Saturday night
- Auction: live and silent auctions
- Dream Team Lupus Spiel Celebrity SmackDown
Skip List:
Kevin Martin: Gold and Silver Olympic Medalist, World Gold Medalist, four-time Tim Hortons Brier Gold Medalist, World Curling Hall of Fame (Canada)
Eve Muirhead: Bronze Olympic Medalist (Great Britain), World Gold Medalist (Scotland)
Deb McCormick: Four-time Olympian, World Gold Medalist, nine-time U.S. Gold Medalist, four-time U.S. Junior Gold Medalist
Glenn Howard: Four-Time World Gold Medalist (Canada)
Scott Howard: World Gold Medalist (Canada)
Carly Howard: Bronze Medalist Canadian University Curling Championships, Scott’s sister
Chelsea Carey: Two-time Canadian Gold Medalist
Pat Ryan: Two-time World Gold Medalist, Senior Gold Medalist, Two-time Labatt Brier Gold Medalist, Nokia Brier Gold Medalist (Canada)
Jessica Schultz: Two-time U.S. Olympian, three-time U.S. Gold Medalist
Cathy Overton Clapham: World Gold Medalist, five-time Canadian Gold Medalist, Canadian Curling Hall of Fame
Eugene Hritzuk: Gold World Senior Medalist, Gold Masters Champion (Canada)
Penny (Ryan) Shantz: Gold Olympic Medalist (Canada)
Trevor Bonot: World Mixed Silver Medalist (Canada)
Jimmy Lee: World Curling Championships 2007 Skip (Korea), coach of Team Korea
Dominik Maerki: Olympic Bronze Medalist (Switzerland)
Mary-Anne Arsenault: Two-time World Gold Medalist, five-time Canadian Gold Medalist
Raunora Westcott: Silver Medalist Canadian Nationals
Don Bartlett: Olympic Silver Medalist (Canada), two-time Labatt Brier Gold Medalist
Ann Swisshelm: U.S. Olympian, World Gold Medalist, five-time U.S. Gold Medalist
John Benton: U.S. Olympian
Todd Birr: World Bronze Medalist (U.S.)
Paul Pustovar: two-time Bronze World Medalist (U.S.), five-time U.S. Gold Medalist, Gold World Senior Medalist
Kerry (Koe) Galusha: 16 appearances at Scotties Tournament of Hearts (Canada)
Rich Ruohonen: two-time U.S. Gold Medalist
Colin Hufman: two-time U.S. Gold Medalist
Kevin Birr: World Bronze Medalist (U.S.)
Greg Johnson: World Bronze Medalist (U.S.)
Jeff Annis: U.S. Senior Gold Medalist
Tim Solin: U.S. Olympian, Senior Gold Medalist
Hunter Clawson: Mixed U.S. Gold Medalist
Peter Stolt: Mixed Doubles U.S. Gold Medalist
Maureen Stolt: Mixed Doubles U.S. Gold Medalist
Taylor Anderson: Junior World Silver Medalist, two-time Junior U.S. Gold Medalist, U.S. Gold Medalist
Madison Bear: Junior World Silver Medalist, two-time Junior U.S. Gold Medalist
Regan Birr: I almost always throw the correct color of stone
Stephen Dropkin: Junior U.S. Gold Medalist
Dan Plys: Junior World Gold Medalist (U.S.)
Evan Workin: Mixed U.S. Gold Medalist
Jackie Lemke: Junior U.S. Gold Medalist
Rachel Workin: Mixed U.S. Gold Medalist
Christina Lammers: Mixed U.S. Gold Medalist
Jordan Brown: Mixed U.S. Gold Medalist
Jock Tyre: World level coach, manager of Kelowna Curling Club (largest in the world)
Gerry Geurts: Founder of CurlingZone
Bryan Mudryk: TSN Sportscaster
Darren Lehto: National U.S. Champion 2013, winner of Lupus Spiel Seattle 2018
Colin Hodgson: Gold medalist, Canada Winter Games, 3 Brier appearances
Morgan Muise: Skip of the Canadian Club Nationals, 2018
Patti Lank: 5-time U.S. National Champion, World Silver medalist
Sean Whyte: KICKER for the CFL Edmonton Eskimos!
Dan Wiza: Gold medal, Senior Nationals U.S.
Geoff Goodland: 6 appearances at Worlds, Senior World Silver medalist
Bill Todhunter: World Bronze medalist, 2007
Taylor McDonald: Junior World Gold medalist, 2014
Scott McDonald: Skip of Team Ontario, 2019 Brier
Terry Odishaw: Skip of New Brunswick, 6 Brier appearances
Caiti Flannery: Gold medalist U.S. Junior Nationals (skip), Silver medalist Youth Olympic games
Lexi Lanigan: Gold medal in Junior Nationals, Gold medal in U.S. Mixed Nationals