In October 2024, Aksarben Curling's Team Ridder competed at the 2024 USA Curling Arena National Championship at the Wausau Curling Center in Wasau, WI.
After going 2-3 in pool play, Team Ridder earned a spot in the quarterfinals qualification game based on head-to-head tiebreakers. In the qualification game, they defeated Wine Country Curling's Team Betts to earn a spot in the semi-finals. There, Team Ridder won a pool play rematch against Cedar Rapids Curling's Team Tesch to advance to the finals. Team Ridder then played Wine Country Curling's Team Spangler in the gold/silver game. Team Spangler ultimately prevailed and Team Ridder won the silver medal!
Congratulations to Team Ridder's Nic Ridder, David Hill, Doug Michel, Sean Morrison, and Nic Swiercek!
Special thank you to all of the Aksarben Curling members who cheered on Team Ridder remotely from Omaha at home and at our livestream watch parties! We truuly had the gold medalists of cheering back home!
Congratulation to all of the 2024 USA Curling Arena National Champions:
Men's division
Gold: Team Spangler (Wine Country Curling, Mountain Pacific Curling Association)
Silver: Team Ridder (Aksarben Curling, Mid-America Curling Association)
Bronze: Team Curtis (Rocket City Curling, Grand National Curling Club)
Women's Division
Team Asis (Silicon Valley Curling, Mountain Pacific Curling Association)
Team Segovia (Houston Curling, Mid-America Curling Association)
Team Feldman (Wine Country Curling, Mountain Pacific Curling Association)
Thank you to all of the amazing hosts at the Wausau Curling Club, all of the ice technicians who made the ice amazing all week, and all of the staff and officials at USA Curling for running such a great event!
