DROPKIN, PETERSON TO REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES AT PAN CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Photo: Bob Weder Photography
[EAGAN, MN, September 26, 2023] — Team Peterson (Tabitha Peterson, Cory Thiesse, Becca Hamilton, Tara Peterson, Vicky Persinger) and Team Dropkin (Korey Dropkin, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner, Tom Howell, Ben Richardson) will be Team USA at the 2023 World Curling Federation (WCF) Pan Continental Curling Championship (PCCC) in Kelowna, BC, Canada. The championship gets underway at the 12-sheet Kelowna Curling Club on October 29th and finishes on November 4th.
Established in 2021 and played for the first time in 2022, these championships will qualify five teams of each gender to the World Women’s and Men’s Championships in 2024. The championship was created when the Americas and the Pacific-Asia zone were merged into one qualifying championship so all countries would have the same opportunity to earn berths in the world championships. The European Championships will also qualify eight teams to the 2024 World Championships, and the host country receives a berth in the World Championship fields.
The Pan Continental Curling Championship, often referred to as the P-Triple Cs, will feature A and B divisions. In the Women’s A Division, the United States and Team Peterson will compete against Australia, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Japan, Korea, Mexico, and New Zealand. In the Men’s A Division, Team Dropkin will face off against Australia, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Guyana, Japan, Korea, and New Zealand.
B Division teams will play in the same venue—entry is open to any other WCF Member Association from the Americas and Pacific-Asia regions.
Teams Dropkin and Peterson are currently the highest-ranked teams in the WCF World Team Rankings, and earned the right to be Team USA in Kelowna as a result. More information about the PCCC is available here.
About USA Curling
Founded in 1958 and headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota, USA Curling is the National Governing body for the Olympic sport of curling and the Paralympic sport of wheelchair curling in the United States. The mission of USA Curling is to grow, strengthen, and advocate for the Olympic and Paralympic sport of curling in the United States by prioritizing accessibility and programmatic development from grassroots to podium. USA Curling is sponsored by Columbia Sportswear, Twin Cities Orthopedics, Training HAUS, Toyota, ISS (Ice, Sports & Solar), Rock Solid Productions, IHG, and Laurie Artiss. USA Curling is a proud member of the World Curling Federation and the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. To learn more, visit usacurling.org.
