It’s all things Swiss in today’s The Curling News Blogpost.Why?Well... why not?1. Team Mirjam Ott made some waves at the end of the 2008-09 season by replacing second Valeria Spaelty with team alternate Carmen Kueng. Spaelty was the last remaining member of Ott’s 2006 Olympic silver medallist fourso

Exactly one year ago today, we posted this story on the first Canadian Curling Association NCC (National Curling Congress) helmed by new CEO Greg Stremlaw.Another Congress has now come and gone, and today’s news release reveals that another $880,000 surplus has been committed to the long-term reserv

Remember those loveable Curling Zombies?They took to the streets, which is what zombies do.They hung out at The Beer Store, which was something new.They infatuated the Rogers TV folks during last February’s Ontario Tankard.And believe it or not, they are still groaning their way around the country.F

Our second posting in a series on summer curling camps focusses on the original “Fantasy” camp which has since dropped the moniker: the HOT SHOTS.Now in it’s 15th year, the HOT SHOTS Curling Camp was the first camp to pioneer the “fantasy” concept of pairing high-performance elite competitors with t

Everybody’s favourite movie-star curler, Paul Gross, isn’t resting on his Passchendaele laurels. The man who once had a slide delivery more solid than that of many TCN readers has not one, but two new projects coming soon... and an award is headed his way this weekend.CTV and ABC (in the U.S.) have

Kris Laudien reports on Ed Lukowich departure from the USCA. Also, the 4th best shot of the year is revealed.

The Canadian Curling Association reported at its annual general meeting that for a second consecutive year it will finish the fiscal year in the black, with a continued positive financial outlook. The Association tabled a financial surplus for the 2008-09 year of $879,692, resulting in a total ac

Ed Lukowich has resigned from his consultancy position as athlete development director with the United States Curling Association, closing out nearly a decade of service. "After nine years in the position of USCA athlete development director, I feel it is time for a change both for me, and in part

There is one week left to cast your vote for the World Curling Players Association Board of Directors. After a nomination process brought forward several excellent candidates, voting opened online June 12 and will conclude Friday, June 26 at 2:00pm ET. The new WCPA Board will consist of eight elec

WCT Players Association voting is under way, Anwttw Norberg will get a shot at defending her Olympic medal and shot number 5 of the shots of the year.

Let’s face facts, Kelly Scott’s options were fairly limited when it came to replacing Renee Simon at lead on her Kelowna women’s curling team.Most of the top players in the country were already in either the Olympic Trials or the pre-Trials, leaving a fairly thin talent pool.But yo

Based on reports out of the U.K., it looks like Eve Muirhead, the three-time reigning world junior women's champ from Scotland, will handle skipping duties for the newly named Great Britain team at next February's Winter Olympics in Vancouver.Interesting choice; I thought Muirhead, who's

OK, here's more on the Kelly Scott story; in fact, down below is the story I wrote and is being distributed on the Canwest wire today, with comments from Kelly herself.As far as a replacement for Renee Simons goes, Scott would appear to have plenty of options; any player outside of the Sweet 16

And so it begins . . . You can take it to the bank that the next few months will feature some significant fine-tuning of lineups leading to the Pre-Trials tournament in Prince George, and Kelly Scott has made the first move.Scott, the 2007 world champion, has made a change at the lead position, tell

There was no shortage of Alberta content on the medal podium at the world mixed doubles championship, which wrapped up Saturday in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.The one most of you knew about was Calgary’s Alli Nimik, who teamed with Winnipeg’s Sean Grassie to claim the bronze medal wit

Maybe I’m the lone guy in this, but I’m not one who thinks the world of curling changed when Bingyu Wang won yesterday’s (today’s) women’s world championship. Yes, it’s marvelous that China grabbed its first global crown. And it’s stunning just how quickly this team became world-class. And yes, it’s

I don’t know why I’m still surprised whenever Canada loses in a world curling championship, but I am.So when Jennifer Jones lost to Anette Norberg yesterday (or is it today?), in the 3-vs-4 game, it was news. I’m still living in the last century when Canada always seemed to win the worlds. Of course

Recession? What recession? Capital One steps up again and sponsors the world championships. This further legitimizes the Ontario Curling Report’s listing of Ian Cunningham has the most influential guy in curling. Capital One now has deals with the Grand Slam, CCA and WCF – they practically own the s

A very funny take on the Brier from the gang at 22 Minutes K-Mart has the best come-back.

I was able to get some viewership numbers for the Brier final weekend:The tiebreaker between Quebec and Manitoba: 271,000The 1 vs. 2 game between Ontario and Alberta: 587,000 (1,000 more than the game between the same teams the night before)The Brier final (drum roll please): 873,000Interesting to n

[ November 8, 2008 to November 15, 2008. ] What: 2009 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship Where: Iqaluit, NU When: Nov. 8 - 15, 2008

Source: 2009 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship Site Tuesday, November 04, 2008 Source: Canadian Curling Association IQALUIT, NUNAVUT, November 3, 2008�For the first time in history, a national sport championship will be staged in Iqaluit, Nunavut, when the Canadian Curling Association�s Canadian M

Nelson Curling Club, Nelson. 2009/02/21 - 2009/02/22

Oliver Curling Club, Oliver. 2009/02/28 - 2009/03/01

Nelson Curling Club, Nelson. 2009/02/28 - 2009/03/01

Valley Curling Club, Cloverdale. 2009/02/24 - 2009/02/28

Valley Curling Club, Cloverdale. 2009/02/24 - 2009/02/28

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A three-year run of the CTRS comes to an end this week with the Players Championship. Good and about time. I've avoided writing anything about Curling's Totally Rank System because it was too confusing to explain to non-curlers. But it has sorted itself out nicely and this media release does

The latest on the WCT Players' championship next month. Kevin Martin and Glenn Howard Lead Canada’s Top 16 Men’s Teams at Grey Power Players’ Championship Season-ending Capital One Grand Slam of Curling event the final opportunity for teams to secure a berth into the Cana

Here's a rare post to bloglines for your reading pleasure. I understand the men's teams are to be announced on Thursday. Defending Champion Amber Holland and Krista McCarville Secure Final Two Grey Power Players’ Championship BerthsSeason-ending Capital One Grand Slam of Curling event

This item was included in the media package for the Canada Cup of Curling. It actually explains where it stands with the trials. Teams Already Qualified directly into the 2009 Tim Hortons Canadian Curling Trials (Roar of the Rings), December 6-13 in Edmonton Men 1. Kevin Martin2. Glenn Howard3. To b

He’s spent a lot of time chasing dreams on ice — he tells us he started curling when he was 10. So it was nice to see Eugene Hritzuk get a big win last May — that’s right, May — at the World Senior Men’s Curling Championship in Dunedin, New Zealand. That’s a long way for curl

Part Two of our interview with Dan Rafael features a discussion of World University Games eligibility, team practices, the role of the coach during time-outs and more. Subscribe to this podcast by clicking on the iTunes feed or use the RSS feed with another podcatching application. Click on LISTEN

This is Part One of a two-part interview with Dan Rafael, the Canadian who has coached men’s and women’s teams from China since 2007. We discuss his role, the concern among some that Canadians should not coach international sides and more. Subscribe to this podcast by clicking on the iT

We talked to Greg shortly after he took the job two seasons ago and we caught up with him again last week. Our conversation covered the Tim Horton’s Brier format, the 8 ends vs. 10 ends debate, the WCF-CCA relationship, Canada’s record at world events in 2009 and, yes, more. Subscribe

Who thought that, after three years, the last direct entry in the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials would come down to one game, one end and one shot? A day after Team Ferbey won their first Capital One Grand Slam in the last two years — and grabbed that last spot — we talked to Scott Pfeifer. [...]

Due to popular demand we have added some new local city curling club listings to CurlingRink.ca. We’re hoping to make it easier for to find the best local club in your area. We’ll be adding listings for all the major centres across Canada over the next while, but here is our first set

An interesting post over at the Blind River CC blog as Glen Austin revisited a curling syposium that was put on earlier this summer by the NOCA (Northern Ontario Curling Assoc). The symposium centered around the operational aspects of maintaining a successful club - especially as things have gotten

If you’ve ever wondered the process they use to make a curling stone, watch this interesting video:

Bathurst Curling Club annual meeting is on May 27The Bathurst Curling Club will be holding its annual general meetingthis month.All members are encouraged to attend the meeting, which will take placeMay 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the club.Included on the agenda is the election of the executive for the2009-2

History has been made this our 100 season.Well tonight was the last regular season play for Thursday and the bragging rights belongs to team Scott Hachey, of course skipped by Scott Hachey, mate Zachary Robichaud, second stone John LeBlanc (yup of Max 104.9) and first stone Rene Theriault. Congratu

Congratulation to Team “The Northern Light” who has won the bragging rights for our 100 anniversary. Team members are skip Peter Assaff, mate Jim Walker, second stone Andre Lanteinge and first stone Kevin Murchie.To all our Tuesday night curlers, thanks to you it was a great season.

In tonight play in Alberta Buttimer CA competitive league’s last night of play for the season did see:Pat Maher defeated Chris Fisher,Terry MacDonald outscored Emile Babineau,Omer Fontaine beat Alvin Lavigne,Fred Elhatton got by John Ferguson and,Marc Imbeault outscored Joel Roy, and congratulation

This is the man whos responsible for it all, all the members thank you Emile.