Another reminder for you today, curling fans: if you aren’t following the The Curling News Twitter feed, you’re missing out.Here’s what we’ve posted today:• Is Nunavut curling on the upswing?• SoCal curling on Nov. 7• A look at the scorching Kelly Scott and Bob Ursel teams• Edmonton now hosts a CCA

If you recall September’s launch announcement for Season of Champions TV, you will also recall mention of another new website coming soon: AtThePatch.ca ...!This morning, the official website of curling’s biggest party palace – the Keith’s Patch – went live... check it out!Curling fans can eyeball t

Time for another curling casting call... this time for the Toronto area.Jigsaw Casting Ltd. is looking for male curlers who fit the following characteristics to be featured in an upcoming Tim Hortons Brier print campaign:• Men between the ages of 30-45 of Caucasian ethnicity• Must have some curling

Our friend Terry Jones is back on the curling beat, and not a moment too soon.The veteran Sun Media sports scribe, who also authored the 2007 book The Ferbey Four, was at a “32 days out” ceremony for the massive Roar of the Rings event coming to Edmonton December 6-13.Otherwise known as the Tim Hort

We’ve talked about it before, and we’re talking about it again... It’s Mo’vember.This is the month in which to raise awareness about prostate cancer, to raise some money for research and hopefully save lives.This is the most common cancer among Canadian males, afflicting one in six men, and is a gre

It’s your First Shot for Scotties curling tickets!The latest version of the Canadian Curling Association e-newsletter “Hittin’ the Button” arrived this morning, offering pre-sale tickets to the 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, January 30-February 7 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.There are four new

The Northern Ontario Curling Association has launched the inaugural “Curling Week in Northern Ontario” presented by Bearskin Airlines, with a trip for two to the STOH and a very cool historical poll all part of the celebration.From today, October 31 through November 8, the campaign aims to honour th

This photo captures the millisecond following the moment of impact of Kevin Koe’s last-shot attempt to win the Grey Power World Cup of Curling.The angle-runback missed by a hair, ticking a front guard, and two of Koe’s team members react with obvious dismay.The photo was shot the stands at the Hersh

Did you hear about the Carrot Cup?TCN publisher George Karrys, who recently made his return as a Toronto-centric Sun Media curling columnist after a 10-year absence, revealed the existence of the Cup for the first time at last week’s Grey Power World Cup of Curling.The tell-all can be read here.And

Mississauga, Grey Power World Cup of CurlingBy Matt HamesRobbery. Theft. Anguish.Going into this game, Team Koe had lost the last 5 Grand Slam finals theyve played in. Make it six, and this one might actually leave a mark.So what happened?Two of the first four shots that Glenn Howard threw were hal

Kris takes us through the playoffs at the CurlTV.com September Shootout where David and Heather Nedohin's teams are looking for 1st place. Brad Gushue and Kevin Martin do battle in the final at the Shorty Jenkins Classic.

The Canadian Curling Association announced the 2011 Tim Hortons Brier, presented by Monsanto, will take place in London, Ontario. The 82nd edition of the Canadian men's curling championship will be played at the 9,100 seat John Labatt Centre, March 5-13, 2011. It will mark the 30th time that th

Kris Laudien takes us through highlights from the CurlTV.com September Shootout and a quick look at the Shorty Jenkins Classic.

The Capital One Grand Slam of Curling, the World Curling Tour and iSport Media and Management announced that Grey Power has been awarded the title sponsorship of the inaugural Grey Power World Cup of Curling. Previously titled the Masters of Curling, the tournament will be the first men’s Capi

With WCT action underway, Kris reveals the 2011 Brier has landed in London, Ontario and the Players Championship has a new name.

The first WCT of the season is almost underway. Team USA adds some veteran leadership to Olympic squads and Kris reveals a new way to watch CurlTV.

Kris starts off September with wrapping up the New Zealand Winter Games, the US names their Coach of the Year and a preview to the first WCT event of the season.

Shannon Kleibrink nominated for Sportswoman of the Year and we reveal your number one shot of the year.

2010 U.S. Olympic team nominees John Shuster and Natalie Nicholson have been named the 2009 USA Curling Athletes of the Year. While, in the team category, the Brady Clark mixed squad from Seattle earned the top honors.Both Shuster and Nicholson have been nominated to Team USA for the 2010 Olympic Wi

The Olympic Curling Schedule is out and shot number 2 of your shots of the year is revealed.

Amy Nixon is in Mississauga, Ont., this weekend, wondering if her time might be better spent in Winnipeg.The vice-skip for Shannon Kleibrink’s Calgary curling team is, along with her teammates, taking part on the Three Nations Cup tournament being held in conjunction with the Capital One Grand

There's been an outpouring of sympathy in the curling world to the Miller family after the recent death due to a brain tumour of Linda Miller. Her daughters, Stefanie Lawton and Marliese Kasner, are two of the top female curlers on the planet, and they continued to be so as the mom fought bravel

OK, it takes a lot for a Youtube video to make me laugh out loud. But this one, pointed out to me by curlingzone.com’s Gerry Geurts, truly did. I have no idea who produced it, except that apparently they’re from the Guelph, Ont., area.But anybody who read this blog nearly two years ago,

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

It’s shaping up as an interesting closing weekend at the Grey Power Players’ Championships up in Grande Prairie.One thing I can definitively tell you know is that Calgary’s Cheryl Bernard has qualified directly into next December’s Tim Hortons Olympic Trials in Edmonton, by v

MONCTON, N.B. — Excuse me while I hit the delete button on the 400 words I’d already typed trumpeting Canada’s victory in the Ford worlds gold-medal game tonight.The last time I’d done that much work thinking the result was inevitable — Kevin Martin with a two-point lea

Today is a big day for me. I’m heading out to buy curling pants. Whoo-hooo. As I mentioned in a previous blog, after a three-year absence from the ice due to injuries and driving my hockey-playing son all over Southwestern Ontario, I’m back throwing rocks. And I need new, updated gear. At the Hershe

Scott Taylor, curling’s busiest man, dropped me a note yesterday reminding me to help promote Movember. This is a great promotion that helps raise funds for Prostate Cancer Canada. Prostate Cancer Canada raises funds for the development of programs related to awareness, public education, advocacy, s

It’s been a good couple of weeks for Glenn Howard and his team. The boys took home $22,000 for winning the Brooks Cactus Pheasant for the second straight year, knocking off Kevin Martin in the final. This has become – in a very short time – one of the most popular stops on the Asham World Curling To

I’m writing a column on whether or not the success of the Grand Slam event last week at the Hershey Centre means Toronto could host a Tim Hortons Brier. Plus side: great arena and facility (patch attached!) at the Ricoh Centre, media centre of Canada so lots of attention, 23 curling clubs in TCA, mo

Here is a link to todays Globe column. Its on the fitness levels of the curlers. Ive been impressed with how hard the curlers are working at this and of course Dean Gemmells book with John Morris, Fit To Curl, is proof that this isnt just a flash in the pan. I sort of liken it to when Tiger Woo

According to Chris Zelkovich of the Toronto Star, the Grand Slam of Curling drew some decent numbers for the recent broadcast from the Hershey Centre. The quarter-final on Saturday drew 483,000 viewers while Sunday’s final was watched by 441,000.Considering it was up against the NFL, the CFL and MLB

So a few of us knee-sliders were sitting around yesterday talking about the Olympics and curling. A question was posed: do you think the Canadian men or Canadian women will face stiffer opposition in Vancouver? Interesting question, don’t you think?In three Olympics, Canadian curlers have never fail

So over the weekend I was helping my parents clean out the homestead where theyve lived for the past 35+ years and I made an interesting discovery -- About seven boxes of my first curling book, The Brier: The History of Canadas Most Celebrated Curling Championship. This book was my real baby, a la

Heres a link to my report of the Grey Power World Cup of Curling final in todays Globe. And here are some thoughts about the final. Note the picture -- its of the cheque that never got handed out. :• Glenn Howard’s team may one of the best at mid-game adjustments. After getting off to a slow star

Today we get a final at the Grey Power World Cup that should be quite interesting. Either Glenn Howard will get his first win of the year or Kevin Koe will finally get a Grand Slam victory.In the quarters, to take nothing away from Brad Gushues team, but I cant remember when Ive seen Kevin Martin

I am currently performing maintenance on this blog, and will continue to be making improvements over the next few months. I will be changing the permalinks in this wordpress blog from: blog/year/month/title /%year%/%monthnum%/%postname%/ to blog/category/title /%category%/%postname%/ or just /%pos

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

Oliver Curling Club, Oliver. Saturday, February 28th, 2009 - Sunday, March 1st, 2009

Valley Curling Club, Cloverdale. Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 - Saturday, February 28th, 2009

Valley Curling Club, Cloverdale. Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 - Saturday, February 28th, 2009

Duncan Curling Club, Duncan. Monday, February 23rd, 2009 - Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Duncan Curling Club, Duncan. Monday, February 23rd, 2009 - Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Nelson Curling Club, Nelson. Saturday, February 21st, 2009 - Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

North Shore Winter Club, North Vancouver. Thursday, March 5th, 2009 - Sunday, March 8th, 2009

Smithers Curling Club, Smithers. Thursday, March 5th, 2009 - Saturday, March 7th, 2009

Smithers Curling Club, Smithers. Thursday, March 5th, 2009 - Saturday, March 7th, 2009

Tunnell Town Curling Club, Tsawwassen. Saturday, February 28th, 2009 - Monday, March 2nd, 2009

It must be here or I wouldn't b e upating this blog. Here's the media release and everything else you need to know about the Sandra Schmirler Curling Classic. Enjoy but in moderation. We don't want to get going too hard too early, there is still golf left. I hope. Schmirler Charity Curli

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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

We're headed into the 10th end for Hack To House. Saskatchewan's best-read and most popular curling column (in a survey conducted by me in my living room) returns to the L-P on Thursday. It was on haitus while I enjoyed the sand, sun and all-inclusive food and drink in Mexico. Still recoveri

The nearly latest from the SCA   Curling2009 Ramada Hotel Juvenile Saskatchewan Curling Championshipat KindersleyParticipating teams (listed skip to lead)Region Number: 1. Swift Current — Mickey Wallace, Justin Senicar, Jason Senicar, Dwight Butler; Coach: Murray Senicar2. Assiniboia

Here's the latest from the CCA on the Canada Cup of Curling. Enjoy! YORKTON, Saskatchewan, March 17, 2009SThe $150,000 Canada Cup of Curling, presented by Richardson International, gets underway Wednesday in the 1,800-seat Farrell Agencies Arena at the Gallagher Centre in Yorkton, Saskatchewan.

I’ve returned from my Brier-cation in lovely Puerto Vallarta, along the Pacific Coast in Mexico.Yep, I know I missed the Brier and everything else and it sounds like it was a great show. I spent Monday reading the stories on the web and catching up with everything that took place.I jump back i

A few days after Team Howard finished on top at the first Capital One Grand Slam of the season, we talked to Third Richard Hart about the event, the season so far and the impossibility of throwing the rock like Glenn Howard. Subscribe to this podcast by clicking on the iTunes feed or use the [...]

It’s interesting to see the influence of second Brent Laing when it comes to strategic decisions on Team Howard. Whenever Rich and Glenn are mulling over a complicated situation, Laing is the one who weighs in and, typically, his opinion carries the day. After giving up a steal in the second

Down 5-1 without the hammer, the Swedes threw up two corner guards. Edin is now freezing to second shot with four Koe counters in the rings. There’s a reason people with the hammer like corner guards. Koe scores an easy deuce. On the other sheets that aren’t on television, Team Howard

A nice crowd starting to fill in but the schedule seems to be a bit of a guideline. It’s a few minutes before three o’clock and the only team practice that’s underway is on Sheet B. I guess TV will do that. (They’ve just announced that it’s a staggered start with some g

It seems that at every round-robin curling event there is much talk about tiebreakers as the qualifying games near their end. And while there have been exceptions over the years, it seems that, when all is said and done, there are usually no tiebreakers. That’s exactly what happened here at t

With 14 rinks and 8 teams into the Quarter-Finals, we’ve reached Draw 8 and hardly any teams are eliminated. Outside of China, Great Britain and France, every team is still in the mix since a 3-3 record should mean at least a tie-breaker. Kleibrink-Muirhead on the ice during this draw and Sha

First, the morning. After Draw Six, it’s safe to say the most disappointed teams are Murdoch and Ferbey. Team Gushue made short work of the Great Britain’s Olympic reps this morning — Murdoch and company seem flummoxed by the ice. The percentages from the Curling Zone stats nerds, who pr

Howard and Martin can both qualify for the playoffs with wins tonight. Howard very comfortable with a 3-1 lead in Seven. Martin sort of comfortable tied with the brick in Seven.

Team Gushue snuck out a win against Ralph Stoeckli earlier and now seems to be playing Glenn Howard awfully tough. That said, a deuce is brewing for Howard. And there it is as Brad overcurls with a freeze on his last and Glenn draws the four-foot for his two. Lots of terrific shotmaking in Ullsrud-

Ullsrud-Martin. Gushue-Howard. Then a European Championship — Defour-Edin, Stoeckli-Kapp, Murdoch-Schmidt. The crowd seems to be filling in pretty well tonight. Curlers in the GTA have worked hard on this event and it’s nice to see a decent crowd. I’d still like to see a few more butts

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer. Before you know it curling will be upon us again. Until then look back again and marvel at this shot that Glenn Howard made at this past year’s Brier. I think it’s still the best shot I’ve ever seen, what do you think?

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

The registration for the Little Rocks and Junior program will be held on November 2, 2009 and the Bathurst Curling Club. If you are available to help please call the club at 546-5665. Its going to be a busy time.

Our thanks to The Northern Light for the following article which appeared on October 20, 2009 edition in the Sports Section.Bathurst Curling Club looks forward to its second century of operationLongtime downtown fixture marks 100 years this DecemberClick on the article for a larger view.

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LocationBathurst Curling Club209 rue St Andrew StBathurst NB E2A 1C3506-546-5665, please leave a message, s.v.p. nous laisser un message.Mailing Address postaleBathurst Curling ClubC.P./P.O. Box 692Bathurst NB E2A 3Z6We can be reach through the following e-mail address/Contacter nous à ladresse d

Season beings November 9, 2009. Wobble days November 9, 10, 11, and 12.More information to come on September 24, 2009 please check back with us.Time to dust off your curling shoes.

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.