We must admit, we were having fun with this headline."How about: Martin traded to Storm... for Goldline brush and and bag of Chee-tos?"You know, that sort of thing.But on to the story.In advance of his appearance at The National in January, the second Capital One Grand Slam of Curling event of the s

As our Twitter followers know, today is the last day to enter the Uncle Bens Curling Getaway contest.The Team Kevin Martin sponsor is offering two western Canadians a chance to win a trip to the Roar of Rings, the Tim Hortons Canadian (Olympic) Curling Trials, on the championship weekend.Click here

Curling sponsor Tim Hortons  introduced a curling contest back in early October, part of their “Every Cup Tells a Story” campaign.Websurfers were invited to tell their own curling story (involving Tim Hortons, of course)  and the public gets to vote, online, for the best tale. The winning

What’s in the news today?• TCN publisher George Karrys suggests in the Toronto Sun that Wayne Middaugh (CCA photo by Michael Burns), fresh off his qualifying run in Prince George, might want to grab some of that “piss and vinegar” that young Jason Gunnlaugson has been talking about. Is the “black ha

From the last post, to the big reveal.2006 Olympic champion Mike Adam, alternate for Brad Gushue’s victorious foursome and the young man who committed one of “the most selfless acts in sport history” became the first Canadian high-performance curler to carry the Vancouver 2010 torch... and the firs

A couple of days ago, we asked: What the heck is going on here?And now we ask it once again: in the Katie Greene photo above, what the heck is going on here?We’ll tell you shortly. But for now, follow The Curling News Twitter feed and discover:• who is in or out of Olympic contention, and the fate o

[Shes baaaaaack! Margo Weber, guest blogger during last Februarys STOH (controversially) and also the Tim Hortons Brier in Calgary (archive here) has been watching the Road to the Roar in Prince George, courtesy of TSN. Whats on her mind?]by Margo WeberCALGARY – So, I entered a curling pool.And t

And then there were 10.The field for December’s Roar of the Rings grew by two teams yesterday as Winnipeg’s Jeff Stoughton and Calgary’s Crystal Webster (CCA photo above by Michael Burns) qualified for the Canadian Olympic Trials.One more will be added by about 7:30pm ET tonight, when Kelowna’s Kell

What the heck is going on here?Hang in there... youll find out later today.BTW, todays Twitterfest – so far – includes:• TSN curling season kicks off today• Two features on Debbie McCormick’s Olympic Team USA• The fabled Monctonian turns 50 this weekend• U.S. curlers invade Peterborough, Ontario•

The action has been intense at the CN Centre in Prince George, with lots of late steals throwing the “Road to the Roar” pre-Trials race wide open.Another example was yesterday’s show from 2007 world champion Kelly Scott. Her Kelowna team took two in the 10th end and then stole the extra frame to sho

It was announced today that the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts would return to PEI for the third time in the event's history. "It is a privilege to announce that we are returning to Charlottetown," said Greg Stremlaw, Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Curling Association. "This community ha

Kris Laudien previews this weekend's Asham World Curling Tour events and re-caps the final standings at the 2010 Canadian Mixed Championship.

Nova Scotia, skipped by Mark Dacey, inched a game closer to collaring top spot at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship by edging Ontario, 8-7, in an extra end during Draw 16. The outcome left the host province, skipped by former two-time provincial junior champion Mark Bice, with a completed 9-

China won Gold, Japan took Silver and Korea won the Bronze in both the men’s and women’s competitions at the Pacific Curling Championships 2009. In the women’s final Team China skipped by reigning women’s world champion Bingyu Wang beat Team Japan's Moe Meguro 10-3. Bot

Kris Laudien reports on the latest standings from the 2010 Canadian Mixed. Also, World Financial Group is sponsoring a couple more curling events and the Pacific Curling Championships have crowned their winners.

Ontario, skipped by Mark Bice, continues to set the pace at the 2010 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship after 13-Draws. The host province is now 8-1, while being chased by Nova Scotia, which is next in line with a 6-2 record. Bice won both his games on Wednesday, including the traditional north

The Canadian Curling Association confirmed that World Financial Group will be the title sponsor of the 2010 Canadian Senior Men's and Women's Curling Championships. The World Financial Group Canadian Seniors will take place at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club, March 20-28, 2010. The compan

Kris Laudien reports on the latest standings from the Canadian Mixed Championship. Also, Luke Coley drops by to discuss the Road to the Roar.

Ontario, skipped by two-time former provincial junior champion Mark Bice, maintained its lead through Draw 10 of the 2010 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. The host province won both of its games on Tuesday, a 7-3 decision over Saskatchewan followed by a 7-2 rout of Newfoundland/Labrador, to im

Kris Laudien reports on who will be Jason Gunnlaugson's fifth man at the Roar of the Rings. Also, the latest standings from the Canadian Mixed.

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

Unless you were running to the fridge to replace your brew or stocking up on more chips, you probably saw the new CCA television ads during the weekend’s broadcast of the pre-Trials-roaring-road thingy. I thought they were excellent and very catchy, something that’s been needed for a long, long time

The numbers for last weekend’s Road to the Roar were solid once again, drawing substantial numbers for TSN. Saturday afternoon’s match drew an audience of 455,000 while the evening game, going head to head with Hockey Night in Canada, had 378,000. I can only imagine what the numbers will be for the

Last weekend I went into my first bonspiel in some time. As I may have mentioned, I’ve been away from regularly playing the game until this year due to injuries and a hockey-playing son who required a chauffeur. So our squad headed over to the Granite Club for the 53rd annual men’s invitational. Tha

Before some comments on the pre-trials, here are two stories I wrote that appeared in Saturday’s Globe. My regular column featured Jennifer Jones, who passed through Toronto making an appearance for Scotties. She’s always a delight to talk to and I really respect her drive, her commitment and the wa

Two days down and lots of great possibilities at the Road to Roar. Top seeds were getting dusted – but that’s no surprise as the seeding was way off to begin with based on recent performance. We also had the first two teams eliminated – Heather Rankin and Michelle Englot. A couple of men’s squads wi

Day 1 of the Pre-Trials is over and there were a few surprises, I’d say. On the men’s side, I’d say the biggest surprise was McEwan beating Burtnyk. Now it’s not a jaw-dropping shock (Im not sure anything can be with this field), but it was still somewhat of an upset, I’d say The other games went p

The Pre-Trials get underway today in beautiful downtown Prince George and it’s the last chance for the 12 teams on each side of the draw to make it to the Roar of the Rings. This qualifying system was put into place for this Olympic period after a lot of consultation with all stakeholders, but the l

On the eve of the Pre-Trials in Prince George, B.C., let’s pause a minute and take in a wonderful story in yesterday’s Toronto Star on the great Shorty Jenkins. You can read the story here. It’s a wonderful piece highlight the Short Man’s contributions and innovations to the sport. It also mentions

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

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The pre-trials are over and here's a list of the 16 men's and women's team taking part in the main trials in Edmonton. Congratulations to Amber Holland and Pat Simmons for emerging from the pre-trials. I have a story in Monday's paper on their thoughts on keeping the Olympic dream al

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.

The skip of the young team that got the last spot at the Pre-Trials in Prince George and turned it into a spot at the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings joined us for a conversation about their successful week and what lies ahead. This is Jason’s second time on the podcast and, as you [...]

The second on one of the four women’s teams that has already qualified for the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings talked to us during a week when 12 other teams were trying to get to Edmonton by qualifying in Prince George. Sherri discussed her team’s recent win in Saskatoon, playing in the T

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.

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

Monday night competitive league results:Joel Roy over Fred Elhatton Emile Babineau defeated Pat MaharChris Fisher over Terry WilburAlvin Lavigne defeated John Ferguson and,Terry MacDonald got by Robert Nicolle.

Hello and welcome to your new Curling season.Wobble days are free days so join us and bring a friend or even a truckload of friends and well help you teach them the game. Your friends will need clean shoes (sneakers), loose fitting warm clothing, a pair of gloves and we supply everything else incl

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.