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10 nations fight for world gold in Liverpool, NS. Who are the favs? The challengers? The Team Upset darkhorse? PLUS can Canada achieve the Double Double on home ice? (click here to view entire post on author's website) -
TESN's Joe Calabrese and Price Atkinson are at the 2019 USA Curling Nationals in Kalamazoo and the playoffs are now set on the men's and women's side. They break down all the action and Friday's playoff matchups from the Wings Event Center. You'll also hear interview with skips John Shuster, Todd Birr, Korey Dropkin, Jamie Sinclair, Cory Christensen and birthday girl Stephanie Senneker plus Becca Hamilton and Colin Hufman. We've got you covered with the latest from the U.S. Nationals! (click here to view entire post on author's website) -
SCOTLAND TEAM FOR HOME WORLD WHEELCHAIR CURLING CHAMPS IN STIRLINGParalympic bronze medallist Aileen Neilson will skip Scotland;'s team at the World Wheelchair Curling Championships which will be hosted in Stirling next month (3-10 March 2019). Neilson is the most decorated athlete in the Scotland line-up having medalled at the Paralympics in Sochi, as well as earning silver and two bronze medals from previous world championship appearances in 2011, 2007 and 2017 respectively. The 47 year old who lives in Strathaven, was the first woman to skip a wheelchair curling team at a Paralympic Games (2010) and a world championships (2011) and her appearance at The Peak Sports Village next month will mark her ninth appearance at a world championships. ;'It is always an honour to be selected to... (click here to view entire post on author's website) -
On the evening of September 3, 1939, the SS Athenia was torpedoed by a German U-boat, the first UK ship to be sunk in such a way in WW2. The Donaldson line ship was bound for Montreal via Belfast and Liverpool, and when she encountered U-30 she was carrying 1,103 passengers, and 315 crew. One hundred and seventeen passengers and crew died as a result of U-30's action.The Wikipedia entry about the SS Athenia is here. I was interested to read that 'Wartime German authorities denied that one of their vessels had sunk the ship'. 'Fake News' is not a recent phenomenon.In the holds of the Athenia was a consignment of curling stones, bound for Canadian curling clubs. I had heard rumours of this, but I had not got around to researching the subject. However, a fellow curling... (click here to view entire post on author's website) -
The Houston ;amp; District Curling Club is in need of a new ice plant, and the Bulkley Valley Credit Union is running a social media campaign to help raise money. To get involved, head to the Bulkley Valley Credit Union Facebook page and follow these three steps: (1) Follow their Facebook page (2) Like the pinned post on the top of the Facebook page (3) Share the pinned post on the top of the Facebook page For every person who does all three steps, the Bulkley Valley Credit Union with donate $5 to the Houston ;amp; District Curling Club, and will continue to do so until they either hit $2500 or April 1, 2019. The post Help support the Houston Curling Club appeared first on Curl BC. (click here to view entire post on author's website) -
It seems everybody and their dog is giving their opinion on the format of the Brier (and the Scotties), and the impending debate on residency rules. For those not in the loop on this â here are the issues: The Brier used to be about representing your Province at the national championship. The Brier has a rich tradition of pomp and pageantry that seemed to draw curling fans and viewers like no other event. It was the ultimate curling experience â it dwarfed the World Championship. Then the Olympics came to curling. At first, the curling world did not change much. Mike Harris was the first team to go in 1998, and the qualifying process was basically just another bonspiel. You had to win a qualifying event to get to the Olympic Trials â but the teams remained Regional/Provincial. At... (click here to view entire post on author's website) -
In the 17th Episode (Season 4) Lori and Mary are reunited again after Mary spent the week at the Ontario Scotties and Tankard. Â They discuss running into a curling legend, calendar picks, the transition from the junior ranks, the results from the week, the difference with Team Homan and who is Scott MacDonald and what his team did to win a trip to the Brier! Lori fills in Mary on what took place out at the Skins game in Banff and some interesting decisions the teams made during the event. Â Lori recaps the Curling World Cup and what ended up being a great event for the Canadian men and mixed doubles teams! Â Lori and Mary check in with their provincial picks from last weeks episode and review all the results. Â Congratulations to all the winners from this action packed week of curling!... (click here to view entire post on author's website) -
The Ontario Curling Council will host seven (7) U15 Challenge Cups on the weekend of March 30-31, 2019, we look forward to welcoming curlers to Belleville, Schomberg, St Catharines, Forest, Thessalon, Fort Frances and Kakabeka Falls..;nbsp; We are pleased to offer these developmental opportunities to curlers aged 14 and under. U15 Challenge Cups are a developmental competition using alternative formats to help develop skills of curlers.;nbsp;;nbsp; (click here to view entire post on author's website) -
Rick Lang had an awkward start with success. His first purple heart was won as third for Bill Tetley, but he had spared for Tom Todd and the uncertainty of who would go to the Brier hung over that evening's banquet. Rick did make the trip and their rink would win the 1975 Brier in Fredericton but fall short at the World Championships a few weeks later. The next season Rick was back on the open market. Eventually he teamed with Al Hackner and they found immediate success, reaching the 1980 Brier final before losing to Rick Folk. After a heartbreaking loss to Kerry Burtnyk the next season, Rick and Al, along with second Bob Nichol and lead Bruce Kennedy, finally won the Brier in 1982. In 1985, with the new front end of Ian Tetley and Pat Perroud, Rick and Al... (click here to view entire post on author's website) -
Rick Lang had an awkward start with success.;nbsp; His first purple heart was won as third for Bill Tetley, but he had spared for Tom Todd and the uncertainty of who would go to the Brier hung over that evening's banquet.;nbsp; Rick did make the trip and their rink would win the 1975 Brier in Fredericton but fall short at the World Championships a few weeks later.;nbsp; The next season Rick was back on the open market.;nbsp; Eventually he teamed with Al Hackner and they found immediate success, reaching the 1980 Brier final before losing to Rick Folk. After a heartbreaking loss to Kerry Burtnyk the next season, Rick and Al, along with second Bob Nichol and lead Bruce Kennedy, finally won the Brier in 1982.;nbsp; In 1985, with the new front end of Ian Tetley and Pat Perroud, Rick and Al... (click here to view entire post on author's website) -
The Canadian Olympic Trials took place a year ago this week. As I was packing my stuff at the media bench following the men's final in Ottawa I decided I would not write my final thoughts on the Trials for a year to see which moments would stick with me from a week of watching the action, being in the media zone and interacting with the players and the people that surround them. One year removed, here are the moments that I remember from the 2017 Canadian Olympic Trials (click here to view entire post on author's website) -
Well, like I said, the best laid plans of mice and men...
I had hoped to provide a daily installment of our time at the 55+ BC Senior Games, however things got a wee bit busy after the first blog on this topic. In between playing games and having some fun, a few domestic issues (a house sale that almost went sideways-due to a buyer getting edgy about pets) crept in which took a bunch of my off ice attention. Plus, the back end was very busy teaching the front end the proper way to play liars dice.
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Due to other commitments, the No Stones Left Unturned blog will be on hiatus until further notice. Thanks to everyone who has read and enjoyed the blog thus far. Hope to be back soon.-Bobbie (click here to view entire post on author's website)
I'm not saying it's over and I will never see you again, but I am saying we need to change things up and see how it goes. In the meantime, I have some things I need to say to you. (click here to view entire post on author's website)
On this weekâs stupendous, 100%-curling-there-is-no-point-in-even-listening-if-you-arenât-interested-in-it episode of 99 Friendship, Carolyn and I spend the full half hour recapping the Roar of the Rings, the curling tournament in Ottawa where Canadaâs curling gods decided that Rachel Homan and Kevin Koe would represent our nation at the upcoming winter Olympics in South Korea. (click here to view entire post on author's website)
CurlingZone's Gerry Geurts and Jamie Korab discuss the importance of small curling clubs for communities and sport in the Rural Routes podcast. (click here to view entire post on author's website)
ast weekendâs Everest Curling Challenge in Fredericton, New Brunswick saw an experiment with adding 2 points for covering the pin. (click here to view entire post on author's website)
Reid Carruthers is a Canadian curler. He skips his own team based out of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Carruthers has won the 2016 Canada Cup of Curling, 2017 WFG Continental Cup of Curling as part of Team North America, and the 2017 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. He is currently representing Canada at the 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Lethbridge, Alberta with Joanne Courtney. (click here to view entire post on author's website)
Adapting to changes in the sport of curling will reduce the threat that is posited by doomsayers. Curling has emerged as both a sport and a recreation, but it is the recreation side that attracts 95% of your market. (click here to view entire post on author's website)
Included: That time Rachel Homan beat him in a FG kicking contest... (click here to view entire post on author's website)
Yes, I know, it's been more than awhile since I've put fingers to keyboard on my blog site. Thank you to the many who have sent emails and made telephone calls to inquire if I was, well, OK! I doubt I've never been fully OK, but thanks, I'm fine!;nbsp;So what's the reason for the no blogs for several months? I made a deal with myself that I wouldn't write just for the sake of writing. If there wasn't something to say, I wasn't going to say it! But now there is and it's time to reach into the electronic mailbag to answer an email sent from someone for whom I have great respect. His name is John Newhook from one of my favourite cities in Canada, Halifax. I had the joy of spending an afternoon with John at the iconic Mayflower CC as he walked me through... (click here to view entire post on author's website)
In case you have missed what is going on, Twitter has predicted the outcome of the February 12 Mens and Womens Round Robin games two days early in our completely scientific NerdCurl US Curling Twitter National Championships. (click here to view entire post on author's website)
The back half of the 2016-2017 curling season kicks off this week with the Meridian Canadian Open on the World Curling Tour and the USA Nationals Challenge Rounds taking place closer to home. A preview of the challenge rounds, highlights from an interview with Thomas Howell (lead for the top-ranked Heath McCormick rink) as their team embarks on its first Grand Slam of Curling event, and the updated rankings are on-tap in this weeks edition. (click here to view entire post on author's website)
e premise of this article is to vocalize my disdain for the current format, not necessarily the structure for which the bonspiel is set up but more precisely the flawed qualification process that has been implemented to secure a spot in this event. (click here to view entire post on author's website)
Never in that period of time have I witnessed the tumult in the sport that we have seen in the past few years. In the eye of this tornado has been the pads we curlers use on our brushes. (click here to view entire post on author's website)
Team Smith claimed the Oakville OCT Fall Classic menâs title and $3,000 prize money by defeating Team McCormick of the USA 7-2 in the final. (click here to view entire post on author's website)
I wanted to have a forum to discuss minor notes from in and around the curling world. Short House will do that for me, from time to time when I have quick thoughts about goings on you can find them here. Often it is a tall task for me to keep my writing brief but I will try.Sweeping Summit releaseThis past week the World Curling Federation released a statement updating the process of the Sweeping Summit that was held in Kemptville earlier this spring. The statement outlines initial findings and recommendations.As is the norm with the current "instant information" world that we live in, many are craving the full NRC results and data. Patience is not a virtue that sports fans let alone curling fans hold. Although we all would have loved the information to be released in real time in... (click here to view entire post on author's website)
DISCLAIMER! I sometimes work for Curling Canada, but have little to no idea whats going on at the Summit. Im not at all involved in it. These are my musings, thoughts, and opinions. There is nothing official about any of this
Cheers Brian Chick
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you know what we havent talked about lately? SWEEPING!
Of course, this years buzz topic has already been beaten into the ground. Weve seen a million articles (some of which I wrote), blog posts, videos, and heard a million more anecdotes about what is possible with brush X vs. what you can do with brush Y. There were about 143 different rule changes, depending on which level(s) of competition you played, and endless debates about what sweeping can do, should do, shouldnt do, and what they the associations should... (click here to view entire post on author's website)
Theres something a little odd about the sport of curling, and I dont mean the design of Team Norways pants. (click here to view entire post on author's website)
Don Landry of Yahoo Sports wrote a great preview of the Tim Hortons Brier today and we'd love to hear your thoughts on his choices and your own predictions!https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/eh-game/brier-2015--contenders--challengers-and-long-shots-184308457.htmlTell his bosses at Yahoo that curling matters by posting them to his blog. Click on the link above, read and/or scroll down to the View Comments link and VERY IMPORTANT, post something in the comments section!Something positive about the Brier, about curling that may show Yahoo that they should be investing more into our great sport!Sharing is caring! (click here to view entire post on author's website)
Sadly, I was only able to make the Saturday sessions.;nbsp; See travelling on business?;nbsp; Nightmare!;nbsp; Anyhow, up we went to Perth, there to watch things and dream of times past.I don't know about anyone else, but I always find it very difficult to support one team.;nbsp; It was easier in olden times when teams represented ice rinks and comprised typically local players.;nbsp; The Torrance rink was from Hamilton and the Hay rink from Perth; if the skips name was Adam or Horton, chances were that they were from Glasgow and the Hendersons were Aberdeen born and bred.;nbsp; So, if you went to Dundee or Perth or Kirkcaldy, there to watch the Scottish Championship finals in February, you had "your" team.Now - it's a nightmare!;nbsp; Four of us decided to sit in the bleachers... (click here to view entire post on author's website)
Jean-Michel Menard's guest blog the other day has seemingly rubbed at least one fellow athlete the wrong way. Speedskater Ivanie Blondin sent out a Tweet saying that she felt he was acting a bit spoiled.Feeling embarrassed for this guy. I'd count myself extremely lucky to be treated half as good as how he is treated http://t.co/mztiwkzzmuâ;quot; Ivanie Blondin (@IvanieB) April 2, 2015Menard said that he was bothered by the constant erosion of perks and accessibility given to the curlers at the Brier. Of course everything is relative. If you haven't had any of that stuff, you don't know what you're missing. And certainly most other athletes don't get treated as the men curlers do at the Brier. Even the women at the Scotties never had it quite as good as the men.... (click here to view entire post on author's website)
Hello everyone. ;nbsp;This year has been busy with a new 'regular' job for me. ;nbsp;Over the summer I was at the Arena Nationals in Cedar Rapids. ;nbsp;You can see the pictures here:;nbsp;http://www.rhphoto.net/arenanatsIn the fall I was at the St Paul Cash Spiel. ;nbsp;The pictures aren't totally done yet. ;nbsp;You can see the pictures which are done here:;nbsp;http://www.rhphoto.net/stpaulcash2015I shot the Junior Olympic Trials Finals in Blaine this fall. ;nbsp;This photo set is pretty much done. You can see the pictures here:;nbsp;http://www.rhphoto.net/p713273371 The events I'm scheduled to shoot coming up are: ;nbsp;US Open of Curling 2016 in Blaine, Mixed Nationals 2016 in Blaine, US Junior Nationals 2016 (playoffs) in Wilmar, ;nbsp;and US Nationals in Jacksonville,... (click here to view entire post on author's website)
We have developed a NEW website for the blog 2.You will still have everything you like including the ability for you to submit comments.We would like to thank you for using this site to tell your stories and submit your ideas!As the sport grows so do we! We hope you like our new site!www.wcblog2.com (click here to view entire post on author's website)
The Team Glenn Howard Fantasy Curling Camp wrapped up at the Guelph Curling Club on Sunday afternoon, ending three days of - of - of what? Learning, laughing, and a fair bit of pain (delivery, after delivery, after delivery....!) Moments of illumination, moments (long ones!) of frustration. Good times with new friends. Lots of failure. A few successes. And a long list of "Things I'm going to do (click here to view entire post on author's website)
Seven time winner Eve Muirhead is aiming to reclaim the title at this week's Scottish Championships after missing out on the event last year while she was representing Team Great Britain at the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.
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The Ontario Curling Council will host seven (7) U15 Challenge Cups on the weekend of March 30-31, 2019, we look forward to welcoming curlers to Belleville,... (read more)
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Rick Lang had an awkward start with success. His first purple heart was won as third for Bill Tetley, but he had spared for Tom Todd and the uncertainty... (read more)
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Rick Lang had an awkward start with success.;nbsp; His first purple heart was won as third for Bill Tetley, but he had spared for Tom Todd and the uncertainty... (read more)
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The Canadian Olympic Trials took place a year ago this week. As I was packing my stuff at the media bench following the men's final in Ottawa I decided I would... (read more)
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