ENGLAND BEAT KOREA TO GO CLEAR AT TOP OF TABLEAnna Fowler;'s superb double take out with the final stone of the seventh end wrapped up a 9-4 victory for England to take them clear at the top of their pool at the World Mixed Doubles Championship in Norway.;nbsp; Up against Korea;'s Hyeri Jang and Chiwon Choi, the only other unbeaten pairing in Pool E as the fourth day of competition got underway, she and brother Ben had identified the match as potentially crucial and had prepared accordingly. ;'We knew it was going to be our biggest game of the group stages as Korea were also unbeaten, so we were really up for it and were just making sure we had everything in order before we went out on the ice and knew exactly what we wanted to go out there and do,;rdquo; she explained. Things did... (click here to view entire post on author's website)

Registration for Curl BC's Golf Tournament Fundraiser in support of the Curling for Life Endowment Fund is now open! The event is taking place at Mt Paul Golf Course in Kamloops on June 7. The event takes place in the run-up to Curl BC's Business of Curling Symposium. However, anyone can take part in the golf tournament – you do not have to be a Business of Curling delegate. The funds will go towards the Curling for Life Endowment Fund. The income from the invested money is used to support curling in the province. In previous years it has provided member facilities with technical, marketing and strategic help. After the golf tournament, the Business of Curling Symposium (June 7-9) will provide some great networking, and the chance for your management team or key volunteers to learn... (click here to view entire post on author's website)

A record 48 nations competing. 16 playoff spots. 1 world champion. As the final year of open entry, time to adopt a promotion/relegation system? PLUS preview ALL 6 groups (click here to view entire post on author's website)

In the 24th Episode (Season 4) Mary begins with an embarrassing curling confession!  The girls recount their road trip to the Player's Championship in Toronto: fun stories from around the Mattamy Centre and meeting some of the podcast listeners.  Lori and Mary take on the 60 second recap challenge of the men's and women's finals.  Congratulations to Team Bottcher and to Team Einerson for their Player's Championship wins.  Lori interviews Karrick Martin, Robin Silvernagle and the dynamic duo of Rachelle Brown and Dana Ferguson in a favourite "Things That Make Us Go Hmmm" segment.  The girls discuss the recent team change for Team Epping and the online controversy it sparked.  Finally the GIVEAWAY contest winners are announced!  Thank you to... (click here to view entire post on author's website)

Harvey Mazinke influenced curling as a player and a builder.  Growing up in Manitoba, Harvey reached the Brier in 1964 with Bruce Hudson, but moved to Saskatchewan a few years later.  Eventually he built a team of Billy Martin at third, George Achtymichuk at second and Dan Klippenstein at lead.  In 1973 they broke through to win the Brier in Edmonton.  The reward was a return trip home to Regina for the World's where an unbeaten record was spoiled by a loss to Sweden in the final game.  In Part 1 of our conversation, Harvey talks about that championship game and how an alarm clock may have changed the outcome.  He explains his role as the first player representative for the CCA and shares details of the change in Brier sponsorship from Macdonald... (click here to view entire post on author's website)

Harvey Mazinke influenced curling as a player and a builder.;nbsp; Growing up in Manitoba, Harvey reached the Brier in 1964 with Bruce Hudson, but moved to Saskatchewan a few years later.;nbsp; Eventually he built a team of Billy Martin at third,;nbsp;George Achtymichuk at second and;nbsp;Dan Klippenstein at lead.;nbsp; In 1973 they broke through to win the Brier in Edmonton.;nbsp; The reward was a return trip home to Regina for the World's where an unbeaten record was spoiled by a loss to Sweden in the final game.;nbsp; In Part 1 of our conversation, Harvey talks about that championship game and how an alarm clock may have changed the outcome.;nbsp; He explains his role as the first player representative for the CCA and shares details of the change in Brier sponsorship from Macdonald... (click here to view entire post on author's website)

Curling Canada has rescheduled the Competition Development workshop which was cancelled earlier this year for May 2-5, 2019.;nbsp; The workshop will take place at the Canadian Sport Institute of Ontario (Morningside/401) in Toronto. An Online Delivery Option for coaches living more than 300 km away is available. There is a very short registration window for this workshop – registration must be completed by April 26, 2019 at 9:00 am.;nbsp; Minimum numbers must be attained for workshop to proceed. ;nbsp; Workshop Date:;nbsp; May 2-5, 2019 Workshop Location:;nbsp; Canadian Sport Institute of Ontario, Toronto Pan Am Centre,;nbsp;100-875 Morningside Avenue, Toronto ON M1C 0C7 Two Delivery Options - Minimum In-person numbers will apply for workshop to run: 1) In-Person (includes two Integrated... (click here to view entire post on author's website)

We are in downtown Toronto this week for the Grand Slam of Curling's Players' Championship! And even more rare is the fact that TESN's Joe and Price are together for this week's podcast recording. Our special guest this week is four-time U.S. Olympic curler Debbie McCormick! Working now as a rep for Goldline, Debbie talked with Price about an array of topics. You don't want to miss this one. Plus The Godfather filled us in on Rochester Curling Club's charity bonspiel "The Gathering" last weekend. We also talked about things here at the Players' and what Joe's first Grand Slam experience has been like so far! (click here to view entire post on author's website)

The curling history exhibition, 'Curling: made in Scotland', opened today (February 20, 2019) at Hampden Park, Glasgow. The Scottish Football Museum has an additional space for temporary exhibitions, and the curling exhibition will be held here until June 16.The exhibition relies heavily on the David B Smith bequest to the Scottish Curling Trust. David died in 2015 and his huge collection of curling memorabilia has been in store in Stirling since then. David's brother, daughter and son, and their partners, were present for the opening. Also on display are treasures acquired by the Royal Caledonian Curling Club over the years, and also more recent acquisitions by the Scottish Curling Trust.Do visit if you possibly can. Curling's history is very special. Scottish Curling's... (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 – 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 – 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 – but the teams remained Regional/Provincial. At... (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. (click here to view entire post on author's website)

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 week’s stupendous, 100%-curling-there-is-no-point-in-even-listening-if-you-aren’t-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 Canada’s 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 weekend’s 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)

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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 week’s 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 men’s 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 what’s going on at the Summit. I’m not at all involved in it. These are my musings, thoughts, and opinions. There is nothing official about any of this… Cheers – Brian Chick Hey… you know what we haven’t talked about lately? SWEEPING! Of course, this year’s buzz topic has already been beaten into the ground. We’ve 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, shouldn’t do, and what “they” – the associations – should... (click here to view entire post on author's website)

There’s something a little odd about the sport of curling, and I don’t mean the design of Team Norway’s 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)

We are in downtown Toronto this week for the Grand Slam of Curling's Players' Championship! And even more rare is the fact that TESN's Joe and Price are together... (read more)

The curling history exhibition, 'Curling: made in Scotland', opened today (February 20, 2019) at Hampden Park, Glasgow. The Scottish Football Museum... (read more)

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... (read more)

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)

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... (read more)