Monthly Archives: December 2009

By Larry Wood Editor, Morning Roar EDMONTON, December 8…What’s that old cliché? You’ve got to be good to be lucky, and vice-versa? Cheryl Bernard of Calgary knows all about it as she heads into the last three rounds of the … Continue reading →

Todd Kimberley Morning Roar Associate Editor EDMONTON, December 8, 2009 — Wayne Middaugh is on the rocks here at the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings, and he’s pointing a finger at . . . the rocks. Toronto’s Middaugh, skipping … Continue reading →

By Larry Wood Editor, Morning Roar EDMONTON, December 7…Cheryl Bernard’s black-clad express train is picking up a head of steam. And it’s closing in on the halfway mark en route to playoff contention in the women’s division of the Tim … Continue reading →

By Larry Wood Editor, Morning Roar EDMONTON, December 7…The mark of a curling champ often turns out to be the guy who best emulates Erich Weiss. Erich who? Well, you might know him better by his stage name — Harry … Continue reading →

Todd Kimberley Morning Roar Associate Editor EDMONTON, December 7, 2009 – Jennifer Jones has no margin for error now. The dominant name in Canadian women’s curling for the past two years, Jones is now skipping the only women’s winless entry … Continue reading →

The PEI curling championship season kicks off this weekend, with the Provincial Senior Mixed, for mixed teams age 50 and over, taking place at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside. Five rinks are entered, with three of … Continue reading →

Play gets underway Friday morning at 9 in the Canada Games Curling Trials at the Charlottetown Curling Club. Four junior men’s teams, and an equal number of junior women’s rinks will play double round robin formats to determine PEI’s representatives … Continue reading →

By Larry Wood Editor, Morning Roar EDMONTON, December 6…It was the brash kid in the ring with the cagey old champ. The kid fired salvos from everywhere, overhand rights and left uppercuts, and the champ ducked and dived and, as … Continue reading →

By Larry Wood Editor, Morning Roar EDMONTON, December 6…If you were looking for teams wearing targets on their backs during the opening round of the Tim Hortons Canadian Curling Trials, women’s division, they weren’t hard to find. Like, defending champion … Continue reading →

The Derek Ellard rink from New Brunswick beat PEI’s Eddie MacKenzie foursome in this afternoon’s final to win the Hub City Shootout cashspiel in Moncton NB. Other members of the Ellard team are Dave Nowlan, who is originally from Summerside, … Continue reading →

SUMMERSIDE – The second annual senior cashspiel gets underway at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club today. Click to read this story in the Journal-Pioneer.

EDMONTON, December 2, 2009…The much-anticipated Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings Canadian Curling Trials, presented by Monsanto, get underway Sunday at Rexall Place in Edmonton.   Over the course of the week, eight men’s and eight women’s teams will compete … Continue reading →

ST. ALBERT, Alberta, December 2, 2009 (CCA/WCF)…The Canadian Curling Association (CCA) and the World Curling Federation (WCF) today announced that the 2011 World Financial Group Continental Cup, presented by Monsanto, has been awarded to St. Albert, Alberta. The unique international … Continue reading →

Due to insufficient signup, the Island Petroleum Provincial Junior Mixed Curling Championships, scheduled for December 26-29 at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club have been postponed until a later date, yet to be determined.

Nov. 30-I got over to the finals of the Dominion Curling Club Championship yesterday and witnessed a couple of very good games, one with a rather strange conclusion. First, the event. By all accounts – and I mean all accounts … Continue reading →