Monthly Archives: February 2010

By Ryan Johnston, CTVOlympics.ca VANCOUVER — Kevin Martin redeemed his last rock miss in Salt Lake City by winning gold on home soil Saturday, beating Norway 6-3. The gold medal was the third for Canada on a banner second-last day. … Continue reading →

By Bob Weeks, The Globe and Mail Silver simply won’t do it this time. Eight years ago, Kevin Martin came away from the Olympics with a second-place medal and while he would have preferred gold, he wasn’t unsatisfied with his … Continue reading →

The PEI Curling Association will hold a general meeting at 8 pm on Monday March 1st at the Cornwall Curling Club. The Event Rotation Committee will meet prior to that meeting, at 7 pm.

Switzerland beat Sweden 5-4 this afternoon to win the bronze medal at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.  Sweden was heavy on their last rock, giving Switzerland the draw for the deuce. It was heavy, too, but hit the other Swiss … Continue reading →

The curling portion of the  PEI 55+ Games will take place March 2-5 at the Charlottetown Curling Club, with Open and Women’s stick curling categories, along with traditional curling, in Men, Women, and Mixed categories in the 55+ and 65+ age … Continue reading →

VANCOUVER — Canada’s Cheryl Bernard finally ran out of miracles, missing a pair of gold-medal winning shots in the 10th and 11th ends to lose to 7-6 to Sweden’s Anette Norberg on Friday. It was the second consecutive gold medal … Continue reading →

Cheryl Bernard attempted a double with the final shot in an extra end against Sweden’s Annette Norberg, but couldn’t hold the line, leaving one Swedish stone, to lose 7-6 at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, and take the Silver medal. In the … Continue reading →

The 2010 CIS / CCA University Curling Championships – presented by The Dominion – will be held March 10-14 at the Saville Sports Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, with 14 men’s and 12 women’s teams taking part.   The winning teams from … Continue reading →

  The Big Ticket for the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts – February 19 – 27 in the Charlottetown Civic Centre – now comes with an innovative new option, Host Committee Chair Kim Dolan announced today.   “After all the … Continue reading →

By Rod Mickleburgh, The Globe and Mail VANCOUVER – Jeff Maystruck lined up early, dressed in green like all good Saskatchewan Roughrider fanatics. Green sneakers, green jockey shorts on the outside of his green tights, green football jersey, green cape … Continue reading →

By Bob Weeks, The Globe and Mail It may not have been their best win of the week, but it clearly was the sweetest. Cheryl Bernard and her team of Susan O’Connor, Carolyn Darbyshire and Cori Bartel battled through some … Continue reading →

By Bob Weeks, The Globe and Mail VANCOUVER – It took him eight long years, but Kevin Martin has worked his way right back to where he wants to be, playing for a gold medal at the Olympic Games. Martin … Continue reading →

Click to view a photo gallery from Wednesday’s charity match between K-Rock 1055 and the Kathy O’Rourke/Erin Carmody rink at the Charlottetown Curling Club.

By Bob Weeks, The Globe and Mail Sweden is moving up and Great Britain is moving out. EDIN Niklas and his Swedish rink upset Britain’s David Murdoch 7-6 in a tiebreaker on Wednesday, knocking the reigning world champions out of … Continue reading →

The defending champion duo of Walter Callaghan and John Vincent from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton edged the Gordie MacDonald/Floyd Stewart twosome from Montague by a 5-4 score this afternoon to win the men’s and mixed section of … Continue reading →

By Bob Weeks, CTVOlympics.ca Kevin Martin wanted to go into the playoffs on a roll and he accomplished that by driving a steamroller over the Chinese team Tuesday in his final round robin contest. The game meant nothing to the … Continue reading →

By Sunny Dhillon, The Canadian Press VANCOUVER – Nineteen-year-old British skip Eve Muirhead entered the Vancouver Olympics as something of a darkhorse in the curling competition and the three-time junior world champion looked every bit the contender when she won … Continue reading →

CTVOlympics.ca By Bob Weeks, CTVOlympics.ca VANCOUVER — With the exception of winning a medal, there’s not much left for Cheryl Bernard’s team to accomplish at these Winter Games. With two wins on Tuesday Canada wrapped up the round robin in … Continue reading →

Round robin play wrapped up on Tuesday afternoon at the Ferguson Funeral Homes Provincial Stick Curling Championships at the Crapaud Community Curling Club, with the top three teams from each round robin pool advancing to the Wednesday championship round. Round … Continue reading →

Five teams remain undefeated following opening day round robin play at the fourth annual Ferguson Funeral Homes Provincial Stick Curling Championship at the Crapaud Community Curling Club. In the five team women’s division, the Shirley Lank/Ruth Walsh duo from Cornwall and … Continue reading →

Photo (L-R): Glen MacLean (coach), Matthew MacLean, Marshall Smallman, Kevin Gallant, Alan MacLean The Matthew MacLean rink from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary stole a deuce in the first end, and scored five points in the third on the … Continue reading →

 THE K-ROCK  CURLING CLASH The challenge has been made and accepted. The stakes are unimaginable… the pressure will be intense. Who will be crowned champion in the Grudge Match of the Year? Join us at the Charlottetown Curling Club Wednesday February … Continue reading →

The combined Cornwall/Charlottetown rink of Shirley Berry, Sandy Hope, Shelley Ebbett, and Arleen Harris, with coach Butch McGee, beat the Karen MacDonald foursome from the Charlottetown Curling Club by a 9-1 score this morning to win the Credit Unions of … Continue reading →

By Bob Weeks, The Globe and Mail VANCOUVER — One goal down and one to go. Kevin Martin accomplished the first half of what he set out to do in Vancouver – securing first place and reaching the medal round. … Continue reading →

By Bob Weeks, The Globe and Mail Canada is perfect no more. After five straight wins to open the Olympics, Cheryl Bernard’s rink finally suffered its first loss, a dramatic 6-5 extra end decision to the reigning world champions from … Continue reading →