Monthly Archives: March 2010

PEI’s Gordon MacFadyen rink from the Summerside Fire Department lost both their Wednesday games, 9-7 to the Northwest Territories, and 5-4 to Manitoba, and have a 2-6 win-loss record going into the final two round robin games on Thursday at the Canadian … Continue reading →

PEI’s Clair Sweet rink are 4-2,  while the Jeanne Duffenais team are 2-3 following round robin play at the Canadian Masters curling Championships, for curlers age 60 and over, at the Thistle St. Andrews Curling Club in Saint John NB. … Continue reading →

Teams from across Atlantic Canada begin play on Friday at the Atlantic Under 18 Curling Championships at the Riverside Golf and Curling Club in Rothesay NB. PEI is represented by the  Sylvan Learning Provincial 17 and Under champions, the Tiffany Sweet and … Continue reading →

The Dominion Canadian Curling Club Championship takes place at the Charlottetown and Cornwall Curling Clubs from November 23-28, 2010. Volunteers are required for the following areas: Drivers, Timers, Player Liaison, Media and Marketing, Decoration and signage, Prizes, Apparel and Merchandising, Charity, … Continue reading →

Juniors: Get an early start on next season at the Maritime Junior Competitive League, which runs Sept. 4-Oct 9 at the Beausejour Curling Club in Moncton NB. For more information, contact Carmen Marshall at  cmarshall@bellaliant.net (new email address) or 506-386-7229.

The 10th annual Whitecap Curling Academy takes place at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax August 8-13, and August 15-20 2010. Whitecap Curling Academy is an exciting and popular summer curling camp for junior curlers, age 12-19, from the Atlantic … Continue reading →

Curling clubs across Atlantic Canada are invited  to participate in an exciting weekend of learning and sharing for Board of Directors, Managers, Coaches, Curlers and Ice Technicians.  The 2010 Curling Symposium 2010 will take place APRIL 30th-May 1st at Mount … Continue reading →

Scholarship Curl Atlantic has implemented a scholarship to curlers who have enrolled full time in a post secondary institution. The intention of these awards is to allow talented athletes to devote primary sources of time and energy to training, rather … Continue reading →

Day two is over at the Canadian Masters Curling Championships, for curlers age 60 and over, taking place in Saint John New Brunswick. PEI’s men’s team, skipped by O’Leary’s Clair Sweet, split their games today,  losing 5-2 to Ontario, but beating … Continue reading →

PEI’s Gordon MacFadyen rink from the Summerside Fire Department had an 8-5 win over Alberta in the morning draw, aided by a 6th end triple, but lost to BC, also by an 8-5 score, in the afternoon round today at the … Continue reading →

Courtesy of Waldron Leard, here’s a picture of the rink of Shane MacClure, Mike Outhouse, Mike McIntosh, and David Outhouse, winners of the PEI Four Year and Under Curling Championships held at the Souris Curling Club in the winter of … Continue reading →

The Souris Curling Bonspiel, with 40 teams taking part,  gets underway on Thursday at the Eastern Kings Sports Arena. It’s the first bonspiel in the area since the Souris Curling Club closed in 1992.  Four sheets of curling ice have been installed … Continue reading →

MARIO ANNICCHIARICO Canwest News Service EDMONTON — Jennifer Jones’ self-destruction at the Ford world women’s curling championship last weekend may be a valuable lesson for Kevin Koe’s rink as it heads to Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, for the start of the … Continue reading →

Courtesy of Waldron Leard, here’s a link to photos from the preparations yesterday at the Eastern Kings Sports Centre in Souris to turn the hockey rink into a curling facility for this weekend’s 40 team bonspiel: http://www.flickr.com/photos/shywriter55/sets/72157623606560335/

(CCA) Alberta’s Mark Johnson and BC’s Christine Jurgenson captured their respective divisions at the 2010 World Financial Group Canadian Senior Men’s and Women’s curling championships Sunday at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club in Ottawa, Ontario. Johnson and teammates Marv … Continue reading →

After opening day play at the Canadian Masters Curling Championship,  in Saint John NB, PEI’s Clair Sweet rink sits at 1-1, while the Jeanne Duffenais foursome are 0-2 in the women’s section. Masters curlers are age 60 and over. Sweet, with  … Continue reading →

The Gordon MacFadyen rink from the Summerside Fire Department have a 1-3 win-loss record after losing both Monday games at the Canadian Firefighters Curling Championship in Regina. They lost their morning game 9-3 to Northern Ontario, who scored a deuce in the … Continue reading →

PEI, represented by the Gordon MacFadyen rink out from the Summerside Fire Department. had the bye in the first draw on Sunday, and picked up a 9-4 win over Quebec in the second draw to improve to 1-1 at the Canadian Firefighters … Continue reading →

OTTAWA (CP) – British Columbia won the women’s final 10-6 over New Brunswick while Alberta took the men’s title 7-4 over Ontario at the Canadian senior curling championship Sunday. Click to read this story at TSN.ca

SWIFT CURRENT, March 28, 2010 Germany’s 45-year-old Andrea Schoepp of Garmisch-Partenkirchen became the oldest skip in history the win the Ford World women’s championship on Sunday afternoon, defeating 19-year-old Eve Muirhead and her Scottish crew from Dunkeld by a 8-6 … Continue reading →

By Larry Wood, Eye Opener Editor, CCA SWIFT CURRENT, March 28, 2010 — Canada’s Jennifer Jones salvaged a bronze medal from the Ford World women’s curling championship, presented by Monsanto, Sunday, defeating 22-year-old Cecilia Ostlund and her young Swedish team … Continue reading →

OTTAWA (TSN/CP) — New Brunswick’s Heidi Hanlon scored four in the final end to pull out an 8-7 victory over Northern Ontario’s Vicky Barrett in semifinal play at the Canadian women’s senior curling championship Saturday. Hanlon will face B.C.’s Christine … Continue reading →

By Larry Wood, Eye Opener Editor SWIFT CURRENT, March 27 – It was all about Eve on Saturday at the Ford World women’s curling championship, presented by Monsanto. Eve Muirhead, the 19-year-old Scottish curler from Dunkeld, and her team of … Continue reading →

Eve Muirhead of Scotland beat Team Canada’s Jennifer Jones by a 10-4 score this evening to win the semi-final and advance to the gold medal game at the Ford World Women’s Curling Championships in Swift Current Sask. The Scots will … Continue reading →

The Gordon MacFadyen rink from the Summerside Fire Department lost their opener, 6-5 to Nova Scotia (Greg Oikle from Bridgewater) at the  51st annual Canadian Fire Fighters Muscular Dystrophy Hydrant Curling Championship, which got underway today  in Regina. Other members of the PEI team … Continue reading →