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. Opening draw is 9 pm … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2010
The Big Four are still the Big Four…so far By Larry Wood Tankard Times Editor HALIFAX, March 8, 2010 — Going in, the experts were calling them the Brier’s Big Four. Three days and eight draws later, they still are … Continue reading
HALIFAX — The opposition’s ability to generate big ends proved costly for P.E.I., which lost its first three games at the 2010 Tim Hortons Brier over the weekend. The Rod MacDonald rink from the Charlottetown Curling Club dropped a 7-6 … Continue reading
The Charlottetown Curling Club’s Robert Campbell rink beat their clubmates, the Bill Hope foursome by an 8-3 score this evening to win the M&M Meat Shops Provincial Mixed Curling Championship at the Crapaud Community Curling Club. Campbell, and his team … Continue reading
Larry Wood Tankard Times Editor HALIFAX, March 7 – Ontario’s Glenn Howard moved to the front of the Tim Hortons Brier pack at the Metro Centre on Sunday afternoon, concluding a sweep of its day’s assignments with a tight 7-6 … Continue reading
The Charlottetown Curling Club rink of Bill and Sandy Hope, David Murphy, and Shelley Ebbett beat the Eddie MacKenzie team, also from Charlottetown, by an 8-3 score in the B final of the M&M Meat Shops PEI Mixed Curling Champioship … Continue reading
Photo (L-R): Audrey Callaghan (PEICA/Western CCC), Veronica Smith, Katie Fullerton, Sabrina Smith, Chloe McCloskey, Paul Smith (coach) The Veronica Smith rink from the Cornwall Curling Club, which includes 3rd Katie Fullerton, 2nd Sabrina Smith, and lead Chloe McCloskey, with coaches … Continue reading
Todd Kimberley Tankard Times Associate Editor HALIFAX, March 7, 2010 – Theft was the name of the game Sunday morning at the Tim Hortons Brier, presented by Monsanto. Ontario’s Glenn Howard made three critical mid-game steals to stay undefeated, Saskatchewan’s … Continue reading
This afternoon’s feature game on TSN, getting underway now, is between Kevin Koe of Alberta and Rod MacDonald of PEI.
There will be a championship game at seven this evening in the M&M Meat Shops Provincial Mixed Curling Championship, being played at the Crapaud Community Curling Club, as the Robert Campbell rink, who win the A final, lost their B … Continue reading
It will be the Caroline Rose rink from Montague against the Veronica Smith rink from Cornwall in the final, set for 2 this afternoon in for the M&M Meat Shops 15 and Under Curling Championships at the Western Community Curling … Continue reading
New Brunswick the first day leader at Tim Hortons Brier Larry Wood, Tankard Times Editor (CCA) HALIFAX, March 6 – The guy they used to call Jimmy The Kid, resulting from an exciting third-place finish at a Calgary Brier in … Continue reading
The Robert Campbell foursome, which includes third Rebecca Jean MacPhee, second Robbie Doherty, and lead Jackie Reid are in the driver’s seat at the M&M Meat Shops Provincial Mixed Curling Championship, which wraps up today at the Crapaud Community Curling … Continue reading
The combined Charlottetown/Maple Leaf rink of Kyle Hughes, Matthew MacLean, Marshall Smallman, and Jonathan Schut, with coach Shannon Smallman, beat the Alex Matters foursome from Charlottetown by a 7-2 score Saturday evening to win the boys division of the M&M … Continue reading
By Larry Wood Tankard Times Editor Halifax, March 6 – Glenn Howard set the trend early Saturday in the Ford Hot Shots skills showdown at the Metro Centre. Playing in the quarter-final round, the Ontario skip contributed a 26/30 performance, … Continue reading
By Larry Wood Tankard Times Editor HALIFAX, March 5 – A Tim Hortons Brier without Kevin Martin? The guy who won the last two Briers, his last 26 Brier matches, with unbeaten records unheard of at the legendary event since, … Continue reading
JASON SIMMONDS The Journal Pioneer SUMMERSIDE – The Rod MacDonald rink from the Charlottetown Curling Club certainly knows what to expect at the 2010 Tim Hortons Brier. MacDonald, third stone Kevin Champion, second stone Mark O’Rourke and lead Andrew Robinson … Continue reading
Draw four is complete at the double-knockout M&M Meat Shops Provincial Mixed Curling Championship at the Crapaud Community Curling Club, with four Charlottetown Curling Club teams, skipped by Bill Hope, Adam Casey, Robert Campbell, and defending champion Kyle Stevenson, still … Continue reading
After opening day round robin play at the M&M Meat Shops Provincial age 15 and Under Curling Championships at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, one boy’s team, and two girl’s rinks remain undefeated with 2-0 win-loss records. In … Continue reading
PEI’s youngest curling champions will be crowned next weekend (March 12-14) at the KFC Provincial Age 12 and Under championships, which will take place at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton (site of the M&M Meat Shops 15 and Under this … Continue reading
Several hundred curling fans waited for up to two hours in Halifax Friday for a chance to meet Olympic gold medallist Kevin Martin and his rink. The men’s curling champions were in Halifax for a meet-and-greet with fans attending the … Continue reading
The roster for the Adam Casey rink has been changed to Skip – Adam Casey, Third – Erin Carmody, Second – Nick van Ouwerkerk, Lead – Abbey Burgess
ERIC MCCARTHY The Journal Pioneer O’LEARY – Great social times. Bonspiels so popular that teams had to be turned away. Provincial championships. These are some of the memories long-time members of the Maple Leaf Curling Club hold dear. … Thirty … Continue reading
There perhaps has never been a cooler time to curl. Canada’s gold and silver successes at the Winter Olympics had passionate fans at the rink cheering and sent TV ratings soaring. And beyond the bonspiel, the country’s beloved icy pastime … Continue reading
JASON SIMMONDS The Journal Pioneer SUMMERSIDE – Rod MacDonald will reach a milestone at the 2010 Tim Hortons Brier. It will mark the Summerside native’s fifth decade of participating in the Canadian men’s curling championship, and his seventh appearance overall. … Continue reading
The 4 pm opening draw of the M&M Meat Shops Provincial Mixed Curling Championship was completed on Thursday afternoon at the Crapaud Community Curling Club. Due to weather and road conditions, organizers were forced to postpone the 8 pm draw. This … Continue reading
Due to the weather conditions the M&M Meat Shops Provincial Mixed Curling Championship draw scheduled for Thursday March 4 at 8:00 pm has been rescheduled until Friday morning at 9:00 am. This change will result in all remaining draws being … Continue reading
The Host Committee is inviting you to volunteer for the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Canadian Women’s Curling Championship. The Tournament will be held in the Charlottetown Civic Centre, February 19 to 27, 2011. Interested volunteers will have an opportunity … Continue reading
HALIFAX, March 3, 2010 (CCA) – The Tim Hortons Brier, presented by Monsanto, gets underway Saturday at the Metro Centre in Halifax. It marks the sixth time that the city has staged the Brier. Only Toronto has hosted the championship … Continue reading
The M&M Meat Shops Provincial Mixed Curling Championship gets underway this afternoon at the Crapaud Community Curling Club, with fourteen teams taking part. Entrants include the defending champion Kyle Stevenson foursome from Charlottetown, last year’s runner-up and 2005 winner Larry Dewar … Continue reading
The 2010 Age 15 and Under Provincial Curling Championships, sponsored by M&M Meat Shops, get underway Friday afternoon, and wrap up on Sunday at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton. The three boys teams will play a double round robin, while … Continue reading
Video highlights from the February 24, 2010 match between the Kathy O’Rourke/Erin Carmody Canadian Scotties silver medal team and the KROCK105.5 team. The event raised funds for the Junior Curling Program at the Charlottetown Curling Club. (Courtesy of April Ennis): … Continue reading
The M&M Meat Shops Provincial Mixed Curling Championship gets underway Thursday afternoon at the Crapaud Community Curling Club, with fourteen teams taking part. Entrants include the defending champion Kyle Stevenson foursome from Charlottetown, last year’s runner-up and 2005 winner Larry … Continue reading
(CCA) The Tim Hortons Brier, presented by Monsanto, will be held at the Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, starting March 6. It marks the sixth time the city has hosted the Canadian men’s curling championship, after staging the 1951, … Continue reading