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On Friday evening and Saturday morning and afternoon, October 8 and 9, 2010 at the Charlottetown Curling Club,  the PEI Curling Association will be holding a weekend Adult Skills Development/High Performance Camp, open to all male and female curling teams,  individuals and coaches from intermediate to advanced level.

The cost is $160.00 per team including coach or $40.00 [...]

The future of Maritime curling will be on display in Moncton next week and long-time instructor Leo Majeau couldn’t be happier.

Thirty-team junior curlers and 12 adults have registered to participate in the sixth annual Centre of Curling Excellence camp, which will run nine hours a day from Monday to Friday at Curling Beausejour.

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Three members of the 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts silver medal team were the marshals for today’s 49th Gold Cup parade in Charlottetown. Skip Kathy O’Rourke, last rock thrower Erin Carmody, and lead stone Tricia Affleck, led the parade atop a light blue Ford Mustang convertible.

Photo: L-R: Erin Carmody, Kathy O’Rourke, Tricia [...]

The 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts float won the Best First Time Entry award at today’s 49th Gold Cup Parade in Charlottetown.

The float featured a number of former Scotties winners, including Robyn MacPhee, Shelly Bradley, and Nancy Cameron,  along with  the Scotties Little Softie mascot, and  lots of Scotties sponsor Kruger International’s paper products forming the word [...]

(CCA) Scotties volunteers, along side the official mascot “Little Softie”, were on hand Sunday August 15th to participate in the festivities at Old Home Week in Charlottetown. From musical performances to animal acts to some of Canada’s most popular buskers and performers, “Little Softie” was on site taking in all the excitement.

 Robbie Doherty [...]

The 2011 Scotties Committee can still use a few more volunteers to decorate and make the Scotties float the best in the Gold Cup Parade. If you can help out, meet at the Crossroads Firehall in Stratford, Thursday at 6:00 PM. More info? Call 569-2326.

The 49th Gold Cup Parade takes place on Friday in Charlottetown, with Prime Minister Stephen Harper scheduled to be in attendance, and perfect weather expected. The 2010 Scotties silver-medallist Kathy O’Rourke rink, which includes Erin Carmody, Geri-Lynn Ramsay, and Tricia Affleck, will be this year’s parade marshals. The 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, to be [...]

The PEI Curling Association is pleased to announce that it is now accepting online entries for the 2010-2011 provincial curling championships, which get underway with the Pepsi Juniors in early January. The schedule of events, entry deadlines, and a link to the online entry form is available on the home page at PEICurling.com. All entries must be made [...]

The Montague Curling Club in Montague, PEI is hosting The Gahan Brewery Cashspiel Friday October 29 2010 thru October 31 2010.

  Open to the first 18 teams (Mens Womens Juniors) entered.   Format will be 18 Team(3 Pools of 6 Round Robin). 8 end games.   Entry will [...]

?The 2011 Charlottetown Scotties Tournament of Hearts will have a float in the Gold Cup Parade, but need some help decorating. They’re looking for volunteers to help decorate next Wednesday and/or Thursday evenings from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. If you can help, call the Scotties Charlottetown office at 569-2326 and ask for Kelly.

(CCA) PERTH, SCOTLAND – The World Curling Federation (WCF) is pleased to announce that it has signed a new agreement with the Canadian Curling Association (CCA) which will see Canada hosting the World Women’s Championships in 2012 and 2014 and the Men’s World Championship in 2013.  Photo: View of the ice at the 2009 [...]

Join us for a Halloween Themed Curling Bonspiel!

Who: Curlers, non-curlers, corporate teams. Individual or team entry.

When: October 30 · 9:00am – 5:30pm Where:  Charlottetown Curling Club By:  Autism Society of Prince Edward Island

Cost: $120 per team or $30 per person. …*Charitable tax receipt of $20 per person provided.

What: 3 Four [...]

On 10 and 11October 2010 the  PEI Curling Association will be holding a weekend Junior Curling Skills Development/High Performance Camp for competitive junior men and women teams/individuals as well as for novice to intermediate level Juniors.

Please Note:  Group A will consist of more advanced competitive teams/individuals and Group B will focus on the [...]

11th Annual Codiac Curling

Maritime Junior Bonspiel

(15 & Under/20 & Under)   

Who – Two divisions – 15 years and under, and 20 years and under What – Curl for Cash When – October 15, 16, 17, 2010 Where – Curling Beausejour, Moncton, NB Why – Because it’s fun and, it’s a great [...]

Photo: Freeman Miles at October 2008 PEI Curling Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Freeman Miles, a member of the PEI Curling Hall of Fame, died suddenly on Sunday at the Prince County Hospital in Summerside, at the age of 82. Visting hours are Tuesday 6-9 pm at the East [...]

(CCA) The 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts volunteers waited along aside 3,000 plus excited fans at the  Tuesday, July 13th taping of Live with Regis and Kelly. Over the two days Regis and Kelly taped four shows, two which aired live from Confederation Landing on the Charlottetown waterfront.  The show attracted thousands of people of all ages, featuring [...]

(CCA/PEICA) Over the weekend, Scotties volunteers “rocked” out at the Cavendish Beach Music Festival. Everyone showed their Scotties pride, including 2010 Canadian Scotties runners-up Erin Carmody and Geri-Lynn Ramsay.  

They even got Keith Urban and Taylor Swift in on the action.

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(Information from the Winnipeg Free Press and Canoe Slam! Sports)

Cathy Overton-Clapham, who played against PEI’s Erin Carmody and Geri-Lynn Ramsay in last season’s Scotties final before being replaced on the Jennifer Jones rink, has been hired by the Canadian Curling Association to mentor PEI’s Carmody, 22, and Ramsay, 21, along with New Brunswick skip Andrea Kelly. Overton-Clapham [...]

Funeral for Mark Kinney, 33, is today The Guardian

Former three-time provincial junior curling champion Mark Kinney was well known for his ability on the ice but off it he was described as the type of person who would do anything for a friend.

Kinney died suddenly Thursday in his home of Cornwall.  He [...]

Thirty-three year old Cornwall native Mark Kinney, who skipped PEI Pepsi Junior championship rinks in 1993, 1995, and 1997, passed away suddenly on Canada Day.

Obituary

At Cornwall on Thursday, July 1, 2010, of Mark William Kinney of Cornwall, age 33 years. Son of Bill and Janet (Hayes) Kinney. Brother of Melinda Stead (Jeff). [...]

(CCA) The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Canadian Curling Association (CCA) was held in Gatineau, Quebec on Saturday, June 19th.The CCA is pleased to report that, for a third consecutive year, it will finish the fiscal year in the black, with a continued positive financial outlook. The Association showed a financial surplus of [...]

(CCA) The Canadian Curling Association have announced a number of sites for future Canadian championships, not only for the 2010-2011 season, but for following seasons as well.

The 2011 CIS/CCA University Curling Championships, presented by The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company, will be conducted March 9-13 at the Bally Haly Golf & Curling Club [...]

The Fox will host Canadian senior championships for third time in 2013

JASON SIMMONDS – The Journal Pioneer SUMMERSIDE – Canada’s best senior-aged curlers are returning to the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside.

The Fox will host the 2013 Canadian senior curling championships from March 16 to 24. It’ll be the [...]

Toronto, ON -TSN has confirmed that Olympic Games silver medallist and fan favourite Cheryl Bernard has been named to the TSN CURLING SKINS GAME and will take on her Vancouver 2010 Team Canada teammate and Olympic gold medallist Kevin Martin in the first round of the event. World Champion Kevin Koe has also been [...]

Charottetown’s Bill Acorn, second on the 1986 Canadian Senior Legion Curling championship rink which included Lorne Burke at skip, third Bud Lund, and lead John Stewart, passed away on Saturday, in his 80th year. Funeral mass is 10 am today at St. Pius X Church. Acorn worked at the Charlottetown Driving [...]