Due to a last minute cancellation, the Cornwall Curling Club will be holding a Cashspiel this Friday evening Dec. 4, and Saturday Dec. 5th.
The event is open to all teams (Men’s, Women, Junior, Mixed). Entry fee is $120 per team, with half the entry fees going to the winners, and the other half to the Club. For more info, or to sign up, call Ray Biagé at 675-2540 or the Cornwall Curling Club at 566-4427, or email manager@cornwallcurling.com.
Monthly Archives: November 2009
TORONTO, Nov. 30 /CNW/ – The Dominion Curling Club Championship – Canada’s first-ever national championship for club curlers – made curling history yesterday, declaring men’s and women’s Canadian Champions after a thrilling week of competition between the best club teams from each of the country’s provinces and territories.
Men’s Team Ontario from the Chatham Granite Club took home the national title for their province, after a hard-fought battle with their fellow finalists from British Columbia. The women’s Team Ontario – this one from Toronto’s High Park Curling Club – emerged victorious over their opponents from Manitoba. The two champions were presented with commemorative plaques amidst closing ceremonies that featured all 112 competing curlers – including Nunavut teams for the first time in an adult national competition – piped in formation onto the ice, dressed in their provincial and territorial colours and bearing their respective flags.
During its November 24-29 run at St. George’s Golf and Country Club, the inaugural The Dominion Curling Club Championship welcomed a guest list that included world champion Canadian curler and Olympic hopeful Glenn Howard, 1998 Olympic Silver Medalist Mike Harris, multi-time provincial curling champion Sherry Middaugh, and Toronto Mayor David Miller.
“Sunday’s finals and closing ceremonies brought an exciting and very moving conclusion to what has been an important week for curling and Canadian amateur sport,” said George Cooke, President and CEO of The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company (The Dominion). “Feedback from our participants and the curling community at large has been simply outstanding, and we eagerly anticipate next year’s event in Prince Edward Island.”
All profits from The Dominion Curling Club Championship are being directed to the Canadian Paraplegic Association and developmental curling initiatives in communities across the country.
For more information about The Dominion and its insurance products, visit www.thedominion.ca.
For more information about The Dominion’s curling initiatives, visit www.thedominioncurls.ca.
The annual Co-op/Credit Union Bonspiel will take place December 4th-6th at the Maple Leaf Curling Club. This will be a great opportunity for 20 and under teams to come and try out our ice before the Pepsi Junior Provincial Championships.
Registration deadline is December 3rd. To register call the club @ 859-3012.
NANCY MACPHEE
The Journal Pioneer
SUMMERSIDE – The Brett Gallant rink won its first Atlantic Curling Tour event – the
Summerside Superstore, Labatt’s, Journal-Pioneer cashspiel – here at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club on Sunday.
The Ontario men’s and women’s teams were the winners of this afternoon’s finals of The Dominion National Curling Club Championships, Canada’s first-ever national championship for club curlers, played at the St. George’s Golf and Country Club in Toronto.
The women’s final against Manitoba went to two extra ends, with the 9th end being blanked, and Ontario winning 6-5 with a stolen single in the 1oth. The men’s championship game also went to an extra, where Ontario recorded a triple, for a 7-4 win.
The men’s team, skipped by Robert Stafford, are from the Chatham Granite club, while the women’s rink, with skip Kelly Cochrane, are from the High Park Curling Club, in Toronto.
In the final round robin draw on Saturday, PEI’s women’s team, from the Crapaud Community Curling Club, spoiled Newfoundland and Labrador’s chance to advance to a tiebreaker round, with the Newfoundland team stealing a single in the eighth to force an extra end. With Newfoundland lying shot rock in the back four-foot with a guard at the top of the twelve, the ninth end came down to a final shot from PEI skip Vanessa Hamming. Her weight was dead-on s her rock came to a stop right on the button, winning the game for PEI, and eliminating the need for a tiebreaker.
The PEI women ended play with a 2-4 win-loss record, while the men’s team, skipped by Louis Walsh of the Silver Fox, were winless in six starts.
The next national The Dominion will be held on PEI, Nov. 23-28 2010 at the Charlottetown and Cornwall curling clubs, with the PEI playdowns taking place March 18-21 2010 in Cornwall.
The Brett Gallant team from the Charlottetown Curling Club beat their clubmates, the Robert Campbell foursome, by a 7-4 score to win this afternoon’s final at the Labatt/Superstore/Journal-Pioneer Atlantic Curling Tour cashspiel at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside. The World junior silver medallists trailed 4-2 after five ends of play, but followed a deuce in the sixth end with a steal of two in the seventh, and a stolen single in the eighth in the come-from-behind victory. Gallant’s teammates are Adam Casey, Anson Carmody, and Alex MacFadyen. Playing with Campbell were Steve Burgess, Jamie Newson, and Rob Doherty.
Campbell doubled the defending champion Eddie MacKenzie rink by an 8-4 score in the semi-finals, while Gallant stole four ends in a row in a 7-3 win over Mark Armstrong of Rothsay NB.
In this morning’s quarter-finals, MacKenzie beat Summerside native Dave Nowlan and his Fredericton NB team by a 6-2 score, Campbell beat Summerside’s Mel Bernard rink, PEI’s Senior Men’s champs, 5-2, Armstrong defeated tournament organizer Rod MacDonald and his Charlottetown team by a 7-5 score, recording a deuce in the extra end, and Gallant doubled Jamie Brennan of Fredericton NB 6-3.
In round robin play, Nowlan was 4-0 in the A pool, with MacDonald going 3-1. Gallant and Bernard were both 3-1 in the B Pool, while Armstrong went undefeated in the C pool, while MacKenzie had one loss. Brennan was 4-0, while Campbell went 3-1 in the D pool.
The Atlantic Curling Tour wraps up with the Hub City Shootout in Moncton, which gets underway Thursday night, followed by the ACT championship, also in Moncton, January 1-3. MacDonald, MacKenzie, and Campbell are all entered in the Hub City event, along with Charlottetown’s Ted MacFadyen rink. The Gallant team will begin their quest for their fifth consecutive provincial junior championship, their second Canadian championship, and a World Junior gold medal, when they take part in the Pepsi Provincial Junior Curling Championships, December 18-22 at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary.
The Sarah Fullerton rink from the host Cornwall Curling Club, and the Jon Rennie team from the Riverside Curling Club in Rothesay NB were the winners of the 14th annual Pizza Delight/Howard Johnson Dutch Inn Junior Cashspiel, which wrapped up this afternoon. The Fullerton foursome, includes third Michelle McQuaid, second Sara MacRae, and lead Whitney Young, with coach Brenda MacMillan, edged the Anita Casey rink from the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club 5-4 in the final, while the Rennie team stole a deuce in the second end, and followed a triple in the fourth with a steal of one point in the fifth end on the way to an 8-3 win over the Shawn Pitre team from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton.
Left to right: Brenda MacMillan (Tournament organizer and coach of the Fullerton rink), Sarah Fullerton, Michelle McQuaid, Sara MacRae, Whitney Young
Left to right: Brenda MacMillan (tournament organizer), Jon Rennie, Chris MacRae, Andrew Perrin, Tyler Milligan, Paul Brayshaw (coach)
Playing with Rennie were Chris MacRae, Andrew Perrin, and Tyler Milligan, with coach Paul Brayshaw. Other members of the Casey squad are Abby Burgess, Hillary Thompson, and Jessica van Ouwerkerk, with coach Jeff Wilson, while Daniel McCarthy, Jeff Duggan, and Colton Griffin, with coach Roger Gavin, round out the Pitre foursome.
In semi-final play this morning, Casey beat Cornwall’s Veronica Smith 8-5, while Fullerton had a 9-6 win over Amanda MacLean of O’Leary’s Maple Leaf club. In the junior men’s section, Rennie beat Cornwall’s Jeff Taylor 6-1, while Pitre made up for dropping three points in the first end to Sam Ramsay of Summerside, by scoring three points in the second end, followed by steals of 2, 3, and 1 point in the following ends to bring the game to a swift conclusion with a 9-3 win.
In addition to the final, the junior men’s division had two consolation matches, with Cornwall’s Tyler Smith beating Matthew MacLean of O’Leary 7-5, and Spencer Pitre and his Charlottetown team beating clubmate Alex Matters by a 7-4 score.
In round robin play, the Veronica Smith rink finished with a perfect 4-0 record, while Casey, Fullerton, and MacLean had one loss.
In the junior men’s section Rennie went 3-0 in the round robin, while Taylor and Shawn Pitre were 2-1, and Ramsay was 1-2 in his pool, tied with Spencer Pitre and Matthew MacLean, until tiebreaking rules came into play.
Eight junior men’s rinks, and ten junior women’s teams, from PEI, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland and Labrador took part in the cashspiel.
Next year’s 15th annual event will go earlier in the season, October 29-31, because of contention with Cornwall’s co-hosting of The Dominion National Curling Club Championship.
Play got underway at 8:30 this morning in the semi-final round of the 14th annual Pizza Delight/Howard Johnson Dutch Inn Junior Cashspiel at the Cornwall Curling Club.
The Junior women’s semis see the Veronica Smith team from the host club taking on the Anita Casey foursome from the Silver Fox, and Cornwall’s Sarah Fullerton rink playing the Amanda MacLean team from O’Leary’s Maple Leaf club. Smith finished round robin play with a perfect 4-0 record, while the other three teams each had one loss.
In the junior men’s semi-finals, Cornwall’s own Jeff Taylor team are battling the Jon Rennie rink from Rothsay NB, while the Sam Ramsay squad from Summerside is playing Shawn Pitre and his team from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton. Rennie went 3-0 in the round robin, while Taylor and Pitre were 2-1, and Ramsay was 1-2 in his pool, tied with Spencer Pitre’s Charlottetown team and with the Matthew MacLean rink from O’Leary, until tiebreaking rules came into play.
The junior men’s consolation round begins at 11, with the junior men’s and women’s finals set for noon.
The 15th annual event next year will go earlier in the season, October 29-31, because of contention with Cornwall’s co-hosting of The Dominion National Curling Club Championship.
The quarter-finals get underway at 9 this morning at the Labatt/Superstore/Journal-Pioneer Atlantic Curling Tour cashspiel at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, with five of the eight qualifying teams coming from PEI.
The first quarter-final sees the defending champion Mike Gaudet rink, now skipped by Eddie MacKenzie, with Gaudet at third, taking on New Brunswick’s Dave Nowlan, who is formerly from Summerside. Summerside’s Mel Bernard rink, last year’s Senior champions, are playing Charlottetown’s Robert Campbell foursome in the second quarter-final matchup.
World junior silver-medallist Brett Gallant takes on Jamie Brennan of Fredericton NB in the third quarter-final, while tournament organizer Rod MacDonald and his veteran Charlottetown Curling Club rink of Kevin Champion, Mark O’Rourke, and Andrew Robinson play the Mark Armstrong team from New Brunswick in the final matchup.
In round robin play, Nowlan was 4-0 in the A pool, with MacDonald going 3-1. Gallant and Bernard were both 3-1 in the B Pool, while Armstrong went undefeated in the C pool, while MacKenzie had one loss. Brennan was 4-0, while Campbell went 3-1 in the D pool.
The semis go at noon, with the finals at 3. Twenty teams are taking part in this annual event.
The Atlantic Curling Tour wraps up with the Hub City Shootout in Moncton next weekend, followed by the ACT championship, also in Moncton, January 1-3.
The Men’s and Women’s finals go at 3 pm Atlantic today at The Dominion National Curling Club Championships, Canada’s first-ever national championship for club curlers, being played at the St. George’s Golf and Country Club in Toronto.
In the women’s final, it will be Ontario taking on Manitoba, while the men’s championship game will feature the winners of this morning’s 11 am Atlantic semi-finals between BC and Saskatchewan, and Manitoba and Ontariio.
In the final round robin draw yesterday, PEI’s women’s team, from the Crapaud Community Curling Club, spoiled Newfoundland and Labrador’s chance to advance to a tiebreaker round, with the Newfoundland team stealing a single in the eighth to force an extra end. With Newfoundland lying shot rock in the back four-foot with a guard at the top of the twelve, the ninth end came down to a final shot from PEI skip Vanessa Hamming. Her weight was dead-on s her rock came to a stop right on the button, winning the game for PEI, and eliminating the need for a tiebreaker.
The PEI women ended play with a 2-4 win-loss record, while the men’s team, skipped by Louis Walsh of the Silver Fox, were winless in six starts.
A tiebreaker was needed in the men’s section, with New Brunswick beating the Northwest Territories in a close game in the final round robin draw to secure a tie-breaker with British Columbia. BC won that game 11-3 and secured their berth in today’s Men’s Semi-Finals.
The next national The Dominion will be held on PEI, Nov. 23-28 2010 at the Charlottetown and Cornwall curling clubs, with the PEI playdowns taking place March 18-21 2010 in Cornwall.
After five men’s and five women’s draws at The Dominion Curling Club Championship in Toronto, the PEI Men’s team skipped by Louis Walsh of the Silver Fox, are still looking for their first win, against four losses, after dropping a 9-1 decision to Ontario. The PEI women, with skip Vanessa Hamming from the Crapaud Community Curling Club are at 1-3, after losing 7-4 to Nova Scotia.
Saskatchewan (5-0) and Ontario (4-0) are still undefeated on the men’s side, while Manitoba (5-0), Alberta and Ontario (both 4-0) lead the women.
The PEI women take on Ontario tonight at 9 Atlantic. PEI men and women wrap up round robin play on Saturday, with games against Newfoundland/Labrador. The finals go Sunday at 3 pm Atlantic.
The 2010 national event will be held on PEI, at the Charlottetown and Cornwall curling clubs, with the PEI playdowns taking place March 18-21 2o1o in Cornwall.
PEI team bios
Team Walsh has curled together for one season at Summerside’s Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club. Skip Louis Walsh is a multi-club bonspiel champion, and has twice been runner-up in each of four provincial tournaments. Third Doug Waugh came in second at the P.E.I. Seniors in 2002, while lead Raymond Thomson has attended four Senior Provincials and nine Provincial Masters.
Team Hamming has played together for one season. Skip Vanessa Hamming competed at the P.E.I. Pepsi Juniors in 1990, and third Ruth Walsh has won several medals at the provincial level. Second Lindsay Moore is a past manager and ice maker at the Crapaud Curling Club.
REGINA, November 26, 2009 (CCA/WCF)…The World Curling Federation (WCF) and the Canadian Curling Association (CCA) today announced that Regina, Saskatchewan will stage the 2011 Ford World Men’s Curling Championship.
The event will be held April 2-10, 2011 at the newly-named Evraz Place, formerly the Agridome, which has hosted such major curling championships in the last 12 years as the 2001 Canadian Curling Trials, the inaugural Continental Cup in 2002, the 2006 Tim Hortons Brier and the 1998 and 2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The city has also held the world men’s curling championship twice before – in 1973, when won by Sweden’s Kjell Oscarius and in 1983, when taken by Canada’s Ed Werenich.
“The World Curling Federation is extremely pleased to have the 2011 Ford World Men’s Curling Championship return to Regina where it has had great previous success,” said Les Harrison, President of the World Curling Federation. “Saskatchewan curlers and fans have been exceptional in their support for high level competitions in the past and as this will be the first qualification process for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, we expect this event to be an unqualified success. We look forward to working with our partners, the CCA and the local organizing committee, led by Chairman Derek Boe.”
“Regina continues to be such a wonderful host to our events. Over the last few months, the Canadian Curling Association and the City of Regina have worked hard to see the 2011 Ford Men’s World Championship come to fruition in this great curling city,” said Greg Stremlaw, Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Curling Association. “Regina has been highly successful on so many fronts with large curling events in past that it is no surprise to award the men’s world championship to this community.”
“On a personal note, I would also like to commend Ford of Canada for their wonderful partnership with the CCA and the WCF and their involvement once again with the World Championship. Ford has been nothing but first class to deal with and it is nice to have partners who are so committed to what we do and clearly see value in what we are able to provide to them.”
“Regina is excited to be hosting the 2011 Ford World Men’s Curling Championship,” said Host Committee chairman Derek Boe, who is also the current President of Curl Regina. “We figured since the (Saskatchewan) ‘Riders hosted the (Canadian Football League) Western final for the first time in 33 years (last Sunday), that 28 years was long enough between world championships for us!”
Ford of Canada has sponsored the world men’s and women’s championships since 1995, when the first Ford Worlds was held in Brandon, Manitoba. When the men’s and women’s championships were separated, beginning in 2005, and alternately held in Canada, Ford continued to be the title sponsor.
The 2005 Ford world men’s was staged in Victoria, British Columbia, the 2007 renewal in Edmonton and the 2009 edition in Moncton.
The 2006 Ford world women’s was in Grande Prairie, Alberta, followed by the 2008 version in Vernon, British Columbia, while the 2010 renewal will take place in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, March 20-28.
Tickets are expected to go on sale in March of 2010. Canada’s team for the 2011 Ford world men’s will be determined at the 2011 Tim Hortons Brier in London, Ontario, March 5-13.
Canada has won 31 men’s titles since 1959, followed by Scotland and Sweden with five wins apiece. Regina’s Ernie Richardson is the only four-time winning skip, having won in 1959, 1960, 1962 and 1963.
At the 2007 Ford world men’s in Edmonton, an attendance record for a men’s only event of 184,970 was established.
The 2011 Ford world men’s will also be the first championship (followed by the 2012 and 2013 world men’s) for countries to earn Olympic qualifying points. The top ten countries will then qualify for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.
SUMMERSIDE — An important weekend of curling is on tap at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club.
The Summerside Superstore/Labatt’s/Journal Pioneer cashspiel, which is an Atlantic Curling Tour event, begins today at 12:30 p.m., and concludes with the championship game Sunday at 3 p.m.
A total of 20 teams are entered.
“It should be some really good curling,” said tournament chairman Rod MacDonald, who will also skip his own rink in the event that will feature a total of $5,200 in cash prizes.
With one men’s draw remaining in day two of The Dominion Curling Club Championship at the St. George’s Curling Club in Toronto, the PEI women’s team, skipped by Vanessa Hamming of the Crapaud Community Curling Club, are 1-2, while the men’s team, from the Silver Fox, skipped by Louis Walsh, are 0-2.
The PEI women lost to Saskatchewan 8-1 in the last draw, while the men are currently trailing Saskatchewan 5-1 after three ends. Scores from previous games are not currently available on the event website. Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan are currently undefeated on the men’s side, while Alberta, Ontario, and Manitoba are still unbeaten in the women’s section.
The PEI teams play Nova Scotia and Ontario on Friday, and Newfoundland/Labrador on Saturday. The men’s and women’s section each have two pools of seven teams. The finals go Sunday at 3 pm Atlantic.
The entry deadline for the Island Petroleum Junior Mixed Provincial Curling Championship, for mixed curling teams age 20 and under, is Saturday November 28th. This event takes place from Dec. 26-29 at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club. Entry fee is $35 per player.
The entry deadline for the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Provincial Women’s Curling Championship is Dec. 5. The Scotties takes place at the Montague Curling Club from Jan. 2-5. Entry fee is $50 per player, plus a $25 per player CCA Competitor Card fee.
The entry deadline for the Labatt Tankard Provincial Men’s Curling Championship is December 24th. The Open Playdowns portion of this event goes January 21-24 at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, with the top eight teams advancing to the Final Eight championship round, February 2-7 at the Western Community Curling Club in O’Leary. Entry fee is $50 per player, plus a $25 per player CCA Competitor Card fee.
All entries must be made online at peicurling.com.
(SportPEI) The PEI Curling Association is looking to expand its programs this season by attracting those who are either vision impaired, or wheelchair bound, to the sport. A demonstration and workshop for interested participants, or volunteers who would like to … Continue reading
The 2009 Labatt/Atlantic Superstore/Journal-Pioneer cashspiel takes place this weekend at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club n Summerside, with 20 men’s teams entered in this round-robin Atlantic Curling Tour event. Play gets underway Friday afternoon at 12:3o. Round robin play … Continue reading
The 14th Annual Pizza Delight/Howard Johnson Dutch Inn Junior Cashspiel gets underway Friday afternoon, and wraps up Sunday at the Cornwall Curling Club. Ten junior women’s teams and eight junior men’s rinks, from Newfoundland, New Brunswick, and PEI are entered … Continue reading
Come Join The Foxy Ladies at the Silver Fox Curling Club, Summerside, P.E.I. February 12 & 13, 2010. “Cruise” from sheet to sunny sheet while enjoying the Caribbean atmosphere that will be alive at the Silver Fox. Entrance fee includes: … Continue reading
The PEI Curling Association is holding a special meeting on Monday November 30 at 7 pm at the Cornwall Curling Club (please note change of venue from previous meetings), to finalize approval for changes to the Association’s bylaws and operations manual. The special meeting … Continue reading
MIke McEwen from Winnipeg, and Jo-Ann Rizzo from Brantford won their respective finals this afternoon at the $100,000 Sun Life Financial Invitational Curling Classic in Brantford Ont. McEwen edged Martin Ferland of Quebec 6-5, while Rizzo scored a triple in the … Continue reading
Following a tiebreaker game this afternoon at the pre-Trials event at the Silver Fox, all eight teams have now been qualified for the Canada Games Curling Trials, Dec. 11-14 at the Charlottetown Curling Club. The young Tyler Smith rink from … Continue reading
PEI’s Suzanne Birt rink made it all the way to the quarter-finals of the $100,000 Sun Life Financial Invitational Curling Classic in Brantford Ontario. As the eighth and final team to qualify, they were playing their third game of the … Continue reading
The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company (The Dominion) has announced that the Charlottetown and Cornwall curling clubs will host The Dominion Curling Club Championship, running from November 23-28, 2010. This will be the second year for the event, set … Continue reading
Play begins Wednesday morning at the The Dominion national curling club championship, to be played at the St. George’s Golf and Country Club in Toronto. PEI is represented by the women’s team of Vanessa Hamming, Ruth Walsh, Lindsay Moore, and … Continue reading
The Heidi Hanlon rink from the host Capital Winter Club beat their clubmates the Rebecca Atkinson foursome 6-4 in this afternoon’s final to win the Fredericton Women’s Curling Classic. PEI’s Kathy O’Rourke/Erin Carmody team went undefeated in round robin play, … Continue reading
The Suzanne Birt rink grabbed the eighth and final qualifying spot in the quarter-final round of the $100,000 Sun Life Financial Invitational Curling Classic, which wraps up on Monday in Brantford Ontario. The team, which includes third Shelly Bradley, second … Continue reading
After Sunday play at the PEI Canada Games Curling Pre-Trials at Summerside’s Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club, all but one of the qualifiers for the Trials, December 11-14 in Charlottetown, have been determined. In the six team round robin … Continue reading
PEI’s Kathy O’Rourke/Erin Carmody team went undefeated in round robin play, qualifying first for the money round, but lost out in the quarter-finals Saturday night at the Fredericton Women’s Classic at the Capital Winter Club. The Rebecca Atkinson foursome from … Continue reading
PEI’s Suzanne Birt rink, with third Shelly Bradley, second Leslie MacDougall, and lead Stefanie Clark, are still in the hunt for a qualifying spot at the Sun Life Financial Invitational Curling Classic in Brantford Ontario. To advance to the money … Continue reading
BURLINGTON, November 21, 2009 (CCA)… Nova Scotia, skipped by Mark Dacey of Halifax, won the 2010 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship Saturday at the Burlington Golf and Country Club, defeating Ontario, 7-5 in the final. The 47th edition of The Mixed … Continue reading
Two days of play are complete at the PEI Canada Games curling pre-Trials at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside. Four teams from both the junior women’s and junior men’s divisions will advance to the Trials Dec. … Continue reading
The Scotties Tournament of Hearts’ return to Charlottetown in 2011 is sure to warm the hearts of local curling fans and business people alike. With an economic impact estimated at $15 million, the tourism shoulder-season chill should be lifted during … Continue reading
BURLINGTON, November 20, 2009 (CCA)…The two best teams during the week will battle for the title, Saturday at 2:30 pm AT, in the 47th edition of the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. Ontario, skipped by Mark Bice of Sarnia, had no … Continue reading
With three draws played at the Fredericton NB Women’s Classic. PEI’s Kathy O’Rourke rink lead her pool with a 2-0 record. Anita Casey’s rink lost their opener, and are the ice in the 8 pm draw, playing Sylvie Robichaud of Moncton. Robichaud leads 3-1 … Continue reading
PEI’s Suzanne Birt rink, which includes third Shelly Bradley, second stone Leslie MacDougall, and lead Stefanie Clark, won their opener at the Sun Life Financial Invitational Curling Classic in Brantford Ontario, beating Quebec’s Eve Belisle foursome by a 6-5 score … Continue reading
After opening day play at the Canada Games Curling Pre-Trials at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, the Tony Nabuurs rink from Montague leads the six team round-robin junior men’s division with a 2-0 win-loss record. Four … Continue reading
November 20, 2009…Charlottetown, PEI – It was announced today that the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts would return to PEI for the third time in the event’s history. “It is a privilege to announce that we are returning to Charlottetown,” … Continue reading
BURLINGTON, November 20, 2009…Nova Scotia, skipped by Mark Dacey of Halifax, claimed first place after the completion of the round robin on Friday morning to advance to the final of the 2010 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. Nova Scotia won its … Continue reading
Photo (L-R): Nancy Marcus, Kim Dolan, Wayne Long, Greg Stremlaw, Warren Hansen It was announced today in Charlottetown that the Scotties Tournament of Hearts would return to PEI’s capital city for the third time in the history of the Canadian women’s curling … Continue reading
Here’s what PEI Curlers are up to this weekend: The Kyle Stevenson rink wrapped up play Thursday at the Canadian Mixed in Burlington ON (http://www.seasonofchampions.ca/2010mixed/) The Canada Games pre-Trials get underway at 9 this morning at the Silver Fox (https://peicurling.com/canadagames/) The … Continue reading
BURLINGTON, November 19, 2009 (CCA)…Nova Scotia, skipped by Mark Dacey of Halifax, inched a game closer to collaring top spot at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship by edging Ontario, 8-7, Thursday evening in Draw 16 action. The verdict left the … Continue reading
PEI’s Kyle Stevenson rink has finished round robin play at the Canadian Mixed in Burlington Ontario, with a 5-6 win-loss record, after losing their final games, 6-4 this morning to Saskatchewan, and 6-2 to BC this afternoon. PEI had a 2-1 lead … Continue reading
The entry deadline for the Pepsi Juniors (Age 20 & Under) Provincial Curling Championships is Nov. 20 (tomorrow). The junior men’s and women’s championships take place at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary from Dec. 18-22. Entry fee is $45/player. The entry deadline … Continue reading
Screen Displays to be used to speak to club guests, sell corporate sponsorships. Charlottetown, PE (PRWEB) November 19, 2009 — The Charlottetown Curling Club announced today that it is launching CCC-TV, an on-location news, information, and entertainment service powered by … Continue reading
BURLINGTON, ON, November 18, 2009 (CCA/PEICA)…Ontario, skipped by Mark Bice of Sarnia, continued to set the pace Wednesday at the 2010 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, being held at the Burlington Golf and Country Club. The host province is now 8-1 … Continue reading
OTTAWA, November 18, 2009 (CCA)…The Canadian Curling Association today confirmed that World Financial Group will be the title sponsor of the 2010 Canadian Senior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships. The World Financial Group Canadian Seniors will take place at the … Continue reading
BURLINGTON, November 17, 2009 (CCA/PEICA)…Ontario, skipped by two-time former provincial junior champion Mark Bice of Sarnia, maintained its lead through Draw 10 of the 2010 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, taking place at the Burlington Golf and Country Club. The host … Continue reading
PEI’s Kyle Stevenson rink’s six-point fourth end brought this afternoon’s game against Quebec’s Simon Hébert foursome to an early conclusion at the Canadian Mixed in Burlington Ont. Final score was 9-2. This puts PEI, and New Brunswick’s Mary Jane McGuire … Continue reading
BURLINGTON, November 16…Ontario, skipped by Mark Bice of Sarnia, assumed command at the 2010 Canadian Mixed, after Monday night action at the Burlington Golf and Country Club. Ontario moved to 4-1 in the 12-team round robin, one game ahead of … Continue reading
PEI’s Suzanne Birt rink, which includes Shelly Bradley, Leslie MacDougall, and Stefanie Clark, will be in Brantford Ontario this weekend, competing in the Sun Life Financial Invitational Curling Classic. This event features the top teams in the world, competing for … Continue reading
Eight junior women’s curling teams, and six junior men’s rinks begin Canada Games playdowns on Friday, with the pre-Trials event at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside. Four teams from each sex will then advance to the … Continue reading
NANCY MACPHEE The Journal Pioneer SUMMERSIDE – In an all-Island girls’ final in the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club’s fourth annual Maritime Junior Fall Fling cashspiel, the Sarah Fullerton rink from the Cornwall Curling Club defeated the Anita Casey … Continue reading
BURLINGTON, November 15 (CCA/PEICA)…Prince Edward Island, skipped by former provincial junior champion Kyle Stevenson of Charlottetown, is the only undefeated team after Day 2 of the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, taking place at the Burlington Golf and Country Club. In … Continue reading
The Molson Mayflower Cashspiel, wrapped up this afternoon at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax, with Shawn Adams from the host club beating Mark Kehoe of Windsor 7-4 in the final. The Adams foursome, which includes Paul Flemming, Jeff Hopkins, and Kelly Mittelstadt, goes … Continue reading
The Kyle Stevenson rink from the Charlottetown Curling Club have won their first two games at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championships, being played at the Burlington Ontario Golf and Country Club. On Sunday morning they followed up their 8-5 Saturday win over … Continue reading
The Fall Fling Junior Cashspiel wrapped up this afternoon at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, with the Sarah Fullerton rink from Cornwall, and the Colten Steele team from the Dartmouth NS Curling Club winning the finals. … Continue reading
The Molson Mayflower Cashspiel, part of the Atlantic Curling Tour, wraps up today at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax. PEI’s Brett Gallant team finished round robin play with a 5-0 win-loss record, and will face Mark Kehoe of Windsor in one … Continue reading
The semi-final round gets underway at 9 this morning, with the final set for 1 pm at the annual Fall Fling Junior Cashspiel, being played at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside. In the Junior Women’s semi-finals, … Continue reading
The Kyle Stevenson rink from the Charlottetown Curling Club won their opening game Saturday evening at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championships, being played at the Burlington Ontario Golf and Country Club, beating Newfoundland and Labrador’s Matt Blandford foursome by and … Continue reading
PRINCE GEORGE, November 14 — Toronto veteran Wayne Middaugh and Amber Holland of Kronau, SK., skipped their teams to final berths in the Tim Hortons Canadian Curling Trials with last-ditch qualifying victories on Saturday night at the Road to the … Continue reading
By Larry Wood Morning Roar Editor PRINCE GEORGE, November 14 (CCA) — Two additional entries for the upcoming Tim Hortons Canadian Curling Trials emerged from C qualifiers Saturday morning at the CN Centre. Kelly Scott’s pre-tournament favourites from Kelowna advanced much … Continue reading
(CCA/PEICA) The Canadian Mixed Curling Championship begins today at the Burlington Golf and Country Club in Burlington, Ontario. Twelve teams, representing the 10 provinces, plus Northern Ontario and Yukon/Northwest Territories, will contest the 47th edition of The Mixed from November … Continue reading
By Larry Wood Morning Roar Editor PRINCE GEORGE, November 13 (CCA) — Pat Simmons of Davidson, SK., rebounded from an A qualifier defeat to advance to the Tim Hortons Canadian Curling Trials in Edmonton next month with 7-5 B–qualifier decision … Continue reading
By Larry Wood Morning Roar Editor PRINCE GEORGE, November 13 (CCA) — Two strikes, two swings, two misses and it’s down to a full count for Kelly Scott of Kelowna, the 2007 world champion who’s at bat in the Olympic … Continue reading
By Larry Wood Morning Roar Editor PRINCE GEORGE, November 12 (CCA) — Jeff Stoughton’s Winnipeg entry was the obvious top seed in the Olympic curling pre-trials opening draw. So the team was the odds-on favourite to grab the initial men’s … Continue reading
By Larry Wood Morning Roar Editor PRINCE GEORGE, November 12 (CCA) — Unsung and unheralded teams have been known to emerge big-time at Canadian Olympic curling trials and Crystal Webster’s Calgary team fits that description. Webster, a self-admitted non-winner heading … Continue reading
By Larry Wood Morning Roar Editor PRINCE GEORGE, BC — Pat Simmons appears to be on the kind of roll he used to ride at Saskatchewan provincial championships. The Moose Jaw chiropractor, who plays out of Davidson, SK., skipped his … Continue reading
Toronto, ON (TSN-November 11, 2009) – Hurry hard! TSN launches its 2009-10 curling broadcast schedule with live coverage of the ROAD TO THE ROAR from Prince George, BC, beginning Thursday, Nov. 12 at 4:30 p.m. Atlantic. In total, TSN will … Continue reading
November 10, 2009 (CCA)…The Canadian Mixed Curling Championship begins this Saturday at the Burlington Golf and Country Club in Burlington, Ontario. Twelve teams, representing the 10 provinces, plus Northern Ontario and Yukon/Northwest Territories, will contest the 47th edition of The … Continue reading
Todd Kimberley Morning Roar Associate Editor PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., November 11 — It’s already backs-to-the-wall time at the Road to the Roar pre-Trials, presented by Monsanto. After only three draws on the women’s side, two of the top four teams … Continue reading
By Larry Wood Morning Roar Editor PRINCE GEORGE, November 10…Pat Simmons knows all about picked rocks. And losing on last-rock ‘picks’. He had eventual champion Kevin Martin of Edmonton beaten in the Page One-Two playoff at the 2008 Tim Hortons … Continue reading
By Todd Kimberley Morning Roar Associate Editor PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., November 10 — Bob Ursel entered Prince George on a roll, and didn’t lose any momentum Tuesday afternoon during the men’s opening round of the Road to the Roar … Continue reading
The AtThePatch.ca website captures all the fun and excitement of the Alexander Keith’s Patch experience, the heartbeat of the party for Season of Champions events. Click to visit Click below for a taste of life in Keith’s Patch: … Continue reading
The 2009-10 edition of Extra End, the official magazine of the Canadian Curling Association’s Season of Champions, is not available online. Click to read … Continue reading
They’re off in Prince George By Larry Wood Morning Roar Editor PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., November 10– Former Canadian champion Cathy King of Edmonton recorded the critical theft of two points in the eighth end which catapulted her to a 9-6 … Continue reading
The 26th Annual Curl for Cancer is coming on November 13 and 14. Whether you are a beginner or a pro you are invited to come out and participate in this great curling fundraiser. Bid on some fantastic items in … Continue reading
PEI rinks skipped by Brett Gallant, John Likely, and Rebecca Jean MacPhee will be competing in the Molson Mayflower Cashspiel, which gets underway on Friday at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax. 24 teams are competing in four pools of … Continue reading
The Shawn Adams rink from the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax, and the Andrea Kelly foursome from Fredericton New Brunswick are this year’s winners of the Rodd Curling Classic, which wrapped up this afternoon at the Charlottetown Curling Club. Adams, along … Continue reading
It will be Sarah Rhyno of CFB Halifax vs Andrea Kelly of New Brunswick, and Shawn Adams of Halifax against Ryan Sherrard of Saint John in the 2 pm finals of the Rodd Curling Classic at the Charlottetown Curling Club. … Continue reading
The fourth annual Fall Fling Junior Cashspiel gets underway Friday Nov. 13 at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht club in Summerside. Twelve junior women’s teams, and an equal number of junior men’s rinks from around the Maritimes will curl in this five game round … Continue reading
The Pepsi Juniors, for curlers age 20 and under, take place at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary Dec. 18-22 2009. Entry fee is $45 per player, and entry deadline is Nov. 20. Enter online at PEICurling.com. The winning … Continue reading
(Eastern Graphic) Twelve teams participated in the first bonspiel of the season, Sweep into Montague, over the weekend at the Montague Curling Club. Here, Rinks Arny Nabuurs and Donald Clarey play against each other on Saturday afternoon. Click for video Click … Continue reading
The semi-final round gets underway at 11 this morning in both the men’s and women’s divisions of the Rodd Curling Classic at the Charlottetown Curling Club. The women’s semis will see Nancy McConnery of the Halifax Mayflower Curling Club lub … Continue reading
PRINCE GEORGE, BC, November 6, 2009…The Road to the Roar Pre-Trials, presented by Monsanto, get underway Tuesday at the CN Centre in Prince George, British Columbia. Twelve men¹s and 12 women¹s teams will compete in a triple knockout format, which … Continue reading
The 30th Annual Alpine “Fun Mixed” Curling Bonspiel takes place at the Charlottetown Curling Club Nov 27th and 28th, 2009. Entry Fee – $120.00 per Team (to accompany entry form). Entry limited to first 32 Teams Includes: Three six-end games … Continue reading
Curlers age 50 and over are reminded that the entry deadline for the Provincial Senior Mixed Curling Championship is November 12th. The event, in its fourth year, goes December 10-13 at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside. … Continue reading
(CCA) Ready for the Party of a Lifetime? In Halifax, it’s a Shore Thing! The Tim Hortons Brier is coming back March 6-14, 2010 where thousands of curling fans from all across Canada will return to their favourite party destination. … Continue reading
Do you have a memorable curling story? Enter the Tim Hortons Curling Story contest for a chance to win great prizes, including a trip to the Tim Hortons “Roar of the Rings” Canadian Curling Trials in Edmonton. Hurry, contest closes … Continue reading
Some of the biggest names in Atlantic-Canadian curling will hit the ice at the Charlottetown Curling Club starting on Thursday for the annual Rodd Curling Classic. Eighteen men’s teams, and twelve women’s rinks will compete in separate round robins, with over $20,000 in … Continue reading
Ottawa’s Rachel Homan rink, along with the Connor Duhaime team from Peterborough, were the winners at the 16th annual John Shea Insurance OVCA Junior SuperSpiel, which wrapped up this afternoon in Ottawa. Homan, who has won this event previously, and … Continue reading
Cornwall’s Sarah Fullerton rink completed triple-knockout play at the Ottawa and area 16th annual John Shea Insurance OVCA Junior SuperSpiel with a 1-3 win-loss record, and are playing in the consolation round this morning against the Pierre-Luc Morrissette rink from … Continue reading