(by Mitch MacDonald) Skip Eddie MacKenzie and his Charlottetown Curling Club team know the coming week will be a whirlwind affair. They also hope it will be one of the most enjoyable and successful periods of their lives. The rink, … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2011
The trustees of the Joyce Myers Trust Fund have created the Capital Acquisition Grants as a means to assist curling clubs within Atlantic Canada with capital projects, such as the repair, replacement, purchase or construction of a curling facility, icemaking … Continue reading
By Murray McCormick, Postmedia News. Nobody is about the concede the 2011 Canadian men’s curling championship to Kevin Martin or Glenn Howard. Martin and Howard are the favourites to reach the final at the Tim Hortons Brier on London, Ont., … Continue reading
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 than … Continue reading
The Canadian Curling Association (CCA) has allocated funds from certain championship events for the purpose of providing financial assistance to the membership of the CCA, including Provincial /Territorial Member Associations and affiliated curling facilities. The funding, known as the Curling Assistance … Continue reading
[Editor’s note: As we did for the Scotties, PEICurling.com will be displaying Brier-related tweets, including those of @fakekevinmartin, your favorite curling columnists, and tweeting curlers such as Brad Jacobs (@TeamBradJacobs) of Northern Ontario, in real-time on the righthand sidebar of PEICurling.com during the … Continue reading
Photo: Team Saskatchewan arrives at the Regina airport Wednesday. By Ken Gousseau, CTV Regina. Scores of supporters turned out on a frigid Wednesday evening to give curling champion Amber Holland and her teammates a warm welcome home. The Kronau rink was … Continue reading
The Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside will play host to two curling championships this weekend, the KFC 12 & Under and the M&M Meat Shops 15 & Under, featuring PEI’s youngest competitive curlers, The events, each with boys and girls divisions, will alternate … Continue reading
The PEI Curling Association’s next general meeting will be held Monday, March 7 at 7 pm at the Cornwall Curling Club. All club representatives are asked to be in attendance. … Continue reading
(By Craig Slater, Leader-Post) Amber Holland Photograph by: Shaun Best, Reuters The forecast temperature this afternoon calls for a high of -18C, with a windchill of -34C. But at least six people are anxious to be in Regina. Newly crowned … Continue reading
The Tim Hortons Brier, presented by Monsanto, gets underway Saturday, March 5 at the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario, with one of its best fields ever. Team Kevin Martin and Coach Jules Owchar (Photo: Michael Burns Photography) Heading the … Continue reading
TSN is reporting that the 2011 Scotties final at the Charlottetown Civic Centre, between Amber Holland and Jennifer Jones, averaged 1.08 million viewers, making it the second most-watched final ever in the event’s history, second only to last year’s final between Jones, and PEI’s Kathy … Continue reading
The Ladies and Open Stick Curling Medals have been awarded at the 55+ Games in Charlottetown, sponsored by Vogue Optical. Here are the winners: Ladies Stick Curling Results: Ellsworth/Callaghan win Gold Stavert/Plamondon win Silver Larkin/Enman win Bronze Open … Continue reading
Canada won the 2011 World Wheelchair Curling Championships in Prague today, beating Scotland 7-3 in the final and crowning an unbeaten championship run. “We got off to a good start, stealing two,” said Canadian Skip Jim Armstrong after the game, … Continue reading
The Scotties Tournament of Hearts is now history and the teams have gone home, but the special ice is still in the Civic Centre and has to removed, along with the logos and the rings. The Zamboni has been outfitted … Continue reading
(by Meghan Mullally) The 2011 Vogue Optical Provincial 55+ Winter Games officially opened Monday at City Hall with the raising of the flag. The president of the Games society, Frank Morrison, along with Mayor Clifford Lee and a few others … Continue reading
SUNDAY, MARCH 6 2011 from 12 noon to 2:30 pm at the Charlottetown Curling Club. Open to all interested Participants, Potential Coaches, Family & Friends FREE!-Fun for Everyone Instructor: David Ross Contact/Register: Shawny Ross at Shawny@eastlink.ca or call 367-2790 by … Continue reading
Amber Holland and Team Canada’s homecoming delayed By MURRAY McCORMICK, Leader-Post REGINA — Amber Holland spent the first full day of her reign as the Canadian women’s curling champion talking curling with another champion. It wasn’t how Holland planned … Continue reading