Brad Jacobs is on a roll at the Capital One Road to the Roar Pre-Trials, presented by Monsanto. Jacobs’ team from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., won its third straight game on Friday afternoon at the Memorial Auditorium in Kitchener, Ont., … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2013
Play is over in the 3 pm draw at the Road to the Roar Olympic Pre-Trials in Kitchener. Brad Jacobs beats the Brad Gushue rink, which includes PEI natives Brett Galllant and Adam Casey, 9-3. Jacobs moves on to the … Continue reading
Four P.E.I. curlers are on the ice at Olympic pre-trials in Kitchener, Ont. Friday hoping to earn a place on Team Canada in Sochi. On the men’s side are Adam Casey and Brett Gallant, both members of the rink skipped … Continue reading
A number of games at this weekend’s Dave Jones Atlantic Curling Tour Molson Cashspiel at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax are being streamed live at LiveCurling.com, with help from CurlingZone, including this evening’s 8:30 game between the Andrea Crawford … Continue reading
Brett Gallant and Adam Casey from Team Gushue are on CBC Radio Charlottetown’s @islandmorning at 6:50 this morning. Listen online at CBC.CA/PEI CCA Photo … Continue reading
Morris captures A-Event title at Capital One Road to the Roar By Allen Cameron John Morris is a step closer to back-to-back trips to the Winter Olympic Games. Morris’s team representing Kelowna and Vernon, B.C. — third Jim Cotter (who … Continue reading
(by Jean Mills) Kelly Scott and her Kelowna, B.C., team are the first to qualify for the Page playoffs at the Capital One Road to the Roar, presented by Monsanto. With an 8-5 win over Renee Sonnenberg of Grande Prairie, … Continue reading
(by Eric McCarthy) O’LEARY — Maple Leaf curling club directors are inviting potential members to try free curling from November 12 to 15.Club members have been busy over the past two weeks flooding the rink and painting the ice in … Continue reading
One women’s team, skipped by Kim Dolan, and two men’s rinks, with skips Eddie MacKenzie and Jamie Newson, will be spending Remembrance Day weekend in Halifax, at the Dave Jones Molson Cashspiel, part of the Atlantic Curling Tour, at the … Continue reading
Oak Island, long rumoured to be the home of pirate’s treasure, forms the backdrop for this weekend’s 20th edition of the long-running Junior cashspiel, which actually takes place at the curling club in nearby Chester NS, but is sponsored by … Continue reading
The annual Cornwall Curling Club Ladies Spiel, open to adult female curlers from all clubs, gets underway Friday evening November 15, and continues the following day. This is a fun and friendly event – no competitive teams, please! Fun, food, … Continue reading
(by Jean Mills) It was do or die for Calgary’s Crystal Webster on Thursday morning in Kitchener, Ont., but an 8-5 victory over Amber Holland of Regina means she lives to fight another day. Crystal Webster and Cathy Overton-Clapham watch … Continue reading
Crocker, with Carmody, loses A event semi, drops to B event (by Allen Cameron) It wasn’t pretty, but it didn’t need to be — all that mattered was the ‘W’ for Brad Gushue and his team from St. John’s, N.L., … Continue reading
(by Jean Mills) In a rematch of the 2005 Canadian Curling Trials final, Kelly Scott, of Kelowna B.C., scored one in the 10th end to edge Calgary’s Shannon Kleibrink 6-5 in Draw 4 action at the 2013 Capital One Road … Continue reading
Come out and try curling during Shorty Jenkins Memorial Night at the Montague Curling Club on Friday November 29, beginning at 6:30 pm. The night is open to everyone. No fee to curl. Open to all curling club members as … Continue reading
(by Allen Cameron) John Morris couldn’t have asked for a better way to begin his march to a hoped-for second straight Olympic gold medal. John Morris, left, bumps fists with teammate Jim Cotter during Tuesday night’s win at … Continue reading
(CCA) Stolen deuces in the first and fifth ends propelled Winnipeg’s Barb Spencer to an 8-5 win over Regina’s Amber Holland in the opening women’s draw at the Capital One Road to the Roar Pre-Trials, presented by Monsanto. The Capital … Continue reading
Full time UPEI Students who are interested in competing at the Atlantic Curling Championship in Fredericton, NB January 3-5, 2014 please contact Curl PEI by November 8th, 2013. If more than one team is interested, a play down will … Continue reading
Stick Curl Prince Edward Island is inviting current and prospective players of the sport of two-person stick curling to play in upcoming events on their tour to various PEI curling facilities. This relatively-new sport provides fun-filled competition for players of … Continue reading
The circles are in, and the final touches are being put on the ice over the next few days at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary, which means that seven full-time curling facilities and two arena curling facilities on … Continue reading
(with stories from the CCA) Four curlers, born in PEI, but currently playing out of Calgary, Edmonton, and St. John’s, are vying to represent Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, as the Capital One Road to the … Continue reading
Glenn Howard of Coldwater, Ont. won the men’s final of the first stop on the Grand Slam of Curling, completing his unbeaten run on Sunday by defeating Edmonton’s Kevin Martin 7-4 at the Masters final in Abbotsford. Team Homan (CurlingZone) … Continue reading
The Sackville Curling Club in Sackville, New Brunswick is holding a Masters Plus Open Bonspiel. Dates: Wednesday – Thursday, December 4 – 5, 2013 Format: Two 8 end games per day (no evening games) Prize winners determined on a point … Continue reading
The Rene Comeau rink from New Brunswick won the men’s, while the Kendall Haymes rink from Ontario captured the women’s divisions of the 20th annual JSI OVCA Junior Superspiel, which wrapped up this evening in Ottawa. Comeau beat reigning Canadian … Continue reading
It was a profitable weekend for PEI’s Suzanne Birt rink, who pocketed $5,200 for winning the Royal LePage OVCA Women’s Fall Classic World Curling Tour event in Kemptville Ontario this afternoon, defeating the Darcy Robertson foursome from Winnipeg in the … Continue reading
The Kyle Doering rink from Manitoba, which includes Stratford PEI native Chris Gallant, who is currently attending school in Winnipeg, have advanced to the 1 pm AT semi-finals against reigning Canadian Junior Champion and World Bronze Medallist Matt Dunstone of … Continue reading
PEI’s Suzanne Birt rink are in the semi-finals at 1:30 pm Atlantic, at the Royal LePage OVCA Women’s Fall Classic World Curling Tour cashspiel in Kemptville Ontario. In quarter-final action this morning, they scored a triple in the sixth end, … Continue reading
ALBERTON — Final touches were being put to the ice last week at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton. Directors and volunteers have given assurances the ice will be ready for free curling starting Monday, November 4. Daryl MacDonald, … Continue reading
There’s one Islander still playing at the JSI OVCA Junior Superspiel in Ottawa. The Kyle Doering rink, which includes Stratford native Chris Gallant, who is currently attending school in Winnipeg, beat the Jason Camm team from Ontario 8-5 Saturday night … Continue reading
They’re down in the sudden-death C division of the triple knockout, but the Veronica Smith rink from the Cornwall Curling Club, and the Kyle Doering team from Winnipeg, which includes PEI native Chris Gallant at second stone, both will be … Continue reading
PEI’s Suzanne Birt rink will be going home with some cash this weekend, following play this afternoon at the Royal LePage OVCA Women’s Fall Classic in Kemptville Ont. The Island foursome beat 2007 event champion Jenn Hanna and her Ottawa … Continue reading
The Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside is the host for the Pepsi Provincial Juniors Curling Championship, for curlers under the age of 21, from December 19-23 2013 (start and end dates may change slightly … Continue reading
Recreational curling will soon be getting underway for the season at the Belfast Recreation Centre. Registration and fun time on the ice is Monday November 4th from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Games are Mondays and start on Nov 11th. Each … Continue reading
PEI’s Suzanne Birt rink have a 3-1 win-loss record, while the Kathy O’Rourke team are 1-2 after Friday play at the $15,000 24 team triple knockout Royal LePage OVCA Women’s Fall Classic World Curling Tour event in Kemptville Ontario. The … Continue reading
PEI’s Suzanne Birt rink have a 2-1 win-loss record, while the Kathy O’Rourke team are 1-2 at the $15,000 24 team triple knockout Royal LePage OVCA Women’s Fall Classic World Curling Tour event in Kemptville Ontario. The Birt foursome are … Continue reading
The PEI Provincial Junior Women’s champion Veronica Smith rink from the Cornwall Curling Club, and Island native Chris Gallant, who is currently attending university in Winnipeg and curling on the Kyle Doering rink, both picked up a win and had … Continue reading