During the round robin draw at the Travelers Curling Club Championship in Ottawa, the PEI women’s team, skipped by Lisa Jackson, were interviewed by Curling Canada. Of course, they went on to win the event.
The Olympic dream will become a little more real for the two teams that prevail at the 2015 Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling, presented by Meridian Manufacturing, beginning Wednesday at Revolution Place in Grande Prairie, Alta.
The elite competition, which features the top eight men’s and top seven women’s teams in Canada, will not only offer a huge prize purse of $140,000, it will send the winning men’s and women’s teams directly to Canada’s final stage of qualifying (the 2017 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings in Ottawa) to determine our four-player teams for the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.
Also on the line in the 12th edition of the Home Hardware Canada Cup will be berths for the winning men’s and women’s teams in the 2016 World Financial Group Continental Cup, presented by Boyd Gaming, Jan. 14-17 in Las Vegas, as members of Team North America.
Former champions from the Winter Olympics, Tim Hortons Brier and Scotties Tournament of Hearts headline the field in Grande Prairie, which features:
— The defending champions of the Tim Hortons Brier (Calgary’s Pat Simmons) and Scotties Tournament of Hearts (Winnipeg’s Jennifer Jones);
— The defending champions of the Home Hardware Canada Cup from last year’s event in Camrose, Alta. (Winnipeg’s Mike McEwen and Edmonton’s Val Sweeting);
The 2014 champions of the Home Hardware Canada Cup, Mike McEwen and Val Sweeting, will be back this year in Grande Prairie to defend their titles. (Photos, Curling Canada/Michael Burns)
— The next five highest qualified teams from the 2014-15 Canadian Team Ranking System. Because there was a virtual tie for the fifth and final men’s qualifying berth between Winnipeg’s Reid Carruthers and Toronto’s John Epping, both teams were granted entry.
Both reigning Olympic champions (Jones and Brad Jacobs of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.) are in the field, as are the current runaway leaders on the 2015-16 Canadian Team Ranking System — 2006 Olympic gold-medallist Brad Gushue of St. John’s and two-time Scotties Tournament of Hearts champion Rachel Homan of Ottawa.
It might come as a surprise, but Brad Gushue has yet to skip a team with a winning record at the Home Hardware Canada Cup, presented by Meridian Manufacturing. In 2012 Gushue made his Home Hardware Canada Cup debut with a 0-6 round robin record. In 2014 he fared better, but was still outside the playoff picture with a 3-3 record. This year Gushue and his St. John’s, N.L., team of third Mark Nichols, second Brett Gallant, and lead Geoff Walker (who grew up in Beaverlodge, Alta., just outside of Grande Prairie!) have big expectations. They’ve been one of the best teams on the circuit so far this season and would like to see it translate to success at the Home Hardware Canada Cup.
Gushue’s path to the Home Hardware Canada Cup playoffs commences on Dec. 2 with a game against Kevin Koe of Alberta at 1:30 p.m. The Newfoundland team finishes Day 1 of the round robin against last season’s Team Manitoba – Reid Carruthers and his team from Winnipeg. Gushue, who had a 9-2 round robin record at the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier, defeated Carruthers 8-5 during last season’s men’s championship.
Fans at Revolution Place in Grande Prairie will be in store for a game between two of the best on the curling circuit during Day 2 action on Dec. 3. Team Gushue will take on defending Home Hardware Canada Cup champion Team Mike McEwen during the 1:30 p.m., draw. That evening fans will be treated to a 2015 Tim Hortons Brier semifinal re-match when Gushue plays Team Pat Simmons at 6:30 p.m. Simmons defeated Gushue 8-6 in that semifinal game on its way to winning the national men’s championship.
Gushue will continue the trend of playing teams he lost to during last season’s Brier on Dec. 4. Team Gushue is scheduled to play Team Steve Laycock of Saskatchewan during the afternoon draw at 1:30 p.m. Laycock was victorious against Gushue during the bronze medal game. At 6:30 p.m., Gushue and his team will be on the ice again, but this time against John Epping and his Toronto-based team.
Dec. 5 will be the final day of round robin play for the men’s teams. Team Gushue will face a challenge when they take on Brad Jacobs and his team from Northern Ontario. The teams split a pair of games at last season’s Brier. Gushue won 6-5 during the round robin, but Jacobs won the ever-so-important 1 vs. 2 Page Playoff game by a score of 7-5.
The men’s field is rounded out by two-time Tim Hortons Brier and 2010 world champion Kevin Koe of Calgary and 2015 Tim Hortons Brier bronze-medallist Steve Laycock of Saskatoon.
The other women’s teams are skipped by two-time Canadian and world junior women’s champion Kelsey Rocque of Edmonton, 2013 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings runner-up Sherry Middaugh of Coldwater, Ont., reigning Northern Ontario champion Tracy Fleury of Sudbury and 2014 Scotties bronze-medallist Kristy McDonald of Winnipeg.
TSN and RDS2 will provide complete coverage of the Home Hardware Canada Cup, from the opening draw on Wednesday (8:30 a.m. MT, 10:30 a.m. ET) through to and including the women’s (11 a.m. MT, 1 p.m. ET) and men’s (5 p.m. MT, 7 p.m. ET) finals on Sunday. Click here for the broadcast schedule.
The Home Hardware Canada Cup format calls for the men’s and women’s teams to play a three-day round robin, with the first-place teams advancing to their respective finals on Sunday, while the second- and third-place teams meet in semifinals on Saturday, after any required tiebreakers, to determine the other finalists. Click here for the full draw.
The total prize money is $70,000 each for men and women, with the winning teams receiving $14,000. The runners-up get $9,000 while the third-place finishers earn $5,000. Teams also receive cash for each round-robin win — $2,000 in women’s games and $1,500 for men’s games. The difference is due to the men having an additional round-robin game to play.
Since its inception in 2003, the Canada Cup has been won by some of the country’s most successful curling teams. On the men’s side, Edmonton’s Kevin Martin is the only four-time winner (2005, 2006, 2009, 2011), while Edmonton’s Randy Ferbey (2003, 2004, 2007) is a three-time champion. Koe (2008), Howard (2010) and Winnipeg’s Jeff Stoughton (2012) have also emerged victorious.
On the women’s side, Saskatoon’s Stefanie Lawton is a three-time winner (2008, 2010, 2012), while Jones (2007, 2011) and Shannon Kleibrink of Calgary (2005, 2009) are all two-time Cup winners. The other winners were Middaugh (2003), Colleen Jones of Halifax (2004) and Cathy King of Edmonton (2006).
The Canada Cup was staged in Kamloops, B.C., from its inception in 2003 through 2008. In 2009, it was played in Yorkton, Sask., while Medicine Hat, Alta., staged the 2010 renewal, followed by trips to Cranbrook, B.C., in 2011, Moose Jaw, Sask., in 2012 and Camrose last year.
The 2016 Home Hardware Canada Cup will take place in Brandon, Man.
Is this evening’s snow making you want to head to the beach?
The Foxy Lady hits the beach Friday night January 29, and all day Saturday Jan. 30, 2016, at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside’s the 16th Annual Foxy Lady women’s bonspiel, with this year’s theme “We’re Going to have a Beach Party”. The event, sponsored by Malpeque Bay Credit Union and Ramsay Fish Holdings Ltd., will include Friday evening lunch, and dancing in the lounge, with David Doyle in charge. Saturday will include continental breakfast, lunch, mid-afternoon snack, and more dancing, with Sat. evening entertainment by Keith Brodeick, plus a Saturday night banquet and prizes. The event also includes a Winner Take All draw to the button contest, where one player from each team will have her name drawn from a hat, and will shoot for the team.
Entry fee is $160 per team, or $40 per person. No provincial teams, regular evening league teams, or stopwatches are permitted, to keep this event “for fun”.
Accommodations are available at the Loyalist Lakeview Resort, phone (902) 436-3333.
Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador have their first ever Travelers Canadian Curling Club Championship titles. Lisa Jackson’s rink out of the Cornwall Curling Club in P.E.I defeated Ontario 5-3 in the women’s final. Andrew Symonds of St. John’s got past Manitoba 6-4 in the men’s final.
P.E.I. took control of the women’s final with a steal of one in the sixth end. Ontario came up light in the seventh end on a draw for two, putting P.E.I. in the driver’s seat coming home in the eighth.
“We just wanted to keep it open so we had a chance to win it and hopefully I had a shot,” Jackson said. “It feels amazing to be able to bring this banner back to the Island.”
National championships are not unfamiliar territory for Jackson’s team, but it was a first for all of them in curling. Lead Jodi Murphy and second Melissa Morrow have both represented the Island at national soccer championships while third Carolyn Coulson has been to a national bodybuilding championship.
“This ranks the top for all of us,” Jackson said of her team’s list of sports accomplishments.
This is the first Travelers title for P.E.I. after the province’s women’s team finished as silver medalists in Halifax at last year’s Travelers final.
2015 Travelers Curling Club Championship Women’s champions, Team Prince Edward Island: skip Lisa Jackson, third Carolyn Coulson, second Melissa Morrow, lead Jodi Murphy of the Cornwall Curling Club in Cornwall, P.E.I. (Curling Canada/Claudette Bockstael Photo)
History was also made in the men’s event.
For Newfoundland and Labrador, the win means everything to skip Andrew Symonds.
“Absolutely unbelievable. We played a pretty good game today as a team and Manitoba gave us a great match,” the skip said after receiving his gold medal.
Newfoundland and Labrador had the pressure on Tyler Drews and his Manitoba’s team for much of the game. Symonds scored a big three points in the third end but watched as his team’s advantage shrank in the fifth end thanks to a steal by Manitoba.
Symonds threw a big-weight double to force Manitoba into a lone point in the seventh end. Manitoba applied pressure in the eighth end, leaving Newfoundland and Labrador a quiet-weight inturn hit-and-stick for the win.
“I think it was the first time all week we had to play that kind of shot,” said Symonds. “We were a little nervous with the two (Manitoba) counters in the back.”
The St. John’s skip has curled with his third Mark Healy for the last decade. The two were joined by second Cory Ewart, who represented Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2006 Brier, four seasons ago. Keith Jewer started throwing lead stones for the Re/Max Centre team two years ago.
The week was filled with emotional moments for the men’s champions. Six days before winning his province’s first Travelers Curling Club Championship, Symonds says he was overwhelmed when he opened his hotel room door.
“Walking into the hotel to see this (jacket) with my name on it was a huge goosebumps moment. The event itself is so fantastic. When we go back home I’ll certainly be telling all the guys this is an event you want to get to,” the Newfoundland and Labrador skip said.
“This, for everyone here, was our Brier or our Scotties. It’s an incredible accomplishment just to get here, and to come here and win it is just surreal. I was pretty close to shedding some tears after that last shot.”
2015 Travelers Curling Club Championship Men’s champions, Team Newfoundland and Labrador: skip Andrew Symonds, third Mark Healy, second Cory Ewart, lead Keith Jewer of the Re/Max Centre St. John’s Curling Club in St. Johns, N.L. (Curling Canada/Claudette Bockstael Photo)
This is the first time Newfoundland and Labrador has brought home a championship banner from a Travelers Canadian Curling Club Championship.
In the bronze medal games it was Alberta’s Nanette DuPont rink who captured third place over Northern Ontario’s Kathie Jackson in women’s play. Team Quebec’s Stephane Lamy’s rink defeated Nova Scotia’s Mike Callaghan to win bronze in the men’s event.
This was the seventh edition of the Travelers Curling Club Championship. The teams completed a week-long round robin at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club offering up Canada’s top club curlers an elite national championship experience. Curling Canada’s 14 Member Association teams (from 10 provinces, three territories and Northern Ontario) battled to make the playoff rounds.
Each team is allowed only one player who has played in a provincial/territorial Juniors’, Men’s (Brier), Women’s (Scotties) or Seniors’ championship in the current or previous four curling seasons, or participated in a Grand Slam event in the current or previous four curling seasons.
As well, no player on the teams can have played in a Canadian Juniors, Men’s, Women’s or Seniors national championship in the current or previous four seasons.
Exception – Provinces/Territories with an open provincial/territory event will be permitted 1 player who has placed top 25% in a Juniors’, Men’s (Brier), Women’s (Scotties) or Seniors’ provincial/territory event in the current or previous 4 curling seasons, or participated in a Grand Slam event in the current or previous 4 curling seasons.
Ottawa: This year’s Canadian Travelers Curling Club Champions are the Prince Edward Island women and Newfoundland and Labrador men. The women’s champs, from the Cornwall Curling Club are the rink of Lisa Jackson, Carolyn Coulson, Melissa Morrow, and Jodi Murphy. Andrew Symonds, Mark Healy, Cory Ewart, Keith Jewer from Newfoundland and Labrador, won the men’s championship, a first-time win for both provinces in these events.
In fact, this is the first time that the Cornwall club has ever won a Curling Canada national championship (they did win the Canadian Open and Women’s 2 person Stick curling titles, held at their own club back in 2013).
The Cornwall reps beat the Ontario women’s team, skipped by Tina Mazerolle, 5-3 in this afternoon’s final, blanking the 1st end and scoring two with hammer in the 2nd. Ontario took singles in the next two ends, but PEI pulled ahead with a deuce and a stolen single in ends 5 and 6. Ontario took one in seven, but ran out of rocks in the eighth. PEI also scored an eight ender in round robin play, the first eight-ender ever scored in a Curling Canada national championship.
Photo (L-R): Lisa Jackson, Carolyn Coulson, Melissa Morrow, Jodi Murphy
Newfoundland and Labrador won the men’s title, with a 6-4 victory over the Manitoba men’s team, skipped by Tyler Drews. The Bronze medal games went to the Quebec men and Alberta women.
Ottawa-For the first time in the event’s history, Newfoundland and Labrador or Manitoba will be crowned men’s champions at the Travelers Canadian Curling Club Championship. On the women’s side, it’s a rematch of last year’s final, as Ontario will seek its third title and Prince Edward Island its first.
In women’s play, Team Ontario stole a deuce in the seventh end which was enough to get past Alberta and move into Saturday morning’s women’s final. Tina Mazerolle’s Guelph rink will look to win back-to-back titles for the host province after their 7-3 win over Alberta.
Prince Edward Island gave up two points to Northern Ontario in the first end of the other women’s semifinal. However, the Cornwall, P.E.I., rink never looked back, getting steals in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh ends.
PEI sweepers Melissa Morrow (Left) and Jodi Murphy in action at the 2015 Travelers Curling Club Championship (Curling Canada/Claudette Bockstael Photo)
The 6-2 win for P.E.I. assures fans at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club that they will be treated to a rematch of last year’s women’s final.
“Our plan will be to just keep it simple in the final as we did again tonight,” P.E.I. Skip Lisa Jackson said with a smile.
Andrew Symonds’s rink out of the Re/Max Centre in St. John’s gained control of the semifinal men’s game against Quebec with a big two points in the seventh end. His draw to the four-foot put his team up 6-3.
“I felt pretty good about it. It was pretty much the same line as my first one and it felt good after my miss in the fourth,” Symonds said, referring to a draw for two points three ends earlier, which came up light.
Quebec’s Stephane Lamy’s rink from Laval played a consistent game but struggled to generate more than two points against Newfoundland and Labrador.
“We dropped our last round robin game to Saskatchewan, which maybe made us a bit more hungry tonight so our boys weren’t missing much tonight,” Symonds added.
Newfoundland and Labrador will play Manitoba, another province that will be looking for its first Travelers Canadian Curling Club Men’s Championship.
Newfoundland and Labrador skip Andrew Symonds calls to his sweepers during semifinal action at the Travelers Curling Club Championship in Ottawa (Curling Canada/Claudette Bockstael Photo)
Tyler Drews’s rink out Winnipeg ran Team Nova Scotia out of rocks in the eighth end to reach their first-ever national final.
The two finals are scheduled for Saturday at 11 a.m. AT. Bronze medals games will also take place on Saturday morning at 11 a.m.
Scores and standings from the event will be available at www.curling.ca/scoreboard/.
For draw times, team lineups and other event info, go to: www.curling.ca/2015travelers/
The Lisa Jackson rink from the Cornwall Curling Club have advanced to the national Travelers Curling Club championship final, following a 6-2 win over Northern Ontario’s Kathie Jackson team this evening. Northern Ontario had hammer in the first end, and scored a deuce, but were kept off the scoreboard for the rest of the game, with Jackson blanking the 2nd end, then taking a single followed by a steal of 2, and then three single steals. The Island squad will face Ontario, skipped by Tina Mazerolle in Saturday’s final, set for 11 am Atlantic time. PEI edged Ontario 4-3 in their round robin encounter. Ontario beat Alberta 7-3 in their semi-final match.
Team PEI (L-R): Lisa Jackson, Carolyn Coulson, Melissa Morrow, Jodi Murphy
The men’s final. at the same time, will see Newfoundland and Labrador take on Manitoba.
Scores and standings from the event are available at www.curling.ca/scoreboard/.
Curling Canada guidelines covering recent technological advances in brush-heads are now in place for the remainder of the curling season.
A moratorium has been issued on the use of various brush-heads, and will be in place for all regional and provincial playdowns that lead to national and world championships.
A moratorium also is in place for the 2015 Canada Cup, which begins Wednesday in Grande Prairie, Alta.
The moratoriums, which have been agreed to by both the Grand Slam of Curling and the World Curling Players Association, fall in line with the World Curling Federation’s statement on brush-head technology earlier this month, which can be seen by clicking here.
To view the Canada Cup brush-head moratorium, click here.
To view the playdowns brush-head moratorium, click here.
The 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer Alberta may seem to be a long time in the future, but teams are already preparing. A number of Island rinks will be participating in a Canada Games Mini Development Camp and Youth Spiel next weekend (Dec. 4-6) at Curl Moncton, with 18 teams taking part. A few teams outside the age group will also be in the event. The Youth Spiel is organized by Curl Moncton, while the Mini Development Camp is put on by the New Brunswick Curling Association Canada Games 2019 Selection Committee.
Island teams at the event include the Alexis Burris and Mitchell Schut teams from Cornwall, the Cruz Pineau squad from the Silver Fox, and the Callie Wood team from Montague.
Here is the schedule:
Teams by conference and number:
For Prince Edward Island’s Lisa Jackson the plan was to make the playoffs. The bonus was achieved on Thursday evening when her team from the Cornwall Curling Club qualified directly to Friday’s semifinal thanks to a 4-3 win over Ontario.
“That’s sort of my style, defensive and not many rocks in play. When it came down to it the game was on the line with a couple of shots at the end,” Jackson said after the game.
Ontario and PEI women in action in Draw 14 action at the 2015 Travelers Curling Club Championship in Ottawa (Curling Canada/Claudette Bockstael Photo)
Tina Mazerolle had a quiet tap to score a point in the sixth end but couldn’t find the inside of the PEI stone and gave up a steal of one. The Ontario skip blanked the seventh end and was attempting to keep the final end clean but a great draw and guard by the Islanders left Mazerolle with a difficult double to win. It over-curled and resulted in a steal and the win for PEI.
“We came here hoping to make the playoffs, but this is just extra now – to have one less game,” Jackson said.
P.E.I., as a different team, lost the final of the women’s event last year in Halifax.
“We feel a bit of extra pressure because of that. Some big shoes to fill for sure,” Jackson admitted.
Ontario was previously unbeaten and will now drop into a quarterfinal on Friday afternoon against British Columbia.
In other women’s play, Northern Ontario downed New Brunswick 8-5 to secure their spot in Friday playoff action. Northern Ontario will play Saskatchewan in the other quarter-final. Alberta ran British Columbia out of rocks in the eighth end to earn their direct bye into the semifinal thanks to a 5-1 record.
Nova Scotia defeated Newfoundland and Labrador 5-4 to finish with identical 2-4 records. Quebec finished their tournament at 3-3 with a win over playoff-bound Saskatchewan. Manitoba (2-4) got past Northwest Territories (0-6).
The 14 men’s and 14 women’s teams are split into two seven-team round-robin pools. After a single round-robin, the top three teams in each pool will make the playoffs. The first-place teams will be seeded directly into the semifinals, Friday, Nov. 27, at 7:30 p.m. (all times Atlantic). The second- and third-place teams will meet in crossover quarter-finals Friday at 2:30 p.m, with the winners moving into the semis.
Selected games from the 2015 Travelers Curling Club Championships will be live-streamed at www.curling.ca/2015travelers/
Scores and standings from the event will be available at www.curling.ca/scoreboard/.
For draw times, team lineups and other event info, go to: www.curling.ca/2015travelers/
OTTAWA — The Cornwall women are advancing to the semi-finals of the Travelers Canadian Curling Club championships; the P.E.I. men’s team from the Western Community Curling Club did not make it past round-robin play.
Jackson rink – Larry Richards photo
With her bye, Jackson waits the outcome of a Friday afternoon crossover game to learn who she will face in the semi-final Friday at 7:30 p.m. Atlantic.
Click for full story in the Journal Pioneer.
Click to read in The Guardian.
No plans tonight? Come curling! Bring your friends to the Charlottetown Curling Complex. No membership, experience or equipment needed. Just $10 at the door. Drink special: 5 beer for $20. Come on down tonight at 8pm!
Meanwhile, the Cornwall Curling Club is offering Drop In Curling this Friday evening at 7. Just $10 for non-members (no experience required or equipment needed) or free for Club members. You will play one six-end game, and have a social hour with munchies after. Teams will be made up on the spot, and new curlers will be paired with more experienced ones. No need to sign up in advance – just be there!
Eight-enders are extremely rare in championship curling, and Curling Canada, in a Tweet sent out this afternoon, confirms that the one scored Wednesday afternoon against Nunavut by the Lisa Jackson rink from the Cornwall Curling Club at the Travelers Curling Club Championship in Ottawa is the first one ever scored in a Canadian championship.
Photo (L-R): Lisa Jackson, Carolyn Coulson, Melissa Morrow, Jodi Murphy.
Team PEI then stole 6 in the second end, and went on to win the lopsided game 21-0 in six ends. The Island squad currently sit at 4-1 and are virtually assured of a playoff spot. They finish round robin play tonight in the 9:30 p.m AT draw when they take on Ontario, currently leading the pool at 4-0 and playing winless Nunavut this afternoon.
The 14 men’s and 14 women’s teams are split into two seven-team round-robin pools. After a single round-robin, the top three teams in each pool advance to the playoff round. The first-place teams will be seeded directly into the semifinals, Friday, Nov. 27, at 7:30 p.m. (all times Atlantic). The second- and third-place teams will meet in crossover quarter-finals Friday at 2:30 p.m, with the winners moving into the semis.
The gold and bronze-medal games are set for Saturday, Nov. 28, at 11 a.m.
Selected games from the 2015 Travelers Curling Club Championships will be live-streamed at www.curling.ca/2015travelers/
Scores and standings from the event will be available at www.curling.ca/scoreboard/.
For draw times, team lineups and other event info, go to: www.curling.ca/2015travelers/
Congrats @peicurling on scoring an 8-ender at the #TCCC2015! 1st time this has ever happened at a Cdn championship pic.twitter.com/SY3LzsDaUE
— Curling Canada (@CurlingCanada) November 26, 2015
OTTAWA — A major logjam in the men’s standings at the Travelers Canadian Curling Club championships in Ottawa Thursday morning, but not in Prince Edward Island’s favour.
Curling Canada photo: Freddy Fraser rink
Prince Edward Island’s setback came at the hands of Nova Scotia, an 8-2 decision highlighted by five stolen points over the third and fourth ends.
The PEI women’s team, skipped by Lisa Jackson from the Cornwall Curling Club, recovered from their first loss (5-3 to Sask.) on Wednesday afternoon at the Travelers Curling Club Championship in Ottawa, with a lopsided 21-0 win over Nunavut in the late draw. The Island squad scored an eight-ender, very rare in national championship play, in the first end, and stole six in the second, putting the game out of reach after only two ends. Ontario leads the women’s standings at 4-0, while PEI, Sask., BC, Alberta and N. Ont. all have one loss. PEI has only one round robin game left, tonight at 9:30 Atlantic, against undefeated Ontario.
Cornwall Curling Club, Cornwall, P.E.I.
In the men’s section, Freddy Fraser and his Western Community Curling Club team sit at 2-2, after a 4-2 win over Sask. on Wednesday afternoon, and an 11-2 loss to Ont. in the 6 pm draw. The Island squad play play Nova Scotia at 11 this morning, and finish the round robin against Quebec at 6 pm.
Newfoundland and Labrador are the only undefeated men’s squad, at 5-0, while BC, Yukon, and Manitoba all have one loss in Pool B, and 5 teams, including PEI, trail NL with 2 losses each in Pool A. The top three teams in each pool make the playoffs, so the PEI men are still very much in contention.
The 14 men’s and 14 women’s teams are split into two seven-team round-robin pools. After a single round-robin, the top three teams in each pool advance to the playoff round. The first-place teams will be seeded directly into the semifinals, Friday, Nov. 27, at 7:30 p.m. (all times Atlantic). The second- and third-place teams will meet in crossover quarter-finals Friday at 2:30 p.m, with the winners moving into the semis.
The gold and bronze-medal games are set for Saturday, Nov. 28, at 11 a.m.
Selected games from the 2015 Travelers Curling Club Championships will be live-streamed at www.curling.ca/2015travelers/
Scores and standings from the event will be available at www.curling.ca/scoreboard/.
For draw times, team lineups and other event info, go to: www.curling.ca/2015travelers/
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Twelve teams are entered so far, and organizers are looking for four more for the Island Petroleum Cashspiel, December 4-6 at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside. This event is open to all Senior, Junior, and Travelers … Continue reading
Curling dreams will be coming true for the 28 teams that open the 2015 Travelers Curling Club Championship on Monday at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club. The seventh Travelers Curling Club Championship begins Monday at the Ottawa Hunt and … Continue reading
Curling gold medalist Brad Gushue used the now-banned broom until recently There’s a lot of buzz at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax over a ban on a new kind of curling broom that some say is taking away the … Continue reading
The Crapaud Community Curling Club has cancelled the Free Funspiel this weekend on the 20th and 21st and the U13 Fun Day on the 22nd due to insufficient signup. … Continue reading
The final draw of the day is underway at the 3rd annual Masters Plus spiel in Cornwall. The event concludes with morning and afternoon draws on Friday. 16 teams are entered, representing 9 different curling clubs from all three Maritime … Continue reading
Unlike a number of other events, attendance for the provincial winners at the national Mixed Doubles competition is not completely paid for by Curling Canada. Curl PEI will be supporting the winning team attending the National Mixed Doubles by providing … Continue reading
Perth, Scotland Wednesday 18 November 2015 A moratorium on the use of brush heads constructed in the following manner will be enforced for Word Curling Federation events during the 2015/16 season, beginning with the 2015 European Curling Championships in Esbjerg, … Continue reading
The Maple Leaf, Montague, Cornwall, and Charlottetown curling facilities are offering FREE on-ice “Introduction to Curling” sessions for children and their parents/guardians. Both those who may have attended “Rocks and Rings” school gym sessions, as well as the general public, … Continue reading
Mixed Doubles The Curl PEI Provincial Mixed Doubles Curling Championship will be held at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, December 11-13, 2015. Last year’s winners were the Kyle Holland/Katie Fullerton duo, from the Charlottetown Curling Complex … Continue reading
Sport PEI is now accepting nominations for its 2015 Amateur Sport Awards. Sport PEI welcomes nominations from sport groups, and the general public in establishing a short list of potential finalists. The deadline to nominate is December 22. Please clink … Continue reading
The Dave Jones Mayflower Cashspiel goes this Thursday through Sunday Nov. 19-22 at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax, with 40 teams taking part, including three women’s and two men’s rinks from PEI. Men’s play gets underway Thursday morning at … Continue reading
Chase the Ace The Ace was drawn by Calvin Smith and he took home $862.50. They will be starting with a new deck this Friday, November 20th from 7:30-9. Come out and support the South Shore Actiplex, the Crapaud Fire … Continue reading
The Montague Curling Rink invites you to the “Hog Wild” spiel on Dec. 11 and 12. Team entry fee is $140, or $120 with one new curler. A 50X50 draw will be held, with proceeds going to the Food Bank. … Continue reading
The men’s and women’s championship games of the Fall Fling junior cashspiel were held at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside this afternoon. Journal Pioneer sports editor Jason Simmonds was there to capture the following images: Click … Continue reading
MacFadyen scores five points in final half of Fall Fling final SUMMERSIDE – Alex MacFadyen proved on Sunday it’s not how teams start a game, but rather how they finish it that counts. Lead Parker MacFadyen releases a shot while … Continue reading
Curl Atlantic is pleased to announce that the Whitecap Junior Curling Camp will be held at Curl Moncton for the 2016, 2017 and 2018 summers. Registration information will be distributed in January. The dates for next summer are July 31 … Continue reading
(by Jonathan Brazeau) OSHAWA, Ont. — Brad Gushue of St. John’s said at the start of the National he felt good enough to play in the event following his frightening fall on the ice just two weeks ago at the … Continue reading
The Mary Fay rink from the Chester Curling Club in Nova Scotia, and the Alex MacFadyen team from the host Silver Fox Curling Club are the women’s and men’s winners, respectively, of the 9th annual Fall Fling junior cashspiel, which … Continue reading
The men’s and women’s finals go at 1 pm, as the 9th annual Fall Fling Junior Cashspiel wraps up at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside. The all-PEI men’s final will see the Alex MacFadyen rink from … Continue reading
The 2016 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship wrapped up on Saturday afternoon in Toronto, with Mick Lizmore’s Alberta squad from Edmonton completing a perfect, unbeaten week with a 4-2 win over Saskatchewan’s Bruce Korte in the gold-medal game. With the win, … Continue reading
(by Jonathan Brazeau) OSHAWA, Ont. — Reid Carruthers faced three coming home but punched out Glenn Howard’s shot rock to secure a 5-2 victory and a spot in the men’s final of the National. Reid Carruthers at the 2015 Pinty’s … Continue reading
The Fall Fling Junior Cashspiel wraps up today at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, with the men’s and women’s semi-finals going at 9 am, and the winners advancing to the 1 pm finals. The winning teams … Continue reading
The 9th annual Fall Fling Junior Cashspiel gets underway at noon at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, with 12 junior men’s and an equal number of junior women’s teams, from all three Maritime provinces, taking part. … Continue reading
The Cornwall Curling Club is getting ready to host its third Masters Plus Bonspiel on Thursday November 19th and Friday November 20th. A Masters Plus team has three players age 60 and over (“Masters”), and a fourth player age 55 … Continue reading
The game between the Brad Gushue team, which includes PEI native Brett Gallant, and the Kevin Koe rink at “The National” Grand Slam of Curling event in Oshawa, Ont., will be the feature match at 1 pm Atlantic on Sportsnet. … Continue reading
Ten teams have signed up for “The Ice Queens” women’s funspiel this weekend at the Cornwall Curling Club. Teams each play three games, with winners determined via a points system. Team Rosters: 1 Carlene Peters Debby Sigsworth Rebecca Rolfe Donna … Continue reading
Alberta’s Mick Lizmore and New Brunswick’s Charlie Sullivan will advance to the next round of the 2016 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship after finishing the round robin at the top of their respective pools on Wednesday night at the Weston Curling Club … Continue reading
Alberta remains the only undefeated team at the 2016 Canadian Mixed Curling Championships in Toronto. Alberta’s Micky Lizmore, with his team of Sarah Wilkes, Brad Thiessen and Alison Kotylak, took to the ice to battle Newfoundland and Labrador’s Chris Ford … Continue reading
Peter Gallant (coach of Team Suzanne Birt) will be working with Curl PEI this winter to offer Adult Club Curling Clinics at Island curling facilities. The clinics will be on-ice for 2 hours and open to all club curlers. The … Continue reading
Curl PEI is organizing Junior Fitness and Nutrition sessions on Nov. 28, from 1-3 pm at Synergy Fitness, 141 Mount Edward Road, Charlottetown (the former Mount St. Mary’s building). 10-15 year olds will have a gym session from 1-2 pm, … Continue reading
Curl PEI is conducting Level I and Level II Umpire Clinics, both on Nov.29, from 9 am to 4 pm. The Level I clinic, with Cliff Poirier, will be at the Silver Fox, while the Level II clinic, with Kay … Continue reading
(by Danielle Inglis) Three and four-enders were a common occurrence during Draw 4 of the 2016 Canadian Mixed at the Weston Golf and Country Club in Toronto. The Ontario versus Manitoba match was the live streamed game this draw and … Continue reading
A draw for 4 in the fourth end gave Windsor Nova Scotia’s Doug MacKenzie rink a 4-2 lead over PEI’s Eddie MacKenzie team this afternoon at the Canadian Mixed in Toronto. The Bluenosers followed this up with steals of 2, … Continue reading
Curlers from across Canada are set to visit Digby, N.S., in April for a tournament hosted by former world champion Randy Ferbey. Ferbey was in Halifax Monday to announce the Everest-Ferbey National Pro Am. It will be the second year for … Continue reading
The 9th annual Fall Fling Junior Cashspiel goes this weekend at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, with 12 junior men’s and an equal number of junior women’s teams, from all three Maritime provinces, taking part. Here … Continue reading
Curl PEI’s Provincial Mixed Doubles Curling Championship will be held at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, December 11-13, 2015. Last year’s provincial winners were the Kyle Holland/Katie Fullerton duo, from the Charlottetown Curling Complex and the … Continue reading
The Eddie MacKenzie rink from the Charlottetown Curling Complex dropped their opener this evening at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championships in Toronto, losing 6-2 to the Bruce Korte rink from Saskatoon SK. The Island squad play another MacKenzie, Doug, from … Continue reading
The Peter De Cruz rink won the $21,835 total purse CookstownCash spiel, which wrapped up today in Cookstown Ont., beating Ontario’s Brent Ross team 4-2 in the final. PEI’s Adam Casey team lost 6-2 in six ends to De Cruz … Continue reading
The Crapaud Community Curling Club is holding Harvey’s Clover Farm Cash Spiel on January 8, 9, & 10, 2016. This is open to all Junior, Men, Women, Mixed, Senior, and Travelers teams. Cost is $250 per team. Guaranteed 3 games. … Continue reading
The 3rd annual Kevin Gallant Memorial curling bonspiel takes place November 20 and 21 at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary. Kevin was a Junior curler who was killed in a snowmobile accident on December 18th 2013 at the … Continue reading
Five of PEI’s seven full-time curling facilities are “Chasing the Ace” this season as a way to raise funds. This variant of the traditional “50X50” Draw offers more enticing payouts, as only 20% (number can vary slightly) of the money … Continue reading
Curling is underway in Summerside, with league play starting up, and ten teams taking part in the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club’s opening bonspiel, sponsored by Summerside Chrysler Dodge, which wrapped up today. The winners were the team of … Continue reading
Three more teams are needed in order for the Cornwall Curling Club’s “The Ice Queens” Women’s Funspiel to go ahead next Friday evening November 13, and all day Saturday November 14. Seven teams are signed up, and they need at … Continue reading
Free Family Fun Night at Maple Leaf Curling Club, O’Leary on Monday, November 16 at 7pm. Come out with your friends or family and give the sport of curling a try! All you need is a clean pair of sneakers, … Continue reading
The Canadian Mixed Curling Championship gets underway on Sunday at the Weston Golf and Country Club in Toronto. It’s the 53rd edition of the Mixed, which began in Toronto in 1964 and has been won a leading 10 times by … Continue reading
Besides seven dedicated curling facilities. PEI also has two multi-purpose arenas which have curling on a weekly basis. Curling is now underway, and goes Tuesday evenings at the Eastern Kings Sportsplex in Souris, with draws at @ 5:30 and and … Continue reading
Everything is a go for Try Curling lessons this evening at 6:30 at the Montague Curling Club. A plant problem forced cancellation of Junior curling, but this evening’s lessons are on. … Continue reading
The 32nd Annual Curl for Cancer will take place December 12th at the Charlottetown Curling Complex. Play a 6 end game for $20 at 9, 11, 1, 3, or 5 o’clock. There will be a bake sale, trivia, and a … Continue reading
Curl Moncton would like to announce that it is putting the Moncton Curlers’ Association (MCA) building and property on Lutz Street up for sale. The MCA has a rich history that dates back to 1881. The present building is a … Continue reading
CALGARY – Whether a helmet would have protected Brad Gushue when he crashed face-first on the curling ice is debatable. Brad Gushue, Todd Korol/Getty Images But the sight of one of the world’s best curlers sporting a swollen right eye … Continue reading
Coaching PEI has National Coaching Certification Program modules on the calendar for November and December. To sign up for any of these, coaches can email Lynne Boudreau (address below), or sign up on the Locker in the calendar https://thelocker.coach.ca/calendar November … Continue reading
Position Profile The Chief Executive Officer is responsible to the Board of Governors to carry out all orders, resolutions and policies approved by the Board. The CEO will have responsibility and accountability for the leadership, strategic direction, and overall management … Continue reading
(by Jonathan Brazeau) TRURO, N.S. — Ottawa’s Rachel Homan scored her third Masters title in four season with a 6-2 victory over Edmonton’s Val Sweeting in the women’s final Sunday at the Rath Eastlink Community Centre. Rachel Homan at the … Continue reading
(by Jonathan Brazeau) TRURO, N.S. — Winnipeg’s Mike McEwen captured his sixth career Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling title with a 5-3 victory over Jim Cotter, of Vernon, B.C., in the Masters men’s final Sunday. Jon Mead, Denni Neufeld, Matt … Continue reading
Information on upcoming National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) Multi Sport Modules can be found on the CoachingPEI website: http://www.coachingpei.ca/nccp-training.html Club Coach Youth Saturday, November 7, 2015 9am-5pm Location: Cornwall Curling Club Fee: $75/participant Descriptions of the workshops can be found at: http://www.coach.ca/curling-p154492 … Continue reading
Montague The Montague Curling Rink is holding “Try Curling” sessions Nov. 2nd through Nov. 4th beginning at 6:30 each evening. All you need to bring are clean shoes, and wear loose or stretchy pants. The the league sign-up sheets will … Continue reading
The Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club hold their open house today (Nov. 1), 2-4pm for Juniors and 7-9 for adults. The Charlottetown Curling Complex wrap up their free Learn to Curl sessions this afternoon, beginning at 1:30. … Continue reading