The following volunteer opportunities are coming up within the sport of curling:
2023 Canada Games: Statisticians
Curling will have three events at the 2023 Canada Games: Female and Male (four-person, U18) and Mixed Doubles (U20). The events will be played at the Silver Fox Entertainment Complex (Female and Male four-person) and the Montague Curling Club (Mixed Doubles). The curling events will run over the two weeks of the Games (Week 1 is Feb. 18 – 25, 2023 and Week 2 is Feb. 27 – Mar. 5), with Female four-person week one and male four-person and mixed doubles week two.
All three events will require a number of volunteers for a number of positions. We are currently looking for people who are interested in being a statistician. We will be running a virtual statistician training session near the end of December with the goal of having those trained doing stats at the Provincial Scotties Tournament of Hearts (Jan. 5-9, 2022) in Montague and/or the Canada Games Trials (Feb. 2-6, 2022) in Summerside.
If you are interested in being a statistician for the 2023 Canada Games please contact Amy Duncan (aduncan@sportpei.pe.ca or 902-368-4208).
Curling 101 (Dec. 18 2021) / High School Learn to Curl (selected Fridays Jan. 14-Apr. 1 2022): Instructors
Curl PEI has secured funding to offer a High School Learn to Curl Program at the Cornwall Curling Club. They will be promoting the program by hosting a Curling 101 session for high school students on December 18 from 3:30-4:30 pm (and 4:30-5:30 pm, if needed). This is a one-hour introduction to the sport and an opportunity for participants to throw a few rocks. The 10-week Learn to Curl Program will start in the new year, on the following Fridays from 4:00-5:30 pm: Jan. 14, 22, 28; Feb. 4, 11; March 4, 11, 18, 25 and Apr. 1.
Curl PEI has a lead instructor already in place and is looking for some on-ice instructors to help her out. Each week they will need up to 7 people (it does not need to be the same 7 each week) to ensure the program is a success, If you are interested in helping but are not available for all the sessions, Curl PEI should be able to make it work for you.
If you are interested in volunteering with the Curling 101 and/or the Learn to Curl Program please contact Amy Duncan (aduncan@sportpei.pe.ca or 902-368-4208).
What’s the secret to winning the 2021 Tim Hortons Curling Trials, presented by AGI, and getting to the Winter Olympic Games?
Shooting the lights out for a week is a good plan, but also while wearing a bullet-proof vest.
Team Brad Gushue is going back to the Winter Olympics as Canada’s men’s four-player team after holding off the rat-tat-tat shooting machine of Team Brad Jacobs of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., 4-3 Sunday in the final at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon.
If it was precision curling you wanted to see, you came to the right place. Team Gushue put on a clinic of rock placement, the soft tapback and the come-around game, and it was good enough against some heavy artillery to win the biggest prize in Canadian curling.
Team Canada (Curling Canada photo)
“Boy oh boy did we play good,” said Gushue, who will be taking his team from the RE/MAX Centre, St. John’s Curling Club to Beijing, China, in a bid to put Canada back on the podium in men’s curling at the Olympics. “I thought we managed the game.”
He’s already shown once he can get the job done at the Olympics. The 41-year-old business owner skipped his Canadian team, which included Nichols, Russ Howard and Jamie Korab, to Olympic gold in 2006 in Turin, Italy.
Now he gets another chance with a different front end — his Tim Hortons Trials-winning team was rounded out by vice-skip Mark Nichols, second Brett Gallant, lead Geoff Walker, alternate Jeff Thomas and coach Jules Owchar.
“The special part is Brett and Geoff now get that opportunity,” said Gushue. “They’ve been two of the best players in the world and have stories from myself and Mark for years and now they’ll get to develop their own memories.”
Peterman and Gallant (Curling Canada)
[Islander Brett Gallant’s fiancée Jocelyn Peterman will be going to the Olympics, too, after the Jennifer Jones rink won the women’s Trials final, beating Team Fleury with a 6-5 extra-end steal earlier on Sunday]: https://www.curling.ca/blog/2021/11/28/womens-trials-winners/
The men’s final was just what was advertised. A battle between two superb teams with contrasting styles, both in their prime, both with 7-1 records in the round-robin, and both yearning for a trip to the biggest stage in sports and another shot at glory.
Team Jacobs came into the final as the week’s top shooting machine, and fans — and opponents — could only drop their jaws in admiration. It was actually scary to watch as Team Jacobs dismantled Calgary’s Team Kevin Koe 8-3 in Saturday’s semifinal, a game in which the winners shot an astonishing 94 percent and made some ‘highlight of the week’ shots.
But Team Gushue, which enjoyed the bye, set the tone in the final, turning it into a strategic, cat-and-mouse game that it plays so well, and giving Team Jacobs only a few bare peeks at setting up an end.
The game turned in the ninth end when Team Jacobs missed a line call, setting up the only deuce of the game for Team Gushue. It was the difference in the game.
“I kept saying, patience, patience don’t be pushing it too much,” said Gushue. “We had a one-point lead, I felt he had to come to us. He was pretty patient, too. They were the one team that really scares us. We knew one shot was going to make the difference out there today. We had a couple of half shots but we didn’t have any zeros and that’s the key against those guys.”
Points, as it turned out, were as rare as clean forks in a cheap diner. It was a record-scoring low for points in the history of a Tim Hortons Trials final.
Brad Gushue celebrates his team’s victory on Sunday night. (Photo, Curling Canada/Michael Burns)
The Tim Hortons Trials win was a thrilling present for Walker who was celebrating his 37th birthday Sunday.
“I didn’t get him a present,” said Gushue, the 2017 world champion and three-time Tim Hortons Brier winner (2017, 2018 and 2020). “I told him this was the best present I could give him. And the best present he could give me for his birthday.
“He played incredible this week. He set us up so well.”
It was a crushing loss for Jacobs and his outstanding team from the Soo Curling Association — third Marc Kennedy, second E.J. Harnden, lead Ryan Harnden and coach Caleb Flaxey. They were all looking for a return to the Olympics and another shot at gold. Jacobs and the Harnden brothers were together when they won in gold in 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Kennedy, who joined the team last season, won gold in 2010 playing second for Edmonton’s Kevin Martin.
“We didn’t have our best tonight, definitely could have played a bit better as a team,” he said. “It was hard to get anything going, even energy-wise. Not our best and as a result, not the outcome we wanted. Like I said yesterday, we needed to be near perfect today to win this game and we weren’t.
“But the Gushue team is one heck of a team and Canada has a great representative. Hats off to them they played great today and well deserved.”
Canada’s Olympic curling teams are joined by, from left, Cal Arcand (Muskeg Lake Cree Nation Councillor), Steph Clovechok (Tourism Saskatoon CEO), Chief Darcy Bear (Whitecap Dakota First Nation), Tribal Chief Mark Arcand (Saskatoon Tribal Council) and Charlie Clark (Saskatoon Mayor). (Photo, Curling Canada/Michael Burns)
Team Isabelle Ladouceur (Sudbury) and Team Owen Purcell (Halifax) won the New Holland World Juniors Qualifying Event at the Granite Curling Club in Saskatoon.
Team Northern Ontario with their championship banner. Islander Katie Shaw is second from left. (Photo, Curling Canada, Darlene Danyliw)
Now, they become Team Canada and will compete at the 2022 World Junior Curling Championships March 5-12, 2022 in Jönköping, Sweden; something that was not lost on them Saturday after the medals were awarded and the photos snapped.
“It sounds pretty good,” Ladouceur said after receiving her gold medal. “I have been dreaming about this since I started curling (at age 10). Pretty much right then, I wanted to win a juniors.”
And she and third Jamie Smith, second Lauren Rajala, lead Katie Shaw [who is from Stratford PEI, but attending university in Sudbury], fifth Katy Lukowich and coach Steve Acorn did win.
Team Northern Ontario celebrates their win (Photo, Curling Canada/Darlene Danyliw)
Team Ladouceur defeated Team Elysa Crough (Edmonton) 7-6 in the final. The game wasn’t as close as the final score, with Team Ladouceur three up with the hammer coming home. Facing three, she killed a Team Crough rock with her final stone, leaving Crough with a steal of two that meant little to the outcome.
It was Team Crough’s first loss of the competition.
On the men’s side, Team Owen Purcell had little trouble with Team Nathan Young (St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador). Team Purcell had a 7-1 lead after three ends. The final score was 10-9, but Purcell was never seriously pushed.
“It’s a dream come true,” Purcell said. “This is everything you ever dream of. Ever since you are really, really young, you want to represent your country. This is everything I have been working for the last 14, 15 years. It feels really, really good.”
Team Purcell won all seven of its games, and looked confident and motivated all week.
“We have a little bit of flair. We get intense out on the ice. I think most of the time it works in our favour.”
He said winning all seven games was gravy.
“Winning is fine, but running the table is so, so hard at an event like this, where all the competition in every game is so hard. It feels really, really good.”
He said all the work he and his teammates have done was rewarded on Saturday.
“It takes a lot of work to get to the top,” he said. “I’m really, really proud of my guys for playing well this week.”
Those aforementioned guys are third Joel Krats, second Adam McEachren, lead Scott Weagle and coach Anthony Purcell. Team Purcell won all seven of its games in the championship.
“It feels awesome; we worked so hard over the last five years,” Coach Purcell said. “The whole season, we played so well. To see them get rewarded for the hard and time they put in, it’s phenomenal.”
“I am so proud of not just my son, but also the boys. You don’t win this stuff by luck. It’s hard work and they have done everything on their own. And any time I wanted them to do anything to put in the extra time, they did.”
Team Ladouceur is coached by Steve Acorn, who came on board at the end of last season.
“They gave me a call in April and asked me if I would coach them,” Acorn said. “I thought about it for a bit, and it’s the best decision I ever made.”
Team Nova Scotia with their championship banner (Photo, Curling Canada/Darlene Danyliw)
“In April, we set some goals for ourselves, one of them being getting here and winning. So, this is a culmination of a year-long process and lots of practices and lots of travelling.”
He said he didn’t know much about the players, other than the front end of Rajala and Shaw, before the phone call.
“I had seen some of them curl, coaching against them in previous years, but I didn’t know them that well. That was my hesitancy at first.” Team Nova Scotia in embrace after their victory (Photo, Curling Canada/Darlene Danyliw)
“They needed a coach, and I missed coaching; I didn’t get to coach during COVID. I took the opportunity and I am glad I did.”
The team played well.
“They kept building throughout the week. I kept telling them individually the four of you are fantastic curlers, but what makes them special is the collective. They feed off each other, they complement each other very well. That is their strength.”
In the final two games, the team’s rock placement was near flawless.
“The rock placement on draw weight was very good. Our judgment is really good, and our sweepers are really good. We threw to our sweepers, and they put it exactly where we wanted it. That always helps.”
And now it is onto the worlds for Team Ladouceur and Team Purcell. They will be held in March in Sweden. The teams will also attend the Continental Cup in January in Fredericton, N.B.
The two teams that went unbeaten in the round robin will be in finals. Team Elysa Crough (Edmonton) will be in the women’s championship game, and Team Owen Purcell (Halifax) will be in the men’s final. Both had perfect 5-0 records in the round robin and scored victories in the semi-finals Friday night.
Team Northern Ontario (Photo, Curling Canada/Darlene Danyliw)
Team Crough will meet Team Isabelle Ladouceur (Sudbury) in the women’s final, and Team Purcell will face Team Nathan Young (St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador). [Team Ladouceur includes Islander Katie Shaw, who is attending university in Sudbury.]
Teams Crough, Ladouceur and Purcell cruised to victories, while Team Young made a last-rock draw to the button to secure his spot in the men’s final.
Team Purcell defeated Team Daymond Bernath, the hometown favourite, 7-2, while Team Young downed Team Scott Mitchell (Whitby, Ont.) 5-4.
In the women’s semis, Team Crough had little trouble with Team Erica Cluff (Fredericton), winning 10-4. In the other game, Team Ladouceur defeated Team Taylour Stevens (Halifax) 6-3. [Team Stevens includes PEI’s Lauren Ferguson.]
Ladouceur, backed by third Jamie Smith, second Lauren Rajala, lead Katie Shaw and coach Katy Lukowich, played a near-perfect game against Team Stevens, never letting her opponent get into the game.
“My team definitely played really well and were carrying me a little,” Ladouceur said humbly after the game. “That’s why we are a four-person team; we can pick each other up.”
“I thought we had some good setup ends, which is very helpful when we are precise on shots.”
Before looking to tomorrow’s game with Team Crough, she said the team would debrief and nitpick the things that could be improved. The team has won four straight games, heading into the final.
“Alberta is really good, and we don’t want to take it lightly, even though we are on a hot streak. It’s important that we focus in and polish up the little things.”
She said the team would rest before the final.
“The most important thing is we are going to stick together, do some activities together, whether it is playing some cards or relaxing, and refresh for tomorrow.”
Team Newfoundland & Labrador (Photo, Curling Canada/Darlene Danyliw)
Young had to make a cold draw to the button to win his game.
“I need to sit down; I need to rest,” Young said moments after making his final-stone draw. “That was a great game. They put some pressure on us. We made some shots; we missed some shots. They made some shots; they missed some shots. I am glad we were able to figure out that draw to the button.”
“Teams are so good and so evenly matched in this qualifier that what you hope for is to be tied and have hammer in the last end. We were lucky to have that today.”
Young, who is backed by third Sam Follett, second Nathan Locke, lead Ben Stringer and coach Gerry Adam, said he is looking forward to the final with Team Purcell.
“All we can do is put ourselves in a position to win and we are in the final tomorrow.”
He said the team plans to get some rest before the biggest game of his young life.
“We’ll make sure we eat some good food, stay loose and hang out as a team, and remind ourselves why we are in this situation. We have put in the work and we’re ready.”
The winners of the championship will advance to the worlds in March in Sweden, and get a trip to the Continental Cup.
Live scoring, standings, additional news and statistics for the New Holland World Juniors Qualifying Event are available at www.curling.ca/2021worldjuniorqualifier/ and curling.ca.
One of Canada’s most popular national curling championships makes its much-anticipated return next week in Ottawa.
Play gets underway Monday at the Ottawa Hunt & Golf Club in the 2021 Everest Canadian Curling Club Championships. (Photo, courtesy Ottawa Hunt & Golf Club)
The 2021 Everest Canadian Curling Club Championships get underway Monday afternoon at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club, bringing together the country’s top men’s and women’s club curling teams, with all 14 of Curling Canada’s Member Associations (10 provinces, three territories and Northern Ontario) represented in both genders.
Penny Shantz won Olympic gold playing for Canada at the 1988 Winter Games in Calgary. (Photo, Canadian Press/Canadian Olympic Committee/Ted Grant)
Each team is allowed just one player who has played in a provincial/territorial Juniors’, Men’s (Brier), Women’s (Scotties) or Seniors’ championship in the current or previous three curling seasons, or participated in a full-field Grand Slam event in the current or previous three curling seasons.
The field in Ottawa features many past participants in the Tim Hortons Brier, the Scotties Tournament of Hearts and even an Olympic gold-medallist.
The B.C. women’s team from Parksville is skipped by Penny Shantz, who played for the Linda Moore-skipped Canadian team that won gold at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, where curling was a demonstration sport.
Also in the field is Shelly Bradley, who’s skipping the Prince Edward Island team from Charlottetown. Bradley played for P.E.I. at six Scotties Tournament of Hearts. [The team also includes Amanda Power, Aleya Quilty, and Jodi Murphy.]
On the men’s side, Team Quebec from Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville is skipped by Philippe Ménard, who threw lead rocks for his brother Jean-Michel Ménard at seven Tim Hortons Briers.
Meanwhile, Newfoundland-Labrador’s team from St. John’s is skipped by Mark Noseworthy, who also skipped his home province at four editions of the Tim Hortons Brier, earning a bronze medal in 1987 at Edmonton.
Also worth noting is that 2016 Canadian Curling Club Championships men’s winning skip Wes Forget is now throwing second rocks for Team Tanner Horgan at the 2021 Tim Hortons Canadian Curling Trials, presented by AGI, where Canada’s Olympic four-player teams are being decided.
[P.E.I. will be represented by the Summerside Curling Club at the Silver Fox Entertainment Complex men’s team of Tim Hockin, Darren Higgins (skip), Mike Spencer and Jonathan Greenan.]
The annual fundraising challenge to benefit youth curling across Canada through the Curling Canada Foundation will once again be a part of the 2021 Everest Canadian Curling Club Championships. Teams will be involved in fundraising, and the team that raises the most money for junior curling will earn a $2,500 grant for their home clubs. You can find more information by CLICKING HERE.
At the most recent Everest Canadian Curling Club Championships, two years ago in Leduc, Alta., teams from Alberta (Nanette Dupont’s women’s team from Lethbridge) and Ontario (Paul Moffatt’s men’s team from Kitchener-Waterloo) captured gold medals.
Seven-time Tim Hortons Brier participant Philippe Ménard will be skipping Quebec at the 2021 Everest Canadian Curling Club Championships. (Photo, Curling Canada/Michael Burns)
The Canadian Curling Club Championships began in 2009 in Toronto. Since then, Alberta and Ontario have each won the men’s title three times, while B.C. and Saskatchewan have each claimed two titles and Newfoundland/Labrador has one.
On the women’s side, Manitoba leads the way with four championships, followed by Ontario and Alberta with three apiece, and Prince Edward Island with a single victory.
The 14 men’s and 14 women’s teams will be split into two seven-team round-robin pools. After a single round-robin, the top three teams in each pool will make the modified double-knockout playoffs, which begin Friday, Dec. 3, at 9 a.m. (all times Eastern).
The championship semifinals are scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 4, at 9 a.m., and the semifinal winners will play for gold, and the losers will play for bronze later that day at 2 p.m.
Games from the 2021 Everest Canadian Curling Club Championships will be live-streamed on TSN.ca as well as on Curling Canada’s YouTube channel. Check curling.ca/broadcast for the up-to-date broadcast schedule.
The 2021-22 PEI curling championship season kicks off on Wednesday, December 8th, with the inaugural Mixed Stick Curling Championship at the Silver Fox Entertainment Complex in Summerside. Nine teams from four PEI curling facilities have signed up. There will be 2 round-robin pools, one with 5 teams and the other with 4 teams, with teams playing a single round-robin, and the top two teams from each pool advancing to a semi-final round, with the winners squaring off in the final.
PEI Vax Passes will be checked and are required for all participants and spectators.
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Date
Time
Draw #
Ice
1
Ice
2
Ice
3
Ice
4
Ice
5
Ice 6
BYE
Wed. Dec. 8
10 am
1
1-Clar/Higg vs 2-Sand/Duns
3-Barwise vs 4-Callaghan
7-Fras/Dimi vs 9-Reid/O’Rou
5-Hugh/Suth
11:15 am
2
6-Stav/Sing vs 7-Fras/Dimi
8-MacI/Math vs 9-Reid/O’Rou
1-Clar/Higg vs 5-Hugh/Suth
2-Sand/Duns vs 3-Barwise
4-Callaghan
1:30 pm
3
2-Sand/Duns vs 5-Hugh/Suth
6-Stav/Sing vs 8-MacI/Math
1-Clar/Higg vs 4-Callaghan
3-Barwise
Thu.
Dec. 9
10 am
4
4-Callaghan vs 5-Hugh/Suth
1-Clar/Higg vs 3-Barwise
6-Stav/Sing vs 9-Reid/O’Rou
2-Sand/Duns
11:15 am
5
7-Fras/Dimi vs 8-MacI/Math
2-Sand/Duns vs 4-Callaghan
3-Barwise vs 5-Hugh/Suth
1-Clar/Higg
1:30 pm
6
SEMI 1A vs 2B
SEMI 1B vs 2A
3 pm
7
FINAL
Both pools will play a single round-robin.
TIES
Games – Teams play an extra end with 3 rocks each
Playoffs – 1st by wins and losses by team, 2nd by head to head results, 3rd by points – 3 pts for a win, 0 pts for a loss, 1 Point per end, ½ pt for a blank end, 3 pts (MAX.) difference of score
Canada’s most talented club curlers will compete at the Ottawa Hunt & Golf Club from Nov. 29-Dec. 4, 2021. The event includes 14 men’s and 14 women’s teams from each Member Association – 10 provinces, three territories and Northern Ontario – that will clash over an opportunity to be named Canada’s top grassroots-level team.
PEI will be represented by the Summerside Curling Club at the Silver Fox Entertainment Complex men’s team of Tim Hockin, Darren Higgins (skip), Mike Spencer and Jonathan Greenan, and the Charlottetown Curling Club women’s rink of Shelly Bradley, Amanda Power, Aleya Quilty, and Jodi Murphy, who won their respective Club Championships in Montague in March.
Men’s
PEI Men’s Curling Club Champions from the Summerside Curling Club at the Silver Fox Entertainment Complex in Summerside (L-R): Tim Hockin (3rd, throws 4th), Darren Higgins (skip, throws 3rd), Mike Spencer (2nd), Jonathan Greenan (lead)
Women’s
PEI Women’s Club Champions representing the Charlottetown Curling Club (L-R): Shelly Bradley (skip), Amanda Power (3rd), Pat Quilty (Coach), Aleya Quilty (second), Jodi Murphy (lead)
The 2020 edition event was initially scheduled at the Ottawa Hunt & Golf Club but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Last year, the host committee in Ottawa was ready to put on a first-class event that would showcase the incredible skill of grassroots curlers in our country,” said Mitch Minken, Chair of Curling Canada’s Board of Governors. “We’re pleased that the Ottawa Hunt & Golf Club, along with our partners Everest, will get another opportunity this year to set the stage for what will be a memorable moment for these curlers.”
The Everest Canadian Curling Club Championships are for recreational, club-level curlers who don’t have the time or resources to compete at the high-performance level; the event gives those curlers the exciting opportunity to represent their home province or territory on the national stage.
“We are thrilled for the return of the Everest Canadian Curling Club Championships to the Ottawa Hunt & Golf Club in 2021. It is always an honour to host one of Canada’s national championships and this will be our second time hosting this event. I know our members are excited to host the best club-level curlers from across Canada,” said event chair Ryan Wilkes.
Ottawa Hunt & Golf Club.
It is the second time Ottawa has hosted the event and the sixth time in Ontario throughout the event’s 13-year history. The Ottawa Hunt & Golf Club hosted it in 2015 when Newfoundland & Labrador’s Andrew Symonds and Prince Edward Island’s Lisa Jackson won the men’s and women’s events.
“I am proud that Ottawa was selected by Curling Canada to host the 2021 Everest Canadian Curling Club Championships,” said Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson. “The Ottawa Hunt & Golf Club is the perfect venue to welcome men’s and women’s teams from across the country in this prestigious event. I wish them all an enjoyable stay in the nation’s capital.”
The Everest Canadian Curling Championships were last held alongside the Home Hardware Canada Cup in 2019 at Leduc, Alta. Ontario’s Paul Moffatt (Waterloo) and Alberta’s Nanette Dupont of Lethbridge are the defending champions.
Overall, Alberta and Ontario have won three men’s titles apiece, followed by British Columbia and Saskatchewan with two each; Newfoundland & Labrador has won once.
“CurlON is proud to continue the tradition of hosting Curling Canada events in Ontario and know the Everest Canadian Curling Club Championship will be another fantastic event in our hosting history. The Club Championship has developed into a premier event for club curlers to showcase their abilities on the National stage,” said CurlOn Executive Director Stephen Chenier.
Manitoba has won four times on the women’s side, followed by Ontario and Alberta with three titles each; Prince Edward Island has won once.
This event marks the first occasion of the Canadian curling club championship partnering with Everest’s title sponsorship, a funeral planning and concierge service rolled into a life insurance plan. The 2020 Canadian Curling Club Championships were initially supposed to dawn the Everest title.
“We are thrilled to be the new title sponsor of the Canadian Curling Club Championships. The Club Championships celebrate the grassroots competitiveness of curling at the club level so it’s a perfect fit for Everest. As we have demonstrated through our sponsorship of the Seniors, the Everest-Ferbey National Pro Am, the TSN All-Star Curling Skins and the Everest Curling Challenge on TSN, Everest fosters and celebrates the unique culture of community and caring that runs deep through this special sport. ” said Mark Duffey, CEO. “ We want to be more than a sponsor of the Club Championships; we want to be a partner in growing curling in every club in Canada.”
It will not be the first time the Ottawa Hunt & Golf Club has hosted a national curling championship. In 2010 it hosted the Canadian seniors and it also hosted the 2014 and ’15 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championships back when that event was in its infancy.
“Ottawa Tourism is excited to welcome passionate curlers from all across the country to Ottawa as part of the 2021 Everest Canadian Curling Club Championships,” said Michael Crockatt, President and CEO of Ottawa Tourism. “Bringing sporting events such as this one back to our capital remains an important objective of Ottawa Tourism and we couldn’t be prouder that Ottawa was chosen as the host destination for this competition.”
The 37th edition of Curl for Cancer will be held on Saturday, December 11th at the Cornwall Curling Club! Draws at 5 pm, 7 pm and 9 pm. $25/curler or $100 per team. Contact Lisa to sign up now!! jackson.lisajoy@gmail.com
All proceeds to the Canadian Cancer Society P.E.I.
The Montague Curling Club is hosting the Bogside Cashspiel from Dec. 10 to Dec. 12. $300 a team. Open to all combinations of teams. Contact the club to sign up.
As the dust settles and pool play concludes at the Granite Curling Club in Saskatoon, only six men’s and six women’s playoff qualifiers would remain.
In the main event Thursday, Team Elysa Crough (5-0; Edmonton) defeated Team Taylour Stevens (4-1; Halifax) 8-7 to secure top spot in Pool B. Also coming out of the pool is Team Adrienne Belliveau (2-3; Dundas, Ont.), who beat Team Madison Kleiter (2-3; Saskatoon) in what became a winner-take-all game.
In Pool A, Team Ladouceur (4-1; Sudbury) defeated Team Cassie Rogers (1-4; Yellowknife) 7-3 to earn a spot in the semi-finals. Joining Team Ladouceur in the playoff round are Team Erica Cluff (3-2; Fredericton) and Team Walter (3-2; East St. Paul, Man.) Team Cluff won the head-to-head game on the final draw by a 7-3 count.
Team Mackenzie Mitchell (3-2, St. John’s, Nfld.) missed the playoffs based on head-to-head play among the three 3-2 teams. Team Mitchell defeated Team Cynthia St-Georges (1-4; Laval, Que.) 7-5 in the final draw.
In the battle of top pool B teams, Team Crough jumped out to an early 7-2 lead over Team Stevens. The Nova Scotia team battled back and trailed 8-6 with the hammer coming home. Stevens slid a tad too far with her final rock, giving Crough an 8-7 win.
As the game got tighter, most eyes in the large crowd turned to the heavyweight match.
“I bet it was fun to watch, my goodness,” Clough said moments after leaving the ice. “Yeah, that was a game.”
She said her team started off strong in building the five-point lead.
“Then, we had a couple of unfortunate misses and they got back into it, but that’s the way curling works. We never got down on ourselves. We handled it well.”
She said any lead is not safe with the five-rock rule and 10 end games.
“There is no sitting back in curling. Anything can happen and all it takes is one shot to do that.”
Crough was asked what the bye means to her.
“Honest, I don’t even know what time we play tomorrow.”
It will be at 5 p.m. against the winner of a game between Team Cluff and Team Belliveau.
On the other side of the draw, Team Ladouceur will play the winner of a game between Team Stevens and Team Walter.
“We played all these good teams, so it feels really good coming out on top,” Ladouceur said. “We are going to keep going; there are a lot of good teams out here.”
She said having a bye can go both ways.
“I think sometimes people take the bye, but don’t realize (other teams) will have an extra game to feel out the ice.”
Team Belliveau seemingly came out of nowhere to earn a playoff spot. The team was 1-3 going into the final draw.
“At the start of the week, we didn’t play too well as a team. We didn’t see it going too well, but we kept our focus,” Belliveau said. “We weren’t really playing our strategy the last couple games, but today we really buckled down and played our game, and it worked out for us.”
She said the style is both clean while putting pressure on the opponent early.
Emily Bowles (1-4; New Westminster) ended the playoff hopes of Team Rachel MacLean (1-4; Cornwall, P.E.I.) with an 8-2 win. That left Team Belliveau and Team Kleiter battling for the third spot in Pool B.
In the A Pool, in the men’s first draw of the day, Team Scott Mitchell (4-0; Whitby, Ont.) defeated Team Johnson Tao (3-1; Edmonton) 11-6. Team Jordon McDonald (3-1; Winnipeg) defeated Josh Nowlan (1-3; Moncton) 11-3, and Team Mitchell Schut (1-3; Cornwall, P.E.I.), defeated and Team Dallas Burgess (0-4; Kakabeka Falls, Northern Ontario) 9-8.
Team Mitchell, Team Tao and Team McDonald have all qualified for the playoffs.
In the B Pool, Team Owen Purcell (4-0; Halifax) defeated Team Jullian Bowling (0-4, Yellowknife) 10-3, Team Daymond Bernath (3-1; Saskatoon) defeated Team Connor Deane (2-2; New Westminster, B.C.) 7-6, and Team Nathan Young (3-1; St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador) defeated Team Raphael Patry (0-4; Jonquiere, Que.)
With the win, Team Purcell have qualified for the playoffs and are joined by Newfoundland and Labrador’s team Young and Saskatchewan’s team Bernath.
The winners of the championship will advance to the Worlds in March in Sweden, and get a trip to the Continental Cup.
The six teams advancing to the playoffs were decided before the final round-robin draw at New Holland World Juniors Qualifying Event at the Granite Curling Club in Saskatoon.
What was at stake were positions in the standings to determine playoff matchups.
Team Owen Purcell (5-0; Halifax) and Team Scott Mitchell (4-1; Whitby, Ont.) locked up their spots in the semi-finals as pool winners, while four other teams were jockeying for their spots on the playoff board.
One of those games featured Team Nathan Young (4-1; St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador) and Team Daymond Bernath (3-2; Saskatoon). The other was a game between Team Johnson Tao (4-1; Edmonton) and Team Jordon McDonald (3-2; Winnipeg).
Team Young and Team Tao won those games to become the second seeds.
In the quarter-finals, Team Tao will meet Team Bernath, and Team Young will meet Team McDonald. The winner of the Tao-Bernath game will meet Team Mitchell, and the winner of the Young-McDonald game will meet Team Purcell.
Team Tao lost earlier in the day to Team Mitchell. Tao said he didn’t want to go into the playoffs with two consecutive losses.
“It was really important for us to bounce back and get that win. It didn’t really matter too much in the grand scheme of things, but it was really good to get our confidence up and have momentum going into tomorrow.”
The 8-3 win against Team McDonald moved Team Tao from third to second in his pool.
“We were in the quarter-finals either way, but that win was more a confidence booster than anything.”
Team Newfoundland & Labrador (Photo, Curling Canada/Darlene Danyliw)
Team Young also finished on a winning note, defeating Team Bernath 8-7.
“We’re feeling really well,” Young said. “It has been five really good games. We feel every game we are improving. We’re picking a few things to work on every game and looking forward to the playoffs now.”
“We are looking at three tough playoff games (to win the championship). Although both teams are in the playoffs, it was an excellent game to prepare us for the playoffs.”
He said the team would continue to do what it did to go 4-1 in the round robin.
“We have to remember to stay focussed and to stay together as a team. That is a key for us. We are very good friends. Have fun.”
Team Purcell was the only team to go unbeaten in the round robin. The team defeated Team Connor Deane (2-3; New Westminster, B.C.) 5-4 in their finale.
Purcell said going unbeaten in the round robin “was fantastic” and feels “really good.”
He said it is back to square one for the teams remaining in the competition.
“We’re feeling good going into the semi-final, and then hopefully the final.”
He said there won’t be change in preparation for a playoff game.
“Just keep doing what we are doing, and focusing on throwing the right weight at the stick, and keeping our weight judgment crisp. Keep throwing good rocks and good things will happen.”
Team Schut’s Chase MacMillan and Mitchell Schut (Facebook)
Team Mitchell dropped its final game 7-6 to Team Mitchell Schut (2-3; Cornwall, P.E.I.)
In the other games, Team Dallas Burgess (1-4; Kakabeka Falls, Northern Ontario) defeated Josh Nowlan (1-4; Moncton) 7-4, and Team Raphael Patry (1-4; Jonquiere, Que.) defeated Team Jullian Bowling (0-5, Yellowknife) 8-5.
Young paid tribute to organizers for the way the event has been managed.
“Saskatoon has been a great time. All the volunteers here, the officials, the curling club and the ice crew have been amazing. It’s been a lot of fun.”
The winners of the championship will advance to the worlds in March in Sweden, and get a trip to the Continental Cup.
Live scoring, standings and statistics for the New Holland World Juniors Qualifying Event are available at www.curling.ca/2021worldjuniorqualifier/ and curling.ca.
The Cornwall Curling Club’s 9th Annual Mixed Doubles Cashspiel takes place Saturday December 4th 2021 and is one of their most celebrated and fun events, with great curling, a delicious lunch…. and cash prizes too! This event is open to all mixed doubles (one male, one female curler per team) curling teams Islandwide!
The spiel is a team entry event, $50 per team (includes HST). Entry fee includes three 6-end games guaranteed, plus lunch!
When registering please provide your name, curling partner’s name, phone number, email, and any special requests in the “Notes” section. (This is where you would indicate any special dietary needs).
Only ONE person per team needs to sign up.
You DO NOT need to pay when registering and we ask that you bring your cash on the day of the event.
1. Click on the private link provided to you.
2. Click on the red button that says “Register”.
3. Click on “Login required” or “Log in /sign up”.
4. Enter your e-mail address in the “send me a login link” or “log in with Gmail” (this requires a g-mail account. If this does not work use “send me a login link”).
5. Click on the link sent to you in your email.
6. Select your email that is listed (if you are a current curling io user) OR click on “new profile” if a new curling.io user.
7. Proceed to answer questions to register and then submit.
OR
Sign up on the bulletin board at the top of the stairs or email the Club Manager at cornwallcurling@eastlink.ca .
Deadline to sign up is Monday, November 29th, at 12 noon.
A maximum of 16 teams of 2 curlers is permitted. First draw is at 8:30 am and the event should wrap up around 5 pm.
Cost is $50 per entry — please pay on the day of the bonspiel.
The Club is very excited to welcome a NEW sponsor this year for our Mixed Doubles Cash Curling Bonspiel…. Peake and McInnis Insurance! Thank you to Club Member Susan and her team at Peake and McInnis!
You can learn more about Peake and McInnis and their services here:
The Club extends a heartfelt thank you to Myrna Sanderson who started this bonspiel 9 years ago and has been the event organizer every year! Myrna is taking this year off from organizing… but we hope she will be back at it next year! At Myrna’s suggestion, Danny Kneabone has kindly accepted the invitation to Coordinate the spiel this year….Thank you, Danny!
The annual Island Petroleum Cashspiel takes place Friday, Saturday & Sunday, Dec. 3, 4, & 5, 2021 at the Silver Fox Entertainment Complex in Summerside. This event is “OPEN FORMAT” (ALL COMBINATIONS OF PLAYERS ACCEPTED).
Please note that proof of both vaccinations, as well as government-issued picture ID, is required upon registration and arrival to the Fox on the first day.
A battle of the Titans on the women’s side at the New Holland World Juniors Qualifying Event at the Granite Curling Club in Saskatoon is looming large. Team Nova Scotia (Photo, Curling Canada/Darlene Danyliw) After the fourth round of five, … Continue reading →
Due to the recent West Prince COVID-19 cluster, organizers have decided to be extra cautious and postpone the annual Kevin Gallant Memorial Bonspiel until the new year (date to be determined). Previous details: This event, with both stick and regular … Continue reading →
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Fans went to watch curling Tuesday evening at the New Holland World Juniors Qualifying Event in Saskatoon where, if you had looked at the scoreboard, you’d assume a basketball game had broken out. That’s an exaggeration to be sure, but … Continue reading →
The P.E.I. government has finalized its purchase of the former Charlottetown Curling Club building. That’s the site that currently houses the P.E.I. Community Outreach Centre, which offers support to people seeking financial assistance, counselling, employment, food and housing. The building on Euston … Continue reading →
Parity is the word at the New Holland World Juniors Qualifying Event at the Granite Curling Club in Saskatoon. After two draws, it’s down to three teams out of the 12 with two straight victories. Six teams are 1-1 and … Continue reading →
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The annual Island Petroleum Cashspiel takes place Friday, Saturday & Sunday, Dec. 3, 4, & 5, 2021 at the Silver Fox Entertainment Complex in Summerside. This event is “OPEN FORMAT” (ALL COMBINATIONS OF PLAYERS ACCEPTED). Entry Deadline is Monday, November … Continue reading →
The Curl PEI event registration system is now open for teams to register for all events on the 2021-22 calendar. Please visit https://pe.curling.io/en/competitions to find the list of events. The deadlines for the Scotties women’s and men’s Tankard championships at the … Continue reading →
The Cornwall Curling Club’s 9th Annual Mixed Doubles Cashspiel takes place Saturday December 4th 2021 and is one of their most celebrated and fun events, with great curling, a delicious lunch…. and cash prizes too! This event is open to … Continue reading →
PEI teams skipped by Suzanne Birt, Shelly Bradley, and Veronica Smith all advanced to the playoff round at the 16-team $10,500 purse Tim Hortons Spitfire Arms Cashspiel in Windsor, NS, this weekend, with Smith beating Bradley 7-4 in the quarter-final … Continue reading →
The Rajan Dalrymple (top in picture) and Evans-Tracy junior men’s and women’s teams from the Gage Curling Club in Oromocto NB were the winners of the D. Alex MacDonald Ford Fall Fling Junior Cashspiel, which wrapped up Sunday afternoon … Continue reading →
PEI teams skipped by Suzanne Birt, Shelly Bradley, and Veronica Smith are on the ice this weekend at the 16-team $10,500 purse Tim Hortons Spit Fire Arms Cashspiel in Windsor, NS, and all three won their Friday opening games, with … Continue reading →
Any UPEI students interested in entering a team to compete for the right to represent UPEI at the 2022 Atlantic University Curling Championships are asked to contact UPEI Varsity Coordinator Ron Annear at 902-566-0991 or annear@upei.ca. If more than one … Continue reading →
Some of Canada’s most talented curling teams under the age of 20 are vying for the opportunity to represent Canada in a distinctive competition on the calendar this season. The New Holland World Juniors Qualifying Event is a one-off event … Continue reading →
The annual Fall Fling Junior Cashspiel, sponsored by D. Alex MacDonald Ford, Summerside, goes this weekend at Summerside’s Silver Fox Entertainment Complex,with five Junior Men’s and six Junior Women’s teams taking part. Live results will be available from Curl PEI’s … Continue reading →
Dreams of Olympic gold will be on the line for Canada’s best men’s and women’s teams when the 2021 Tim Hortons Canadian Curling Trials, presented by AGI, get underway Saturday at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon. The nine-day competition, which concludes with … Continue reading →
Two PEI Junior rinks, skipped by Mitchell Schut and Rachel MacLean, have been invited by Curl PEI to attend a 2022 World Juniors Qualifier event in Saskatoon. Spring Valley PEI’s Lauren Ferguson will be there too, on Team Stevens from … Continue reading →
The 37th edition of Curl for Cancer will be held on Saturday, December 11th at the Cornwall Curling Club! Draws at 5 pm, 7 pm and 9 pm. $25/curler or $100 per team. Contact Lisa to sign up now!! jackson.lisajoy@gmail.com … Continue reading →
The Montague Curling Club is hosting the Bogside Cashspiel from Dec. 10 to Dec. 12. $300 a team. Details to follow. Open to all combinations of teams. … Continue reading →
The annual Island Petroleum Cashspiel takes place Friday, Saturday & Sunday, Dec. 3, 4, & 5, 2021 at the Silver Fox Entertainment Complex in Summerside. This event is “OPEN FORMAT” (ALL COMBINATIONS OF PLAYERS ACCEPTED). Entry Deadline is Monday, November … Continue reading →
The Cornwall Curling Club’s 9th Annual Mixed Doubles Cashspiel takes place Saturday December 4th 2021 and is one of their most celebrated and fun events, with great curling, a delicious lunch…. and cash prizes too! This event is open to … Continue reading →
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The opening bonspiel, sponsored by Standard Auto Glass, for the Summerside Curling Club at the Silver Fox Entertainment Complex is set for Nov. 26 and 27. Signup at the club or email: Summersidecurling@gmail.com and they sign up for you. Individual … Continue reading →
Here are the teams and the schedule for the 2021 Ice Queens Women’s FUNspiel for this Saturday, November 20th at the Cornwall Curling Club. Ice Queens Teams & Draw Schedule 2021 F2.pdf … Continue reading →
The Halifax Curling Club’s Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic, with the Men’s event presented by Steele Subaru and the inaugural Women’s event presented by NeonTrain, wrapped up on Sunday, with PEI’s Team Suzanne Birt winning the women’s event with a … Continue reading →
Twenty years after Jean-Michel Ménard won his first ever Canadian Mixed Curling Championship in 2001, his team representing Québec are 2021 Canadian Mixed Curling Champions. Ménard, alongside third Marie-France Larouche, second Ian Belleau and lead Annie Lemay of Etchemin/Des Collines … Continue reading →
The annual Kevin Gallant Memorial Bonspiel, with both stick and regular curling, is sponsored by O’Leary Co-op, and goes Nov. 26-27 at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary. Entry is $50 per 2-person stick team, and $120 per regular … Continue reading →
Here is the startup schedule for the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary, with curling programming starting next week. Phone (902) 859-3012 or email mapleleafcurlingcluboleary@gmail.com for more info. … Continue reading →
The Curl PEI event registration system is now open for teams to register for all events on the 2021-22 calendar. Please visit https://pe.curling.io/en/competitions to find the list of events. The first entry deadline of the season is Nov. 16 for the … Continue reading →
The annual Island Petroleum Cashspiel takes place Friday, Saturday & Sunday, Dec. 3, 4, & 5, 2021 at the Silver Fox Entertainment Complex in Summerside. This event is “OPEN FORMAT” (ALL COMBINATIONS OF PLAYERS ACCEPTED). Entry Deadline is Monday, November … Continue reading →
The Cornwall Curling Club’s 9th Annual Mixed Doubles Cashspiel takes place Saturday December 4th 2021 and is one of their most celebrated and fun events, with great curling, a delicious lunch…. and cash prizes too! This event is open to … Continue reading →
The Halifax Curling Club is excited to host the 4th annual Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic Men’s event presented by Steele Subaru on November 10-14th 2021. NEW this year, they are proud to be expanding the event with the addition of the Stu … Continue reading →
A key head-to-head battle of 6-1 teams took place on Thursday evening to determine who would hold first place overall in the Championship Pool of the 2021 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship from the Canmore Golf & Curling Club in Alberta. … Continue reading →
Ham dinner take out $15. Pickup Sat. Nov. 20 from 1-3 pm at Montague Curling Club, Homemade dessert included. Tickets are available from curling club members and by phoning 902-838-2513. Delivery to seniors in the Montague Area. (File photo from … Continue reading →
The Montague Curling Club is hosting the Bogside Cashspiel from Dec. 10 to Dec. 12. $300 a team. Details to follow. Open to all combinations of teams. … Continue reading →
Day 4 of the 2021 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship brought some clarity to how the final playoff picture will look as four draws of action took place at the Canmore Golf & Curling Club on Wednesday. As the format dictates, … Continue reading →
JOIN the Cornwall Curling Club for the Murphy’s Pharmacies Ice Queens FUN spiel on Saturday, November 20th!! This is a FUN one-day Women’s Curling Event OPEN to all female curlers Island-wide! The Annual Murphy’s Ice Queens Funspiel takes place … Continue reading →
The Halifax Curling Club is excited to host the 4th annual Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic Men’s event presented by Steele Subaru on November 10-14th 2021. NEW this year, they are proud to be expanding the event with the addition of the Stu … Continue reading →
The 37th edition of Curl for Cancer will be held on Saturday, December 11th at the Cornwall Curling Club! Draws at 5 pm, 7 pm and 9 pm. $25/curler or $100 per team. Contact Lisa to sign up now!! jackson.lisajoy@gmail.com … Continue reading →
Dean Grindheim and his rink of third Sherry Just, second Cole Tenetuik, and lead Alison Ingram from the Twin Rivers Curling Club in North Battleford are exactly where they’d like to be. After two wins on Tuesday over British Columbia’s … Continue reading →
Robbie Lenentine, who coaches his daughter Ella’s U16 team from the Cornwall Curling Club and heads up the club’s U16 Development League, has become the first coach from the sport of curling to achieve vip coaching status. Prince Edward Island’s … Continue reading →
Curling, which takes place on Tuesdays on arena ice at the Eastern Kings Sportsplex, starts today at the Souris Curling Club. Please arrive early if you need to register or show your vax pass. The bar will be open after … Continue reading →
The Crapaud Community Curling Club is holding a Junior Curling preregistration and introduction to curling for grades 1-9, on Tuesday November 9 at 6 pm. If interested call or text Kelli-Lynn @ 902-626-9464. Those who wish to try curling are … Continue reading →
A close battle for sole possession of first place atop pool A only grew tighter on Tuesday as four draws of action took place at the 2021 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship from Alberta’s Canmore Golf & Curling Club. The Northwest … Continue reading →
The annual Island Petroleum Cashspiel takes place Friday, Saturday & Sunday, Dec. 3, 4, & 5, 2021 at the Silver Fox Entertainment Complex in Summerside. This event is “OPEN FORMAT” (ALL COMBINATIONS OF PLAYERS ACCEPTED). Entry Deadline is Monday, November … Continue reading →
The Cornwall Curling Club’s 9th Annual Mixed Doubles Cashspiel takes place Saturday December 4th 2021 and is one of their most celebrated and fun events, with great curling, a delicious lunch…. and cash prizes too! This event is open to … Continue reading →
The Crapaud Community Curling Club will have ice rental practice time available on November 12th and 13th. Contact Calvin Smith at 902-628-7019 to book the ice time. … Continue reading →
The Halifax Curling Club is excited to host the 4th annual Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic Men’s event presented by Steele Subaru on November 10-14th 2021. NEW this year, they are proud to be expanding the event with the addition of the Stu … Continue reading →
The Curl PEI event registration system is now open for teams to register for all events on the 2021-22 calendar. Please visit https://pe.curling.io/en/competitions to find the list of events. The first entry deadline of the season is Nov. 16 for the … Continue reading →
Teamwork makes the dream work. When curlers work together on the ice, they achieve their dreams. When we work together off the ice, we make the world a better place. And this year’s 2022 Curling Cares Calendar brings those two … Continue reading →
JOIN the Cornwall Curling Club for the Murphy’s Pharmacies Ice Queens FUN spiel on Saturday, November 20th!! This is a FUN one-day Women’s Curling Event OPEN to all female curlers Island-wide! The Annual Murphy’s Ice Queens Funspiel takes place … Continue reading →
Fourteen teams representing every corner of Canada have congregated at the Canmore Golf & Curling Club in Alberta’s Bow Valley to compete for the 2021 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship title. At stake for the winner is the right to wear … Continue reading →
It took an extra end, but Cornwall’s Team Mitchell Schut beat Team Strang in the Sunday afternoon final to win the TSA Jr Cash Spiel in Saint John NB. Team Schut’s only loss in the event was to Strang on … Continue reading →
BY: JONATHAN BRAZEAU CHESTERMERE, Alta. — Brad Gushue captured his 12th career Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling men’s title after defeating Bruce Mouat 5-2 Sunday to win the Boost National. Geoff Walker, Brett Gallant, Mark Nichols and Brad Gushue raise the … Continue reading →
With a win this morning over Team Marin, Cornwall’s Team Mitchell Schut finished the round robin in 1st place at the TSA Jr Cash Spiel in Saint John NB. They are back on the ice at 2:30 pm to … Continue reading →
The Crapaud Community Curling Club is holding a Junior Curling preregistration and introduction to curling for grades 1-9, on Tuesday November 9 at 6 pm. If interested call or text Kelli-Lynn @ 902-626-9464. Those who wish to try curling are … Continue reading →
The Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary is offering their youth curling program on Mondays and Thursdays this season for all school-aged children. Curling will begin on Monday, Nov. 8. Existing curlers are encouraged to bring a friend. New curlers … Continue reading →
(Note — this story has been edited to reflect that Robert Campbell holds the record for longest gap between Canadian championship victories) There will be no shortage of champions on the ice when the 2021 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship gets … Continue reading →
Cornwall’s Team Mitchell Schut is on the ice this weekend at the TSA Junior Cash Spiel in Saint John NB, and have a 2-1 win-loss record going into Sunday play, where they take on Team Marin at 8:30 am … Continue reading →
Team Gushue to the final vs Team Mouat at the Boost National Grand Slam of Curling event, at 1:00 pm AST on Sportsnet. Here’s the story from the Grand Slam website (https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/gushue-mouat-to-meet-in-boost-national-mens-final/): Scores at: https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/events/national/scores/#!/competitions/7388 Gushue, Mouat to meet in … Continue reading →
Cornwall’s Team Mitchell Schut is on the ice this weekend at the TSA Junior Cash Spiel in Saint John NB, winning their Friday opener vs Team Matheson. They take on Team Strang at 8:30 Saturday morning. Watch their Facebook … Continue reading →
In 13 of the past 15 years, Sudbury curling clubs have produced the NOCA junior women’s team that has competed at nationals. At various times, local curlers have supplemented their squad with an out-of-town addition, perhaps an acquaintance from … Continue reading →
More than $200,000 in funding over the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons will be invested in youth curling across Canada, and the first recipients were confirmed today, it was announced by Curling Canada. (Curling Canada photo) Funding for these opportunities to … Continue reading →
The Crapaud Community Curling Club is holding a Junior Curling preregistration and introduction to curling for grades 1-9, on November 9 at 6 pm. If interested call or text Kelli-Lynn @ 902-626-9464, by Nov 5. Those who wish to try … Continue reading →
The Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary is offering their youth curling program on Mondays and Thursdays this season for all school-aged children. Curling will begin on Monday, Nov. 8. Existing curlers are encouraged to bring a friend. New curlers … Continue reading →
The Summerside Curling Club at the Silver Fox Entertainment Complex is offering 8 weeks of adult curling lessons and a FULL SEASON of curling all for only $100 (plus tax and $17 in fees from Curling Canada and Curl PEI). … Continue reading →
Teams Gushue, with PEI’s Brett Gallant, won their opener 5-4 against Team Gunnlaugson, with Islander Adam Casey, in the triple-knockout Boost National Grand Slam of Curling event in Chestermere AB, and won their next 2 games against teams Dunstone and … Continue reading →
Two PEI Junior rinks, skipped by Mitchell Schut and Rachel MacLean, have been invited by Curl PEI to attend a 2022 World Juniors Qualifier event in Saskatoon. Spring Valley PEI’s Lauren Ferguson will be there too, on Team Stevens from … Continue reading →
Canada’s most talented club curlers will compete at the Ottawa Hunt & Golf Club from Nov. 28-Dec. 4, 2021. The event includes 14 men’s and 14 women’s teams from each Member Association – 10 provinces, three territories and Northern Ontario … Continue reading →
Curling Canada is inviting Under-23 curling teams across Canada to be part of a one-of-a-kind event this season. The Under-23 Lethbridge Classic is at the Lethbridge Curling Club from March 3-6, 2022. The invitational bonspiel features four-person men’s and women’s … Continue reading →
The theme for this season’s Foxy Lady women’s spiel at the Summerside Curling Club in the Silver Fox Entertainment Complex is the Olympics, with the dates set for January 28 and 29, 2022. More details coming soon! The new organizers … Continue reading →
(by Jason Simmonds) LIVERPOOL, N.S. — Adam Casey is about to add another event to his resumé. This time it’s one of the highest-profile competitions Casey will curl in. A Charlottetown resident who grew up in Seven Mile Bay, Casey is … Continue reading →
JOIN the Cornwall Curling Club for the Murphy’s Pharmacies Ice Queens FUN spiel on Saturday, November 20th!! This is a FUN one-day Women’s Curling Event OPEN to all female curlers Island-wide! The Annual Murphy’s Ice Queens Funspiel takes place … Continue reading →
The Summerside Curling Club at the Silver Fox Entertainment Complex is offering 8 weeks of adult curling lessons and a FULL SEASON of curling all for only $100 (plus tax and $17 in fees from Curling Canada and Curl PEI). … Continue reading →
The Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary is offering their youth curling program on Mondays and Thursdays this season for all school-aged children. Curling will begin on Monday, Nov. 8. Existing curlers are encouraged to bring a friend. New curlers … Continue reading →
The Curl PEI event registration system is now open for teams to register for all events on the 2021-22 calendar. Please visit https://pe.curling.io/en/competitions to find the list of events. The first entry deadline of the season is Nov. 16 for the … Continue reading →
The team of Jamie Newson (skip), Melissa Morrow (third), Andrew MacDougall (2nd) and lead Miranda Ellis, from the Silver Fox Curling Club in Summerside, will be representing PEI at the 2021 Canadian Mixed Curling Championships from Nov. 7-14, 2021 at … Continue reading →
Come out to the Silver Fox Entertainment Complex Saturday, November 6 from 1-3 pm and try out Curling for FREE at their open house! … Continue reading →
The Crapaud Community Curling Club is holding a Junior Curling preregistration and introduction to curling for grades 1-9, on November 9 at 6 pm. If interested call or text Kelli-Lynn @ 902-626-9464, by Nov 5. Those who wish to try … Continue reading →
The annual Island Petroleum Cashspiel takes place Friday, Saturday & Sunday, Dec. 3, 4, & 5, 2021 at the Silver Fox Entertainment Complex in Summerside. This event is “OPEN FORMAT” (ALL COMBINATIONS OF PLAYERS ACCEPTED). Entry Deadline is Monday, November … Continue reading →
Teams Gushue, with PEI’s Brett Gallant, opens against Team Gunnlaugson, with Islander Adam Casey, at 11 am Atlantic today in the triple-knockout Boost National Grand Slam of Curling event in Chestermere AB, with TV coverage beginning Thursday on SportsNet. South … Continue reading →
The U16 Development League, with teams from across the Island, starts this Saturday, Nov. 6 at the Cornwall Curling Club with some talented new as well as experienced returning teams, some of whom will be working on their competition skills … Continue reading →
Curlers are reminded of the following December entry deadlines for provincial championships. Enter online at PEICurling.com
Canada’s Olympic curling teams are joined by, from left, Cal Arcand (Muskeg Lake Cree Nation Councillor), Steph Clovechok (Tourism Saskatoon CEO), Chief Darcy Bear (Whitecap Dakota First Nation), Tribal Chief Mark Arcand (Saskatoon Tribal Council) and Charlie Clark (Saskatoon Mayor). (Photo, Curling Canada/Michael Burns)
Play gets underway Monday at the Ottawa Hunt & Golf Club in the 2021 Everest Canadian Curling Club Championships. (Photo, courtesy Ottawa Hunt & Golf Club)
