The Propeller Brewing Company men’s and SKYY Vodka women’s cashspiels wrap up today at the CFB Halifax Curling Club. PEI’s Brett Gallant rink is among the men’s quarter-finalists, and plays Peter Burgess of Nova Scotia at 9 this morning. The … Continue reading
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Harvey’s General Store in Crapaud is kicking the New Year off by putting on two spiels at the newly renovated Crapaud Curling Club. The first is a 2 on 2 “Tuff/Fun Spiel, Jan. 6-7. Entry fee is $10 a person, … Continue reading
Photo (L-R): Plaque for Helen Robbins, Hugh Robbins, Montague Curling Club and PEICA President George Koke, Plaque for Evelyn MacLure The Montague Curling Club held a reception and plaque unveiling last night in memory of former Montague curlers Helen Robbins … Continue reading
(Emily Gray is from O’Leary PEI, and will be competing in the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria, January 13-22, 2012. This story is reprinted from the CCA website). Curling has been quite slow since the team was … Continue reading
(by Al Cameron) Erin Carmody, above, and Jenna Loder plan to make short work of Chris Schille and Braeden Moskowy on Sunday at the Calgary Curling Club There are unique curling events, such as the Continental Cup, the world mixed … Continue reading
(by Mike Carson) SUMMERSIDE – More than 600 seniors will be competing in Summerside early next year as the city hosts the 2012 55+ Winter Games. Photo: Organizers and sponsors of the +55 Games are preparing to welcome more than … Continue reading
Please note that the entry dates for the Scotties and the Future Scotties events are January 3 2012, not as previously announced. The dates were changed at a PEICA meeting, and the change gives Junior women’s teams over age 19 … Continue reading
The following PEI Curling Association provincial curling championships have entry deadlines in the near future. All entries must be made online at PEICurling.com. Payment, either online or by cheque, is due a week after the entry deadline. Entries for the … Continue reading
Photo: Glenn Howard, left, and Wayne Middaugh are looking to lead their rink to a second straight Grand Slam victory to open the season. (Anil Mungal/Capital One) By Mike Harris Before previewing the upcoming Capital One Grand Slam event – … Continue reading
Final Grand Slam of Curling event of the season at Summerside, PEI’s Credit Union Place will now take place from April 17-22, 2012. SUMMERSIDE, PE– The Capital One Grand Slam of Curling today announced that the dates for the season-ending … Continue reading
Photo: Marc Lecocq rink The Marc Lecocq rink scored a triple in the sixth and stole a single in the seventh in a 6-2 victory over another New Brunswick team, skipped by Jeremy Mallais, to win the men’s final of the $24,000 … Continue reading
Despite going 5-0 in the round robin, PEI’s Suzanne Birt rink lost this afternoon’s final at the Molson Canadian Hub City Shootout cashspiel in Moncton, 8-3 to Sandy Comeau of Moncton. In the men’s division, the remaining PEI rink, skipped … Continue reading
The Crapaud Community Curling Club renovations are nearing completion, and the club is open, but work remains to be done on the locker rooms and the kitchen. Because of this, it has been decided that the Pepsi Provincial Juniors Curling Championships will move … Continue reading
Only one PEI men’s team and one Island women’s rink have advanced after this morning’s action at the Molson Canadian Hub City Shootout cashspiel in Moncton. Brett Gallant, who qualified Friday in the A section of the triple-knockout men’s event, … Continue reading
Four of the nine PEI teams competing at the Molson Hub City Shootout cashspiel in Moncton have advanced to today’s playoffs. PEI’s Suzanne Birt is atop the women’s standings with a perfect 4-0 record, with just one round robin draw remaining, … Continue reading
Going into the 7:30 pm Saturday night draw, five of the eight men’s qualifiers out of the 24 teams entered have now been determined for the Sunday quarter-final round at the Hub City Shootout Atlantic Curling Tour event in Moncton. PEI’s Brett … Continue reading
PEI’s Brett Gallant and Moncton’s Terry Odishaw are undefeated after Friday play at the Molson Canadian Hub City Shootout cashspiel in Moncton, and have advanced to the quarter-final round in the triple knockout men’s section of the event. Gallant beat … Continue reading
The 25th annual Hemphill GM Open Funspiel gets underway Friday evening January 6, 2012, and wraps up on Sunday afternoon the 8th at the Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club in Summerside. Entry is open to everyone 19 years of … Continue reading
Moncton skips Terry Odishaw and Marc Lecocq came up winners last night in the opening draw of the $24,000 Molson Canadian Hub City Shootout, the richest event of the season on the Atlantic Curling Tour. VIKTOR PIVOVAROV/TIMES & TRANSCRIPT Moncton’s … Continue reading
PEI skip Brett Gallant, whose rink recently won the Challenge Casino de Charlevoix World Curling Tour event in Clermont Quebec, was interviewed recently on The Curling Show. As well, Team Gallant has joined Twitter, with handle @Team_Gallant. You can also … Continue reading
The Montague Curling Club is having a reception and plaque unveiling next Thursday December 15th at 5pm in memory of former Montague curlers Helen Robbins and Evelyn MacLure. Everyone is invited to attend. Information on Evelyn MacLure Information on Helen … Continue reading
Curling is getting underway at the newly-renovated Crapaud Community Curling Club, following some delays due to the major clubhouse renovations taking place. The locker rooms are not yet ready, so curlers are asked to arrive “dressed to curl”. Wednesday night … Continue reading
The fifth annual Molson Canadian Hub City Shootout, the richest event on the Atlantic Curling Tour, gets underway Thursday evening and wraps up on Sunday afternoon at Curl Moncton’s Beaver and Beauséjour curling clubs, with 24 men’s teams, and 8 women’s rinks competing … Continue reading
(by Larry Wood) Kevin Martin just keeps piling up the skipping laurels in the sport of curling at the highest levels. Photo: The Kevin Martin team won its record fourth Canada Cup Martin has won an Olympic gold medal, a … Continue reading
(by Larry Wood) What’s in Jennifer Jones’s wallet now? Another berth in the Canadian Olympic curling trials leading to the Sochi Games, that’s what! Jones absolutely demolished a much less experienced Manitoba foe in Chelsea Carey on Sunday morning in … Continue reading
(by Fred Rinne) The two finals that will be played today at the Capital One Canada Cup of Curling at the Cranbrook RecPlex are really heads and tails of the same coin. Photo: Chelsea Carey will attempt to earn an … Continue reading
(by Larry Wood) It’s going to be same-old, same-old in the Capital One Canada Cup men’s championship final. And Glenn Howard of Coldwater, Ont., who executed a perfect 100 per cent effort on skip’s rocks in Saturday night’s 9-5 semi-final … Continue reading
(CCA-by Fred Rinne) Look out! Probably the best women’s playoff curling team in the history of the game is poised to perform its magic again. Four-time Canadian champion Jennifer Jones advanced Saturday afternoon to the championship final of the Capital … Continue reading
By Larry Wood. Winnipeg’s young Chelsea Carey team, playing out of Morden, Man., clinched a berth in the Canada Cup of Curling women’s final Friday by winning its fifth match in six starts. Carey, 27, needed a deuce in the … Continue reading
By Larry Wood. It’s just one more step on the trail of another Olympic gold medal. Photo: The Ol’ Bear Kevin Martin is in Sunday’s final Kevin Martin of Edmonton maintained his quest to repeat that massive global honour on … Continue reading
By Gerard Mclaughlin. Hands down, this is as good, as top-notch, as it gets in Atlantic curling. The fifth annual Molson Canadian Hub City Shootout, the richest event on the Atlantic Curling Tour, is billed for our city next week … Continue reading
Each year, Sport PEI invites Provincial Sport Organizations, members, and the general public to submit nominations for the Sport PEI Annual Sport Awards, which are awarded at the Annual Banquet, and recognize PEI athletes, officials, coaches and administrators, regardless of … Continue reading
Here is the latest edition of the PEI Curling Association’s newsletter: PEICA Newsletter November 30 2011 … Continue reading
Congratulations to our contest winner, Peter Larter, from the Western Community Curling Club! He wins a HP mini-notebook, courtesy of Team Gushue and their gold sponsor HP. Thanks to everyone who entered, by posting their comments on why they like … Continue reading
Due to construction at the Crapaud Community Curling Club, the Atlantic Canada Coaches Workshop scheduled for there this weekend has been moved to the Charlottetown Curling Club. … Continue reading
(CCA) The Canadian Curling Association’s Season of Champions officially gets underway with the Capital One Canada Cup of Curling, November 30-December 4 at the Recreation Complex in Cranbrook, British Columbia. Team McEwen at the 2010 Canada Cup of Curling The … Continue reading
(Emily Gray is from O’Leary PEI, and will be competing in the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria, January 13-22, 2012. This story is reprinted from the CCA website). The team got together in Brandon, Manitoba, for one … Continue reading
Join Team Gushue on their voyage to the 2012 GP Home and Auto Players’ Championship, April 10-15 in Summerside PEI, the former home of team lead Adam Casey, who grew up there and in nearby Seven Mile Bay. The team’s … Continue reading
SUMMERSIDE – A clash between two skips from Summerside had to be decided by a draw to the button and a measurement. The Rod MacDonald rink inched past the Mike Gaudet foursome 4-3 in the championship game of the Atlantic … Continue reading
In a battle of two hometown skips, Rod MacDonald stole a single in the final end to edge Mike Gaudet by 4-3 score in this afternoon’s final to win the Labatt/Journal-Pioneer Cashspiel at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside. … Continue reading
PEI’s Brett Gallant rink, which includes Eddie MacKenzie at third, second Anson Carmody, and lead Alex MacFadyen, captured the $12,000 top prize at the 2011 Challenge Casino de Charlevoix World Curling Tour event in Clermont Quebec this afternoon. Gallant scored … Continue reading
Two hometown skips, Rod MacDonald and Mike Gaudet, have advanced to this afternoon’s final, scheduled for 3 pm, at the Labatt/Journal-Pioneer Cashspiel at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside. In the all-PEI semi-finals at noon, MacDonald defeated … Continue reading
This is a reminder to curlers age 20 and under that the registration deadline for the Pepsi Provincial Junior Curling Championships is December 1, 2011. The Pepsi Juniors take place Dec. 29 to Jan. 2 at the Crapaud Community Curling … Continue reading
Summerside’s own Rod MacDonald and Mike Gaudet have finished in first and second place respectively in round robin play at the Labatt/Journal-Pioneer Cashspiel at the Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club in Summerside, and have earned byes to the 12 … Continue reading
Richmond, B.C. – Ontario went into the finals of The Dominion Curling Club Championship undefeated in both men’s and women’s play, but both teams had to settle for runner-up. Alberta’s Wade Thurber of the Red Deer Curling Club pulled off … Continue reading
Richmond, B.C. — Ontario’s run of perfection continued in the semi-finals of The Dominion Curling Club Championship, with Jodi McCutcheon and Greg Balsdon both scoring impressive wins to clinch berths in the women’s and men’s finals. McCutcheon, a former competitive … Continue reading
Women’s tie-breaker results: QC (3) vs SK (5) Men’s tie-breaker results: NO (5) vs MB (4) Women’s semi-finals: Sheet 2 – ON vs NO Sheet 3 – MB vs SK Men’s semi-finals: Sheet 4 – AB vs NL Sheet 5 … Continue reading
(CCA) It wasn’t a great start for Northern Ontario’s Dale Dubinsky at the Dominion Curling Club Championship in Richmond. B.C., but it’s shaping up to be a great finish. Northern Ontario at The Dominion Curling Club Championship (Photo: Yadranka Thompson … Continue reading
PEI’s Donald Clarey rink (2-4) lost a close 7-6 match to Newfoundland and Labrador in the final round robin draw of The Dominion Curling Club Championship in Richmond BC. PEI stole three consecutive ends to lead 6-4 coming home, but Clarey’s … Continue reading
The PEI Curling Association is holding a Skills Development and High Performance Adult Curling Camp at the Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club on December 9 and 10. The Camp is open to all men’s and women teams’s, individuals, and coaches … Continue reading
(CCA) When the dust settled, the scene was set for just one tie-breaker game in the women’s field at The Dominion Curling Club Championship in Richmond, B.C. A log-jam at the top of the leaderboard was broken when Ontario defeated … Continue reading
The Charlottetown Curling Club is holding a “Holiday Funspiel” on SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3rd. Early draw at 10:00am Late Draw at Noon. Only $40/team or $10/person. The Funspiel includes two 6-end games and your choice of: All Day Breakfast or Burger … Continue reading
Join Team Gushue on their voyage to the 2012 GP Home and Auto Players’ Championship, April 10-15 in Summerside PEI, the former home of team lead Adam Casey, who grew up there and in nearby Seven Mile Bay. The team’s … Continue reading
The annual Labatt/Journal-Pioneer Cashspiel, part of the Atlantic Curling Tour, gets underway this afternoon at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, with 18 teams from around the Maritimes taking part. $2500 is the prize for the top … Continue reading
New Brunswick’s women played ‘giant killers’ in Draw 10 of The Dominion Curling Club Championship in Richmond, B.C. Shannon Tatlock’s squad from the Beausejour Curling Club knocked off previously unbeaten Manitoba 6-2. Team New Brunswick at The Dominion Curling Club … Continue reading
(CCA, by Dave Komosky) Can anybody stop the Ontario’s red-hot Greg Balsdon team at the Dominion Curling Club Championship in Richmond, B.C.? So far five teams have tried, and all of them have come away bloodied and beaten. Team Ontario at … Continue reading
(CCA) It’s a long way from St. John’s, NL, to sunny Richmond, B.C., so skip Paul Harvey figures he might as well make the most of his time at the Dominion Curling Club Championship. Paul Harvey (Skip) of St. John’s, … Continue reading
Ontario and Saskatchewan men are 4-0 after Wednesday play at The Dominion Curling Club Championship in Richmond BC. Five teams have only one loss, including Montague PEI’s Donald Clarey foursome (2-1), who lost 7-2 to Saskatchewan in the late draw. … Continue reading
The Donald Clarey rink from the Montague Curling Club are sporting a 2-0 win-loss record going into the evening draw (midnight PEI time) at The Dominion Curling Club Championship in Richmond BC. This afternoon, they scored a deuce in the … Continue reading
On Sunday Dec. 11 at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside the PEI Curling Association will be holding a Junior Learn to Curl/Skills Development and Talent ID Camp for all Island junior boys and girls teams and … Continue reading
Cornwall PEI’s Lorianne Davies rink picked up their 1st win this afternoon at The Dominion Curling Club Championship – a 9-3 victory over Nunavut. The Island rink, now 1-1, took a triple in the 5th end, and followed it with … Continue reading
EDMONTON, Alberta, November 23, 2011…The City of Edmonton will stage the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier, it was announced today by the Canadian Curling Association (CCA). The Tim Hortons Brier, presented by Monsanto, will be played March 2-10 at Rexall Place. … Continue reading
(CCA) The leaders are starting to emerge after two draws on the women’s side of The Dominion Curling Club Championship at the Richmond Curling Club in Richmond, B.C. Manitoba skip Meghan Armit of the Winnipeg Granite Club scored a 16-2 … Continue reading
A Ladies Mardi Gras Funspiel will be held at the Beaver Curling Club in Moncton on February 4, 2012. – 20 Team Maximum – Great prizes – Teams of stick /regular curlers welcomed – 2 – 8 end games (first … Continue reading
PEI rinks had the opening round bye at The Dominion Curling Club Championship in Richmond BC, but saw action against the Quebec teams in round two, with Montague’s Donald Clarey foursome stealing the last two ends to edge the Quebecers … Continue reading
The round robin draw starts at 2 pm PEI time today at The Dominion Curling Club Championship in Richmond BC. PEI is represented by the Lorianne Davies rink from Cornwall, and the Donald Clarey foursome from Montague. Live scoring is available at the … Continue reading
Sherry Middaugh posted her third bonspiel win of the curling season Monday, beating Erika Brown in the final of the Sun Life Classic in Brantford, Ont. Middaugh and her rink from Coldwater, Ont., ran the table at the event, posting … Continue reading
TORONTO, Nov. 21, 2011 /CNW/ – Today kicks-off The Dominion Curling Club Championship, a week-long national curling event presented by The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company (The Dominion). The event, now in its third year is taking place at … Continue reading
The Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical activity (CAAWS) it is offering twelve grants of $900 to active girls and women and/or organizations offering sport programs targeted to girls and women. The WISE (Women in … Continue reading
PEI’s Rod MacDonald and Robert Campbell rinks are both a little richer after this past weekend’s TSA Fundy Cashspiel at the Thistle St. Andrews Curling Club in Saint John NB. MacDonald lost out to Moncton’s James Grattan in the final, … Continue reading
By Nancy MacPhee. SUMMERSIDE – It was a nail-biting comeback for the Sarah Fullerton rink. Fullerton and her teammates bounced back from a 5-0 deficit after five ends to force an extra end en route to winning the Maritime Junior … Continue reading
PEI’s Suzanne Birt rink made it to a qualifier game this afternoon, but lost 7-1 to an American rink, skipped by Erika Brown, and did not advance to the money round at the the Sun Life Classic in Brantford Ontario. After play … Continue reading
The Fall Fling Junior Cashspiel wrapped up this afternoon at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, with 24 teams from across the Maritimes taking part. The men’s and women’s finals came down to four Island rinks, with … Continue reading
PEI’s Suzanne Birt rink are still in the playoff hunt at the Sun Life Classic in Brantford Ontario. After play Saturday, they sat at 2-2, recording wins over Marie-France Larouche of Quebec, and Robyn Silvernagell of Saskatchewan. The Birt foursome … Continue reading
The annual Labatt/Journal-Pioneer Cashspiel, part of the Atlantic Curling Tour, gets underway Friday November 25 at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, with 18 teams from around the Maritimes taking part. $2500 is the prize for the … Continue reading
PEI’s Suzanne Birt rink are still in the playoff hunt at the Sun Life Classic in Brantford Ontario. After play Saturday, they sit at 2-2, recording wins over Marie-France Larouche of Quebec, and Robyn Silvernagell of Saskatchewan. The Birt foursome … Continue reading
Round robin play wrapped up on Saturday at the 24 team Fall Fling junior cashspiel being played at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside. Four Island rinks lead the men’s section and have advanced to the 9 am … Continue reading
Saskatchewan, skipped by Jason Ackerman of Regina, stole its way to an 8-7 extra end victory over Alberta (Kurt Balderston of Grande Prairie) in the 49th edition of the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, Saturday at the Sudbury Curling Club. 2012 … Continue reading
Saskatchewan, skipped by Jason Ackerman of Regina, advanced to the final of the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship at the Sudbury Curling Club, after defeating New Brunswick’s Sylvie Robichaud of Moncton, 8-3 in Friday’s semi-final. Ackerman will now face Alberta’s Kurt … Continue reading
(City of Summerside) Just in time for the holidays…get the WORLD’S best gift… The Capital One Grand Slam of Curling’s GP Car and Home Players’ Championship will take place at Eastlink Arena in Credit Union Place in Summerside PEI from … Continue reading
PEI’s Suzanne Birt rink are playing in the Sun Life Financial Curling Classic this weekend in Brantford Ontario, with an $11,000 top prize up for grabs on both the men’s and women’s sides of this World Curling Tour event. Defending … Continue reading
SUDBURY, Ont. — Brett Gallant’s Prince Edward Island rink needed just seven ends to rout Scott Hamilton’s Yukon rink 10-2 on Friday in the Canadian mixed curling championship. The win gave P.E.I. an 8-5 record to finish the tournament in … Continue reading
Full event passes for the GP Car and Home Players’ Championship Grand Slam of Curling event, April 10-15 at the Credit Union Place in Summerside, are now on sale at $131.25 each, at (902) 432-1234, CupEvents.ca or tickets.summerside.ca/TheatreManager/134/login&event=0. Click “Purchase … Continue reading
PEI’s Rod MacDonald and Robert Campbell rinks are among the twelve teams competing at the TSA Fundy Cashspiel Atlantic Curling Tour event, which gets underway at 4 this afternoon at the Thistle St. Andrews Curling Club in Saint John. Click … Continue reading
(CCA) Sylvie Robichaud of Curling Beausejour in Moncton grabbed the final playoff spot last night at the Canadian Mixedcurling championship in Sudbury. In a sudden death match-up against Martin Ferland of Quebec, Robichaud roared out to a 5-1 lead after … Continue reading
The Prince Edward Island teams departing for the Richmond BC Curling Club this weekend to compete in the national The Dominion Curling Club Championship are not new to the event, as men’s team skip Donald Clarey and third Larry Richards from Montague also represented the … Continue reading
Tension filled the air in this afternoon’s Draw 17 at the Canadian Mixed in Sudbury. (CCA) With Ontario’s Mark Homan losing 12-4 to BC’s Doug Marshall and Quebec’s Martin Ferland beating NWT’s Steve Moss 9-3, the hopes of six other … Continue reading
This is a reminder to curlers age 20 and under that the registration deadline for the Pepsi Provincial Junior Curling Championships is December 1, 2011. The Pepsi Juniors take place Dec. 29 to Jan. 2 at the Crapaud Community Curling … Continue reading
(CCA) Mike Assad had to win two games today to be in the hunt for a semi final berth at the Canadian Mixed curling championship in Sudbury. With a significant crowd behind him this morning, the Thunder Bay skip squared … Continue reading
The PEI Curling Association and Curl Atlantic are hosting an Atlantic Canada Coaches Workshop at the Crapaud Community Curling Club on December 3 & 4. The workshop is part of the Podium Project, an initiative through Sport Canada and the … Continue reading
Kurt Balderston of Grande Prairie, Alberta has clinched the bye to the Saturday’s championship final following an 8-5 win over Ontario’s Mark Homan. Balderston made a nice double take-out with his final shot of a tied game to count three. … Continue reading
Whether you are a beginner or a pro, you are invited to come out and participate in the 28th annual Curl for Cancer fundraiser. Curl, bid on some great items in the silent and live auctions, test your trivia knowledge, purchase some homemade baked … Continue reading
(CCA) Jason Ackerman moved into a four way tie for second place after the completion of Draw 14 at the Canadian Mixed in Sudbury. Team Saskatchewan cooled off Steve Moss from NWT who came into this round having won five … Continue reading
(CCA) Nunavut’s Ed Sattelberger of the Iqaluit CC won that territory’s first ever game at a CCA championship this morning at the Canadian Mixed in Sudbury. Sattelberger jumped out to a 3-0 lead after two ends against the Yukon only … Continue reading
The latest edition of our newsletter is now available. Click to view. … Continue reading
By Marcel Vander Wier O’Leary’s Emily Gray is getting ready to compete at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Austria As the inaugural Youth Olympics approach, junior curler Emily Gray’s enthusiasm only builds. The 17-year-old O’Leary resident has been busy … Continue reading
Join Team Gushue on their voyage to the 2012 GP Home and Auto Players’ Championship, April 10-15 in Summerside PEI, the former home of team lead Adam Casey, who grew up there and in nearby Seven Mile Bay. The team’s … Continue reading
Eight Wins for Alberta (CCA) Nunavut’s Ed Sattelberger hung tough with the round robin leader Alberta in the 12th draw of the Canadian Mixed curling championship in Sudbury. The winless Iqaluit skip was down three points playing the 9th end … Continue reading
This is a reminder that a Level II Umpires Clinic will be held Sunday Nov. 27 at the Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club’s upstairs meeting room, from 9 am to 4:30 pm, including an open book exam, with the … Continue reading
The fifth annual Fall Fling Junior Cashspiel gets underway Friday at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, with 12 junior men’s and an equal number of junior women’s rinks from around the Maritimes taking part (10 teams … Continue reading