The 4th annual Spring Thaw Junior Cashspiel takes place January 20, 21, and 22 at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside. Entry fee is $125 per team. Entry is limited to 24 teams, and 5 games are … Continue reading
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A Canadian Curling Association Competition Coach Workshop – Introduction Phase of Competition Stream (has replaced Level 1& 2 Technical) will be held at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside Dec. 17 and 18, from 9 am until … Continue reading
The 31st Annual Alpine Mixed FUNspiel takes place Nov. 25 and 26 at the Charlottetown Curling Club. Entry Fee – $128 per Team Limited to first 24 teamsGuaranteed 3 six end games Live entertainment Friday night by “Crazy Anne” (FB … Continue reading
(CCA) Alberta’s Kurt Balderston and Saskatchewan’s Jason Ackerman now share the lead at the Canadian Mixed curling championship in Sudbury. Balderston came out on top of a Draw 10 showdown with New Brunswick’s Sylvie Robichaud. With the score tied at … Continue reading
(The Guardian) The Alex Matters foursome from Charlottetown went undefeated to win the 20 and Under division of the Sackville Junior Open cashspiel in Sackville, NB, over the weekend. Matters defeated Jeff Taylor of Cornwall 5- 2 in the final. … Continue reading
(CCA) Moncton’s Sylvie Robichaud, who survived a tough Monday schedule splitting games with Manitoba and PEI at the 49th Canadian Mixed curling championship in Sudbury, is alone in first place. Her afternoon win over Brett Gallant of Charlottetown propelled her … Continue reading
Here are the final scores in draw 8 at the Canadian Mixed in Sudbury: (QC-6 NO-5) (AB-7 NT-2) (NB-8 ON-4) (NB-10 PE3) (SK-7 NU 3) PEI’s Brett Gallant rink, and New Brunswick’s Sylvie Robichaud foursome were tied at three going … 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 has wrapped up another awesome, busy weekend! … Continue reading
SUDBURY, Ont., TSN — Sean Grassie’s Manitoba rink handed New Brunswick’s Sylvie Robichaud her first loss at the Canadian mixed curling championship on Monday. Manitoba earned two points in the sixth end and three in the seventh for an 11-5 … Continue reading
The Curling News is reporting that Jim Sullivan, who skipped the 1988 world junior men’s curling championship team, and was a finalist at the 1990 Brier, died on Saturday in Fredericton, New Brunswick at age 43. Photo courtesy New Brunswick … Continue reading
(CCA) The New Brunswick foursome led by Sylvie Robichaud of Curling Beausejour in Moncton survived a long opening weekend of curling with a perfect 5-0 record following a 10-2 victory over Nunavut’s Ed Sattelberger (0-4) of the Iqaluit CC. Robichaud … Continue reading
The Mark Dacey rink doubled the Marc Lecocq foursome 6-3 to win the men’s section, while Mark’s wife, Heather Smith-Dacey and her team beat the Colleen Pinkney squad 7-3 in the women’s division in this afternoon’s finals of the Molson … Continue reading
(CCA) Sylvie Robichaud, the only female skip at this edition of the Canadian Mixed, continued her winning ways leading her Moncton based squad to a fourth consecutive victory edging the previously unbeaten team from Ontario. Robichaud scoredtwo in the 9th … Continue reading
PEI’s Donald Clarey rink lost 8-2 to the Doug MacKenzie rink of Halifax in this morning’s quarter-final round at the Molson Cashspiel at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax. The Island foursome, who will be participating in The Dominion Curling … Continue reading
The PEI Curling Association is pleased to announce that it will be using LiveCurling.com to provide end-by-end live results of its provincial championship events this season. You can see LiveCurling.com, which also provides results for the Nova Scotia Curling Association, … Continue reading
The Montague Curling Club rink of Donald Clarey, Larry Richards, David Rice, and Steven MacLeod finished round robin play Saturday with a 3-1 win-loss record, and have advanced to the 9 am Sunday quarter-final round at the Atlantic Curling Tour’s … Continue reading
By Danny Lamoureux, CCA. New Brunswick skip Sylvie Robichaud from Curling Beausejour in Moncton leads the pack at the Canadian Mixed in Sudbury. Robichaud reeled off three consecutive wins Saturday to lead the field alone at 3-0. In round 3, … Continue reading
Follow @ccacurling on Twitter for score updates during the Canadian Mixed in Sudbury. … Continue reading
The PEI rink of Brett Gallant, Erin Carmody, Anson Carmody, and Michelle Mackie beat the Sean Grassie rink from Manitoba 8-6 in the opening draw of the Canadian Mixed today in Sudbury. Other games saw New Brunswick’s Sylvie Robichaud team … Continue reading
The Canadian Mixed just got underway in Sudbury, with PEI, skipped by Brett Gallant, playing Manitoba in the first draw. Click for CurlCast Live Scoring Scoring is also available on the CCA’s new iPhone app. Click for more info. … Continue reading
The CCA have put up photos from yesterday’s Canadian Mixed practice session. Pics by local photographers Bob Miller & Ed Wyrass. Click to view on Flickr CCA photo L-R: Brett Gallant, Erin Carmody, Anson Carmody, Michelle Mackie … Continue reading
By Charles Reid. Members of Prince Edward Island’s Brett Gallant rink have come from east and west for the Canadian mixed curling championship beginning today in Sudbury, Ont. Third stone Erin Carmody travelled east from Calgary while skip Gallant, second … Continue reading
By: Jim Morris, The Canadian Press A new format will see 14 rinks in the hunt Saturday when the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship begins in Sudbury, Ont. For the first time Nunavut will be represented at the event. Teams will … Continue reading
Besides the Canadian Mixed, which starts Saturday in Sudbury, with Brett Gallant, Erin and Anson Carmody, and Michelle Mackie representing PEI, Island rinks are in action this weekend at the Molson Cashspiel at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax, and … Continue reading
(CCA) The Canadian Mixed Curling Championship gets underway Saturday at the Sudbury Curling Club. However, for the first time, 14 teams, representing the 10 provinces plus separate entries for Northern Ontario, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon, will compete in the … Continue reading
Curling.ca Mobile, the official app of the Canadian Curling Association, brings the sport of curling to the iPhone like never before. Fans of Canada’s roaring game will now have up to the minute news headlines, scores and standings, photos, videos, … Continue reading
By Eric McCarthy. Although she’s living, working and curling in Calgary this year, Summerside’s Geri-Lynn Ramsay makes it clear she wants to finish off the curling season in her native province. No, she has no immediate plans to move back … Continue reading
The Silver Fox invites you to celebrate with them… The Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club is celebrating 30 years of service to the community. As a thank you to all of those who have supported the complex over the … Continue reading
The 2012 Canadian Mixed gets underway on Saturday Nov. 12 at the Sudbury Curling Club in Ontario, and the PEI representatives will be arriving at the event from both PEI and Alberta, as Erin Carmody, third on the Brett Gallant … Continue reading
The following National Coaching Certification Courses are being offered this month. All are in the Competition Introduction category. Part B – Design a Basic Sport Program: November 15th from 5:30 – 8:30 pm in Charlottetown Part B – Basic Mental … Continue reading
(PEICA) The Sunday afternoon finals of the annual JSI OVCA Junior SuperSpiel in Ottawa were won by Scotland’s Hannah Fleming, 8-5 over Lynn Kreviazuk of Ontario, and Northern Ontario’s Brennan Wark, 8-6 over Stuart Thompson of Nova Scotia. PEI’s Sam Ramsay … Continue reading
The Atlantic Curling Tour’s 10th anniversary Rodd Hotels and Resorts Curling Classic wrapped up this afternoon at the Charlottetown Curling Club, with two New Brunswick rinks, skipped by Mike Kennedy and Melissa Adams, going home with the $5000 men’s and $3000 women’s championship … Continue reading
(CBC Sports) Skip Glenn Howard, won his fifth straight match Sunday at the World Cup of Curling event in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. (Anil Mungal/Capital One) Glenn Howard held off a pesky John Epping to win the GP Car and … Continue reading
The Atlantic Curling Tour’s 10th anniversary Rodd Hotels and Resorts Curling Classic concludes today at the Charlottetown Curling Club, with Island rinks making up six of the 10 teams who have advanced to the championship round. Round robin play wrapped up … Continue reading
(CCA) Canada’s Youth Olympics curling team came out swinging in their second day of competition at the John Shea Insurance OVCA Junior Superspiel taking place in Ottawa, Ontario, November 4-6. Youth Olympic Team third Corryn Brown delivers her rock at … Continue reading
John Epping pulled off a big upset to advance to the GP Car and Home World Cup of Curling final. The Toronto native scored twice in the second and fifth ends to edge Olympic champion Kevin Martin of Edmonton 4-3 … Continue reading
Kevin Martin, Glenn Howard, John Epping and Niklas Edin all advanced to the semifinals of the GP Car and Home World Cup of Curling event Saturday in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. Martin, who is in search of an eighteenth major … Continue reading
(Canadian Curling Association, written by Jean Mills) Click to view story at the CCA website. Team Canada continues its preparation for the 2012 Youth Olympic Games next February by competing in this weekend’s 18th Annual OVCA Junior Superspiel in Ottawa, … Continue reading
Three men’s and three women’s draws have been played going into the Friday night late draw at the 10th anniversary Rodd Curling Classic at the Charlottetown Curling Club. Four men’s rinks, skipped by PEI’s Brett Gallant and Mike Gaudet, along with Chad … Continue reading
Following some equipment delivery and construction delays, the Cornwall Curling Club, sporting a brand new clubhouse and a new state of the art ice plant will open with the 10 am draw on Wednesday November 9th. The finishing touches are … Continue reading
A number of Island junior curlers are among the 32 teams participating in the 2011 John Shea Insurance OVCA Junior SuperSpiel, which got underway this morning, and wraps up Sunday at the Ottawa, Granite, Carleton Heights, City View, Navy and Manotick Curling Clubs in … Continue reading
The Canadian Curling Association (CCA) has allocated funds from certain championship events for the purpose of providing financial assistance to the membership of the CCA including Provincial / Territorial Member Associations and affiliated curling facilities. This funding is known as … Continue reading
The November 2 edition of the PEI Curling Association newsletter is available at the following link (PDF): PEICA Newsletter 2011-11-02 … Continue reading
By Gerard McLaughlin The opportunity is the national stage and the official beginning of curling’s Season of Champions. Hey, the whole family is ready so let the competition begin. The 2012 Canadian mixed championship, scheduled to start next week (Nov. … Continue reading
by Eric McCarthy O’LEARY – The acting president of the Maple Leaf Curling Club was sounding enthusiastic by the time a special meeting ended Tuesday. Blair Bernard advised the audience the club could not operate with just 22 members – … Continue reading
By Jonathan Charlton – [email protected] The Brent MacDougall rink of Halifax defended its title in the second annual Gahan/Clarey cashpiel at the Montague Curling Club, walking away with the $2,500 prize. Mr MacDougall won the game with a double hit on … Continue reading
A number of Island junior curlers are among the 32 teams participating in the 2011 John Shea Insurance OVCA Junior SuperSpiel, November 4-6 at the Ottawa, Granite, Carleton Heights, City View, Navy and Manotick Curling Clubs in tha nation’s capital. The finals are Sunday at 5:00 pm … Continue reading
The 2011 Rodd Curling Classic Cashspiel starts Thursday and wraps up on Sunday at the Charlottetown Curling Club. This marks the 10th year of Rodd Hotels and Resorts sponsorship of this major event on the Atlantic Curling Tour (ACT). Fifteen … Continue reading
The theme of this year’s Mama Mia Ladies Funspiel at the Charlottetown Curling Club is “Mama Mia likes Hallowe’en”. The event takes place Saturday Nov. 12, and includes a noon-time hot meal, along with games and prizes. Each team plays … Continue reading
By Kevin Mitchell, Postmedia News SASKATOON — Crystal Webster and Valerie Sweeting felled a lot of giants before turning on each other Monday night. Webster, from Calgary, edged Edmonton-based Sweeting 6-5 in an extra end during the finale of the Saskatoon … Continue reading
Two Nova Scotia rinks, Team Revolve, skipped by Jamie Murphy, and defending event champion Brent MacDougall battled it out in this afternoon’s final of the second annual Gahan Brewery cashspiel at the Montague Curling Club. Murphy led the game 3-1 … Continue reading
Only the 1 pm final remains at the Gahan Brewery Atlantic Curling Tour cashspiel at the Montague Curling Club. This morning’s semi-finals saw one game that was very close, and one game that saw only one team make it to … Continue reading
The 2011 Rodd Curling Classic Cashspiel starts Thursday November 3 and wraps up on Sunday the 6th at the Charlottetown Curling Club. This marks the 10th year of Rodd Hotels and Resorts sponsorship of this major event on the Atlantic Curling Tour … Continue reading
Gahan Cashspiel Results after 4 ends: Semi-finals: Team Revolve (Jamie Murphy) defeated Jamie Newson 7 – 0 Bill Hope leads Brent MacDougall 6 – 2 Consolation final: Sam Ramsay leads Colton Steele 4 – 0 Team Revolve meets winner of … Continue reading
The last two qualifiers for this morning’s 10 o’clock semi-finals were determined Saturday night at the Gahan Brewery Atlantic Curling Tour cashspiel at the Montague Curling Club. In play last night, PEI’s Jamie Newson rink beat Team Suburu Halifax, while … Continue reading
Following this afternoon’s 2pm draw, the first two qualifiers for the 10 am Sunday semi-finals have been selected at the 2nd annual Gahan Brewery cashspiel, at the Montague Curling Club. The finals in this 16 team Atlantic Curling Tour event go Sunday … Continue reading
Here are the results from the 8 pm Friday draw in the Gahan Cashspiel as provided by the Montague Curling Club: Mike Gaudet over Chris Sutherland, Steve Elder over Colton Steele, Sam Ramsay over Rob Moore, Team Revolve (Murphy) over Robert Campbell … Continue reading
Here are the results in the 6 pm Friday draw of the Gahan Cashspiel at the Montague Curling Club: Bill Hope won over Brett Gallant Rod MacDonald won over Donald Clarey Jamie Newson won over Tammy Dewar Team Subaru won … Continue reading
There are no PEI curlers in the “Women of Curling” calendar this year, but several curlers who participated in national curling championships on the Island last curling season are there. Two-time Paralympic wheelchair curling champion Sonja Gaudet of Vernon BC, … Continue reading
Team Subaru over Donald Clarey Brent MacDougall over Rod MacDonald Brett Gallant over Jamie Newson Bill Hope over Tammy Dewar … Continue reading
(from The Dominion Curling Club Championship Facebook page) The Women’s Prince Edward Island Team (Team Davies) for The Dominion Curling Club Championship [November 21-26 in Richmond BC] hails from the Cornwall Curling Club in Cornwall, P.E.I. It consists of Lorianne … Continue reading
(Sport PEI) A big thank-you to the schools, children, sports, sponsors and volunteers who helped make the 2011 Sport Fair such a success. 20 sports and almost 2000 children attended the two day fair at the PEI Indoor Soccer Complex … Continue reading
Video of yesterday’s news conference, with CBC’s Bruce Rainnie as master of ceremonies, where it was officially announced that the GP Car and Home Players’ Championship Grand Slam of Curling event will be held at Credit Union Place in Summerside … Continue reading
Defending event champion Brent MacDougall of Nova Scotia, along with former World Junior Silver Medallist Brett Gallant, who was a quarter-finalist in last weekend’s Casino Lac Leamy Challenge in Gatineau Quebec, and two-time Canadian Mixed and eight-time PEI Tankard champion Robert Campbell … Continue reading
Summerside officials announced Wednesday that the city will host the Grand Slam of Curling — the sport’s most competitive tournament — this spring. The top teams in the world will face off for more than $300,000 in prize money at … Continue reading
By Mike Carson, Journal Pioneer. SUMMERSIDE – Sixteen of the world’s best men’s and women’s curling teams will be competing in Summerside in April for the GP Car and Home Players’ Championship, the final stop on the Capital One Grand … Continue reading
The City of Summerside officially announced today that Credit Union Place is hosting the GP Car and Home Players’ Championship from April 10-15 2012. The Players’ Championship, the final and richest of the four events in the Capital One Grand Slam of … Continue reading
By Mike Carson SUMMERSIDE — It was a night to honour and celebrate some of the best the sport of curling has to offer Monday as nine curlers were inducted into the Prince Edward Island Curling Hall of Fame and … Continue reading
(Emily Gray is from 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). Just a little over three weeks ago, the team was … Continue reading
The official announcement that the Credit Union Place in Summerside is hosting the GP Car and Home Players’ Championship, the season’s final event in the Capital One Grand Slam of Curling, from April 10 to 15, is expected tomorrow. Summerside’s Credit Union Place has … Continue reading
A large crowd was on hand at the Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club this evening on the occasion of the Fifth Annual Induction Ceremony of the PEI Curling Hall of Fame and Museum, with four individuals and one team … Continue reading
It was an exciting finish this afternoon at the Casino Lac Leamy Challenge in Gatineau Quebec, with the hometown favourite Jean-Michel Menard of Gatineau and Levis coming from behind by stealing a deuce in the eighth end to tie the final at … Continue reading
PEI’s Suzanne Birt rink lost out to the Sylvie Robichaud foursome from New Brunswick by a 5-3 score in this afternoon’s final of the Lady Monctonian Invitational cashspiel at Curl Moncton. Single steals by Robichaud in ends five and six … Continue reading
PEI’s Brett Gallant rink will be going home $3000 richer after losing out to Toronto’s Mark Keen rink in an extra end by a 6-5 score in this morning’s quarter-final round of the Casino Lac Leamy Challenge in Gatineau Quebec. Keen picked … Continue reading
It’s PEI’s Suzanne Birt rink taking on New Brunswick’s Sylvie Robichaud team in the 2:30 pm final of the Lady Monctonian, which wraps up this afternoon at Curl Moncton. Both rinks finished round robin play on Saturday with perfect 5-0 … Continue reading
PEI’s Brett Gallant rink, which includes Eddie MacKenzie at third, second Anson Carmody, and lead Alex MacFadyen, lost their Saturday morning game against the St. John’s team skipped by Brad Gushue, with Gallant’s former teammate Adam Casey at lead, but … Continue reading
Two teams, skipped by PEI’s Suzanne Birt, and New Brunswick’s Sylvie Robichaud, finished round robin play on Saturday with perfect 5-0 records, and have earned byes into this morning’s 11:30 semi-final round of Curl Moncton’s Lady Monctonian cashspiel. Robichaud will be taking on … Continue reading
PEI’s Brett Gallant rink, which includes Eddie MacKenzie at third, second Anson Carmody, and lead Alex MacFadyen, are 3-1 at the Casino Lac-Leamy Challenge Spiel in Gatineau Quebec, winning their Friday opener 8-6 over the Dale Matchett rink of Brantford Ont., … Continue reading
Three teams have perfect 3-0 records after opening day play at Curl Moncton’s Lady Monctonian cashspiel. Two of these teams, skipped by Suzanne Birt and Kim Dolan, are from PEI, while Sylvie Robichaud from New Brunswick is the other. The Theresa … Continue reading
“Double, double toil and trouble; / In the hack to throw that double. Four ends will we come to play, / Then a dinner comes your way. Spaghetti, meatballs, salad too, / And garlic bread for all the crew Then four more … Continue reading
Clubhouse construction continues and ice making is now underway at the Cornwall Curling Club. The first flood has been done, and a brand-new state-of-the-art Berg Chilling Systems ice plant, installed by Lowther Refrigeration, is busy making high quality Jet Ice. Curling will … Continue reading
PEI’s Brett Gallant rink, which includes Eddie MacKenzie at third, second Anson Carmody, and lead Alex MacFadyen, won their opener at the Casino Lac-Leamy Challenge Spiel in Gatineau Quebec, 8-6 over the Dale Matchett rink of Brantford Ont. on Thursday … Continue reading
FORT McMURRAY, Alberta, October 20, 2011…The Canadian Curling Association (CCA) today announced that the City of Fort McMurray will stage the 2013 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships. The M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors will be … Continue reading
Casino challenge draws several skips with Brier experience The last time Brad Gushue played in the Challenge Casino du Lac-Leamy de Gatineau he curled with Randy Ferbey. Gushue is just one prominent skip participating in the 2011 event this … Continue reading
The PEI Curling Association will be holding a Canadian Curling Association Club Coach Youth workshop, for persons who work with junior curlers age 6-14, on Sunday Oct. 30 from 9 am to 5 pm at the Charlottetown Curling Club. This … Continue reading
PEI’s Brett Gallant rink, which includes last year’s Labatt Tankard-winning skip Eddie MacKenzie at third, along with Gallant’s long-time teammates Anson Carmody and Alex MacFadyen at second and lead respectively, are competing in the $56,500 “Casino du Lac Leamy de … Continue reading
The Montague Curling Club are holding a Registration Night and Barbecue Social on Thursday, October 20 from 6:30pm – 9:30pm. The evening includes free food from the BBQ, munchies, and an opportunity to register for the season. Montague are also giving … Continue reading
The Prince Edward Island Curling Hall of Fame and Museum is set to host its fifth annual induction ceremony on Monday October 24, 2011 at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside. The four individuals and one team … Continue reading
The PEI Curling Association is publishing a newsletter at regular intervals during the curling season. Click the link below to download the second edition: PEICA Newsletter 2011-10-19 … Continue reading
This one-day workshop will help front-line leaders improve the quality of their programs. The target audience is anyone working with children aged 6 to 12 – i.e. recreation director/ leader, camp counselor, coach, swim instructor, Scout or Guide leader, Boys … Continue reading
After only one year of COACH TIME the rule has changed again, here are the details: Summary of Rule Changes 2011-2012 (note: the CCA is scheduled to print a new rule book for the 2012-2014 period. The changes from this year’s … Continue reading
The “Sweep Into Montague” mixed funspiel, sponsored by Fair Isle Ford, takes place November 4th (beginning at 6 pm) and 5th (all day) at the Montague Curling Club. Entry fee is $120 per mixed team, and guarantees three games, plus … Continue reading
VICTORIA, BC, October 18, 2011…The City of Victoria, British Columbia has been awarded the 2013 Ford World Men’s Curling Championship, it was confirmed today in a joint announcement by the World Curling Federation (WCF) and the Canadian Curling Association (CCA). … Continue reading
The PEI Curling Association is publishing a newsletter at regular intervals during the curling season. Click the link below to download the first edition: PEICA Newsletter 2011-10-05 (PDF) … Continue reading
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 first hour of the clinic … Continue reading
The lines and other final touches were put on the ice yesterday at the Montague Curling Club, which means the first rocks will be thrown later this week. The circles are painted in the blue, white and gray of The … Continue reading
Four Island rinks, including the foursome skipped by Suzanne Birt, who won the event back in 2008, and finished second to Sherry Middaugh at the Southwestern Ontario Charity Cashspiel this past weekend, along with teams skipped by Donna Butler, Kim Dolan, and … Continue reading
Calgary’s Crystal Webster rink, with PEI natives Erin Carmody and Geri-Lynn Ramsay on the team, went undefeated until the final game at the Meyers Norris Penny Charity Classic, which wrapped up today in Medicine Hat Alberta, with 32 teams taking part. … Continue reading
By STEVE GREEN, The London Free Press Sherry Middaugh is on an early season roll like she’s never seen before. The trick will be converting it to a fifth Ontario women’s curling championship. Middaugh and her Coldwater rink of Jo-Ann … Continue reading
The draw is now set for the second annual Gahan Brewery Cashspiel, which takes place October 28-30 at the Montague Curling Club. This Atlantic Curling Tour (ACT) event is a 16 team double knockout with a consolation round. Last year’s inaugural … Continue reading