Several hundred curling fans waited for up to two hours in Halifax Friday for a chance to meet Olympic gold medallist Kevin Martin and his rink. The men’s curling champions were in Halifax for a meet-and-greet with fans attending the … Continue reading
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The roster for the Adam Casey rink has been changed to Skip – Adam Casey, Third – Erin Carmody, Second – Nick van Ouwerkerk, Lead – Abbey Burgess
ERIC MCCARTHY The Journal Pioneer O’LEARY – Great social times. Bonspiels so popular that teams had to be turned away. Provincial championships. These are some of the memories long-time members of the Maple Leaf Curling Club hold dear. … Thirty … Continue reading
There perhaps has never been a cooler time to curl. Canada’s gold and silver successes at the Winter Olympics had passionate fans at the rink cheering and sent TV ratings soaring. And beyond the bonspiel, the country’s beloved icy pastime … Continue reading
JASON SIMMONDS The Journal Pioneer SUMMERSIDE – Rod MacDonald will reach a milestone at the 2010 Tim Hortons Brier. It will mark the Summerside native’s fifth decade of participating in the Canadian men’s curling championship, and his seventh appearance overall. … Continue reading
The 4 pm opening draw of the M&M Meat Shops Provincial Mixed Curling Championship was completed on Thursday afternoon at the Crapaud Community Curling Club. Due to weather and road conditions, organizers were forced to postpone the 8 pm draw. This … Continue reading
Due to the weather conditions the M&M Meat Shops Provincial Mixed Curling Championship draw scheduled for Thursday March 4 at 8:00 pm has been rescheduled until Friday morning at 9:00 am. This change will result in all remaining draws being … Continue reading
The Host Committee is inviting you to volunteer for the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Canadian Women’s Curling Championship. The Tournament will be held in the Charlottetown Civic Centre, February 19 to 27, 2011. Interested volunteers will have an opportunity … Continue reading
HALIFAX, March 3, 2010 (CCA) – The Tim Hortons Brier, presented by Monsanto, gets underway Saturday at the Metro Centre in Halifax. It marks the sixth time that the city has staged the Brier. Only Toronto has hosted the championship … Continue reading
The M&M Meat Shops Provincial Mixed Curling Championship gets underway this afternoon at the Crapaud Community Curling Club, with fourteen teams taking part. Entrants include the defending champion Kyle Stevenson foursome from Charlottetown, last year’s runner-up and 2005 winner Larry Dewar … Continue reading
The 2010 Age 15 and Under Provincial Curling Championships, sponsored by M&M Meat Shops, get underway Friday afternoon, and wrap up on Sunday at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton. The three boys teams will play a double round robin, while … Continue reading
Video highlights from the February 24, 2010 match between the Kathy O’Rourke/Erin Carmody Canadian Scotties silver medal team and the KROCK105.5 team. The event raised funds for the Junior Curling Program at the Charlottetown Curling Club. (Courtesy of April Ennis): … Continue reading
The M&M Meat Shops Provincial Mixed Curling Championship gets underway Thursday afternoon at the Crapaud Community Curling Club, with fourteen teams taking part. Entrants include the defending champion Kyle Stevenson foursome from Charlottetown, last year’s runner-up and 2005 winner Larry … Continue reading
(CCA) The Tim Hortons Brier, presented by Monsanto, will be held at the Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, starting March 6. It marks the sixth time the city has hosted the Canadian men’s curling championship, after staging the 1951, … Continue reading
By Ryan Johnston, CTVOlympics.ca VANCOUVER — Kevin Martin redeemed his last rock miss in Salt Lake City by winning gold on home soil Saturday, beating Norway 6-3. The gold medal was the third for Canada on a banner second-last day. … Continue reading
By Bob Weeks, The Globe and Mail Silver simply won’t do it this time. Eight years ago, Kevin Martin came away from the Olympics with a second-place medal and while he would have preferred gold, he wasn’t unsatisfied with his … Continue reading
The PEI Curling Association will hold a general meeting at 8 pm on Monday March 1st at the Cornwall Curling Club. The Event Rotation Committee will meet prior to that meeting, at 7 pm.
Switzerland beat Sweden 5-4 this afternoon to win the bronze medal at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Sweden was heavy on their last rock, giving Switzerland the draw for the deuce. It was heavy, too, but hit the other Swiss … Continue reading
The curling portion of the PEI 55+ Games will take place March 2-5 at the Charlottetown Curling Club, with Open and Women’s stick curling categories, along with traditional curling, in Men, Women, and Mixed categories in the 55+ and 65+ age … Continue reading
VANCOUVER — Canada’s Cheryl Bernard finally ran out of miracles, missing a pair of gold-medal winning shots in the 10th and 11th ends to lose to 7-6 to Sweden’s Anette Norberg on Friday. It was the second consecutive gold medal … Continue reading
Cheryl Bernard attempted a double with the final shot in an extra end against Sweden’s Annette Norberg, but couldn’t hold the line, leaving one Swedish stone, to lose 7-6 at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, and take the Silver medal. In the … Continue reading
The 2010 CIS / CCA University Curling Championships – presented by The Dominion – will be held March 10-14 at the Saville Sports Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, with 14 men’s and 12 women’s teams taking part. The winning teams from … Continue reading
The Big Ticket for the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts – February 19 – 27 in the Charlottetown Civic Centre – now comes with an innovative new option, Host Committee Chair Kim Dolan announced today. “After all the … Continue reading
By Rod Mickleburgh, The Globe and Mail VANCOUVER – Jeff Maystruck lined up early, dressed in green like all good Saskatchewan Roughrider fanatics. Green sneakers, green jockey shorts on the outside of his green tights, green football jersey, green cape … Continue reading
By Bob Weeks, The Globe and Mail It may not have been their best win of the week, but it clearly was the sweetest. Cheryl Bernard and her team of Susan O’Connor, Carolyn Darbyshire and Cori Bartel battled through some … Continue reading
By Bob Weeks, The Globe and Mail VANCOUVER – It took him eight long years, but Kevin Martin has worked his way right back to where he wants to be, playing for a gold medal at the Olympic Games. Martin … Continue reading
Click to view a photo gallery from Wednesday’s charity match between K-Rock 1055 and the Kathy O’Rourke/Erin Carmody rink at the Charlottetown Curling Club. … Continue reading
By Bob Weeks, The Globe and Mail Sweden is moving up and Great Britain is moving out. EDIN Niklas and his Swedish rink upset Britain’s David Murdoch 7-6 in a tiebreaker on Wednesday, knocking the reigning world champions out of … Continue reading
The defending champion duo of Walter Callaghan and John Vincent from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton edged the Gordie MacDonald/Floyd Stewart twosome from Montague by a 5-4 score this afternoon to win the men’s and mixed section of … Continue reading
By Bob Weeks, CTVOlympics.ca Kevin Martin wanted to go into the playoffs on a roll and he accomplished that by driving a steamroller over the Chinese team Tuesday in his final round robin contest. The game meant nothing to the … Continue reading
By Sunny Dhillon, The Canadian Press VANCOUVER – Nineteen-year-old British skip Eve Muirhead entered the Vancouver Olympics as something of a darkhorse in the curling competition and the three-time junior world champion looked every bit the contender when she won … Continue reading
CTVOlympics.ca By Bob Weeks, CTVOlympics.ca VANCOUVER — With the exception of winning a medal, there’s not much left for Cheryl Bernard’s team to accomplish at these Winter Games. With two wins on Tuesday Canada wrapped up the round robin in … Continue reading
Round robin play wrapped up on Tuesday afternoon at the Ferguson Funeral Homes Provincial Stick Curling Championships at the Crapaud Community Curling Club, with the top three teams from each round robin pool advancing to the Wednesday championship round. Round … Continue reading
Five teams remain undefeated following opening day round robin play at the fourth annual Ferguson Funeral Homes Provincial Stick Curling Championship at the Crapaud Community Curling Club. In the five team women’s division, the Shirley Lank/Ruth Walsh duo from Cornwall and … Continue reading
Photo (L-R): Glen MacLean (coach), Matthew MacLean, Marshall Smallman, Kevin Gallant, Alan MacLean The Matthew MacLean rink from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary stole a deuce in the first end, and scored five points in the third on the … Continue reading
THE K-ROCK CURLING CLASH The challenge has been made and accepted. The stakes are unimaginable… the pressure will be intense. Who will be crowned champion in the Grudge Match of the Year? Join us at the Charlottetown Curling Club Wednesday February … Continue reading
The combined Cornwall/Charlottetown rink of Shirley Berry, Sandy Hope, Shelley Ebbett, and Arleen Harris, with coach Butch McGee, beat the Karen MacDonald foursome from the Charlottetown Curling Club by a 9-1 score this morning to win the Credit Unions of … Continue reading
By Bob Weeks, The Globe and Mail VANCOUVER — One goal down and one to go. Kevin Martin accomplished the first half of what he set out to do in Vancouver – securing first place and reaching the medal round. … Continue reading
By Bob Weeks, The Globe and Mail Canada is perfect no more. After five straight wins to open the Olympics, Cheryl Bernard’s rink finally suffered its first loss, a dramatic 6-5 extra end decision to the reigning world champions from … Continue reading
Peter MacDonald and defending champion Shirley Berry will each have a big advantage going into Monday’s two game championship rounds of their respective Credit Unions of PEI Provincial Seniors Curling Championships at the Charlottetown Curling Club, as each have won … Continue reading
There’s one game remaining in the Sylvan Learning Provincial 17 and Under Curling Championships at the Silver Fox in Summerside. On Sunday, the Tiffany Sweet rink from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary took the Junior Women’s title, after going … Continue reading
Photo (L-R): Ralph Sweet (Coach), Laura O’Meara (Lead), Kathleen O’Meara (Second, Throws 3rd Stone) Chantal Clements (Mate, throws Second Stone), Tiffany Sweet (Skip), Clair Sweet (Coach) The Tiffany Sweet rink from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary swept … Continue reading
The B section finals of the triple-knockout Credit Unions of PEI Provincial Seniors Curling Championships at the Charlottetown Curling Club were decided on Saturday night, with Peter MacDonald stealing a triple in the seventh end in a 9-3 win over Charlottetown … Continue reading
By Bob Weeks, The Globe and Mail One streak is over, but another one continues. Kevin Martin and his Canadian rink defeated archrival David Murdoch and his team from Great Britain 7-6 in a dramatic, edge-of-the-seat contest Saturday night. In the … Continue reading
The B section finals of the Sylvan Learning Provincial age 17 and Under Curling Championships were decided this morning at the Silver Fox, with the Tiffany Sweet team from the Maple Leaf club in O’Leary winning the junior women’s B … Continue reading
The Provincial Stick Curling Championships, sponsored by Ferguson Funeral Homes, get underway Monday and wrap up on Wednesday at the Crapaud Community Curlng Club. Stick curling differs from traditional curling in that there are two curlers per team (not four), … Continue reading
Scots expecting a rowdy reception when they face the favourites during much-anticipated showdown By Allen Cameron, Canwest News Service David Murdoch is an immensely popular curler in Canada. Despite breaking Canadian hearts last April by beating Kevin Martin in the … Continue reading
(CTV) After managing a series of great escapes to win her first three games, Cheryl Bernard did her best Harry Houdini impression once again Friday night, slipping past Denmark 5-4 in an extra end. And for the third time in … Continue reading
The B final will be a rematch of the A final in the women’s section of the Sylvan Learning age 17 and Under Curling Championships at the Silver Fox, with A section winner Tiffany Sweet of the Maple Leaf club … Continue reading
The defending champion Shirley Berry rink from the Cornwall and Charlottetown curling clubs, and the Peter MacDonald rink from the host Charlottetown Curling Club have captured the A sections of the triple-knockout Credit Unions of PEI Provincial Seniors Curling Championships. In … Continue reading
The Tiffany Sweet foursome from the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O’Leary, and the Kyle Hughes team from the Montague and Charlottetown clubs have captured the women’s and men’s A sections of the triple-knockout Sylvan Learning Provincial age 17 and … Continue reading
(CTV) Kevin Martin and his Canadian team kept their record perfect intact Thursday morning with a 7-3 win over a lackluster Swedish squad that was almost decided in the first end. The Kevin Martin juggernaut can stretch its record to … Continue reading
Defending champion Shirley Berry from the Cornwall and Charlottetown curling clubs, and Karen MacDonald and her Charlottetown rink are undefeated after opening day play in the seven team women’s division at the Credit Unions of PEI Provincial Seniors Curling Championships … Continue reading
After opening day play, the Kyle Hughes and Tyler Smith rinks remain undefeated in the eight team junior men’s division of the triple-knockout Sylvan Learning Provincial age 17 and Under Curling Championships at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club … Continue reading
The Diane MacKay rink from the Cornwall Curling Club won the women’s title at the Maritime Masters Curling Championship, for curlers age 60 and over, which wrapped up Wednesday at the Beaver Curling Club in Moncton. Photo (L-R): Diane MacKay, Val MacLean, Eileen … Continue reading
Canada’s Cheryl Bernard improved to 2-0 in the Olympic curling tournament by defeating Japan’s Moe Meguro 7-6 on Wednesday in Vancouver. Bernard trailed by one heading into the final end, where she nailed an open takeout to score two for … Continue reading
SENIORS The PEI Seniors Curling Championships, sponsored by Credit Unions of PEI, for curlers age 50 and over, get underway this morning at the Charlottetown Curling Club, with 11 men’s rinks, and seven women’s teams participating, including defending men’s champ Mel … Continue reading
VANCOUVER — Both Canadian skips proved their mettle on the first day of competition by making a pair of clutch shots to win with their final rocks. Click to read this story at CTVOlympics.ca … Continue reading
Curling club facing tough times By Jim Brown [email protected] Only a few years ago O’Leary’s Maple Leaf Curling Club boasted a membership in excess of one hundred. Newly elected president Glen Betts, a member for close to 10 years, says … Continue reading
All twelve teams have now been decided for the Tim Hortons Brier, March 6-14 at the Halifax Metro Centre. From the CCA, here are stories on all the provincial men’s curling championships. February 15, 2010 Jacobs wins Northern Ontario Skip … Continue reading
(CBC) A sitcom based on the curling movie Men With Brooms is coming to Canadian TV screens. CBC-TV has bought a season of the comedy, about a group of guys in a small-town curling club. Executive producer Paul Mather has … Continue reading
Visit CTVOlympics.ca/curling for complete Olympic curling coverage. … Continue reading
The Curling Show is a curling podcast originating in New Jersey with host Dean Gemmell. In this audio interview, Erin Carmody talks about the week in the Soo, the final game and her team. Click to listen. (MP3 format) … Continue reading
Olympic Curling gets underway tomorrow, and continues through the 27th. Here is the link to the Schedule, Results, and Standings: http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-curling-schedule-results/ … Continue reading
CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI (PEI Gov’t) — Team PEI is currently seeking interested people to serve on the Mission Staff for the 2011 Canada Winter Games. Islanders working in these twelve-month volunteer positions will support Prince Edward Island teams and athletes before and … Continue reading
SENIORS The PEI Seniors Curling Championships, sponsored by Credit Unions of PEI, for curlers age 50 and over, get underway Thursday morning at the Charlottetown Curling Club, with 11 men’s rinks, and seven women’s teams participating, including defending men’s champ … Continue reading
Here is a photo of Erin Carmody with the Sandra Schmirler Most Valuable Player Award, presented to her recently at the 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts closing banquet in Sault Ste. Marie ON. Carmody throws fourth stones for the silver … Continue reading
The Big Ticket for the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, February 19 – 27 in Charlottetown, is now on sale. And for curling fans who relish the excitement of 21 draws spread over nine incredible days, it’s the only way … Continue reading
When Team Canada steps onto the international stage, the distinctive maple leaf always stands out as a symbol of curling excellence. Now, for the first time ever, you can purchase the same gear our athletes will wear at the 2010 … Continue reading
It started last year with some 27,000 competitors playing more than 1.6 million games. And it all came down to an exciting climax at the 2009 Ford World Men’s Curling Championship when Dan Sherrard of Edmonton won a two-year lease … Continue reading
The Excitement is Building at the Brier! It’s B.Y.O.B. at the 2010 Tim Hortons Brier in Halifax, March 6 – 14 in the Halifax Metro Centre. That means you can Build Your Own Brier. Pick the days and times that … Continue reading
The Journal Pioneer If you were glued to the television Sunday watching the 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, you were not alone. Many Islanders were tuned in but so were hundreds of thousands more, watching the underdogs take on the … Continue reading
PEI curlers Geri-Lynn Ramsay and Erin Carmody were interviewed live from the Charlottetown Curling Club on CBC Compass with Bruce Rainnie yesterday at a standing-room-only celebration of their silver medal performance at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/Canada/PEI/ID=1409783366 The following video is from … Continue reading
February 10, 2010. (CCA) .. The Canadian Curling Association (CCA) today announced a number of features to better inform and involve Canadian curling fans about the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver during the curling dates – February 16 – … Continue reading
NIGEL ARMSTRONG The Guardian “They sure put P.E.I. on the map.” Those were Errol MacNeill’s words after giving Erin Carmody a hug during a gala reception Tuesday for the P.E.I. women’s curling team that recently finished second at the 2010 … Continue reading
– A Record 1.2 million viewers tune into TSN for the Final on Sunday – Toronto, ON (TSN) – It was a sweep for TSN with Sunday’s Scotties Tournament of Hearts Final delivering the highest television audience ever recorded in the tournament’s … Continue reading
A capacity crowd is on hand at the Charlottetown Curling Club for the welcome home reception of the Scotties silver medallist Kathy O’Rourke rink. Erin Carmody and Geri-Lynn Ramsay, interviewed live on CBC Compass, say that the team plans to stay intact … Continue reading
Curlers are reminded of the following provincial championship entry deadlines: Deadline for the KFC age 12 and Under event is February 12th. Entry fee is $30 per player. The championship takes place March 12-14 at the Western Community Curling Club … Continue reading
This is a reminder that the entry deadline for the M&M Meat Shops Provincial Mixed Curling Championship is Wednesday February 10. Enter online at PEICurling.com. Entry fee is $50 per player, plus a $25 per player CCA Competitor Fee. The … Continue reading
This is a reminder that there will be a reception at the Charlottetown Curling Club this afternoon at 5:00 for the Kathy O’Rourke rink – Scotties silver medallists. CBC Compass will be covering the event live. Everyone is welcome to attend.
JASON SIMMONDS The Journal Pioneer SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – Less than 24 hours after a heart-breaking 8-7 extra-end loss to Team Canada in the championship game of the 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Erin Carmody and Geri-Lynn Ramsay admitted … Continue reading
JASON SIMMONDS The Journal Pioneer SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – Erin Carmody of Summerside was presented with the prestigious Sandra Schmirler most valuable player award for the 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The award goes to the top curler in … Continue reading
Larry Wood HeartChart Editor (CCA) The last time the Scotties Tournament of Hearts was staged in Charlottetown, post-event reports seeping off Prince Edward Island painted a word picture of one whale of a razzlin’, dazzlin’ party. Veteran observers concur. It … Continue reading
By Paul Hoogkamp, CTVOlympics.ca Posted Monday, February 8, 2010 Canada has never failed to reach the podium in Olympic curling since the sport returned to competiton in 1998. Through three Olympic Games, Canada has collected two gold medals, two silver … Continue reading
(CBC) Erin Carmody, who threw skip rock for P.E.I. at curling’s Tournament of Hearts last week, is keen for another chance after a difficult loss in the final Sunday. Click to read this story at CBC.ca … Continue reading
ALBERTON ERIC MCCARTHY The Journal Pioneer For a fifth decade in his curling career, Rod MacDonald is heading to a Canadian Brier. “It’s got to be some sort of record,” MacDonald said after he and teammates Kevin Champion, Mark O’Rourke … Continue reading
SAULT STE. MARIE, ONT. JASON SIMMONDS The Journal Pioneer The Kathy O’Rourke rink’s run towards P.E.I.’s first-ever Canadian women’s curling championship came to a heart-breaking end early Sunday evening. O’Rourke, who calls the game and throws second stones for the … Continue reading
MURRAY MCCORMICK & THE GUARDIAN STAFF Canwest News Service SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. — It was a Super Sunday for Jennifer Jones. And the end of a brilliant run by Prince Edward Island’s Kathy O’Rourke rink. While most of the … Continue reading
Photo (L-R) Rod MacDonald, Kevin Champion, Mark O’Rourke, Andrew Robinson, Peter MacDonald The Rod MacDonald rink edged out the Robert Campbell foursome by a 5-4 score in this evening’s final to repeat as the Labatt Tankard Provincial Men’s Curling champions. … Continue reading
Here is PEICurling.com’s end-by-end recap of today’s Scotties final. 1st end: PEI 3rd Geri-Lynn Ramsay puts one through. Canada lies two. Ramsay’s next shot wrecks on guard. Canada 3rd Cathy Overton-Clapham’s shot picks and she wrecks, too. Erin Carmody tries … Continue reading
(CCA) Defending champion Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg skipped her team of Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer and Dawn Askin to a third straight Scotties Tournament Of Hearts title Sunday afternoon with an 8-7 championship-final victory over Kathy O’Rourke’s Prince Edward Island … Continue reading
SAULT STE. MARIE, ONT. JASON SIMMONDS The Journal Pioneer SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – Team Canada’s Jennifer Jones rink rallied to win the 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts on Sunday. Jones overcame a 6-3 deficit after six ends and stole … Continue reading
Team Canada steals of one and two in ends eight and nine were key in the 8-7 extra end win of Team Canada over PEI’s Kathy O’Rourke rink this afternoon in Sault Ste. Marie. The PEI rink were in control of … Continue reading
The Kathy O’Rourke team will be arriving home on different flights late into Monday night. A reception for them will take place at the Charlottetown Curling Club on Tuesday evening at 5 pm. CBC Compass will be covering the event live and everyone … Continue reading
JASON SIMMONDS The Journal Pioneer SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – The Kathy O’Rourke rink has an opportunity to win P.E.I.’s first-ever Canadian women’s curling championship. O’Rourke, who calls the game and throws second stones; Erin Carmody, who handles the skip … Continue reading
Eight-time PEI Tankard winner Robert Campbell, with a new team that includes 2009 New Brunswick junior champions Steve Burgess and Rob Doherty, along with Jamie Newson, beat the Eddie MacKenzie rink 9-6 in the semi-final this afternoon at the Western … Continue reading
By Larry Wood Heart Chart Editor It’s the kind of championship matchup no one could have predicted. The defending champion versus a team featuring a 21-year-old last-rock thrower representing a province that not only never before has won the Scotties … Continue reading
Will face Team Canada Sunday SAULT STE. MARIE, ONT. JASON SIMMONDS The Journal Pioneer SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – The Kathy O’Rourke rink from the Charlottetown Curling Club will play for P.E.I.’s first-ever Canadian women’s curling championship Sunday at 3:30 … Continue reading
Click the link to read story and Canadian Press photo in The Guardian. Team Prince Edward Island skip Kathy O’Rourke, right, who throws second, and Erin Carmody, left, who throws fourth, laugh while playing against Team Ontario during semifinal action … Continue reading
Game story: End one: PEI’s Erin Carmody draws to the button for the deuce. End two: Ontario’s Krista McCarville forced to take a single point. End three: PEI attempts to remove an Ontario rock for a possible four, but settles … Continue reading