OTTAWA – Team Rachel Homan of Ottawa pulled off a curling triple crown in 2017 and will start 2018 playing in the Winter Olympics. The Scotties Tournament of Hearts and Ford World champions downed Chelsea Carey’s Calgary crew 6-5 in … Continue reading
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PEI teams preparing to compete in the 2019 Canada Winter Games were at Curl Moncton this weekend at the Centre for Curling Excellence Youth Spiel and Canada Games Mini-Development camp. The Lauren Ferguson rink from the Crapaud, Cornwall and Charlottetown … Continue reading
OTTAWA – Mike McEwen’s team will get a shot Sunday at winning one of the big prizes it has been craving ever since the Winnipeg boys got together more than a decade ago, while Brad Gushue has been denied an … Continue reading
He predicts ‘operating and functional’ changes, but suggests lineup won’t be affected Ottawa — Regardless of what happens tonight at the Roar of the Rings semifinal, look for Team Gushue to stay together next season. To which most are replying, … Continue reading
OTTAWA — It was billed as the marquee matchup even before the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings began seven days ago, and in a preview of Saturday’s women’s semifinal, hometown favourite Rachel Homan beat Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg 9-4 … Continue reading
OTTAWA — World men’s champ Brad Gushue of St. John’s finds himself oh-so-close to a coveted return trip to the Winter Olympic Games. Gushue, third Mark Nichols, second Brett Gallant, lead Geoff Walker, alternate Tom Sallows and coach Jules Owchar, … Continue reading
Teams of age to compete in the 2019 Canada Winter Games are heading to Curl Moncton this weekend for the Centre for Curling Excellence Youth Spiel and Canada Games Mini Development Camp. This event includes both a bonspiel with their … Continue reading
This weekend’s Christmas Curling Cashspiel, scheduled for Montague, has been cancelled. … Continue reading
20 men’s teams, including the Saskatchewan rink skipped by PEI’s Adam Casey, will be competing for an $18,000 purse – and 13 women’s teams, including the Robyn MacPhee rink from Charlottetown, are chasing a $12,000 purse at the Curl Mesabi … Continue reading
The Wendy’s Saturday Morning Junior Developmental League draw that was scheduled for the 20th of January at the Cornwall Curling Club is rescheduled to the 13th of January, to accommodate a date change for another event. Eight teams, from Cornwall, Charlottetown, and the Silver … Continue reading
The Belfast and Area Curling Club at the Belfast Recreation Centre are planning to have curling on Fridays, starting January 5th through to the end of the season. Message (Facebook: @belfast.reccentre) or call (902-659-2277) the rink with your name and/or … Continue reading
OTTAWA — Brad Gushue of St. John’s moved into a tie for second with Mike McEwen by jumping on two costly misses by the Winnipeg team to score three in the second end and go on to an 8-3 win … Continue reading
This weekend’s One on One Tuff Spiel at the Silver Fox has been cancelled. … Continue reading
This is a final reminder that the entry deadline for the Pepsi Provincial Junior Men’s and Junior Women’s Curling Championships is 11:59 pm today, Wednesday, December 6, 2017. Entry fee is $170 per team, plus $42 per player participant fees. … Continue reading
OTTAWA – The cream of Canadian women’s curling is rising to the top at the 2017 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings. Hometown favourite Rachel Homan defeated Toronto’s Allison Flaxey 5-3 Tuesday evening to join Winnipeg’s Jennifer Jones and Chelsea … Continue reading
The Crapaud Community Curling Club’s Duffy’s Beer Funspiel takes place on December 30, with $15 per person entry fee guaranteeing three four-end games. Everyone is welcome, but no provincial teams or regular evening league teams are permitted. Drop in and … Continue reading
Everyone, even if you have never curled, is welcome to attend the BARNONE Brewery and Hop Farm Funspiel, January 12 and 13 at the Crapaud Community Curling Club. Three six-end games guaranteed, $100/team. Pizza and prizes! Call Bobbi-Jo Crossman at (902) … Continue reading
OTTAWA — Brad Jacobs stole three in the third end – thanks largely to Brad Gushue’s final stone catching on some debris – and rode that lead to a 7-4 victory at the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings Monday … Continue reading
OTTAWA (by Robin Short) — It really is a small world, sometimes. Shortly after winning Canada’s first gold medal in Olympic men’s curling a dozen years ago, Brad Gushue and Mark Nichols were invited to instruct at a curling camp … Continue reading
He was introduced to curling by his grandfather, who is now in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s disease. (by Robin Short) OTTAWA — He’s 27 and having the time of his life, a quasi-professional in the world of amateur curling … Continue reading
The best deal in curling is on again, on January 13, at the Montague Curling Rink. The George’s Deck and Recovery Funspiel for curlers under age 13 has no entry fee, guarantees three games, and includes lunch! Entry is open … Continue reading
OTTAWA — The last time Brad Gushue and his Newfoundland rink won Canada’s Olympic trials, as the veteran skip puts it, “we were younger, much more intense and much more high-strung.” Adds third, Mark Nichols: “Whoa, man. That was so … Continue reading
The Veronica Smith rink from the Cornwall Curling Club finished as runners-up to the Sylvie Robichaud team in the 10 team women’s division of the WFG Jim Sullivan Classic cashspiel, which wrapped up this afternoon in Saint John NB. Smith … Continue reading
The Liam Marin rink from Saint John, which includes PEI’s Tyler Smith at third, will be New Brunswick’s Junior Men’s representatives at the the 2018 New Holland Canadian Juniors, operated by Curling Canada, from January 13-21, 2018 at the Centre municipal de … Continue reading
It’ll be Cornwall PEI’s Veronica Smith rink facing Moncton’s Sylvie Robichaud foursome in the 3 pm Women’s final at the WFG Jim Sullivan Classic in Saint John. Smith beat Shelly Graham and her Moncton rink 6-2 in this morning’s quarter-final, … Continue reading
PEI’s Robyn MacPhee and Veronica Smith rinks both made Sunday’s playoffs in the 10 team women’s division of the WFG Jim Sullivan Classic in Saint John. No PEI teams are entered in the 18 rink men’s section. MacPhee finished round … Continue reading
NO HOME-SWEET-HOME FOR TEAM HOMAN AT TIM HORTONS ROAR OF THE RINGS OTTAWA — It was not a warm welcome home for Rachel Homan and her Ottawa-based team in the opening draw of the 2017 Tim Hortons Roar of the … Continue reading
Two PEI teams, skipped by Robyn MacPhee and Veronica Smith, are among the 10 women’s teams taking part in the WFG Jim Sullivan Classic cashspiel at the eight sheet Thistle-St. Andrews Curling Club in Saint John New Brunswick this weekend. … Continue reading
The Harvey’s General Store and MacDonald’s Excavation Cashspiel takes place Jan 19-21, 2018 at the Crapaud Community Curling Club, and is open to all teams, at a cost of $240/team. To enter, contact: Calvin Smith @ 902-628-7019 or email … Continue reading
This fall, Belfast and area lost a great friend and someone that was the glue that held a lot of great community organizations together, Gary Oulton. To honour his dedication to the Belfast and Area Curling Club at the Belfast … Continue reading
This is a reminder that the entry deadline for the Pepsi Provincial Junior Men’s and Junior Women’s Curling Championships is Wednesday, December 6, 2017. Entry fee is $170 per team, plus $42 per player participant fees. The Pepsi Juniors take place … Continue reading
Friday, Dec. 1, 6 PM – 9 PM at Montague Curling Rink. Come out for chili and a roll. Stay and curl a 6 end game then stay for a beverage. $5.00 for members. $15 non members. … Continue reading
Canada’s best four-player men’s and women’s teams will be chasing their gold-medal dreams when the 2017 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings gets underway Saturday at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa. The 2013 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings champions will … Continue reading
The Four Foot Louie Memorial Spiel, formerly the Jingle Bell Spiel, is set for Friday evening December 15 and Saturday the 16th at the Silver Fox in Summerside, and is open to everyone, including juniors and non Silver Fox members. … Continue reading
Peter MacDonald, President and CEO of four auto dealerships on Prince Edward Island, became the 77th Chairman of the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association at the Board of Directors’ meeting in Winnipeg, Man. in October. MacDonald takes over the Chairman role … Continue reading
The Island Petroleum Cashspiel is being held at the Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club in Summerside this weekend with 12 teams participating. Here are the opening draws: Friday at 5:00 pm Ice 2 – Nick vanOuwerkerk vs Dennis Watts Ice 3 … Continue reading
The twentieth annual Foxy Lady Women’s Funspiel will be held at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht club on January 26 and 27, 2018. The theme is the Roaring twenties, so get your flapper dress out and come to Summerside for … Continue reading
Cornwall’s Team Lenentine have teamed up with their sponsors Fair Isle Ford and O’Connor Glass to organize a Christmas Food Drive as a way to give back to their community. It will start Monday, December 4th and run through December … Continue reading
Proceeds from a new Chase the Ace lottery which was launched Nov. 22 at the Western Community Curling Club will support the curling club, the Alberton Lions Club and Alberton and area programs and services for the Canadian Mental Health … Continue reading
This event has been cancelled due to insufficient signup. The Silver Fox in Summerside is once again looking for individual curlers to take part in the One on One Tuff Spiel, Friday evening December 8, and on Saturday December 9. … Continue reading
The Veronica Smith rink is heading back to PEI following a 6-1 quarter-final loss to Julie McEvoy of Halifax at the Spitfire Arms Cashspiel in Windsor NS, finishing the weekend with a 2-2 win-loss record. McEvoy takes on Stacie Curtis from … Continue reading
Cancelled Check out their beautiful facility and get some competitive games in (and possibly some cash for Christmas!) during this two-day spiel Dec. 8-9. The cost is $100 per team, and the contact is Gail Greene at [email protected]. … Continue reading
The Sandy Hope rink from the host Cornwall Curling Club won the 5th annual Masters Plus Bonspiel, which wrapped up on Friday. The George Anderson team from Sackville New Brunswick was the runner-up. Masters Plus teams have three curlers age … Continue reading
PEI’s Veronica Smith rink lost a close game against the Jill Brothers team, which includes PEI native Erin Carmody, last night to go to a 2-1 win-loss record at the Spitfire Arms Cashspiel in Windsor NS. on Saturday, and are back … Continue reading
Manitoba won a record fourth women’s title at the Travelers Curling Club Championship on Saturday while British Columbia’s men’s team won that province’s first-ever curling club championship – both in dominant fashion. Team BC men (Skip Bart Sawyer, third Steve … Continue reading
The Veronica Smith rink is the only PEI rink entered in the Spitfire Arms Cashspiel in Windsor NS this weekend, with 12 women’s and 8 men’s teams taking part. PEI native Erin Carmody is third on the Jill Brothers rink … Continue reading
They were the top teams all week, finishing first place in each of their respective pools, and now four of the best men’s and women’s club curling teams will play for gold at the 2017 Travelers Curling Club Championship. (Curling … Continue reading
Here are pictures from the PEI Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony this evening, focusing on curler Kim Dolan. Sport PEI photos: Kim Dolan’s induction citation was presented by PEI curlers Rebecca Jean MacDonald and Cathy Dillon. \ PEI Sports … Continue reading
The PEI women’s team at the Travelers Curling Club Championship in Kingston Ontario, skipped by Julie Mutch and representing the Crapaud Community Curling Club, have ended their playoff run in the quarter-final round, losing 5-2 to Team Ontario this afternoon. … Continue reading
Curl PEI has ten (10) 2018 Men of Curling calendars available for purchase at Sport PEI, at the House of Sport, 40 Enman Crescent in Charlottetown, for $30 each, with net proceeds going to multiple charities. PEI’s Brett Gallant, from … Continue reading
Nanette Dupont is back at her third Travelers Curling Club Championship and she’s banking on experience to get her through the playoffs. The Alberta skip and her team are directly through to the semifinal of the championship (Friday at 7:30 … Continue reading
With only one women’s and one men’s round robin draw left at the Travelers Curling Club Championship in Kingston Ont., the PEI women’s team, skipped by Julie Mutch out of the Crapaud Community Curling Club, are playoff-bound. Photo (L-R): … Continue reading
Club recruiting new players with Friday night drop-in event The Charlottetown Curling Club is open and the volunteer board of directors is working hard to get new people involved in the sport of curling. Charlottetown Curling Club is working to … Continue reading
[PEI’s Julie Mutch rink is 3-1 at the Travelers, while the Leo Stewart men’s team is 0-4. In action Wednesday, the PEI men lost 8-2 to the Yukon. They finish up round robin play today against Northern Ont. at 10 … Continue reading
CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. – Kim Dolan is one of P.E.I.’s greatest curlers and many consider her to be the best female curler ever from the province – winning 10 provincial women’s curling championships. Skip Kim Dolan yells to sweepers during the Scotties … Continue reading
She Leads, originally scheduled for Saturday December 2 at the Holiday Inn Express, has been postponed until the spring, due to low registration. Upcoming Coaching Workshops: DAA is a go for Thursday and Friday this week 5:30 to 9:30 at Bluefield High School, still time but you … Continue reading
The new Olympic sport of mixed doubles curling is growing in popularity across the curling world, especially with its inclusion for the 2018 Winter Games in Korea. Here is the opening draw teams schedule for the 5th Annual Mixed Doubles … Continue reading
[PEI recap: Women 1-1 after 8-6 win over NWT on Monday and 10-3 loss to BC on Tues. Play Sask. at 10 am and Nunavut at 5 pm today. Men 0-3 following 8-3 loss to Ontario on Monday and 8-6 and … Continue reading
PEI curling clubs are opening their doors Dec. 16/17 to offer a FREE on-ice “Introduction to Curling” session for both children and their parents/guardians. Register today! A few things to bring with you the day of the event: 1. A … Continue reading
TRAVELERS CHAMPIONSHIP OFF TO A HIP START IN KINGSTON by Darren McEwen Two members of the Tragically Hip helped kick off the 2017 Travelers Curling Club Championship in Kingston while sharing something in common with each of the 112 participants … Continue reading
This annual bonspiel, sponsored by Desjardins Financial Security Independent Network, is open to any stick curler, and takes place on Dec. 2 at the Cornwall Curling Club. Individual entry. A draw will be made where each person will play a minimum of 3 games … Continue reading
Crapaud, PE – The Crapaud Community Curling Club will hold their Official Reopening in conjunction with an Open House on Friday, November 24. The Open House, starting at 7pm, is free and open to the public. There will be instructors … Continue reading
Looking for a few games before provincials? Join Team Smith in Cornwall December 8 & 9. Guaranteed 3 games! $125/team. Email [email protected] to register … Continue reading
Two Charlottetown-based rinks meet in women’s final (by Jason Simmonds) SUMMERSIDE – It was an all-P.E.I. women’s final in the 11th annual Fall Fling Maritime junior cashspiel on Sunday afternoon. Annika Kelly skipped her Charlottetown Curling Complex rink to the … Continue reading
The 11th annual Fall Fling Junior Cashspiel, with a full draw of 24 teams, representing all four Atlantic provinces, wrapped up this afternoon at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside. In the junior men’s division, two “Mainland” … Continue reading
Quebec vice-skip Amélie Blais was a double winner on Saturday night as awards were handed out at the closing banquet for the 2018 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship in Swan River, Man. Blais, who threw third rocks for Robert Desjardin’s Quebec … Continue reading
Round robin play wrapped up Saturday night at the 11th annual Fall Fling junior cashspiel at the Silver Fox in Summerside, with the semi-finals going at 9 this morning, and the junior men’s and junior women’s finals following at 1 … Continue reading
(by Alison Jenkins) Heather MacRae joined her team from the direction of the ice, bouncing a bit on her toes in the clubhouse at the Crapaud Curling Club. “Ice is keen tonight, they’re saying.” She meant the rocks were sliding … Continue reading
Two Junior Men’s, and two Junior Women’s draws are in the books following day one action at the 11th Annual Fall Fling Junior Cashspiel at the Silver Fox in Summerside. 12 Junior Men’s and an equal number of Junior Women’s … Continue reading
QUEBEC, ONTARIO AND NEW BRUNSWICK ON TOP AT MIXED CHAMPIONSHIP The Championship pool went into action on Thursday, battling for playoff spots at the 2018 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship in Swan River, Man. While Quebec maintains its seven-game winning streak … Continue reading
The Cornwall Curling Club is getting ready to host its 5th annual Masters Plus Bonspiel on Thursday November 23rd and Friday November 24th. Masters Plus teams include three curlers age 60 and over, and one who is at least 55. … Continue reading
The eleventh annual Fall Fling Junior Cashspiel gets underway on Friday at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, with a full draw of 12 junior men’s teams and an equal number of junior women’s rinks entered, from … Continue reading
Dreams of winning a Canadian curling championship will come true for two of the 28 teams who open play Monday in the 2017 Travelers Curling Championship at the Cataraqui Golf and Country Club in Kingston, Ont. The Cataraqui Golf and … Continue reading
Quebec’s Robert Desjardins finished the round robin with a perfect 6-0 record and will lead the way into the Championship round of the 2018 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship in Swan River, Man. Team Quebec in action at the 2018 Canadian … Continue reading
Northwest Territories’ Jamie Koe and New Brunswick’s Charlie Sullivan remain the only undefeated teams after six draws at the 2018 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, presented by Westman Communications Group, in Swan River, Man. [PEI’s Dennis Watts rink, still looking for … Continue reading
HOGWILD SPIEL Nov. 24th and 25th Due to insufficient signup, this event has been postponed until Jan. 5-6 2018. at the Montague Curling Rink CURLING BONSPIEL 6 End games. Guaranteed 3 games, Open to men’s, women’s and mixed teams. This … Continue reading
If you missed any of the great action this past weekend, all TSN broadcasts from the Home Hardware Road to the Roar in Summerside are now available on the Curling Canada YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/curlingcanada As well, check out the photos … Continue reading
PEI’s Dennis Watts team are still looking for their first win at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship in Swan River MB, going into today’s noontime draw against the Robert Smallwood rink from Whitehorse, Yukon, also 0-2. PEI lost their opener … Continue reading
Credit Union Place (CUP) employees were busy Monday morning reverting Eastlink Arena into a hockey rink after it spent the previous week hosting the Home Hardware Road to the Roar Olympic curling pre-trials. Crews were busy at Credit Union Place … Continue reading
City eager to bid again on Road to the Roar, says community services director A day after the Road to the Roar wrapped up in Summerside, the city says it will bid to host the Olympic pre-trial curling event again. … Continue reading
Team members enjoys learning about Summerside community Skip John Morris in action during Sunday morning action at the 2017 Road to the Roar Pre-Trials curling event at Eastlink Arena in Summerside. – Jason Simmonds SUMMERSIDE – There is no more intense … Continue reading
Crapaud, PE – The Board and members of the Crapaud Community Curling Club extend their congratulations and well wishes to their team attending the Travelers Championship in Kingston, Ontario, next week. Photo (L-R): Julie Mutch, Lindsay Moore, Terri Wood, Heather … Continue reading
Last call for entries in “Murphy’s Ice Queens” Women’s funspiel is Tuesday, November 14th at 5 pm. All team entries must be in by then! The Cornwall Curling Club hosts “The Murphy’s Ice Queens” Women’s Funspiel, Friday evening November 17 and all day Saturday, November 18. … Continue reading
CBC news and sports reporter Devin Heroux, who covered the Home Hardware Road to the Roar Pre-Trials in Summerside, will be on CBC PEI’s Island Morning at 8:15, talking to Mitch Cormier about the event. Listen locally at 96.1 FM, … Continue reading
SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — It took them until the final game of the final qualifying event, but Brendan Bottcher and his Edmonton team can finally start planning for a trip to Ottawa for the2017 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings. Bottcher, … Continue reading
McCarville, Bottcher, Morris and Tippin round out the trial field By Devin Heroux SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — Brendan Bottcher hadn’t even been born when Glenn Howard already captured his first Brier and world championship, but on Sunday night in Summerside, P.E.I., there was a changing of the … Continue reading
Edmonton rink downs Howard for a second time in two days (by Eric McCarthy) SUMMERSIDE – Brendan Bottcher and his 2017 Alberta Tankard champions are heading to the 2017 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings for a chance of going to … Continue reading
The Canadian Mixed Curling Championship kicks off tonight at 8 pm Atlantic time in Swan River, MB. Live streaming starts Monday on CBC.ca Event website with links to live scoring, live streaming: www.curling.ca/2018mixed/ Twitter hashtag: #cmcc2018 PEI is represented by the Charlottetown Curling … Continue reading
SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — They’ve been loud and proud all week long, but the Team Tippin supporters saved their loudest cheers for Sunday afternoon at Credit Union Place. From left, Julie Tippin, Chantal Duhaime, Rachelle Vink, Tess Bobbie and coach Barry … Continue reading
SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — It’s a familiar story for John Morris and his Vernon, B.C., teammates, only they’re hoping for a different ending this time around. From left, John Morris, Jim Cotter, Catlin Schneider and Tyrel Griffith (along with coach Jody … Continue reading
SUMMERSIDE (by Jason Simmonds) – John Morris and his rink from Vernon, B.C., are headed to the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings in Ottawa next month. That event will decide the Canadian men’s and women’s four-person curling teams for the … Continue reading
On Saturday at the Road to the Roar pre-trials in Summerside, the Krista McCarville rink won the first women’s berth to the Roar of the Rings Olympic Trials, Dec. 2-10 in Ottawa. On Sunday morning, the John Morris team captured … Continue reading
On Saturday, the Krista McCarville rink won the first women’s berth to the Roar of the Rings Olympic Trials, Dec. 2-10 in Ottawa. Here is the schedule for the remaining qualifiers: Women: 9 am Rocque vs Tippin 2 pm Meilleur … Continue reading
Final qualifiers from Road to the Roar in Summerside to be decided Sunday By Jason Simmonds SUMMERSIDE – Krista McCarville’s Olympic dreams are alive and well. McCarville arned one of two women’s berths in the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings … Continue reading
SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — When Krista McCarville formed a new curling team a few years ago, it was not with the kind of expectations that many of Canada’s elite curling teams come with. From left, skip Krista McCarville, third Kendra Lilly, … Continue reading
SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — Four teams are a step closer to the promised land; AKA the 2017 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings next month in Ottawa. Edmonton’s Brendan Bottcher and John Morris of Vernon, B.C., on the men’s side, and Brianne Meilleur … Continue reading
Howard, Morris, Middaugh and McCarville have been there, done that By Devin Heroux SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — The 28-team curling field in Summerside, P.E.I is slowly being dwindled down, but the pre-trials event dubbed “Road to the Roar” has become a very long road … Continue reading
SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — The gold-medal dreams for teams skipped by Winnipeg’s Jason Gunnlaugson, Dayna Deruelle of Brampton, Ont., and Sherry Middaugh of Coldwater, Ont., live on in Summerside. Sherry Middaugh, right, and Jo-Ann Rizzo celebrate their tiebreaker win on Saturday … Continue reading
SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — Nadine Scotland and Shannon Birchard won playoff tiebreakers in the wee hours of Saturday morning at Credit Union Place to stay alive at the 2017 Home Hardware Road to the Roar Pre-Trials. Team Birchard puts it on … Continue reading
Tiebreakers not decided until early hours of Saturday morning SUMMERSIDE – The Nadine Scotland and Shannon Birchard rinks remained alive on a wild Friday and start to Saturday at the 2017 Home Hardware Road to the Roar Pre-Trials curling event. Scotland … Continue reading