The Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax is hosting a junior bonspiel on Oct 4-6. There is lots of room in the U15 boy’s division and a spot or 2 open in the other divisions as well.
Sport PEI offers Sport Scholarship awards which recognize excellence and achievement in sport, academics and community involvement.
The 2019 scholarships are made possible with support from Sport Centre Physiotherapy, Avis Car Rental and Connolly Group and the family of Earl Smith.
In 2018, four scholarships of $1000.00 each were awarded to Island student athletes. Congratulations to curler Lauren Lenentine, along with Emma Jinks, Christopher McQuaid and Ethan Boyd.
The 2019 scholarships are made possible with support from Sport Centre Physiotherapy, Avis Car Rental and Connolly Group and the family of Earl Smith.
CRITERIA
To be eligible, applicants must meet the following criteria:
Applications for the scholarship must include the following items with the application form:
Application deadline is May 16, 2019
All applications are online only – Apply Here
For more information, please contact Sport PEI at sports@sportpei.pe.ca or at 902-368-4110.
Canadian curling’s grassroots will be celebrated alongside this country’s top stars when the 2019 Canadian Curling Club Championships are staged in Leduc, Alta., in November.
The Leduc Curling Club will play host to the 2019 Canadian Curling Club Championships. (Photo, Leduc Curling Club)
The 11th annual Canadian Curling Club Championships, which offer an elite national championship experience to Canada’s top club curlers, will take place Nov. 25-30 at the Leduc Curling Club, and will run in conjunction with the 2019 Home Hardware Canada Cup at the adjacent Sobey’s Arena — all part of the Leduc Recreation Centre. The Home Hardware Canada Cup will run Nov. 27 to Dec. 1, and will feature the top six men’s and top six women’s teams in the country.
Meanwhile, 14 men’s and 14 women’s teams from Curling Canada’s Member Associations — the 10 provinces, three territories and Northern Ontario — will contest the Canadian Curling Club Championships in Leduc.
“The Canadian Curling Club Championships are a hugely important event because they give club curlers the chance to compete on the national stage, and you can see what a thrill that is every year when these athletes are on the ice,” said Maureen Miller, Chair of Curling Canada’s Board of Governors. “Having the opportunity to showcase these curlers alongside the Home Hardware Canada Cup will make the 2019 Canadian Curling Club Championships a truly unique event and I know Leduc will do an amazing job in hosting these championships.”
The Canadian Curling Club Championships are for recreational, club-level curlers who don’t have the time or resources to compete at the high-performance level; the event gives those curlers the thrilling opportunity to represent their home province or territory on the national stage.
It will be the first time Alberta has played host to the Canadian Club Curling Championships, which began in 2009 at Toronto.
“This is an event that speaks to the passion for curling across Canada, because it goes right to the grassroots of our game — the club curlers who have the same kind of dreams as our national team players,” said Jill Richard, Executive Director of Curling Alberta. “We’re delighted to welcome the Canadian Curling Club Championships to Alberta for the first time, and we know Leducwill be ready to make these athletes and their friends and family feel right at home.”
Overall, Alberta has won three men’s titles, followed by B.C., Saskatchewan and Ontario with two apiece; Newfoundland/Labrador has won once.
On the women’s side, Manitoba teams have won four times, followed by Ontario with three titles, Alberta with two and P.E.I. with one.
At the 2018 Championships in Miramichi, N.B., B.C.’s Vic Shimizu (Richmond) claimed the men’s gold medal, while Morgan Muise’s Alberta team from Calgary captured the women’s gold.
The Leduc Curling Club is no stranger to championship curling; in 2018, it was a co-host of the Curl 4 Canada championships, that saw four Canadian titles — the Mixed Doubles, Wheelchair, U SPORTS and Canadian Colleges Athletic Association — decided.
The club also played host to the inaugural Canadian Mixed Doubles Championship in 2013, as well as the 1994 Canadian Mixed Championship and the 1991 Canadian Junior Men’s and Women’s Championships.
“Leduc is pleased and excited to host the Canadian Curling Club Championships and the Home Hardware Canada Cup this winter,” said Leduc Mayor Bob Young. “Investing in sport is something we have always been passionate about, and it is events like these that showcase our camaraderie and community spirit. We are grateful to be the host city, and we can’t wait to welcome the events’ athletes, coaches, family and friends.”
Here are upcoming NCCP workshops your coaches may need.
Comp Intro Plan a Practice
Monday May 6
https://thelocker.coach.ca/
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Comp Intro Make Ethical Decisions
Tuesday May 21
https://thelocker.coach.ca/
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Preparation, clear operating principles and strong leadership are essential ingredients that can make meetings more effective. During this interactive session we will review tell-tale signs and symptoms of inefficient Board meetings; discuss the role of the Chair; and explore promising practices like diligent agenda design, annual planning, diversity in decision-making, in-camera sessions, and clarity of roles in the board room.
Wednesday, May 22 at 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Webinar – To register: https://thelocker.coach.ca/
Thursday, May 23 at 12 noon to 1 pm, Royalty Centre
Lunch and Learn – To register: https://thelocker.coach.ca/
(By Jonathan Brazeau)
Jason Gunnlaugson has recruited Adam Casey to throw second stones for his squad next season.
Gunnlaugson was in the market for a new second after Denni Neufeld decided to step back and dedicate more time towards his family and his real estate business, The Neufeld Group.
Adam Casey in action at the 2015 Meridian Canadian Open in Yorkton, Sask. (Anil Mungal)
Canadian teams are allowed one out-of-province player and the PEI native Casey will be the designated import alongside Winnipeg-based Gunnlaugson, third Alex Forrest and lead Connor Njegovan.
“We were just looking for somebody who had the experience to play at the level that we’ve been playing at and want to play at, so he’s kind of a natural fit,” Gunnlaugson said. “He has some experience at second with (Brad) Gushue, which is obviously one of the best places you can learn the game from and tons of success as a skip, so we think he’ll bring some good opinions to that side of the game as well. I think he was at a point where he was looking for a team that maybe wanted to commit a little bit more and we fit that nicely.”
Casey has competed in the Brier six times for three different provinces throwing second for Gushue’s Newfoundland and Labrador team from 2012-14, skipping his own P.E.I. club in 2015 and 2016 and guiding Saskatchewan in 2017. He played third for skip Charley Thomas in Ontario this past season.
Gunnlaugson hasn’t played with an import before, however, Casey’s willingness to compete just about anywhere and his determination to excel were attractive traits.
“We obviously had a pretty exhausting search as far as just who would be a good fit, who had the talent to do it and who had the drive to put in the effort. That’s one of the things we saw with Adam,” Gunnlaugson said. “We also like the fact that he had played as an import before and we had seen him playing well as an import. Obviously, you’re going to be working together as much as possible but if he did have to be on his own for a while in parts of the year, we knew he was still going to be ready and prepared to perform because we’ve seen that in the past.”
Neufeld, who won seven Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling titles with Mike McEwen before joining Gunnlaugson last year, believes they’ve found the right player to fill his shoes.
“I’ve always respected Adam Casey as a player,” Neufeld said. “I think he’s a good guy. He seems like he’s probably pretty easy-going and easy to get along with. I think he’ll relate well with those guys. I think with what was on the table that was probably the best fit.”
Team Gunnlaugson, ranked 17th in the World Curling Tour’s Order of Merit, sat down after their season ended to discuss their goals for the future. With the team looking to play in more events in order to surge the standings, Neufeld knew how hard they’d have to work and the commitment level proved to be too much for him.
“I know it’s really hard on my family when I’m gone so much and I think for these guys in order to get to the level that I would want to be at, they need and want to play more and that doesn’t really work for me,” Neufeld said. “They’re thinking of playing like 14 events before Christmas or something like that and that’s just too much for me. …
“It was a really tough decision for me because the guys — Gunner, Connor and Alex — are amazing human beings and I had a lot of fun playing with them. Our dynamic I felt was really, really good. I enjoyed being a part of helping them try to put some systems in place to reach the next level regarding sports psychology, fitness, nutrition and stuff like that; Things that I brought to the team that they weren’t doing previously. They’re all going in the right direction and they work so hard. They work harder than anybody that I’ve ever seen. They put in the time, they put in the effort and they’re going to be really good, they’re just not quite at that time right now.”
Gunnlaugson said he’s hoping to call upon Neufeld to sub if need be. They’ll also continue to keep close ties off of the ice with Njegovan joining Neufeld’s real estate team recently.
“We’re finding more and more in this day and age, people need somebody that’s reliable of high quality that they can call on in a pinch because players are getting hurt more, just like wear and tear injuries, and as the season gets longer and longer, it’s definitely good to have some people like that,” Gunnlaugson said. “We used Matt Wozniak once this year for that and he did a lot of sparing. I think Denni may have a season more similar to that but still able to keep a lot more close to home and commit more time to his business interests.”
Neufeld is looking at several different avenues of where to take his curling career as he’s not ready to retire yet.
“I told the guys if you’re playing such a hectic schedule and one guy can’t make it for that many events, I’ll be open to coming in and playing a couple of events a year, just one-offs kind of like what Woz did this year,” Neufeld said. “My wife and I have also talked about maybe getting into the mixed doubles portion of it, so there are a lot of directions it could go. I wouldn’t be closing the door on the right opportunity with a different men’s team but I’m not actively looking to get on a team either.”
Neufeld will get a head-start on his “super spare” role as he will fill in for lead Ben Hebert on Kevin Koe’s club for the Curling World Cup Grand Final next week in Beijing.
Get your tickets for the Charlottetown Curling Complex’s annual Lobster Take Out Dinner Friday May 24, 2019.
Lobster tickets are $25 per plate
Ham Dinner is $15 per plate
Call the club to order tickets 902-370-2876 or Phillip at 902-393-2950
Canada’s future stars on the ice have the opportunity to also further their ambitions in the classroom, thanks to the Curling Canada Foundation’s For the Love of Curling Scholarship program.
Eighteen participants in the 2019 New Holland Canadian Junior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships were past recipients of the For The Love of Curling Scholarship. Front row, from left, Selena Sturmay, Mackenzie Zacharias, Megan Smith, Karlee Burgess, Kaitlyn Jones, Kate Sherry. Middle row, from left, Jessica Humphries, Sarah Hoag, Megan Smith, Sarah Daniels, Kira Brunton. Back row, from left, Matt Hall, Tyler Tardi, Maxime Blais, Tanner Horgan, Ryan Lamswood, Dustin Mikush, Sterling Middleton. (Photo, Curling Canada/Michael Burns)
Applications are now being accepted for the 2019 For the Love of Curling Scholarships, which are funded through the generous support of the Canadian curling community.
A total of 10 $2,500 scholarships will be awarded to male and female curlers who best demonstrate athletic and academic prowess as well as community leadership.
“It’s always exciting to see the results of this Curling Canada Foundation program, because it produces such a tangible outcome,” said Maureen Miller, Chair of Curling Canada’s Board of Governors. “The scholarships will give young curlers across the country an amazing opportunity — not only to continue improving as athletes and students, but also as citizens, and that’s truly gratifying.”
At the 2019 New Holland Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Prince Albert, Sask., there were 18 former recipients of the For The Love of Curling Scholarship, including two-time reigning world and three-time reigning Canadian junior men’s champs Tyler Tardi and Sterling Middleton.
Another former recipient, Karsten Sturmay, will be a member of the 2019 Selection Committee.
All of the 2019 scholarships will be awarded to deserving young athletes from across Canada to help post-secondary athletes cover some of their education and curling costs.
Emphasis will be placed on athletes who have competed at the provincial/territorial level or higher, who have maintained a good level of academic standing, while showing a strong commitment to their community through involvement in coaching, instructing and volunteer activities. Athletes must be under the age of 24 as of Dec. 31, 2019, and not have received the For the Love of Curling Scholarship previously.
The application process runs from May 1 to June 30, 2019. Scholarships will be awarded in August.
For more information or to apply, visit online at www.curling.ca/scholarship2019.
Synergy Fitness & Nutrition is once again offering an off-season Sport Performance Training Program to Island curlers. All ages are welcome. The folks at Synergy Fitness & Nutrition will work with your level of fitness to ensure your training is fitting your needs.
Participating Curlers will receive:
This 36+ Session Package is $250+tax.
In addition to the package, Curl PEI is hosting a FREE TRAINING NIGHT, open to those who would like to try it out before committing as well as to those who already know they will be participating and would like to get started! The FREE TRAINING NIGHT will be Monday, May 6 from 6:30-8:30 pm and will include 60 minutes of training as well as a Goal Setting Session. Please let me know if you are interested in attending the FREE TRAINING NIGHT by Friday, May 3 (minimum participation is required).
The Sport Performance Training Program will run Mondays and Wednesdays (May 6-September 18) starting at 6:30 pm. If you miss a session you will be provided makeup times/dates. If you are unable to attend on Mondays and Wednesdays you can work with the folks at Synergy Fitness & Nutrition to find a schedule that works for you.
*Note: May 6 & May 8 will be 6:30-8: 30 pm as there will be 60 minutes in the gym followed by a workshop session*
This is a great opportunity to work on conditioning in the off-season to prepare to reach your goals next winter.
If you are interested in participating in this program please let me know by May 3.
Amy Duncan, Executive Director, Curl PEI
Tel: 902-368-4208 aduncan@sportpei.pe.ca
Sport PEI offers Sport Scholarship awards which recognize excellence and achievement in sport, academics and community involvement.
The 2019 scholarships are made possible with support from Sport Centre Physiotherapy, Avis Car Rental and Connolly Group and the family of Earl Smith.
In 2018, four scholarships of $1000.00 each were awarded to Island student athletes. Congratulations to curler Lauren Lenentine, along with Emma Jinks, Christopher McQuaid and Ethan Boyd.
The 2019 scholarships are made possible with support from Sport Centre Physiotherapy, Avis Car Rental and Connolly Group and the family of Earl Smith.
CRITERIA
To be eligible, applicants must meet the following criteria:
Applications for the scholarship must include the following items with the application form:
Application deadline is May 16, 2019
All applications are online only – Apply Here
For more information, please contact Sport PEI at sports@sportpei.pe.ca or at 902-368-4110.
Kathy O’Rourke was presented with a Senate of Canada 150 Medal recently. She was nominated on the recommendation of Stan MacPherson, former Partner of MacPherson Roche Smith, along with Amy Duncan, Executive Director of Curl PEI. A well-known known curler from Summerside, Kathy is a six-time provincial curling champion and a former Canadian Mixed Champion. In 2018 she was inducted into the P.E.I Sports Hall of Fame, and was also recognized by Grant Thornton as the Atlantic Community Award recipient for her involvement in the community.
Photo: Kathy O’Rourke (centre) with her husband Mark O’Rourke (left) and her brother Peter MacDonald (right)
Kathy has been active in several non-profit organizations including the Capital Commission of Prince Edward Island, Founders Hall Inc., Holland College Board of Governors, Natural Products Canada, the Blockhouse Lighthouse Preservation Society, the Girl Guides of Prince Edward Island, and the Charlottetown Curling Club. In 2014 Kathy joined 5 other women to start the Charlottetown Chapter of “100 Women who Care”. Since its inception the group has raised over $250,000 for local
charities.
Photo (L-R): Senator Brian Francis, Kathy O’Rourke, Lieutenant Governor Antoinette Perry
Senator Brian Francis and Lieutenant Governor Antoinette Perry were on hand for the presentation at Government House.
Photo credit: Patricia Bourque
Other medal recipients included Shirley Affleck, Dr. Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, Deana Beaton, Stephen Cousins, Lennie Gallant, Susan Keizer, James MacAulay, Tara MacLean, Julie Pellissier-Lush, and Dr. David Stewart.
Islanders are coming home with gold and silver medals from international curling competitions in Norway.
Vice-skip Ian MacAulay of Souris and second Morgan Currie of Summerside are members of the Canadian squad that won gold at the world senior men’s championship on Saturday. Charlottetown’s Brett Gallant and Winnipeg’s Jocelyn Peterman lost 6-5 to Sweden in the gold medal game of the mixed doubles championship.
Team Canada, with a pair of Islanders on the roster, won the world senior men’s curling championship Saturday in Norway. From left are Paul Adams, Ken Sullivan, Morgan Currie of Summerside, Ian MacAulay of Souris and Bryan Cochrane. Alina Pavlyuchik/World Curling Federation – Contributed
The Bryan Cochrane-skipped senior squad, which also includes lead Ken Sullivan, alternate Paul Adams and coach Bill Tschirhart, defeated Scotland’s David Smith 7-5 in an extra end to capture gold.
“Being a world champion has got a pretty good ring to it,” MacAulay said in an interview conducted by his son Jeremy MacAulay in Norway for The Guardian. “Getting through Canada in curling is quite a feat and to win the worlds is a bigger feat again.”
Currie called it an unforgettable, one-of-a kind, amazing experience.
“When I started curling in 1977, I never dreamt this was possible,” he said. “And going through this with Mr. MacAulay, here, a fellow Islander, was the most important part of all for me.”
The three medals won on Saturday also come from each of Prince Edward Island’s three counties.
“We also have the whole Island covered in a way because (MacAulay is) kind of east and I’m kind of west, so it’s a total accomplishment for Prince Edward Island geographically,” Currie said.
Mixed Doubles
Canada opened the mixed doubles championship game with a single in the first end before Sweden tied it with one in the second. Sweden stole singles in the next two ends to take a 3-1 lead to the fifth.
Canada, which was coached by coach Jeff Stoughton, responded with two in the fifth to tie it. The teams traded deuces the next two ends and Sweden scored one in the eighth to win it.
“They played really well,” Gallant said of Olympic gold-medallist Anna Hasselborg and three-time world men’s champion Oskar Eriksson in an interview with Curling Canada. “I myself couldn’t quite get the line on a few of my shots and gave them some openings.”
STAVANGER, Norway — It wasn’t the shot of his lifetime, but it was close. Canada’s Bryan Cochrane played a highlight reel shot in an extra end to win gold at the 2019 World Senior Curling Championships on Saturday. Canada’s Sherry Anderson also won her second consecutive world title at the event.
Back row, from left, Paul Adams, Ken Sullivan, Morgan Currie, Ian MacAulay and Bryan Cochrane and front row, from left, Anita Silvernage, Brenda Goertzen, Patty Hersikorn and Sherry Anderson won double gold at the 2019 World Senior Curling Championships. (Photo, World Curling Federation/Alina Pavlyuchik)
Cochrane, vice-skip Ian MacAulay, second Morgan Currie, lead Ken Sullivan, alternate Paul Adams and coach Bill Tschirhart defeated Scotland’s David Smith 7-5 in an extra end at Sørmarka Arena to win the gold medal. [MacAulay and Currie are PEI natives.] Tied at 5-5, Scotland was well-guarded after throwing its last shot in the extra frame. It left Cochrane and his team from the Russell Curling Club with a long angle raise on a guard to score two points.
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— Curling Canada (@CurlingCanada) April 27, 2019
“It feels really good. Pretty special to win this. This is probably my last kick at the can here,” the 61-year-old skip said.
Cochrane says it is the second most memorable shot he’s ever played in his career. The only one to top it was a shot that earned him the opportunity to represent Ontario at the national men’s curling championship in 2003.
“The shot to go to the Brier against Peter Corner, that was really special. But this, I never thought seniors would be close to what I felt when going to the Brier, but that was a lot of fun. Fun for the guys, fun for the fans and all the people that have supported us,” he said.
Bryan Cochrane celebrates after making an angle raise in an extra end to win gold. (Photo, World Curling Federation/ Jason Bennett)
Canada had a 5-4 lead heading into the eighth end without hammer and Scotland’s Smith had a hit for the win. However, the shot ticked a guard and Scotland only scored one to tie the game.
Cochrane adds a much anticipated gold medal to his trophy case after winning silver at the 2017 World Senior Curling Championships in Lethbridge, Alta.
Cochrane defeated Denmark’s Ulrik Schmidt 7-4 in the semifinal earlier in the day.
On the senior women’s side, Anderson, vice-skip Patty Hersikorn, second Brenda Goertzen, lead Anita Silvernagle and coach Tschirhart defeated Denmark’s Lene Bistrup Nyboe 10-1 in the gold-medal game.
The team from the Nutana Curling Club started the game on a high note, navigating Anderson’s final hit through a port to score three. In the second end Canada made a runback on its last to force Denmark into a draw for one. After that, Canada left the Danes in the rear-view mirror. Canada made a hit for three, took a 6-1 lead and kept the remainder of the game relatively clean.
Sherry Anderson’s Canadian senior women’s team celebrates after winning their second world title in a row. (Photo, World Curling Federation/Jason Bennett)
“It feels really good. We didn’t have our best game all week, the four of us, and I think that was our best game the four of us that we had all week,” Anderson said.
Anderson will get the opportunity to win a third consecutive title next year. Anderson’s team will represent Canada at the 2020 world seniors in Kelowna, B.C., from April 18-25.
“It’s special. You know, we have a good time together. Seniors is a little more laid back and we appreciate life and what life brings. It’s good to spend a week with them,” Anderson said.
Anderson defeated Scotland’s Susan Kesley 7-3 in the semifinal. Canada took control of the game in the second half after making a hit for four in the sixth end. Canada stole a point in the seventh and ran Scotland out of rocks in the final end.
This is Canada’s 14th women’s gold medal at this event and 12th for the men.
STAVANGER, Norway — Canada’s hunt for an elusive world mixed doubles gold medal will continue for at least one more year. Canada succumbed to Sweden in the gold-medal game at the 2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship on Saturday.
Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant lost to Sweden on Saturday in the 2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship gold-medal game. (World Curling Federation/Alina Pavlyuchik)
Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg and Oskar Eriksson defeated Jocelyn Peterman (Winnipeg), Brett Gallant (St. John’s, N.L.) and coach Jeff Stoughton 6-5 at Sørmarka Arena. Sweden had the hammer in the eighth end and drew to the button for the win.
Canada started the game with hammer and scored a point. Sweden gained the lead with scores of one in the following three ends. In the second, Peterman and Gallant made an in-off on their final shot, which eliminated the chance of Sweden scoring multiple points. Sweden scored back-to-back steals in the third and fourth ends to take a 3-1 lead at the fourth-end break.
“They played really well,” Gallant said of Olympic gold-medallist Hasselborg and three-time world men’s champion Eriksson. “I myself couldn’t quite get the line on a few of my shots and gave them some openings.”
Canada scored two in the fifth to tie the game, and the teams exchanged deuces in the sixth and seventh ends while on power plays. Peterman and Gallant attempted to steal in the final end with the game tied, but Hasselborg found a path the button that had plenty of backing.
The silver-medal performance by Brett Gallant, Jocelyn Peterman and Jeff Stoughton is a nation-tying best for Canada at the world mixed doubles event. (World Curling Federation/Tom Rowland)
“We had a lot of fun, we were happy with how we played. It’s obviously not the finish we were hoping for, but we had a good week,” Peterman said.
While the loss stings, the silver-medal result is among the best Canadian performances at the world championship. Canada now has two silver-medal performances after Joanne Courtney and Reid Carruthers reached the final in 2017.
“We performed really well throughout the whole event. A shot here or there and it could have been ours,” Gallant said.
Earlier in the day, Peterman and Gallant defeated Olympic gold-medallist John Shuster of the United States and his partner Cory Christensen in the semifinal game by a score of 9-5.
The 2020 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship will be hosted in Kelowna, B.C., from April 18-25. Canada’s mixed doubles team will be determined at the Canad Inns Canadian Mixed Doubles Championship hosted in Portage la Prairie, Man., from March 18-22.
STAVANGER, Norway — When the granite settled on the pebbled ice here on Saturday, Canadian curlers had one of their most successful world championships ever.
Peterman and Gallant took the Swedish team of Anna Hasselborg and Oskar Eriksson down to the last rock of the championship game — Hasselborg put her draw on the button for a 6-5 victory to claim gold.
They outplayed us and deserved to win it today,” Gallant said after the loss. “I couldn’t quite get the line on a few of my shots. Jocelyn made some great shots today to keep us in it.”
There was high drama at Sormarka Arena for the men’s senior championship — Scotland had a chance to score two in the eighth end to win the title against Canada but hit a guard on the last rock of the game to force an extra end.
Then, Ontario skip Bryan Cochrane made one magical curling shot for the win.
With a challenging angle run back left for the win, Cochrane settled in the hack and threw exactly how he wanted to clinch a stunning 7-5 win.
Canadian senior men’s team and their families
In the senior women’s final, skip Sherry Anderson and her rink from Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon looked to make it two straight world titles, facing Denmark.
It wasn’t close.
Anderson scored three in the first end and never looked back on the way to a 10-1 rout in six ends.
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The playoff round goes today at the Canadian Open Stick Curling Championship in Cornwall, with the Open (men and mixed) and Women’s finals at 3:20 pm. Under 18 in Sherwood Park Alberta: PEI’s Lauren Ferguson girl’s rink are 1-0 following … Continue reading
Round robin play wrapped up on Tuesday at the Cornwall Curling Club in the Canadian Open Stick Curling Championship, with five Open Divison (men or mixed) teams coming out of their round-robin pools with perfect 5-0 win-loss records, and the … Continue reading
C U R L I N G C A N A D A P R E S E N T S its annual BUSINESS OF CURLING SYMPOSIUM JUNE 20- 22, 2019 at the COAST CANMORE HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTRE Canmore, … Continue reading
The annual Fall Fling Junior Cashspiel rocks at the Silver Fox Entertainment Complex in Summerside from November 15 through 17 2019 and is open to the first twelve junior women’s and junior men’s teams to enter. Entry fee of $150 … Continue reading
Listen to CBC Radio’s Mainstreet this afternoon for a feature on the Canadian Stick Curling Championship, which wraps up Wednesday at the Cornwall Curling Club. Mainstreet airs from 4-6 pm. … Continue reading
Future Canadian curling stars are converging in Sherwood Park, Alta., for the third edition of the Canadian Under-18 Boys and Girls Curling Championships, beginning today at the Glen Allan Recreation Complex. Both the Nova Scotia boys and girls teams will … Continue reading
Play got underway Monday at the 2019 College Clean Restoration Canadian Masters Curling Championships, for curlers age 60 and over, which continues through April 7 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, PEI’s Bill Hope rink split their opening day … Continue reading
The annual Lobster Trap Bonspiel goes April 5-7 on arena ice at the Eastern Kings Sportsplex in Souris. 32 teams are taking part. Here are the opening draws: … Continue reading
The 2019 College Clean Restoration Canadian Masters Curling Championships, for curlers age 60 and over, goes from March 31 to April 7 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, with the first draws taking place on Monday April 1st. PEI … Continue reading
PEI’s Under 16 Boy’s Champs, the Brayden Snow rink from the Silver Fox curling club in Summerside, won the Consolation Final of the Canada Winter Games division of the 2019 East Coast Slam event held this weekend at Willie O’Ree … Continue reading
Here are photos and a video of the piping-in of the curlers at the 2019 Canadian Open Stick Curling Championship at the Cornwall Curling Club. Angela Hodgson was the Master of Ceremonies. Phyllis Lowther sang the National Anthem, Cornwall Deputy … Continue reading
The Canadian Open Stick Curling Championship got underway this morning at the Cornwall and Charlottetown curling clubs. Here is a photo gallery from draws 1 and 2 at Cornwall. Click on a photo to enlarge. … Continue reading
The 2019 Canadian Open Stick Curling Championship is being hosted by the Cornwall Curling Club from March 31-April 3, with curling getting underway at 9 am on Sunday the 31st. Some of the games the first two days … Continue reading
Capital Winter Club Fredericton, N.B. has an Ice King Neo scraper for sale. It is battery operated and 8 years old. The batteries are good and it has a new actuator installed this year. Asking price about $5000 plus shipping … Continue reading
Shelley MacFadyen (2nd from left) from the PEI women’s rink, skipped by Kim Aylward out of the Silver Fox in Summerside, won the Sportsmanship award for thirds at the Everest Canadian Senior Curling Championships, which wrapped up on Thursday in … Continue reading
Saskatchewan’s Bruce Korte and Sherry Anderson are wearing gold medals after the finals of the 2019 Everest Canadian Seniors wrapped up on the ice of The Chilliwack Curling Club in Chilliwack, B.C. on Thursday. Bruce Korte (Curling Canada/Glen Ursel photo) … Continue reading
The playoffs match-ups are set as the Championship Round wrapped up on Wednesday evening at the 2019 Everest Canadian Seniors Curling Championships in Chilliwack, B.C. Leading the way on the men’s side, as they have all week, is Bruce Korte … Continue reading
Future Canadian curling stars are converging in Sherwood Park, Alta., for the third edition of the Canadian Under-18 Boys and Girls Curling Championships, beginning on Tuesday at the Glen Allan Recreation Complex. Both the Nova Scotia boys and girls teams … Continue reading
With the Canadian Open Stick Curling Championship starting this weekend, we thought it was a good time to pay a visit to the Cornwall Curling Club’s oldest active members, and avid stick curlers, Don Graham and Grant Laird, so we … Continue reading
This is a reminder and an update on the Junior Spring Leagues scheduled to start this weekend. The four-person teams WILL start on Saturday for sure as there are 6 teams confirmed so far. If you have a team interested … Continue reading
More than 100 curlers from across Canada and the territories will descend on the greater Charlottetown area for the Canadian Open Stick Curling Championship, March 31-April 3. When Cornwall previously hosted the Canadian Open Stick Curling Championship in 2013, the … Continue reading
The 2019 College Clean Restoration Canadian Masters Curling Championships, for curlers age 60 and over, goes from March 31 to April 7 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, with the first draws taking place on Monday April 1st. PEI … Continue reading
The annual Labatt Meltdown, sponsored by Labatt, along with Harvey’s Clover Farm and MacDonald’s Excavation will be held at the Crapaud Community Curling Club April 12th – 14th. Entry is $160 per team. Skip and third must be of the … Continue reading
The Championship Pools are set in both men’s and women’s pool play as the round robin finished up Monday afternoon at the 2019 Everest Canadian Seniors Curling Championships in Chilliwack, B.C. [The PEI men finished the round robin with three … Continue reading
Curl PEI is pleased to announce that they will be moving forward with Junior Spring Curling Leagues at the Charlottetown Curling Club. There will be a regular 4-person league (any combination of players) and hopefully a mixed doubles or doubles … Continue reading
The 2019 Canadian Open Stick Curling Championship is being hosted by the Cornwall Curling Club from March 31-April 3, with curling getting underway at 9 am on Sunday the 31st. Some of the games the first two days … Continue reading
Here are some photos from ParaSport and Recreation PEI’s last wheelchair and blind curling session of the season, held on March 24 at the Cornwall Curling Club, There were seven participants in the program. They are excited to be offering … Continue reading
Canada’s first repeat champion at mixed doubles curling says the sport is attracting a lot more attention now than it did when he first won it in 2016. P.E.I.’s Brett Gallant and partner Jocelyn Peterman became the first team to … Continue reading
The PEI men’s team, skipped by Philip Gorveatt out of the Charlottetown Curling Complex had a good day on Sunday, picking up a pair of wins at the Everest Canadian Seniors in Chilliwack BC — 11-4 over the Northwest Territories … Continue reading
Curling Canada tested two possible future events, Under 25 and Under 18 Mixed Doubles, at the Willie O’Ree Centre in Fredericton NB these past two weekends. Each test event had eight teams. The U18, which includes PEI’s Mitchell Schut and … Continue reading
FREDERICTON — Jocelyn Peterman (Winnipeg) and Brett Gallant (PEI native living in St. John’s, N.L.) became the first team to win two mixed doubles national titles, at the 2019 Canadian Mixed Doubles Championship on Sunday afternoon. The pair solidified the … Continue reading
The semifinal winners this morning at the 2019 Canadian Mixed Doubles Championship, Nancy Martin/Tyrel Griffith and Jocelyn Peterman/Brett Gallant advance to this afternoon’s final, live from Fredericton on CBC TV at 3 p.m. Atlantic. Bruce Rainnie will be leading the … Continue reading
The Silver Fox’s first Doubles Bonspiel was a big success, with a wide variety of teams, including fathers and daughters, fathers and sons, brothers and sisters, couples, and curling friends all forming teams. Left to right: Ed White, Jenny McLean, … Continue reading
Canadian Mixed Doubles in Fredericton: Jocelyn Peterman and PEI’s Brett Gallant, the 2016 national champions, beat the team of John Morris and Jolene Campbell yesterday to advance to the semis, where they play Laura Walker and Kirk Muyres at 10 … Continue reading
FREDERICTON, N.B. — The field of teams is beginning to shrink at the 2019 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. Twelve started the day at Willie O’Ree Place on Saturday morning and now only four remain. Jocelyn Peterman. (Photo, Curling Canada/Rob … Continue reading
While mixed doubles takes less time to play than the traditional game, John Morris knows it’s tougher on the body. He and partner Jolene Campbell clinched the top spot in Pool D and earned a bye into the quarter-finals at … Continue reading
World Women’s: Team Canada finishes out of the playoffs. Canadian Firefighters in Kelowna: PEI finished at 3-7, BC takes on Sask. in the final at 1 pm Pacific. U18 Mixed Doubles test event in Fredericton: Lauren Ferguson and Mitchell Schut … Continue reading
Charlottetown Mayor Philip Brown says the city is open adding a curling rink in its plans to replace Simmons arena. The Charlottetown Curling Club was built in 1959 and Brown said it is in need of major repairs. He said he … Continue reading
The rink of Alan Brown, Will Callbeck, Mike MacRae, and Winston Bryan, from the Charlottetown Fire Department, wrapped up round robin play on Wednesday in ninth place with a 3-7 win-loss record at the 60th Annual Canadian Fire Fighters Curling … Continue reading
All eyes in Fredericton are on some of the biggest names in curling at the 2019 Canadian Mixed Doubles Championship. But there’s other teams flying under the radar and honing in on playoff spots after the conclusion of Thursday’s draws … Continue reading
A star-studded field of Canadian and World champions, as well as an Olympic medallist, will open play Friday at the 2019 Everest Canadian Senior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships at the brand new Chilliwack Curling and Community Centre in Chilliwack, … Continue reading
The Cornwall Curling Club duo of Lauren Ferguson and Mitchell Schut will be taking part in Curling Canada’s Under 18 Mixed Doubles test event, starting on Friday at Willie O’Ree place in Fredericton NB, with eight Maritime teams taking part. … Continue reading
[PEI’s team of Rachel O’Connor and Ryan Abraham picked up their first win on Wednesday evening, 9-7 over Wayne and Kimberley Tuck of Ontario and have a 1-2 win-loss record. PEI has two games today, against Melissa Gordon/Kyle Kurz (1-2) … Continue reading
Women’s curler, Tegan Stride, and men’s basketball player, Jace Colley, have been named the Holland Hurricanes Athletes of the Week for the week ending March 17. Stride, a second-year member of the Hurricanes women’s curling team, was named to the … Continue reading
The rink of Alan Brown, Will Callbeck, Mike MacRae, and Winston Bryan, from the Charlottetown Fire Department, picked up their third win in Wednesday play at the 60th Annual Canadian Fire Fighters Curling Championship in Kelowna, BC. The Island team … Continue reading
Check out the print and e-editions of today’s Guardian on page B4 for coverage of the PEI Under 18 Curling Championships. … Continue reading
FREDERICTON, N.B. — The Laurentian Voyageurs won the 2019 U SPORTS women’s curling championship, while the Carleton Ravens captured the men’s title. In the bronze medal games, the Alberta Golden Bears scored a 7-3 win over the Dalhousie Tigers, to finish … Continue reading
Team PEI – Rachel O’Connor and Ryan Abraham, lost 8-3 to Manitoba’s Reid Carruthers (2017 mixed doubles champ) and Kate Carruthers in this afternoon’s CBC Live Stream game. Team Nunavut, which includes PEI native Alison Griffin, along with Ed MacDonald, … Continue reading
The rink of Alan Brown, Will Callbeck, Mike MacRae, and Winston Bryan, from the Charlottetown Fire Department, picked up their second win in Tuesday play at the 60th Annual Canadian Fire Fighters Curling Championship in Kelowna, BC. The Island team … Continue reading
The Cornwall Curling Club duo of Rachel O’Connor and Ryan Abraham lost their opener by a 10-4 on Tuesday night at the Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Fredericton NB to the Danielle Schmiemann/Jason Ginter twosome from Edmonton. The PEI … Continue reading
The Silver Fox rink of Lou Nowlan, David MacFadyen, Earle Proude, and Alan Montgomery has won the men’s division of the Maritime Masters Curling Championship at the Riverside Country Club in Rothesay NB, with a 4-1 win-loss record. The Cornwall … Continue reading
A star-studded field of Canadian and World champions, as well as an Olympic medallist, will open play Friday at the 2019 Everest Canadian Senior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships at the brand new Chilliwack Curling and Community Centre in Chilliwack, … Continue reading
The 2019 Canadian Mixed Doubles Championship begins on Tuesday at 7 pm after the completion of the university and college events. While it’s the first time the national championship has been held in Fredericton, the city hosted the World Mixed … Continue reading
FREDERICTON (U SPORTS) – The men’s final at the 2019 U SPORTS/Curling Canada Curling Championships will be one for the birds, literally. The Carleton Ravens will face the Memorial Sea-Hawks. Meanwhile, the women’s final will feature Ontario rivals Laurentian and … Continue reading
The rink of Alan Brown, Will Callbeck, Mike MacRae, and Winston Bryan, from the Charlottetown Fire Department, picked up their first win in Monday play at the 60th Annual Canadian Fire Fighters Curling Championship in Kelowna, BC. The Island team … Continue reading
This is a reminder to register for the Youth Jamboree this Saturday in Charlottetown. It will start about 9 am and run until about 3 pm. Please let Amy know at aduncan@sportpei.pe.ca if you have a team that is interested … Continue reading
Curling Canada is testing two possible future events, Under 25 and Under 18 Mixed Doubles, at the Willie O’Ree Centre in Fredericton NB. Each test event had eight teams. The U18, which includes PEI’s Mitchell Schut and Lauren Ferguson duo, … Continue reading
The rink of Alan Brown, Will Callbeck, Mike MacRae, and Winston Bryan, from the Charlottetown Fire Department, are still looking for their first win at the 60th Annual Canadian Fire Fighters Curling Championship in Kelowna, BC, following an opening draw … Continue reading
The Maritime Stick Curling Championships, featuring the top curlers from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and PEI in the two-person per team sport of Stick Curling, wrapped up Sunday afternoon at the Cornwall Curling Club, with teams from the host club … Continue reading
The PEI Under 13 Curling Championships wrapped up Sunday at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, with the 9:30 am semi-finals and 1 pm finals for the A, B, and C divisions of this “Open” event, which means there … Continue reading
Don’t forget the Doubles Bonspiel next weekend. Sign up sheet comes down Monday. They have 10 teams so far. Lots more room. Sponsored by Summerside Chrysler Dodge. … Continue reading
The PEI Curling Hall of Fame and Museum deadline for nominations for the next Induction Ceremony is April 30, 2019. The public is invited to nominate outstanding curlers, builders, and teams who have excelled in the sport of … Continue reading
The 9:30 am Sunday semi-finalists for the A, B, and C division Championship rounds have been determined at the Provincial Under 13 Open Curling Championships at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, with the winners facing off in the … Continue reading
Here are photo galleries from draws four and five at the Maritime Stick Curling Championships, which got underway Friday morning at the Cornwall Curling Club. Click on a photo to enlarge, then use arrows to go ahead/back. Draw 4: Draw … Continue reading
Posted to the late Carole Kennedy’s Facebook page via her granddaughter Catherine Greer: Celebration of life for my grandmother (Carole Kennedy) will be at the Charlottetown Curling Complex on Saturday March 16th from 2 pm to 4 pm in Charlottetown PEI, … Continue reading
The annual Labatt Meltdown, sponsored by Labatt, along with Harvey’s Clover Farm and MacDonald’s Excavation will be held at the Crapaud Community Curling Club April 12th – 14th. Entry is $160 per team. Skip and third must be of the … Continue reading
