It’s a grand ole time in Waterloo
The Home Hardware Masters of curling got under way in Waterloo, Ontario at the Waterloo Rec Complex last night. This is the first grand slam event of the 2006 – 07 season, and the for the first time all round robin games will only be eight ends. Draw one action saw money leader Kerry Burtnyk [...]
Europe wins the Continental Cup
Team Europe claimed the Continental Cup yesterday, beating Team North America handily by taking 229 points of the available 400. Team North America played well early on in the event but just couldn’t get it done in the skins games as the European contingent won almost all of the available points. Rumour has it that [...]
Gushue and Howard – reunited once again
The Curling News is reporting that Olympic heros Brad Gushue and Russ Howard will play together at this weekend’s Continental Cup of curling – and for the first time since Torino. Full story is here. You can also check the weekend pairings for the Continental Cup here. Since the Olympics the two skips have been [...]
Historic Brier video footage released by CCA
[photopress:historic_brier.jpg,full,alignleft] What a hoot! The Canadian Curling Assoc has released a series of historical Brier videos on their www.Curling.ca that profile the MacDonald’s Briers as far back as 1948 and as recent as 1974. The videos were originally shot as short films for MacDonald Tobacco who owned the rights to the Brier prior to 1980. [...]
Quebec’s win streak stopped at seven
British Columbia handed Quebec their first loss at the mixed championships on Wednesday. Alberta started the game with the hammer and managed to score two points in the second after successfully blanking the first end. They would go on to steal a single point in the third before Eve Belisle managed to get on the [...]
