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Dominique Vivier and Nick Codner represent Canada at World Junior Mixed Doubles

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CURLING CANADA – Best of  best of luck to Dominique Vivier and Nick Codner who are set to represent Canada at the inaugural Booster Juice World Junior Mixed Doubles Curling Championship starting today in Edmonton!Team Canada’s schedule:Tuesday, May 62 p.m. – vs. South Korea (Bobae Kang/Hak Jun Kim)Wednesday, May 712:30 p.m. – vs. Romania (Ania Bacali/Tudor Pop)Thursday, May 86 p.m. – vs. Turkey (Burcu Hasil/Taha Muhammed Zenit)Friday, May 912:30 p.m. – vs. England (Chloe McNaughton/Matthew Waring)7:30 p.m. – vs. Ukraine (Diana Moskalenko/Artem Suhak)Saturday, May 1012:30 p.m. – vs. Switzerland (Elodie Tschudi/Nathan Dryburgh)6 p.m. – Quarterfinals*Sunday, May 1110 a.m. – Semifinals*3…

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Godsland represents NF at Scotties

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ST JOHN’S, NF – The 2025 Scotties Tournament of Hearts curling championships starts this weekend at the Fort William Gardens in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Newfoundland and Labrador will be represented by Skip Brooke Godsland, with Erin Porter, Sarah McNeil Lamswood, Camille Burt, Kate Paterson with coach Cory Schuh of St. John’s. They will be playing on Pool B teams from Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, North West Territories and Yukon. Teams will play a complete eight-game round robin within their pools. From there, the top three teams in each pool advance to the playoffs. There will be no tiebreakers; if…

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The Skips of Super League 2024

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ST. JOHN’S, NL – One of the things that is unique and interesting things about the Re/Max Super League Curling is that its the best curlers in Newfoundland regardless of age or gender. They all come together to compete for the top spot …and the prize money. Many of the teams play in other leagues and competitions but this is where they will hone the skills again the best in the province. You will see the veteran’s like Jeff Thomas who has been playing the game since the 1970’s at the provincial and national level as well and one time…

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New rule for next Grand Slam of Curling.

Brad Gushue at the Grand Slam of Curling in St John’s, Newfoundland. Photo by Anil Mungal/GSOC. By Jason Pike ST JOHN’S, NL – A new rule to start testing at next Grand Slam of Curling competition where a team will lose hammer after 2nd consecutive blank ends. Curling has a new experiment ready to go. A new rule that will be used at the next Grand Slam competition and it’s the subject of some scrutiny and questioned by many. Organizers plan to test a setup that will see a team lose hammer after a second consecutive blank end. The change…

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Curling Super League wraps for holidays

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  ST JOHN’S, NL – The Re/Max Super League of Curling take a break for the holidays and will be back in action on January 7th. Tuesday nights action closed out with Andrew Symonds’ Northbrook team holding on to the top of the Leader Board with Danial Bruce in second place and Greg Smith in third. Full results and photos below.  …

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Super League Curling. Dec 3 Update

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ST. JOHN’S, NL –  A change up in the standings this week at the RE/Max Centre, St John’s Curling Club Super League of Curling with Andrew Symonds /Team Northbrook taking over the top spot with a 7-1 record, McNeil Lamswood moving into second with 7-2 and Greg Smith, 6 and 1, dropping to third. This week there where three teams with a bye. Northbrook, Cory Schuh and Godsland.    …

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The Battles of The Brads steals the show

The Battles of The Brads brings the entertainment but Mouat wins the show. By Jonathan Brazeau / GSOC.  ST JOHN’S, NL – The 2024 Grand Slam of Curling wrapped up in St John’s over the weekend and home town favourite Brad Gushue and his team didn’t not make the cut. He lost to Brad Jacobs in the Quarter Finals and failed to advance to the semi-finals. Billed as the “Battle of the Brads” between superstar skips Brad Jacobs and Brad Gushue in the series, but the intensity had never been amped up to this level even when they met in…

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Nov 26 Super League Curling

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Skip Greg Smith throwing last rock. Photo by Greg Locke. ST. JOHN’S, NL – No big changes in the leader board last night at the Super League Curling at the Re/Max Centre. The leaders, Greg Smith, Andrew Symonds’ Northbrook team, McNeil Lamswood Jeff Thomas and Team Schuh all won their matches. Greg Smith maintains a perfect score with 6 wins and zero losses or ties. Symonds is close behind with 6 wins and 1 loss and McNiel Lamswood in third with 6 wins and 2 losses. Here are the full current standings. …

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Super League curling back on the ice

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By Greg Locke ST. JOHN’S, NL – The St John’s Super League curling is back on the ice at the Re/Max Center for another season. Lots of familiar faces in Newfoundland curling as well as the new young guns. It kicked off on October 8 and  expected to go well into March with the finals with a record number of teams this year. If you want to see the best curlers in Newfoundland and Labrador you can catch them Tuesday night at the Re/Max Centre St John’s Curling Club Here is a link to this season’s SCHEDULE (pdf) Last night…

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Brad Gushue takes the Brier cup for sixth time.

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Photo by MIKE BURNS / Curling Canada REGINA, SK – It never gets old for skip Brad Gushue — the thrill of victory, the addiction to winning, the joy and exhilaration of celebrating with teammates. And so it was again Sunday night in Regina as Gushue hugged his Team Canada buddies and waved to the large audience in Regina’s Brandt Centre after winning the 2024 Montana’s Brier, presented by AGI. Yes, he may have broken thousands of the hearts across the province by defeating the provincial favourites, Team Saskatchewan, skipped by Mike McEwen, in the gold-medal final, but that’s all…

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