Media scrum with Team Canada skip Brad Gushue at the Brier in Regina, SK. Courtesy of Curling Canada. Follow our coverage of Brad Gushue and Team Canada here CURLING…
** UPDATE: 8:30 NST Brad Gushue (Team Canada) and Brendan Bottcher (Alberta) won their opening playoff rounds today at the Canadian Brier to shorten theirs trip to the finals. Gushue defeated Manitoba’s Reid Carruthers 9-7 and Bottcher was an 8-7 winner of Saskatchewan’s Mike McEwen. Gushue and Bottcher will face each other on Saturday in a playoff round that sees the winner advance directly to the finals on Sunday and the loser to the semifinal earlier that day. ** REGINA, SK – It took three tension-filled games in the final round-robin draw at the Montana’s Brier, presented by AGI, in…
St. John’s, NL – Andrew Symonds and his Team Crosbie are the 2022 Remax Super League Curing champions after they defeated Greg Smith and the Newfoundland Styro team in a well fought game at the Remax Centre in St John’s last night. Symonds made a double in the 8th end to take the game 6-4. This is the 3rd title in the last 4 years for this squad. In another tight match Ken Peddigrew’s rink defeated Nathan Young and Team Orthodontic Associates 7-4 for third place. Remax Super League features the best curling teams in the province with many of…
ST JOHN’S, NL – The Remax Super league Curling League has wrapped up its regular season and moved into the playoffs. The top 6 of 14 teams have advanced to quarter finals with the top two teams, Peddigrew and Symonds, earning a bye into the semi final round. All six teams earn a position in next years Super League as long as they retain 3 of 4 team members. Teams must make the final 4 in order to crack to top prize money, but all teams will get a pay per win earnings. The season end results show how closely…
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – The ReMax Super League curling is drawing to an end and the leader board is showing who will advance to the playoff round. Six teams will advance. Several teams clinched a playoff spot after a difficult season with Covid delays and many teams travelling to other competitions and provincial championships. There are still a few make-up games to be played with some happening this coming weekend, and two games by Team Young when they return from the Brier. Those games will determine the 6th playoff spot with Young, Alex Smith and McNeil Lamswood in contention. Currently,…
BEIJING – It’s a bronze medal for Team Gushue and Canada in Olympic curling. Gushue defeated the defending Olympic champion, John Shuster, and Team USA 8-5 in the 10th end to earn his second Olympic medal. “That was the toughest game I think I’ve ever played. It was hard,” said Gushue who had to bounce back after losing the semi final match to Sweden 5-3. “Its easy when you’re playing well but its hard on this stage when you’re struggling. “ It was a perfect birthday gift for Brett Gallant who celebrated his 32nd birthday with an Olympic medal. “It’s…
ST JOHN’S, NL – Nathan Young’s team defeated Team Greg Smith to win the Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard and become the provincial champions on Sunday afternoon at the ReMax Centre in St John’s. Final score was 8-4 after 9 ends. The two teams were very evenly matched as the only loss Smith had all week was to Young. Firsts scores came in the 3rd end with Young picking up two points with the hammer shot but Smith comes back with 2 in the 4th. 5-2 for Team Young at the end of the 6th and they traded shots after that.…
In a battle of the Olympic champions, Brad Gushue of team Canada, the 2006 Olympic gold medallist, defeated the defending Olympic John Shuster of Team USA 10-5 to end a two-game losing streak and improve his record to 3-2 at the Beijing 2022 Olympics. Gushue took two in the ninth and it was fist bumps. Gushue took a 7-1 advantage into the break with all team members throwing 93 per cent during the first half. Both teams subbed in their alternates ahead of the sixth with Marc Kennedy taking over for Canadian second Brett Gallant. Shuster did cut the…
Brad Gushue leads Team Canada to its first win at Olympic curling today defeating Denmark 10-5 in 8 ends. Canada plays Norway next in a match scheduled for Thursday.…
ST JOHNS, NL – Newfoundland and Labrador Curling Association has announced that because of Covid restriction currently in place the provincial Scotties Tournament of Hearts qualification event won’t be going ahead at this time even though the national event is still scheduled for January 28 through February 2 in Thunder Ontario. NLCA President, Harold Walters, said in a email today that they will do the same as some other provinces and use CTRS points to determine who will represent Newfoundland and Labrador at the Scotties this year. Team Hill currently has the most points. In the event that the national…