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Team Young wins NL Tankard

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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.…

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Gushue defeats Shuster’s Team USA

  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…

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Scottie provincials curling news

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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…

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Remax Super League Draw 11

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ST JOHNS, NL – Remax Super League Curling wraps up for the year with Draw 11. They return to the ice on Jan 4th. Three matches had to be postponed this week and will be made up in the new year. Here are the results and standings after this week. Results from Draw 11 Newfoundland Styro vs Team Hill (Postponed) Team Goss vs Team McNeil Lamswood (Postponed) HeyOrca 8 vs Marco 4 Team Peddigrew 5 vs Keith Bradbury Remax 3 Orthodontic Associates vs Team Mitchell (Postponed) McInnes Cooper 8 vs TD/Rising Edge 5 Team Crosbie 6 vs AltoMaxx 3 Current…

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Remax Super League Curling Draw 10

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ST JOHN’S, NL – Lots of close games with final end come backs last night in Draw 10 of Remax  Super League Curling in St John’s. Andrew Symonds’s Team Crosbie has a solid 9-1 lead in the standing after a close 5-4 win over Greg Smith and Newfoundland Styro. Mark Noseworthy/Keith Bradbury Real Estate holds down second place with their 7-6 win over Heather Strong/Team Altomaxx.  There is a three way 6-3 tie for third place with Orthodontic Associates, Newfoundland Styro and Team Peddigrew. Results from Draw 10 Team McNeil Lamswood 8 vs Marco 6 Orthodontic Associates 6 vs Team Peddigrew…

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Draw 9 in Remax Super League Curling

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ST. JOHN’S, NL –  Draw 9 in Remax Super League Curling went last night at the Remax Centre in St John’s. Andrew Symond’s Team Crosbie continue to dominate the field. This is crunch time with onlt two draws to go before the holiday break and the top six teams move on to the play offs. Everyone has their eyes on the prize. Draw 9 Results Team Crosbie 7 vs HeyOrca 5 Newfoundland Styro 6 vs McInnes Cooper 3 Orthodontic Associates vs TD/Rising Edge (Postponed) Team Goss 7 vs AltoMaxx 2 Keith Bradbury Remax 7 vs Team McNeil Lamswood 5 Marco…

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Remax Super League Curling Draw 8

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ST JOHN’S, NL – Draw #8 in the Remax Super League curling series  when last night with many games a battle to climb the leader board. DRAW 8 RESULTS: Team_NYoung 7 vs Team Strong 1 Team Alex Smith 6 vs Team Mitchell  5 (extra end) Team Greg Smith 6 vs Team Curtis 5 (extra end) Team Hill 7 vs Team O’leary 2 Team Symonds 7 vs Team Skanes  3 Team Peddigrew 5 vs Team RM Lamswood 4 STANDINGS: (as of Dec 1) Andrew Symonds / Team Crosbie 6 and 1 Mark Noseworthy / Bradbury ReMax 4 and 1 Ken Peddigrew…

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Team Gushue is going to the Olympics

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SASKATOON, SK – Brad Gushue and his team are will represent Canada at the Olympics once again. They defeated Brad Jacobs in a tight match in Saskatoon last night. What’s the secret to winning the 2021 Tim Hortons Curling Trials, presented by AGI, and getting to the Winter Olympic Games? Shooting the lights out for a week is a good plan, but also while wearing a bullet-proof vest. Team Brad Gushue is going back to the Winter Olympics as Canada’s men’s four-player team after holding off the rat-tat-tat shooting machine of Team Brad Jacobs of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., 4-3…

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Super League Curling Draw #7

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ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland – A little shake up in Draw 7 of Remax Super League Curling last night with Sarah Hill’s team taking down the undefeated Team Crosbie 6-5 and Team O’Leary getting its first win defeating Team Strong 6-1. Important wins also for Greg Smith over Ryan McNiel Lamswood,  Trent Skanes over Ken Peddigrew and Alex Smith over Nathan Young as the standings tighten up again. Andrew Symond’s Team Crosbie is still all alone on the top of the leaderboard with 5 wins and 1 loss. Mark Noseworthy / Keith Bradbury Real Estate  and Trent Skanes / McInnes-Cooper are…

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