Brad Gushue and his Newfoundland rink are the Canadian Open Curling champions. Gushue and his rink of Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant and Geoff Walker defeated Niklas Edin of Sweden 8-3 Sunday to claim the title. Gushue shutout Brad Jacobs 4-nothing Saturday to move on to the final. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 T Edin 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 3 Gushue 0 4 0 1 0 3 X 8 …
The IceCaps are now home after a long road trip and will play Hartford Friday at Mile One. The teams leading scorer heading into this weekend is Chris Terry who has played 20 games and has 10 goals and 16 assists for 26 points. He currently is up with the Montreal squad. Sven Andrighetto is second with eight goals and 14 assists for 22 points in 20 games. …
Darryl Budgell scored 21 points leading Swilers to a 49-40 win over Fougere Menchenton Architects in one of two Metro Basketball League games Thursday night. Don Hurley hooped 12 points for the losers. In a second game Brad Drover netted 20 points and Dave Banfield added 12 as Sundance came away with a 54-49 decision against Team Kielly. John Mader was top scorer for Team Kielley with 20.…
Thank you all for your support this year and have a very Merry Christmas.…
Applications for the 2017 Athletic Excellence Fund, which provides financial support for provincial athletes, coaches and officials, are now available online. The Athletic Excellence Fund is composed of four individual programs – the Premier’s Athletic Awards; Team Gushue Awards; Elite Athlete Assistance Program; and Sport NL Scholarships. Applicants must be a current member in good standing with their Provincial Sport Organization. Completed applications must be submitted to the Provincial Sport Organization on or before January 27, 2017. For more information, and to access an application, visit: www.cssd.gov.nl.ca/recreation/financial_assistance/athletic_excellence_fund.html.…
Greg Blyde and his rink of third Liam Gregory, Second Ian Withycombe and lead Connor Stapleton are the provincial junior men’s curling champions. Blyde and his rink defeated two time defending champion Greg Smith 11-4 in the final game. Blyde’s rink scored five in the fourth end to put this one away. They also went undefeated with a 5-0 record in the round robin section. Blyde will represent the province at the Nationals in Esquimalt BC January 21st to 29th. Rebecca Roberts scored two in the tenth end and defeated defending champion Brooke Godsland 7-5 to win…