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Mar 11, 2010
Alberta, Northern Ontario into Brier playoffs
Canadian Curling Association
Northern Ontario and Alberta clinched playoff berths during the Thursday morning draw at the Tim Horton's Brier.
Alberta's Kevin Koe beat his brother Jamie and his Northwest Territories/Yukon team 8-3 to improve to 8-2.
Meanwhile, Northern On...
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Mar 11, 2010
Howard clinches Brier playoff berth
Canadian Curling Association
Glenn Howard continues to be untouchable at the Tim Hortons Brier.
The Ontario skip clinched a playoff spot Wednesday with a 9-5 win over Newfoundland and Labrador's Brad Gushue and an 8-4 win over Manitoba's Jeff Stoughton.
Stoughton's ...
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Mar 10, 2010
Howard overpowers Gushue
Canadian Curling Association
Glenn Howard's Ontario team remains perfect at the 2010 Tim Hortons Brier. Howard led Ontario to a 9-5 victory over Brad Gushue of Newfoundland and Labrador in a battle between the top two teams.
Gushue had built a 3-1 lead heading into the 5th end but that's w...
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Mar 10, 2010
Contenders seperate themselves at Brier
Canadian Curling Association
The Tim Hortons Brier has been split into two groups, the contenders and the pretenders. Six teams are in playoff contention with records of 5-2 or better while six teams are playing for pride with records of 2-5 or worse.
Looking at the action from Day 4, Alberta's ...
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Mar 09, 2010
Quebec makes move at Brier
Canadian Curling Association
Serge Reid and his Quebec team are starting to get noticed at the 2010 Tim Hortons Brier. Reid has led Quebec to a 5-2 record after blasting Saskatchewan 10-2 and narrowly beating P.E.I. 8-7 in an extra end Tuesday afternoon.
Ontario's Glenn Howard continues to lead ...
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Mar 09, 2010
Ontario undresses P.E.I. to stay perfect
Canadian Curling Association
Glenn Howard's Ontario team improved to 6-0 at the Tim Hortons Brier with an 8-2 win over Prince Edward Island in the Tuesday morning draw.
Howard curled 93 per cent while scoring 7 points through the first three ends to build an overwhelming lead.
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Mar 09, 2010
Ontario alone in top spot
Canadian Curling Association
Glenn Howard cruised through Monday at the Tim Hortons Brier with two wins and family bragging rights.
Ontario solidified its position atop the Brier standings with a 5-0 record after three days of play with wins over New Brunswick and Nova Scotia on Monday.
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Mar 08, 2010
Richard hands Koe first loss
Canadian Curling Association
British Columbia's Jeff Richard has handed Kevin Koe of Alberta his first loss at the 2010 Tim Hortons Brier.
Koe slipped to 3-1 after a 7-5 loss to Richard in the sixth draw Monday. The win improved B.C.'s record to 2-2.
Ontario's Glenn...
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Mar 08, 2010
Koe, Howard lead the way at Brier
Canadian Curling Association
Alberta's Kevin Koe joined Ontario's Glenn Howard at the top of the Tim Hortons Brier standings at 3-0 after downing Brad Gushue's Newfoundland and Labrador rink 7-6.
It was a back-and-forth game that wasn't decided until the 10th end. Koe used the ham...
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Mar 05, 2010
Brier field full of veterans, first timers
Canadian Curling Association
The 12 team field is getting ready for the Tim Hortons Brier which gets underway Saturday, March 6, at the Metro Centre in Halifax. Glenn Howard of Coldwater, Ontario, the 2007 Canadian and world champion, will be making his 12th Brier appearance. The 47-year...
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Mar 04, 2010
World Women's Championship 2 weeks away
Canadian Curling Association
In just over two weeks from now the 2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship, presented by Monsanto, will get underway in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. The 12-country competition will be played at the 2,400 seat Credit Union i-plex starting March 20. ...
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Mar 01, 2010
Brier just around the corner
Canadian Curling Association
The Tim Hortons Brier, presented by Monsanto, will be held at the Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, starting March 6. It marks the sixth time the city has hosted the Canadian men's curling championship, after staging the 1951, 1966, 1981, 1995 and 20...
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Feb 28, 2010
Martin finally gets gold
It may have taken eight years, but Kevin Martin avenged his gold medal loss to Norway in 2002 with a 6-3 win over Norway's Thomas Ulsrud in the Olympic men's curling final.
After missing out on gold to Norway at the Salt Lake Games by one shot, Martin returned to the final with Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert and Joh...
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Feb 27, 2010
Swiss win curling bronze
Switzerland won the bronze medal in men's curling, scoring two with the final stone to rally for a 5-4 win over Sweden.
Lying one but needing to add another to avoid an extra end, Switzerland's fourth rock thrower Ralph Stoeckli put a little too much on his delivery but he had backing allowing him to score the...
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Feb 27, 2010
Norberg defends Olympic gold
Cheryl Bernard and her team of Carolyn Darbyshire, Cori Bartel and Susan O'Connor came up short in the gold medal game against Sweden.
Bernard missed a pair of gold-medal winning shots in the 10th and 11th ends to lose to defending champion Anette Norberg and her team of Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl and Anna...
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Feb 26, 2010
China wins first Olympic curling medal
Bingyu Wang overcame a Switzerland rally to skip China to the podium in its Olympic curling debut with a 12-6 win in the bronze-medal game.
Wang, who last year won her country's first world championship in the sport, scored three in the first end and led 5-1 after three before Swiss skip Mirjam Ott tied it at 6 in ...
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Feb 25, 2010
Canada vs Norway for men's gold
Kevin Martin will get his chance to defend Canada's Olympic title in men's curling after he led Canada to a 6-3 win over Sweden's Niklas Edin.
All that stands in the way of Martin and Olympic gold is Norway's Thomas Ulsrud, who beat Switzerland's Markus Eggler 7-5 in the other semifinal.
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Feb 25, 2010
Canada and Sweden to meet for Women's Gold
Canada's Cheryl Bernard will play for Olympic gold in women's curling after defeating Switzerland's Mirjam Ott 6-5 in the semifinals.
With the game tied at 1 in the third, Canada finally got its double when Bernard executed an open hit-and-stick to make it 3-1.
Ott scored a point in th...
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Feb 25, 2010
Sweden bounces World Champions
Curling's reigning world champion is finished at the Vancouver Olympics.
Britain's David Murdoch lost a playoff tiebreaker to Sweden's Niklas Edin 7-6 on Wednesday. With the win, Edin moves on to face Canadian Kevin Martin in the semifinal.
Heading into the Winter Games, Murdoch was vi...
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Feb 24, 2010
Men's tiebreaker needed
Great Britain and Sweden will meet in a men's curling tiebreaker Wednesday to determine the final berth in the Olympic playoffs.
Great Britain skip David Murdoch and Sweden's Niklas Edin finished round-robin play with identical 5-4 records after Edin won his final game against Denmark while Murdoch, the reigni...
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Feb 23, 2010
Martin perfect in round robin play
Kevin Martin will roll into the semi finals with a perfect record after blowing out China in his final round robin game.
It was a mean nothing game for the Canadian team of Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy and Ben Hebert, which had already locked up top spot in the round robin.
The Canadia...
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Feb 23, 2010
Bernard clinches top spot
Canada's Cheryl Bernard clinched the top seed for the Olympic women's curling playoffs by holding on for a 6-5 extra-end win over Great Britain on Tuesday morning.
Bernard, who had already secured one of the four playoff spots heading into the final day of round-robin p...
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Feb 22, 2010
Martin wraps up top spot at Olympics
Team Canada continues to roll at the Men's Olympic Curling event in Vancouver. With the top spot clinched Kevin Martin defeated a struggling U.S. team 7-2 on Monday.
Martin, John Morris, Ben Hebert and Marc Kennedy clinched their eighth straight victory after stealing a poin...
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Feb 21, 2010
Martin earns semi final berth
Canada's Kevin Martin took a step forward in his quest for a gold medal in men's curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics by winning his seventh game in a row and clinching the top seed for the semifinals.
Martin improved to 7-0 with a 6-4 win over Markus Eggler of Switzerla...
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Feb 21, 2010
Bernard stays unbeaten
Canada's Cheryl Bernard remained the only undefeated skip in the Olympic women's curling tournament, improving to 5-0 by destroying Team U.S.A. 9-2 in seven ends.
After giving up the first point of the game in the second end Bernard took charge in the third with an open...
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Feb 20, 2010
Norway nipping at Canada's heels
Norway stayed close to Canada in the Olympic men's curling tournament by doubling Denmark 6-3 on Saturday morning.
Skip Thomas Ulsrud and his Norwegian team ran their record to 5-1, trailing only Kevin Martin's 5-0 mark.
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Feb 18, 2010
Martin disposes of Swedes
Canadian skip Kevin Martin whipped Sweden's Niklas Edin 7-3 to knock the 24-year-old from the ranks of the unbeaten in the Olympic men's curling tournament.
With the nine-end victory, Martin and teammates John Morris, Marc Kennedy and Ben Hebert improved to 3-0.
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Feb 18, 2010
Bernard shares lead at Olympics
Canada's Cheryl Bernard improved to 2-0 in the Olympic curling tournament by defeating Japan's Moe Meguro 7-6 on Wednesday in Vancouver.
Bernard trailed by one heading into the final end, where she nailed an open takeout to score two for the victory.
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Feb 15, 2010
Men's results: Northern Ontario, Quebec
Canadian Curling Association
Skip Brad Jacobs and his Soo Curlers Association team of third E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden and lead Caleb Flaxey won the Northern Ontario Dominion men's championship Sunday, defeating Matt Dumontelle, 5-2 in the final.
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Feb 15, 2010
Old guard survives in Manitoba
Canadian Curling Association
It wasn't easy, but defending champion Jeff Stoughton edged fellow Winnipegger Mike McEwen, 9-8 in an extra end to successfully defend his Manitoba Safeway Championship.
Stoughton, repres...
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Feb 15, 2010
McKee upends defending Sask champ
Canadian Curling Association
Skip Darrell McKee of Saskatoon proved that there is no substitute for perseverance.
Sunday, at the SaskTel Tankard McKee, along with teammates Bruce Korte, Roger Korte and Rob Markowsky, repr...
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Feb 08, 2010
Howard wins record 5th straight
Canadian Curling Association
NAPANEE, Ont_Coldwater's Glenn Howard won a record fifth straight Ontario title, defeating Ottawa's Bryan Cochrane 5-3 Sunday in the Tankard final at the Strathcona Paper Centre.
How...
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Feb 08, 2010
Gushue off to Brier for seventh time
Canadian Curling Association
ST. JOHN'S, Nfld_2006 Olympic gold medallist Brad Gushue will make his seventh appearance at the Canadian men's curling championship when the Tim Hortons Brier gets underway, March 6 at the Metro Centre in Halifax.
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Feb 08, 2010
Koe gets his shot at the Brier
Canadian Curling Association
OLDS, Alb_The last time a skip not named Martin or Ferbey led Alberta at the Brier was in 1999, when Edmonton's Ken Hunka directed his provincial hopes in front of a hometown crowd.
On Su...
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Feb 08, 2010
Team Canada defends Scotties title
Canadian Curling Association
Make it three straight for Jennifer Jones at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
Jones and Team Canada beat Prince Edward Island's Kathy O'Rourke 8-7 in 11 ends Sunday to win the titl...
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Feb 07, 2010
P.E.I. has a shot at Scotties title
Canadian Curling Association
Kathy O'Rourke is taking Prince Edward Island to the final of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts for the first time.
After dropping their page playoff game to Jennifer Jones on Friday, P.E...
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Feb 06, 2010
Team Canada into Scotties final
Canadian Curling Association
Defending champion Jennifer Jones secured a place for Canada in the finals at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts with an 8-5 win over P.E.I.'s Kathy O'Rourke on Friday evening.
Jones ...
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Feb 05, 2010
Jones and O'Rourke face off for shot in final
Canadian Curling Association
Prince Edward Island will square off against the defending champs on Friday evening to determine a spot in the championship game at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
Canada's Jennifer Jo...
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Feb 04, 2010
P.E.I. continues first place run
Canadian Curling Association
The final day of round robin play is underway at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts and Kathy O'Rourke's P.E.I. team remains atop the leaderboard after a 9-5 win over Newfoundland in Draw 15 Thursday morning.
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Feb 04, 2010
Islanders in charge at Scotties
Canadian Curling Association
Kathy O'Rourke took sole possession of first place the hard way Wednesday night at the Tournament of Hearts, defeating none other than the two-time defending champion.
O'Rourke, a fo...
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Feb 03, 2010
Ontario takes over first place
Canadian Curling Association
Krista McCarville feels her team is right where it deserves to be, on top of the standings at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
The Ontario skip improved to 6-1 and took sole possession of fi...
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Feb 02, 2010
Team Canada back on track
Canadian Curling Association
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont._Selective memory is a wonderful thing, especially if you're coming off a day like Jennifer Jones' team had Monday.
Fresh off lopsided losses to the Territories...
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Feb 02, 2010
Team Canada struggles on Day 3
Canadian Curling Association
Jennifer Jones's bid for a third straight Scotties Tournament of Hearts title hit a bump Monday after her Team Canada foursome suffered a pair of upset losses.
Jones came into the day...
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Feb 01, 2010
McCarville's perfect run comes to an end
Canadian Curling Association
Krista McCarville's Ontario team lost its first game of the 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts on Monday morning as Saskatchewan's Amber Holland made a double-raised takeout with her final stone to score the winning point and emerge with a h...
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Feb 01, 2010
Countdown to the Tim Hortons Brier begins
Canadian Curling Association The countdown to the 2010 Tim Hortons Brier, presented by Monsanto, begins today, as two of the 12 men's provincial/territorial championships get underway in Ontario and British Columbia. By February 14, all the teams, representing the 10 ...
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Feb 01, 2010
Team Canada leading the pack
Canadian Curling Association
Expert handicappers will be nodding knowingly today when the top choices in the Scotties Tournament Of Hearts resume their respective chases for the national women 's curling title at the Essar Centre.
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Jan 28, 2010
Ford Hot Shots
Canadian Curling Association For the 16th consecutive year, the popular Ford Hot Shots curling skills competition will be contested at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Sault Ste. Marie and the Tim Hortons Brier in Halifax. The pre-event shot-making competition requires...
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Jan 25, 2010
Double gold for Ontario at Canadian Jrs
Canadian Curling Association SOREL-TRACY, Que._Skip Jake Walker of Kitchener made it a double for Ontario Sunday at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors, presented by AMJ Campbell Van Lines, defeating Manitoba's Alex Forrest of Winnipeg, 8-7 in the men's final at Le Colisée.<...
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Jan 24, 2010
Ontario women capture Canadian Jr Title
Canadian Curling Association
SOREL-TRACY, Que._Ontario, skipped by Rachel Homan of Ottawa, captured the M&M Meat Shops Canadian junior women's curling championship Sunday, defeating British Columbia's Dailene Sivertson of Victoria, 9-5 at Le Colisée.&...
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Jan 24, 2010
Ontario has chance for double title at Jrs
Canadian Curling Association
SOREL-TRACY, Que._It'll be Ontario's Rachel Homan vs British Columbia's Dailene Sivertson and Manitoba's Alex Forrest against Ontario's Jake Walker on Sunday in the finals of the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors.