Curling Canada

MELVILLE — Regina’s Jason Ackerman foursome are once again provincial mixed curling champions. Ackerman and his Regina Highland rink of third Robyn Silvernagle, second Samuel Wills and lead Colleen Ackerman took an 8-4 win over Regina’s Garrett Springer in the championship final on Sunday afternoon in Melville. It’s the fifth title for the two Ackermans, […]

KINDERSLEY — The third time was the charm for Saskatoon’s Nancy Martin. Martin and her Nutana Curling Club foursome of third Chaelynn Stewart, second Kadriana Lott and lead Colleen Ackerman battled to a 9-7 victory over Regina Highland’s Jolene Campbell in the championship final on Sunday afternoon in Kindersley. It was the third straight appearance […]

KINDERSLEY — There’s a new king on the throne of men’s curling in Saskatchewan. Rylan Kleiter and his Saskatoon Nutana foursome of third Joshua Mattern, second Matthew Hall and lead Trevor Johnson turned in a dominant performance on their way to an 8-5 victory over Steve Laycock on Sunday evening at the SaskTel Tankard men’s […]

The weeklong event in Moncton, New Brunswick, featured some of the top 50-year-old-plus curlers in the country participating in a round-robin plus playoff event. Saskatchewan was represented on the men’s side by Regina’s Randy Bryden. His Queen City foursome wrapped up the round-robin portion of the week with an 8-2 record, which put him in […]

Canada’s Brad Gushue improved to 4-1 following a 7-4 nine-end victory over New Zealand’s Anton Hood at the world men’s curling championship on Tuesday. The two teams traded singles through the opening four ends before Gushue took control of things in the fifth with a steal of one, followed by a deuce in the sixth […]

MOOSEJAWTODAY.COM — As Team Saskatchewan 1 celebrated their Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship national title at the Moose Jaw Events Centre on Saturday afternoon, one overarching theme was a part of each interview. “We did this for Lorraine.” Saskatchewan 1 head coach Lorraine Arguin had revealed early in the preparation process that this would be her […]

Canada’s Rachel Homan tuned up for the playoffs with a 9-4 victory over Estonia’s Liisa Turmann on Thursday morning at the world women’s curling championship. Homan opened with three points and stole four more points in the second end. The teams shook hands after playing the minimum six ends. “We didn’t expect it to be […]

It just wasn’t meant to be. Team Saskatchewan fell 9-5 to Team Canada’s Brad Gushue rink in the Montana’s Brier final. After a blank in the first end, Gushue sat one well-buried but with two Saskatchewan stones frozen to it. Gushue made a difficult draw to sit two with his first, prompting McEwen to throw […]

Team Canada’s Brad Gushue is playing for their sixth Brier title after a 7-3 win after nine ends of play with Alberta’s Brendan Bottcher. After Bottcher made a draw to the button with his last sitting half-buried, Gushue made a soft tap with his last to score two in the first end. Bottcher answered with […]

In an ending that made Saskatchewan fans sweat a little, the host province is moving on to Sunday’s semifinal at the Montana’s Brier. The Mike McEwen rink out of Saskatoon’s Nutana Curling Club defeated Manitoba’s Matt Dunstone 6-5 in the 3-4 page playoff game. It was a game of stolen points for both sides. Up […]