February 23, 2009 at 8:31 pm in Canada

Mallet tied for first at Scotties

The winless column is empty, after two draws Monday at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Canadian women’s curling championship.

Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Northwest Territories/Yukon all found a shot or two to erase the memory of three straight losses at Save-on-Foods…

February 15, 2009 at 8:25 pm in British Columbia / Canada / playdown

Geall gets his purple-heart with victory in the provincial final

In a fabulous final, Sean Geall breaks through to win his first provincial championship with a 8-7 win over Jay Peachey in the final. Geall’s team of Brent Pierce at third, Kevin Recksiedler at second and Mark Olson at lead…

February 15, 2009 at 12:17 am in British Columbia / Canada / playdown

Peachey sizzling into final matchup with Geall

Can you say “on fire”?

Jay Peachey and his Royal City rink of Grant Dezura at third, Kevin Mackenzie at second and Robbie Gallaugher at lead have rung off six wins in a row with their semi-final win over Dennis…

February 14, 2009 at 4:10 pm in British Columbia / Canada / playdown

Peachey brings the Folk tale to an end

After a story book beginning, the week came to an end for veteran Rick Folk.  Hometown favourites, Jay Peachey, Grant Dezura, Kevin Mackenzie & Robbie Gallagher, stormed through ten ends with conviction.  Jay was on fire, curling an impressive 92%.…

February 13, 2009 at 10:17 pm in British Columbia / Canada / playdown

Geall feelin’ good on way to final

The comeback kids were at it again. For the second straight game, Sean Geall and his team of Brent Pierce at third, Kevin Recksiedler at second and Mark Olson at lead from the Royal City Curling Club fell behind by…

February 13, 2009 at 1:46 pm in British Columbia / Canada / playdown

Peachey vs. Richard in Tie-breaker

After eight draws it looked like there could be a bunch of tie-breakers. As usual though, everything seems to get flushed out at the end leaving Jay Peachey to play Jeff Richard for the final playoff spot at 2:30pm today.

February 12, 2009 at 10:50 pm in British Columbia / Canada / playdown

That old Folk magic returns once more

Rick Folk still has some magic left after a few uncharacteristic missed draws early on, but he didn’t miss his last one. In a tie game in the tenth, Jeff Richard froze to a Folk stone back button. Folk had…