Canada
August 24, 2010 at 8:22 pm in British Columbia / Canada / News
Olympian becomes Golden Ears Club President
Golden Ears Curling Club’s new President is 2000 World Curling Champion and 2002 Olympic Bronze Medalist Diane Dezura. Now retired from competitive events, Diane has worked with the Board of Directors in the club located in Maple Ridge, BC for the past three years.
June 14, 2010 at 2:11 pm in British Columbia / Canada / News
Curl BC announces new playdown structure
After a 10 month review Curl BC has announced that the provincial playdown structure in British Columbia will be changed for the 2010/2011 season on a two-year trial basis.
June 4, 2010 at 8:43 pm in Alberta / Canada / News
Gold medalist John Morris finds shaving difficult
John Morris, third of Kevin Martin’s 2010 Olympic gold medal winning team, remarks about how difficult he finds shaving is in a one-on-one interview with Canwest sports reporter Cory Wolfe.
May 21, 2010 at 10:26 pm in British Columbia / Canada / News
Cloverdale awarded 2011 BC Scotties
Curl BC is pleased to announce that the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts BC Women’s Curling Championship presented by Best Western has been awarded to the Cloverdale Curling Club. This event will run from January 17 – 23, 2011 with the semi-final and final games broadcast on Shaw TV.
April 21, 2010 at 10:05 am in British Columbia / Canada / News / USA
Jim Armstrong charged with drug smuggling
The Curling News is reporting that 1987 Brier runner-up and 2010 Paralympic gold medalist Jim Armstrong is facing charges in Seattle, WA on allegations he attempted to smuggle thousands of counterfeit erectile dysfunction pills into British Columbia.
April 11, 2010 at 9:10 am in Alberta / Canada / News / World / feature / playdown
Canada’s Koe wins world championship gold
Kevin Koe along with third Blake MacDonald, second Carter Rycroft and lead Nolan Thiessen captured the gold medal at the Capital One Men’s World Curling Championship in Cortina, Italy with a 9-3 victory over Norway’s Torger Nergard. (Photo courtesy of Newspower)
April 9, 2010 at 8:21 pm in Alberta / Canada / News / World
Canada’s Koe curls into world final
Having finally emerged from the shadows of his rivals to conquer Alberta, and then Canada, skip Kevin Koe has curled his way to within a win of beating the world. Less than a month after winning the Brier on his very first try, Koe will appear in Sunday’s title game at the Capital One World Men’s Championship after his big win in the one-versus-two Page Playoff game. The 35-year-old rolled to an 11-5 win over Norway on Friday.
