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 22, 2010 at 3:37 pm in News / feature

Playdowns.com goes mobile

A new mobile version of Playdowns.com was announced at the recent Canadian Curling Association meetings.  The mobile edition has been optimized for the iPhone, Blackberry and Android phones to give visitors on these devices a lightweight version that loads faster and is easier to view on the smaller screens.

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 10:30 pm in News / World

Perth, Scotland to host 2011 World Juniors

The Royal Caledonian Curling Club and the World Curling Federation (WCF) yesterday announced that Perth will host the 2011 World Junior Curling Championships from March 5-13.

The World Juniors will return to the Dewars Centre where, 15 years ago Tom…

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.