What?!

David Murdoch has been doing far too much rectal spelunking. He made the claim in the Eye Opener newspaper, the free publication handed out to fans at the world men’s curling championship, ” that the worlds field was tougher than last month’s Brier field. Does Murdoch actually believe what he said or did he make the statement after spending too much time in the patch.

Of all the teams at the 2009 words, Murdoch’s squad is one of the few that would have a chance to win a province – one of the weaker provinces. Let’s face it, he couldn’t win Alberta, Manitoba or Ontario. There are three teams in Edmonton better than him and he’d need to be playing out of his mind to finish fourth in Alberta assuming he would even get out of Northern Alberta playdowns.

Kevin Martin was very diplomatic when asked his opinion on Murdoch’s statement. His reply along with the full story “Martin prefers winning over debating” is available on Canada.com.

National Scottish coach Derek Brown, who was in overall charge of the squad at the Ford World Women’s Curling Championship in Vernon, British Columbia, in March, will face a Royal Club ‘Conduct Panel’ next Monday. This results from the complaint lodged against him by Gail Munro and Lyndsay Wilson, who were initially blamed by Brown for the fiasco which saw Scotland field just three players for the last two round robin matches in Canada.

Full Story – Curling Today

Scottish curling officials (and soon the WCF) will be on the lookout for those curlers who have been placing their fingers, hands and other body parts on the ice after releasing a stone. Those found continually breaking this rule face severe consequences: ejection from the game.

Full Story – Curling Today

Canadian Press

Jennifer Jones would have loved a chance to atone for Tuesday’s mistake against China.

Thanks to solid play from the rest of her team, she didn’t have to. The Canadian skip earned a pair of victories Wednesday at the Ford world women’s curling championship, improving her record to 8-1 and vaulting her rink into a share of first place with China. Both Canada and China have clinched playoff spots.

The Canadian Press: Canada’s Jones improves to 8-1 at world women’s curling championship

USA’s Debbie McCormick kept pace atop the standings here at the 2008 Ford World Womens Curling Championship Monday morning with a gritty 9-7 win over Scotland’s Gail Munro.

USA’s McCormick defeats Scotland 9-7