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The Canadian Stick Curling Championships were a highlight of the season at the Nanaimo Curling Centre. (News Bulletin file photo)

Nanaimo’s curlers showed their shot-making abilities this season

Thorpe Report rounds up Nanaimo Curling Centre’s winning teams

  • May 5, 2023

 

Manitoba skip Jennifer Jones looks on while playing Team Canada during the final at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, in Kamloops, B.C., on Sunday, February 26, 2023. Jones and Brent Laing suffered their first loss of the world mixed doubles curling championship on Sunday in South Korea. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Canada’s Jones, Laing suffer first loss at world mixed doubles curling championship

Duo fell to Estonia on Sunday

 

Canada skip Brad Gushue watches his shot as Scotland lead Hammy McMillan looks in in the second end of the gold medal game at the Men’s World Curling Championship in Ottawa on Sunday, April 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Canada’s Brad Gushue falls 9-3 in men’s world curling final to Scotland

Loss lands Gushue his 3rd silver medal

 

Canadian skip Brad Gushue smiles as his shot enters the house during fifth end action against Team Sweden in the qualification game at the Men’s World Curling Championship, Saturday, April 8, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Canada’s Gushue to play for gold at world men’s curling championship

Gushue will play Scotland’s Bruce Mouat for the winning title

Canadian skip Brad Gushue smiles as his shot enters the house during fifth end action against Team Sweden in the qualification game at the Men’s World Curling Championship, Saturday, April 8, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Jack Smart, of Martin Purvis/Jack Smart from Alberta, launches a rock down the sheet as Pat Merkel, of Nanaimo Curling Club, keeps and eye on the shot’s progress during morning play against Nanaimo players Ferdie Hobson and Jim Beecroft Thursday, March 30. Play assistants help players with mobility issues by holding wheelchairs stable during shots, retrieving rocks and sweeping. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Largest-ever stick curling nationals held at club in Nanaimo

72 teams from across Canada drawn to Nanaimo for Canadian Stick Curling Championship

Jack Smart, of Martin Purvis/Jack Smart from Alberta, launches a rock down the sheet as Pat Merkel, of Nanaimo Curling Club, keeps and eye on the shot’s progress during morning play against Nanaimo players Ferdie Hobson and Jim Beecroft Thursday, March 30. Play assistants help players with mobility issues by holding wheelchairs stable during shots, retrieving rocks and sweeping. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Skip Carley Sandwith-Craig, third, Marika Van Osch, second, Roselyn Craig and second Megan Montgomery won the 2023 BC Women’s Curling Club Championships at the Abbotsford Curling Club March 28-April 2. (Curl BC Photo)

Duncan’s Sandwith-Craig rink new BC Women’s Curling Club champions

Kerry Park’s men’s side fails to qualify for playoffs

Skip Carley Sandwith-Craig, third, Marika Van Osch, second, Roselyn Craig and second Megan Montgomery won the 2023 BC Women’s Curling Club Championships at the Abbotsford Curling Club March 28-April 2. (Curl BC Photo)
Canadian skip Brad Gushue calls sweep as they play New Zealand at the Men’s World Curling Championship in Ottawa on Sunday, April 2, 2023. Gushue needed only seven ends to complete an 8-2 rout of New Zealand’s Anton Hood on Sunday at the world men’s curling championship. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Canada’s Gushue rolls to 8-2 victory over New Zealand’s Hood at men’s curling worlds

Gushue is ranked fourth

Canadian skip Brad Gushue calls sweep as they play New Zealand at the Men’s World Curling Championship in Ottawa on Sunday, April 2, 2023. Gushue needed only seven ends to complete an 8-2 rout of New Zealand’s Anton Hood on Sunday at the world men’s curling championship. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Jack Smart, of Martin Purvis/Jack Smart from Alberta, launches a rock down the sheet as Pat Merkel, of Nanaimo Curling Club, keeps and eye on the shot’s progress during morning play against Nanaimo players Ferdie Hobson and Jim Beecroft Thursday, March 30. Play assistants help players with mobility issues by holding wheelchairs stable during shots, retrieving rocks and sweeping. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

72 teams from across Canada drawn to Nanaimo for Canadian Stick Curling Championship

Men’s and women’s teams compete on the ice and enjoy dinners and dances at Nanaimo Curling Centre

Jack Smart, of Martin Purvis/Jack Smart from Alberta, launches a rock down the sheet as Pat Merkel, of Nanaimo Curling Club, keeps and eye on the shot’s progress during morning play against Nanaimo players Ferdie Hobson and Jim Beecroft Thursday, March 30. Play assistants help players with mobility issues by holding wheelchairs stable during shots, retrieving rocks and sweeping. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Team Craig includes Skip Wes Craig (far right), third Norm Coté, second Keith Clarke, and lead Craig Burton. (Curl BC photo)

Vancouver Island curler Wes Craig skips senior team to provincial gold

Team Craig took top spot in Langley event

Team Craig includes Skip Wes Craig (far right), third Norm Coté, second Keith Clarke, and lead Craig Burton. (Curl BC photo)
Bronze medalists, Canadian Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard, Briane Harris and Krysten Karwacki show their medals after the LGT World Women’s Curling Championship at Goransson Arena in Sandviken, Sweden, Sunday, March 26, 2023. Canada defeated Sweden 8-5. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-TT, Jonas Ekstromer

Canada downs Sweden to capture 2nd straight world women’s curling bronze medal

Switzerland took gold, and Norway got silver

Bronze medalists, Canadian Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard, Briane Harris and Krysten Karwacki show their medals after the LGT World Women’s Curling Championship at Goransson Arena in Sandviken, Sweden, Sunday, March 26, 2023. Canada defeated Sweden 8-5. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-TT, Jonas Ekstromer
72 teams are set to face off at the Nanaimo Curling centre for the Canadian Stick Curling Championships.(Bailey Seymour photo)

Canadian Stick Curling Championships start this week in Nanaimo

72 teams from across Canada are set to compete at the Nanaimo Curling Centre starting March 29

72 teams are set to face off at the Nanaimo Curling centre for the Canadian Stick Curling Championships.(Bailey Seymour photo)
Langley’s Team Andrews, the defending 2022 senior women’s champions, was at the front of the procession piped on to the ice Wednesday, March 21, at the official start of the 2023 Connect Hearing BC Senior Curling Championships at the Langley Curling Centre. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)

BC Senior Curling Championships get underway

Langley’s Team Andrews hopes to repeat as women’s champs, Nanaimo’s Team Craig wants another men’s title

Langley’s Team Andrews, the defending 2022 senior women’s champions, was at the front of the procession piped on to the ice Wednesday, March 21, at the official start of the 2023 Connect Hearing BC Senior Curling Championships at the Langley Curling Centre. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)
(News Bulletin file photo)

Busy curling season in Nanaimo will end with big national event

Nanaimo Curling Centre has been hosting competitive bonspiels, stick curling nationals still to come

  • Mar 16, 2023
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Manitoba skip Jennifer Jones celebrates after defeating Northern Ontario skip Krista McCarville, back right, in a playoff match to reach the final at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, in Kamloops, B.C., on Saturday, February 25, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Jennifer Jones on verge of Canadian women’s curling record

46-year-old could become first woman to win 7 Canadian women’s championships on Sunday

Manitoba skip Jennifer Jones celebrates after defeating Northern Ontario skip Krista McCarville, back right, in a playoff match to reach the final at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, in Kamloops, B.C., on Saturday, February 25, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Team Wild Card 3 skip Meghan Walter calls out to the sweepers while playing Manitoba at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, in Kamloops, B.C., on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Wild cards a wild ride to Canadian women’s curling championship

3 wild card spots offer a final way in for teams that don’t win provincially or territorially

Team Wild Card 3 skip Meghan Walter calls out to the sweepers while playing Manitoba at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, in Kamloops, B.C., on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
British Columbia coach Niklas Edin, back centre, talks with third Kayla MacMillan, front left, as skip Clancy Grandy, front right, looks on before playing Prince Edward Island at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, in Kamloops, B.C., on Friday, February 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C.’s Grandy recruits Olympic champ Niklas Edin to coach in Hearts

‘He’s the best at what he does in the game, in my opinion’

British Columbia coach Niklas Edin, back centre, talks with third Kayla MacMillan, front left, as skip Clancy Grandy, front right, looks on before playing Prince Edward Island at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, in Kamloops, B.C., on Friday, February 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
It was Team Grandy (white and grey tops) against Team Reese-Hansen (black, and white/navy tops) in the women’s semifinal of the 2023 Scotties BC Women’s Curling Championship at the Chilliwack Curling Club on Saturday; Jan. 14; 2023. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

PHOTOS: Provincial championships of curling in Chilliwack

Chilliwack Curling Club hosted championships of both women’s and men’s curling

It was Team Grandy (white and grey tops) against Team Reese-Hansen (black, and white/navy tops) in the women’s semifinal of the 2023 Scotties BC Women’s Curling Championship at the Chilliwack Curling Club on Saturday; Jan. 14; 2023. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
The Strathcona Cup, a competition between Canadian and Scottish men’s curlers, has been played every five years since 1903. The latest installment will feature games in Vernon Jan. 17 and Kelowna Jan. 18. (stratchonacup.ca)

B.C. curlers tangle with Scots

Strathcona Cup played every five years between Canada and Scotland; oldest international event

The Strathcona Cup, a competition between Canadian and Scottish men’s curlers, has been played every five years since 1903. The latest installment will feature games in Vernon Jan. 17 and Kelowna Jan. 18. (stratchonacup.ca)
A rock slides down the sheet at the Men’s World Curling Championships in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Melvin Lee’s first invitation to curl with a diverse team of law students came more than two decades ago. Now, the avid curler has a wealth of experience under his belt. And he is trying to give a similar welcome to others who are underrepresented in the sport. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

This Korean-Canadian curler wants to make the sport more diverse. Here’s how.

‘It’s not just enough to have that open door in your facility. You need to be vulnerable and reach out to those communities.’

A rock slides down the sheet at the Men’s World Curling Championships in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Melvin Lee’s first invitation to curl with a diverse team of law students came more than two decades ago. Now, the avid curler has a wealth of experience under his belt. And he is trying to give a similar welcome to others who are underrepresented in the sport. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Elite curler Carley Hardie will be participating in the U21 provincial playdowns at the Glen Harper Curling Centre at the end of the month. (Courtesy of the Duncan Curling Club)

Duncan Curling Club to host U21 Provincial playdowns

Public welcome to watch the action at the Sherman Road curling facility

Elite curler Carley Hardie will be participating in the U21 provincial playdowns at the Glen Harper Curling Centre at the end of the month. (Courtesy of the Duncan Curling Club)