My husband and I travelled from Newfoundland to Lethbridge, Alberta to watch the 2022 Brier. We had our Newfoundland flag with us and waved it often. Our friends back home saw us often on tv. As you know, the NL team, as Wildcard and 3 players due to Mark coming...
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The story of our grandson and how early he came to love the game and now plays it very well. He is Matt Dunstone and at age 3-4 he learned about curling on our kitchen floor. We had owned a set of these tiny wooden curling rocks about two inches...
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Little did we know that when my then 10 year old daughter, Chelsea, started watching the 2006 Olympics that she would fall in love with the game of curling and be a forever fan of Brad Gushue. Or maybe it was the other way around!! Gushue and his team won...
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My wife discovered curling in 2009 when the Brier came to Calgary. I took her to see something she had never seen before in Japan. The skill, the technique and strategy intrigued her. She watched curling on TV for the next few years until I bought her a "Learn to...
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It was a beautiful, sunny October morning in 2005 when I headed off to the Winfield Curling Club for our regular Monday Morning Ladies League curling. I took my camera with me to snap some of the idyllic scenes of the reflections on Duck Lake along my route to the...
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Hi, I am Daniel from Quebec City, this is my curling story that became our curling story. When I met my girlfriend Marie Josée in 2020 I was a curling fan for more than 25 years and still in love with the sport. So one day when I was at...
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Joan (Gushue) Byrne is an amazing and passionate supporter of curling, especially Team Gushue! Her dedication to the sport and enthusiasm for following Brad and his teammates is so fun and lively. From volunteering at events held here in Labrador City, NL- home to Mark Nichols; when Team Gushue won...
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My wife and I have been avid league curlers since 1980. My wife is also a big fan of Halloween so in 1992 when October 31 was on Friday our dressed up as Goldilocks and the three bears for our Friday night league game. I was the Skip so I...
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To follow is a personal story about a gift that inspired me to join curling. In 2018 I received a very special gift from my mom who was a member at the Halifax Curling Club in Nova Scotia. The gift was a Hardline Curling Broom autographed by NS Brier representatives...
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My curling story starts in 1976 at the Canadian Junior Men’s Curling Championships in Kapuskasing, Ontario. My husband, let’s call him Mr. C, was the second on team Ontario. Well, the team didn’t make it to the playoffs but a good time was had by all! Apparently the ‘parties’ were...
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There are few sports in the world that can bridge the gap between generations, allowing them to play side by side, sharing not just the game but the joy and camaraderie that comes along with it. Curling, however, is one such sport that has blessed me with some of the...
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These two siblings, Brock (15) and Danika (13), had a tough time finding something they loved for a sport outside of school, until we introduced them to curling last year. We told them to just give it a shot and see if they liked it, since my husband and I...
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We went to the Grand Slam of Curling in Toronto last yr 2024 to See Our favourite people, Team Gushue ! We watched all the games Friday , Saturday & Sunday. What excitement to be in the crowd & watching all the games! And I was able to watch Jennifer...
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In the small city of Brooks, Alberta lives an 8 year old boy who tells anyone who will listen that when he grows up he is going to be a curling champion! When he was 6 years old he joined the local junior curling league on the urging of his...
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I am an avid curling fan. I volunteered for the 2017 Brier here in St. John's, NL. It was one of the highlights of my life. Seeing all the curlers in person and watching the games in person, when not busy with my volunteering. I still have my uniform, that...
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Like many teenagers, I had a complicated relationship with my parents- especially my Dad. However, when he encouraged me to learn to curl in Grade 7, I took to the game quite readily. In retrospect, I might have inherited not only Dad’s love for the game, but even a little...
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Hello! My name is Dan from Vernon BC, a city of about 40 000 given surrounding areas. Our city holds a winter carnival every February where the town comes together for fun events, A recent addition to the carnival is a 'beer first' curling tournament. I showed up just to...
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My wife Aimée and I had been looking forward to this trip for months. The plan? Fly from Nova Scotia to Calgary for the 2024 Scotties, watch some world-class curling, and—if my strategic hotel booking worked out—maybe even bump into a few of the sport’s biggest names. And let me...
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It was traditional in our small community to end the curling season with a community wide bonspiel. Anyone who wanted to take part could enter their name and would be put on a team. They also invited the grade 8 school students to take part. There was no thought that...
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I was brought up in eastern Ontario and only curled 1/2 season in high school to learn the basics. When I graduated from university I got a job with Saskatchewan (where everyone curls) Highways. They had an annual bonspiel called the xxxxpot (the trophy was an urinal). As a new...
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This is a story of Bill and I and curling. It's the story of how two people, who were dealing with Alzheimers disease found love through the love of curling. In 2011, both of our spouses, Ron and Marilyn were both diagnosed with Alzheimers disease. We did not know each...
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For more than 80 years multi-generations of my family and friends have come together on the curling ice. We have shared many exceptional experiences! I have chosen to tell the story about "THE PICKELL SILVER BRUSH". In order that the reader can understand the story, it is necessary that I...
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This is not a story about a great curling tournament, win or shot. It is the story of four people who became fast friends and battled winter depression--all because of curling. The story begins with two people (Sue and Carol) who worked together and who realized they shared a love...
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Bought this this beauty on the weekend to support Team Winters from Northen Ontario. North Bay!! They are 16 competing in U20. Amazing young men!!
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As best man for my friend’s wedding, I included a story of curling ( fictional) because I had curled with him for many years. It went like this: “We were curling in the Northerns. His lad shot for the win was a draw that came up a little short. He...
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