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Early Days Of Wanting To Play The Game

I am from a small Ontario village of less then 500 people, One 3 sheet Curling Club with 250 members, almost every one who lived in Mt Hope in the 60s was a curler. As a teen I would go to club to watch & learn this game, One evening...

A Diamond in The Rough

Well it was 2013 and as a number one fan favourite of team Jacobs, they won the 2013 Brier where I almost got kicked out of Great Wolf Lodge in Traverse City by Wylie Coyote! Yes you heard that right! We did not have access to TSN and the only...

Curling Hero

I took my son (age 7) to the PointsBet International tournament in Fredericton last fall. My son has been curling in the local Little Rock’s since he was two. We had the honour of meeting a lot of the curlers there, but the highlight was when Colton Flasch was done...

Meeting Russ Howard

I have watched curling since I was a teenager, over 40 yrs, with my dad, who has since passed for over 20 years now. My dad loved Russ Howard and I began to love curling because of Russ. I had the opportunity of meeting Russ when he played on Team...

Family Fun

When our kids were about 6 and 8, they had a “Rocks and Rings” program come to their elementary school to teach them to curl in the gymnasium. They all came home asking to curl…. We signed them up, and they LOVED it. They joined Annandale’s kids curling program, and...

ROAR Changes Winter Activities

Me and my wife attended the roar of the rings in Ottawa. We had an 11 month old baby with us and were ready for the championship weekend. We were watching the afternoon game when slider came over for a visit and held up our son. He got a big...

Growing The Game in Small-Town Newfoundland – The Clarenville Ladies Rink

Dear Curling Canada, Thank you so much for giving us the opportunity to submit our story, with a chance, and a hope of being a contender in the 2023 Curling Story Contest. Oh, who are we kidding? We want to WIN the contest!! Let us tell you a little story...

Steal Of 8

For four small town girls that grew up on the curling ice, it was a once in a lifetime accomplishment. In March of 2022 we took part in a local 48 team bonspiel in Alameda, Saskatchewan. It was during our Friday night draw, in the second end, when it came...

The Love Of Curling

I grew up in a small community that has a 2 sheet natural ice curling rink. Curling was the highlight of winter for me. The ice would go in late December or early January and last until March sometime. Our rink celebrated its 💯 anniversary a few few years back....

Part Of Who I Am

I grew up in small town SK started curling at 12 and at 60 am still going strong curling at the local Caledonia club here in Regina. I am part of the organizing committee for the annual Regina Women’s Curling bonspiel held at the Calendonia Club. Curling is part of...

Love On The Rocks

It was March 26, 2009, I was playing in the Senior Men’s Nationals, held in Summerside at the Silver Fox Curling Club. With the organizers and CCA approval, I proposed to my future wife, Josee, on the ice, before our game against Newfoundland. Josee said yes, we went on to...

What Happens In Vegas…

It was 2018. The year I turned the big 4-0! My Dad and his wife took my husband and I to Vegas. We planned our trip around attending the World Men’s Curling Championship. All of us avid curling fans. And a chance to see Gushue and his boys was certainly...

Bonspieling

I grew up in Creelman, SK in the 50’s and 60’s. Curling was, by far, the main winter pastime, and my father spent a lot of time “bonspieling”, which was much more than just curling. One of my favourite stories he told was of often curling against the famous Ernie...

The Club Is My Community

I moved to my husband’s hometown of Paris, Ontario in 2013. When we toured the house we were buying, I could see the curling club from the back deck so suggested we join. It had been seven years since I had curled, having started when I was 10 but not...

Daughters Sweeping Moms Along

Three teenagers with a love for curling, started curling together on their high school curling team. This led to 3 moms driving to many curling rinks & becoming friends. Loved watching those girls play but also thought it was time we did more than drive to curling & we all...

Speechless Fan

I was a volunteer at the 2010 Brier in Halifax! What a treat to see all the best curlers in person! I was impressed to see them especially when they were all dresses up in suits and ties! On the final day I didn’t have anything left to do so...

Red Lake’s Ladies 75th Bonspiel

This is a speech but with a story told. Photo is from the opening ceremonies of the 75th Bonspiel. Speech for 75th Curling Bonspiel By Tess Hayward On behalf of the Bonspiel Committee I would like to welcome the curlers, life members and guests to the 75th Annual Ladies Curling...

How not to win a promotion!

I curled one winter when I was in high school in eastern Ontario – just enough to learn the bare basics. After I graduated from Engineering at McGill in 1968 I moved to Saskatchewan to work for the Department of Highways. As you could easily believe they took their curling...

The Donnelly Curling Bonspiel

It began as a way to get the family together during the long stretch of winter between Christmas and Easter. My parents had curled, but none of the kids new the first thing about curling. However, in 1996 I called the Paisley Curling club and booked a Saturday in February,...

Life Long Friendship

I was 14 years old, late in life to curling; My Lead Peers were all 9 and 10 years old. I loved the game but didn’t find the time to play until then. I slipped, slid and hogged a lot of rocks then and sometimes still do now but what...

Ice Volunteer PCCC

I supported the 1st Pan-Continental Curling Championship as an assistant ice volunteer staff during the tournament. It was a wonderful international tournament where so many representatives from North America, South America, Asia, and Africa all came together. The ice staff also has many nationalities such as Canada, South Korea, and...

My Boyfriend Asked Me To Marry Him Scotties 2012!

My boyfriend asked me to marry him at the 2012 Scotties in Red Deer at the heartstopped lounge. Of course I said yes! He had tried to get our engagement on TV but has given too short of notice so he had some help to organize something in the lounge....

Curling At Mayflower For Our Family

Once upon a time, there was a curling club in Halifax, N.S. that accommodated friends and family members who wanted to participate in a winter sport and socialize with one another. Founded in 1905, the Mayflower Curling Club is still hosting friends and families for curling fun. Over the years,...

How We Rose To The Top In Just A Few Months!

I had been curling from time to time for the past 30 years in various communities I lived in and my family and I recently moved to Dawson City, Yukon. At the beginning of this year’s season, I attended the local curling club for an open night. This is where...

Building Family Memories Through Curling

“We do not remember days, we remember moments” (Cesare Pavese) My family’s passion for curling was sparked by a Saturday evening in 2014 when the Pinty’s Elite 10 came to Fort McMurray, Alberta. We enjoy attending community events and this was an opportunity to take our young sons, then 7...