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Month: October 2016

Week 11 Recap

WFG MASTERS GRAND SLAM RECAP The first event of the Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling took place in Okotoks, Alberta where the best men’s and women’s teams in the world competed in the WFG Masters. In the men’s event, defending

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Interview with Mark Nichols

From The Hack recently caught up with Mark Nichols to discuss what has been a strange season for Team Gushue.  The team is playing well heading into the first Grand Slam of the season but they are having to do

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Women of Curling Calendar

Following a successful Men of Curling calendar back in 2014, this time the Women of Curling are featured in a calendar that will raise funds for a number of wonderful charities.  We interviewed both Rock Warner of The Community Fundraiser

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Voices of the Grand Slams

From The Hack recently caught up with Olympic medalist and Sportsnet commentator Mike Harris to discuss the 2017-17 season and the upcoming Grand Slam in Okotoks, Alberta:   In the off-season we caught up with Sportsnet’s curling play-by-play guru Rob

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Week 10 Recap

This week, we recap the World Mixed Curling Championships, Week 10 on the WCT and we preview the Masters Grand Slam. World Mixed Curling Championships An impressive 37 countries were on hand in Kazan, Russia for the 2nd World Mixed

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Masters Grand Slam Preview

The Masters Grand Slam Preview The Masters Grand Slam will 15 men’s and 15 women’s teams compete in a round-robin format with the top eight teams qualifying for the playoffs.  Following is an overview of each team participating in both

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“Egg-citing” news for the Rocks and Rings Program

The popular Rocks and Rings program which introduces young children to the sport of curling in a school gymnasium setting has announced a new partnership with egg farmers from across Canada.  Abbie Darnley the Program Director for Rock Solid Productions

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Interview with Peja Lindholm

Peja Lindholm is one of the legends of Swedish curling.  A three-time world champion, two-time European champion and three-time Olympian, Lindholm is the current coach and sports director for the Swedish Curling association.  He joined us to talk about the

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Interview with Anna Hasselborg

Since the beginning of the 2015-16 Team Hasselborg has risen from 22nd in the World Curling Tour Order of Merit to 10th.  So far this season, they have won two events which helped them qualify for the first grand slam

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Week 9 Recap

WEEK 9 RESULTS Canad Inns Men’s Classic The headline event on the men’s schedule in Week 9 was the Canad Inns Men’s Classic in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.  Team Koe and Team Jacobs both got off to good starts by

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