Month: March 2017

From the Hack recently caught up with Cathy Overton-Clapham, a world champion and five-time Scotties champion, to discuss her decision to join Team Carey for the remainder of this season and next season as the team prepares for their push

  Day 9 – Medal Round Team Homan of Canada had some unfinished business following the end of their 2015-16 season and they certainly took care of that business this year, capped by an 8-3 victory over Russia in the

Tim Hortons Brier The 2017 Tim Hortons Brier was one of the most anticipated Briers in recent history as it returned to St. John’s, Newfoundland for the first time in 45 years and, if everything fell into place for the

It is a busy time for elite curlers in the U.S.  Last month, Team Shuster and Team Sinclair won the the Men’s and Women’s National Curling Championships in Everett (WA).  Team Shuster will represent the U.S. at the Men’s World

Two-time World Champion Jeff Stoughton will be making a brief “comeback” this week as he skips a “Select” team that will compete in the Princess Auto Elite 10 which is part of the Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling.  Stoughton will

A few weeks ago, From the Hack caught up with Paul Webster who is the National Development Coach for Curling Canada.  Paul shared some thoughts on coaching the sport of curling and, as Canadian Team Leader for curling at the

From the Hack caught up with freelance writer, curling blogger and sportscaster Don Landry to discuss last night’s Brier final, we also discussed the upcoming Women’s World Curling Championships and discussed last week’s announcement that Cathy Overton-Clapham has joined Team

Tim Horton Brier Pre-Qualifier With the new 16 team format being tested next year, 2017 was likely the final time we’ll see a pre-qualifier at the Tim Hortons Brier.  Nova Scotia (Team Murphy), Nunavut (Team Nix) and the Yukon (Team

Fresh off her bronze medal win for Canada at the World Junior Championships 10 days ago; Kristen Streifel joined us to discuss the World Juniors, the venue that will be used for the curling competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics

The Scottish Championships ended a little over a week ago with two familiar teams winning the men’s and women’s events. Team Muirhead won their 3rd consecutive title and 8th overall.   The team will be looking for their first podium