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It took an extra end, but Rachel Homan’s team was the first into the playoffs at the Canadian women’s curling championship. The Ottawa Curling Club foursome edged provincial rival Krista McCarville of Northern Ontario 7-6 to get to nine wins without a loss Wednesday. Just three teams have gone undefeated in the preliminary round since […]
ST. CATHARINES, ONT — A little more than a year ago, Lauren Mann was in the middle of her provincial curling qualifier, hoping to skip Quebec at the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Just before her semifinal game on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, everything changed. “My brother Adam passed away,” Mann says, wiping tears from her […]
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It’s an unlikely curling connection but right now it’s creating some Scotties magic in St. Catharines, Ont. Two years ago elite Ontario skip John Epping, currently fifth on this year’s money list on the World Curling Tour, reached out to Yellowknife skip Kerry Galusha about helping the team out. “Kerry was down and out with […]
Krista McCarville vows her Northern Ontario team is done with larceny, although it has been profitable for them. Her Thunder Bay foursome led last year’s Canadian women’s curling championship in stolen points with 31, but it was the playoff round where they took thieving to spectacular heights. Trailing in both games, McCarville stole three points […]
ST. CATHARINES, ONT. — High above the curling sheets in the last row of seats at the Meridian Centre you’ll find Craig Homan and Art Miskew sitting right beside one another. The two are the fathers of Ontario skip Rachel Homan and third Emma Miskew. “Rachel and Emma met each other when they were four or […]
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ST CATHARINES — Kerry Galusha has played in a lot of big games over the years at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts but Saturday afternoon’s win to clinch a berth in this year’s championship in St. Catharines, Ont., seemed to carry a different level of importance. The 39-year-old skip from Yellowknife was locked in a back-and-forth game with New […]
Shannon Kleibrink and Lisa Eyamie were supposed to keep a low profile during their semi-retirement from curling in 2014. The plan called for a few practices, playing one or two events a month for fun, and no sports psychologist or off-ice training. “What I’ve found in my career is when you’re out there just to […]
