Inside Curling with Kevin Martin & Warren Hansen

In The House today is Brad GushueWhat’s Happening Around the Curling World?The curling world was shocked on November 9 to hear about the passing of curling writer TedWyman. We will do a tribute to Ted and hisoutstanding contribution to curling over the years.Yet another team is making a change in mid-season, this time it is Team Carruthers. What’shappening there?The second Grand Slam of the seasonconcluded in Nisku, AB this past weekend and we willreview everything that happened at the CoopCanadian Open4) (Jim) What’s coming up this week…..we will take alook at the major curling events that will be started inthe next seven days………..2C) - Hot Rock Topics……..(Jim) There has been a lot of talkin recent years about how to attract a younger audience to acurling event……….Warren made an observation this pastweekend and will offer an idea of what might help to attractpeople under 40……D) - Mailbag……..(Jim) We will read you some commentsabout streaming from the Grand Slam along with a rant fromFace Book…..E) - Curling Moments to Remember……..A look intocurling’s rich history……….Each week either Kevin or Warrenwill relate back to something that happened in curling’s pastthat is always interesting…….Today Kevin will bring us a greatcurling moment……..

Greetings again everyone andwelcome to this Special Edition of InsideCurling, known as Inside the Slam!The second Grand Slam ofCurling event of the season is underway, TheCoop Canadian Open that started on Tuesdayin Nisku, Alberta at the Silent IceCentre and we have ready to reached thefinals. Kevin is there with Sportsnet andyou have probably heard him on thebroadcast. We will also see how theselections we made for the final two haveworked out. The Canadian Mixed Championshipis underway at St. Catharines, Ontario and itended today and we will check in to see whothe winners are.

The second Grand Slam ofCurling event of the season is underway, TheCoop Canadian Open that started on Tuesdayin Nisku, Alberta at the Silent IceCentre. Kevin is there with Sportsnet andyou have probably heard him on thebroadcast, we will talk about thatevent and what has happened so far. Wewill also see how the selections we made forthe final eight have worked out. The Canadian Mixed Championshipis underway at St. Catharines, Ontario andwe will check in to see how things aregoing. Hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jungle Jim Jerome.Produced by Mike Rogerson

Today joining us In The House is Mike McEwen.What’s Happening Around the Curling World?This past weekend a major competition for men was held in Penticton inthe way of the NuFloors Penticton Classic.There aren’t any foreign teams in the eventbut it did feature five of Canada’s best wewill review. The Pan Continental Championshipstarted last Sunday in Lacombe, Alberta andthis is an important event because it qualifiesa number of teams for the 2025 Women’sand Men’s World Championships….Canada isrepresented by Brad Gushue and RachelHoman. Hot Rocks Topics. The Pan ContinentalChampionship started a few days ago and in a couple ofweeks the European Championship will start and inboth cases teams are being qualified for the 2025World Men’s and Women’s Championship. In allprobability the Pan Continental will qualify (six – we willexplain) and the Europeans seven of the 13teams. But at the WC Congress in September athought was put on the table…..is there a better way ofdoing this?So, today we have an email butwe have also gone to our FB Group where someoneasked about the Pan Continental being on televisionand it got 109 comments. Curling Moments toRemember - A look back into curling’s richhistory. Each week either Kevin or Warrenwill relate back to an experience or observation tosomething that has happened in curling’s richhistory. Today Kevin will bring us a great curlingmoment.

In the House today joining us is Matt Dunstone who just won the Fall Classic in Sault Ste. Marie. What’s Happening Around the Curling World? This past weekend a major cashspiel, the Fall Classic was held in Sault Ste. Marie and it featured some of the best teams in the world….we will review the results. The World Mixed Championship (four person mixed) concluded this past weekend in Aberdeen, Scotland and we will tell you about the final results. We received a letter from Phil Drobnick, USA National Team Director who brought to our attention a very unique event being held by USA Curling in the middle of November, We will share with you what Phil brought to our attention, The Pan Continental Championship will start on the 27th in Lacombe, Alberta. This is a pretty important event because it will determine five women’s teams and five men’s teams for the 2025 World Championships. Hot Rocks Topics, for sure curling isn’t getting any faster and more and more emphasis is being placed on all sports to shorten the time span. Does curling need to finally make another change at the top level to speed things up even more? We have a couple of emails to look at today actually one is in a response to the email we read on the show last week from Mike Roeke that we did not interpret correctly. Curling Moments to Remember. A look back into curling’s rich history. Each week either Kevin or Warren will relate back to an experience or observation to something that has happened in curling’s rich history. Today Warren will bring us a great curling moment.Inside Curling is Hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jungle Jim Jerome.Recorded, edited and mixed by Mike Rogerson.