Inside Curling with Kevin Martin & Warren Hansen

Today joining us is Kerri Einarson who just won the Hearing LifeChallenge in Charlottetown….her first big winof the season. What’s Happening Around the Curling World?This past weekend the Hearing LifeChallenge, the first Grand Slam of the seasontook place in Charlottetown, PEI with a Tier Iand a Tier II event one the ice…..We willreview both events and give you thehighlights. The Aaron Sluchinski teamannounced Tuesday that Aaron has left theteam…..we will talk about where he is going?I think we have talked about thehogline and violations on two of our showsalready this year but because of email and FBcomments this past weekend we will addressthe issue one more timeHot Rocks Topics, Curling needs an injection ofsomething new and different could two personstick curling maybe be the answer to thatquestion could two person stick becomecurling’s “Cornhole” or “pickleball” We will talkabout how this take on curling could be a way toget people into a curling facility and not justolder curlers who can no longer slide…?We have had lots of comments inemail and social media about the addedbroadcasts of the GSOC this past week on videostream. We will take a look at one of them. 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 Warren will look back to a majorhappening that took place in March of 1977 inMontreal

Greetings again everyone and welcome to this Special Edition of Inside Curling......Known as Inside the Slam!The first Grand Slam ofCurling event of the season is underway, The Hearing Life Challenge started on Tuesday in Charlottetown. Kevin is there on the ground and we will talk about that event and what has happened so far. We will also see how the selections we made for the final eight have worked out. There is also a Tier II event taking place in Charlottetown the same time as the Tier I and we will see how things are going with Tier II.Please take a second to subscribe to our NEW YoutTube channel and like and comment on the videos, it helps the show out a lot:https://www.youtube.com/@InsideCurlingInside Curling is Hosted by World Curling Hall of Famers Kevin Martin and Warren Hansen...and also legendary broadcaster and undisputed King of the Patch, Jungle Jim Jerome.Produced by Mike Rogerson.

The first Grand Slam of Curling event of the season, The Hearing Life Challenge started on Tuesday in Charlottetown. Kevin is there on the ground and we will talk about that event and what has happened so far. We will also see how the selections we made for the playoff’s have worked out. There is also a Tier II event taking place in Charlottetown the same time as the Tier I and we will see how things are going with Tier II?Broadcasts will start at 11ET / 9MT / 8MT on saturday, regardless of what Jim says...listen to the episode, you'll see what I mean.Hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jungle Jim Jerome.Produced by Mike Rogerson.Please take a second and subscribe to our NEW YoutTube channel, it helps the show out a lot:https://www.youtube.com/@InsideCurling

In the House with us today is Nic Sulsky, the man behind The Curling Group who are thenew owners of the Grand Slam. Lots of new things happening and we will chat about the New GrandSlam. Hot Rocks Topics, Curling needs an injection of something new and different, could two person stick curlingmaybe be the answer to that question? could two person stick become curling’s “Cornhole” or“pickleball”? We will talk about how this take on curling could be a way to get people into a curlingfacility, and not just older curlers who can no longer slide…?Mailbag, We will look at an email where a listenerhas asked for some direction on how to buycurling equipment for a youngster, Kevin willprovide some insight. What Are You Hearing, another team has made a decisionto play with three players, Team Koe, at least fornow. Might there be an advantage in today’sgame for a team to play with three and at the topcompetitive level should it continue to be allowedor should some changes be made.

What’s Happening Around the Curling World?On September 17th and 18 th aninteresting new event took place in Lafayette,Colorado, the Everest North American Curling ClubChampionship. We will review what happened inLafayette and the men’s winner. Dan Sherrardfrom Edmonton will join us to recap his feelingsabout the event. This past weekend in Okotoks, Albertathe ATB Okotoks Classic event was held withmany of the top players on the men’s side of theequation participating and we will take a look atwhat happened in Okotoks. An event took place in Calgary involvingthe Mixed Doubles Super Series with some of thebest mixed doubles teams in the worldinvolved. Also, starting Wednesday, September25 th at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary is thePointsBet Invitational and we will do a review onwhat that event is all about. Hot Rocks Topics…. A lot of discussion around videostreaming of events the past couple of years. TheWorld Curling Congress in Montreal a few weeksago discussed some of the challenges worldcurling is facing with streaming and similarproblems are also haunting Curling Canada wewill discuss what that is all about. In the House with us today is thenumber one women’s skip in the world, RachelHoman. We will look at an email where a listenerhas asked for some direction that possibly more ofour listeners might need. What Are You Hearing? We are hearing that in the PointsBet thisweek Laura Walker will be subbing for ShannonBirchard as second for Kari Einarson - Where isShannon?

Welcome to Inside Curling season number five....thisis our first official show of the 2024 – ’25 season andwe have a lot of things to cover.When we did our summer show in August weannounced that Inside Curling is no longer part ofSportsnet and have moved over to Acast. We wouldagain like to thank everyone at Sportsnet for the threegreat years we spent with the network. Also, inaddition to kevin, Warren and Jim we would like towelcome our technical producer for the third year,Mike Rogerson along with Rod Palson who is doingour social media for the fifth year, mainly Face Bookand X (Twitter) but once we are into the season weare also going to branch into Instagram and Tik Tokmore than we have in the past. In this coming seasonwe will have clips, segments and some interviews onYou Tube.Here is what is on the show today’s show…What’s Happening Around the Curling World?World Curling concluded it’s annualCurling Congress in Montreal on September 8 th andWarren was there so we will review what tookplace.A number of smaller spiels have alreadyhappened and this weekend in Cornwall, Ontariothe annual Shorty Jenkins Classic is taking placeinvolving some of the best teams in the world sowe will look in on what is happening there.On September 17th and 18 th aninteresting new event is taking place in Lafayette,Colorado, the Everest North American Curling ClubChampionship….We will review what is takingplace there. An interesting playoff took place thispast week in Sweden involving Anna Hasselborgand Isabella Wrana….We will review whathappened. During our summer show we talkedabout the Governor General’s Curling and it heldits 150 anniversary gathering in Ottawa,September 8 – 12…We announced the Showdown at theSaville on our show in August and we will bringyou up-to-date on what is happening with theShowdown.Hot Rocks Topics, During the World Curling meetings someinteresting discussions were brought up regardingrules enforcement by some retired athletes andcoaches who were present….you will be surprisedat what they had to say….The issue of 8 ends versus 10 wasn’t on theagenda...wasn’t even discussed…what wouldbe the reason for that?In The House, Brad Jacobs is now the skip of the oldBrendan Bottcher team and Brad will be with us totalk about the up coming season.Mailbag, Even though it is summer we aregetting emails and we will review one.What Are You Hearing, Brianne Harris, lead on team Einarsonwas suspended from all competition at the end ofFebruary because of a banned substance detected in asample taken on January 24 th . A-B sample was takenin early March and the substance Ligandrol wasdetected again. Harris has been suspended since butthis week on Face Book a posting was made bringingeveryone up to speed on the situation - we will take alook at it. Hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jungle Jim Jerome.Recorded, Edited, Mixed by Mike Rogerson.

Inside Curling has made a move into the curling event business with the announcement inJuly of four new events at the Saville Centre inEdmonton that will be known as the ShowDownat the Saville. The events will happen betweenApril 23 rd and May 11 th . We will dig in and reviewexactly what the ShowDown at the Savilleinvolves. The first major event of the season, thePoints Bet Invitational will get underway atCanada Olympic Park (COP) in Calgary onSeptember 25 we will review the field for thatevent. The first Grand Slam of the season, theHearing Life Challenge will start on October 1 st inCharlottetown hasn’t been a lot of news out ofthe Grand Slam so we will review what is or isn’thappening there. Kevin’s Curling Academy has had a busysummer and we will take a look at what’shappening with the Academy. USA Mixed Doubles Pre-Trials werecompleted on August 11 th and there are nowseven out of 10 teams determined for the USATrials in February, We will review what hashappened so far in determining a USArepresentative for the 2026 Olympics In the first week of September theGovernor General’s Curling Club will celebrate it’s150 anniversary, We will review what the GG’sreally is and why it is important to curling inCanada.Inside Curling is hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jim Jerome.Recorded, Edited and Mixed by Mike Rogerson.

In our final show of the season for Inside Curling, we sit down for a discussion with Beau Welling, the president of World Curling. We dive into the season that was, and look ahead for a sneak peak at some of the things WC has planned for next season and the years to come.From all of us here at Inside Curling, we would like to thank you, our faithful listeners, for all you support, input and encouragement throughout the season... in the words of the great Canadian band Chilliwack "without an audience, there ain't no show."Inside Curling is hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jim Jerome. Recorded, Edited and Mixed by Mike Rogerson.The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.