Inside Curling with Kevin Martin & Warren Hansen

Today joining us will beWorld Curling President, Beau Welling.What’s Happening Around the Curling World?The European Championships are on thisweek in Lohja, Finland and we will check on what ishappening there……Not a lot happening this past week in Canadabut there was an event in Red Deer that attracted anumber of the top Canadian teams and we will giveyou an update on what happened……The Everest Canadian Curling ClubChampionship is taking place in Barrie, Ontario and wewill tell you what that event is all about……….Hot Rock Topics…Since the Broomgatecontroversy about eight years ago everything seemed tobe quite in the world of brush structure……However, ithas been brought to our attention that some things havechanged……stay tuned….. Mailbag. We have an email from Carmen whohassome suggestions on an event that could be held inFebruary…..And an email from a listener who wants Jimto sponsor him in the ShowDown at the Saville StickChampionship………. Curling Moments to Remember……..A look intocurling’srich history……….Each week either Kevin or Warrenwill relate back to something that happened in curling’spast that is always interesting…….Today Warren will bringus a great curling moment……..

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.

In The House joining us is Brendan Bottcher. What’s Happening Around the Curling World? The social media world is buzzing today about Brendan Bottcher joining the Brad Gushue Team but some of it is pretty nasty. A major women’s bonspiel happened this past week in Calgary, The Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Classic featuring some of the best female curlers in the world? The Stu Sells Toronto Tankard happened last week and a number of the better world women’s and men’s teams participated and we will give you the final results. The World Curling four-person championship started last weekend in Aberdeen, Scotland and we will take a look at what is happening in Aberdeen. Word came out this week about another curling club having to close it’s doors from financial pressures caused by an equipment malfunction. We have a very interesting email today that has its focus on the television commentary for video streaming……You don’t want to miss this one?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 Kevin will bring us a great curling momen

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