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Rachel Homan and Dan Sherrard are in the House!
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What’s Happening Around the Curling World?
On September 17th and 18 th an
interesting new event took place in Lafayette,
Colorado, the Everest North American Curling Club
Championship. We will review what happened in
Lafayette and the men’s winner. Dan Sherrard
from Edmonton will join us to recap his feelings
about the event. This past weekend in Okotoks, Alberta
the ATB Okotoks Classic event was held with
many of the top players on the men’s side of the
equation participating and we will take a look at
what happened in Okotoks. An event took place in Calgary involving
the Mixed Doubles Super Series with some of the
best mixed doubles teams in the world
involved. Also, starting Wednesday, September
25 th at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary is the
PointsBet Invitational and we will do a review on
what that event is all about. Hot Rocks Topics….
A lot of discussion around video
streaming of events the past couple of years. The
World Curling Congress in Montreal a few weeks
ago discussed some of the challenges world
curling is facing with streaming and similar
problems are also haunting Curling Canada we
will discuss what that is all about. In the House with us today is the
number one women’s skip in the world, Rachel
Homan. We will look at an email where a listener
has asked for some direction that possibly more of
our listeners might need. What Are You Hearing? We are hearing that in the PointsBet this
week Laura Walker will be subbing for Shannon
Birchard as second for Kari Einarson - Where is
Shannon?
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01:05:06|What’s Happening Around the Curling World?The final two provincial/territorialchampionships for the Brier were completedthis past weekend in Alberta and Manitobaand we will review what happened there. A number of nationalchampionships have been happening aroundthe curling world in the past week and someinteresting things happened we will bringyou up-to-speed. Curling Canada announced achange this past week to the PointsBetInvitational and as a result the event that isset for October 1 – 5 will really be apreliminary to the Canadian Curling Trials. Broomgate 2.0…We will talk aboutwhat has happened this week regarding thebrush foam being used, The Scotties Tournament of Heartskicks off on Friday in Thunder Bay and wegive you a quick review on what might behappening thereMailbag and What is Happening on Social MediaWe take a look at a couple of emails aswe have received quite a few this week. In The HouseJoining us today fresh off his victory in the AlbertaProvincial is Kevin Koe.Curling Moments to Remember. A lookinto curling’s rich history. Each weekeither Kevin or Warren will relate back tosomething that happened in curling’s past that isalways interesting. Today Kevin will bring us agreat curling moment from his many years ofcurling experiencesIn the House with Korey Dropkin. Fresh off his win at the USA Nationals
01:04:01|What’s Happening Around the Curling World?A number of nationalchampionships are taking place around theworld at the moment. A big one finishedthis past weekend that is the USANationals and we will look in and see whocame out the winners. Two more Provinces/Territoriesdetermined Brier representatives this pastweekend and we will review that…..alsoCurling Canada announced the sites for theWomen’s Worlds and the Brier in 2026.The Scotties Tournament of Heartskicks off on Friday in Thunder Bay and wewill review who is playing, the play-offsystem being used and our thoughts on whomight make the final four.Mailbag and What is Happening on Social Media:We take a look at a couple of emails aswe have received quite a few this week.In The House:Joining us today fresh off his victory in the USANationals is Korey Dropkin.Curling Moments to Remember:A look into curling’s rich history. Each weekeither Kevin or Warren will relate back tosomething that happened in curling’s past that isalways interesting. Today Jim will bring us agreat curling moment that he can remember fromhis 15 years of being the MC in the Brier PatchIn the House with John Epping. Sweeping clean?
01:01:02|Here what’s on today’s show…….What’s Happening Around the Curling World?Pretty quite on the bonspiel circuitthis past weekend but a number of provincescompleted playdowns for the Scotties andBrier and we now know all of the teams inthe Scotties that will start on February 14 th sowe will review. Another well known curler fromyears gone bye has passed away and we willreview with you who passed and their historywith the sport. The controversy with regard to thetype of broom heads being used by the topplayers continues and World Curling put out astatement on the situation last week and wewill review where it sits. Mailbag and What is Happening on SocialMedia(We take a look at a couple of emails aswe have received quite a few this week andsome comments from social media. In The HouseJoining us today fresh off his victory in theNorthern Ontario Brier playdowns. John Epping. Curling Moments to Remember, A lookinto curling’s rich history. Each weekeither Kevin or Warren will relate back tosomething that happened in curling’s past that isalways interesting. Today Warren will bring usa great curling momentInside the Slam! Kevin Martin is on location at WFG Masters in Guelph, Ontario
23:53|Welcome to this Special Edition of InsideCurling: Inside the Slam! Here is what we are doing on theshow today The fourth Grand Slam ofCurling event of the season is underway, TheWFG Masters that started on Tuesday inGuelph, Ontario and we have readyreached the final eight for both women andmen. Kevin is there with Sportsnet andyou have probably heard him on thebroadcast.Hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jungle Jim Jerome.Recorded, Edited and MIxed by Mike Rogerson.The Sheriff is in the House! A great chat with Matt Dunstone, fresh off his teams big win.
01:03:33|What’s Happening Around the Curling World?Two men’s events were completedthis past weekend. The Astec SafetyChallenge in Lloydminster and the GoldenWrench Classic in Tempe, Arizona. We willdo a quick review of what happened in bothevents. The 4 th Grand Slam of theYear the WFG Masters is underway inGuelph, Ontario and we will take a lookat how things are going there so far. Brianne Harris was finally clearedthis week by the Court of Arbitration forsport what will this mean for Brianne andTeam Einarson? The controversy with regard to thetype of broom heads being used by the topplayers continues and we will give you an up-date on what is happening. Mailbag and What is Happening on SocialMedia. We will address a couple of emails andprovide our thoughts on some of the most populardiscussions on social media from the AstecChallenge in LloydminsterIn The House. Joining us today from the Grand Slam WFGNational in Guelph is Matt Dunstone who is justcoming off a big win at the Astec Safety Challengein Lloydminster. Curling Moments to Remember. A lookinto curling’s rich history. Each weekeither Kevin or Warren will relate back tosomething that happened in curling’s past that isalways interesting. Today Kevin will bring us agreat curling momentIn the House with Canadian Mixed Doubles Chapmions: Brett Gallant and Jocelyn Peterman
56:11|What’s Happening Around the Curling World?The Canadian Mixed DoublesOlympic Trials were completed in Liverpool, NovaScotia on January 4 th and we will review the finalresults. There is an event coming up thisweek in Lloydminster, Alberta, the Astec SafetyChallenge and it involves some of the best men’scurling teams in the world and we will discuss whois involved and what this event is all about….Mailbag and What is Happening on Social MediaWe have been reviewing social mediafrom the past three days and a few topics seem tobe getting the most attention. First, from the lastfew days is probably the changes involving teamEinarson and Carey. From a few days beforethat the suggestion of a game between Homanand Mouat got an enormous response on FBsomething like 70,000 hits, we will review bothof those situations and give you our thoughtsIn The HouseThe Canadian Mixed Doubles Champions andCanada’s potential representatives at the 2026Olympics were crowned in Liverpool, NovaScotia, the winners were Brett Gallant andJocelyn Peterman, who are a married couple thatare going to join us. Curling Moments to Remember A look into curling’s rich history. Each weekeither Kevin or Warren will relate back tosomething that happened in curling’s past that isalways interesting. Today Warren will bring usa great curling momentHappy New Year, from Inside Curling. We start 2025 off with a special show!
38:07|Happy New Year and greetingsagain everyone and welcome to this SpecialEdition of Inside Curling.Right now in Liverpool, Nova Scotia weare getting close to the end of an eventthat will determine Canada’s MixedDoubles representative at the 2025World Mixed Doubles Championship inFredericton, NB This team will alsorepresent Canada at the Olympics in2026 in Italy if Canadaqualifies and we will explain.Yet, another curling team has made achange and this time on the women’sside of things as Team Chelsea Careyannounced a change in it’s lineup for thebalance of the year. This team wasalready qualified for theScotties might that be impacted wewill explain. On our show we announced a few weeksago that the brushing wars were cominginto the forefront again when onemanufacturer announced they werecoming out with a new broom using afoam that had previously beendetermined to be not acceptable. Lastweek, our sponsor Goldline announced itis now producing a new broom that willbe known as the Pursuer with a similartype of foam being used and apparentlyHard Line, the third big player in thegame is in the process of doing the samething what is happening here dowe have the start of anotherBroomgate?