Inside Curling with Kevin Martin & Warren Hansen

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?

This is our final show of 2024 so we are going to do something special. Sportsnetcurling play-by-play guy, Rob Faulds is joiningus as our special guest and we are going to review somecomments from Face Book, look at a couple of interestingemails and review the past season and look at what could behappening for the balance of the year. So, before we get into it there is something else weneed to address. This morning it was officially announcedthat our Kevin Martin has been inducted into the Order ofCanada. Wow. Much deserved. We are lucky and proud to know you and get to work with you, Kevin.

Today joining us will be thenewly crowned Canadian Senior Women’s Champion,Atina Ford.What’s Happening Around the Curling World?The Canadian Senior Championships wereheld this past week in Moncton, NB and we will reviewwho the winners were. Another player change took place this lastweek with one of the top 10 men’s teams in Canada wewill review what has happened. The final qualifying event for the 2026 OlympicMixed Doubles was held in Banff, AB where onemore team of the 16 that will be playing in the Trials wasdetermined. A person that has probably been a volunteerfor more curling events than any other person in historyin Saskatchewan has been named the LieutenantGovernor of the province….we will tell you who thatperson is Hot Rock Topics - Looking overcomments on social media about the athletes languageand the use of four letter friend getters the question ishow do you deal with itMailbag - We will do a couple ofemails the first one is from Dwayne and he has aninteresting proposal on how the games played in an arenashould be startedCurling Moments to Remember - A look intocurling’s rich history. Each week either Kevin or Warrenwill relate back to something that happened in curling’spast that is always interesting. Today Kevin will bringus a great curling moment

The third Grand Slam of the year, the KiotiNational concluded in St. John’s, Newfoundland andLabrador. Rachel Homan won the women’s sideand Bruce Mouat the men’s we will do a quickreview and review our picks from last Saturday. A final qualifying event for the Mixed DoublesOlympic Trials is taking place in Banff this comingweekend and we will review what is happeningthere. The Canadian Senior Women’s and Men’sChampionship is happening this week in Moncton andwe will take a quick look at how things are playing outthere. We mentioned last weekend that rumourswere flying around that at the next Slam in Januarythere could be a new rule tried where if a team blankstwo ends in a row they will loose the hammer. So, isit really happening?Hot Rock Topics, We Had a number ofentertaining discussions take place on our FB Grouppage this weekend and we will take a quick look at someof the ones that were getting the most reaction

The Kioti National features the top16 men’s teams and 16 women’s teams inthe world as of October 22, 2025 Todaythe play involved the final eight teams inboth men’s and women’s divisions and weare now down to the finalists for tomorrow

The third Grand Slam ofCurling event of the season is underway, TheKioti National that started on Tuesday in St.John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador andwe have ready reached the final eight forboth women and me. Kevin is there withSportsnet and you have probably heard himon the broadcast. We will also seehow the selections we made for the qualifiershas worked out. The Kioti National features the top16 men’s teams and 16 women’s teams inthe world as of October 22, 2025. theteams have been divided into foursections. They play a four team roundrobin with the other three teams in the pooland one cross over game based onseeding. Top eight go to the finals and thatis the point we are at right now.

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……..