Curling Canada Championships

SYDNEY, N.S. – Scotties rookie skip Sarah Wark is enjoying her first experience at the national women’s curling championship and it’s been extended for at least two more days after winning a Thursday morning tiebreaker game at Centre 200. Wark, vice-skip Kristen Pilote, second Carley Sandwith, lead Jen Rusnell, alternate ... read more

SYDNEY, N.S. – Defending champion Jennifer Jones and Team Canada (4-3, Winnipeg) joined the pack heading into the Championship Pool at the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts on Wednesday despite losing their final round-robin game. Jones, third Kaitlyn Lawes, second Jocelyn Peterman, lead Dawn McEwen, alternate Jill Officer and coach ... read more

SYDNEY, N.S. – Chelsea Carey kept cruising and Rachel Homan took an important step forward with Wednesday afternoon victories in Pool A’s final round-robin draw at the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Homan and Team Ontario (5-2, Ottawa) rebounded from a disappointing Tuesday loss to beat Sarah Wark and Team ... read more

SYDNEY, N.S. — Even though her team is tied for the best record in Pool B of the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Wild Card skip Casey Scheidegger stepped off the ice Wednesday morning at Centre 200 thinking that Thursday could be a long day featuring tiebreakers for her Lethbridge, ... read more

SYDNEY, N.S. – Chelsea Carey took the first big step towards a second Scotties Tournament of Hearts championship Tuesday, posting two wins to remain unbeaten and secure a berth in the Championship Pool for Team Alberta. Carey and her Calgary-based teammates, third Sarah Wilkes, second Dana Ferguson, lead Rachel Brown ... read more

SYDNEY, N.S. – Don’t count us out, Team Canada skip Jennifer Jones cautioned after back-to-back losses Monday at the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. True to her word, the defending champions from Winnipeg kept themselves in the thick of the fight for a berth in the Championship Pool with a ... read more

SYDNEY, N.S. — If we’ve learned nothing else at the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, we can say with certainty that Tracy Fleury and Team Manitoba are not so strong starters, but superb finishers. More evidence of that was provided on Tuesday morning at Centre 200 as Fleury’s East St. ... read more

SYDNEY, N.S. – Monday was a rare two-loss day for Jennifer Jones, a result that left Team Canada now in a dogfight to advance into the Championship Pool at the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. A sharp-shooting Team New Brunswick (2-2, Saint John), skipped by Andrea Crawford handed Team Canada ... read more

SYDNEY, N.S. – Manitoba and Northern Ontario posted “must-have” victories at the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Monday afternoon, while Alberta and Ontario also produced wins to remain the only unbeaten teams in Pool A. Krista McCarville and Team Northern Ontario (2-2, Thunder Bay) scored four in the seventh end ... read more

SYDNEY, N.S. — It was a snowy Monday night in Charlottetown, almost exactly eight years to the date, the last time Suzanne Birt beat Jennifer Jones in a curling game. In fact, until Monday morning, it had been the ONLY time Birt had beaten Jones in 10 attempts — an ... read more

SYDNEY, N.S. – Chelsea Carey and her Team Alberta came into the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts figuring they had to win two of three key round-robin games to be in the fight for the Championship Round. They completed that goal by winning their third game, a 7-6 win over ... read more

SYDNEY, N.S. – Last year’s wild card team went to the final of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts and this year’s team, skipped by Casey Scheidegger of Lethbridge, Alta., is looking for a repeat performance. The Scheidegger foursome scored deuces in the fourth and eighth ends en route to its ... read more

SYDNEY, N.S. — Sarah Wark’s 33rd birthday is off to a roaring start. The B.C. skip turned 33 on Sunday — her second full day at the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts at Centre 200 — and the celebration is underway after a second straight victory to kick off the ... read more

SYDNEY, N.S – Jennifer Jones doesn’t often miss crucial shots, and when she does it usually doesn’t take long to redeem herself. She was at it again Saturday evening, overcoming struggles with the ice to get her Team Canada off on a winning note at the 2019 Scotties Tournament of ... read more

SYDNEY, N.S. — Three years ago Jenine Bodner threw Nunavut’s first-ever rock in the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, and on Saturday she skipped the province’s team to its first-ever victory in the event. “Amazing, I’m still in shock,” the 34-year-old skip out of Iqaluit (1-0) said after stealing a single ... read more