The Canadian women’s curling championship is abandoned by Nunavut.
Withdrawing from the Canadian women’s curling tournament is Nunavut. Curling Canada announced in a statement on Monday that there will still be 18 teams competing in the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, which is set for February 16–25 at Calgary’s WinSport Event Centre.
The Canadian women’s curling championship has been pulled from Nunavut. On Tuesday, February 1, 2022, at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts at Fort William Gardens in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Nunavut skip Brigitte MacPhail, right, and third Sadie Pinksen weigh their options. They are playing in the Wild Card round. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
The Canadian women’s curling championship has been abandoned by Nunavut.
There will be 18 teams competing in the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, which takes place from February 16–25 at Calgary’s WinSport Event Centre, Curling Canada announced in a statement on Monday.
A spot in the national championship will be awarded to the team that finishes fourth in the Canadian Team Ranking System (CTRS) after the provincial and territorial championships.
As a result of their top-three rankings, the teams that Jennifer Jones and Rachel Homan bypassed previously qualified.
Two more teams will join the Hearts field if they are not selected for the national tournament through provincial and territorial championships. Also back as the defending champions is Kerri Einarson’s quartet.
At the Canadian men’s championship in Regina, Nunavut will compete in 2024 from March 1–10. There will be a team in Montana’s Brier that Shane Latimer skipped.
The Canadian Press originally released this article on January 8, 2024.
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Teams of wheelchair curlers in the initial phases of getting ready for the Canadian championship in 2024
Even though the Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship is just a few months away, Team Saskatchewan is hard at work preparing to defend the national title they took home from the Moose Jaw Events Centre in the spring.
When the competition returns to Canada’s Most Notorious City from March 22–29 at the Moose Jaw Curling Centre, there will be some new faces around, even though the nucleus of the two rinks that represented the province at the event remains intact.
In an exhibition match against the Swift Current Special Olympics curling team on Sunday afternoon, both teams used the occasion to improve and progress their skills in a competitive environment
.Players both old and new were on the ice on Sunday afternoon for an exhibition game against the Swift Current Special Olympics curling team, with both crews taking the opportunity to work on and advance their games in a competitive setting.
Skipping Saskatchewan 2 at the 2023 nationals, wheelchair curling veteran Rod Pederson stated, “It’s just good to get out and have a chance to play and practice.” “Our only goal is to try to expand and market the game. Many individuals have the opportunity to try it, but they may be afraid to go outside or whatever. Regardless, give it a shot; you’ll find it enjoyable. Although difficult, it’s a lot of fun.
As a result of word spreading in that manner, several new players have decided to give the sport a try. Zahra Ehsani and Tara Hess from Regina, who went to the game on Sunday with Rod and Sheryl Pederson, are included in that.
Their entry into the game comes at a perfect moment considering the recent departure of a few experienced players.
Along with Team Sask 2 lead Russell Whitsitt and third Stuart McKeown, Darwin Bender, an 11-time nationals competitor and four-time Canadian champion who finished second on the team this spring, has made the decision to retire from the game.
But the Pedersons and seasoned Team Canada athletes Marie Wright and Gil Dash—who won gold with Sask 1 last spring alongside Bender and Moose Gibson—will be back in play.
Luckily, Team Sask may even have more players after all is said and done since, in addition to Ehsani and Hess, a few guys are rising through the ranks in Saskatoon.
It will be fascinating to see where the people from Saskatoon fit in, according to Pederson, who added that Lloyd had worked with them and found them to be good.
The selection procedure for teams will mostly resemble that of the previous year. The aim of both coaches Lorraine Arguin and Lloyd Thiele is to assemble two teams of players and positions that best suit each other in order to defend the gold medal at home, preferably producing an all-Saskatchewan final.
Pederson will be looking to advance and make the playoffs, no matter who he plays with, after missing Team Sask 2 to a 3-2 record and narrowly missing the Championship Pool in 2023.
“I’m just excited to curl up and see what we can do, wherever I end up,” he remarked.
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