Curling

[Noeller]

middle of the line up had a really bad night. Colton and BJ were the shits, unfortunately. Colton can be excused, as he's young and relatively inexperienced, but BJ needed to be better in a big game. Dunny was incredible all week.... the most impressive player in the bonspiel, considering his age and experience. Real shame they let those arrogant asshats win yet again. 

[bearpants]

9 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

The drought continues. 

not for long... as others have mentioned, Dunstone looks to be the best we've seen since Stoughton... He appears to have ice in his veins, and doesn't get frazzled easily... I HATED watching him play in puke green but have always really liked him as a player... I'm glad he's back in yellow, wearing the Bison, where he belongs...

This team will win, and win a lot

[SpeedFlex27]

On 2023-03-01 at 2:45 PM, JCon said:

Missing some like Winnipeg Winter Club and Canlan, if they still have ice. I remember playing at Canlan back in the day too. 

What was Canlan?

[JCon]

55 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

What was Canlan?

It was called the Highlander. Multipurpose facility with hockey ice built near the airport. 

[SpeedFlex27]

1 minute ago, JCon said:

It was called the Highlander. Multipurpose facility with hockey ice built near the airport. 

Oh yeah, I curled there many times. 

[FrostyWinnipeg]

Einarson hampered by “time zones” can only get a bronze now.

[Noeller]

Time zones, horrible ice conditions, weird rocks.... No excuses because everyone had to deal with it and the back end (Val and Kerri) were not good for most of the week. Shitty way to end the season yet again. 

[Tracker]

2 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Einarson hampered by “time zones” can only get a bronze now.

AHA! So THAT'S what is going on with Mark Scheifele!!  It all makes sense now!!!

Edited March 25, 2023 by Tracker

[FrostyWinnipeg]

https://www.tsn.ca/jennifer-jones-brent-laing-beat-jocelyn-peterman-gallant-for-canadian-mixed-doubles-championship-1.1936819

[Noeller]

somewhere in this thread, there was a discussion about whether Jones would stay with the young Zacharias team, and I was adamant they were staying together because all teams were in on a 4 year deal for the Oly Quadrennial. I want to apologize for the hard line stance on that. I'm not sure what's happening with Jones/Zach, but I've since learned that this past year was a trial (pardon the pun) run for all teams and that no commitments were made for anyone beyond this year. Next year is when they start handing out berths to the 2025 Oly Trials, so a lot of teams are/will be mixing it up for next year...... 

Edited March 28, 2023 by Noeller

[Noeller]

On 2023-03-28 at 10:14 AM, Noeller said:

somewhere in this thread, there was a discussion about whether Jones would stay with the young Zacharias team, and I was adamant they were staying together because all teams were in on a 4 year deal for the Oly Quadrennial. I want to apologize for the hard line stance on that. I'm not sure what's happening with Jones/Zach, but I've since learned that this past year was a trial (pardon the pun) run for all teams and that no commitments were made for anyone beyond this year. Next year is when they start handing out berths to the 2025 Oly Trials, so a lot of teams are/will be mixing it up for next year...... 

And here we go.... Didn't see this one coming:

 

 

[FrostyWinnipeg]

Canada's Gushue falls to Scotland's Mouat in gold-medal game at men's curling worlds

[Noeller]

1 hour ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Canada's Gushue falls to Scotland's Mouat in gold-medal game at men's curling worlds

❤️❤️❤️

[FrostyWinnipeg]

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/jones-and-homan-earn-early-berths-at-2024-scotties-tournament-of-hearts-1.6466925

[FrostyWinnipeg]

The Canadian men’s championship will be called the Montana’s Brier after the chain restaurant took over as the main sponsor, Curling Canada announced Friday.

[JCon]

40 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

The Canadian men’s championship will be called the Montana’s Brier after the chain restaurant took over as the main sponsor, Curling Canada announced Friday.

It will always be the Labatt Brier. 

[Noeller]

Just now, JCon said:

It will always be the Labatt Brier. 

McDonald's Tobacco or we riot! 

[JCon]

Signed my oldest up to curl this year. It will be his first year. He really enjoys watching it, but it's never worked out timing-wise. 

What a cheap activity! $135 for an entire season. Obviously, I have some upfront costs like shoes and a broom but the broom can be used in the future. 

Definitely cheaper than flag football, which is twice as much for half the time. Ah, well, I'll just take it out of the university fund. 

[Noeller]

1 minute ago, JCon said:

Signed my oldest up to curl this year. It will be his first year. He really enjoys watching it, but it's never worked out timing-wise. 

What a cheap activity! $135 for an entire season. Obviously, I have some upfront costs like shoes and a broom but the broom can be used in the future. 

Definitely cheaper than flag football, which is twice as much for half the time. Ah, well, I'll just take it out of the university fund. 

awesome - we need more kids signing up. I'm looking forward to getting back on the ice this year. Been reading an excellent book written by curler Sean Grassie about the history of the world famous MCA Bonspiel, that's been giving me the itch... 

[FrostyWinnipeg]

24 minutes ago, JCon said:

What a cheap activity! $135 for an entire season. Obviously, I have some upfront costs like shoes and a broom but the broom can be used in the future. 

Smokes...don't forget the smokes!

[SpeedFlex27]

On 2023-09-15 at 12:09 PM, FrostyWinnipeg said:

The Canadian men’s championship will be called the Montana’s Brier after the chain restaurant took over as the main sponsor, Curling Canada announced Friday.

Cue the confusion with the State of Montana & Yellowstone. 

[Tracker]

Curling: they invented a game as boring to watch as golf, and then added housework.

[SpeedFlex27]

On 2023-03-15 at 5:15 PM, JCon said:

It was called the Highlander. Multipurpose facility with hockey ice built near the airport. 

I curled in the School Boy's Bonspiel ( now called the Junior Men's Bomsiel) in the mid 70's & later the MCA Bonspiel (later in the 70's to the late 80's). I liked the curling facility at the Highlander. I guess it's now a hockey rink.  Our biggest claim to fame in the Junior Bonspiel was having our team mentioned as "the team to watch" by CJOB's Bob Irving on his 12;25 pm sportscast as we were undefeated going into the 8's of the Free Press Event. Then we ran into the buzzsaw team skipped by Dale Duguid  (the eventual champ) who cut us into little pieces & It. Was. Over. It was fun while it lasted. 

Edited September 24, 2023 by SpeedFlex27

[Noeller]

Good weekend for the bison at the PointsBet Invitational, March Madness style tournament. Einar lost to Homan *spits* in the final of the ladies and it's Reider vs Dunny in the Men's Final. 

[FrostyWinnipeg]

22 hours ago, Noeller said:

Good weekend for the bison at the PointsBet Invitational, March Madness style tournament. Einar lost to Homan *spits* in the final of the ladies and it's Reider vs Dunny in the Men's Final. 

Those draws Dunny