CTRS and WCT Weekly Recap Nov 27th - Nov. 30th 2015

Here is a recap of what happened for the weekend Recap Nov 27th - Nov. 30th 2015

Men
Josh Heidt has won the Weatherford Curling Classic. He defeated William Lyburn 6-4.
Greg Balsdon has won the Challenge Casino de Charlevoix. He defeated Jean-Michel Menard 5-3. 
John Shuster has won the Coors Light Cash Spiel. He defeated Brady Clark 7-4.
Kevin Park has won the Black Diamond / High River Cash. He defeated Bob Geway 7-2.
Taylor McIntyre has won The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul. He defeated  Daley Peters 7-3.
Stuart Thompson has won the Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel. He defeated Nicholas Deagle 6-2.

Women
Casey Scheidegger has won the Boundary Ford Curling Classic. She defeated Shannon Kleibrink 5-4.
Krista McCarville has won the Molson Cash Spiel. She defeated Nina Roth 5-2.
Jennifer Clark-Rouire has won The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul. She defeated Lisa Menard 4-3.
Theresa Breen has won the Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel. She defeated Mary-Anne Arsenault 5-4.

Weekly posts - Nov. 22nd - Nov. 28th

Sunday

• Weekly posts - Nov. 15th - Nov. 21st
• 2015 Travelers Curling Club Championship - Teams
• 2015 Travelers Curling Club Championship - Draw

Tuesday

• CTRS and WCT Weekly Recap Nov 18th - Nov. 23rd 2015

Wednesday

• Charley Thomas will not bow to pressure

Saturday

• Curling Canada sets rule for new brooms
• 2015 Travelers Curling Club Championship - PEi wins Women's Title
• 2015 Travelers Curling Club Championship - Newfoundland and Labrador wins Men's Title
• 2015 European Curling Championships - Sweden wins Men's Gold
• 2015 European Curling Championships - Russia wins Women's Gold

2015 European Curling Championships - Russia wins Women's Gold

Russia has won the Women's Gold at the 2015 European Curling Championships. They defeated Scotland 6-4. Russia and Scotland along with  Denmark, Finland, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and Italy have qualified for the 2016 Ford World Women's Curling Championship which will be held from March 19 to 27 at the Credit Union iPlex in Swift Current, Saskatchewan.

Skip: Anna Sidorova, Third: Margarita Fomina, 

Second: Alexandra Raeva, Lead: Nkeirouka Ezekh 

and Alternate: Anna Kovaleva

Player percentages
Russia		Scotland
Nkeiruka Ezekh	93%	Sarah Reid	91%
Alexandra Raeva	93%	Vicki Adams	89%
Margarita Fomina	76%	Anna Sloan	89%
Anna Sidorova	88%	Eve Muirhead	79%
Total	88%	Total	87%

2015 European Curling Championships - Sweden wins Men's Gold

Sweden has won the Men's Gold at the 2015 European Curling Championships. They defeated Switzerland 7-6. Sweden, Switzerland  (as the host country) along with Norway, Finland, Scotland, Germany, Russia and Denmark have qualified for the 2016 World Men's Curling Championship which will be held from April 2 to 10 at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland.

Skip: Niklas Edin, Third: Oskar Eriksson, 

Second: Kristian Lindström, Lead: Christoffer Sundgren 

and Alternate: Henrik Leek

Player percentages
Sweden		Switzerland
Christoffer Sundgren	94%	Valentin Tanner	90%
Kristian Lindström	88%	Peter de Cruz	89%
Oskar Eriksson	91%	Claudio Pätz	85%
Niklas Edin	93%	Benoît Schwarz	93%
Total	92%	Total	89%

2015 Travelers Curling Club Championship - Newfoundland and Labrador wins Men's Title

Newfoundland and Labrador has won the Men's final the 2015 Travelers Curling Club Championship. They defeated Manitoba 6-4.

 Skip Andrew Symonds, Third Mark Healy, 

Second Cory Ewart and Lead Keith Jewer 

2015 Travelers Curling Club Championship - PEi wins Women's Title

Prince Edward Island has won the Women's final the 2015 Travelers Curling Club Championship. They defeated Ontario 5-3

 Skip Lisa Jackson, Third Carolyn Coulson, 

Second Melissa Morrow and Lead Jodi Murphy

Curling Canada sets rule for new brooms

Curling Canada sets rules on broom technology

Charley Thomas will not bow to pressure

On the Rocks: Team Thomas refuses to bow to pressure on broom issue

CTRS and WCT Weekly Recap Nov 18th - Nov. 23rd 2015

Here is a recap of what happened for the weekend Nov 18th - Nov. 23rd 2015

Men
Reid Carruthers won the DEKALB Superspiel. He defeated Charley Thomas 6-2.
Brad Gushue won the Dave Jones Molson Mayflower Cashspiel. He defeated Sven Michel 7-3.

Women
Jennifer Jones won the DEKALB Superspiel. She defeated Erika Brown 8-4.
Jill Brothers won the Dave Jones Molson Mayflower Cashspiel. She defeated Theresa Breen 9-5.

2015 Travelers Curling Club Championship - Draw

Here is the draw for the 2015 Travelers Curling Club Championship being held from Nocemebr 23-28 at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club.

2015 Travelers Curling Club Championship - Teams

Here are the teams competing at the 2015 Travelers Curling Club Championship being held from Nocemebr 23-28 at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club.

Women

Ontario
Skip: Tina Mazerolle 
Third: Allison Singh 
Second: Erin Cook Lead: 
Laura Davis-Cook
Guelph Curling Club, Guelph, Ontario 

Alberta
Skip: Nanette Dupont 
Third: Samantha Davies 
Second: Kendra Nakagama 
Lead: Avice DeKelver
Lethbridge Curling Club, Lethbridge, Alberta 

Prince Edward Island
​Skip: Lisa Jackson 
Third: Carolyn Coulson 
Second: Melissa Morrow 
Lead: Jodi Murphy
Cornwall Curling Club, Cornwall, P.E.I. 

British Columbia
Skip: Leanne Andrews 
Third: Jenn Routliffe 
Second: Kim McLandress 
Lead: Phillppa Johnston
Cloverdale Curling Club, Surrey, B.C.

Team Yukon
​Skip: Jody Smallwood 
Third: Joan Hyrve 
Second: April​ Williamson 
Lead: Laura Williamson
Whitehorse Curling Club, Whitehorse, Yukon 

New Brunswick
Skip: Paulette Girvan 
Third: Nicole Richard 
Second: Jennifer Gallagher 
Lead: Denise Grant
Rexton Curling Club, Rexton, New Brunswick 

Nova Scotia
Skip: Monica Moriarty 
Third: Karen Langlois 
Second: Cheryl Mallet Skelton 
Lead: Jodi Vacheresse
Mayflower Curling Club, Halifax, Nova Scotia 

Québec
Skip: Sonia Simard 
Third: Josée Bédard 
Second: Guylaine Sauvageau 
Lead: Mona Léonard
Club de Curling Amos, Amos, Quebec 

Nunavut
Skip: Angela Dale 
Third: Annette Boucher 
Second: Megan Ingram 
Lead: Rebecca Pearson
Qavik Curling Club, Rankin Inlet, Nunavut 

Northern Ontario
Skip: Kathie Jackson 
Third: Teresa McFayden 
Second: Jackie McCormick 
Lead: Leanne Eluik
Fort Frances Curling Club, Fort Frances, Ontario 

Saskatchewan
Skip: Candace Newkirk 
Third: Tina Hill 
Second: Kaitlin Corbin 
Lead: Rebecca Fowler

Northwest Territories
Skip: Diane Baxter 
Third: Donna Maring 
Second: Eleanor Jerome 
Lead: Wilhelmina Lennie
Moose Jaw Ford Curling Center, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan 

Newfoundland and Labrador
Skip: Pam Osborne 
Third: Candy Thomas 
Second: Carolyn Walters 
Lead: Susie Ennis
St. John’s Curling Club, St. John’s, Newfoundland 

Manitoba
Skip: Marlene Lang 
Third: Pamela Kok 
Second: Jackie Hendrickson 
Lead: Lori Campbell
St. Vital Curling Club​, Winnipeg, Manitoba 

Men

Ontario 
Skip: Mike Benjamins 
Third: Kevin Ross 
Second: Jeff Fotheringham 
Lead: Don Wilkin
Palmerston Curling Club, Palmerston, Ontario 

Alberta 
Skip: Curtis Harrish 
Third: Brian Kushinski 
Second: Tyler Wasieczko 
Lead: Daniel Munro
Calmar Curling Club, Calmar, Alberta 

Prince Edward Island
Skip: Freddy Fraser 
Third: Daryl Macdonald 
Second: Blaine Hutt 
Lead: John Ellsworth
Western Community Curling Club, Alberton, P.E.I. 

Yukon
​Skip: Jim Sias 
Third: Greg Thom 
Second: Lee Malanchuk 
Lead: Brad Wilson
Whitehorse Curling Club, Whitehorse, Yukon 

British Columbica
Skip: Kevin Britz 
Third: Kenneth Britz 
Second: James Crawford 
Lead: Darren Jarvis
Chilliwack Curling Club, Chilliwack, B.C. 

Saskatchewan
Skip: Shane Vollman 
Third: Kevin Fetsch 
Second: Garry Janz 
Lead: Robert Sonder
Highland Curling Club, Regina, Saskatchewan 

Nova Scotia
Skip: Mike Callaghan 
Third: Logan Ward 
Second: Ian Wilson 
Lead: Brad Wilson​
​Mayflower Curling Club, Halifax, Nova Scotia 

New Brunswick
Skip: Shawn Ingersoll 
Third: Moe Gautreau 
Second: Michael Prince 
Lead: Hubert Williston
Miramichi Curling Club, Miramichi, New Brunswick  
12 Aug 2015

Québec
Skip: Stephane Lamy 
Third: Eric Gravel 
Second: Gaetan Lachapelle 
Lead: Pierre Clermont
Club de Curling de Laval sur le Lac, Laval, Quebec

Nunavut
Skip: Edmund MacDonald 
Third: Greg Howard 
Second: Darryl McGrath 
Lead: Alexandre Larabie
Iqaluit Curling Club, Iqaluit, Nunavut 

Northern Ontario
Skip: Mike Assad 
Third: Mitch Shallow 
Second: Andrew Hackner 
Lead: Dwayne Sutherland
Geraldton Curling Club, Geraldton, Ontario 

Northwest Territories
Skip: Nick Saturnino 
Third: Mark Robertson 
Second: Kevin McLeod 
Lead: Gordie Kasook
Inuvik Curling Club, Inuvik, N.W.T. 

Newfoundland and Labrador
Skip: Andrew Symonds 
Third: Mark Healy 
Second: Cory Ewart 
Lead: Keith Jewer
St. John’s Curling Club, St. John’s, Newfoundland 

Manitoba

Skip: Tyler Drews 
Third: Joshua Drews 
Second: Daryl Evans 
Lead: Jake Zelenewich
Fort Rouge Curling Club, Winnipeg, Manitoba 

Weekly posts - Nov. 15th - Nov. 21st

Sunday

• 2016 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship - Alberta wins
• Weekly posts - Nov. 8th - Nov. 14th
• 2015 The National - Gushue and Homan win

Monday

• Gushue and Homan win The National

Wednesday

• Ferbey is the last of his kind
• CTRS and WCT Weekly Recap Nov 11th - Nov. 15th 2015
• Gushue is feeling better

Thursday

• WCF bans High-Tech brooms
• All about mixed curling
• Ben Herbet talks about the lighter side of curling
• Kelsey Rocque in "Find My Way to Win"
• 2015 European Curling Championships - Division A Teams
• 2015 European Curling Championships - Division B Teams
• 2015 European Curling Championships - Division C Teams
• 2015 European Curling Championships - Draw
• 2015 European Curling Championships - Television Schedule

Friday

• 2015 European Curling Championships - Danish Prince Opens ECC 2015
• Simmons is working out the kinks
• Scotties Tournament of Hearts Champions 1982-1991 video

Saturday

• You Won't Believe What They're Doing To Your Favorite Sport - Video

You Won't Believe What They're Doing To Your Favorite Sport - Video

Here is a funny video from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 

Scotties Tournament of Hearts Champions 1982-1991 video

Curling Canada has posted a video: Scotties Tournament of Hearts Champions 1982-1991

Simmons is working out the kinks

Working out the kinks

2015 European Curling Championships - Danish Prince Opens ECC 2015

The WCF has posted a video from the 2015 European Curling Championships

2015 European Curling Championships - Television Schedule

Here is the television schedule for the 2015 European Curling Championships which will be held from November 20 to 28 in Esbjerg, Denmark. Al games are on TSN.

2015 European Curling Championships - Draw

Here is the draw for the 2015 European Curling Championships which will be held from November 20 to 28 in Esbjerg, Denmark.

Division A

PLAYING SCHEDULE
Day	D	M	#	Draw	Time	Sheet A	Sheet B	Sheet C	Sheet D	Sheet E
Fri	20	Nov	1	w1	1730	sui v rus	sco v den	swe v fin	ger v est	nor v hun
Sat	21	Nov	2	M1	0900	NOR v SCO	SUI v GER	RUS v ITA	SWE v CZE	NED v FIN
			3	w2	1400	den v ger	rus v est	nor v sui	hun v fin	sco v swe
			4	M2	1900	GER v SWE	SCO v CZE	NED v NOR	FIN v ITA	SUI v RUS
Sun	22	Nov	5	w3	0800	fin v sco	sui v hun	rus v ger	swe v nor	den v est
			6	M3	1200	ITA v SUI	NOR v FIN	SCO v SWE	RUS v NED	GER v CZE
			7	w4	1600	est v nor	swe v ger	hun v den	fin v sui	rus v sco
Mon	23	Nov	8	M4	0900	CZE v NED	RUS v SWE	FIN v GER	ITA v NOR	SCO v SUI
			9	w5	1400	swe v den	nor v rus	sui v est	sco v hun	ger v fin
			10	M5	1900	RUS v GER	NED v SCO	NOR v CZE	SUI v FIN	SWE v ITA
Tue	24	Nov	11	w6	0900	nor v fin	den v sui	ger v sco	est v swe	hun v rus
			12	M6	1400	NED v ITA	GER v NOR	SWE v SUI	CZE v RUS	FIN v SCO
			13	w7	1900	sco v est	hun v swe	fin v rus	nor v den	sui v ger
Wed	25	Nov	14	M7	0800	SUI v CZE	FIN v RUS	ITA v SCO	NED v GER	NOR v SWE
			15	w8	1200	rus v swe	ger v nor	est v hun	sui v sco	fin v den
			16	M8	1600	SCO v RUS	SWE v NED	CZE v FIN	NOR v SUI	ITA v GER
			17	w9	2000	ger v hun	est v fin	sco v nor	den v rus	swe v sui
Thu	26	Nov	18	M9	0900	SWE v FIN	CZE v ITA	SUI v NED	GER v SCO	RUS v NOR
			19	TB	1400	Tiebreaker Session
			20	SF	1900	Semi-Finals: Women 1 v 4 and 2 v 3 games
Fri	27	Nov	21	SF	1330	Semi-Finals: Men 1 v 4 and 2 v 3 games
			22	BRZ	1900	Bronze Medal Games: Men & Women + World Challenge Games
Sat	28	Nov	23	Final	1000	Gold Medal Game: Men
			24	Final	1500	Gold Medal Game: Women

Division B

PLAYING SCHEDULE
Day	D	M	#	Draw	Time	Sheet A	Sheet B	Sheet C	Sheet D
Thu	19	Nov	1	w1	2000	ned v fra	svk v tur		pol v lat
Fri	20	Nov	2	MA1	0800	BEL v DEN	POL v LTU	TUR v HUN	WAL v SVK
			3	w2	1200	ita v eng	lat v cze	ned v pol	tur v aut
			4	MB1	1730	LAT v AUT	CRO v ESP	ENG v EST	ISR v SLO
Sat	21	Nov	5	w3	0800	fra v svk	ned v ita	aut v lat	cze v eng
			6	MA2	1200	HUN v SVK	TUR v WAL	DEN v LTU	BEL v POL
			7	w4	1600	aut v cze	fra v pol	eng v tur	svk v ita
			8	MB2	2000	EST v SLO	ENG v ISR	AUT v ESP	LAT v CRO
Sun	22	Nov	9	w5	0800	lat v ita	aut v ned	svk v cze	eng v fra
			10	MA3	1200	TUR v LTU	BEL v SVK	WAL v POL	DEN v HUN
			11	MB3	1600	ENG v ESP	LAT v SLO	ISR v CRO	AUT v EST
			12	MA4	2000	POL v HUN	WAL v DEN	BEL v TUR	SVK v LTU
Mon	23	Nov	13	MB4	0800	CRO v EST	ISR v AUT	LAT v ENG	SLO v ESP
			14	w6	1200	tur v pol	lat v eng	ita v aut	ned v cze
			15	MA5	1600	WAL v BEL	LTU v HUN	POL v SVK	TUR v DEN
			16	w7	2000	eng v ned	cze v pol	fra v tur	aut v svk
Tue	24	Nov	17	MA6	0800	DEN v POL	SVK v TUR	LTU v BEL	HUN v WAL
			18	w8	1200	cze v tur	ned v lat	aut v eng	ita v pol
			19	MB5	1600	ISR v LAT	ESP v EST	CRO v SLO	ENG v AUT
			20	w9	2000	fra v aut	eng v svk	cze v ita	lat v tur
Wed	25	Nov	21	MB6	0800	AUT v CRO	SLO v ENG	ESP v LAT	EST v ISR
			22	w10	1200	svk v lat	pol v aut	tur v ned	fra v cze
			23	MA7	1600	LTU v WAL	HUN v BEL	SVK v DEN	POL v TUR
			24	w11	2000	pol v eng	tur v ita	lat v fra	svk v ned
Thu	26	Nov	25	MB7	0800	ESP v ISR	EST v LAT	SLO v AUT	CRO v ENG
			26	w12/TB	1200	TB MA Group	ita v fra	pol v svk	TB MA Group
			27	TB	1600	Tie-breakers, if required for Women and Men's Group-B
			28	M/w	2000	(MA2 v MB3) + (MA3 v MB2) + (W1 v W4) + (W2 v W3)
Fri	27	Nov	29	M	0900	(MA1 v winner qual.) + (MB1 v winner qual.) + (MA7 v MB7) + (MA8 v MB8)
			30	M/w	1330	Men & Women Gold and Bronze Medal Games
			31	M/w	1900	Challenge Game #1 in the A-Division venue
Sat	28	Nov	32	M/w	0900	Challenge Game #2 in the B-Division venue + (L-MA7 v MB7 v W-MA8 v MB8)
			33	M/w	1400	Challenge Game #3 in the B-Division venue

Division C

PRACTICE SCHEDULE & OFFICIAL EVENTS
Day	D	M		Sheet A	Sheet B	Sheet C	Sheet D	Sheet E	Sheet F
Mon	12	Oct	0900	ISL	IRL	AND	BLR	SLO	x
			1015	ROU	LUX	SVK	SRB	BUL	x
			1130	Team Meeting - Centre paroissial et culturel de Champéry (CPC Champéry ) & Ice Maintenance
			1230	FRA	svk	irl	cro	fra
			1345	x		rou	esp	slo	blr
			2000	Opening Ceremony (off-ice - Halle Polyvalente du Palladium) & Welcome Reception - Restaurant du Palladium
Sat	17	Oct	1700 (Approx)	Closing Ceremony straight after final at the venue
			1930	Closing Banquet - Halle Polyvalente du Palladium
Women's Teams practice for 12 mins on a sheet, rotating from B to C to D to E to F (no A)
Men's Teams practice for 12 mins on a sheet, rotating from A to B to C to D to E (no F)