#STOH2025 Preview

#BetweenTheSheets: STOH 2025 Preview

The Homan Empire vs. Canada

Canada's best female curlers are ready to hit the ice in Thunder Bay with one goal in mind: Dethrone the Empire.

The Homan Empire that is.

Team Homan has been dominating the curling house for two seasons now. It started last year and has continued this year with their impressive overall record and #GSOC titles.

And while we mean it in jest, there is some fact behind the statement of The Homan Empire vs. Canada.

The Empire has only taken 4 hits this season. None were knockout shots to bring them down.

And of those 4 losses this season, only 1 has come from a fellow Canadian team (Team Einarson, Tour Challenge Tier I final).

Can The Homan Empire reign supreme over the Fort William Gardens ice in Thunder Bay, ON?

Or will a surprise challenger emerge to take down the overwhelming #Fav?

Everyone loves a good underdog story, right? We love to cheer on a #TeamUpset or two, right?

Are you ready for the 2025 Scotties Tournament of Hearts?

Playdown Party 2025

 #BetweenTheSheets: Playdown Party 2025

Who can punch a ticket to the Scotties and Brier?

Let the tradition continue and the party resume.

This upcoming week will be THE BIGGEST PLAYDOWN PARTY of the season!!

We have EIGHT (8!!) women's provincial playdown championships to watch.

We have SIX (6!!) men's provincial playdown championships to watch.

And #TwineTime has the FULL PREVIEW of all FOURTEEN (14!!!!!) championships for you rock heads.

As a #TwineTime loyal reader and follower, consider this your invite into the party as well.

And of course this is why the BIGGEST PLAYDOWN PARTY blog post of the season welcomes back the Wayne's World graphic to open this post. We don't mess with tradition, right?

Ready to "Party On"??!!

The Masters Preview

 #BetweenTheSheets: WFG Masters Preview

The #GSOC changes continue...

"The more things change, the more they are the same."

The 1849 quote from French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr could be applied to the Grand Slam of Curling.

Changes continue to come from the new ownership group.

But do the changes produce new results?

For Team Homan and Team Mouat, Karr's quote rings true. Bring on technical or format changes and we will just continue to win and win and win.

The question being asked now is, "Are these the RIGHT changes?"

Only time will tell...

FINAL Power Rankings 2024

 #BetweenTheSheets: FINAL 2024 Power Rankings

Who ends the year atop the mountain?

"Fall seven times, stand up eight."

- Japanese Proverb

A perfect mindset to have heading into a new year.

And one that can resonate with athletes from any sport.

Sport is never perfect. Not every game of every season is going to go your way.

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. But it is how you respond to the tough times that truly can define your real success.

Curlers are no different.

Sometimes they fall, literally and figuratively, in the sport.

For some curling teams (and nations), perhaps the start of the 2024/25 season has not been as ideal as one would have hoped heading into the season.

With the calendar switching over to 2025, considered this your reset moment.

Reset the mind. Reset the body. Reset the results.

For each fall, you stand up.

But this is also a reminder for those teams (and nation) who have found great success this season.

A fall may still be coming. Nothing is perfect. And when, not if, you fall, remember to get right back up.

For us non-athlete people, this proverb holds true as well.

Perhaps you had a great year. Perhaps it was a horrible year. And perhaps it was mediocre.

We can all agree is was not perfect. We all probably fell a few times, maybe more than seven times.

But we are still standing. And lets continue to stand going into 2025.

Power Rankings - W19

#BetweenTheSheets: Power Rankings - Week 19

The Boooo Birds flocked to the ice in St. John's

The birds were out in Newfoundland over the week.

And we are not talking about the birds hovering over the ocean and flying overhead.

No, we are talking about the birds more commonly found in sports arenas.

The Boooo Birds 🐦🐦

If you have ever attended a football game or hockey game or soccer match, you know the #BooooBird sound.

You may have even been a Boooo Bird yourself.

But this weekend at the Kioti National in St. John's, the curling community saw the Boooo Birds hover over the Mary Brown Centre.

Welcome to the new age of curling folks.

And yes, Boooo does need 4 "o"'s to correctly capture the sound.