Monday 23 December 2019

#Top9 of '19

#BetweenTheSheets: Top 9 of 2019
Which blog posts landed closest to the button this past year?



Your top spotify songs of the year unwrapped.

Your Top 9 on IG.

The top songs of the year. Top movies. Highest earning athlete. Most memorable sports moment.

The lists go on and on and on and on.....

So why shouldn't the #TwineTime blog continue the trend?

Welcome to the Top 9 of 2019 blog post where we discuss the top posts of the past year.

Tuesday 17 December 2019

#PowerRankings W21

#BetweenTheSheets: A Ranking Mountain Rockslide?
Some teams made a serious climb while others took a major fall


Another slam in the books. Ok not just another slam but the second major of the season. The Boost National brought its final rock to a spinning halt Sunday afternoon at Conception Bay South Arena.

In the end two familiar teams were left standing above the rest. It was a case of deja vu for curling fans who may have rubbed their eyes a bit and asked if they were suffering from Groundhog Day Syndrome seeing the same two teams lift the championship trophy as we saw back in November at the last slam.

But the slam results were not the only rumblings rocking the curling house this past weekend. If you followed the #twitterspiel, which you all should be doing by now, you would have seen a familiar topic of discussion turns its rock handle once again.

Wednesday 11 December 2019

#BoostNational Preview + #PowerRankings W20

#BetweenTheSheets: Purple Power
Preview the upcoming Boost National PLUS updated Power Rankings


This is an action-packed blog post rock heads. We have some #INturns and #OUTturns to highlight. We have an update on the #PowerRankings, including the Nation rankings. Plus we have the preview for the upcoming Boost National grand slam event.

Lots of rocks in play. A messy house. All the drama. No time for pleasantries. Brooms down, lets go!

Tuesday 3 December 2019

#PowerRankings W19

#BetweenTheSheets: A Slide Towards Equality
Plus updated #PowerRankings



During Championship Sunday at the Canada Cup in Leduc this past weekend, Curling Canada Chief Executive Officer Katherine Henderson made the equality announcement curling athletes and fans have been waiting for years to hear. The Scotties and Brier, the Canadian national championship events, would finally have equal pay. "Equal pay for equal work" as Henderson has been quoted as saying.

Starting with the 2020 championships, the total purse at both events will be an equal $300,000. The champions from both events will earn $105,000 each, which includes cresting and prize money. Runner-ups will receive $65,000 while bronze medal winners receive $45,000. The remaining $85,000 will be allocated among the remaining competing teams depending on final placement.

For comparison sake, at the 2019 championships Team Koe earned $105,000 for their Brier win while Team Carey earned $59,000 for the Scotties title. A nice, and needed, hefty jump for our female athletes.

When we look at total purse amounts from last year, the Brier awarded $293,000 while the Scotties handed out $165,000. The new purse almost doubles for the Scotties by comparison and we even see a slight increase at the Brier.

The clarity on where the extra funding will come from has not been released based on media statements I have read so whether Curling Canada has strengthened existing sponsorship deals or is just carving a larger piece of the pie out of their own operating dollars, the end result is still savory and sweet.

The announcement was certainly a nice slide out of the hack but in the bigger picture of the sport, have we even crossed the hog line for equality?