Thursday 27 January 2022

#STOH2022 Preview

#BetweenTheSheet: Welcome to the #IceBubble...Again!

18 teams enter. 1 will survive.

Are you ready for some curling?

Don't you wish we could have some Canadian celebratory sing an opening theme song similar to what we see for "Sunday Night Football" or "Monday Night Football"?

Give me some Brett Kissel or Hunter Brothers. How about some Drake or Justin Bieber?

Maybe a throwback with Shania Twain or Nelly Furtado or Corey Hart?

Canada has so many outstanding musicians, why can we not have a curling promo song leading into our national championship events? A "Season of Champions" theme!

TSN, Curling Canada, The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Science. Get that partnership going already and lets make it happen!!

Ok lets focus on curling.

Ready to crown our next national champion?

Friday 21 January 2022

2022 Winter Olympics 50/50 Pool

 #BetweenTheSheets: Can YOU Win Olympic Gold?

Enter the #TwineTime 50/50 pool and navigate the draw path to gold



Have you caught Olympic fever yet?

We are only a few weeks away from the Opening Ceremonies of Beijing 2022 and kicking off the pinnacle of sport.

As we saw in 2018, curling will be out of the hack before the lighting of the Olympic cauldron at the Opening Ceremonies. Mixed doubles will hit the ice in less than two weeks. The first rock is set to be thrown on Wednesday February 2.

The Opening Ceremonies are a few days later on Friday February 4.

Curling will run from pre-Opening Ceremonies right through to the final day of competition on Sunday February 22.

Yup, a full 19 straight days of competition for the sport. The only sport, once again, to operate the full duration...and then some.

And yes, I recognize many sports fans, curling fans included, are not supportive of the 2022 Winter Olympics for a handful of reasons. From COVID concerns to Chinese human rights issues to everything in between and elsewhere, these are legit reasons to not be in support of these games.

However, lets not punish our athletes by not wishing them the best of luck and supporting them as they chase their dreams. We still can wish all the athletes best of luck competing and chasing not only Olympic medals but personal bests.

And celebrate the accomplishment of even qualifying and competing at the Winter Olympics. A great achievement for any athlete in any sport.

To those competing, congrats and good luck!

Now as a fan, ask yourself the following questions:
  • Do you like watching curling?
  • Do you like raising money for a good cause?
  • Do you like winning money?
If you answered yes to at least one (hopefully all) of the questions above, read on dear friend.  #TwineTime has a deal for you!

Sunday 16 January 2022

#WQE2022 Preview

#BetweenTheSheets: "Lake City" Becomes An "IceBubble"
Final world championship berths to be decided in Lohja, Finland

Lohja, Finland is becoming a curling hot spot.

The city, located in the southwest Finland, is only an hour outside Helsinki. Lohja has a population just shy of 46,000 and is known as a garden city on the lake.

The "Lake City" freezes over in the winter months and becomes the house of curling.

Lohja hosted the World Qualification Event in 2020 as well as the World Wheelchair B-Curling Championship in April 2021.

The city has played host to 4 World Junior-B Championships over the years as well and was slated to host the same event once again a few weeks ago but the event was cancelled due to rising COVID concerns.

For #WQE2022, the event will take place inside a COVID-secure bubble.

Welcome to the #IceBubble in Lake City!