2023 Golden Granite Awards

#BetweenTheSheets: And The Award Goes To...

The Return of the Golden Granite Awards

COVID-19 can knock you down but it cannot keep you down!

After the pandemic derailed our curling seasons over the past few years, 2022/2023 seemed to mark a full return to our regularly scheduled program.

And with that comes the return of the best post-season tradition on ice: The Golden Granite Awards!

Ok, I may be biased and hyping up my own awards show. But why not, right?

The Golden Granite Awards were first handed out at the conclusion of the 2015/2016 season.

TwineTime had no idea if the sport of curling would be interested in participating in award season.

But the feedback from the rock heads leaned into the Golden Granite Awards and history was made.

The awards continued in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.

Who knew a pandemic would try to ruin a milestone event when the Golden Granite Awards celebrated the 5 year history mark?

And while there may be some gap years in between from the last time these golden statues were handed out, you cannot keep a Golden Granite in the hack for too long.

All your favourite categories return for 2023. Each day a new category will be announced and the Golden Granite award winner will be revealed.

Yes, it means you have to come back to this blog space daily to check out the winner.

The Oscars are a 5 hour show and you still watch. Why can't the Golden Granite Awards be drawn out over multiple days? Curling over Movies right?!

Enough pre-show banter. Time to raise the red curtain and celebrate the return of the Golden Granite!

Champions Cup Preview

 #BetweenTheSheets: Champions Cup Preview

A fond farewell the final slam event...for now?

Are you ready to say a fond farewell rockheads?

When the final rock stops spinning at the Champions Cup in Regina, we will be saying a few farewells.

We will say goodbye to the 2022/23 curling season. And what a season it has been.

But, perhaps to a great level of sadness, we will say goodbye to the Champions Cup event.

It has been announced the Champions Cup event will officially be put on hiatus after this season.

An event started in 2016 will be taking its last slide at The Co-operators Centre on Sunday May 7 with the men's and women's finals.

It will be a bit sad to see this event fall into the boards.

The Champions Cup really is a celebratory event, bringing together event champions for one final Battle Royal to crown the ultimate Champion of the Season.

Unlike other #gsoc events, qualification into this event is not based on ranking points. If you want a ticket to this event, you need to earn your spot...literally!

Each team competing won an event this season, whether it be a Grand Slam of Curling event or a tour event or a world championship or a national championship.

There are no freebie handouts in this field. No event lives up to the #WinAndIn motto more than the Champions Cup.

And now we will bit it a fond farewell...but maybe only temporarily? 🤞🤞