Olympic Qualifying Fills My Brain si.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from si.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Sherry Anderson has made more than a few impressive shots over the years.
The one she remembers best came in the 13th draw of what was then called the Scott Tournament of Hearts. It was 1994, and Anderson was making her first appearance at the Canadian women’s curling championship.
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Her opponent was Connie Laliberte, the formidable skip from Manitoba who had previously led her rink to a world championship. In the sixth end, Laliberte put a guard on her shot rock, but it curled just a little too much, Anderson recalls.
Oakbank family builds official-size curling rink to sweep away pandemic blues By: Rosanna Hempel
OAKBANK A local family is sure to be the envy of Manitoba’s curling community.
OAKBANK A local family is sure to be the envy of Manitoba’s curling community.
On Sunday night, they threw their first rocks across the homemade curling sheet they built inside a repurposed storage barn on Van Ryssel Farms.
When CurlManitoba postponed 18-year-old skip Aaron Van Ryssel’s under-18 provincial qualifier bonspiel in the face of code-red restrictions last month, his parents, Faith and Jeff, hatched a plan to keep him sliding and sweeping.
Jennifer Jones and Gordon Hudson rinks top Manitoba Curling lists sootoday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sootoday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Author of the article: Paul Friesen
Publishing date: Dec 15, 2020 • December 15, 2020 • 1 minute read • (Right to left) Gold medalists Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen and Kirsten Wall of Canada celebrate during the flower ceremony for the Gold medal match between Sweden and Canada on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on Feb. 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Photo by Clive Mason /Getty Images
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Jennifer Jones is No. 1.
The Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame has produced a list of the province’s most notable teams, and the Olympic gold medalist, two-time world champion and six-time Canadian champ hit the button.