…onduct with curling ability during the round robin as voted on by the participating players. The Marliese Miller Team was also named the SaskSport Team of the Month for February 2003 and the SaskSport Team of the Year for 2003. The team was also named to the Saskatchewan Curling Association Legends of Curling Honour Roll for their accomplishment. Installed in the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame on June 16, 2007. Left to Right: Front Row: Chelsey… Read more →
…rcher Junior Men’s National Curling Championship, 2005; World Junior Men’s Curling Championship, 2005 Curling out of Regina, the 2005 Kyle George Curling Team, consisting of skip Kyle George, third Justin Mihalicz, second David Kidby, lead Chris Hebert, alternative Dustin Kidby, and coach Dwayne Mihalicz, became one of the only thirteen Saskatchewan rinks to win the Canadian Junior Men’s Championship. This competition would prove only a stepping s… Read more →
…ee Tim Hortons Briers. She had the same role for the 2001 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials and the inaugural Continental Cup of Curling the next year. Her international hosting experience continued with the 2011 Ford Men’s World Curling Championships where she served as Curl Regina bid committee chairperson. She said one of her most rewarding experiences was as bid committee chairperson and host committee chair of the Canadian Wheelchair Curling Ch… Read more →
…on (second), and Dave Folk (lead) Eugene Hritzuk is well known in Canadian curling circles. He enhanced his curling profile when he skipped his rink comprised of Kevin Kalthoff (third), Verne Anderson (second), and Dave Folk (lead), to the 2008 Canadian Senior Men’s Curling Championship and the 2009 World Senior Men’s Curling Championships. What sets the Hritzuk rink apart from other senior teams is their ability to deliver key shots under pressur… Read more →
…Team (Canadian Mixed Champions, Bernie Yuzdepski attending) 1980 Rick Folk Curling Team (Canadian and World Men’s Curling Champions, Jim Wilson attending) 2009 Eugene Hritzuk Curling Team (Canadian and World Senior Men’s Curling Champions, Eugene Hritzuk, Verne Anderson and Dave Folk attending) The SSHF would like to sincerely thank the World Women’s Curling Championship organizing committee, the Saskatchewan Hockey Hall of Fame and our Master of… Read more →
…rt at this event. Many honours have come Laurie Artiss’ way. The Saskatchewan Sales and Marketing Club selected him as “Man of the Year” in 1973 for his promotion successes with the Silver Broom of that year, and he captured two “Scotty” Harper Awards (1974 and 1984) from the Saskatchewan Curling Association. The Saskatchewan Curling Association named him the winner of the “Scotty Richardson” Memorial Award in 1979 and he was one of the inaugural… Read more →
…: Canadian Senior Women’s Curling Championship, 2003; World Senior Women’s Curling Championship, 2003 Nancy Kerr’s curling team took on the province and country in 2003. Then they took on the world. By the end of the season the Regina foursome had been crowned senior women’s curling champions in Saskatchewan, Canada and the world. The Kerr rink began its journey at the SaskTel Mobility Cup Saskatchewan Senior Women’s curling Championship in Weybur… Read more →
…develop. The sweeping style of the Westerners as well as their mastery of curling strategy was also a type rarely seen in Eastern women’s curling. The “Joyce McKee Rinks” of Saskatchewan were a success on and off the ice. These three teams played a significant role in helping to establish the Canadian Ladies Curling Association Championship as a major National sporting event. Installed in the Sports Hall of Fame on March 31, 1973. Left to Right:… Read more →
…stone. Granite is both lighter and better suited to the environments where curling is played. All of the granite for curling stones comes from two places, Ailsa Craig, an island in Scotland, and the Trefor Granite Quarry in Wales. Kays of Scotland has been making stones from the Ailsa Craig granite since 1851. While granite stones have always been the standard in curling, there was a time in Canada when granite wasn’t as accessible. To meet the ne… Read more →
…develop. The sweeping style of the Westerners as well as their mastery of curling strategy was also a type rarely seen in Eastern women’s curling. The “Joyce McKee Rinks” of Saskatchewan were a success on and off the ice. These three winning teams played a significant role in helping to establish the Canadian Ladies Curling Association Championship as a major National sporting event. Installed in the Sports Hall of Fame on March 31, 1973. Left to… Read more →
…develop. The sweeping style of the Westerners as well as their mastery of curling strategy was also a type rarely seen in Eastern women’s curling. The “Joyce McKee Rinks” of Saskatchewan were a success on and off the ice. These three winning teams played a significant role in helping to establish the Canadian Ladies Curling Association Championship as a major National sporting event. Installed in the Sports Hall of Fame on March 31, 1973. Left to… Read more →
…one loss, along with four world championships. Individually, Ernie Richardson was inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in 1971 to honor his remarkable curling career. The Richardson rink was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1968 and Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in 1973. This team has long been admired not only for their curling expertise but for their development of the game. Installed in the Saskatchewan Sports Ha… Read more →
…forced a sudden death playoff for the championship. The Secord team won that game 10-7 in an exciting game that came down to last rock to claim the Sifton trophy and the Canadian Schoolboy Curling Championship. In 1954, the Secord team participated in the demonstration sport of curling at the British Empire Games in Vancouver, BC. The Bayne Secord Curling Team was inducted into the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame in 1995. Installed in the Saskatchew… Read more →
…Junior Men’s Curling Champions, 2003. When the Steve Laycock junior men’s curling team from Saskatoon captured the 2003 World Junior Men’s Curling Championship, they accomplished what no other Saskatchewan junior team had done before. Laycock, together with third Chris Haichert, second Mike Jantzen, lead Kyler Broad and alternate Ben Hebert and under the coaching guidance of Barry Fiendell, brought home gold from 2003 Star Choice Junior Men’s Wor… Read more →
…winning lineup. The 1978 rink reassembled at Nanaimo, British Columbia in 1981 and Sarnia, Ontario in 1983 to place second each time. The team’s final national seniors appearance came in 1984 at St. John’s, Newfoundland with a third place finish. One of Art, Gay and Elmer Knutson’s initial curling successes came in 1967 when they became Saskatchewan’s Men’s Curling Champions on the D.J. Wankel Rink. The team went on to compete at the McDonald Brie… Read more →