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Winners of the A Event, the Hogline Honeys from Revelstoke – Skipped by Kody Moncrief, Third Brady Blake, Second Tim Work, Lead Chad Gillespie. (Contributed by Revelstoke Curling Club)

69th Revelstoke Bonspiel draws curlers from across the province

The event took place at the Revelstoke Curling Club from Mar. 3 to 5

 

Ina Forrest smiles during action in Richmond at the 2023 World Wheelchair Curling Championships. (WCF/Cheyenne Boone)

Spallumcheen’s Ina Forrest wins silver for Team Canada

Canada fell 5-2 to China in the final of the 2023 World Wheelchair Curling Championships

 

Spallumcheen’s Ina Forrest and Team Canada have qualified for the semifinals at the 2023 World Wheelchair Curling Championships in Richmond. (World Curling Federation/Cheyenne Boone)

North Okanagan curler helps Canada into final four at World Wheelchair finals

Spallumcheen’s Ina Forrest and her Team Canada mates play Saturday; finished second at 9-2

 

Spallumcheen’s Ina Forrest (right) and Team Canada went 1-1 Wednesday, March 8, at the 2023 World Wheelchair Curling Championships in Richmond. Canada has qualified for the playoff round. (WCF/Cheyenne Boone)

Spallumcheen’s Forrest, Team Canada qualify for playoffs

Ina Forrest and Team Canada went 1-1 Wednesday at World Wheelchair Curling finals in Richmond

Spallumcheen’s Ina Forrest (right) and Team Canada went 1-1 Wednesday, March 8, at the 2023 World Wheelchair Curling Championships in Richmond. Canada has qualified for the playoff round. (WCF/Cheyenne Boone)
Ina Forrest fist pumps a competitor at the World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2023, Richmond, Canada. (WCF/Cheyenne Boone)

Lucky seven for Spallumcheen female wheelchair curler

Ina Forrest and Team Canada rattle off 7 consecutive wins at World Championships in Richmond

Ina Forrest fist pumps a competitor at the World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2023, Richmond, Canada. (WCF/Cheyenne Boone)
Spallumcheen’s Ina Forrest and Team Canada have won five straight games at the 2023 World Wheelchair Curling Championships in Richmond. (Angela Burger - file photo)

Spallumcheen’s Forrest continues winning ways with Canada

Ina Forrest and Team Canada have won five straight games at World Wheelchair Curling finals in Richmond

Spallumcheen’s Ina Forrest and Team Canada have won five straight games at the 2023 World Wheelchair Curling Championships in Richmond. (Angela Burger - file photo)
Spallumcheen’s Ina Forrest (right) and Mark Ideson have won three straight matches and sit at 3-1 at the 12-country World Wheelchair Curling Championships in Richmond. (Angela Burger/Canadian Paralympic Committee file photo)

Spallumcheen wheelchair curler, Team Canada rolling in Richmond

Ina Forrest and teammates rattle off three straight wins at World Chamionships

Spallumcheen’s Ina Forrest (right) and Mark Ideson have won three straight matches and sit at 3-1 at the 12-country World Wheelchair Curling Championships in Richmond. (Angela Burger/Canadian Paralympic Committee file photo)
Manitoba skip Jennifer Jones celebrates after defeating Northern Ontario skip Krista McCarville, back right, in a playoff match to reach the final at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, in Kamloops, B.C., on Saturday, February 25, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Jennifer Jones on verge of Canadian women’s curling record

46-year-old could become first woman to win 7 Canadian women’s championships on Sunday

Manitoba skip Jennifer Jones celebrates after defeating Northern Ontario skip Krista McCarville, back right, in a playoff match to reach the final at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, in Kamloops, B.C., on Saturday, February 25, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Armstrong’s Jack Campbell watches a rock slide through the house at the B.C. Stick Curling Championships held Feb. 17-19 at the Armstrong Curling Club. Campbell and partner Derrell Sears won the Open Division Championship. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)

Okanagan teams victorious at B.C. Stick Curling finals

Hometown duo win Open Division at Armstrong Curling Club; Kelowna pair take Women’s Division

Armstrong’s Jack Campbell watches a rock slide through the house at the B.C. Stick Curling Championships held Feb. 17-19 at the Armstrong Curling Club. Campbell and partner Derrell Sears won the Open Division Championship. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)
Team Wild Card 3 skip Meghan Walter calls out to the sweepers while playing Manitoba at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, in Kamloops, B.C., on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Wild cards a wild ride to Canadian women’s curling championship

3 wild card spots offer a final way in for teams that don’t win provincially or territorially

Team Wild Card 3 skip Meghan Walter calls out to the sweepers while playing Manitoba at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, in Kamloops, B.C., on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
British Columbia coach Niklas Edin, back centre, talks with third Kayla MacMillan, front left, as skip Clancy Grandy, front right, looks on before playing Prince Edward Island at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, in Kamloops, B.C., on Friday, February 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C.’s Grandy recruits Olympic champ Niklas Edin to coach in Hearts

‘He’s the best at what he does in the game, in my opinion’

British Columbia coach Niklas Edin, back centre, talks with third Kayla MacMillan, front left, as skip Clancy Grandy, front right, looks on before playing Prince Edward Island at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, in Kamloops, B.C., on Friday, February 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
(Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)

B.C. stick curling championships underway in Armstrong

16 teams competing for the chance to move onto the national championships

(Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)
Armstrong’s Tim Smith will be among the competitors at the B.C. Open and B.C. Women’s Stick Curling Championships Friday to Sunday, Feb. 17-19, at Smith’s home Armstrong Curling Club. First draw goes at 8 a.m. Friday. (Black Press - file photo)

B.C. stick curlers sweep into finals in Armstrong

Provincial championships for open and women’s divisions draw 16 rinks to North Okanagan

Armstrong’s Tim Smith will be among the competitors at the B.C. Open and B.C. Women’s Stick Curling Championships Friday to Sunday, Feb. 17-19, at Smith’s home Armstrong Curling Club. First draw goes at 8 a.m. Friday. (Black Press - file photo)
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Scotties Tournament of Hearts slides into Kamloops this weekend

Sandman Centre to play host to top Canadian curlers

  • Feb 13, 2023
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Team Blaeser, made up of Kaiden Beck, Nolan Blaeser, Nolan Beck and Koen Hampshire and coach Dale Hofer, finished the Canadian U18 Curling Championships in Timmins, Ont. with a 2-4 record, following an 8-6 victory over a rink from London, Ont. Thursday, Feb. 9. (Team Blaeser Facebook)

B.C. U18 curling champs win final game at nationals

The Salmon Arm-Vernon quartet ends up 2-4 after an 8-6 win over a team from London, Ont.

Team Blaeser, made up of Kaiden Beck, Nolan Blaeser, Nolan Beck and Koen Hampshire and coach Dale Hofer, finished the Canadian U18 Curling Championships in Timmins, Ont. with a 2-4 record, following an 8-6 victory over a rink from London, Ont. Thursday, Feb. 9. (Team Blaeser Facebook)
The Salmon Arm-Vernon rink of Kaiden Beck, Nolan Blaeser, Nolan Beck and Koen Hampshire, shown playing at an event in Salmon Arm in 2022, fell to 1-4 at the Canadian U18 Curling Championships in Timmins, Ont. Wednesday, Feb. 8, with an 8-7 loss to Prince Edward Island. (Black Press - file photo)

PEI holds on for 8-7 win over Okanagan-Shuswap rink

Canadian U18 Curling Championships, Timmins, Ont.; B.C. champs fall to 1-4; wrap up play Thursday

The Salmon Arm-Vernon rink of Kaiden Beck, Nolan Blaeser, Nolan Beck and Koen Hampshire, shown playing at an event in Salmon Arm in 2022, fell to 1-4 at the Canadian U18 Curling Championships in Timmins, Ont. Wednesday, Feb. 8, with an 8-7 loss to Prince Edward Island. (Black Press - file photo)
Team Blaeser, made up of Kaiden Beck, Nolan Blaeser, Nolan Beck and Koen Hampshire and coach Dale Hofer, all from Salmon Arm-Vernon, are off to an 0-2 start at the Under 18 Canadian Curling Championship in Timmins, Ont. (Team Blaeser Facebook)

UPDATE2: Okanagan-Shuswap rink wins B.C. battle at Canadian U18 curling

Team Beck defeats Team Tam of Port Moody 8-2 Tuesday, Feb. 7, to pick up first win

Team Blaeser, made up of Kaiden Beck, Nolan Blaeser, Nolan Beck and Koen Hampshire and coach Dale Hofer, all from Salmon Arm-Vernon, are off to an 0-2 start at the Under 18 Canadian Curling Championship in Timmins, Ont. (Team Blaeser Facebook)
Team Blaeser, made up of Kaiden Beck, Nolan Blaeser, Nolan Beck and Koen Hampshire and coach Dale Hofer are heading to the Under 18 Canadian Curling Championship in Timmins, Ont. next month and are fundraising for the trip. Team Tam out of Salmon Arm and Port Moody Curling Clubs are also fundraising to compete at the same tournament. (Team Blaeser/ Facebook)

Young Salmon Arm curlers fundraising for Canadian championships next month

Athletes continue to impress, winning top prizes at provincial and regional competitions

Team Blaeser, made up of Kaiden Beck, Nolan Blaeser, Nolan Beck and Koen Hampshire and coach Dale Hofer are heading to the Under 18 Canadian Curling Championship in Timmins, Ont. next month and are fundraising for the trip. Team Tam out of Salmon Arm and Port Moody Curling Clubs are also fundraising to compete at the same tournament. (Team Blaeser/ Facebook)
(Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)

Oldest international sporting competition in the world brings Scotland to Vernon

‘A great group of guys’: Vernon Curling Club welcomes Scots for Strathcona Cup

(Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)
Team Sullivan won gold at the 2023 Thompson-Okanagan Regional High School Curling Playdowns and will advance to provincial champions in February. (Contributed)

Salmon Arm high school curling teams compete for regional champion title

Brothers battle it out on opposing teams, Sullivan rink heads to provincials

Team Sullivan won gold at the 2023 Thompson-Okanagan Regional High School Curling Playdowns and will advance to provincial champions in February. (Contributed)