Olympic pre-Trials underway

And they’re off!

The practice rounds are finished, the new uniforms are in play (Team Brad Gushue photo by CCA’s Michael Burns, click to zoom in) and now, finally, the first stones are underway at the Road to the Roar, the official Canadian Olympic pre-Trials curling qualifier at the CN Centre in Prince George, B.C.

There is live scoring action on two fronts: at CurlingZone’s Gameday Scoreboard and also at the Canadian Curling Association’s CurlCast.

CurlTV.com is in the house, with their first match webstreamed live to subscribers (or pay-per-viewers) at 3:30pm ET today: Pat Simmons (SK) versus Jean-Michel Menard (QUE).

TSN roars into town on Thursday, with live action scheduled right through to Saturday’s C-finals.

For these and other curling TV coverage listings, we sincerely hope you are checking out The Curling News TV Guide in the November issue of The Curling News, which has been out for over two weeks now.

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The Curling News Blog and Twitter pages will be humming with action throughout the week: in fact, today’s Twitterfeed links to no less than eight preview stories, in addition to even more curling stuff.

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The Road to the Roar: game on!

Ford World Curling: Spring part III

by Katja Kiiskinen

MONCTON – It’s the always-crazy Thursday night draw, the final match of the round robin, and the last time all four sheets will be in use.

It’s a jam-packed, rowdy crowd, and the heat is on! Again!

And another definite sign of spring is the sight of all the men taking off their pants.

I’ll save the hot, hot Man in Pink for a later post, but tonight I’ll indulge you with a picture of the infamous CurlTV crew that consists of, left to right, Luke Coley, Ryan “Mojo” Hrycun and Kevin Mandrake.

Luke and Kevin were inspired to work in their underwear during the Mardi Gras – aka steambath – that was the Moncton Coliseum on Saturday. Obviously Mojo did not want to miss out, so he too brought out a pair of funky shorts.

Apparently the crew feels that the no-pants-strategy has brought the missing ingredient to their commentary and camera tactics, so they have decided to stick with it.

It’s getting hotter in here! Click on the image for the, er, enhanced view ...