Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite rocks, also called stones, across the ice curling sheet toward the house, a circular target marked on the ice. Each team has eight stones, with each player throwing two. The purpose is to accumulate the highest score for a game; points are scored for the stones resting closest to the centre of the house at the conclusion of each end, which is completed when both teams have thrown all of their stones. A game usually consists of eight or ten ends.
The Tim Hortons Brier, or simply the Brier, is the annual Canadian men's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada. The current event name refers to its main sponsor, the Tim Hortons coffee and donut shop chain. "Brier" originally referred to a brand of tobacco sold by the event's first sponsor, the Macdonald Tobacco Company.
Granite Curling Club is the name of a number of curling clubs:
The Granite Curling Club in Seattle is one of only two dedicated curling clubs on the West Coast of the United States. Since its founding in 1961, Granite Curling Club has produced more U.S. national championships than any other U.S. club.
The 2009 TSC Stores Tankard was the 2009 edition of the Ontario provincial men's curling tournament. It was held on February 2-8 at the Woodstock District Community Complex in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada. The winning team represented Ontario at the 2009 Tim Hortons Brier in Calgary, Alberta.
The 2009 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts was the 2009 edition of the provincial women's curling tournament in the province of Ontario, Canada. It was held January 26-February 1 at the Oakville Curling Club in Oakville. The winning team represented Ontario at the 2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Victoria, British Columbia, where it finished tied for sixth.
The 2012 Dominion Tankard, Southern Ontario men's provincial curling championship, was held from February 6 to 12, hosted by the Stratford Country Club at the Stratford Rotary Complex in Stratford, Ontario. The winning team of Glenn Howard, will represent Ontario at the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
The Stu Sells Toronto Tankard is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the High Park Club in Toronto, Ontario. The men's tournament, started in 2010, is held in a triple-knockout format, while the women's tournament, is held in a round-robin format. The tournament is sponsored by Stu Sells, a local real estate company. The men's event became a World Curling Tour event in 2011. The women's event became a World Curling Tour in 2016. Both the men's and women's events are also part of the Ontario Curling Tour.
The 2011 Seattle Cash Spiel was held from November 25 to 27 at the Granite Curling Club in Seattle, Washington as part of the 2011–12 World Curling Tour. The purse for the event was USD$10,600. The event was held in a triple knockout format. Though the Cash Spiel is a men's event, one women's team, skipped by Cristin Clark, participated.
The 2013 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, women's provincial curling championship, was held January 21-27, 2013 at the Kitchener-Waterloo Granite Club in Waterloo, Ontario. The winning Rachel Homan rink went on to represent Ontario at the 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Kingston, Ontario.
The KW Fall Classic is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the Kitchener-Waterloo Granite Club in Waterloo, Ontario. The tournament has been held as part of the men's and women's Ontario Curling Tour, and both the men's and women's events were included in the World Curling Tour starting in 2013. It is considered a "development tour" event.
The 2012 Seattle Cash Spiel was held from November 23 to 25 at the Granite Curling Club in Seattle, Washington as part of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. The event was held in a triple knockout, and the purse for the event was $10,000, of which the winner will receive $2,600. In the final, Todd Birr of Minnesota defeated Brady Clark of Washington with a score of 7–4.
Sean Beighton is an American curler from Seattle, Washington.
The 1927 Macdonald Brier Tankard, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held March 1–3 at the Granite Club in Toronto. This edition of the Brier would be the first, with it also being the first time it was hosted in Ontario, and the first time it was hosted in Toronto's Granite Club.
The Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker is an annual cashspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place in Manitoba. The Event has been a part of the World Curling Tour since 2017. The 2016 event was known as the 2016 Performance Spider Midweek Special and was held in Waterloo, Ontario and was only part of the Ontario Curling Tour. The 2016 event included both genders, and in 2017 a separate women's event was added. Both the 2017 and 2018 events were held at the Granite Curling Club in Winnipeg. The 2017 event was known as the Spider Performance Icebreaker At The Granite and in 2018 it was known as the GOLDLINE Icebreaker At The Granite. Beginning in 2019 the event is being held at the Morris Curling Club in Morris, Manitoba.
The 2019 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from February 27-March 3, 2019 at the Granite Curling Club in Seattle, Washington. Cory Christensen and John Shuster won the tournament, earning the right to represent the United States at the 2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Stavanger, Norway.
The 2013 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from December 6-9, 2012 at the Capital Curling Club in Bismarck, North Dakota. Maureen Stolt and her husband Peter Stolt won the tournament, earning the right to represent the United States at the 2013 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
The 2010 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from December 3-6, 2009 at the Granite Curling Club in Seattle, Washington. Sharon Vukich and Mike Calcagno won the tournament, earning the right to represent the United States at the 2010 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Chelyabinsk, Russia.
The Kitchener-Waterloo Granite Curling Club is a curling club on Seagram Drive in Waterloo, Ontario.
Betty Kozai was an American curler from Seattle, Washington.
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