Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area that 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 stones, also called rocks, 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 once. A game usually consists of eight or ten ends.
The Brier, known since 2023 as the Montana's Brier for sponsorship reasons, is the annual Canadian men's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada. The Brier has been held since 1927, traditionally during the month of March.
Jean-Michel Ménard is a Canadian curler from Aylmer, Quebec. Ménard is notable for being the first Francophone skip from Quebec to win the Brier - Canada's national curling championship- which he did in 2006. In 2022 he won the World Mixed Curling Championship.
Reg Wiebe was a Dutch Canadian-born curler and curling coach from the Curling Club Utrecht. In a middle of 2000s he was a skip of the Dutch national team. Wiebe has played in six European Curling Championships, including a 10th-place finish in the 1999 Championships as a third for Wim Neeleman. Wiebe has skipped the Dutch team to three European championships. In 2002 they finished 12th, in 2005 they finished 19th, and in 2007 they finished 17th.
Craig Edward Savill is a Canadian curler, originally from Manotick, Ontario, Canada. He currently plays third on Team Adam Casey. He also coaches the Czech men's national team.
Ronald Charles Northcott,, nicknamed "The Owl", was a Canadian three-time national and world curling champion and a Hall of Fame member.
Claudio Pescia is a Swiss curler from Unterägeri. Originally the skip of the Italian national team, Pescia now skips under the Swiss flag.
Tyler George is an American curler from Duluth, Minnesota. He is a three-time U.S. Champion, 2016 World bronze medalist, and 2018 Olympic gold medalist. Since the 2018 Olympics, he has taken a break from playing competitive curling, instead spending time as an ambassador and coach for the sport.
Mark Lazar is an American curler and curling coach. He competed in the 2005 United States Olympic Curling Trials. He curls out of the Detroit Curling Club. He coached Team Stopera to three United States Junior Championships and a silver medal at the 2017 World Junior Championships.
John Bryden (1927–2012) was a Scottish curler. He competed in four World Championships, winning the gold medal in 1967.
Michael A. Slyziuk was the Skip on the Detroit CC curling team during the 1963 World Curling Championships known as the Scotch Cup, where United States team finished with bronze medals.
J. Nelson Brown was an American curler. He played third on the Detroit Curling Club team during the World Curling Championships known as the 1963 Scotch Cup, where United States team finished with bronze medals.
Ernest Slyziuk was an American curler, nicknamed the Mighty Mite. He played second on the Detroit Curling Club team during the Curling World Championships known as the 1963 Scotch Cup. Slyziuk and his team ended up taking third place and were awarded the bronze medal.
Korey Dropkin is an American curler originally from Southborough, Massachusetts. He currently skips his own team out of Duluth, Minnesota.
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi is a Japanese curler from Karuizawa, Nagano.
The 2019 New Holland Canadian Junior Curling Championships was held from January 19 to 27 at the Art Hauser Centre in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. The winners represented Canada at the 2019 World Junior Curling Championships in Liverpool, Nova Scotia.
James R. Vukich was an American curler and two-time national champion.
Jordan Peters is a Canadian curler from Rosenort, Manitoba. He is the skip on Team Jordan Peters.
James "Jim" Pleasants is an American curler and curling coach from Seattle, Washington.
Jürgen "Jürg" Dick is a former Swiss curler. He played third position on the Swiss rink that won a gold medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport. Later that year, he won a bronze medal at his first appearance at the 1992 European Curling Championships. He is also a two-time Swiss junior curling champion curler.
