Canadian Fire Fighters Curling Blog

2011-04-07T15:04:00.000-03:00

You have to play all the angles in this game!

2011-04-07T14:29:00.001-03:00

Lots of fans both old....

and young!

2011-04-05T19:27:00.000-03:00

"Hey Doug, quit chewing on my broom, I have to go and deliver my rock!"

2011-04-05T19:12:00.002-03:00

Toasting the Piper: with CFFCA Secretary Al Sutherland, Life Members Lew Tolley and Tom Kelly, CFFCA Vice President Ken Kurz, the Calgary FD piper himself, Manitoba's Ryan Lalonde and NWT's Brian Weiss.

2011-04-05T19:05:00.000-03:00

PEI's second, Dwayne MacNeil, points out the error of skip Leo Stewart's ways.

2011-04-05T18:35:00.001-03:00

Prince Edward Island's Leo Stewart calls for his sweepers, Gord MacFadyen and Dwayne MacNeil to drag a rock to the house.

2011-04-04T18:53:00.002-03:00

Nova Scotia lead who holds the broom (and director) calls the sweeping for skip, David Williams' stone.

2011-04-04T18:45:00.002-03:00

Quebec skip, Jack Lamb, yells for his sweepers to "HURRIEEEEEY HARD!"

2011-04-04T18:40:00.000-03:00

BC skip, Brad Clarke and third, Doug Marshall talk over a shot.

2011-04-04T18:33:00.001-03:00

Northwest Territories skip, Steve Moss urges his sweepers to keep dragging the rock.

2011-04-04T18:23:00.001-03:00

Saskatchewan front end, Carmen Koch and Vern Harrison pound skip, Greg Tarasoff's shot in an effort to get it to the house. (sorry Greg)

2011-04-04T18:19:00.000-03:00

Southern Ontario skip, Dwayne Lowe and third Ryan Ward discuss who might be shot and what the heck they should do about it!

2011-04-04T18:14:00.000-03:00

Team Manitoba's, skip, Dennis Neal delivers against New Brunswick with front enders Kelly Sidak and Daryl Bjornson providing the horsepower.

2011-04-04T18:07:00.001-03:00

Dave Ashford convenes a board meeting with his New Brunswick squad from Plaster Rock to discuss their options.

2011-04-04T17:59:00.003-03:00

Northern Ontairo, skip Charlie Salina throws against Alberta and brothers Paul and Leo Langlais do the sweeping.

2011-04-04T17:51:00.000-03:00

Team Alberta's skip, John Morris and third, Ryan Mcavoy discuss a crucial shot against Northern Ontario

2011-04-04T17:46:00.002-03:00

2011 CALGARY

2010 Playoff Teams

2010-04-01T21:05:00.002-03:00

Based on shootout standings (all 8 and 2):
1 - Northern Ontario
2 - British Columbia
3 - Saskatchewan

4th Place Tie-Breaker:
New Brunswick vs Manitoba (both 6 and 4)

2010 Regina

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2010 Regina

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2010 Regina

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2010 in REGINA Canadian Fire Fighters Curling Championships

2010-03-29T16:41:00.002-03:00

Hi All, it's been a busy week and hard to get to the internet.
But here I am and I have to give credit to the Host committee in Regina for doing a great job! A few hitches I'm sure but nothing that can't be fixed in a hurry.

I will post a few photos later and good old Ralph Elgren is posting the scores and standings.

Everyone is having a good time so far and the curling is intense.
Good luck to all.

KUDOS TO HOST COMMITTEE

2009-04-01T09:49:00.002-03:00

A huge thankyou and pat on their collective backs to the Host Committee at this, our 50th Anniversary Championship.
Co-convenors, Winston Bryan and Peter MacDonald have brought together a wonderful crew to host this year. Everyone has done a great job and makes you feel welcome in this wonderful city and province. OK, the weatherman being the only one who doesn't seem to be co-operating. We'll have to send someone over to Environment Canada to have a talk with him/her. Even with the snow though, it hasn't really dampened anyone's spirits.
I think everyone who "has come from away" has a desire to come back for a summer view of this scenic area of our country.

Mid-week blahs

2009-04-01T09:35:00.002-03:00

Well here we are 5,6,or 7 games in depending who you are and everyone is tired. It seems we've been here for 2 weeks really its only 1. Lots of folks here from all around the country with just about all of our life members in attendance as well.

Ol' Billy Metzler keeps showing up for the morning toast to the piper hoping to be invited out for the good Scotch. Seems to be working and wakes him up in the morning!
Funny thing about the piper, he always seems in good spirits too!

Too much food and drink makes all of us a bit draggy these days but, BOY!! IS THE FOOD EVER GOOD!? The hosting nights from all the provinces have been amazing and there is no shortage of food. All of the teams would like to thank their sponsors for donated product.

ON ICE ACTION

2009-03-31T11:11:00.004-03:00

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

NOVA SCOTIA

NEW BRUNSWICK

MANITOBA

ALBERTA

KARAOKE NIGHTS!

2009-03-31T11:01:00.003-03:00

TEAM QUEBEC WON THE NIGHT AND THE PRESTIGIOUS "WEEBIE AWARD"!

TEAM NORTHERN ONTARIO

KARAOKE NIGHT

50th at the 50th

2009-03-31T10:45:00.002-03:00

LIFE MEMBER, BILL METZLER OF MANITOBA AND HIS LOVELY WIFE OF 50 YEARS, MARLENE, CELEBRATED THEIR 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ON MARCH 30th AT THE 50th CANADIAN FIRE FIGHTERS CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP. THE CAKE HAD THEIR WEDDING PHOTO ON IT AND THE PARTY WAS KEPT A PLEASANT SURPRISE.

IT'S A WET SNOW!

2009-03-31T10:38:00.002-03:00

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES! FROM +7 TO -2 WITH A TON OF WET SNOW! SURE WAS NICE ON THE ROOFTOP PATIO THE DAY BEFORE.

2009-03-29T16:51:00.001-03:00

CHARLOTTETOWN'S original fire hall (now the City Hall) with the new one in the background.

TOASTING THE PIPER!

2009-03-29T16:46:00.001-03:00

WASN'T THAT A PARTY!?

2009-03-29T16:35:00.002-03:00

The Celtic Ladies amongst the others.
We've had great bands every night. On Sunday night, the teams take over and try to out do them with their own Karaoke versions!

OPENING CEREMONIES

2009-03-28T15:18:00.003-03:00

The Opening ceremonies were amazing from the light show and flames to the slide show to the great tribute to our founder, Aubrey Neff. He would have been proud.
Co-convenors, Winston Bryan and Peter MacDonald deserve many pats on the back for a job well done. It was an emotional production (I had tears cuz I'm a sensitive guy).

1929 LaFrance, Charlottetown FD

2009-03-28T15:14:00.001-03:00

2009 GROUP PHOTO

2009-03-28T15:08:00.002-03:00

The group had their photo in front of the Rodd Charlottetown Hotel and were all over the Charlottetown Fire Department's 1929 LaFrance Pumper

50th Annual CANADIAN FIRE FIGHTERS CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP

2009-03-05T16:32:00.002-04:00

Welcome to the 2009 Canadian Fire Fighters Curling Championship.
Coming to you from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island from March 25 to April 5, 2009.

Watch for daily posts and photos from the event.

Gold Medal Game

2008-04-04T19:20:00.011-03:00

After a long week of great curling, Northwest Territories earned the gold medal and Hydrant Trophy with a tightly contested, nail-biting 11th end 6-5 victory over Manitoba. Both teams played well, with some fantastic shot-making by both teams. Congratulations to Northwest Territories for an undefeated Championship!

Gold Medal Game Box Score (Scoreboard)

Manitoba____2...4...5...7...10
SCORE______1...2...3...4....5...6
N.W.T.______1...3........6....8...11

blank 9

Gold Medal - Northwest Territories
Silver Medal - Manitoba
Bronze Medal - Southern Ontario

Semi-Final results

2008-04-04T17:06:00.002-03:00

MANITOBA WINS OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO 8 TO 6 IN A HARD FOUGHT SEMI-FINAL. THE GOLDEN HAIRED BOYS FROM MANITOBA SKIPPED BY DENNIS NEAL OF WINNIPEG ARE RIDING A HOT STREAK INTO THE FINAL THIS AFTERNOON AGAINST THE UNDEFEATED NORTHWEST TERRITORIES SKIPPED BY STEVE MOSS FROM YELLOWKNIFE.

Thanks to DRAGER for your sponsorship

2008-04-04T15:02:00.005-03:00

Longtime BC fire fighter curling supporter and volunteer shirt seller, Paul "Pumper" Downing,is here for all the draws cheering on all the provincial teams.Paul has been supporting BC fire fighters for 31 years and loves wearing his FF t-shirts in support of fire fighters.

ON ICE ACTION

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ON ICE ACTION

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ON ICE ACTION

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Page Playoff games - final scores

2008-04-03T21:07:00.002-03:00

1 vs 2

NWT...8
SONT..3....in 6 ends

3 vs 4

BC....5
MAN...9

Page Playoff games after 5 ends

2008-04-03T20:02:00.000-03:00

1 vs 2

NWT...5
SONT..3

3 vs 4

BC....1
MAN...4

Page Playoff games

2008-04-03T19:59:00.001-03:00

Partial results:

NWT 5
???

BC 1
???

hahahahahahahahahaha

Tie-Breaker Results

2008-04-03T17:45:00.002-03:00

MANITOBA TOOK AN EARLY LEAD AND STOLE TO TAKE A 6-2 LEAD AFTER THE 5TH. THEN SASKATCHEWAN ROARED BACK WITH STEALS OF THEIR OWN TO TAKE AN 8-7 LEAD AFTER 9 ENDS.
MANITOBA THEN HAD AN OPEN HIT FOR 2 IN THE 10TH FOR THE WIN. tHE GAME WAS VERY INTENSE AND BOTH TEAMS CURLED GREAT. MANITOBA NOW MOVES ON TO FACE BC IN THE 3 VS 4 GAME THIS AFTERNOON.

Manitoba has some fun

2008-04-03T16:29:00.003-03:00

Team Manitoba had a "Team Blonding" night in preparation for the tie-breaker game.

Executive and Life members game

2008-04-03T16:24:00.003-03:00

The Executive won but according to one life member (Bill Metzler), they cheated. They forced the lifers to curl with sticks and then they brought in an in-eligible player. They brought in a ringer, their driver, BC's Doug Marshall. Doug is much younger and can actually curl. But of course there are no sour grapes when the beer is poured and pizza consumed.

East/West Directors' game

2008-04-03T16:17:00.002-03:00

East beat the West 5 to 2 in four ends in a hard fought game. Of course the west felt sorry for the east and gave them a big three in the final end on a very scary sheet of ice that in some places curled 6 feet but would stay straight for hits.

TIE-BREAKER

2008-04-02T22:14:00.002-03:00

MANITOBA AND SASKATCHEWAN TIED FOR 4TH PLACE AND WILL PLAY OFF AT 10:00am ON THURSDAY MORNING. MANITOBA BEAT SASK IN THE LAST ROUND ROBIN GAME AND SASK DIRECTOR RALPH ELGREN WAS SEEN PULLING OUT WHAT WAS LEFT OF HIS HAIR AND HIS WIFE LINDA WAS SEEN WRITING CHEQUES AT THE NEAREST DEPARTMENT STORE.

Draw #11, Wednesday, April 2

2008-04-02T22:08:00.001-03:00

NWT...7
QUE...6

PEI...4
NB....8

SONT..9
NONT..5

NS....4
BC...12

SASK..5
MAN..10

BYE: AB

Ralph Elgren loses big money

2008-04-02T19:57:00.002-03:00

Poor Ralphie, Saskatchewan's director lost over $300 yesterday and he never even went into the casino. MB's Val Poole took Ralph's wife Linda shopping and bought out some of the specialty shops. Ralph said that there is no more money and Linda can't buy any more. Linda went out with Val today and said it was OK, she would just write a cheque!!!!

Where is the "REAL" BOB POOLE

2008-04-02T19:53:00.003-03:00

So on April 1 the Directors had a meeting to discuss nest year in Charlottetown and after much discussion, and the new Manitoba Director, "Young" Bob Poole making some motions and seconding some others, a motion by BC's Tom Kelly was made to bring back the "Old" Bob Poole since all he did was sleep through the meetings anyway.

Draw #10, April 2, 2008

2008-04-02T19:49:00.001-03:00

NWT...10
SONT...6

BC.....6
AB.....9

QUE....5
SASK...9

MAN....9
NONT...8

NB.....9
NS.....3

BYE: PEI

Draw #9, Tuesday, April 1

2008-04-01T21:25:00.001-03:00

NB....3
BC....9

SASK..9
NONT..3

MAN...5
NWT...9

PEI...3
AB....7

QUE...6
SONT..5

BYE: NS

Draw #8, Tuesday, April 1

2008-04-01T20:24:00.001-03:00

NS....4
PEI...9

SONT..8
MAN...6

NONT..4
QUE..10

AB...7
NB...8 X END

NWT...9
SASK..6

BYE: BC

More photos

2008-04-01T15:17:00.002-03:00

Photos from all around

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Draw #7, Monday March 31

2008-03-31T21:51:00.001-03:00

QUE...3
MAN...7

NS....10
AB.....8

SONT...10
SASK....6

PEI...4
BC....7

NONT..1
NWT...6

BYE: NB

2008-03-31T18:49:00.002-03:00

HAVING A GREAT TIME.......WISH YOU WERE HERE!!!

THE STANDINGS ARE TIGHT AND IT SEEMS TO BE A PRETTY BALANCED FIELD.
IT MUST BE.......NORTH-WEST TERRITORIES ARE UNDEFEATED EVEN?????????

THE COMMARADERIE IS GREAT ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE NEW TEAMS THAT MADE IT THIS YEAR.
THERE ARE STILL LOTS OF FAMILIAR FACES TOO BETWEEN FRANKIE McCOURT AND THE FANS LIKE THE CLARKS FROM TRURO.

THE HOST COMMITTEE IS DOING A GREAT JOB WITH A SMALL HOST COMMITTEE BUT IT IS GETTING LOTS OF HELP FROM THE LOCAL DEEPARTMENTS WITH LOTS OF VOLUNTEERS.
THEY SHOULD HAVE GIVEN SOME OF THE DRIVERS MAPS WITH THE CAR KEYS SINCE THEY AREN'T ALL LOCAL GUYS AND DON'T GET INTO RICHMOND THAT OFTEN!!

SEE YOU LATER. KEEP YOUR STICKS ON THE ICE.

HOSPITALITY ROOM

2008-03-31T18:42:00.003-03:00

Draw #6, Monday March 31

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NB....2
SONT..8

NONT..3
BC....6

SASK.11
NS....9

AB....6
QUE..12

MAN...8
PEI...3

BYE: NWT

Draw #5, Sunday March 30

2008-03-30T22:03:00.002-03:00

MAN...3
BC....8

PEI...9
QUE...2

NB....3
NWT..10

SONT..11
NS.....3

AB...8
SK...9

2008 OPENING CEREMONIES

2008-03-30T19:33:00.002-03:00

Draw #4, Sunday March 30

2008-03-30T19:30:00.001-03:00

MB....7
AB....5

SASK..7
NB....5

NWT...9
NS....7

NONT..2
PEI...6

QUE...7 x
BC....6

2008 Aerial Ladder draw

2008-03-30T16:02:00.003-03:00

Draw #3, Saturday March 29

2008-03-29T22:08:00.000-03:00

BC....10
SASK...4

AB.....3
NWT...10

NB....5
MAN...4

PEI...1
SONT..9

NS....7
NONT.11

Draw #2, Saturday March 29

2008-03-29T19:56:00.002-03:00

QUE..10
NS....6

SASK..8
PEI...7

SONT..5
AB....3

NONT..7
NB....6

NWT...9
BC....5

BYE: MAN

Draw #1, Friday March 28

2008-03-29T19:52:00.002-03:00

DRAW #1 Scores :

PEI...1
NWT..10

BC....6
SONT..7

AB....5
NONT..2

NS....1
MAN..11

NB....9
QUE...4

BYE: SASK

Here I am.

2008-03-29T19:50:00.001-03:00

Sorry we didn't get it up yesterday (so to speak) but we hope to do better for the rest of the week.

49th in RICHMOND, BC March 26 to April 5, 2008

2008-02-14T18:36:00.001-04:00

We will try to post some commentary from Richmond as time permits.

ON ICE ACTION SHOTS

2007-03-27T19:25:00.000-03:00

Intense Curling

2007-03-27T10:25:00.000-03:00

Where IS Ralph??

Nova Scotia skip: Jamie Myra

Alberta second: Gary Hoekstra

Northern Ontario skip: Tim Nordin

B.C. skip: Brad Clarke

SUNDAY DRAWS

2007-03-25T19:10:00.000-03:00

TEAM QUEBEC DISCUSSES STRATEGY AND THE FRONT END WORKS HARD TO GET ONE IN!

TEAM NEW BRUNSWICK

TEAM SASKATCHEWAN FRONT END WORKING HARD

TEAM ALBERTA HAS A MESSY HOUSE

2007-03-25T11:37:00.000-03:00

OPENING CEREMONIES:

This year's major sponsor is

The FRANK ARNOLD AWARD was presented by CFFCA Life Member, Frank Arnold himself to Ken Ketonen, former N.ONT. director for throwing the first rock at this year’s Championship. Ken played in his first “Canadian” here in 1987. Accompanying Frank is his long time companion Janet Niedbala. It was great to see Frank out again this year and Janet said that he really enjoyed seeing all his old friends.
The smile on his face told it all!

CFFCA weblog launch!

2007-03-15T16:06:00.000-03:00

Hi to everyone across Canada,

This is the launch of the new BLOG for the Canadian Fire Fighters Curling website.
Watch this blog for daily news from the Championship in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
If I can find some interesting stuff to publish, you can bet that I will do just that.

You can view the BLOG at any time but if you wish to make comments on anything that I publish or another commentary, all you have to do is sign up for a Google account/ID. (it's free, so fire fighters will like this) Just click on comments and it will lead you through.

You will have to send them a return message so you have to enter your actual email address.

Let's have some fun with this.
I'm looking forward to doing some writing and seeing your comments.

Bob, www.CFFCA.ca webguy