Curling
If you want to see some excellent curling this week, check out the Ontario Men's Curling Championship this week in Guelph, Ontario. It's also available on Roger's and Cogeco local cable channels.
There are 3 clear favourites this year. Mike Harris has represented Ontario in the Brier (Canadian Men's Curling Championship) in 2004. However, he's probably better known as both a curling broadcaster and an Olympic silver medalist. He is NOT a former Ontario premier.
Wayne Middaugh is a former 2-time world champion curler, and the defending Ontario champion.
Glenn Howard has been runer-up to both teams the last two years to the above teams. He is also a 2-time world champion.
All of these teams were hopeful of playing in the Olympics. Only Howard made the Olympic trials, and did not survive the round-robin. Harris will be in Turin, Italy as a commentator only. In fact, he may miss announcing a game or two if he gets to the Ontario final.
I've had the pleasure of golfing with all 3 skips and Peter Corner, Middaugh's vice, over the years. Harris and Middaugh are pros; Howard and Corner are top amateurs. Corner is the 1996 Brampton Golf Club Match Play Champion. I know this because he beat me in the final!
I'm really torn, but I have to go with Glenn Howard. He's very famous, because we went to school together. He's the only one who hasn't been to the Brier this decade, and he's never been as a skip, something Messrs Corner, Harris and Middaugh have all done.
If any of these 3 teams win, I'll be fortunate to have a personal connection to the Ontario team yet again, as I have had in all but 2 of the last 22 Briers. It's great to see people you know at the top of their profession, especially knowing the sacrifices they've made to get there.
Now all I have to do is find out why knowing these guys hasn't gotten my curling game to their level!
There are 3 clear favourites this year. Mike Harris has represented Ontario in the Brier (Canadian Men's Curling Championship) in 2004. However, he's probably better known as both a curling broadcaster and an Olympic silver medalist. He is NOT a former Ontario premier.
Wayne Middaugh is a former 2-time world champion curler, and the defending Ontario champion.
Glenn Howard has been runer-up to both teams the last two years to the above teams. He is also a 2-time world champion.
All of these teams were hopeful of playing in the Olympics. Only Howard made the Olympic trials, and did not survive the round-robin. Harris will be in Turin, Italy as a commentator only. In fact, he may miss announcing a game or two if he gets to the Ontario final.
I've had the pleasure of golfing with all 3 skips and Peter Corner, Middaugh's vice, over the years. Harris and Middaugh are pros; Howard and Corner are top amateurs. Corner is the 1996 Brampton Golf Club Match Play Champion. I know this because he beat me in the final!
I'm really torn, but I have to go with Glenn Howard. He's very famous, because we went to school together. He's the only one who hasn't been to the Brier this decade, and he's never been as a skip, something Messrs Corner, Harris and Middaugh have all done.
If any of these 3 teams win, I'll be fortunate to have a personal connection to the Ontario team yet again, as I have had in all but 2 of the last 22 Briers. It's great to see people you know at the top of their profession, especially knowing the sacrifices they've made to get there.
Now all I have to do is find out why knowing these guys hasn't gotten my curling game to their level!
posted by Irrelevant at 8:22 PM
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