Tag: Tim Hortons Brier
Has downtown London recovered from the pandemic? Depends who you ask
Downtown Londonâs pandemic recovery ranked eighth best in Canada, a grade one London core-area watcher said could have been better, while the cityâs deputy mayor believes it signals a strong comeback.
London Sports Hall of Fame: What to know about the class of 2024 inductees
The London Sports Hall of Fame, the creation of longtime LFP sportswriter Bruce Huff, has announced its 2024 inductees, who will be honoured at their annual event on Nov. 7 at the Hellenic Centre in London. These are the athletes and sports figures being inducted: HELEN SMITH Commonwealth and Pan Am Games pistol shooting medal […]
Letters to the Editor: April 1, 2023
Brier worth it
PHOTOS: Gushue wins 2023 Brier final at Budweiser Gardens
Team Canada skip Brad Gushue earned a record fifth Canadian men’s curling title at his position at the 2023 Tim Hortons Brier final at Budweiser Gardens Sunday evening.
Slow start, strong finish: Brad Gushue wins record fifth Brier as skip
Brad Gushue is the undisputed king of the Tim Hortons Brier. The Team Canada skip earned a record fifth Canadian men’s curling title at his position – all in the past seven years – with a 7-5 victory over Matt Dunstone’s powerful Manitoba rink in the title game before 6,562 Sunday night at Budweiser Gardens. […]
Manitoba’s Buffalo charges to great heights again at a London Brier
If you support Manitoba curling, you want the Brier men’s national championship tournament to return to London again as soon as possible. The last two times it has been held at the downtown arena now called Budweiser Gardens, the Buffalo Boys have reached the final. Matt Dunstone’s rink was trying to beat Brad Gushue’s Team […]
Fitting Brier final pits Brad Gushue against Matt Dunstone
Fifteen years ago, Brad Gushue was the same age his Brier final opponent, Manitoba’s Matt Dunstone, is right now. He already had an Olympic gold medal under his belt from the previous year but he had not yet won his first Canadian men’s curling championship as a skip. In 2007, he lost the Brier final […]
Skip to the six: Bottcher’s streak continues at Tim Hortons Brier
BOTTCHER’S BRIERS (Wild Card 1 skip Brendan Bottcher has qualified for his sixth consecutive championship Sunday at the Brier at London’s Budweiser Gardens. Here are his previous finishes during that run) 2022: at Lethbridge, Alta. Lost semifinal to Brad Gushue 9-3 2021: at Calgary, Alta. Beat Kevin Koe 4-2 in the final 2020: at Kingston, […]
Ontario’s stirring Brier run ends as Mike McEwen rink bows out
Mike McEwen didn’t have a hint of frustration after his home side Ontario rink bowed out of the Brier Saturday afternoon. “You’ve got to put things in perspective,” the skip said after a 6-3 loss to Wild Card 1’s Brendan Bottcher in the Page 3-4 game. “We were in the grave before Christmas and pretty […]
Brad Gushue steal in 10th against Matt Dunstone puts him back in Brier final
Brad Gushue is back in familiar territory – the Tim Hortons Brier final. The defending champion will try for a record fifth title as a skip after knocking off the previously unbeaten Matt Dunstone’s Manitoba rink 5-4 in the Page 1-2 game Saturday night at Budweiser Gardens. Gushue forced just the second steal of the […]