Tag: Tim Hortons Brier
Draw weight: One great game to follow daily at the 2023 Brier in London
Here’s our guide to 10 fun games to follow each day in the 2023 Tim Hortons Brier at London’s Budweiser Gardens: Friday (7 p.m.): Ontario (McEwen) vs. Quebec (Asselin). Two Solitudes trade rocks right away. Saturday (2 p.m.): Nunavut (Higgs) vs. Newfoundland (Young). Could Iqaluit crew’s historic first win happen early against Young bucks? Sunday […]
Ready to rock: Fans, players, staff pumped for Brier’s return to London
There was plenty of buzz in downtown London Thursday as curling fans and teams competing in the national men’s curling championships at Budweiser Gardens geared up for the 10-day even that runs Friday through next weekend. Reporter Calvi Leon hit the streets to chat with Londoners, fans and players ahead of the 2023 Tim Hortons […]
LFP Q+A: Sportswriter Ryan Pyette answers your 2023 Brier questions
The 2023 Brier, the Canadian men’s curling championship, is on at London’s Budweiser Gardens from now through March 12. LFP sportswriter Ryan Pyette is covering the event – he did the same when it was here in 2011 – and knows it inside and out. Subscribers can skip to the comment section to ask Ryan […]
PYETTE: For fans old and new, the Brier is a chance to make lifelong curling memories
The first curling match I remember watching in person was a doozy.
PHOTOS: Brier stars teach local schoolkids curling’s finer points
Now this is a lesson the kids will remember: About 250 pupils from John Wise public school in St. Thomas trekked to the city’s curling club Thursday to learn the basics of the sport.
His ‘backyard’ Brier: Strathroy’s Jake Higgs on leading Nunavut rink
Jake Higgs owes Don Powell a beer.
2023 Brier: Meet the teams competing in London’s curling mega-event
Our Ryan Pyette offers this look at the 18 teams competing in the 2023 Tim Hortons Brier, running London from March 3-12
PHOTOS: Final preparations for the Brier’s return to London
They’re into the final hours of preparing for the 2023 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada’s national men’s curling championship, which will run in London from March 3-12.
London’s pandemic-hit hotels, eateries hope Brier lands on revenue button
After two-plus years of a pandemic that’s slammed hotels and restaurants, London’s downtown merchants are eager to sweep up the spoils from the national men’s curling championship next week.
Final London Brier field set after wild-card additions
The 18-team field for the Tim Hortons Brier, being held in London’s Budweiser Gardens next month, is complete.