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This is our final show of 2024 so we are going to do something special. Sportsnet
curling play-by-play guy, Rob Faulds is joining
us as our special guest and we are going to review some
comments from Face Book, look at a couple of interesting
emails and review the past season and look at what could be
happening for the balance of the year. So, before we get into it there is something else we
need to address.
This morning it was officially announced
that our Kevin Martin has been inducted into the Order of
Canada. Wow. Much deserved. We are lucky and proud to know you and get to work with you, Kevin.
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Today joining us will be the
newly crowned Canadian Senior Women’s Champion,
Atina Ford.
What’s Happening Around the Curling World?
The Canadian Senior Championships were
held this past week in Moncton, NB and we will review
who the winners were. Another player change took place this last
week with one of the top 10 men’s teams in Canada we
will review what has happened. The final qualifying event for the 2026 Olympic
Mixed Doubles was held in Banff, AB where one
more team of the 16 that will be playing in the Trials was
determined. A person that has probably been a volunteer
for more curling events than any other person in history
in Saskatchewan has been named the Lieutenant
Governor of the province….we will tell you who that
person is
Hot Rock Topics - Looking over
comments on social media about the athletes language
and the use of four letter friend getters the question is
how do you deal with it
Mailbag - We will do a couple of
emails the first one is from Dwayne and he has an
interesting proposal on how the games played in an arena
should be started
Curling Moments to Remember - A look into
curling’s rich history. Each week either Kevin or Warren
will relate back to something that happened in curling’s
past that is always interesting. Today Kevin will bring
us a great curling moment
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The third Grand Slam of the year, the Kioti
National concluded in St. John’s, Newfoundland and
Labrador. Rachel Homan won the women’s side
and Bruce Mouat the men’s we will do a quick
review and review our picks from last Saturday. A final qualifying event for the Mixed Doubles
Olympic Trials is taking place in Banff this coming
weekend and we will review what is happening
there. The Canadian Senior Women’s and Men’s
Championship is happening this week in Moncton and
we will take a quick look at how things are playing out
there. We mentioned last weekend that rumours
were flying around that at the next Slam in January
there could be a new rule tried where if a team blanks
two ends in a row they will loose the hammer. So, is
it really happening?
Hot Rock Topics, We Had a number of
entertaining discussions take place on our FB Group
page this weekend and we will take a quick look at some
of the ones that were getting the most reaction
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The third Grand Slam of
Curling event of the season is underway, The
Kioti National that started on Tuesday in St.
John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador and
we have ready reached the final eight for
both women and me. Kevin is there with
Sportsnet and you have probably heard him
on the broadcast. We will also see
how the selections we made for the qualifiers
has worked out. The Kioti National features the top
16 men’s teams and 16 women’s teams in
the world as of October 22, 2025. the
teams have been divided into four
sections. They play a four team round
robin with the other three teams in the pool
and one cross over game based on
seeding. Top eight go to the finals and that
is the point we are at right now.
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Today joining us will be
World Curling President, Beau Welling.
What’s Happening Around the Curling World?
The European Championships are on this
week in Lohja, Finland and we will check on what is
happening there……
Not a lot happening this past week in Canada
but there was an event in Red Deer that attracted a
number of the top Canadian teams and we will give
you an update on what happened……
The Everest Canadian Curling Club
Championship is taking place in Barrie, Ontario and we
will tell you what that event is all about……….
Hot Rock Topics…Since the Broomgate
controversy about eight years ago everything seemed to
be quite in the world of brush structure……However, it
has been brought to our attention that some things have
changed……stay tuned…..
Mailbag. We have an email from Carmen who
hassome suggestions on an event that could be held in
February…..And an email from a listener who wants Jim
to sponsor him in the ShowDown at the Saville Stick
Championship……….
Curling Moments to Remember……..A look into
curling’s
rich history……….Each week either Kevin or Warren
will relate back to something that happened in curling’s
past that is always interesting…….Today Warren will bring
us a great curling moment……..
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In The House today is Brad Gushue
What’s Happening Around the Curling World?
The curling world was shocked on November 9
to hear about the passing of curling writer Ted
Wyman. We will do a tribute to Ted and his
outstanding contribution to curling over the years.
Yet another team is making a change in mid-
season, this time it is Team Carruthers. What’s
happening there?
The second Grand Slam of the season
concluded in Nisku, AB this past weekend and we will
review everything that happened at the Coop
Canadian Open
4) (Jim) What’s coming up this week…..we will take a
look at the major curling events that will be started in
the next seven days………..
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C) - Hot Rock Topics……..(Jim) There has been a lot of talk
in recent years about how to attract a younger audience to a
curling event……….Warren made an observation this past
weekend and will offer an idea of what might help to attract
people under 40……
D) - Mailbag……..(Jim) We will read you some comments
about streaming from the Grand Slam along with a rant from
Face Book…..
E) - Curling Moments to Remember……..A look into
curling’s rich history……….Each week either Kevin or Warren
will relate back to something that happened in curling’s past
that is always interesting…….Today Kevin will bring us a great
curling moment……..
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Greetings again everyone and
welcome to this Special Edition of Inside
Curling, known as Inside the Slam!
The second Grand Slam of
Curling event of the season is underway, The
Coop Canadian Open that started on Tuesday
in Nisku, Alberta at the Silent Ice
Centre and we have ready to reached the
finals. Kevin is there with Sportsnet and
you have probably heard him on the
broadcast. We will also see how the
selections we made for the final two have
worked out. The Canadian Mixed Championship
is underway at St. Catharines, Ontario and it
ended today and we will check in to see who
the winners are.
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The second Grand Slam of
Curling event of the season is underway, The
Coop Canadian Open that started on Tuesday
in Nisku, Alberta at the Silent Ice
Centre. Kevin is there with Sportsnet and
you have probably heard him on the
broadcast, we will talk about that
event and what has happened so far. We
will also see how the selections we made for
the final eight have worked out. The Canadian Mixed Championship
is underway at St. Catharines, Ontario and
we will check in to see how things are
going.
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Produced by Mike Rogerson
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Today joining us In The House is Mike McEwen.
What’s Happening Around the Curling World?
This past weekend a major competition for men was held in Penticton in
the way of the NuFloors Penticton Classic.
There aren’t any foreign teams in the event
but it did feature five of Canada’s best we
will review. The Pan Continental Championship
started last Sunday in Lacombe, Alberta and
this is an important event because it qualifies
a number of teams for the 2025 Women’s
and Men’s World Championships….Canada is
represented by Brad Gushue and Rachel
Homan. Hot Rocks Topics. The Pan Continental
Championship started a few days ago and in a couple of
weeks the European Championship will start and in
both cases teams are being qualified for the 2025
World Men’s and Women’s Championship. In all
probability the Pan Continental will qualify (six – we will
explain) and the Europeans seven of the 13
teams. But at the WC Congress in September a
thought was put on the table…..is there a better way of
doing this?
So, today we have an email but
we have also gone to our FB Group where someone
asked about the Pan Continental being on television
and it got 109 comments. Curling Moments to
Remember - A look back into curling’s rich
history. Each week either Kevin or Warren
will relate back to an experience or observation to
something that has happened in curling’s rich
history. Today Kevin will bring us a great curling
moment.
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In the House today joining us is Matt Dunstone who just won the Fall Classic in Sault Ste. Marie.
What’s Happening Around the Curling World? This past weekend a major cashspiel, the Fall Classic was held in Sault Ste. Marie and it featured some of the best teams in the world….we will review the results. The World Mixed Championship (four person mixed) concluded this past weekend in Aberdeen, Scotland and we will tell you about the final results. We received a letter from Phil Drobnick, USA National Team Director who brought to our attention a very unique event being held by USA Curling in the middle of November, We will share with you what Phil brought to our attention, The Pan Continental Championship will start on the 27th in Lacombe, Alberta. This is a pretty important event because it will determine five women’s teams and five men’s teams for the 2025 World Championships.
Hot Rocks Topics, for sure curling isn’t getting any faster and more and more emphasis is being placed on all sports to shorten the time span. Does curling need to finally make another change at the top level to speed things up even more? We have a couple of emails to look at today actually one is in a response to the email we read on the show last week from Mike Roeke that we did not interpret correctly.
Curling Moments to Remember. A look back into curling’s rich history. Each week either Kevin or Warren will relate back to an experience or observation to something that has happened in curling’s rich history. Today Warren will bring us a great curling moment.
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In The House joining us is Brendan Bottcher. What’s Happening Around the Curling World?
The social media world is buzzing today about Brendan Bottcher joining the Brad Gushue Team but some of it is pretty nasty. A major women’s bonspiel happened this past week in Calgary, The Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Classic featuring some of the best female curlers in the world? The Stu Sells Toronto Tankard happened last week and a number of the better world women’s and men’s teams participated and we will give you the final results. The World Curling four-person championship started last weekend in Aberdeen, Scotland and we will take a look at what is happening in Aberdeen. Word came out this week about another curling club having to close it’s doors from financial pressures caused by an equipment malfunction. We have a very interesting email today that has its focus on the television commentary for video streaming……You don’t want to miss this one?
Curling Moments to Remember, A look back into curling’s rich history. Each week either Kevin or Warren will relate back to an experience or observation to something that has happened in curling’s rich history. Today Kevin will bring us a great curling momen
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Today joining us is Kerri Einarson who just won the Hearing Life
Challenge in Charlottetown….her first big win
of the season. What’s Happening Around the Curling World?
This past weekend the Hearing Life
Challenge, the first Grand Slam of the season
took place in Charlottetown, PEI with a Tier I
and a Tier II event one the ice…..We will
review both events and give you the
highlights. The Aaron Sluchinski team
announced Tuesday that Aaron has left the
team…..we will talk about where he is going?
I think we have talked about the
hogline and violations on two of our shows
already this year but because of email and FB
comments this past weekend we will address
the issue one more time
Hot Rocks Topics, Curling needs an injection of
something new and different could two person
stick curling maybe be the answer to that
question could two person stick become
curling’s “Cornhole” or “pickleball” We will talk
about how this take on curling could be a way to
get people into a curling facility and not just
older curlers who can no longer slide…?
We have had lots of comments in
email and social media about the added
broadcasts of the GSOC this past week on video
stream. We will take a look at one of them. Curling Moments to
Remember, A look back into curling’s rich
history. Each week either Kevin or Warren
will relate back to an experience or observation to
something that has happened in curling’s rich
history……Today Warren will look back to a major
happening that took place in March of 1977 in
Montreal
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Greetings again everyone and welcome to this Special Edition of Inside Curling......Known as Inside the Slam!
The first Grand Slam ofCurling event of the season is underway, The Hearing Life Challenge started on Tuesday in Charlottetown. Kevin is there on the ground and we will talk about that event and what has happened so far. We will also see how the selections we made for the final eight have worked out. There is also a Tier II event taking place in Charlottetown the same time as the Tier I and we will see how things are going with Tier II.
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The first Grand Slam of Curling event of the season, The Hearing Life Challenge started on Tuesday in Charlottetown. Kevin is there on the ground and we will talk about that event and what has happened so far. We will also see how the selections we made for the playoff’s have worked out. There is also a Tier II event taking place in Charlottetown the same time as the Tier I and we will see how things are going with Tier II?
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Hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jungle Jim Jerome.
Produced by Mike Rogerson.
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In the House with us today is Nic Sulsky, the man behind The Curling Group who are the
new owners of the Grand Slam. Lots of new things happening and we will chat about the New Grand
Slam. Hot Rocks Topics, Curling needs an injection of something new and different, could two person stick curling
maybe be the answer to that question? could two person stick become curling’s “Cornhole” or
“pickleball”? We will talk about how this take on curling could be a way to get people into a curling
facility, and not just older curlers who can no longer slide…?
Mailbag, We will look at an email where a listener
has asked for some direction on how to buy
curling equipment for a youngster, Kevin will
provide some insight.
What Are You Hearing, another team has made a decision
to play with three players, Team Koe, at least for
now. Might there be an advantage in today’s
game for a team to play with three and at the top
competitive level should it continue to be allowed
or should some changes be made.
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What’s Happening Around the Curling World?
On September 17th and 18 th an
interesting new event took place in Lafayette,
Colorado, the Everest North American Curling Club
Championship. We will review what happened in
Lafayette and the men’s winner. Dan Sherrard
from Edmonton will join us to recap his feelings
about the event. This past weekend in Okotoks, Alberta
the ATB Okotoks Classic event was held with
many of the top players on the men’s side of the
equation participating and we will take a look at
what happened in Okotoks. An event took place in Calgary involving
the Mixed Doubles Super Series with some of the
best mixed doubles teams in the world
involved. Also, starting Wednesday, September
25 th at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary is the
PointsBet Invitational and we will do a review on
what that event is all about. Hot Rocks Topics….
A lot of discussion around video
streaming of events the past couple of years. The
World Curling Congress in Montreal a few weeks
ago discussed some of the challenges world
curling is facing with streaming and similar
problems are also haunting Curling Canada we
will discuss what that is all about. In the House with us today is the
number one women’s skip in the world, Rachel
Homan. We will look at an email where a listener
has asked for some direction that possibly more of
our listeners might need. What Are You Hearing? We are hearing that in the PointsBet this
week Laura Walker will be subbing for Shannon
Birchard as second for Kari Einarson - Where is
Shannon?
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Welcome to Inside Curling season number five....this
is our first official show of the 2024 – ’25 season and
we have a lot of things to cover.
When we did our summer show in August we
announced that Inside Curling is no longer part of
Sportsnet and have moved over to Acast. We would
again like to thank everyone at Sportsnet for the three
great years we spent with the network. Also, in
addition to kevin, Warren and Jim we would like to
welcome our technical producer for the third year,
Mike Rogerson along with Rod Palson who is doing
our social media for the fifth year, mainly Face Book
and X (Twitter) but once we are into the season we
are also going to branch into Instagram and Tik Tok
more than we have in the past. In this coming season
we will have clips, segments and some interviews on
You Tube.
Here is what is on the show today’s show…
What’s Happening Around the Curling World?
World Curling concluded it’s annual
Curling Congress in Montreal on September 8 th and
Warren was there so we will review what took
place.
A number of smaller spiels have already
happened and this weekend in Cornwall, Ontario
the annual Shorty Jenkins Classic is taking place
involving some of the best teams in the world so
we will look in on what is happening there.
On September 17th and 18 th an
interesting new event is taking place in Lafayette,
Colorado, the Everest North American Curling Club
Championship….We will review what is taking
place there. An interesting playoff took place this
past week in Sweden involving Anna Hasselborg
and Isabella Wrana….We will review what
happened. During our summer show we talked
about the Governor General’s Curling and it held
its 150 anniversary gathering in Ottawa,
September 8 – 12…We announced the Showdown at the
Saville on our show in August and we will bring
you up-to-date on what is happening with the
Showdown.
Hot Rocks Topics, During the World Curling meetings some
interesting discussions were brought up regarding
rules enforcement by some retired athletes and
coaches who were present….you will be surprised
at what they had to say….
The issue of 8 ends versus 10 wasn’t on the
agenda...wasn’t even discussed…what would
be the reason for that?
In The House, Brad Jacobs is now the skip of the old
Brendan Bottcher team and Brad will be with us to
talk about the up coming season.
Mailbag, Even though it is summer we are
getting emails and we will review one.
What Are You Hearing, Brianne Harris, lead on team Einarson
was suspended from all competition at the end of
February because of a banned substance detected in a
sample taken on January 24 th . A-B sample was taken
in early March and the substance Ligandrol was
detected again. Harris has been suspended since but
this week on Face Book a posting was made bringing
everyone up to speed on the situation - we will take a
look at it.
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