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CBC
06-05-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Sask curler Randy Bryden wins a world championship after 40 years of trying
Randy Bryden and his Saskatchewan rink won the World Senior Curling Championships in New Brunswick. This is Bryden's first world title in a long and storied curling career.
CBC
05-05-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Regina's Bryden rink brings back gold for Canada at senior curling world championships
Randy Bryden has achieved a goal he's been working toward for more than four decades. Bryden and his Regina rink of third Troy Robinson, second Russ Bryden, lead Chris Semenchuck and fifth Glen Hill took home gold at the World Men's Senior Curling Championships in Fredericton, N.B., on Saturday. Athletes need to be 50 or older to compete in the event. Bryden, age 55, and company downed Scotland 10-7 in the gold medal match. "I wanted to do it a little sooner than this," Bryden said. "It probably took, I guess 45 years before I was able to achieve my goal. But better late than never." Waiting this long to wear the Maple Leaf did have its upside as the team was able to celebrate the win with 23 family members and friends who made the trip to Fredericton to cheer them on. "We just had a great week," Bryden said. Bryden and older brother Russ won the Canadian mixed curling title in 1996, but back then there was no world championship. In the gold medal match, Scotland jumped out to a 3-0 lead after the first end. Bryden said being down early changed their mindset. "Giving up three kind of pushed us to be more aggressive and to go after them," he said. "But you know, the team played really well. They made a lot of nice freezes and come-around draws." Canada stormed back with three in the second, fourth and seventh ends to clinch the victory. "We put lots of pressure on them and we're able to to capitalize on a on a few big ends," Bryden said. The win is Canada's sixth in a row.
CTV News
05-05-2025
- Sport
- CTV News
Regina's Randy Bryden golden at World Senior Men's Curling Championship
Skip Randy Bryden and his Regina-based rink are Senior Men's World Champions. (Photo Courtesy: Callie Curling Club)
Yahoo
03-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Regina curling team skipped by Randy Bryden wins world senior men's championship
Representing Canada for the first time in an international event, Randy Bryden's Regina-based foursome won the world senior men's curling championship on Saturday in Fredericton. 'It felt kind of cool the first time, seeing the guys going backwards down the ice with their names on the backs of their Canadian jackets,' said Bryden. 'When it was over it was a relief, but it was awesome because we wanted to win and we really came through. It just feels great!' Bryden, third Troy Robinson, second Russ Bryden, lead Chris Semenchuck and fifth Glen Hill went undefeated through the competition, placing atop their pool with a 6-0 record before defeating Germany's Andy Kapp 6-5 and Finland's Tomi Rantamaki 6-3 in playoff games Friday. Russ and Randy are brothers who have curled together since the 1990s before adding Robinson a few years later. Semenchuck joined the team about six years ago. Despite surrendering a first-end steal of three in Saturday's final, the Canadians rallied to defeat Scotland's Tom Brewster 10-7. A former world junior champion, Brewster has represented Scotland at four world championships and the 2014 Olympics. 'We stuck with it, got three the next end and led 9-7 coming home because we had three three-enders,' said Randy. 'There were lots of rocks in play and it was great game to watch. 'The guys were playing well so that make you more confident. To make that many three-enders in an eight-end game, you know we're making some good shots.' Bryden said it was especially difficult defeating Kapp, a 14-time German champ, and Rantamaki. 'Every game we played we got asked if we had played the Finns yet and everyone said, 'They're a good team,'' said Bryden. 'We found out afterwards they hadn't lost a game all year. 'Something we also found out is that Canada has been in the final every year, all 22 years of the senior worlds. We knew Canada had won five straight (senior men's world titles), but I'm glad we didn't know that about making the final because I wouldn't want to be the team to end that streak.' Saskatoon's Eugene Hritzuk is among the 15 Canadian skips to have won the men's title, winning in 2009. Canada had also won the previous two senior two women's championships. Atina Ford Johnston, who is from Gray and grew up curling in Regina, skipped her Alberta-based team to a 5-0 record in round-robin play. Canada advanced to the final by beating USA's Margie Smith 9-5 and Ireland's Dale Sinclair 9-4 on Friday before losing the final 10-2 to Scotland's Jackie Lockhart on Saturday. Randy Bryden, Atina Ford Johnston leading Canadian rinks into world senior curling playoffs University of Regina curlers heading to FISU Games in Torino, Italy The Regina Leader-Post has created an Afternoon Headlines newsletter that can be delivered daily to your inbox so you are up to date with the most vital news of the day. Click here to subscribe. With some online platforms blocking access to the journalism upon which you depend, our website is your destination for up-to-the-minute news, so make sure to bookmark and sign up for our newsletters so we can keep you informed. Click here to subscribe.
Calgary Herald
30-04-2025
- Sport
- Calgary Herald
Randy Bryden, Atina Ford Johnston leading Canadian rinks into world senior curling playoffs
Article content Randy Bryden's Regina-based team, representing Canada, won its fifth straight round-robin game Wednesday and qualified for the world senior men's curling championship quarter-finals in Fredericton. Article content Atina Ford Johnston, who is from Gray and grew up curling in Regina before moving to Alberta, is skipping the Canadian senior women's champions, who have also qualified for the playoffs in Fredericton. Article content Article content Skipping a rink that includes teammates Troy Robinson, Russ Bryden (Randy's brother) and Chris Semenchuck, Bryden defeated Ireland's Bill Gray 9-4 in seven ends Wednesday to clinch its playoff berth. Article content Article content 'We were curling the same time as Atina,' said Randy Bryden, who saw the women's team beat New Zealand 13-1. Article content 'We've got lots of fans here and so does Atina. So all the Canadian fans were out at the same time, wearing red hoodies and cheering for us. Atina looked really tough out there.' Article content Bryden's team had a final round-robin game slated for Thursday afternoon against Bob Bomas of the Netherlands before first-round playoffs were scheduled to begin Thursday night. 'Germany looks tough and we beat England, another good team,' said Bryden. 'A medal would be great but it's gonna be a tough battle.' Article content Article content Russ and Randy Bryden were teammates on a rink that won a Canadian mixed championship in 1996. Randy's son, Josh Bryden, skipped the University of Regina men's rink to last year's USports championship and qualified for the recent FISU Games in Italy, where the team placed fourth. Article content Thirty-one countries were represented in the men's event, including Nigeria, Israel, Spain and the Philippines. They were split into five pools (four of six teams; one of seven teams), with the top two finishers in each plus two third-place wildcards qualifying for the playoffs. Canada's seven-team pool also included Portugal and Belgium, countries that also aren't known as curling hotbeds. Article content 'It's a neat thing after the games,' said Bryden. 'We meet the other teams and they share their stories, what they've gone through to play. They play because they love the game. The team we just played, all their guys were in their 60s and one guy was 76.'
