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CTV News
14 hours ago
- Sport
- CTV News
Veteran skip Carruthers pulls out of curling Pre-Trials to focus on coaching
Manitoba-Carruthers skip Reid Carruthers reacts to his shot while playing Alberta-Jacobs during the playoffs at the Montana's Brier in Kelowna, B.C., on Saturday, March 8, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck OTTAWA — Team Reid Carruthers has pulled out of the Home Hardware Pre-Trials in October and has been replaced by Team Jayden King, Curling Canada said Wednesday. Carruthers, from Winnipeg, plans to focus on his coaching commitments with Team Kerri Einarson, the sport organization said in a statement. It wasn't immediately clear whether the 40-year-old skip, who won national and world titles in 2011 with Jeff Stoughton, planned to continue curling next season. Carruthers guided his team to a Manitoba title last winter and an appearance in the Page Playoff 3-4 game at the Montana's Brier in Kelowna, B.C. He was eliminated after dropping a 6-5 decision to Alberta's Brad Jacobs, who went on to win the title. A message left with Carruthers wasn't immediately returned. He has served as the Team Einarson coach throughout the current quadrennial. King, from London, Ont., filled the vacancy in the eight-team Pre-Trials men's field as the highest-ranked rink that had yet to qualify. Curling Canada announced the draw schedules for both the Pre-Trials and the Montana's Canadian Curling Trials on Wednesday. The winners of the Oct. 20-26 Pre-Trials in Wolfville, N.S., will secure the final berths in the eight-team fields for the Nov. 22-30 Trials in Halifax. The Trials will determine Canada's representatives in four-player men's and women's curling at the 2026 Milan Olympics. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 25, 2025. The Canadian Press
Calgary Herald
14 hours ago
- Sport
- Calgary Herald
Curling draws out for Canadian Olympic trials, pre-trials
Canada's top curling teams are aiming for the Olympic podium in 2026. Article content But it's a stop in headed to Nova Scotia for the biggest battles of the country's top teams that is the first stop on the road to the Winter Olympic Games in Italy. Article content And the schedules are now out for those epic spiels. Article content Curling Canada made the announcement Wednesday for the 2025 Home Hardware Canadian Curling Pre-Trials, Oct. 20–26 at the Andrew H. McCain Arena in Wolfville, N.S., and the 2025 Montana's Canadian Curling Trials, Nov. 22–30 at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax. Article content Article content Of course, it's the later trials taking the most shine, with names such as Gushue, Jacobs, Homan and Einarson in the spotlight. Article content Article content The Montana's Trials schedule is packed with compelling storylines, including rematches of recent Canadian men's and women's championship gold-medal games, hometown favourites chasing glory, and a first-of-its-kind format in Canadian curling: a best-of-three final to decide who will be nominated to represent Canada in four-player curling at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milano Cortina. Article content Halifax's own Team Christina Black kicks off its Montana's Trials campaign against four-time Canadian champion Team Kerri Einarson of Gimli, Man., while Team Rachel Homan — two-time reigning Canadian and world champions — opens with a marquee clash against Winnipeg's Team Kate Cameron. Article content On the men's side, curling fans will have their eyes on Team Brad Gushue of Newfoundland and Labrador as it faces Team Rylan Kleiter of Saskatoon. Meanwhile, defending Montana's Brier champions Team Brad Jacobs take to the ice against Calgary rivals Team Kevin Koe. Article content Article content Each gender's eight-team field will play a seven-game round robin, with only three teams advancing to the playoffs. Second- and third-place meet in a semifinal, with the winner advancing to a best-of-three final series set for Nov. 28–30. Article content The final Montana's trials spots will be on the line at the 2025 Home Hardware Canadian Curling Pre-Trials in Wolfville, where eight men's and eight women's teams will battle for the last tickets to Halifax. Article content The format mirrors the trials, with seven round-robin games per team, followed by a semifinal and a best-of-three final (Oct. 24–26). Article content Team Reid Carruthers has withdrawn due to coaching commitments with Team Einarson, opening a spot for Team Jayden King of London, Ont. — the top-ranked men's team on the Canadian Team Ranking System yet to qualify.
CBC
15 hours ago
- Sport
- CBC
Veteran skip Carruthers pulls out of Olympic curling pre-trials to focus on coaching
Team Reid Carruthers has pulled out of the Olympic pre-trials in October and has been replaced by Team Jayden King, Curling Canada said Wednesday. Carruthers, from Winnipeg, plans to focus on his coaching commitments with Team Kerri Einarson, the sport organization said in a statement. It wasn't immediately clear whether the 40-year-old skip, who won national and world titles in 2011 with Jeff Stoughton, planned to continue curling next season. Carruthers guided his team to a Manitoba title last winter and an appearance in the Page Playoff 3-4 game at the Montana's Brier in Kelowna, B.C. He was eliminated after dropping a 6-5 decision to Alberta's Brad Jacobs, who went on to win the title. A message left with Carruthers wasn't immediately returned. He has served as the Team Einarson coach throughout the current quadrennial. King, from London, Ont., filled the vacancy in the eight-team Pre-Trials men's field as the highest-ranked rink that had yet to qualify. Curling Canada announced the draw schedules for both the pre-trials and the Canadian Curling Trials on Wednesday. The winners of the Oct. 20-26 pre-trials in Wolfville, N.S., will secure the final berths in the eight-team fields for the Nov. 22-30 Trials in Halifax.
CBC
29-01-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Lauren Lenentine expects 'new perspective' playing alongside another top-end skip in Manitoba's Kerri Einarson
Lauren Lenentine has yet to complete her first full quadrennial on the women's curling scene and she's already teamed with some of the best skips in the sport. The 2020 world junior champion played two seasons with Jennifer Jones, spent the past few months with Chelsea Carey and is now set to join Kerri Einarson at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Not bad for a lead who's still five months away from her 25th birthday. Her season with Carey now complete, Lenentine was recently named team fifth for Einarson at the Feb. 14-23 national playdowns in Thunder Bay, Ont. "I think it offers me a new perspective," Lenentine said. "I think joining a new team any time, you always are going to learn new things because you're learning from new players and a new coach. "So I think it's going to be a really great opportunity for me to be exposed to that." Lauren Lenentine added by Team Einarson as alternate for next month's Scotties Lenentine made her first two Scotties appearances with skip Mackenzie Zacharias before reaching back-to-back finals with Jones, a 2014 Olympic gold medallist and six-time national champion. Lenentine was part of a five-player team that lost to Einarson in the 2023 final and she played lead on last year's squad that fell to Rachel Homan in the championship game. "I've gone deep at the Scotties before and I've also done it in the fifth role," Lenentine said from her hometown of Winnipeg. "So I think it's something that I can keep building on going forward." As an alternate, she'll need to be game-ready in case of injury or illness and will support her teammates on and off the ice. Duties include rock matching, scouting, and helping at practice sessions. Looking for 5th national title She joins a team that's looking for a fifth national title. Einarson, who won four straight titles from 2020-23, is joined by vice Val Sweeting, second Karlee Burgess, lead Krysten Karwacki and coach Reid Carruthers. "[They] all have such great experience in the sport and I can never learn too much," Lenentine said. "So being able to spend some time with them, see how they approach big games and big situations is something I'm looking forward to." Burgess made an in-season jump to Einarson's team as an injury replacement for Shannon Birchard. The move resulted in Carey's squad losing its pre-qualified status for both the Scotties and the Canadian Curling Trials in November. Carey, a two-time national champion who replaced Jones at skip last spring, no longer had the minimum of three returning players from last season. Her future plans remain unclear and she has declined interview requests. "Once we lost our spot at the Scotties, our season was essentially finished," Lenentine said. "We had no other events on our schedule at that point. [Joining Einarson] gives me something that I can work toward, I can keep practising and getting on the ice, and just keep being involved in the sport that I love." Einarson's team is ranked second in Canada behind Homan despite using a number of substitute players in recent months. Birchard appeared at just one bonspiel before shutting down her campaign due to a knee issue. Regular lead Briane Harris missed the entire season due to a provisional suspension for an anti-doping rule violation last winter. The Court of Arbitration for Sport recently ruled she was not at fault and her ban was lifted, but the news came after the team made roster plans. Lenentine, a Charlottetown native, was also looking forward to reuniting with Burgess, who made her Team Einarson debut at the WFG Masters earlier this month. "It makes it a lot easier just having that familiar face around," she said. "I know Karlee quite well from being teammates and friends, so being able to continue that relationship, I'm happy about it." Einarson will be the top seed in Pool B in the 18-team competition at Fort William Gardens. "Just being dynamic and being able to adapt has been something that I've learned over the past few years," Lenentine said. "We've had a lot of changes to our team, our team lineup, and just even positionally, getting to learn from Jennifer and Chelsea has been incredible. The things that they've taught me has changed who I am as a curler.
