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UPDATE: Upcoming Viterra, Scotties, and Dynasty Mixed Doubles Championships cancelled due to Provincial restrictions. Jason Gunnlaugson, Jennifer Jones, and Karwacki/Samagalski to represent Manitoba at Curling Canada bubble in Calgary. More details on our website ... https://curlmanitoba.org//curlmanitoba-update-december-21/

Ice cream pail - $7.99 Concrete mix - $2.99 Paint roller handle - $5.99 in your backyard - Priceless... Check out our attempt at a DIY curling rock, perfect for the backyard rink! Send us of your homemade curling rocks or backyard rink set up so we can all #keepcurling

Manitoba Curling’s renowned Big 3 from the 1990’s all made significant moves up the People’s Choice ranking in the past week in the Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame & Museum’s Most Notable Team balloting. Jeff Stoughton’s 1999-2006 team climbed up to #5 Voting ends Dec. 13!

Iconic Canadian curler and broadcaster Don Duguid has been appointed to the Order of Canada, one of the nation’s highest civilian honours today. Congratulations... Don! Our story https://bit.ly/2JeAXJT --- Un célèbre joueur de curling et annonceur canadien a ajouté une nouvelle récompense à sa liste de succès. En effet, Don Duguid fait partie des 114 récipiendaires de l’Ordre du Canada, une des plus hautes récompenses civiles au pays. Félicitations Don! https://bit.ly/2JlGnTg : Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame

The focus of our podcast this month is KidSport Manitoba Ambassador and competitive curler Shannon Birchard. Shannon discusses her success on the ice, her work with KidSport, and more! Click the link below to listen. It's also available on all the podcast apps including Spotify!

@mbcurlinghof contest continues with this weeks current top 5: #1: Gordon Hudson Strathcona 1928 & 1929 #2: Kerri Einarson Gimli 2020 #3: Kelly MacKenzie Deer Lodge 1995 ... #4: Terry Braunstein Granite 1958 #5: Jennifer Jones St. Vital 2014 Make sure to vote for your favourite team and donate to the Hall of Fame https://www.canadahelps.org//manito/p2p/most-notable-teams

Our final feature team of the week is 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Champions @teamkerrieinarson from Gimli, Manitoba! Unfortunately the 2020 Women’s World Championship was cancelled due to COVID-19. We can’t wait for the next time Team Einarson wears the maple leaf! Photo: @curlingcanada

Today’s feature athlete is Dennis Thiessen from Sanford, Manitoba. Dennis helped Team Canada claim a silver medal at the 2020 World Wheelchair Curling Championship! This was the first World Wheelchair Curling medal for Canada since 2013. Great work Dennis!

Today’s feature team is 2020 World Junior Men’s Champions Team Gauthier from @curlamcc.ca! Team Gauthier became the first ever non Provincial Champion team to win a National title when they won the 2020 Canadian Juniors as team Manitoba 2. A history making accomplishment!

Today’s feature team is 2020 World Junior Women’s Champions @teamzacharias from Altona, Manitoba! Mackenzie, Karlee, Emily, Lauren, and coach Sheldon posted an impressive 29-2 record through their Provincial, National, and World Championship run. What a season!

Throughout this week we will be celebrating all the Manitoba curlers who represented on the International stage during the 2019-2020 season. Even though the season was cut short, it was a record year for Manitoba curlers who took home 3and 1 in the four World Curling events contested in 2019/20. First up - Team Colin Kurz, World Mixed Curling Champions