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Emergency Podcast: Inside the cancelation of the World Junior Bs

January 7, 2022Uncategorizedenglish curling, junior curling, world curling federationrocksacrossthepond

The 2022 World Junior B Curling Championships, which determine the final entrants for World Juniors, was canceled on Jan. 6 after an outbreak of COVID-19 among the competitors. We are joined not only by our usual co-host, Jonathan Havercroft, but by all of Team England: Joe Sugden, Felix Price, Archer Woods and Harry Pinnell. They tell us about their experience at the tournament, their reaction to its cancelation and how the last two years have impacted their young curling careers.

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Ep43: Merit Badges

January 6, 2020Uncategorizedenglish curling, european curling, order of merit, scottish curling, world curling tourrocksacrossthepond

We return from our holiday break to discuss a number of curling topics. We look at curling’s rankings system, why it can be tougher for European teams to earn points, an important facility closure, the difference in how clubs are set up in Europe vs. North America and we get Jonathan’s perspective on Curling Canada’s High Performance Consultant Program.

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Ep39: 2019 Euro Men’s Preview with Game of Stones

November 12, 2019Uncategorizedenglish curling, european championships, joel retornaz, niklas edinrocksacrossthepond

It’s a crossover episode! Scott from Game of Stones joins Ryan to preview the men’s side of the draw. We break down what’s at stake in this event and go over each team in the A flight as well as a B flight that is full of very solid teams. Check out the Game of Stones podcast to hear Jonathan preview the women’s side of the draw with Sean.

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Ep38: Mixing It Up

November 4, 2019Uncategorizedcurling, english curling, mixed worlds, world curling federation, world curling tourrocksacrossthepond

Jonathan regales us with tales from the 2019 World Mixed Curling Championships, including the thrilling finishes to the Gold and Bronze Medal games, how the Nigeria and Kosovo teams came to be and whether or not he’s now motivated to return. We also discuss the difference in the World Curling Tour between now and 20 years ago and we give Jonathan the opportunity to respond to all the mean things we said about him while he was away.

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Ep36: Retchless & Jonathan-less

October 14, 2019Uncategorizedenglish curling, grassroots curling, mixed worlds, ontariorocksacrossthepond

We have two special guest hosts this episode: Ontario-turned-England curler Rob Retchless and English junior curler Felix Price. Rob talks changing affiliations to England, Ontario’s curling scene and prioritizing life and family over curling. You may remember Felix from our etiquette episode. He’s back to help Ryan make fun of Jonathan, preview the World Mixed Curling Championship and talk about licking rocks.

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Ep33: Eight is Enough

August 20, 2019Uncategorizedcurling on tv, english curling, john shuster, korean curling, world curling federationrocksacrossthepond

We debate eight ends vs. 10 ends and how eight-end curling would have changed some of the best games from the last decade. Also, the curling season is upon us. We find out how Jonathan’s new team came together with skip Rob Retchless, talk early season results in the Pacific Asia region and Ryan gets ready to head to Raleigh for Curling Night in America.

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Ep31: Oh No, It’s an Etiquette Episode

June 27, 2019Uncategorizedarena curling, curling on tv, curling world cup, english curling, grassroots curlingrocksacrossthepond

We are joined by Felix Price from Team Sugden (the junior team Jonathan coaches) to talk about curling etiquette. Three generations of curlers discuss when and how to teach it to new curlers with in-depth discussions on pace of play and the burned rock rule. All this plus the latest curling news, including the end of the Curling World Cup.

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Ep28: Mixed Doubles Curling w/ Anna Fowler of Team GB

April 16, 2019Uncategorizedanna fowler, curling on tv, doubles worlds, english curling, grassroots curling, mixed doublesrocksacrossthepond

Topics: We preview the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship with England’s Anna Fowler. Anna and her brother, Ben, are the first English team to be accepted to the British Curling program. She talks about how she got into curling, what she likes about mixed doubles and what it took to become part of Team GB. Also: Big names at this year’s championship, how mixed doubles grows the sport and how the discipline is evolving now that it’s part of the Olympic program.

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