INDEX

Acorn, Frank
Adam, Dr. Graeme
advertising
Ailsa Craig (Scotland)
Ailsa Craig granite
Air Canada
air travel
Aladdin Hotel & Casino (Las Vegas)
Alberta
Albertville (France)
Alliance Atlantis
All-Star Game (baseball)
Alodi, James
American League (baseball)
Ann Brown Award
Arborg (MB)
arenas
artificial ice
Artiss, Laurie
Asham, Arnold
Asham Curling Supplies
Asham Stompers
Assand, Frank
Astley, D.G.
Atlantic Oilworks Championship
attendance
Austria
awards

back line, width of
back problems
bad ice
bagpipes
Baird, Scott
BalancePlus Slider
Baldwin Blackout
Baldwin, Matt
Barcome, Don
Barkley, Charles
Barkwell, Ossie
Barry, David
Bartlett, Don
baseball
basketball
battle of the sexes
Beatles, The
bedpans (playing piece)
Bekkeluns, Hans
Belcourt, Tim
Bemidji Curling Club
Beveridge, Corie
Bible
blue hone granite
blue trefor granite
Bobcaygeon Curling Club
Bodogh [Jurgenon], Christine
Bodogh, Marilyn (See also Darte, Marilyn)
Boston Arena
boxing
Bradbeen, Dick
Brandon Sun
Braunstein, Terry
Brier: ; (1927) ; (1929) ; (1930) ; (1931); (1932); (1934); (1936); (1938) ; (1940); (1949) (1946); (1947), ; (1949); (1951) ; (1952); (1954) ; (1955), ; (1956), ; (1957); (1959); (1960), ; (1962), ; (1963); (1964) ; (1965); (1966) ; (1967); (1969) ; (1970); (1970) ; (1971); (1972; (1973) ; (1974); (1975) ; (1976); (1978); (1979); (1980); (1981); (1982); (1983) ; (1984); (1985); (1986); (1987); (1988); (1989) ; (1990); (1990); (1991); (1993); (1996); (1997); (1999); (2000) ; (2001); (2003); (2004); (2005); (2007) 21(See also Labatt Tankard; Macdonald Brier Tankard; Tim Hortons Brier)
Brier Special (train)
Brier Tankard. See Macdonald Brier Tankard
British Columbia
brooms
Brown, Erica
Buffalo Bills
Burned by The Rock (Sonmor)
burned stone
Burns, Robert
Burtnyk, Kerry
Butler, Mark

Calcutta (betting)
Calgary Winter Club
California
Campbell, Don
Campbell, Garnett
Campbell, Gordon
Campbell, Lloyd
Campbell, Robert
Campbell, Sam
Canada Curling Stone Company
Canada Curls (Maxwell)
Canada Winter Games
Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police
Canadian Blind Curler Championship
Canadian Clergy Championship
Canadian Curling Association
Canadian Curling Championship: (1984); (1991)
Canadian Curling Hall of Fame
Canadian Firefighters Curling Association
Canadian Junior Championship
Canadian Ladies Curling Association
Canadian Men’s Championship
Canadian Mixed
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Police Curling Championship
Canadian Postal Curling Championship
Canadian Postal Employees Curling Championship
Canadian Seniors Championship
Canadian Senior Women’s Golf Championship
Canadian Women’s Championship
cannonballs (stones)
Carstairs, Kent
Casino Rama
CBC
CBC Curling Classic
CBC radio
Celebrity Chefs (TV show)
Central Park (NYC)
centre skittle
Chamonix (France)
championships (See also individual championships)
Charette, Pierre
Chevrier, Don
Chicago Black Hawks
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Stadium
Childs, Alf
Chilton, Bob
Chronicle Journal (Thunder Bay)
Cialis (drug)
clergy, curlers
closing banquet (Brier)
closing ceremony (Brier)
clothing
Cole, Bob
collectors/collections
collegiate curling
Colin Campbell Award
comebacks
commercials
common green Ailsa Craig (granite)
Condie, Art
Congalton, Johnny
Continental Cup
convicts
Copps Coliseum (Hamilton)
corn brooms
Corner Gas (TV show)
Corner, Peter
Côte d’Ivoire (Africa)
Country Canada (TV channel)
Cowan, Bob
crampits
Crapaud Curling Club
crests
Crossmyloof (Scotland)
CSKA Moscow
curling
conceding game
debut at Olympics
duration of game
longest game
media coverage of
origin of name
and politics
record-setting
roaring game
rules of. See Rules of the Game
science of
success, elements of
Curling Companion, The (Murray)
curling couples
Curling for Dummies
Curling News, The
curling pins
curling siblings
Curling: The History, The Players, The Game (Hansen)
curling shoes
Curtis, Darwin

Dacey, Mark
Dagg, Lyle
Darte, Marilyn(See also Bodogh, Marilyn)
Dave’s Pizza
Davis, Alan
Davis, Chris
Davis, Gord
Davis, Jamie
deaf players
deionizers
Delorey, Paul
Desert Spiel
Detroit Curling Club
Detroit Lions
Di Lorio, Lino
Doily, the
Dominion Curling Association(See also Canadian Curling Association)
Dominion Grocery
doubles. See mixed doubles
Duddington Curling Society
Dufferin, Earl of
Duguid, Don
Durant, Fred
duster

Edmonton
Egilssen, Einer
eight-ender
Eisschiessen (game)
“eisstocks,”
electronic hog line sensor
Elliot, Sir William
Elmer Freytag Award
Empress Hotel (Victoria)
End of the Rail Curling Club
equipment
antiquated
suppliers
Everett, Ken
Eye on the Hog
Ezyduzit Curling League

fans, famous
fantasy curling camp
Featherstone CurlMaster
Featherstone, Preston
Fedoruk, Sylvia
Fenson, Bob
Fenson, Pete
Fenwick Twist
Ferbey Four, The (Jones)
Ferby, Randy
Ferraro, Marco
fights
Finland
Florida
Folk, Rick
football
Ford (sponsor)
four rock free-guard zone
Fowler, Alan
France
Frances Brodie Award
Frauenlob, Hans
free-guard zone
Friar’s Brier
Fry, Barry

Gallant, Peter
Garmish-Partenkirchen (Germany)
Garn For Quarry (Wales)
Garza, Josele
Gellard, Kim
Gemmell, Maymar
gender battles. See battle of the sexes
Germany
Gerster, Stan
Gervais, Hec
Globe and Mail
golf
Governor-General’s Club
Governor-General’s trophy
Gowanlock, Ab
Gowsell, Paul
Graham, Sandy
Grand Banks (NF)
Grand Caledonian Curling Club
Grand Match (1848)
“Grand Match at Linlithgow Loch” (painting)
Grand National Curling Club
Grand Slam of Curling
Granite Club (Toronto)
Granite Curling Club
granite, types of
Gray, Glenn
Great Britain
Gretzky, Wayne
grey trefor (granite)
Grits vs. Tories spiel
Gross, Paul
Grossart, Jack
Grossart Super Brush
Guinness Book of World Records
Gushue, Brad

Hackner, Al (“The Iceman”)
hacks
Haig, Senator Jack
Halifax
halls of fame. See Canadian Curling Hall of Fame; U.S. Curling Hall of Fame
Haluptzok, Mark
Hamilton (ON)
Hamilton Spectator
Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Frederick. See Dufferin, Earl of
Hamilton Thistle Curling Club
Hanna, Jean
Hansen, Warren
harmonica
Hardie, Dr. J.B.
Harper, Stephen
Harris, Mike
Harrison, Neil
Hart, Richard
Harvard University
Haskell, Jamie
Hasselborg, Mikael
headsets
heavyweight spiel
Hec Gervais Award
Help! (film)
Hemmings, Guy
Herald, The (Glasgow)
History of Curling,The (Kerr)
hockey
hog line
decisions, controversial
origin of name
umpires
width of
hog score
Hollett, Peter
House, Wilber
Houston, Heather
Houston, Neil
Howard Rule
Howard, Glenn
Howard, Russ
Howell, Nancy
Howell, Maxwell L.
hubcaps (“stones”)
Hudson, Gordon
Hudson’s Bay Company
humidity
humour
Hunt, Jim
Hunt, Mel
Hunter, Rod

ice, changing speed of
Ice King
Illinois State Curling Foundation
Indy 500,
instant replay
International Curling Federation (ICF)
International Guide to Curling (Welsh)
International Olympic Committee
in-turns
irons
Italy
Ivoire Hotel (Africa)

Jagger, Mick
jam can “rocks,”
James Bay
Japan
Jenkins, Clarence “Shorty,”
Johnson, Cassie
Johnson, Leo
Johnson, Lyndon B.
Jones, Colleen
Jones, Jennifer
Jones, Terry
Jubilee Meeting, Royal Caledonian Curling Club (1888)
Jubilee Stone
Junior-Senior championship winners

Kapuskasing (ON)
Kawaja, John
keanie (granite)
Keene (ON)
Keith, Toby
Ken Watson on Curling (Watson)
Kennedy, Bruce
Kerr, Charlie
Kerr, Rev. John
King, Cathy
Kingston (ON)
Kleibrink, Shannon
knee problems
Knox, Debbie
Kotanen, Ray
Kruger Products

Labatt
Labatt Beer
Labatt Tankard (See also Macdonald Brier Tankard)
Labonte, Bob
Labonte Curse
Ladies Curling Association, Canadian Branch, Royal Caledonian Curling Club
Lagoon Leisure Centre (Scotland)
Laing, Brent
Lake Placid (NY)
Lakehead Rock
Laliberte, Connie
Laliberte, Corinne
Laliberte, Janet
Lang, Lorraine
Lang, Rick
Lank, Patti
Lantos, Robert
lapel pins. See curling pins
Las Vegas
Lauber, Harold
Lausanne (Switzerland)
Lees, Charles
left-handers spiel
Leno, Jay
Letterman, David
lexicon, curling terms
lieutenant-governors
Little Mosque on the Prairie (TV show)
little rocks
locations, unusual
Lockerbie (Scotland)
Loen, Sjur
Lohnes, Bruce
Lukowich, Ed

McCain Foods
McCormick, Wally
Macdonald Brier Tankard (See also Labatt Tankard)
Macdonald, Fiona
Macdonald, John A.
Macdonald Tobacco Company
McDonald, Toby
MacDuff, Jack
McEdwards, Kathy
MacFadyen, Ted
McGrath, Larry
McIntyre, Marvin
Mackay-Bennett (ship)
McKee, Joyce
Maclean’s magazine
Macmillan, Hammy
Macneill, Murray
Major League Baseball
Martin, Kevin
made-for-TV games
male-versus-female games. See battle of the sexes
Manahan, Cliff
Manion, Dave
Manitoba
Manitoba Bonspiel
Manitoba Curling Association
Manning, Ron
Maple Leaf Gardens (Toronto)
Marco hack
Marg Mitchell Award
Martin, Kevin
Martin, Rhona
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Mather, Harry
Maxwell, Doug
Mayflower Curling Club
Mayo, Larry
Mazinke, Harvey
MCA. See Manitoba Bonspiel
Mead, Jon
Meleschuk, Orest
Men with Brooms (film)
men’s team statistics
Merklinger, Dave
Mexico
Miami Herald
microphones
Middaugh, Sherry
Middaugh, Wayne
Milliken, Hugh
Milwaukee
Mitchell, Colin
mixed doubles
Moncton (NB)
Moncton 100,
Montreal
Montreal Canadiens
Moore, Archie
Moore, Linda
Moores, Frank
Moose Factory (ON)
Moosonee (ON)
Morocco
Morris, Earle
Morris, John
movies
Murdock, David
Murphy, Ken (“Crazy Legs”)
Murphy, W.H.
museum
Mustapac, Dan

Nagano (Japan)
Napa Valley (CA)
National Basketball Association (NBA)
National Basketball League
National Hockey League (NHL)
National Post
Nashville Curling Club
Neale, Harry
Nedohin, Dave
Nedohin, Heather
Neff, Aubrey
New Brunswick
New York
New York City
Newfoundland/Labrador
Newton, Laurie
nicknames
Nichols, Bob
Nicol, Bob
Nokia (sponsor)
Northcott, Ron
Northern Ontario
Northwest Territories
Norway
Noseworthy, Mark

occupations
Odishaw, Grant
Office Depot
Okelsrud, Hans
Oland, Sid
older players
Olson, Elias Bjarni (“Ole”)
Olympic Stadium (Montreal)
Olympics : (1924); (1932) ; (1975); (1987); (1988); (1992), ; (1998); (2001); (2002) ; (2006) ; (2010)
Ontario
Ontario Curling Association
Ontario Curling Report
Ontario double-rink competition
Ontario Senior Championship
opening banquet (Brier)
opening ceremony (Brier)
O’Rourke, Mark
Orchard Lake (NY)
Order of Canada
order of playing rule
Orillia (ON)
O’Sullivan, Shawn
Oscarius, Kjell
Ottawa
Ottawa Curling Club
Ottawa Valley
outdoor bonspiel
out-turns
Oyler, Don

paintings
Paju, Ray
Paper Lion (Plimpton)
pebbling can
Pennant, Thomas
Penticton Western News
Perroud, Jane Hooper
Perroud, Pat
Perry, Mel
Peters
Petryk, Dan
Pezer, Vera
Pfeifer, Scott
Philadelphia Flyers
Phillips, Alf
Phillips Jr., Alf
pin collectors
Pin People, The (company)
Pine Hill Divinity College
players
clergy
couples
full-time occupations
heavy
left-handed
most Brier games
nicknames
older
police
in politics
profile of
siblings
special needs
visible minority
young
Players Championships (2006)
Plimpton, George
police curlers
Potter, Cassie
Potter, Joyce
Pralogna-la-Vanoise (Albertville)
Prince Edward Island
Print Measurement Bureau
Purple Heart
push brooms

Quebec
Quebec City
Queen City Curling Stone Co.
Quirks and Quarks (radio show)

Rabat (Morocco)
Ramcharan, Rudy
Ranin, Janice
records
red-brick sliders
red/brown trefor (granite)
Regina
Regina Leader-Post
Reid, Charles
retirement
Richardson, Arnold
Richardson, Ernie
Richardson, Garnet (“Sam”)
Richardson, Wes
Rideau Hall (Ottawa)
Riley, Mike
rink ice shaver
Rink Rat (broom)
rinks
Robert Burns World Foundation
Roberts, Bruce
Roberts, Joe
Robertson, Ed
Robinson, Andrew
rock sharpener
Rockefeller Center (NYC)
rocks
granite used in
identifying by colour
lifespan of
making of
measure
rules
scale of
scaled down
standardization of
sunken
types of
world’s largest
Rocque, Marcel
Rogers Sportsnet
Ross Harstone Award
Rowland, Les
Royal Bank of Scotland
Royal Caledonian Curling Club
Royal Canadian Legion
Royal Montreal Curling Club
rubber hack
Rudy Spiel
Rules of the Game
Rutgers University
Ryan, Linsay
Ryan, Pat

Safeway
St. John’s (NF)
St. John’s Curling Club
Salt Lake City (UT)
Sandra Schmirler Award
Sarnia (ON)
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon Imperials
Sauve, Paul
Savage, Lisa
Savage, Paul
Savill, Craig
Shegelski, Mark,
Schmirler, Sandra
Schwaller, Andreas
Schwarzenegger, Arnold
Scotch Cup (1965)
Scotch Whiskey Company
Scotland
Scotland-Canada competition
Scott, Kelly
Scott Paper
Scottie tissues
Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
seven-ender
Shegelski, Mark
Shot, The
shuffleboard
Shuster, John
sibling curlers
Silver Broom
Silver Tankard
Simpsons, The (TV show)
Sioux Lookout (ON)
skins games
skip(s)
Cdn. representing foreign countries
rules
sliders
sliding, before contest
Smart Curling (Pezer)
Smith, Donald. See Strathcona, Lord
Sogaard, Marten
Somerville, Bud
Somerville, John
Somerville, Ray
Somerville, Tom
songs
Sonmor, Jean
Sotheby’s
Sparkes, Bernie
spiels
sponsors
Sports and Games in Canadian Life (Howell)
Sportsnet. See Rogers Sportsnet
Springsteen, Bruce
Stewart, David
Stick, the
Stone Age, The (Pezer)
stones. See rocks
Stoughton, Jeff
Strathcona Cup
Strathcona Curling Club
Strathcona, Lord
Strauss Herbs (sponsor)
straw brooms
Strum, Bill
Sudbury (ON)
Sullivan, Jim
Summer Spud (spiel)
sunken rocks
Super Bowl
Super Brush
Super Draw Curling Bonspiel
Sutton, Jodi
Sutton, Julie
Sweden
sweeping
before contest
instructions, calling
Switzerland
Sydenham Curling Club
Sykes, Leon

talk shows
“Tam Samson’s Elegy” (Burns)
Tartan Curling Club
tassels
Team Canada
team statistics
tee line, width of
Teflon sliders
telephone employees championship
television (See also CBC; Rogers Sportsnet; TSN)
terminology
Tetley, Bill
Tetley, Ian
This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Thompson, Jim
three-rock free-guard zone
Thunder Bay (ON)
thunder mugs
Tim Hortons (commercial)
Tim Hortons (sponsor)
Tim Hortons Brier
time clocks
Timmins (ON)
Titanic
Torino (Italy)
Toronto
Toronto Blue Jays
Toronto Curling Club
Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto Sun
Tour Through Scotland (Pennant)
trading cards
Tragically Hip, The
transatlantic competition
Trans-Canada Telephone Employees’ Championship
train travel
Trenchie, Gord
TSN
TSN Skins Game
Tuck, Kim
Turnbull, Ray
Turner Curling Museum
Turner, Don
Turner, Elva
Twist

United States Men’s Championship
United States Curling Association
United States Curling Championship
United States Women’s Curling Association
University of Minnesota
University of Saskatchewan
U.S. Curling Hall of Fame
U.S. National Championship
U.S. Olympic Committee
U.S. Olympic team
USA Today
Usackis, John
Utica Curling Club
Uusipaavalniemi, Maskku

Vacaville (CA)
Vancouver Fire Department
Veale, Fred
Victoria (BC)
Vierumaki (Finland)
Villeneuve, Camille
visible minority players
vision-impaired players

Walchuk, Don
Wales
walkie-talkies
Walsh, Billy
Ward, Phil
warming up
Watkins, Jack
Watson, Grant
Watson, Ken
Watson, Harry
Watson, Ken (“Mr. Curling”)
Watson Lake Outdoor Bonspiel
Waterman, Grant
Welsh, Jimmy
Welsh, Robin
Wendorf, Keith
Werenich, Ed,
Westphal, Don
Whalen, Rob
wheelchair players
Willis, Errik
Wilson, Jim
Wilson, Tom
Winnipeg
Winnipeg Amphitheatre
Winnipeg Granite Club
women’s curling: highlights; sponsors ; statistics
Women’s World Championship: (1961); (2005)
Wood, Bill
Wood, Howard
Wood Jr., Howard
wooden stones
Woods, Bob
World Curling Championship : (1972); (1973); (1974); (1976); (1980); (1981) ; (1983); (1984); (1985); (1989) ; (1990); (1996); (2001); (2003); (2005); (2007)
World Curling Federation (WCF)
World Curling Tour
World Junior Curling Championship: (1975) ; (1976); (1994)
World Lefthanders Championship
World Open
World Series
World Wheelchair Curling Championship

Young, Willie
Yellowgras (SK)
young players
Yukon

Zamboni