{"id":8213,"date":"2025-01-27T10:40:16","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T14:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/?p=8213"},"modified":"2025-01-27T10:43:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T14:43:00","slug":"liverpool-curling-club-gets-ready-to-host-mixed-doubles-curling-provincials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/2025\/01\/27\/liverpool-curling-club-gets-ready-to-host-mixed-doubles-curling-provincials\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool Curling Club gets ready to host mixed doubles curling provincials"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cheryl Innes is the co-chair of the mixed doubles curling provincial championships at the Liverpool Curling Club, starting Jan. 30. (Rick Conrad)<\/p><\/div>\n

Queens County curling fans will have another chance to take in some fast-paced mixed doubles action with the provincial championships set for Liverpool this week.<\/span><\/p>\n

Eight teams will be competing at the Liverpool Curling Club for the chance to represent Nova Scotia at the 2025 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Summerside.<\/span><\/p>\n

The provincials begin Thurs., Jan. 30 and run to Sun., Feb. 2.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cheryl Innes is the co-chair of the event with Tyler Dorey.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe public is welcome,” Innes said. “We are not charging admission, we’re just going to be asking for some donations for the club. There will be lots of good food and beverages and great entertainment, the province\u2019s best mixed doubles will be here competing for the provincial title.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the teams competing will be a Liverpool pair — Megan Trimm and Matt Sheffield, who also happen to be coaches in the junior curling program at the club.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHoping we get lots of support from our club members to cheer them on. I’m really hoping that all of our juniors come out to cheer on Megan and Matt.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A curling icon will also be in the house. Two-time world champion Colleen Jones will be there as a coach for her son Luke Saunders and his partner Marlee Powers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Powers and Saunders are the defending Nova Scotia champions.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re excited to have her here again. She\u2019s great.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Innes says she hopes that the success of the recent Canadian mixed doubles curling trials held in Liverpool will get people back out for the provincial championships.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think a lot of people that aren\u2019t involved in curling came out to watch mixed doubles for the first time and really enjoyed it so hopefully that will engage some of our community to come out to this event as well. It will be very exciting.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Innes says it\u2019s a much different kind of curling action compared to the traditional four-to-a-team curling.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s a very fast game. There\u2019s only two players, so players are either throwing or they’re skipping. There’s a lot of action, a lot of rocks stay in the rings … \u00a0It’s a really interesting, strategic game, lots of freezes, lots of rocks in the rings and then lots of takeouts, so it’s a really quick, exciting game.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Three draws are scheduled for each day, with the first draw kicking off Thursday afternoon at 12:30. The final is on Sunday at 10 a.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

More information will be available on the Liverpool Curling Club\u2019s Facebook page.<\/span><\/p>\n

Email: rickconradqccr@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Listen to the audio version of this story below<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/newnsmixeddoublesjan2425.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Queens County curling fans will have another chance to take in some fast-paced mixed doubles action with the provincial championships set for Liverpool this week. Eight teams will be competing at the Liverpool Curling Club for the chance to represent Nova Scotia at the 2025 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Summerside. The provincials begin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5],"tags":[2829,2836,2833,390,39,513,2834,2835,2743,2832,1699,2831,241,1626,2830],"class_list":["post-8213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-news","category-news-posts","tag-canadian-mixed-doubles-curling-championship","tag-cheryl-innes","tag-colleen-jones","tag-curling","tag-liverpool","tag-liverpool-curling-club","tag-luke-saunders","tag-marlee-powers","tag-matt-sheffield","tag-megan-trimm","tag-mixed-doubles-curling","tag-mixed-doubles-curling-provincial-championship","tag-nova-scotia","tag-sports","tag-summerside"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8213"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8220,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8213\/revisions\/8220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}