'Tis the Season

The new year brings all kinds of things to our lives, but those of us in the curling world it brings playdowns, playdowns and more playdowns. I honestly haven't curled or even been interested in curling myself since Leah was just a baby, but I still enjoy following and/or watching the curling playdowns to see who is going to make it to the Brier and the Scotties. I especially like to pay attention to the Ontario and Northern Ontario playdowns because I am sure to recognize someone that I have either curled with or against in the past.

The Scotties Provincial playdowns run from January 19th to February 8th. Some teams have already been determined and others are currently playing. You can check out all the results at the following address: http://www.tsn.ca/curling/feature/?fid=4864. All the provincial winners will travel to Victoria, BC to play for the big prize at the 2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts from February 21st to March 1st.

The Tim Horton's Brier provincial playdowns are being played between February 2nd and 22nd with the winners being award a spot in the Brier which is being held in Calgary, AB this year from March 7th to 15th. Check out this link http://www.tsn.ca/curling/feature/?fid=4865 next week to see which teams will make it.

My predictions for the Ontario Scotties are:

Team Hanna vs. Team McCarville final with McCarville advancing.

To all you curlers out there, what are your predictions?