GREAT CURLING MOMENTS
Great Curling Moments
Attention: CurlingBlog.com Readers
Please tell us what and when your favorite curling moment of all time was … and why?
HERE’s WHAT WE HAVE SO FAR …
* The Curse of the LaBonte (added 12/17/2005)
* Sandra Shmirler Winning the Gold Medal at 1998 Nagamo Olympics (added 12/26/2005)
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The best curling moment was when Bob Labonte lost the silver broom to the big “O” Orest Meleschuk….All shots were finished….A Measurment was required to determine which rock was closer, Labontes or Meleschuks…it was very close…the tv cameras and everybody who was watching the game including Orest knew that Labontes rock was closer….all that was left was the traditional clarification of a measurement by a third party in case the rings or hole in the center of the button were crooked and Labonte would be the World Champion of curling…..it was all over for Orest and his crew when suddenly the ungentlemanly Labonte jumped up in celebration slipped and slid on the ice and disturbed the rocks that needed to be measured..the Silver Broom official ruled Labonte had burned the rock and awarded the point to Meleschuk forcing the game into an extra end which Meleschuk easily beat the demoralized U.S.A Bob Labonte team to win the Silver Broom World Championship…..Like Billy Mosienkos 3 goals in 21 seconds the Labonte Blunder remains the worst curling mistake of all time
My favorite Curling moment was when Sandra Schmirler won the Gold Medal at the 1998 Nagano Olympics
I think the best ever was Al “The Iceman” Hacker’s Brier shot. When your feat has its own nic name aka “The Shot” that says a lot.
Until last night, I would have said Hackners show in the 1985 Brier as well, but Glen Howard’s last shot last night was THE BEST. An in-off, bump takeout, roll the shooter to the other side of the house for the double take out. Are you kidding me!!!