Team Gushue is on the hunt for a second gold medal at the Men’s World Curling Championships in Ottawa. The event kicks off this weekend with the Gushue rink representing Canada. NTV’s Mark Dwyer reports.
The deal to move Bally Haly Golf and Country Club to Clovelly Golf Course has been finalized. There was no mention in a joint news release about the future of the curling club.
The top teams in the province are competing in the biggest basketball tournament of the year this weekend.
The tournament with the most spirit and the highest stakes. NTV’s Marykate O’Neill is in Your Community.
After the Cain’s Quest Snowmobile Endurance Race had to be cancelled due to weather conditions in Labrador earlier this month, organizers have decided to host its next race earlier than usual – in 2024.
It’s normally a bi-annual event, but the board of directors say, they will host the race in 2024, rather than 2025.
The Newfoundland Growlers have clinched a playoff spot, but they still have plenty of games left in the regular season as they chase a second Kelly Cup title. NTV’s Mark Dwyer reports.
The Labrador Winter Games came to an end this weekend, with the closing ceremony taking place on Saturday night.
The 40th anniversary Labrador Winter Games in Happy Valley-Goose Bay saw hundreds of athletes from all across Labrador, take part in sporting events from target shooting – to snowshoe races.
Labrador City took home the top prize this year, as the winner of the Labrador Cup.
The Labrador Winter Games’ main event, the Labrathon, has been cancelled for the first time in 40 years because of warm weather.
Tonight on On The Mark, we take you to Inverness, Florida, and dreams where rubber hits the road, and two Newfoundland teenagers taking baby steps towards Nascar. Here’s NTV’s Mark Dwyer.
Brad Gushue won an unprecedented fifth national championship as skip as Team Canada beat Matt Dunstone’s Manitoba rink 7-5 Sunday night at the Tim Hortons Brier in London, Ont.
It was a tight game most of the night featuring the top two teams from the tournament. Canada and Manitoba traded single points until the eighth end when Gushue broke it open by scoring three.
With the win, Gushue passed Ernie Richardson, Kevin Martin, Randy Ferbey and Kevin Koe to set a new record for championships by a skip. Team Gushue has now won five of the last seven Briers, twice as Newfoundland and Labrador, twice as Team Canada and once as a wild card team. The rink will now represent Canada at the men’s World Curling Championships in Ottawa April 1-9.
Skip Brad Gushue and third Mark Nichols will be looking to add a second world title to their resumes, which also include Olympic gold and bronze medals. The team also includes Geoff Walker at lead, who has been with the team through its current dynastic run, and E.J. Harnden at second, who joined the team this season after Brett Gallant left to play for Brendan Bottcher in Alberta. Harnden also has an impressive resume, having previously won the Brier with Northern Ontario in 2013 and an Olympic gold medal in 2014.
One Special Olympian is already looking ahead to summer after the Winter Games in Corner Brook wrapped up this week. NTV’s Colleen Lewis reports.
