Rocks Across the Pond

Rocks Across the Pond


Latest Episodes

Rock Matching w/ Ling-Yue Hung
February 23, 2023

Ling-Yue Hung from Team Hong Kong gives us a beginners guide to rock matching, including whether or not it can help club-level curlers. She also tells us about her iOS app, CurlingRockBook, which hel

Ramble on, Rose City w/ Kiren Scorah
February 14, 2023

The 22 year-old GM of Rose City Curling Club in Camrose, AB, Kiren Scorah, tells us how their club has attracted new members, grown their Little Rocks program and fostered community among their member

“Muddy” waters in Canada
February 06, 2023

We break down the latest news in curling, including a short-lived Curling Canada pregnancy policy and its hiring for former world champion David Murdoch from Scotland to lead its high performance prog

Is lead now the toughest position in curling?
November 30, 2022

In this show we review the 2022 European Curling Championships. We discuss the impact the no-tick rule had on the event and what to watch for in events going forward with this relatively new rule. Nex

Previewing the European women’s field w/ Scott Graham of Game of Stones
November 16, 2022

Its time for our annual Bad Beer Bet with the fine folks from the Game of Stones podcast. Each year we all make picks for the European A and B pools and the podcast with the fewest points has to drin

New curling friends
November 09, 2022

We begin this show by recapping co-host Jonathan Havercrofts exploits at the 2022 World Mixed Curling Championships. Then, we shift to recent curling news and results from the USA, the inaugural Pan-

USA Curling deserves better from its leadership
October 07, 2022

USA Curlings CEO, Jeff Plush, is under fire for how he responded when notified of allegations of abuse and sexual misconduct. He received allegations against a soccer coach while he was commissioner

Curling in India w/ PN Raju
August 30, 2022

What was it like at the worlds highest bonspiel? Find out in this episode all about curling in India with PN Raju. First, we talk about how he discovered curling and started playing in Oakland, Calif

What’s next in the USA Curling/GNCC situation
August 18, 2022

Recently, USA Curlings board of directors voted to remove the regional association representing clubs in the Eastern United States, the Grand National Curling Club. We dive into why this happened, wh

World Seniors Curling w/ Gery Hermans
June 24, 2022

Gery Hermans from Belgian Curling returns to the podcast to discuss the world senior curling championship. Jonathan and Gery review the 2022 world senior curling championship and the Gery replays two