Challengers make us work harder

See the original of this article on the Calgary Herald website.

Exclusive Picture - My calendar 2011

August - Cheryl during Team Bernard during their match against Team Wang from China at the 2010 Olympics.

Exclusive Picture - My calendar 2011

July - Cheryl during the 2010 Olympics Final.

Between the sheets : The Silver Lining

Cheryl Bernard is going the release the new Edition of her Book Between the sheets : The Silver Lining. You can ordered on Team Bernard Website.

Between the sheets update: Curling (and golfing) in California… what a dream!

In this update, Cheryl talks about her visit at curlsandiego on December 11th, 2010. Visit the Canadian Curling Association website to read all the details about it.

Exclusive Picture - My calendar 2011

June - Cheryl calling during Team Bernard's match against Germany in Vancouver.

Exclusive Picture - My calendar 2011

May - Cheryl in Team Bernard's match against Japan in Vacouver. It was in the fourth end.

Exclusive Picture - My calendar 2011

April - Cheryl throwing her last stone in the fifth end during the 2011 Olympics semifinal match.

Exclusive Picture - My calendar 2011

February 2011 - Cheryl's reaction in the second end of Team Bernard's match against China at the 2010 Olympics.

Exclusive Picture - My calendar 2011

January 2011 - Cheryl during Team Bernard's semifinal match against Switzerland. They won 6-5 to secure their silver Medal.

2010 in picture

Team Bernard qualifying for the Olympics was quite event and everybody wanted to know everything on Team Bernard. This picture came from an interview Cheryl Bernard gave to CTV "On the road to Vancouver".

2010 in picture

The season is on hold till January 13th, 2011. On that day, the Continental Cup will kick off and that is going to be an exciting tournament with the best teams competing. Till then, i will share with you some exclusive pictures, some sort of review of that roller coaster ride 2010 was for Team Bernard.

This one comes from an interview after Team Bernard won the Silver at The Olympics on February 26th.

The rebirth of Team Bernard website

Have you visited Team Bernard Website lately? Guys, you should! It had been gorgeously revamped! You guys know that I’ve been taking care of the facebook page and Twitter for Team Bernard and talking with Cheryl to have the latest news right from the source.

The adventure doesn’t end there: Cheryl called upon my great friend to improve Team Bernard website. Improve is a small word, Cris was able to do a piece of art with it, it’s gorgeous and i am not kidding there, Cheryl loved it! I had things to do, she sweetly made sure that i was a part of it all along. Thanks Cheryl, Susan, Carolyn and Cori for trusting us on that, and thanks Cris to have stopped at nothing to create such a beautiful website.

www.teambernard.com

Unplugged: Olympic curler Cheryl Bernard

See the original of this interview here. Cheryl looking back on 2010.

Curl San Diego Pictures link

More pictures about the stop Cheryl and her husband Terry did in Curl San Diego. All Credit to Mark J. Dossett and go visit his flickr page, he got great pictures of the event.

Through the eyes of a fan

Read Liza Beres's very nice entry on Noho Curling blog who had the privilege to meet Cheryl Bernard.

5th Annual Iron Tailgater

Visit San Diego Chargers Tailgating facebook for all the picture about the 5th Annual Iron Tailgating competition. Cheryl and Terry were judges in this competition: a lot of great food and a lot of fun.

Cheryl In Curl San Diego

Cheryl and her husband were down in San Diego and were participating in some activities such as this one covered in this entry. A lot of fun and a lot of action. Here the first available photo of that event. You can find the original and red more about on NoHo curling facebook page here. Picture credit goes to MarK J. Dosset.

Between the Sheets update : Curling in Scottsdale?

In this entry, Cheryl talks about her experience to give a curling clinic in Pheonix, Arizona a couple of weeks ago. Read all about it on the Canadian Curling Association Website.

Cheryl, judge in a tailgating competition

That is today and that's all happening in San Diego.

Canada Cup Pictures

For all the action in images, go the the Canadian Curling Association Website.

Canada Cup Article

Morning Cup Article

See the cover of this article here.

Canada Cup Article

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Happy Birthday Carolyn

All my best to Carolyn for her birthday!

Canada Cup Update : Team Bernard Runner-Up

Team Bernard didn't win today, but they can be happy, they did play great curling this weekend, but Lawton was just better today, a little bit more consistent. Some comment of our Skip about this loss.

“They never were behind the T-line. I really noticed that,” said Bernard. “They were always getting rocks in there, and we were always chasing, and we weren’t quite making it. And you’ve got to be the other way around with them” .

“Losing still feels horrible. It wasn’t our best game, for sure, and those guys were having a great game,” added Bernard, whose team took home a $15,000 consolation prize for second place, plus another $3,200 for their round-robin exploits. Not bad at all at say.

“We even said after the third or fourth end that we had to start having them chase us, and we never, ever got there. The ice was a little straighter, and we just never got the shots in there first.”

That’s huge when you’re in such a tight game. I think if we could have kept the game close, we would have eventually got an end where we were making them chase us,” said Bernard. “But giving up a three on that ice? It was the weight I wanted to throw. We just kept thinking it would curl, and it just didn’t. It was a different sheet of ice than it had been all week.”

* edit: Ok, i need to explain my prior title, that was, Team Bernard Vice-Champion. In French, there is this expression for the team, athletes, or whomever that finish second. I think it's a positive way to indicate a positive event: even after losing a final, making the final is a great thing.

Another Morning Cup Cover for Team Bernard

They Girls are playing right now and it's a very tight game. Let's go Team Bernard Let's go!!!

Canada Cup Update : Team Bernard straight to the final

(Full credit to the Canada Cup Photograph. Visit Canadian Curling Association gallery for more pictures)

It was another great battle against Team Kleibrink, as it is always between these two teams but at the end, it is Team Bernard that got the best out of it winning 6-4. This great victory allows our foursome to avoid the semi-final and win a ticket straight to the final. TSN is broadcasting this event this weekend, and between you and me, even if i am anxious to see them LIVE on TV again, i don't mind at all waiting tomorrow as it is going to be a match for title.