Happy Birthday Lori

I am a couple of hours early, but in case I forget it, it is Lori's birthday on November 24th. They are heading to Lloydminister this weekend, maybe she can pay herself a treat and be part of the winning team this weekend. ;)

Have a great one Lori!

Happy Birthday Coach

Today is Terry Meek’s Birthday: as you may know already, not only Team Bernard’s coach, but Cheryl’s hubby. Have a great one Terry!!!

His girls headed to Red Deer today to practice on curling center ice for the Red Deer Classic. They are playing at 9.00am tomorrow; why not extent this special day to a weekend? Go get them all Team Bernard!

Team Bernard Exclusive Picture

It is no secret, she is the other half of one of the best end in women curling, Susan is one hell of a shot maker.

Team Bernard Exclusive Picture

Junior champ, Jennifer is also known for her sweeping ability. She hasn't compete at this level for a little while but she is more then ready to "sweep the world" with Team Bernard.

Team Bernard Exclusive Picture

Lori is a competitive player, she is really motivated and eager to start the new season with her new teammates.

Meet the Team : Terry Meek

Team Bernard's Coach, Terry Meek, everyday life partner of the skipper. Read about Terry's accomplishment on Team Bernard Website.

Meet the Team : Cheryl Bernard

Read a detailed list of Cheryl accomplishments on the team website.

Meet the Team : Susan O'Connor

Susan has been playing with Cheryl for the past 11 eleven years. Review her accomplishments here.

Meet the Team : Lori Olson Johns

Read about Lori on Team Bernard website.

Meet the Team : Jennifer Sadleir

Learn more about Jennifer accomplishment here.

Happy Birthday Cheryl

My best wishes to you Cheryl, hope you are having a great one!

And I thought of sharing a special picture for this special day. Cheryl Bernard had proven that staying in a good shape helps to stay focus and that is a key element on a game of curling. However, related to curling or not, it is something she enjoys to do.

Happy Birthday Cori

Today is Cori - Bartel- Morris Birthday. Best wishes to our silver medalist. She had a great run with Team Bernard and she did one of hell of job to help the team during those fabulous 6 years.

Happy Birthday Susan

Cheryl and Susan are teammates forever and it’s going to stay that way. All our best wishes to Susan for her birthday.

Happy Birthday Carolyn

All my best to Carolyn for her birthday!

About Cheryl Bernard

It has never been a secret that Cheryl always works hard. Not only she is a great curler, but she is a savvy businesswoman. She started her first own general insurance agency in Calgary in 1990. When she sold it, some 11 years later, she had grown it to an agency with over $5 million in sales. A little while ago, she started a new agency called “Unigroup Western Insurance Brokers”.

We are also all aware of her hard core training sessions and she sure contributes to obliterate the stereotype that curlers are not athletes. In the following video, Cheryl talks about it herself.

About Susan O'Connor

That is a video that says much about Susan. She talks about how she deals with her job while playing curling, the hard work accomplished for the past 4 years and the implication that came with Team Bernard Victory at the Olympics trials. They also asked her if she ever thought she would go to the Olympics. Very interesting interview!

About Carolyn Darbyshire

Carolyn is a very busy woman. She and her husband own Canadian Decal Installers in Calgary, with locations also in Edmonton, Vancouver and now Toronto. She oversees logistics, payroll, payables and receivables for the company, working out of the house so that she can continue to curl and be home for the kids when they get out of school.

Our favorite second headed to the Olympics as the oldest Olympian in those 2010 games. Here are Carolyn’s thoughts about it.

About Cori Bartel

In the next few days, I will try to add a little something special about each member of Team Bernard to feed my own “Team Bernard encore”. Today, it is going to be about Cori. Our favorite lead got a background in Political Science, which allowed her to work for the Friday Professional Group as a professional recruiter. She loves her job! And her colleagues really did take good care of mentioning the great performances of her team at the Olympics Trials and give her full support for her quest to obtain an Olympic Medal. Here’s this special mention that was posted on Friday Professional Group website.

Getting to know... Cheryl Bernard

Ah, Cheryl Bernard!!! This blog is viewed by hundreds of people from all corners of the world every week and it’s off season. It is a fact that there are lots of people inspired by her: She showed the world that with hard work and good will, anything is possible, dreams can come true.

Did you know that Cheryl team up with Terry Meek in 1993 to represent Alberta? Yes, this Terry Meek!

Getting to know... Susan O'Connor

Viewers appreciate posts about the dynamic Susan. Did you know that she won two national championships playing for the Alberta mixed (two-men/two-women) team in 2007and 2008? Below, some more details about the third of team Bernard.