Marguerite “Skip” Doucet
Mentor and coach · Caraquet, New Brunswick
Calm and exact. Coaches in curling terms, in French and English, and plants the broom on your bet.
The regulars
Faces at the Ceilidh Room
The coach, the dealer, five regulars and the boss of Nova Scotia. Learn how each one plays, and how they take a chirp.
Ollie Baptiste
Dealer and floor · Montreal, Quebec
Crisp and bilingual. Riffles, burns, and rules on string bets and the clock.
Moose Ferguson
Regular · Travels everywhere
Loud and generous. Leaves the table if chirped too hard.
“Bought a round for the room and means to win it back.”
Priya Sandhu
Regular · Surrey, British Columbia
Friendly and studious. A little better every week.
“Notebook out, reading the room.”
Gord Halloran
Regular · Winnipeg, Manitoba
Retired shop teacher. Kind, careful, always sorry.
“Apologising already, and the cards aren’t out.”
Tyler “Chirps” MacNeil
Regular · Sydney, Cape Breton
Plays fiddle at kitchen parties. Can’t take a chirp back.
“Chirping the rail before the first deal.”
Nan Kavanagh
Regular · St. John’s, Newfoundland
Seventy-four, retired ferry purser. Every story has a point.
“Knitting between hands, betting between rows.”
Angus “Reel” MacLean
Nova Scotia's boss · Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Fiddler and grinder. Picks his games, and his moments.
“Taps a reel on the bar while he waits.”
Tonight at the table
They remember how you play
Each regular turns up in a mood, warms up after a big pot and steams after a bad beat. Chirp them and they answer in their own voice: Tyler fires back, Gord apologises, and Nan tells you about her late husband.
