Alan and Doc at the Ford Worlds in Regina

That's right!

Alan and I will be covering the 2011 Ford Men's World Curling Championship from Regina, Saskatchewan next week. We'll miss a few draws because of our respective day jobs, but we will be there for most of it.

I'm told that curling is the official sport of the Province of Saskatchewan, and that we should anticipate huge turnouts at the games (especially during draws in which Canada [Stoughton] is playing).

From 2006, when Alan and I covered the Scott Tournament of Hearts in London: