Hi there! Here's where to start your search for the best pools possible to enter in the known universe, except maybe for Kepler-452b... Surprisingly, they're run by me! (Again, except maybe for Kepler-452b.) Of course, there are other worthwhile pools, and links to these pools may also be featured here, whenever that might apply. So let's get down to business!
The 2024 CFL Football Pools! Now the second football pool of the season is ready! Click to get in on the action!
The Spring 2024 Curling Pools!
The 2024 Tournament of Hearts Pool This year's Hearts was in Calgary, Alberta! Started Friday, Feb. 16. All complete! Our first place winner was Pete Carriere!
The 2024 Brier Pool The Brier Pool is done! It ran from March 1 to 10, from Regina, Saskatchewan! First place taken by Cheryl Anderson, a first time player!
The Summer CFL Pools! The CFL is back! Another full, normal season again! Yeah!
The 2023 CFL Football Pools! Yes these are all done! First pool was won by Shelley Wilk! As Illegal Procedure! Pool 2: Won by... Me! Nice! And Pool 3? Rhoda Brown. Click for full details!
The Spring 2023 Curling Pools!
These are both done now. Continuing with only the two curling pools in the year. Click for full details!
The 2023 Tournament of Hearts Pool This year's Hearts was in Kamloops, BC! And we're done. Our first place finisher was Angie Carfrae!
The 2023 Brier Pool Complete as well. This ran from March 3 to 12, from London, Ontario! And Marc won it! As Here Kitty Kitty.
Planning just 2 curling pools this spring, and of course the CFL Football pools starting in summer. Details:
The Summer CFL Pools! The CFL is back! In full! A normal CFL Season!
The 2022 CFL Football Pools! This is way over already! Pool 1 winner: Yvonne Hopper! Pool 2 winner: Chris Stroud! As Red Baron! And Pool 3 was won by Terry Moor! As Rockne 3! Click to check out all the details! Such as who was second, third, last!
The Spring 2022 Curling Pools... If Covid allows! And looks like it does!
The 2022 Tournament of Hearts Pool It's done! This ran from Jan 28 – Feb 6, from Thunder Bay, Ont. And our first place winner was Mark Smith! As Leica. Cluck for further details!
The 2022 Olympic Curling Pool Olympics are on! The Teams Curling starts one day after the mixed doubles ends. And 3 days after the Hearts ends! Not much time to do a pool. So this one was OUT. Sorry!
The 2022 Brier Pool This is done too! Ran from March 4 to 13, from Lethbridge, Alberta! Our first place winner was Dan Wall! As T-Bird. Click for more details!
The Olympics are coming! Time for a Curling Pool!
The 2021 Olympic Curling Trials Pool! Yes here it is! Canada must decide who represents us at the Olympics! This tournament decides it. This one ran from Nov. 20 to 28 from Saskatoon! And our winner was... Marc Lemoine! As Here Kitty Kitty!
The Spring 2021 Curling Pools! No, Covid can't stop curling! Well as long as you're in the Calgary bubble. It's worked perfectly so far! So here we go! Let's have some curling pools!
The 2021 Tournament of Hearts Pool This one ran from Friday, Feb. 19 to Sunday, Feb. 28 from Calgary, Alberta. Our winner was Ken Marshall! Click to see complete details!
The 2021 Brier Pool This one's done now too! The Brier ran from Friday, March 5th to Sunday, March 14, also from the Curling Bubble in Calgary, Alberta! Our winner was.. Oh! My! Ken Marshall again! Click to see all the details!
The 2021 World Men's Curling Championships Pool All done! This ran from Friday, April 2nd to Sunday, April 11, you guessed it, from the Curling Bubble in Calgary, Alberta! And our winner was: Winners! Al and Wendy Mcleod! A joint entry. Isn't that sweet!
The 2021 World Women's Curling Championships Pool The Women's Worlds ran from Friday, April 30th to May 9th, Mother's Day, do I have to say it, from the Curling Bubble in Calgary, Alberta! And our winner.. S again... Al and Wendy again! The spring of repeat winners!
Oh and one more thing... Since there's (normally) only two curling pools instead of the 4 we used to have, we're going to continue with the slightly higher entry fee... $5.00! Hope I didn't scare anybody! Look... two pools at 5 each is $10... the 4 pools I used to run were $2 each so a total of $8 for the lot of them. That's just $2 more! But yes less chances to win. Though the prizes will be 2 and 1/2 times higher too! Let's continue with this and please let me know whether you like it or not! (April 2021: Well looks like we're going with the $5 pools. Fair enough! For curling. As for the CFL Football... not sure yet. There may well be a season!)
Yes it's been 4 years since either of these pools! Thinking I may well have time for these again this year so here goes!
The Spring 2020 Curling Pools!
The 2020 Tournament of Hearts Pool This one's done! Played in Moose Jaw, Sask. Our winner was Hugh Carmichael, our curling pool friend from Kelowna! Click the link to see the final results!
The 2020 Brier Pool This one's obviously done too!! Played in Kingston, Ontario. And our winner was: Darlene Smith as k9crazy! Click to see full details of other winners and everything!
Oh and one more thing... Since there's only two curling pools instead of the usual 4, I'm going to try them with a slightly higher entry fee... $5.00! Hope I didn't scare anybody! Look... two pools at 5 each is $10... the 4 pools I used to run were $2 each so a total of $8 for the lot of them. That's just $2 more! But yes less chances to win. Though the prizes will be 2 and 1/2 times higher too! Let's give it a shot and please let me know if you like it or not!
More for 2020: ... A Last Man Standing Hockey Pool???
Yes sounds crazy, but I got the bug from a fundraiser pool a guy at work runs. So I thought I'd try one too, but with a lower entry fee of course! $2? $5? What do you like? S/B running in the last half of March. Guess this never happened, oh well.
And finally... The 2020 CFL pools.
Yes will no doubt do these as usual! Same format, same low price! More details as they get closer. Guess this never happened either. Stupid Covid! I hate it! (he said in 2021)
OK first, the actual tournaments have changed since 2016. Which means the pools will have to change too. Here's a summary of the format for both the Hearts and the Brier since 2018:
That's my understanding of the tournaments! Think it's about right.
And now here's what you'll be asked to do in the pools for both the Hearts and the Brier:
That's it man. Wow. Sounds crazy. But it will work! I'm already planning the spreadsheets! Really the only brand new thing is picking what teams advance to the Championship Round!
So those curling pools run:
HEARTS POOL: FRIDAY, FEB 14 to SUNDAY, FEB 23.
BRIER POOL: FRIDAY, FEB 28 to SUNDAY, MARCH 8.
Here we go, the Summer CFL Pools! The only pools of this year!
The 2019 CFL Football Pools: This is of course long finished! Cluck to see all the details. Winners:
Pool 1: Our first place finisher was Terry Moor! As Mr. Magoo!
Pool 2: Covered CFL weeks 8 to 14, Thursday, August 1 to Saturday, September 14. And our winner was? ... Brad Delf! As Homeworld! (all home team picks!!)
Pool 3: Covered CFL weeks 15 to 21 plus the playoffs: Friday, September 20 and right to Grey Cup Sunday, November 24th! And the first place winner was... Joe Tassone! Way to go!
Here we go, the Summer CFL Pools!
The 2018 CFL Football Pools: Here we go again! Another season of CFL Football pools. Click the link to see what happened in detail! Summary:
Pool 1: Our first place finisher was Brad Delf!
Pool 2: Our winner was Stacy Rygiel!
Pool 3: Last but not least... Pool 3! Who came in first? Brad Delf again! He is S.M.R.T. I guess!
The 2018 Olympic Curling Pool! All done! Included even some of that Mixed Doubles Curling! As well as the usual Teams Curling. All this went from Wednesday, Feb. 7 through to Saturday, Feb. 24! That was about 17 days. Our first place finisher was Doug Shave! Click to see the rest of the story!
How do I say this... Sorry to announce, I will not be doing the Spring curling pools this year. Too much going on right now. We've had lots of fun over the years, many, many years, and maybe it's time to move on to other things! I've enjoyed it, even though at times it gets to be work. I've been at this since around, oh, 1999. Sixteen, seventeen years... enough! Thanks to everyone who has played over the years! If you've got a credit balance I'll be contacting you soon. And thanks thanks thanks! Okay.... Now let's get to those CFL pools. These aren't too taxing. I will still be doing the usual 3 CFL pools in 2017! So watch for something in June if you're into those!
OK now, having said that..... A Curling Pool!
The 2017 Olympic Curling Trials (ROAR of the RINGS) Pool! Yes here it is! The ROAR ran from December 2nd to 10th! And our winner was Rozina Smith!
Here we go, the Summer CFL Pools!
The 2017 CFL Football Pools: Here we go again! Another season of CFL Football pools. Click the link to see what's gone down so far!
Pool 1: This one is done! Our first place finisher was Marc Lemoine. Gee just like last year! He must be S.M.R.T.!
Pool 2: Also complete! This started CFL Week 8 - Thursday August 10th. And our winner was Malou Oliveros!
Pool 3: Last but not least... Pool 3! Started Friday, Sept. 22nd. And went right through to the Grey Cup! First place winner was Bill Kee!
(Note: Will get anything from here below loaded back to the pools site as time permits. So if you get a page not found... don't freak!)
Here we go, the Summer CFL Pools!
The 2016 CFL Football Pools: Yes these are all done of course! Our winners? Here goes:
Pool 1: Marc Lemoine!
Pool 2? Terry Moor! As Ottawa Rod Blacks!
Pool 3: Last but not least... Chris Stroud! As The Bard!
And that is it. Congratulations winners! And of course thanks to all for participating!
And now, the Spring 2016 Curling Pools! These are all done too of course.
The 2016 Tournament of Hearts Pool We're all done this one! Our winner was Brad Delf! This ran from Feb. 20 to 28, from Grande Prairie Alberta. Go ahead and click to see how everyone did!
The 2016 Brier Pool This one's a wrap too! Our winner was Doug Shave! The Brier ran from March 5th to 13th, from Ottawa Ontario. Click for full details!
The 2016 Women's World Championship Pool Yes, all done, and our first place finisher was Lynnette Beamish! This ran from March 19 to 27 from Swift Current Saskatchewan! So click for details!
The 2016 Men's World Championship Pool And also done! Who came in first? Brad Delf! This ran from April 2nd to 10th and was held in Basel, Switzerland! Click to see full details!
OK, now let's look back over the past few years and see what we've done...
Here we go, the Summer CFL Pools!
The 2015 CFL Football Pools: Yes these are all done of course! Our winners? Dig:
Pool 1: Minh Nguy! As Captain Obvious!
Pool 2? Charlie Wazney! As Wizard Waz!
Pool 3. Hmm... oh yeah! Mark Smith!
And that is it. Congratulations to all winners great and small!
Here we go, the Spring 2015 Curling Pools!
The 2015 Tournament of Hearts Pool This is done! Ran from Feb. 14th to 22nd, from in Moose Jaw Saskatchewan! Our winner was Karen Veitch! Click to see the rest of the details!
The 2015 Brier Pool This is all done! Ran from February 28 to March 8, from Calgary! Our winner was Hugh Carmichael, our new friend from Kelowna!
The 2015 Women's World Championship Pool Yep all done! It ran from March 14 to 22, from Sapporo, Japan! Our pool winner was Ken Marshall!
The 2015 Men's World Championship Pool Hey! One more done! This ran from Saturday, March 28 to Easter Sunday, April 5th! And our pool winner was Cheryl Buhler!
The 2014 CFL Pools! We're all done now of course! So who were our winners?
Pool 1: This was won by Gloria Friesen as glowbug!
Pool 2: Charlie Wazney (the Fever for LeFevour)!
Pool 3: First place was Claire Jutras!
Click the 2014 CFL Pools link above for full details!
Here we go, the Spring 2014 Curling Pools! All done!
The 2014 Tournament of Hearts Pool The Hearts started early this year! Ran Feb. 1st to 9th from Montreal, Quebec! Our winner was Pete Carriere! Click to see the rest of the story!
The 2014 Olympic Curling Pool Yes the 2014 Sochi Olympics are done! Ran from Feb. 9 to 21. And our pool winner was Carole Schoenfeld! Click to see how we all did!
The 2014 Brier Pool This is complete! And our winner was Claire Jutras! This thing ran from March 1st to 9th from Kamloops, B.C.! Click to see how we all did.
The 2014 Women's World Championship Pool This one is also done! It ran from March 15 to 23rd, from Saint John, New Brunswick! And our 1st place finisher was Darlene Smith! Click to see the rest of the story!
The 2014 Men's World Championship Pool They shipped the men off to Beijing, China this year. Well it's all over too. And who won this one? Me! As Randy M. Ness. This ran from Saturday, March 29 to Sunday, April 5th! Click to see the full story.
These are all done. Finished up with the two Olympic Trial pools:
The 2013 Olympic Curling Pre-Trials (Road to the Roar) Pool! This is all done! Our 1st place winner was Shelley Wilk! This ran from November 5th to 10th, played in Kitchener, Ontario.
The 2013 Olympic Curling Trials (Roar of the Rings) Pool! This one's all done too! Our 1st place winner... Shut the front door! Shelley Wilk again! Wow! This decided which men's and women's teams represent CANADA in the 2014 Olympics! Ran from December 1st to 8th, played right here in Winnipeg!
The 2013 CFL Pools! We're all done now of course! Winners:
Pool 1: This was won by Bill Kee!
Pool 2: Our winner was Norman Ma!
Pool 3: Terry Moor as Bicycle Repairman!
The 2013 Tournament of Hearts This one ran from Feb. 16 to 24 from Kingston, Ontario. And the winner of this first pool of the season was Melodie Malmquist! Click to see full results.
The 2013 Brier Pool March 2 to 10, from Edmonton this year! Our winner was Doug Shave!
The 2013 Women's World Championship Pool This one ran from March 16 to 24, from Riga, Latvia! Our winner was Chris Stroud!
The 2013 Men's World Championship Pool The last curling pool of the spring 2013 season, it ran from March 30 to April 7, from Victoria, B.C. And our winner was... Ron Perron!
Now let's have a look back at previous pools from prior seasons! (Note: Pools this old may just have the Home Page and the Zip file available.)
Yes, the 2012 CFL Pools: Of course these are done. Our winners were: Pool 1: Terry Moor as #27 Dave Raimey! Pool 2: Norman Ma! And Pool 3: Matt Bruce! Click to see full details!
The 2012 Tournament of Hearts This one's done! It ran from Feb. 18 to 26 from Red Deer, Alberta! Our first-place winner was Kevin Wolk!
The 2012 Brier Pool March 3rd to 11th, from Saskatoon this year! First place taken by long-time player Ken Marshall!
The 2012 Women's World Championship Pool This ran from March 17th to 25th, from Lethbridge, Alberta. First place went to Greg MacDuff!
The 2012 Men's World Championship Pool This one ran from March 31 to April 8, from Basel, Switzerland! Our first-place finisher was Kevin Wolk! Hey he won the Hearts pool too! Let's get him!
Yes, the 2011 CFL Pools: Of course these are done. Winners: Pool 1: Adele Rygiel! Pool 2: Me! As Randy M. Ness! And Pool 3: Sandi Lemoine! Click to see full details!
The 2011 Tournament of Hearts This was played in Charlottetown, P.E.I., from Feb. 19 to 27. Our pool winner was Brad Delf as Bradmalou!
The 2011 Brier Pool This tournament took place March 5th to 13th in London, Ontario! And our winner was: Barb Kennington as Red Rock!
The 2011 Women's World Championship FRIDAY, March 18 to Sunday, March 27, way over in Esbjerg, Danmark! Our winner? Terry Moor as Mr. Neutron!
And finally, the 2011 Men's World Championship, which took place April 2nd to 10th in Regina, Saskatchewan! And our winner was Darlene Smith as K9Crazy!
The 2010 CFL Pools: These are all complete, and here are our winners: CFL Pool 1: Me and Matt Bruce tied for 1st! CFL Pool 2: Matt Bruce alone! And finally CFL Pool 3: Greg Derige! Click to see full details.
THE 2010 LAST-MINUTE WORLD CUP SOCCER POOL Hastily prepared, and slowly executed over the month of June, the winner was Terry Moor! NOTE: All docs still available, but some just in the ZIP file.
Here's some other stuff we've done! You'll have to contact me for full details, short of room on the web site.
2006 Spring Weather Pool The second ever Weather Pool - this time for May 2006!
Euro 2004 Soccer: Only 14 people in this one.
Just one last thing. For me mostly, but for anyone who cares! The Latest Pool Balance Sheet!
The 2024 Pool Balance Sheet. I like to be able to get at this whenever I need to, wherever I am. So here it is. You can use it too, if you want to check if you have a credit balance or balance owing! Fine with me. Part of the transparency thing!