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Issue 6 – Friday, December 11, 2009 • An Official Publication of the Canadian Curling Association.

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Stefanie Lawton, above, qualified for a tiebreaker by handing Cheryl Bernard her only round-robin loss. At right, Glenn Howard and Kevin Martin waged another epic battle, with Martin earning the victory . . . and capturing first place.

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evin Martin, Edmonton’s Old Bear, is zeroing in on his third curling tournament at the Olympic Games with a view to winning his first gold medal. Martin and his team of John Morris, Marc Kennedy and Ben Hebert, the Brier winners of the past two winters, won the match that counted Thursday night during men’s action at the Roar of the Rings Canadian curling Trials at Rexall Place, scoring a large threeender in the ninth panel en route to an 8-6 conquest of long time Brier rival, Glenn Howard of Coldwater, Ont. In terms of the Trials, Martin pulled even with Howard at 6-and-1 for the round robin but earned the bye to Sunday’s 1 p.m. final where the ducats to Vancouver and the Winter Games will be on the line. Howard and his team, unbeaten until the last gasp in the preliminaries, now faces Winnipeg’s Jeff Stoughton in the semifinal which is set for Saturday at 1 p.m. The schedule is a duplicate

Marc Kennedy, left, and John Morris, centre, apply the brushes during the Martin team’s 8-6 victory over Glenn Howard’s Coldwater crew.

Martin’s one win from his third Olympics, thanks to a big win over old rival Howard of the last two matches at the Tim Hortons Brier last year at the Calgary Saddledome with Martin ensconced in the final and Howard tackling Stoughton in the semi. The Manitobans won that semifinal but lost big-time to Martin in the final. “We’re one win away,” allowed Martin. “But we’ve lost the last game before (in 1997 to Mike Harris), so we know that we’ve done nothing yet.” Martin admitted his team was chasing after the fourth end. “When Johnny (Morris) locked that freeze absolutely perfect in there (ninth end), we had them on the run for two, and we ended up getting three.” Howard’s first rock crashed on a guard and his second drew into the four-foot, but in the worst possible in-between position to set up Martin’s big shot. “If we’re a foot short or a foot long he can’t make that shot,” said Howard. “But I could see it was lined up perfectly and Kevin just

Men’s Playoff Picture Saturday

1 p.m. —Semifinal: Glenn Howard (6-1) vs. Jeff Stoughton (5-2)

Sunday

1 p.m. — Final: Kevin Martin (6-1) vs. semifinal winner

A perplexed Kevin Koe, left, failed to make playoffs, while Jeff Stoughton is into Saturday’s semifinal. doesn’t miss those.” Martin agreed. “He didn’t put his rock just where he wanted, because he left a pocket there. I could have hit off of ours or off of his. And the result’s the same.” Martin’s two previous Olympic experiences, skipping different teams, transpired in 1992 at Pralognan, France, when curling was a demonstration event, and in 2002 at Salt Lake City when he lost the gold-medal final to Pal Trulsen of Norway. In his previous visit, his

team lost the bronze-medal match to Bud Somerville of the U.S. Stoughton recorded his third straight win Thursday night — 8-7 over Pat Simmons of Davidson, Sask. — to advance alone with a 5-and-2 record. The victory eliminated Kevin Koe (4-3) of Edmonton, who defeated citymate Randy Ferbey (3-4) by a 9-4 count. In a battle of also-rans, Wayne Middaugh (2-5) of Toronto dusted off winless Jason Gunnlaugson of Winnipeg 9-4. Howard and his team of

Richard Hart, Brent Laing and Craig Savill took control of the night’s feature match with a three-count in the fourth end for a 4-2 edge. Martin finagled the tying deuce in the fifth and the teams exchanged last-rock singles for the next three ends until Martin delivered the game’s killing blow, a runback-double with last rock to spring two enemy stones and leave his side the count of three and a two-point lead. Howard ran out of granite in his 10th-end bid for a tying deuce.

“It’s a fine line between us,” said Howard. “He may have an edge in games but it isn’t great. The scenario here looks familiar but we’ll be looking to change the ending.” Stoughton was of a similar feeling. He lost control to Simmons in the sixth end of their match and the lead changed hands the rest of the way as each team socked the other with deuces. In the last frame, Simmons missed a runback attempting to re-arrange Stoughton’s winning pair. “We’re always confident we can get the deuce when we need it,” said Stoughton. “We made some good ones at the end to pull it out.” Koe awaited the result with some trepidation, hoping for a Simmons victory that would have given his team a shot in a tiebreaker. “We’re disappointed,” said the Grande Prairiebased skip. “We blew out four teams and lost to the three playoff teams in tight games, and really missed a few opportunities in those games.”

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Cheryl Bernard’s crew dropped its round-robin finale, but still finished first at 6-1.

Jones swept away as tiebreakers loom

Larry Wood

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hey eliminated two more teams, including defending Canadian champion Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg, as they cemented final round-robin results in the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings women’s competition Thursday afternoon at Rexall Place. When the smoke cleared, week-long leader Cheryl Bernard (6-1) of Calgary had lost her first game but still planned a 48-hour respite before playing in Saturday’s championship final, defender Shannon Kleibrink (5-2) of Calgary still quali-

Women’s Playoff Picture Today

8:30 a.m. —Tiebreaker No. 1: Stefanie Lawton (4-3) vs. Krista McCarville (4-3) 1 p.m. — Tiebreaker No. 2: Amber Holland (4-3) vs. winner of tiebreaker No. 1 6 p.m. — Semifinal: Shannon Kleibrink (5-2) vs. winner of tiebreaker No. 2

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6 p.m. — Final: Cheryl Bernard (6-1) vs. semifinal winner

fied for tonight’s semifinal and teams of Krista McCarville of Thunder Bay and

Saskatchewan’s Stefanie Lawton and Amber Holland (all 4-3) faced tiebreaker assignments earlier in the day. McCarville and Lawton, of Saskatoon, face off in a sudden-death affair today at 8:30 a.m. with the winner drawing Holland of Kronau, Sask., at 1 p.m. The survivor there will be back on the freeze at 6 p.m. in the semi against Kleibrink. The Calgary skip helped drum the Jones team out of the running Thursday, triumphing 10-9 in an extraend with a last-rock draw to the four-foot ring.

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Young Holland quartet ready to rock and roll

LARRY WOOD Morning Roar Editor

mber Holland smiles a lot. She is, obviously, happy with her lot in life, much of which revolves around curling. “If you can’t smile,” she says, “you can’t curl.” A lot of curlers would argue that the 35-year-old Holland, a former national junior champion skip, has the best of both curling worlds. Last spring, she was firmly installed in the Saskatchewan Curling Association’s executive director’s chair in a four-person Regina office. This week, she is giving it her best effort at The Rex in the Tim Hortons Olympic Trials. And qualifying for the playoffs and some sudden-

death swings at the big carrot are something nobody was predicting for the girls in “Shrek green” going in. Something missing from Holland’s resume, though, is a trip to the Scotties Tournament Of Hearts. In the better part of two decades of trying, she’s never won the Saskatchewan women’s title and that’s where her other curling job may have threatened to qualify as a disadvantage. Still, “I took the job (SCA executive director) on the condition I could still curl and that still works,” she says. The slender blonde is as

Amber Holland, right, put together a younger team in 2005 in advance of the Olympic playdowns.

busy on the ice as off. In addition to a steady diet of tour events, she won the Saskatchewan mixed last spring with skip Jason Ackerman and then had to bypass the Nationals in Burlington because of its near-collision with the Olympic pre-Trials at Prince George. She made the right move, obviously. “I think all the teams now are physically prepared to play a lot of tournaments,” says Holland, one of the more frank and down-toearth skips in Canadian women’s curling. Not only does she refuse to dodge media questions, her answers usually are of the tell-it-like-it-is variety. She put together her current team of younger players four years ago with a view to playing at The Rex this week. In many ways it has been a successful operation. “In the past, I always had teams with older, more experienced players,” she says. They were contenders, but never champions.

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GETTING TO KNOW YOU

Team McCarville:

Skip: Krista McCarville Home: Thunder Bay. Began curling at age: 10 Delivery: Right Occupation/title: Teacher Employer: Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board DOB: Nov. 10, 1982 Place of birth: Thunder Bay Marital status: Married Spouse/partner: Mike McCarville Children: Daughter Isabella, 2 months First vehicle: Hyundai Accent Current vehicle: Hyundai Santa Fe Favourite food: Toast with peanut butter Favourite drink: Coors Lite Celebrity dream man: Wentworth Miller (Prison Break) Most annoying celebrity: Molly Burnett (Days Of Our Lives) All-time favourite movie: The Notebook Last movie she loved: Nothing lately has been that good Last movie she hated: Quarantine Tattooed? No Never leaves home without: Her purse that has everything she needs Competed in: 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002 Junior Nationals, 2006, 2007, 2009 Scotties, 2005 Mixed Nationals, 2003 University World Games in Italy.

Third: Tara George Home: Thunder Bay Began curling at age: 10 Delivery: Right Occupation/ title: Casino shift manager Employer: Casino Thunder Bay, Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. DOB: Sept. 15, 1973 Place of birth: Sault Ste. Marie

Martinis, toast and peanut butter, loathing Lindsay Lohan, and sizing up Grady Sizemore Marital status: Married Spouse/partner: Mike George Children: Mykaila 5, Carter 3 First vehicle: Mazda Current vehicle: Dodge Grand Caravan Favourite food: Prime rib Favourite drink: Sour key martini Last movie she loved: The Proposal Competed in: 1992 Junior Nationals, 2006, 2007, 2008 (fifth) 2009 Scotties

Second: Kari MacLean Home: Thunder Bay Began curling at age: 11 Delivery: Right Occupation/ title: Client facilitator

Employer: Options Northwest DOB: Dec. 25, 1977 Place of birth: Thunder Bay Marital status: Relationship Spouse/partner: Dan Lavoie Children: None First vehicle: ’91 Acura Integra Current vehicle: 2008 Nissan Rogue Favourite food: Anything Italian Favourite drink: Beer Celebrity dream man: Grady Sizemore (Cleveland Indians) All-time favourite movie: Old School Last movie she loved: The Hangover Tattooed? Nope

Tara George, left, and Krista McCarville

Never leaves home without: Lip gloss Competed in: 1996, 1997, 1998 Junior Nationals, 2009 Scotties, 2006 Mixed Nationals

Lead: Lorraine Lang Home: Thunder Bay Began curling at age: 20 Delivery: Right Occupation/title: MRT Program Co-ordinator Employer: Confederation College DOB: Oct. 8, 1956 Place of birth: Port Arthur Marital status: Married Spouse/partner: Rick Children: Adams 23, Sarah 20

First vehicle: Volkswagen Beetle Current vehicle: Nissan Xtrail and Sentra Favourite food: Salads Favourite drink: Red wine Celebrity dream man: Johnny Depp Most annoying celebrity: Lindsay Lohan All-time favourite movie: The Bodyguard Last movie she loved: P.S. I Love You Last movie she hated: Vanilla Sky Tattooed? No Never leaves home without: Her curling “stuff” Competed in: 1983, 1988 (won), 1989 (won), 1990, 1991, 2006,

2007, 2009 Scotties. 1981 Mixed Nationals (won).

Fifth: Ashley Miharija Nickname: Smash. Home: Thunder Bay Began curling at age: Eight Delivery: Right Occupation/title: Laboratory technician Employer: Life Labs Date of birth: Jan. 21, 1987 Place of birth: Thunder Bay Marital status: Single Spouse/Partner: Boyfriend Brian Children: None First vehicle: Volkswagen Beetle Current vehicle: Nissan Xtrail and Sentra Favourite food: Salads Favourite drink: Red wine Celebrity dream man: Johnny Depp Most annoying celebrity: Lindsay Lohan All-time favourite movie: The Bodyguard Last movie she loved: P.S. I Love You Last movie she hated: Vanilla Sky Tattooed? No Never leaves home without: Her curling “stuff” Competed in: 2008 junior nationals, 2009 mixed, 2009 Scotties

Coach: Rick Lang Home: Thunder Bay Occupation: Clinical investigator Employer: Office Of The Children’s Lawyer Date of birth: Dec. 12, 1953 Competed in: National Juniors: 1971; Brier: 1975, 76, 80, 81, 82, 85, 88, 91, 93, 95, (fifth) 00; Worlds: 75, 82, 85; National Mixed: 81; National Seniors: 04, 06; 08, 09 World Seniors 07. Coached: Scotties, 09.

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Island to host first Scotties since ’99

Morning Roar staff

he 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts will return to Prince Edward Island for the third time in the event’s history and the fourth in the history of the Canadian women’s curling championship. P.E.I. premier Robert Ghiz hailed the announcement last month. “This is a great opportunity to showcase our province and our renowned Island hospitality to not only the participants, sponsors and fans but to all of those who will be watching the televised coverage across the county,” said Ghiz. It was announced, too, that Kruger Products Limited and the Canadian Curling Association have reached a new sponsorship agreement. The 2011 Scotties at the

Civic Centre in Charlottetown Feb. 19-27 will mark the 30th anniversary of Kruger’s sponsorship of the Canadian women’s championship. Long time Island curler Kim Dolan will chair the local host committee. Dolan has competed in nine Scotties and last year coached her provincial team at the championship in Victoria.

Jennifer Jones has won the past two Scotties.

Chinese win Pacific titles

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China won gold, Japan took silver and Korea won the bronze in both the men’s and women’s competitions at the Paciﬁc Curling Championships 2009. Staged at the site of the 1998 Winter Olympic curling tournament at Karuizawa, Japan, the Chinese team skipped by reigning world champion Bingyu

Wang of Harbin whaled Moe Meguro of Japan 10-3 in the women’s ﬁnal. Fengchun Wang’s Chinese team won the men’s ﬁnal 8-3 over Japan skipped by Yusuke Morozumi from Karuizawa.

“We will use our experience in hosting the Scotties in 1984 and again in 1999 to stage what we promise will be a unique and memorable experience for curlers and fans,” said Dolan. Kruger Products has sponsored The Scotties Tournament of Hearts since 1982 making it the longest corporate sponsor of amateur sport in Canada. The 2010 Scotties is slated for Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Jan. 30 to Feb. 7. Charlottetown ﬁrst hosted a Canadian women’s championship in 1973. The winner was Saskatoon’s Vera Pezer, completing a threepeat. The event returned under the Kruger banner in 1984 with Connie Laliberte of Winnipeg emerging triumphant. In 1999, Nova Scotia’s Colleen Jones won her second of six Canadian titles.

Both China and Japan secured the World Curling Federation Pacific Zone qualification places at the world championships. Defending world champ Bingyu Wang and Meguro will skip their teams at the Ford World Women’s championship in Swift Current, Sask., March 20-28. Both China and Japan also are through to the Capital One World men’s final at Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, April 3-11.

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Their dream was more of a goal.

“That’s what we’ll probably remember from this event,” added Koe. “There’s a lot of pressure here. I thought we handled it pretty well. I thought we played great top to bottom, just a couple of shots here and there, and we didn’t get many breaks along the way.” The three-time world champion Ferbey team probably led the league in disappointment, winning only three of seven starts. “It’s four years of our lives that have been dedicated to this,” said last-rock dispenser Dave Nedohin. “There are other things that we’re going to try and continue to do this year, the Brier, a lot of tournaments, the skins and stuff. But this is hard to put into perspective right now. What it means as far as what we’ve done and where we’re going in the future. “I don’t know what we’re doing after this year.” Ferbey said he wanted to keep playing the game “but I don’t want to be an also-ran.” “We’ll have to have a talk

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about it. I don’t know what the other three guys want to do. We’ve been together too long to take this lightly.” Howard and Martin both clinched playoff appearances in the morning while Stoughton registered another dramatic victory to leave him in the prime position to ﬁnish third. Howard scored an 8-6 victory over Ferbey, helped out by a critical ninth-end steal of two. “I thought it was a heck of a game,” said Howard. “A few misses here and there, but a lot of really great shots.” Martin, meanwhile, was forced to an extra end by Koe, but emerged with an 8-7 win. Stoughton was looking at a complicated playoff picture until he stole one in the 10th end and another in the 11th to eke out a monumental 7-6 win over Middaugh. Simmons defeated Gunnlaugson 6-2.

Howard was up 6-5 in the ninth end when the Ferbs made a critical decision to go for a difficult double-kill to score two. Last-rocker Dave Nedohin missed the shot, just glancing off Howard’s shot stone, and the 2007 world champions were in complete control with an 8-5 lead. Martin, meanwhile, was taken to overtime after Koe scored a deuce in the 10th end with a last-rock hitand-stick. But in the 11th, facing two red Koe rocks in the rings, Martin made a draw to the 12-foot for the victory. As for Stoughton, things were looking grim, with a 6-4 disadvantage after eight ends. But the Winnipeggers scored one in the ninth. Then Middaugh wrecked on a guard with his final shot of the 10th and, in the 11th, Middaugh played a hit-androll with his final brick, but rolled too far and gave Stoughton the verdict.. “We were fortunate,” said Stoughton. “We haven’t had very many good breaks go our way, and that was our

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on stage continued... At 10:00 pm it’s time for Dreams – a stunningly authentic tribute to Fleetwood Mac. From the music and costumes to mannerisms and moves, these talented and diverse performers will have you swearing you’re experiencing the real thing.

The wall-to-wall party atmosphere of Keith’s Patch also comes with a competitive edge. All week long the Roar of the Rings has been alive with contests, games and unique competitions that challenge fans to make their own mark on the 2009 Canadian Curling Trials. Obviously, the stakes aren’t quite as high as those facing the teams competing for the right to represent Canada in Vancouver. But some serious bragging rights are still on the line!

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Friday, December 11, 2009 Kleibrink led 8-4 after six ends, having recorded a crushing four-spot, but Jones kept clawing back. “You always have trouble putting them away,” said Kleibrink, a bronze winner at the 2006 Olympics. “Why? Because they’re good. Because they’ll use any rocks. If the ice curls they’ll use a rock in the top12 to come around. You’re never safe.” Jones outscored Kleibrink 5-2 over the last five ends but still fell short. Elsewhere, Lawton upended Bernard 6-5 with a final-end deuce to remain alive in the hunt for Olympic glory while McCarville dealt Calgary’s Crystal Webster (2-5) a 6-5 setback and Holland rifled reeling Kelly Scott (1-6) of Kelowna by a 10-4 count. “Of course it’s a surprise,” Kleibrink said of the preplayoff Jones demise. “I think everybody thought that Jennifer would be there, at least in a tiebreaker, maybe the semi-final, but that’s the way curling goes, it just wasn’t their week.” Kleibrink finished the Trials round robin in the same fashion at Halifax four years ago. She won the semi over Lawton, then stopped Scott in the final. Both were tight fits. Two years later, she dominated the Scotties but lost to Jones in a sudden-death, last-rock, extra-end final. “I honestly think the semifinal winner has a better chance,” said Kleibrink. Bernard’s last rock overcurled allowing Lawton a precise, draw-weight rub-in for her winning deuce. “I think we were a little flat but I’m not worried

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about losing any momentum,” said Bernard. “We’ll work out, throw rocks, decide what rocks we’re going to throw, have a couple of practices tomorrow and the next day, and try to keep busy. “The worst thing for me or any of our team is to sit around and think. If you knew you were guaranteed, as the old saying goes, then, yeah, you’d rather be playing. We’ll try to simulate as much game activity as we can when we go out to practise.”

Amy Nixon, foreground, and the Kleibrink crew eliminated Jennifer Jones’ Winnipeg outfit. The last time Bernard awaited a one-game shot for something of this magnitude? A matter of 13 years! That would be the 1996 Scotties final against Marilyn Bodogh of St. Catharines. Jones (2-5) variously described the disappointment of bombing out as “hugely” and “incredibly.”

“We’ve worked three years for this and things just didn’t go our way, we had one bad end in every game we lost,” said Canada’s rep in the last two world women’s championships. “Unfortunately that cost us but we got outplayed and I hope whoever wins is going to go on and do Canada proud. “We didn’t play as well as we’d like, I don’t know why. If I knew why we would have corrected it. Hopefully we’ll come out in the Scotties (as Team Canada starting in late January at Sault Ste. Marie) and play better there. “I want to go to the Olympics. So does every Canadian. But you can’t make some things happen and it just wasn’t meant to be.” McCarville predicted a tight battle today with Lawton. “It’s going to be a tight one,” said the Lakehead skip. “We beat them the first time around with two in the last end and we beat them in the Scotties with an angle-tap, so they’ll probably come out firing to beat us. We’ll have to bring our A-game for sure. We want to be in that final.” Holland professed more comfort “as the week progressed.” “I wouldn’t say we’ve peaked, but I think we’re getting there,” she said. Holland said she was saddened to watch Scott, the 2007 world champion, depart with an ignominious 1-6 record. “You know, it was hard to watch them,” she said. “And you know I mean that in all due respect. They really struggled out there.”

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GETTING TO KNOW YOU

Team Koe: Skip: Kevin Koe Home: Grande Prairie Began curling at age: 13 Delivery: Right Occupation/title: Landman Employer: Talisman Energy Date of birth: Jan. 11, 1975 Place of birth: Edmonton Marital status: Married Spouse/Partner: Carla Koe Children: Ava 4, Lila 2 First vehicle: Chrysler LeBaron Current vehicle: Ford F150 4x4 Favourite food: Spaghetti Favourite drink: Coors Light Celebrity dream woman: Britney Spears Most annoying celebrity: Jamie Koe All-time favourite movie: Blades of Glory Last movie he loved: Madagascar 2 Last movie he hated: None Tattooed? Nope Never leaves home without: Lip balm Won: 2000 National Mixed, 2008 Canada Cup

Third: Blake MacDonald Home: St. Albert. Began curling at age: 12 Delivery: Right Occupation/title: VP Business Development, partner Employer: Franvest Capital Partners Date of birth: April 10, 1976 Place of birth: Cold Lake Marital status: Married Spouse/Partner: Lawnie MacDonald Children: Spencer 6, Bronwyn 3 First vehicle: Toyota Camry Current vehicle: Volkswagen Jetta TDI Favourite food: Steak and king crab Favourite drink:

Spiced rum and Dr. Pepper Celebrity dream woman: Catherine Zeta-Jones Most annoying celebrity: Ben Mulroney All-time favourite movie: Shawshank Redemption Last movie he loved: The Hangover Last movie he hated: The Talented Mr. Ripley Tattooed? Yes, one on the arm Never leaves home without: BlackBerry Competed in: 2008 Canada Cup

Second: Carter Rycroft Home: Sherwood Park Began curling at age: 10 Delivery: Right Occupation/title: Co-owner

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Employer: Prairie West Trucking Date of birth: Aug. 29, 1977 Place of birth: Grande Prairie Marital status: Married Spouse/Partner: Sheila Children: Leah 4, Jayden 2 First vehicle: 1978 Ford F150 Current vehicle: 2005 Chevy pickup Favourite food: Prime rib and crab Favourite drink: Lots! Celebrity dream woman: Carrie Underwood Most annoying celebrity: Donald Trump All-time favourite movie: Tombstone Last movie he loved: Taken Last movie he hated: None

Tattooed? I wish, but I’m scared it might hurt Never leaves home without: Phone . . . and my Batman toothbrush Competed in: 2002 Olympics (silver medal), 2008 Canada Cup, 1998 National Junior runnerup

Lead: Nolan Thiessen Home: Edmonton Began curling at age: 11 Delivery: Right Occupation/title: Chartered accountant Employer: Ernst & Young Date of birth: Nov. 6, 1980 Place of birth: Brandon, Man.

Marital status: Single Spouse/Partner: None Children: None First vehicle: 1992 Pontiac Sunbird Current vehicle: 2008 Chevy Silverado Favourite food: Pizza Favourite drink: Chocolate milk Celebrity dream woman: Marissa Miller Most annoying celebrity: Kanye West All-time favourite movie: Godfather, Parts I and II Last movie he loved: “Tyson” documentary Last movie he hated: Quarantine Tattooed? Yes, one Never leaves home without: Clothes on Competed in: 2000 National Mixed, 2008 Canada Cup, 203 University Games gold medal, 2001 National Junior runnerup

Fifth: Jamie King Home: Edmonton Began curling at age: 13 Delivery: Right Occupation/title: Manager, commercial credit Employer: TD Bank Date of birth: Nov. 21, 1973 Place of birth: Edmonton Marital status: Married Spouse/Partner: Marie Graham Children: None First vehicle: 1971 Pontiac Le Mans Current vehicle: 2008 Nissan Altima Favourite food: Everything at Chicken For Lunch (Scotia Place Edmonton) Favourite drink: Gibson’s Rye Celebrity dream woman: Aside from his wife (Carin Koch, LPGA Tour) Most annoying celebrity: Kanye West All-time favourite movie: Caddyshack Last movie he loved: The Wrestler Last movie he hated: None Tattooed? None Never leaves home without: A pack of Halls cough drops. Competed in: 2003, 2005 Alberta men’s runnerup

Coach: John Dunn Home: Edmonton Occupation: University professor Employer: University Of Alberta Born: April 11, 1967 Place of birth: Bellsmill, Scotland Coaches: Canadian men’s and women’s biathlon teams, men’s national Alpine ski team

Kevin Koe, left, and Carter Rycroft.

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Amber Holland is executive director of the Saskatchewan Curling Association. “So I decided to try it the other way ’round.” But what about curling’s future beyond this week and the Vancouver Olympics? What about fears of burnouts? Retirements? Is the game at a crossroads right now? “It could be,” Holland admitted a while back, “that a few people the immediate year following will say, ‘Yeah, enough is enough, I’ve committed enough time and I’ve sacrificed enough of everything else, my job, my family,’ but three years out I think people are just going to gear up and do it all over again. “I agree with the current Trials and points system to a point. What I like about it is they’re creating something that demands teams stay together and work together as a team as opposed to a one-shot deal. And I’ll be first to admit that at the 2001 Trials, I got in on the one-shot deal.” She’s not big, however, on

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n Regina’s Amber Holland, on her time on the curling tour: “I wouldn’t call myself a money curler. We play on the tour to gain experience and to work on developing as a team. It’s not about winning cash. Going to the Olympics has been our goal. All of the events leading up to that are the means to that end. I’d rather be known as an Olympian. For sure. No doubt. All athletes would love to be described as an Olympian. We knew getting to Edmonton meant

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TV and big crowds. We’re aware of it. But we’re nofocusing on it. And the rocks don’t know they’re on TV or how many fans are in the stands.” n Calgary’s Cheryl Bernard, on the long road to the Trials: “The last four years have been a lot of work but the trip has been great. We took four players and our coach and focused on accomplishing this goal. It’s a juggling act with family, jobs and just life. We’ve had marriage, moves, illness, change of careers and injuries. But through all of that none of us took our eye off of what our goal was when we started. We are a team in the truest sense of the word and right now we gotta believe and trust all the work and enjoy the ride. This is a great event and we are going to love every moment of it.”

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ROAR OF THE RINGS: RESULTS, STANDINGS, AND STATS

Women’s Final Round-Robin Statistics Skips Name %age Amber Holland 79 Cheryl Bernard 78 Shannon Kleibrink 78 Krista McCarville 78 Stefanie Lawton 77 Jennifer Jones 76 Crystal Webster 75 Kelly Scott 70

Women’s Final Standings Team W L Bernard 6 1 Kleibrink 5 2 McCarville 4 3 Lawton 4 3 Holland 4 3 Jones 2 5 Webster 2 5 Scott 1 6

Thirds Name %age Lori Olson-Johns 81 Amy Nixon 81 Susan O’Connor 81 Marliese Kasner 80 Cathy Overton-Clapham 78 Kim Schneider 78 Jeanna Schraeder 77 Tara George 74

Seconds Name %age Bronwen Webster 85 Sam Preston 81 Sherri Singler 81 Jill Officer 80 Sasha Carter 80 Carolyn Darbyshire 79 Kari MacLean 77 Tammy Schneider 77

Leads Name %age Dawn Askin 88 Heather Kalenchuk 86 Stephanie Malekoff 85 Chelsey Bell 85 Lana Vey 84 Cori Bartel 82 Lorraine Lang 82 Jacquie Armstrong 81

Teams Name Team Kleibrink Team Webster Team Bernard Team Lawton Team Jones Team Holland Team McCarville Team Scott

%age 82 81 80 80 80 80 78 77

Men’s Final Standings Team W Martin 6 Howard 6 Stoughton 5 Koe 4 Ferbey 3 Middaugh 2 Simmons 2 Gunnlaugson 0

Draw 12 Results Koe Martin* %age Koe Martin

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 T 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 7 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 8 Lead Second Third Skip Team 99 93 92 82 91 98 94 93 94 95

L 1 1 2 3 5 5 5 7

Draw 13 Results McCarville* Webster %age McCarville Webster

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 T 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 Lead Second Third Skip Team 84 75 70 75 76 88 81 75 65 77

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 T Gunnlaugson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 x x 2 Simmons* 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 x x 6 %age Lead Second Third Skip Team Gunnlaugson 92 80 70 65 77 Simmons 96 88 98 78 90

Lawton* Bernard %age Lawton Bernard

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 T 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 6 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 Lead Second Third Skip Team 85 84 85 78 83 88 78 90 86 85

Stoughton* Middaugh %age Stoughton Middaugh

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 T 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 7 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 Lead Second Third Skip Team 88 86 83 78 84 80 93 89 83 86

Kleibrink* Jones %age Kleibrink Jones

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 T 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 10 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 9 Lead Second Third Skip Team 89 91 88 78 86 92 76 85 77 83

Ferbey* Howard %age Ferbey Howard

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 T 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 8 Lead Second Third Skip Team 95 86 91 83 89 90 98 93 80 90

Holland* Scott %age Holland Scott

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 T 3 0 2 0 1 0 3 1 x x 10 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 x x 4 Lead Second Third Skip Team 89 83 89 94 89 86 94 67 58 76

Draw 14 Results Simmons Stoughton* %age Simmons Stoughton

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 T 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 7 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 8 Lead Second Third Skip Team 90 85 84 83 86 91 91 88 82 88

Howard Martin* %age Howard Martin

Ferbey Koe* %age Ferbey Koe

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 T 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 x x 4 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 x x 9 Lead Second Third Skip Team 95 84 78 67 81 91 98 84 86 90

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 T Gunnlaugson 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 x x 4 Middaugh* 1 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 x x 9 %age Lead Second Third Skip Team Gunnlaugson 94 84 80 84 86 Middaugh 92 91 72 97 88

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 T 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 x 6 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 x 8 Lead Second Third Skip Team 85 81 94 87 87 88 79 80 86 83

Men’s Final Round-Robin Statistics Skips Name %age Glenn Howard 88 Kevin Koe 87 Wayne Middaugh 84 Jeff Stoughton 82 Kevin Martin 81 Pat Simmons 81 David Nedohin 81 Jason Gunnlaugson 72

Thirds Name %age Richard Hart 88 John Morris 88 Kevin Park 87 Jon Mead 85 Blake MacDonald 85 Randy Ferbey 85 Gerry Adam 83 Justin Richter 79

Seconds Name Carter Rycroft Brent Laing Marc Kennedy Rob Fowler Scott Pfeifer Braden Zawada John Epping Jeff Sharp

%age 90 88 88 87 85 85 83 82

Leads Name Ben Hebert Marcel Rocque Tyler Forrest Steve Laycock Scott Bailey Craig Savill Nolan Thiessen Steve Gould

%age 92 92 90 89 89 88 88 87

Teams Name %age Team Howard 88 Team Koe 88 Team Martin 87 Team Stoughton 86 Team Ferbey 86 Team Middaugh 85 Team Simmons 84 Team Gunnlaugson 82

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Trivia time onship. Name them. 8. Of those six skips, how many were/are directing entire lineups devoid of experience at either the Scotties or the Brier? 9. Five players who quyalified to compete for Olympic berths have won back-to-back Canadian junior championships. Can you name the five? 10. How about the years they won back-to-back and the provinces they represented? 11. Two other Olympic trials competitors are two-time national junior champs. Name them. 12. How about the years they won their junior titles?

9. Cathy King, Brent Laing, Kaitlyn Lawes, John Morris, Craig Savill. 10. King skipped winners from Alberta in 1977 and 1978; Laing played lead with Morris skipping and Savill at third on an Ontario team that won in 1998 and 1999. Lawes skipped Manitoba teams to titles in 2008 and 2009. 11. Marliese Kasner, Scott

1. Name the skip and the year of the last Brier champion team who is missing from the current Olympic trials and/or pre-trials lineup. 2. Name the skip and the year of the last Scott Tournament of Hearts winning team which is not represented by any of its four members on the five-player rosters of the current Olympic trials and/or pre-trials.

3. Name the current skip in the women’s Olympic trials and/ or pre-trials who boasted the best record at the 1997 trials in Brandon. 4. What was the record and in which position did she finish? 5. How about the current skip in the men’s trials and/or pre-trials who boasted the best record at the 1997 trials? 6. What was his record and in which position did he finish? 7. Six skips — four men’s, two women’s — qualified for the current Olympic trials and/or pre-trials despite having had no experience either at the Canadian men’s or women’s champi-

1. Mark Dacey, 2004. 2. Colleen Jones, 2004. 3. Shannon Kliebrink. 4. Runnerup at 7-4. 5. Kevin Martin. 6. Runnerup at 7-4. 7. Ted Appelman, Jason Gunnlaugson, Rachel Homan, Kevin Koe, Mike McEwen, Crystal Webster. 8. All but Koe.

(Note: The 1991 Labatt Brier and Scott Tournament of Hearts constituted the 1991 trials for the 1992 Canadian teams bound for the Albertville Winter Olympics).

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Pfeifer. 12. Kasner played third for sister Stefanie Lawton on the 2000 Canadian champ, then skipped her own Saskatchewan team to the title in 2003. Pfeifer played second for Colin Davison’s Alberta winner in 1994, then played third and threw last rocks for Alberta’s Ryan Keane in 1997.

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2009 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings, Canadian Men’s and Women’s Curling Trials – Edmonton 50/50 Raffle Draw Rules and Schedule The Northern Alberta Curling Championship Society, operating as the 2009 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings proposes to hold 50/50 Raffles at the 2009 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings held at Rexall place in Edmonton, December 6 – December 13, 2009. A designated Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings committee director will be responsible to conduct the 50/50 Raffle draws and to administer all the activities but will not share in any of the profits. This 50/50 Director is Ken Duggan. The ticket selling volunteer sales staff will be provided by Non-for-profit Curling Clubs that belong to the Northern Alberta Curling Association (NACA). See Schedule I for a list of the NACA Clubs. The pooled profits will be divided equally among the eligible NACA Curling Clubs who participate in the sale of the 50/50 tickets.

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Sales for the 50/50 raffle tickets for each draw shall commence up to 60 minutes before each scheduled curling draw and will cease when the last two teams end their 5th end break. The drawing of the winning 50/50 raffle ticket shall be conducted, with at least two members of the Executive for the Northern Alberta Curling Championship Society (NACCS) present, in the 50/50 control room at Rexall Place as soon as possible after the cease of sales and the determination of the 50/50 prize for that draw based on the number of tickets sold for that draw. The winning 50/50 ticket number shall be displayed on the jumbotron by the end of the 8th end of the feature game for each of the scheduled curling draws. The winning number shall also be posted on two announcement boards in Rexall Place and the Keith’s Patch at the Edmonton Expo Centre, and will be announced on the public address system when the last curling game is completed. If there is only one curling game played (semi final and final games), the public address system will announce the winning 50/50 number at the break at the end of the 7th end or the end of the 8th end. The winning 50/50 numbers will be displayed on bulletin boards in both Rexall Place and the Keith’s Patch at the Edmonton Expo Centre during the 2009 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings, Canadian Men’s and Women’s Curling Trials until claimed or until 45 minutes prior to the final draw on Sunday, December 13, 2009, whichever comes first. Any unclaimed prizes at that time shall become a carryover prize, the winner of which will be determined by drawing an extra ticket from the tickets sold on Sunday, December 13th. The first 50/50 ticket drawn will claim the share of the Sunday, December 13th sales and if required, a second 50/50 ticket drawn will claim the carry-over prize. For the Sunday, December 13 draw for the final game, there will be an extra ticket drawn. This extra ticket will be used in the event that the ticket for the Sunday draw or – if applicable – the ticket for the carryover draw have not been claimed within 15 minutes of the announcement for the original 50/50 or, if applicable, the carryover 50/50 prize. If a winner does not come forward for the draw(s) or the additional ticket drawn after the final curling draw on Sunday, December 13, the NACCS will apply to Alberta Gaming for the winning raffle amount for that draw to be provided to the designated charities that the profits will be distributed to; that is the participating curling clubs.

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1997 OLYMPIC TRIALS

Schmirler’s golden gals stole the show

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Morning Roar Editor

andra Schmirler’s memorable off-thewall curling shot in the seventh end of the women’s final and Mike Harris’s upset in the men’s final highlighted the 1997 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials played at Brandon. Schmirler defeated Shannon Kleibrink of Calgary 9-6 in the women’s final but trailed 4-3 heading into the seventh end of the gut-clenching match. In the seventh, Kleibrink had stashed a rock on the button and sandwiched between two enemy stones, top and bottom. There was no way Schmirler could see the stone let alone hit it without a carom off an outside stone. So the three-time Canadian champ from Saskatchewan

calmly fired a rocket that caught the perfect angle on the outside rock, picked the Kleibrink stone cleanly and remained for a big three points. The shot knocked the wind out of the Kleibrink team, and Schmirler and her team of Jan Betker, Joan McCusker and Marcia Gudereit rolled to the three-point victory. Schmirler led the 10-team field with a 7-and-2 record during the round robin. Her conquerors were Cathy King and Marilyn Bodogh. Kleibrink and Kelley Law of Richmond, B.C., finished 6-3 and collided in a semifinal, bronze-medal match won 7-4 by Kleibrink. Trailing the leaders, King, Bodogh and Anne Merklinger of Ottawa were 5-4, Connie Laliberte of Winnipeg, Alison Goring of Toronto and Sherry (Middaugh) Scheirich of Saskatoon were 3-6 and Mary

Mattatall of Halifax was 2-7. Harris, directing Richard Hart, Collin Mitchell and George Karrys, led the men’s round robin with a 7-2 records, having lost to Kevin Martin and David Smith of Winnipeg. Martin and Ed Werenich trailed with 6-3 records and qualified for the semi-final. It was 5-5 after seven ends when Martin decided he’d had enough and pole-axed Werenich with an eight-end four spot to effectively wrap up the argument. It ended 9-6. Harris, looking for revenge in the final, erupted for a 4-1 lead and then hung on to dispense with Martin 6-5 with a 10th-end hammer win and tickets to the Olympic Games in Kariziuwa. Trailing the leaders in the trials standings were the Winnipeg trio of Smith, Kerry Burtnyk and Jeff Stoughton at 5-4, Brent MacDonald of

Sandra Schmirler and her Regina quartet won Olympic gold at the 1998 Games in Nagano. Edmonton at 4-5, Wayne Middaugh of Toronto and Russ Howard of Penetanguishene, ON at 3-6 and Kevin Park of Edmonton at 1-8. At Nagano, Schmirler powered her way through the eight-team field with only a

single loss — 6-5 in an extra end to Dordi Nordby of Norway. Also finishing at 6-1 was Elisabet Gustafson of Sweden while Helena Blach-Lavrsen was 5-2 and Kirsty Hay of Great Britain was 4-3. Schmirler required an extra end to nudge Hay 6-5 and was close to watching her last rock sliding too far at the finish. Blach-Lavrsen, meanwhile, upended Gustafson 7-5 before losing 7-5 to Schmirler in the gold-medal match. Gustafson, meanwhile, won the bronze by defeating Hay 10-6. Trailing were Nordby, Mayumi Okhutsu of Japan and Lisa Schoeneberg of the U.S. at 2-5 and Andrea Schoepp at Germany at 1-6. Harris and Co., ran up a 6-and-zip record in the men’s competition before the skipper ran afoul of a debilitating case of the flu.

Canada lost its last roundrobin tussle 10-8 to Eigil Ramsfjell of Norway, hammered Tim Somerville of the U.S. 7-1 in the semi but had nothing left for the final during which Harris could barely stand on his feet. Hence Canada bowed to Switzerland’s Patrick Huerlimann by a shocking 9-3 count. Somerville eliminated Makoto Tsuruga of Japan 5-4 and Sweden’s Peter Lindholm 5-2 in tiebreakers to reach the semi-final. Huerlimann knocked off Ramsfjell 8-7 in the other semi. Behind Canada’s 6-1 log during the round robin, Norway and Switzerland were 5-2, Sweden, the U.S. and Japan were mediocre at 3-4. Douglas Dryburgh of Great Britain was 2-5. Meanwhile, Germany’s Andy Kapp was 1-6.