The Morning Roar - December 13th Edition by Canadian Curling Association

Issue 8 – Sunday, December 13, 2009 • An Official Publication of the Canadian Curling Association.

Stampeding to Vancouver Bernard crew earns Olympic berth after edging Kleibrink in an all-Calgary women’s Trials final n A rivalry renewed Page 2 n Howard’s first finale Page 4 n ‘Big game’ beckons Page 7 n Northern exposure Page 13 Above, from left, Calgary’s Cheryl Bernard, Susan O’Connor, Carolyn Darbyshire and Cori Bartel will carry the Canadian standard at the 2010 Olympics. At left, Glenn Howard of Coldwater, Ont., has advanced to today’s men’s final versus Kevin Martin, thanks to Saturday’s semifinal win.

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Familiar rivals, giant stakes

Left, Cheryl Bernard gives Susan O’Connor a tearful embrace. Above, Bernard celebrates a big 7-6 Trials final victory.

Bernard defeats Kleibrink to wear Maple Leaf in 2010 Larry Wood

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t boiled down to a collision of two skips from the same city whose teams have been bashing heads for close to two decades. And this was different. It wasn’t a club game, it wasn’t a provincial championship final — and there have been a few of those — it wasn’t even for the national championship. This was to be adorned with the Team Canada togs in the 2010 Olympic Games curling tournament at Vancouver in February. One had represented Canada in the last Olym-

pics. One really hadn’t won a major curling title of any description. And the winner was . . . 43-year-old skip Cheryl Bernard, whose best previous success of account was a runner-up finish at the Canadian women’s championship in 1996, and her team of third Susan O’Connor, second Carolyn Darbyshire and lead Cori Bartel. Bernard required a draw to the eight-foot circle for the victory in the final end against Trials defender Shannon Kleibrink with the score deadlocked at 6-6. The draw shot appeared be sliding heavy but ground to a halt in the back eight-foot, igniting pandemonium among the Bernard supporters.

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“Don’t be heavy,” Bernard said with a laugh. “That’s what I was thinking. You just have more adrenalin going and I just tried to throw it and think what this was for. I didn’t use my sweepers, though, so, yes, halfway down I was a little worried but then it began to curl and I knew it would grab once it started to move. “It’s amazing. I don’t know what to say. My team was incredible. They did everything they needed to, and they kept calm.” She admitted this win was a long time coming. “We’ve lost a lot of heartbreakers over the years and all that was for this,” she said. “And that’s good. Whatever it did, all the losses were worth this win. All those years. I’ve got a lot of them. Am I going to be the oldest Olympian?”

Probably not, but that brings up another issue. “What about wearing the Canada crest?” she repeated the question. “You think it will ever come off? “We’ll have a lot to adjust to but we’ll talk to a lot of people who know and we’ll have incredible support. It’ll be a different perspective going into this. I’m sure we’ll get prepared the way we need to get prepared. It’s just one team (for the support group) to be focusing on.” The early ends of the final were mundane, featuring numerous miscues. “But I thought we both had a good second half,” said Kleibrink. “I missed a couple of shots and maybe they could have been the difference. Sure we’re disappointed, but they were the best team all week. They deserve this. You aren’t

always going to win. You can’t be too sad.” Kleibrink was playing in her third Trials final, and lost her second one. She missed draws for extra points in both the third and fifth ends and trailed 4-2. Then, in the sixth, she was counting three when Bernard hit one of them and rolled to count by an inch. But, in the seventh, with Kleibrink sitting two behind a corner guard, Bernard’s last rock flopped into the open on an attempted layup and Kleibrink executed the open hit for a go-ahead three. Bernard bounced right back in front with a deuce in the eighth. This time it was Kleibrink who left her first rock in the open. Bernard rolled behind cover, forcing Kleibrink to execute a half-rock double-raise takeout with her last. But

Kleibrink’s rock remained open through a port, and Bernard negotiated it with her last stone and remained on the takeout. Bernard played two precise layups behind a corner guard to force Kleibrink to draw the four-foot for a tying point in the ninth end, leaving Bernard in control of the home end. Kleibrink had the necessary cover set up there until third Amy Nixon’s last-rock attempt to bury rubbed one of the guards, enabling Bernard to open up the front. “That rock of Amy’s really curled,” said Kleibrink. “I don’t know if it grabbed but I thought she threw it well. We’d have been in good shape if we’d managed to get that rock in there.” It was a juicy plum the Bernard team was left to contemplate. The victory included $180,000 over a 30-month period from Sport Canada as A-carded athletes and a whopping $50,000 from the Trials net profit to help defray Olympic-related costs. Both finalists earlier received $40,000 each from Own the Podium 2010. “I feel a little bit overwhelmed right now,” said vice-skip O’Connor. “But we’re going to try really hard to enjoy the moment and then . . . work really hard over the next two months to perform our best when we’re there.”

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lenn Howard and his team from Coldwater, Ont., earned a sudden-death crack at Canada’s Olympic representation in men’s curling Saturday. Howard will play Edmonton’s Kevin Martin at 1 p.m. today. The winner dons Canada’s Olympic garb. The springboard to the final was an 11-6 semi-final conquest of Winnipeg’s Jeff Stoughton on Saturday afternoon at Rexall Place. Howard, with third Richard Hart, second Brent Laing and lead Craig Savill, dominated the semi from the get-go, opening with deuce and never ceasing to apply pressure to Stoughton’s team of Kevin Park, Rob Fowler and Steve Gould. “We got that break in the third end,” assessed Howard, 47, “were in total control, Jeff gets two deuces late and suddenly I have to make my

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last shot to win it. That’s the game. That’s the free guard zone. In curling now, you really have to earn it.” Stoughton said he was chasing from the get-go. “He made that nice angleraise double ticky-wicky whatchamacallit in the third end and it was a killer,” he said. “I don’t know how many rocks he hit, bumped us off the button and sits two. After that, they played so well.” Stoughton lost the final of the 2005 Trials to Brad Gushue of St. John’s who went on to win a gold medal for Canada at the Torino Olympics. “This is disappointing but

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it doesn’t hurt so much,” Stoughton said. “Losing the final when you’re expected to win is the real kick in the guts.” This is skip Howard’s sixth personal attempt to qualify for the Olympics. He has played every previous Trials, starting with the first event at Calgary in 1987 as third for brother Russ. Vice-skip Hart played third for Mike Harris, Canada’s rep at the Nagano Games in 1998, winning a silver medal.

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Legendary Lang has given it one final roar

LARRY WOOD Morning Roar Editor

Canadian curling legend shelved her competitive career at the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings Canadian curling Trials this past week. Thunder Bay’s 53-yearold Lorraine Lang, who has played the lead position for Krista McCarville the past four seasons, signed 30 to an illustrious career that included a world championship, two Scotties titles, eight Scotties appearances and one national mixed crown. Obviously, one of her future stops will be enshrinement in the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame. “I have to say,” she was saying the other day, “that my body is giving me signs that, really, I have to take it

a little easier.” Lang told her younger teammates last year that she’d continue to dispense lead rocks and sage advice until the team’s last shot at an Olympic Games appearance dissolved. That happened on Friday night at Rexall Place, but not before her team turned in a credible third-place finish. “I’m not going to be playing women’s playdowns,” she said. “It’s been an incredibly busy four or five years. This is as far as I go. And I’m not sure I’m going to play senior, either. I’ll probably spare a lot for my team because they have busy lives and works shifts and everything. “It’s been a long career but, now, women’s competitive curling is a full year-round commitment. You have to work out in the summer and the off-time, you can’t just show up and play any more. It’s a whole lifestyle commitment now. “After I made the decision, I told the team that once this whole points thing is done for this term, then I’m going to be finished. That’s when I suggested we take on a fifth player and it

worked out great because I’m playing this and she’s playing playdowns in January.” Lang’s replacement will be Ashley Miharija, a 22-year-old lab technician, who was at The Rex as fifth player. “Ashley will play either lead or second,” said Lang. “The team has to make that decision. Maybe (coach and hubby) Rick will have to make that decision.” Both Langs are sky-high on McCarville’s future. “Krista’s an unbelievable player,” said Lorraine Lang. “She’s never had a peak performance at the Scotties but in our provincials she’s played like she’s played here. So I’m really glad she’s taken to this stage. Really, she should be showing her stuff. She can make big hits and clutch draws. I hope she stays confident.” Lang chooses to look forward, rather than back on an illustrious curling career highlighted by her years at third for Heather Houston. “No, I don’t look back at it that much,” she said.

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GETTING TO KNOW YOU

Skip: Cheryl Bernard Home: Calgary Began curling at age: Eight Delivery: Right Occupation/title: Managing Director Employer: Unigroup Western Insurance Brokers Inc Date of birth: June 30, 1966 Place of birth: Grande Prairie Marital status: Common law Spouse/Partner: Terry Meek Children: Evan Meek 19, Connor Meek 15 First vehicle: 1979 Malibu Classic Current vehicle: Lexus RX 350 Favourite food: Cheese Favourite drink: Tea and wine Celebrity dream man: Johnny Depp Most annoying celebrity: Paris Hiton All-time favourite movie: Million Dollar Baby, Rudy, Remember the Titans Last movie she loved: Julie and Julia (amazed by cooking, ’cause I can’t do it) Last movie she hated: None Tattooed? No! Never leaves home without: BlackBerry, water bottle and cash for a Starbucks Competed in: 1992, 96, 07, 09 Scotties, 2005, 07, 08, 09 Canada Cup, and Players’ Championship since it started

Third: Susan O’Connor Home: Calgary Began curling at age: 10 Delivery: Right Occupation/title: Respiratory therapist Employer: Foothills Medical Centre Date of birth: May 3, 1977 Place of birth: Calgary Marital status: Married Spouse/Partner: Todd Brick First vehicle: Mazda 626

Team Bernard:

Anthony Hopkins worship, kitchen envy, and greyhounds (the drink, not the dog) Current vehicle: Pontiac Grand Am Favourite food: Anything cooked by somebody else Favourite drink: Red wine; something rummy and tropical on vacation Celebrity dream man: Edward Norton, Terence Howard Most annoying celebrity: Heidi Montague, Spencer Pratt All-time favourite movie: The Notebook, Over the Top Last movie she loved: The Proposal Last movie she hated: Hunger Tattooed? No Never leaves home without: Cellphone Competed in: 1992, 96, 07, 09 Scotties, 2005, 07, 08, 09 Canada Cup

Second: Carolyn Darbyshire Home: Calgary Began curling at age: 11 Delivery: Right Occupation/title: Owner, office manager Employer: Canadian Decal Installers Date of birth: Dec. 6, 1963 Place of birth: Arborg, Man. Marital status: Married Spouse/Partner: Rod McRorie Children: Shea (stepson) 15, Alexandria 8

First vehicle: Toyota Carolla Current vehicle: Toyota Venza Favourite food: Seafood Favourite drink: Red wine All-time favourite movie: Anything with Anthony Hopkins Last movie she loved: The Proposal Last movie she hated: Taking Of Pelham 1, 2, 3 Tattooed? No Never leaves home without: BlackBerry Competed in: 1985, 07, 09 Scotties, 03, 04, 07, 08, 09 Canada Cup, 01 Olympic Trials

Lead: Cori Bartel Home: Calgary Began curling at age: 10 Delivery: Right Occupation/title: Recruiter Employer: Friday Professional Group Date of birth: June 21, 1971 Place of birth: Humboldt, Sask. Marital status: Engaged Spouse/Partner: Sean Morris Children: None First vehicle: 1998 Pontiac Sunfire SE Current vehicle: The same Sunfire Favourite food: Chicken and shrimp fajitas from the Lonestar Grill in Ottawa Favourite drink: Greyhounds from the Abbotsford Curling Club Celebrity dream man: Sean Morris LOL!! OK . . . perhaps George Clooney Most annoying celebrity: Nicolas Cage All-time favourite movie: Top Gun Last movie she loved: Love Actually

Last movie she hated: Can’t think of any Tattooed? None yet Never leaves home without: Giving her cats a goodbye cuddle Competed in: 2007, 09 Scotties, 07, 08, 09 Canada Cup

Fifth: Kristie Moore Home: Grande Prairie Began curling at age: Nine Delivery: Right Occupation/title: Business owner Employer: Madhatters Liquid Lounge & Crazy Cuisine Date of birth: April 22, 1979 Place of birth: Grande Prairie Marital status: Common law Spouse/Partner: Shane Wray Children: Working on it First vehicle: GMC Truck Current vehicle: Chevy Blazer Favourite food: Popcorn Favourite drink: Spiced rum and ginger ale or red wine Tattooed? Yes, two Never leaves home without: Money Competed in: 1996, 97 Canadian Junior, 96 World Junior, 2000 Scotties.

Coach: Dennis Balderston Home: Calgary Occupation/title: Independent businessman Employer: Self Date of birth: June 21, 1945 Place of birth: Moose Jaw Coached/competed: 1963 National Junior, 1990 Brier, 1995, 96 Canadian Seniors, 2007, 09 Scotties coach

Cori Bartel, left, and Susan O’Connor.

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‘Big game’ magic still sways Martin Todd Kimberley Morning Roar Associate Editor

evin Martin has been here before, you understand. So he doesn’t need much in the way of motivation for today’s Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings men’s final, presented by Monsanto, at Rexall Place. “That’s what it’s about, isn’t it, to get to the big final,” Martin, the 43-year-old Edmontonian, told reporters Saturday. “I think that’s why I still curl — for those big games. Win them or lose them, it’s fun to be part of them. Hopefully we can get through the one (today). “We’ve (finished second) before, and we’ve won it before. So we know it from both sides. But you can’t win ’em if you can’t get in ’em.” Martin and his rink of John Morris, Marc Kennedy and Ben Hebert finished in first place at these Canadian curling Trials with a 6-1 record, advancing directly to today’s 1 p.m. MT final. The Martin crew will face its old adversary, the Glenn Howard rink of Coldwater, Ont., which dispatched Jeff Stoughton of Winnipeg 11-6 in the tournament semifinal

Today’s 1 p.m. meeting will be Kevin Martin’s fourth career final at the Olympic Trials. Saturday afternoon. Martin’s rink has taken its game to another level in recent years, with two straight Brier wins, a 2008 world championship and an unblemished 2009 campaign, except for some guy named David Murdoch. But Martin has a long history of success at the Olympic Trials. Today’s clash will be his fourth Trials ﬁnal — and a victory this afternoon would make Vancouver his third Olympics after Albertville 1992 and Salt Lake City 2002. Back in the 1991 Brier at

Hamilton, Ont., which acted as the Trials, Martin and his team of Kevin Park, Dan Petryk and Don Bartlett beat Regina’s Randy Woytowich 8-4 in the final. They went on to finish fourth at Albertville, where curling was then still an Olympic demonstration sport. In 1997 at Brandon, with curling set to become a full medal sport at Nagano in 1998, Martin dropped a 6-5 final to the surprising Mike Harris of Toronto. And in 2001 at Regina, Martin and his crew of Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft and Don Bartlett advanced directly to the final, beating Winnipeg’s Kerry Burtnyk 8-7 on the last rock. All four had an Olympic silver medal hung around their necks two months later in Utah. “We’ve been in this game three of the last four Trials,” noted Martin, “so it’s not a lot different, I don’t think, in terms of the hard work we did before 2001, or when we lost to Mike Harris in ’97. “But you do work at it hard, and I think I work at it as hard as anybody, and if you work hard, you get your fair share of chances,” added Martin.

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Martin, of course, skipped Canadian standard-bearers at the 1992 demo Olympics and the 2002 Games at Salt Lake City, also winning a silver medal. Hart executed a perfect hit-and-roll behind a corner guard in the ﬁrst end to set up Howard’s opening deuce. Then Stoughton was forced to settle for one in reply, drawing the four-foot with Howard counting two more. In the third, Howard’s highlight-reel ﬁrst rock, a high-heat angle-raise, double-raise to re-arrange a combination of stones in the four-foot, was pivotal. Howard was left with two, one peeking into the open, and when Stoughton narrowly missed slashing both enemy stones out of contention, Howard had a routine draw for another deuce. “We knew it was our rock going in if we got the angle,” recalled Howard. “We knew if we nutted it good things would happen. We weren’t quite sure exactly what, but it turned out the way we wanted it. “Kevin (Martin) makes

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HOWARD a lot of those, right?” he added. Stoughton again could get nothing going in the fourth and drew the four-foot looking at four enemy bricks. Howard blanked the fifth after a Stoughton bid for a deuce evaporated. The trend continued in the sixth. Stoughton executed a bury in the back corner of the four-foot with Howard sitting three. But Howard was able to angle it back far enough with a last quiet tap to score two more and assume a 6-2 edge. Stoughton finally finagled a pair in the seventh and left Howard a routine splitdouble in the eighth on which he connected for a single point. Howard then missed a double in the ninth and Stoughton deployed the hammer for another deuce to pull within one point. Howard’s 10th-end fourspot, resulting from his last shot, constituted meaning-

less tinsel. “The bottom line is, you want to get to Sunday, and that’s what we did,” said Howard. “Now I’m really glad that we played the semi. It’s a great feeling, the fact we have a chance. Obviously we want to go out and play well (in the ﬁnal). If we don’t play well it’ll be really disappointing. If we play really well and lose the game, it’ll be a little easier to accept. If we play well and win the game, that’s what we came for. “It’s four years of preparation, and this is right where we want to be, so it can’t get any better than this.” Will Howard be classed as the underdog? “We’re starting to feel that way,” said Hart. “Curlers are good at keeping score, and they’ve beaten us a bunch of times in a row at major events. We’ve beaten them on the circuit; we’re kind of even if not a little ahead of them there. But at these major events, they’ve really had our number. We’re going to ﬁnd out tomorrow. I’m nervous already.”

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Edmonton enjoys northern exposure Larry Wood

Morning Roar Editor

ord on the frigid streets of Edmonton has it that response to this Tim Hortons Roar Of The Rings production was considered somewhat below par. After all, Edmonton dredged up $1 million just to win the rights to hold this show. The projected profits were in the $2 million range. It isn’t going to be realized. Still, organizing committee chairman Jackie-Rae Greening insists that neither she nor any of her cohorts are headed for a dive off the High Level Bridge any time soon. “We’re going to be OK,” said Greening on Saturday night at Rexall Place. “We’re obviously still crunching some numbers and everything and we don’t exactly know how much we’re going to make. But we’re not upset at all. We’re going to do quite well. “We won’t reach initially projections, for sure. But I’m still really happy. We’re going to have more than 11,000 at the men’s final, almost 11,000 for the women’s final. So we had great closing crowds.”

Jackie-Rae Greening But was it the biggest event in curling history, as many predicted? With the highest ticket prices? “We priced the ticket higher than the past because we considered this a marquee event,” allowed Greening, the radio personality who’s never short of words. “We can’t undervalue our sport. This weekend we’re close to sold out. It’s expensive to take over a place like Rexall Place for almost two weeks. We have two huge events happening across the way the Patch. “So there’s a great value to the ticket, all this top curling and an entertainment package at the Expo Centre. I think the ticket price was exactly right. “The exposure for our city has been great. Think of 20 draws at three hours per draw coming from Edmonton on TSN. And all

the hype leading up to it, of people and teams focusing on Edmonton, Edmonton, Edmonton. My heart is in this for those aspects.” Still, when you’re talking biggest and best, there has to be a tool of measure. “So what is it?” asked Greening. “We’re on target for 175,000 and change in attendance for the 20 draws right now. Did we expect more than that? Absolutely. Did the weather hurt us? Absolutely. Did the time of year hurt us? Yes. Has the recession hurt? Yes. But, when you think about it, it’s still incredible that our sport has more than 11,000 people coming out in 30-below to watch a curling game.” Greening points out there never was an issue about smashing curling attendance records at The Rex. “We have less teams,” she said, “so we didn’t have an opening weekend ticket package. The calibre of teams was fantastic. Two more teams? You want to water it down? I don’t know.” Greening said this will be her last organizing roar, in the wake of three major Edmonton rock events. “I don’t think you’ll see a Brier here for five or six years,” she said. “You need a break. But, you never know.”

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GETTING TO KNOW YOU

Team Martin: Skip: Kevin Martin Nickname: The Old Bear Home: Edmonton Began curling at age: 7 Delivery: Right Occupation/title: Owner, Kevin’s Rocks-n-Racquets Employer: Self Date of birth: July 31, 1966 Place of birth: Killam, Alta. Marital status: Married Spouse/Partner: Shauna Martin Children: Karrick 20, Kalycia 17, Mykaela 8 First vehicle: Pontiac Sunbird Current vehicle: Mazda CX-9 Favourite food: Uncle Ben’s Rice Favourite drink: Scotch on the rocks Celebrity dream woman: Nada Most annoying celebrity: Dr. Phil Alltime favourite movie: Ishtar Last movie he loved: Harry Potter and the Half

Blood Prince Tattooed? No Never leaves home without: Wallet Competed in: 92, 02 Olympic Games, 92, 97, 08, 09 World men’s, 10 Briers, four Canada Cups, 2 Continental Cups, 85 Junior Nationals, 86 Junior Worlds.

Third: John Morris Nickname: Johnny Mo Home: Chestermere, Alta. Began curling at age: 5 Delivery: Right Occupation/title: Firefighter Employer: Rockyview Fire Service Date of birth: Dec. 16, 1978 Place of birth: Winnipeg Marital status: Single Spouse/Partner: None

Children: None First vehicle: Geo Metro Current vehicle: Toyota Tacoma Favourite food: Uncle Ben’s Wholegrain Rice Favourite drink: Choco milk Celebrity dream woman: Jessica Biel Most annoying celebrity: Prince All-time favourite movie: Indiana Jones Last movie he loved: Old School Last movie he hated: Labyrinth Tattoed? Zero Never leaves home without: Toolbox Competed in: 97, 98, 99 Junior Nationals, 98, 99 Junior Worlds, six Canada Cups, four Briers

Second: Marc Kennedy Nickname: Kenbear Home: Edmonton Began curling at age: 6

The Old Bear, Kenbear, fighting fires and Will Ferrell worship Delivery: Left Occupation/title: Business owner Employer: M&M Meat Shops Date of birth: Feb. 5, 1982 Place of birth: St. Albert, Alta. Marital status: Married Spouse/Partner: Nicole Children: Daughter Aubry, 16 months First vehicle: Pontiac Grand Am Current vehicle: 08 Toyota Tacoma Favourite food: Steak Favourite drink: Vodka soda Celebrity dream woman: Katy Perry Most annoying celebrity: Paris Hilton All-time favourite movie: Braveheart

Last movie he loved: Matrix Last movie he hated: He’s Just Not That Into You Tattooed? Nope Never leaves home without: Cellphone Competed in: 1998, 99, 01 Canadian Juniors, 07, 08, 09 Brier, 08, 09 Worlds, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08 Canada Cup, 08 Continental Cup.

Lead: Benjamin Hebert Nickname: Benny Heebz Home: Edmonton Began curling at age: 10 Delivery: Right Occupation/title: Marketing representative Employer: Fugro Date of birth: March 16, 1983 Place of birth: Regina Marital status: Relationship Spouse/Partner: Girlfriend Teddi Foord Children: None First vehicle: 89 Honda Prelude Current vehicle: ‘03 Escalade Favourite food: Ribs Favourite drink: Chocolate milk Celebrity dream woman: Jennifer Nettles Most annoying celebrity: Daniel Radcliffe All-time favourite movie: Dumb and Dumber Last movie he loved: The Hangover

From left, Ben Hebert, Marc Kennedy, and John Morris.

Last movie he hated: I Love you Man Tattooed? Can’t tell ya that! Never leaves home without: Cellphone Competed in: 2002 Junior Nationals

Fifth: Adam Enright Home: Edmonton Began curling at age: 9 Delivery: Right Occupation/title: Owner/ operator Employer: M&M Meat Shops Date of birth: Nov. 16, 1983 Place of birth: Camrose, Alta. Marital status: Single First vehicle: 1992 Ford Current vehicle: 2005 Pontiac Favourite food: Steak Favourite drink: Rye and 7-Up Celebrity dream woman: Jenny Finch Most annoying celebrity: Paris Hilton All-time favourite movie: Major League Last movie he loved: Taken Last movie he hated: Bruno Tattooed? No Never leaves home without: Wallet Competed in: 2002 Canadian juniors; alternate for Kevin Martin at 2008 Tim Hortons Brier and world men’s championship

Coach: Jules Owchar Home: Edmonton Occupation/title: Instructor Employer: Northern Alberta Institute Of Technology Date of birth: Oct. 12,1944 Place of birth: Lac La Biche, Alta. Coached: Martin teams since 1986, three NAIT teams, two Canadian Junior teams, one golf team, 2 Japanese curling teams.

Sunday, December 13, 2009 “If I was 10 years younger I’d be saying, ‘Oh, this is great to get back in it,’ ” added Lang. “The game’s changed a lot, the fitness level is much higher, teams are much better, so it’s like a totally different game to me relative to what we played in the ’80s. We didn’t have these conditions, for sure, but we didn’t have freeguard-zone. So the game was a lot simpler. I liked our cashspiels back in the ’80s a lot better. When we could all sit around and socialize and have a good time. I miss that part of the game. And I guess that’s what happens when the money gets up there and the stakes are high. But we still like to do that. Especially in Ontario, I think. We like to sit down with the other team afterward and talk about something besides curling. Maybe it has to do with our (semi-isolated) location. “We have to spend a lot of money on travel. Thank goodness we’ve got good sponsorship. But, in another sense, we’re lucky in Thunder Bay because we’re small. Two or four of us can get together every day to throw. I think that’s a real advantage for us.” Lang hasn’t taken lightly the decision to pack it in. Morning Roar staff

Surprise victors emerged this week from the European curling championships at Aberdeen, Scotland. Niklas Edin of Sweden won the men’s championship, defeating Ralph Stoeckli of Switzerland 6-5 in an extra-end final.

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WOOD: Difficult decision “Anybody who contemplates retirement, whether it’s from work or sport, thinks about it for a long time,” she said. “And I have. And it’s not like I want to do it. But I have to. A lot of it is physical. I’ve had some issues with my foot, my Achilles. Mentally I feel right there. But

Lorraine Lang, foreground, has hung up her brush.

Euro titles decided

I’d never want to be in a position where I ran out of steam in a big game. So I’m not going to chance that.” Because Rick’s the coach in the family, Lorraine will stay out of that office. “I wouldn’t get into coaching,” she said. “We talk a lot about it. When Rick’s coaching our daughter in junior, I’m right beside him. That’ll never change. We discuss a lot of different things and talk about games and I love to watch. Certainly I’d like to be with him and I like to see my daughter play, too.” Sarah is 20, playing in her last year of junior at the provincials next week in Thunder Bay. She skips while another Karlee Jones throws the hammer. Meantime, Lang looks forward to tracking the McCarville team’s progress from an off-ice angle. “I’ll definitely be around,” she said. “But they’re ready to get on. Krista is really an unbelievable player. The team just needs to fine-tune. “They don’t need me out there. It’s time to move on, and I think they know that. And, certainly, for a long time, they are going to remember some of the things I’ve said to them.”

in the women’s division, defeating Mirjam Ott of Switzerland 7-5 in the final. Schoepp’s lineup included Melanie Robillard, Monika Wagner, Corinna Scholz and Playing with Edin were alternate Stella Heiss. Sebastian Kraupp, Fredrik Norway’s Thomas Ulsrud Lindberg and Viktor Kjall. won the men’s bronze medal Veteran Andrea Schoepp while Angelina Jensen of of Germany, the Olympic Denmark won the women’s demo gold medallist in bronze. 1992, emerged triumphant briar sixteenth:Layout 1 10/20/09 10:56 AM Page 1

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So long . . . farewell . . . we’re outta here! Morning Roar staff

here’s something you should know about this estimable news sheet to which you’ve subscribed the past nine days. What’s that? Well, simply, it never gets the final story. Hardly ever. And certainly not this year, either. Sorry about that. The Morning Roar you see, does not publish on the post-Cup Monday. The way the Edmonton organizing committee figures it, “It may or may not work out (today), but it won’t be from lack of effort or lack of training,” Martin continued. “And I think that’s, at the end of the day, the most important thing — to look 11/2/09 3:37:53 PM

if we’re over budget after eight days, we won’t be going for nine. Oh yes, and there’s something else you should know. This publication would not exist without the efforts of the Edmonton organizing committee, the Canadian Curling Association and its sponsors. Between them, they fund the whole shebang. So, save a cheer, also a tiger, for them. Now, what we’re asking from you today is this. We set up today’s men’s final in this last edition. Hereafter,

you’re on your own. The names in Canada’s Olympic men’s lineup for Vancouver will not be recorded for posterity in the Morning Roar. Meantime, it has been a slice of heaven, folks. We at the Roar would like to thank you for your interest. We’d like to thank all the competitors for their time and efforts. And we’d like to thank our supporters for theirs. What else is there to say? Have a good final day and happy holiday season upcoming.

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Rexall Place? “That’ll be cool,” said Martin. “(Thursday night’s round-robin win over Howard) was really loud. A fantastic game. And the roar of the crowd . . . that’s an Edmonton crowd appreciating good talent. That’s fantastic. Coming from a person who’s from here, it’s really a nice thing to have that.” And today’s big game will come down to . . . “One shot. One big break,” said Martin. “Now, it could be a made shot or a missed shot. Maybe a lucky break, or a hit-and-roll, or a real tough double, something like that that changes the momentum. “I hope that’s the way it goes, ’cause that’s the way it should be.”

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Trivia time held? 9. Name the skip of the Canadian team that won a world championship in an event staged at this location — player, championship and year. 10. Prior to 1988 in Calgary, was there curling staged at any other Winter Olympics and, if so, where and when? 11. Is there any question of curling remaining on the Olympic schedule following Vancouver and if not, where will the next Olympic curling competition be held? 12. In what year?

5. Dawn Askin, Chelsey Bell, Tracy Bush, Sasha Carter, Carolyn Darbyshire, Kaitlyn Lawes, Heather Rankin, Sherry Middaugh, Kelly Scott. 6. Askin – Ontario, Alberta; Bell – Saskatchewan, Alberta; Bush – Manitoba, Alberta; Carter – Manitoba, B.C.; Darbyshire – Manitoba, Alberta; Lawes – Manitoba, Alberta; Rankin – Nova Scotia, Alberta; Middaugh – Saskatchewan, Ontario; Scott – Manitoba, B.C. 7. 1924.

1. Have any of Canada’s previous Olympic teams failed to win a medal at the Games? If so, name the skip (skips), the year(s) and venue(s) of the Olympics. 2. Have any of the current men in the trials/pre-trials field made notable curling moves to a province other than the one in which they started curling? If so, how

many? 3. Name them. 4. And the provinces in which they started curling followed by those in which they are curling now. 5. Name the women’s competitors who have made such notable moves. 6. And the provinces in which they started followed by those in which they are curling now? 7. Curling first appeared at a Winter Olympic Games in what year? 8. Where were these Games

1. Kevin Martin, 1992 at Albertville, failed to medal. 2. Yes, eight. 3. Ryan Fry, Greg McAulay, Jon Mead, John Morris, Dave Nedohin, Kevin Park, Bob Ursel, Don Walchuk. 4. Fry – Manitoba, Newfoundland/ Labrador; McAulay – Manitoba, B.C.; Mead – Manitoba, Ontario; Morris – Ontario, Alberta; Nedohin – Manitoba, Alberta; Park – Alberta, Manitoba; Ursel – Manitoba, B.C., Walchuk – Alberta, Manitoba.

(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).

Answers

8. Chamonix, France. 9. Julie Skinner of Victoria (then Sutton) skipped her Kelowna team to the world junior women’s championship in 1988 at Chamonix. 10. Yes, at Lake Placid, N.Y. in the 1932. 11. Curling appears to be entrenched as a medal sport on the Olympic Winter Games docket. The next competition will be staged in Sochi, Russia. 12. The year 2014.

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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.

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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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50/50 Ticket sales will be conducted at Rexall Place for each of the 18 draws for the 2009 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings, Canadian Men’s and Women’s Curling Trials, (plus tie-breaker games if applicable). Tickets will be sold for $2.00 each. 50% of ticket sales will be distributed as prizes, Profits for distribution to NACA Curling Clubs will be made after deducting printing, security, bank charges and all other directly related costs required to operate the 50/50 raffle. Sales will only be made to persons 18 years or older. The number of consecutively numbered tickets printed will be 150,000 blue tickets, and 150,000 green tickets. Both Blue and Green 50/50 tickets will be sold at each of the 2009 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings draws (plus tie-breakers if applicable). Payouts to winners will be by cheque. The members of the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings 50/50 Raffle Committee will not be allowed to purchase tickets. This will include, The Chair for the, the Vice Chair of Promotions, the Director of 50/50 and all the Executive members of the NACCS. Two Board members of the 2009 NACCS Executive will be present at all drawings Seller’s will advise all adult ticket purchasers not to give bearer ticket to a person under the age of 18 otherwise due to the requirements of the Public Trustee Act. No refunds will be given

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2005 OLYMPIC TRIALS

Gushue, Kleibrink won tussle for Torino

Larry Wood

Morning Roar Editor

n upset definitely was the order of the day in the Olympic men’s curling trials at Halifax in 2005. And, in the women’s division, Kelowna’s Kelly Scott led the way through the round robin but slipped big-time in the last end of the final. Newfoundland’s Brad Gushue dominated the round robin at 8-1, losing only to Pat Ryan (9-5) in Round 5. But there always was the question of whether Gushue’s run could continue through the playoff round. Gushue, of course, was catapulted straight to the final. Winnipeg’s Jeff Stoughton was 7-2 and Calgary’s John Morris was 6-3 and a host of big-name teams were strewn out behind.

Stoughton ran up a 6-1 lead after five ends and cruised past Morris 8-6 in the semifinal. In the final, where Gushue was to have “no chance” according to an earlier Stoughton prediction, the Newfoundland team led 6-2 after four ends, stealing two in the fourth. Then they hung

Brad Gushue and his Newfoundland gang took Olympic gold in Italy.

on for an 8-7 final decision. Glenn Howard of Coldwater missed the playoff by a game at 5-4. So did the veteran Ryan. Prominent favourites Kevin Martin and Randy Ferbey of Edmonton could do no better than 4-5 records. At 3-6 were Mark Dacey and Shawn Adams, both of Halifax. Jay Peachey of New Westminster was winless in nine starts. Scott was projected straight to the women’s final with the top record while Kleibrink, who lost three of her first four and then ran up an eventual seven-game win streak, was 6-3 along with Stefanie Lawton of Saskatoon and Sherry Middaugh of Coldwater, Ont. Due to round-robin results, Kleibrink netted a freebie to the semi-final while Lawton was dispensing with Middaugh 9-4 in the semi-final. Kleibrink then defeated

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Lawton 5-4 in a squeaker. Scott led 7-5 heading into the final end of the championship game but allowed her Calgary foe to junk up the front and when it came down to the last stone, Kleibrink had a takeout for three and an 8-7 victory. She made it and directed her team of Amy Nixon, Glenys Bakker and Christine Keshen to the Olympic Games. At far-flung Torino, Gushue’s Newfoundlanders finished the round robin tied with David Murdoch of Great Britain and Pete Fenson of the U.S., one game behind the leading 7-2 mark turned in by Finland’s Markku Uusipaavalniemi. Canda lost to Sweden’s Peter Lindholm 8-7 on account of an extra-end steal, and to Uusipaavalniemi 8-7, and to Italy’s Joel Retornaz 7-6 in an extra end. But Gushue rebounded in the playoffs and throttled the

Shannon Kleibrink’s crew rebounded for a bronze medal at the ’06 Games. Yanks 11-5 before beating Finland 10-4 for the gold medal. Leading 4-2 in the sixth, Gushue hammered Uusipaavalniemi with a six-ender that could have been seven, except that Gushue gassed his last free draw after the Finn-

ish skip gassed his last shot. Finland edged Murdoch 4-3 in the other semi-final. Up the track, Ralph Stroeckli of Switzerland and Pal Trulsen of Norway were 5-4. Italy was 4-5, Germany’s Andy Kapp and Lindholm were 3-6 and Sean Becker of New Zealand was 0-9. Anette Norberg of Sweden an d Mirjam Ott of Switzerland logged identical 7-2 records to top the women’s round robin while Kleibrink and Dordi Nordby of Norway finished at 6-3. In semi-finals, the Swiss dumped Canada 7-5 and the Swedes shaded Norway 5-4. But Canada rebounded to claim bronze with an 11-5 rout of Norway. Sweden shaded Switzerland 7-6 in an extra-end goldmedal final, decided when Norberg and her team scored a last-rock winner after Ott had forced overtime with a deuce in the 10th end.