HeartChart Online - Day 1 - 2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts

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The Scotties Tournament of Hearts kicks off today at the Save-OnFoods Centre, and the Heart Chart says the teams to beat are skipped by (left to right): Team Canadaʼs Jennifer Jones, Saskatchewanʼs Stefanie Lawton, Ontarioʼs Krista McCarville and Quebecʼs MarieFrance Larouche.

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No Scotties without folks behind the scenes

They make it all happen F

ebruary is my favourite time of the year. Sure it’s my birthday month, but more importantly it is the month to watch the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

My energy and enthusiasm levels increase as this week gets closer. If I had my way, everyone who loves curling as much as I love it would get a week of holidays from work just so they could watch this remarkable showcase of sport.

When I first started curling, I always dreamed of playing at the Scotties. Back then (no, not that long ago) it was all about winning the championship. Fortunately, throughout my curling career, I participated in four events, winning one. Little did I know, that many years later, I would discover the true meaning of the STOH and how it would be etched in my heart and mind forever.

The Scotties is the big show in which all girls dream of participating. It is made up of an assortment of people who all have a hand

MELISSA SOLIGO in ensuring that the performance goes off without a hitch.

I took it for granted as an athlete that I

could just show up and play. I had no idea what went on behind the scenes. As a player, I never realized what these people really do, what they meant to me then and more importantly, what they mean to me now.

So let’s first meet some of those who make it all happen.

The Competitors These are the hard-working, enormously dedicated women who spend countless hours training and practising. These women continuously demonstrate their passion for the sport. They exhibit athletic excellence through physical training, mental training, technical and tactical training, team building, and overall wellness. They strive for common goals. They are the athletes. And soon they will become your friends.

The Coaches These are the reliable individuals that dedicate limitless hours assisting others in trying to reach their goals. They are meticulous in

their planning and are the first to share their knowledge and expertise to those who want it. They celebrate the victories and learn from the defeats. They are the unconditional contributors to our sport. An athlete will never forget her first coach or her last. It is a relationship that will be branded in an athlete’s heart forever.

The Volunteers (all of them) These are the conscientious and hardworking people who never say no. They share in the enthusiasm of curling. They offer their services no matter what the job or how many hours they need to contribute.

Some of the volunteers are at the forefront, and some are behind the scenes working tirelessly to ensure the most perfect, professional environment is created, both on and off the ice.

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Junior STARS Twelve lucky junior girls or boys will become honorary team members for a special night at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Watch for our two featured junior curlers at each evening draw throughout the round robin.

Team: NEW BRUNSWICK Petra Sinclair Age 12 Port Alice Curling Club Hi my name is Petra Sinclair. I am 12 years old. I live in a small town of about 800 people located on Northern Vancouver Island.

I am in grade 7.

Two years ago I found out that our small towns curling club offered a junior curlers program. I tried it out, enjoyed it, and I continue to curl as a junior member of the Port Alice Curling Club. I have decided that I like playing the position of the skip more than the other positions.

I am involved in many other sports like hockey and soccer as well. My coaches Gloria and Don make curling even more fun.

I am very excited to meet professional curlers and maybe be given a tip or two about the game. More kids should try out this sport.

Team: PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND Hannah Smith Age 15 Comox Valley Curling Club Hannah Smith is 15 years old. She was born in Comox and has lived in the city of Courtenay her whole life. She is in Grade 10. She is registered with the Partners in Education program as she is home schooled.

Hannah likes drawing, reading, playing guitar, bowling, softball and of course curling.

She has curled at the Comox Valley Curling Club for six years. She has skipped a girls' team with her friends Allison and Sarah for two years.

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3 Saturday, February 21, 2009

Jones wearing a bull’s-eye But can anyone steal her crown?

By LARRY WOOD Heart Chart Editor

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uestions, questions, questions . . .

They persist in hovering over the Scotties Tournament Of Hearts scene every year on opening day.

And this 2009 version at the Save-OnFoods Memorial Centre is no different.

Leave us consider . . . n Is there anyone in this field who can outlast the defending champion whose team really grew into an ultraconfident powerhouse last year at Vernon with some spectacular playoff performances? n Really! Anyone?

When you roll this fact SEE DRAW, around in your noggin: No Page 15 one in these parts has racked up the kind of fiveyear record at the Scotties that Jennifer Jones has amassed? Oh yes, and no one else in this field ever has won the Scotties before — Jones has won it twice and vice-skip Cathy O three times — let alone a world women’s title. n Well, if this isn’t going to be the sort of rout most are predicting, then who really is capable of stealing the Jones crown? n Would you look at the bevy of former world junior and/or Canadian junior titlists on hand, never forgetting that Jones falls into that category, too? If the answer is yes, then you have the former Kirkness sisters from Winnipeg to consider, not to mention the MacPhee sisters from Charlottetown, the former Miller sisters from Saskatchewan, Marie-France Larouche from Quebec, An-

TEAM TO BEAT — The defending champs (from left): lead Dawn Askin, third Cathy Overton-Clapham, skip Jennifer Jones, second Jill Officer, alternate Jennifer Clark-Rouire, coach Janet Arnott drea Kelly from New Brunswick and homeprovince standard-bearer Marla Mallett who played lead for Julie Sutton (Skinner) when that worthy won the national and global titles in 1987. n If a losing experience in a Scotties final is your cup of tea then Larouche and Cheryl Bernard of Calgary are your only choices to register the big upset at the end of the week. n What can we make of the fact that there isn’t a rookie skip involved in these proceedings, and that’s a first for the Canadian women’s curling championship . . . as in history! Oh yes, there have been seasons without a complete rookie team, but not without a rookie skip. n Would you have ever believed there’d be a Scotties with 12 returning skips and not one of them would be Colleen Jones? n Will Andrea Kelly, the youngest skip in

the field at 23, show vast improvement from her 5-6 record in her rookie year? And how ironic is it that Kelly, the defending Canadian junior champion, arrived at the Scotties as a backup choice in 2006 after being knocked out of the provincial junior final by Mary Jane McGuire who, in the most recent New Brunswick Scotties final, was Kelly’s victim? n How will we rationalize age as a factor here when the average age of every team in the field falls between 27 (New Brunswick) and 40 (Newfoundland/Labrador) and nine of the teams average in the 30s? n On the other hand, can we write anything into the fact that a few gallons of water have passed under the drawbridge since some of these skips made their rookie Scotties appearance — like Cheryl Bernard (1992), Nancy McConnery (1993), Marla Mallett and Rebecca Jean MacPhee (1995),

Heather Strong (1998)? And how about Manitoba’s Kirkness pair? They first arrived at the Scotties in 1986 with Darcy skipping and Barb playing third. n Can Bernard fill the shoes of Shannon Kleibrink who gave Alberta an 11-2 runnerup record last year? n How much pressure rests on the shoulders of Stefanie Lawton’s outfit for which great things were predicted a half-decade ago? n Is Kerry Galusha, currently 20 weeks pregnant, doomed to bang her head on the arena walls again this year, suffering from lack of competition, or should she and her mates settle in not so much for a long time but for a good time? Nobody would blame them.

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5 Saturday, February 21, 2009

WHO WE’RE PICKING Playoff bound . . .

1. CANADA JENNIFER JONES St. Vital Curling Club (Winnipeg) Skip: Jennfer Jones Third: Cathy Overton-Clapham Second: Jill Officer Lead: Dawn Askiw The Skinny: A no-brainer. This team has to be regarded as the heavy favourite.

Jones has visited five previous Scotties and qualified for playoffs in each, finishing first twice, second, third and fourth. Her five-year record is 50-17. Only six skips in history boast more wins. She hit double figures in wins four times. There have been only 31 other such performances in the annals.

2. QUEBEC MARIE-FRANCE LAROUCHE Etchemin Curling Club (St-Romauld) Skip: Marie-France Larouche Third: Nancy Belanger Second: Annie Lemay Lead: Joelle Sabourin

Don’t overlook . . . rd has been a hot entity on ALBERTA — Cheryl Berna CTRS standings but her the bonspiel trail and in the ception of a runner-up the ex Scotties showings, with en less impressive. She be ve ha o, ag ars deal 13 ye t vince without a defeat bu powered through her pro apart at the finish. showed signs of coming — Always under-rated NEWFOUNDLAND-LAB. us the gamut in eight previo going in, Strong has run ing lud inc , ing fifth twice appearances from finish 5. Meanwhile, her vice200 in t las last year, to dead in hed her way to the final skip, Cunningham, ploug d pe rom d an ic eth work 2003. This team thrives on mish. Again. ble a ut tho wi ck over The Ro the and Robertson, formerly MANITOBA — Spencer ce sin made it to this stage Kirkness sisters, haven’t ifer Jones. Robertson nn 2003, primarily due to Je r o years ago and Spence skipped the runner-up tw st be ir y decided the directed it last year. So the . And they should ain Ag . ite un chance was to re2003 Scotties record (4ir the n tha r prove to be bette 7) might indicate.

The Skinny: The Quebeckers haven’t missed the playoffs in three previous appearances and are coming off their best-ever pre-season with consistently lucrative results, plus an undefeated 11-zip provincial cakewalk. Larouche took a year away from the lists following a poor Olympic-trials effort in 2005 but she has since exhibited proof she’s back with a vengeance.

3. SASKATCHEWAN STEFANIE LAWTON CN Curling Club (Saskatoon) Skip: Stefanie Lawton Third: Marliese Kasner Second: Sherri Single Lead: Lana Vey The Skinny: Geat things were predicted for Lawton right out of juniors but she experienced a couple of lesser seasons following her first and only previous Scotties visit in 2005 when she finished fourth. Then came a Canada Cup victory last year, a valuable Continental Cup experience and a short but undefeated qualifying run through the Flatlands.

4. ONTARIO KRISTA McCARVILLE Fort William Curling Club (Thunder Bay) Skip: Krista McCarville Third: Tara George Second: Kari MacLean Lead: Lorraine Lang The Skinny: Coach Rick Lang, who has won a few baubles in his time on the ice sheets, insists his skip is one of the best shotmakers in the nation and will exhibit such here. So who’s going to argue with the Rickster? Three Ontario titles in the past four years isn’t too shabby and this team left the likes of the Middaughs, Hannas and Gorings in its wake.

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It has been a long time BRITISH COLUMBIA — r) made noises at this since Mallett (then Geige She has a hitter’s reputa level. Enemy be warned: of home-provincial tion. But playing the role ment of pressure she ele favourite will provide an te. may or may not apprecia

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lly probably is this NEW BRUNSWICK — Ke rringchokers have province’s best hope. He in total since she last amassed a mere two wins ar (2006) at the Scotties. won five in her rookie ye re but the slow fade was She was a fast starter the ting. longer and more devasta a seven-year absence en be NOVA SCOTIA — It’s p ised the defending cham for McConnery who surpr in s rse ho the ve e didn’t ha in the provincial final. Sh n to believe, with an allso rea no s 2002 and there’ them this time, either. rookie lineup, she’ll have ry lars always arrive with ve TERRITORIES — The Po ir the t ir belts. Add the fac little competition under the anding and their anoutst quotient of luck never is t is one that borders on the nual Scotties assignmen hopeless.

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The Essentials The icemakers and the officials, through their unyielding efforts, assist in making this an exceptional event. The media brings you the pictures and the stories from around the arena. They help showcase our sport across the nation, creating an educational and entertaining presentation.

The Fans Yes, you. Where would we be without the support that you give our sport? You provide an energetic atmosphere in which the athletes can compete through the cheering, the cowbells, and the getups. So, to all you fans, let’s

get that wave going every day.

So what does it mean to be a part of the STOH? It means everything. I have been fortunate enough to be a player, a coach, a team leader and now a members of the media at this most incredible event.

The Scotties has created a lifetime of memories for me, and allowed me to make hundreds of new friends I will keep throughout my life. This time of year is a reunion that only those involved with our great sport would understand. It has filled my heart with a lasting impression of what sport and what the STOH is all about.

Times have changed (especially the fashion and hair) since I first stepped on this national stage in 1989. But what hasn’t changed is the love, dedication, passion, enthusiasm and spirit that evolves around the sport of curling.

So, to everyone, thank you for the memories from the past and the new ones to come this week.

Thank you for the opportunity to be a part of one of the most amazing curling events ever. It will truly be a rewarding experience for all.

Please enjoy your week. I know I will.

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7 Saturday, February 21, 2009

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Name the skip and hometown of the runnerup team at the 2007 British Columbia women’s curling championship.

1. How about the skip and hometown of the runnerup team at the 2006 B.C. women’s curling championship?

2. Name the skip of the last British Columbia team to lose to New Brunswick and P.E.I. at the Scotties in the same year.

3. Name the year and the New Brunswick and P.E.I. skips.

4. Two curlers have played for three provinces (excluding Team Canada) at the Scotties.

Name them.

5. How about the provinces/territories for

which each played and the years in which each played?

6. Heading into the current renewal, a total of 22 other players had competed for at least two provinces or territories at the Canadian women’s curling championship. Five played for British Columbia teams. They were: 7. In which years did they play which positions for British Columbia and who were the skips?

8. Name the other provinces for which they played, their positions and when.

9. Name their non-B.C. skips.

10. Two players have been named to four Scotties all-star teams. Name the two.

11. One player has been named to three Scotties all-star teams, at a different position for each. Name her.

12. Picking players gaining all-star citation at a specific position, name the Scotties all-time all-star team.

(Answers)

And so on and so forth . . .

For the record, even though there isn’t a green skip in the lists for the first time ever, there are eight rookie participants preparing to launch granite. McConnery will skip a team of them. The other five are scattered among five teams.

All told, the competing teams account for 132 repeat performances, eight less than in Kitchener-Waterloo in 2003 and 17 less than in Red Deer, the home of the grizzled in 2004.

Over the interim, only 101 repeaters showed up at St. John’s in 2005, only 117 at London in 2006 and only 120 at Lethbridge in 2007.

A year ago at Regina, the experience count was back up to 137 previous appearances.

Most venerable competitor in the building will be Ontario lead Lorraine Lang. Again.

At 52, Lang is playing in her eighth Scotties.

Says Ontario coach Rick Lang, a threetime Brier and two-time world champ who just happens to be Lorraine’s hubby: “She’s unbelievable, really. She works

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in 1984 and second for Linda Moore in 1985, Lewis skipped in 2002, Gushulak played third for Georgina Wheatcroft in 2004.

8. Aleksic played lead for Saskatchewan in 1999, Bernard played second for Nova Scotia in 2000, Jones-Walker played third for Manitoba in 1997, and second for Manitoba in 1999 and 2000, Lewis played third for Saskatchewan in 1998, Gushulak played second for Ontario in 1995.

9. Aleksic played for Cindy Street, Bernard played for Kay Zinck, Jones-Walker played for, JonesWalker played third for Janet Harvey, second for Connie Laliberte and second for Cathy OvertonClapham, Lewis played for Cathy Trowell, Gushulak played for Alison Goring.

10. Jan Betker, Nancy Delahunt.

11. Kim Kelly at lead, second and third.

12. Skip Colleen Jones, third Jan Betker, second Joan McCusker, lead Nancy Delahunt.

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Hearts Trivia

QofD: Patti Knezevic, Prince George 1. Toni (Fister) Welles, Maple Ridge.

2. The same Toni Fister (Welles).

3. 2003 — Heidi Hanlon of New Brunswick, Suzanne Gaudet (Birt) of P.E.I. 4. Christine (Bodogh) Jurgenson, Cathy Shaw (Pidzarko).

5. Jurgenson played fpr Ontario in 1980 and 1986, Alberta in 1983, British Columbia in 1995 and 1997; Shaw played for Manitoba in 1978, the Territoriesw in 1980 and Alberta in 1982 and 1983.

6. Shannon Aleksic, Krista Bernard, Debbie Jones-Walker, Kristy Lewis, Diane (McLean) Gushulak.

7. Aleksic played second for Kelley Law in 2007, Bernard played third for Kristy Lewis in 2002, Jones-Walker played second for Lindsay Sparkes

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hard on her conditioning year round. She’s really committed that way. And I think she’s a calming factor. She hasn’t a doubt in her mind that she can handle it. She loves to be playing. She says she loves the game as much as she ever did. It’s not like she’s worn out mentally at all. And that’s the part that goes. You lose that desire.”

Lorraine Lang made her Scotties debut back in 1983 at Prince George, toiling at third for Ann Provo of Thunder Bay. Five years later, she began a four-year Hearts hitch at third for Heather Houston, and won two Canadian championships and one world title.

“Look at Russ Howard,” Rick Lang suggests. “He still wants it as much as anybody and he’ll be at the Brier as a 53-year-old. You know, when I won with Bill Tetley (in 1975) he was 42 years old and all the talk was about this old guy winning the Brier. Nowadays it would absolutely be normal to win the Brier at that age.”

So much for experience and savvy. At the other end of the age spectrum are New Brunswick skip Kelly and her second player Jodie deSolla, both 23 and four years removed from their national junior success.

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Team

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Plenty of experince ready to hit the ice

B.C.

6 Team Manitoba

Vancouver CC Experience factor — 5 Sk — Marla Mallett (38-3)

Fort Rouge CC, Winnipeg

3rd — Grace MacInnes (37-1)

Experience factor — 6

2nd— Diane Gushulak (39-3)

Team

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N.B.

Quebec

20

Team

Canada

Etchemin CC, St-Romuald

St. Vital CC, Winnipeg

Experience factor — 14

Experience factor — 20

Fredericton CC

Sk — Marie-France Larouche (28-4)

Sk — Jennifer Jones (34-6)

Experience factor — 3

3rd — Nancy Belanger (30-3)

3rd — Cathy OvertonClapham (39-10)

Ld — Jacalyn Brown (37-2)

Sk — Barb Spencer (43-3)

Sk — Andrea Kelly (23-2)

2nd— Annie Lemay (31-6)

2nd— Jill Officer (33-5)

Alt — Adina Tasaka (38-1).

3rd — Darcy Robertson (43-3)

3rd — Denise Nowlan (37-2)

Ld — Joelle Sabourin (36-5)

Ld — Dawn Askin (28-3)

2nd— Brette Richards (25-1)

2nd— Jodi deSolla (23-2)

Ld — Barb Enright (43-3)

Ld — Lianne Sobey (24-1)

Alt — Veronique Brassard (23-0).

Alt — Jennifer Clark-Rouire (33-0).

Alt — Kristy Jenion (29-0).

Alt — Melissa Adams (31-0).

Coach — Camil Larouche

Coach — Janet Arnott

Coach — Jim Kirkness

Coach — Daryell Nowlan

(Runnerup: Karen Porritt, Winnipeg)

(Runnerup: Mary Jane McGuire, Fredericton)

(Runnerup: Eve Belisle, Lachine)

(Runnerup: Kelowna)

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Coach — Ken MacDonald (Runnerup: Allison MacInnes, Kamloops)

Team

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Alberta

Team number indicates combined years of experience at previous Scott Tournament of Hearts championships. Teams listed skip to lead (in brackets age and Hearts appearances (including 2009).

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P.E.I.

Calgary Winter Club

Re-Max Centre, St. John’s

Experience factor — 7

Experience factor — 29

Experience factor — 14

Sk — Cheryl Bernard (42-4)

Sk — Heather Strong (32-9)

3rd — Susan O’Connor (31-2)

3rd — Cathy Cunningham (49-12)

Sk (Third stones) — Rebecca Jean MacPhee (34-6)

2nd— Carolyn Darbyshire (45-3) Ld — Cori Bartel (37-2)

When last seen at the Scotties, Jennifer Jones (facing) and Cathy OvertonClapham were celebrating a national title. Can they do it again?

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Team

2nd— Peg Goss (48-6) Ld — Laura Strong (29-6)

Alt — Karen Ruus (51-2).

Alt — Susan O’Leary (39-4).

Coach — Dennis Balderston

Coach — Glenn Goss

(Runnerup: Heather Nedohin, Edmonton)

(Runnerup: Michelle Jewer, St. John’s)

Charlottetown CC

Team

Sask.

CN CC, Saskatoon

Team

N.S. Dartmouth CC

Team

11

Ontario

Kelly

Scott,

Team

16

Y/NWT

Fort William CC

Yellowknife CC

(Thunder Bay)

Experience factor — 16

Experience factor — 4

Experience factor — 3

Experience factor — 11

Sk — Kerry Galusha (31-6)

Sk — Stefanie Lawton (28-2)

Sk — Nancy McConnery (46-4)

Sk — Krista McCarville (26-3)

3rd — Dawn Moses (39-8)

3rd — Marliese Kasner (27-2)

3rd — Jennifer Crouse (29-1)

3rd — Tara George (35-3)

2nd— Shona Barbour (29-1)

2nd— Shelley Muzika (43-5)

2nd— Sherri Singler (35-2)

2nd— Sheena Gillman (30-1)

2nd— Kari MacLean (31-1)

Ld — Tammi Lowther (42-2)

Ld — Lana Vey (24-2)

Ld — Jill Thomas (33-1)

Ld — Lorraine Lang (52-8)

Ld — Heather McCagg-Nystrom (35-5)

Alt — Nancy Cameron (47-5).

Alt — Teejay Surik (25-1).

Alt — Colleen Pinkney (51-2).

Alt — Ashley Miharija (21-0).

Alt — Sharon Cormier (44-5).

Coach — Kim Dolan

Coach — Tom Graham

Coach — Carole MacLean

Coach — Rick Lang

Coach — Fred Koe

(Runnerup: Kim Dolan, Charlottetown)

(Runnerup: Rene Miettinen, Humboldt)

(Runnerup: Mary-Anne Arsenault, Halifax)

(Runnerup: Alison Goring, Toronto)

(Runnerup: Helen Strong, Whitehorse)

3rd (Fourth stones) — Robyn MacPhee (25-5)

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B.C. takes a pass on Hot Shots They launched the 15th go-round of the Ford Hot Shots singles curling event on Friday afternoon at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre and for the first time, an entire Scotties entry opted out.

British Columbia’s provincial champion team skipped by Marla Mallett of Vancouver declined to compete in the points-game championship leading to the top prize of a two-year lease on a 2009 Ford Flex SEL FWD utility vehicle.

“It was a team decision,” said B.C. coach Ken MacDonald.

“The Hot Shots is an optional event and the decision of the team (skip Mallett, third Grace MacInnes, second Diane Gushulak and lead Jacalyn Brown) was based on its priorities for the week.

“Our first priority is to do well in our home province. We want to channel all our resources into winning the Scotties and representing Canada in Korea.”

MacDonald denied applying any pressure to the team in making its decision.

“I didn’t have to cast a vote,” he said. “The team made it unanimous.”

Was there a feeling two days of competition

By LARRY WOOD Heart Chart Editor in the Hot Shots might put added pressure on the B.C. team’s performance in the home Scotties?

“It could add some pressure,” MacDonald admitted, “but as it stands now we’re relaxed and ready to play.”

When told that no previous Scotties team has declined participation, MacDonald said: “We’re not trying to set any precedents. We didn’t know that. The option was there to partake or not to partake, it was decided to pass.”

Alberta skip Cheryl Bernard of Calgary was the dominant performer on Friday, scoring 25 of a possible 30 points and leading the field by three points.

Joining Bernard in the final eight set for quarter-final action today 11 a.m. are Nova Scotia’s second Sheena Gilman, who logged 22 points, Quebec’s third Nancy Belanger (21), Saskatchewan’s lead Lana Vey, second Sherri Singler and Newfoundland/Labrador skip Heather strong (20), Team Canada third Cathy Overton-Clapham and P.E.I. skip Rebecca Jean

MacPhee (19).

The pre-event shotmaking competition requires curlers to execute six shots: Hit-andstay, draw-the-button, draw-the-port, raise, hit-and-roll and double takeout. Each shot is awarded points on a scale from 0-5, rating the success of each.

Semi-finals and final will follow the eighth this morning. Second-place finisher will be presented with a cheque for $2,000, while the third-place finisher receives $1,000.

Defending champion is Jill Officer of Winnipeg.

Former winners include Saskatchewan's Kay Montgomery, British Columbia's Sherry Fraser, Kristy Lewis and double winner Kelley Law, New Brunswick's Allison Farrell, Alberta's Marcy Balderston, Prince Edward Island’s Suzanne (Gaudet) Birt, Ontario’s Andrea Lawes and Jenn Hanna, Nova Scotia’s Colleen Jones, Manitoba’s Gerri Cooke and Kelli Turpin of the Territories, who has since

returned to Newfoundland/Labrador.

Past winners at the Brier have been Saskatchewan’s Steve Laycock, Ontario's Ed Werenich, Rick Perron, Jeff Lacey and Marc LeCocq of New Brunswick, Northern Ontario's Mike Coulter, Pat Ryan and Greg McAulay of British Columbia, Manitoba's Steve Gould (twice), Alberta’s Don Bartlett, Randy Ferbey and John Morris, and Mark Nichols of Newfoundland/Labrador.

To mark the 15th anniversary of the Hot Shotscompetition, Ford, in collaboration with the Canadian Curling Association, has launched an interactive on-line version of the the skills competition.

Fans can go to FordHotShots.curling.ca and play like the pros for a chance to win a twoyear lease on a 2009 Ford Flex.

The on-line game has, to date, drawn an overwhelming response with more than 400,000 games played. When the contest closes on March 31, the top two players will be determined and will receive an all-expenses paid trip to the Ford Worlds in Moncton where they will compete online in a one-game winner takes all playoff April 10.

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MacPhee finds winning combination I t’s been going on for decades on Spud Island.

“There’s been a lot of movement among the top players over the years,” said veteran Susan McInnis six seasons back. “It seems like everybody has played with just about everybody else at one time or another.

“There’s a cluster of about 20 top players.

Everybody tries for a winning combination. So when one player moves, it starts a domino effect.

Movement is ongoing. Seems like every year.”

McInnis was toiling at lead for Suzanne Gaudet (Birt) back then, on a team that mustered the best Scotties record ever for any combination of Island girls.

So it’s no coincidence that the other two members of that team, sisters Robyn (last rocks) and Rebecca Jean MacPhee (skip, third rocks) of Charlottetown, formed a new alliance this year and popped up as the winner of the five-team P.E.I. provincial shootout.

A 10th-end measurement was required to declare a champion in a battle between young Robyn MacPhee’s new team and veteran Kim

P.E.I. (Combined 14 previous appearances) Dolan’s group of hardened Charlottetown campaigners.

MacPhee of Charlottetown was awarded a single point and emerged with a 9-7 victory at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside.

“It was a great game, lots of great shots and it came right down to a measurement, so you can’t ask for much more than that,” said Robyn MacPhee, a 25-year-old lab technician at the Atlantic Veterinary College.

Playing up front were Shelley Muzika and Tammi Lowther. And, yes, both also have been

to the Scotties previously. Hasn’t just about everybody on P.E.I.?

This, however, will be Robyn MacPhee’s first time tossed last stones at a national competition since the 1999 Canada Winter Games.

“It’s a great feeling going to the Scotties,” she said, shortly after eliminating her long time skip, three-time defending champion Birt, 10-4 in the semi-final, aided by a steal of four points in the third end when Birt was heavy on a draw with last rock.

“I’m pretty calm out there, but I’m excited on the inside and I might not show it on the outside.”

With each team having one rock back of the four-foot in the final end, MacPhee was certain she was shot rock and threw her last rock to the boards.

“Probably an inch,” said MacPhee, explaining the proximity of the rock.”

After the teams exchanged single points in the first two ends, the MacPhees stole a critical deuce in the third for the lead and the teams then exchanged deuces for the next three so

the count was square at 5-5 at the conclusion of the sixth.

Then Robyn MacPhee played a tap for three in the seventh to go up 8-5.

Dolan counted another deuce in the eighth to close within one point but the MacPhees blanked the ninth end to maintain the hammer coming home.

The sisters lost her first round-robin game 9-3 to Dolan before regrouping to win six in a row, three of them in sudden-death situations.

Robyn MacPhee is headed for her fifth Scotties. After playing second in 2003 when the Birt team won 10 games and lost in playoffs, that team broke up and MacPhee joined her sister at second in 2005. She returned as Birt’s vice-skip in 2007 and 2008. She also won the national and world junior titles as second with Birt in 2001 and won the national title again as third with Birt in 2002.

Behind her 6-1 effort at Summerside, Dolan was 4-2, Birt 3-3, Donna Butler of Cornwall was 1-4 and Karen Currie of Cornwall was ousted with four straight losses.

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Winning shot right up McCarville’s alley K rista McCarville had to make her favourite play to win her third Ontario Scotties in title in four years last month at Oakville.

All she needed to do was clip an opposing rock off the button, she didn’t even have to keep her own rock in play. Her team already had two other stones in the rings and the provincial championship final against veteran Alison Goring of Toronto was tied 3-3 headed for home.

“This whole year, that was my shot and to have that for the win, it was going through my head, ‘I can’t believe that was the shot that I wanted,’ the 26-year-old Thunder Bay school teacher told Brian McAndrew of the Toronto Star.

“To have that shot just to pick it out and not have to worry about sticking around, that’s my favourite,” she said.

Naturally, then, she executed perfectly, rang up a deuce and a 5-3 win.

Goring, the 1990 Scotties champ and 1997 runnerup, gave McCarville a tough fight in a

ONTARIO (Combined 11 previous appearances) battle of wills — a lot like a pitchers’ duel — between two skips with a deep understanding of the strategies of the game.

“There were many ends when they were sitting one or two (stones) and I had to make a crucial shot or Tara (third George) had to bail us out and she did,” McCarville said .

George, in fact, made a crucial shot in the 10th end, a double-takeout of Goring’s centre-line guards, to set up the game-winning shot.

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up an 8-3 overall record were veteran lead Lorraine Lang and rookie second Kari MacLean.

“It’s been amazing,” said Goring, struggling to hold back tears but promising to compete again. “I like to play and I’ve got a good game. I’ll play until I’m unable. I love the game too much.”

Goring has been involved in stiff provincial competition since winning the national junior crown in 1983.

McCarville’s team finished 4-7 at its first Scotties in 2006 and 6-6 in 2007.

“I honestly thought they underperformed and were mediocre at best,” said coach Rick Lang of those efforts.

“I fully expect them to be a contender and I’ll be disappointed if they don’t make the playoffs. I think Krista is as good a shooter as there is in the game today.”

McCarville erupted from the gate in the 10team round robin winning three straight. Then she put together another pair of victories after being tripped up in Round Four 9-5 by de-

fending champion Sherry Middaugh of Coldwater.

Of her final three assignments, McCarville bowed 6-5 to Chrissy Cadorin of Mississauga and 6-5 on the basis of an extra-end steal perpetrated by Julie Reddick of Brantford.

Still, McCarville headed into the Page playoffs ranked No. 1 in the highly-competitive tournament. She knocked off Julie Hastings of Toronto 8-5 in the One-Two skirmish and that catapulted her to the final.

Goring upended Middaugh 7-6 in an extraend Page Three-Four scuffle after having dispensed with Reddick 6-4 and stealing an extra-end deuce (9-7) against 2005 champion Jenn Hanna of Ottawa in tiebreakers.

In the semi-final, Goring won her ninth of the piece, easily disposed of Hastings 7-3.

So it was McCarville at 8-3, Goring at 9-4, Hastings at 6-5, Middaugh at 6-4, Hanna and Reddick each at 5-5, Tracy Horgan of Sudbury and Ashley Miharija of Thunder Bay each at 4-5, Cadorin at 3-6 and Dawn Schwar of Sudbury at 1-8.

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Galusha returns but it’s no cakewalk K

erry Galusha can’t be criticized for lack of perseverance.

The Yellowknife skip is back in the Scotties for the fifth straight year and sixth time overall but she didn’t have the usual cakewalk in the Territories playoffs in order to successfully defend her title.

With veteran Dawn Moses moving up to third, rookie Shona Barbour and regular lead Heather McCagg-Nystrom in tow, Galusha won five of six matches in the Polar round-robin at Galusha Whitehorse last month to claim the title. But the issue was in doubt until the final round when the Yellowknife crew faced the Jaime Hewitt outfit from the home club.

Hewitt, who threw lead stones and skipped the Whitehorse unit with Helen Strong delivering last rocks, boasted an equal 4-1 record

YUKON/NWT (Combined 16 previous appearances) going in the last draw.

But Galusha, who earlier had knocked off Hewitt 7-5, delivered a 9-5 victory to book tickets to Victoria. Galusha’s only setback was a 10-8 loss to Leslie Grant of Whitehorse in the second round. Hewitt won her first three games before running afoul of Galusha.

Two big ends carried the winners in the final round.

“I was very nervous, I think that all the girls were nervous,“ admitted Galusha. “It was a final, so it was all or nothing, but nerves seem

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Strong drew the button in the first end but Galusha replied with three in the second, winning a measurement for the third counter.

Galusha stole a single in third but Hewitt had a chance to get back into the game in the fourth with a deuce on a last-rock takeout from Strong.

The N.W.T.’s three-point lead was restored in the fifth and Galusha took over in the second half of the game, scoring two points in the sixth end and then limiting Hewitt to just one point in each the seventh and ninth.

Galusha expected nothing less than “a dogfight” heading into enemy territory.

“This is their (Yukon teams’) home ice, so they knew the ice really well,” she told the Whitehorse Star. “I was familiar with them, I knew they are both tough teams.”

Galusha said the only major difference between playing in Yellowknife and in White-

horse is the Yukon ice is a lot faster.

“It doesn’t take a long time, but it is an adjustment,” she said. “You don’t push out of the hack as fast, but we had practice time to work on it, so we were pretty much adjusted.”

The defending champ opened with a 15-1 rout of Inuvik’s Gloria Allen. Then Galusha closed out the event with four consecutive wins including a 10-0 whitewashing of Allen and a vengeance-soaked 8-5 win over Grant in the penultimate round.

Moses, one of only two players in Scotties history to have played every position on provincial/territorial championship teams, will be making her eighth national appearance.

She played third in 1990 and skipped Yukon entries in 1992 and 1995 before shifting allegiance to the North West Territories.

The Fort Simpson resident played third for Kelly Kaylo in 1998, skipped a NWT team in 2003, played lead for Galusha in 2007 and second in 2008.

The Hewitt outfit finished 4-2 while Grant was 2-4 and Allen 1-5.

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LOUNGE SATURDAY, FEB. 21

10:30 p.m.

Abba Live and Fleetwood Mac Tribute 4:00 p.m. Tom Morrissey Band

SUNDAY, FEB. 22

Noon Autograph Session – BC and NL 4:45 p.m. Up Close & Personal with Past Champions Kelly Scott (’06) and Kelley Law (’00) 5:30 p.m. Autograph Session – Prince Edward Island 10:00 p.m.

DJ Night

MONDAY, FEB. 23

Noon Autograph Session – Ontario 4:45 p.m. Up Close and Personal with Al Cameron – Calgary Herald and Paul Wiecek – Winnipeg Free Press 5:30 p.m. Autograph Session - NWT/Y 10:30 p.m.

Johnny Vallis

THURSDAY, FEB. 26

TUESDAY, FEB. 24

Noon

Autograph Session – Manitoba and Canada 4:45 p.m. Up Close and Personal with Francine Poisson, Sandra Schmirler – Foundation President, and Diane Gushulak- BC Curler and mom 5:30 p.m. Autograph Session – Saskatchewan 10:00 p.m.

Flatline

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25

Noon

A daily draw is required for admission to the HeartStop Lounge, conveniently located in the Victoria Curling Club.

Autograph Session – New Brunswick 4:45 p.m. Up Close and Personal with Team Canada 5:30 p.m. Autograph Session – Alberta 10:30 p.m.

Crosstown Bus

Noon Autograph Session – Nova Scotia 4:45 p.m. Up Close and Personal with Past Champions Julie Skinner (’91, ’00) and Pat Sanders (’87) 5:30 p.m. Autograph Session – Quebec 10:00 p.m.

Bryden Street Party Band

FRIDAY, FEB. 27

4:45 p.m. Up Close and Personal with TSN Commentators Vic Rauter, Linda Moore and Ray Turnbull 10:00 p.m.

Timebenders

SATURDAY, FEB. 28

3:00 p.m. Team Autograph Session 8:00 p.m. The Chevelles

SUNDAY, MARCH 1

2:00 p.m. The Chevelles 8:15 p.m. The Chevelles

Schedule subject to change.

What’s on the menu HeartStop Lounge Victoria Curling Club Two Menus to Choose From Victoria Curling Club Menu 7:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.

Breakfast Burger (served daily 7:30am-10:30am) Pulled Pork on a Bun Char Broiled Burger Chili & Bun Clam Chowder & Bun Assort. Cold Sandwiches (egg salad, salmon, ham) Daily Soup Fries Caesar Salad Veggies & Dip Pizza by the Slice Food For Thought Menu 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.

Choice of West Coast Seafood Chowder or Soup of the Day

Entrees: Chicken or Beef Pot Pies Moroccan Chicken Peppers, Onions & Sweet Spices Balsamic Chicken with choice of sides Indian Curry (Chicken or Beef) yogurt East Indian spices Beef Dip with au jus Wraps Choice of sides and salads: Rice Noodles Roasted potatoes Caesar Salad Baby Mixed Greens California Pasta olives, sundried tomatoes, artichokes Apple & Fennel Slaw Green and red cabbage, carrot Chicken & Rice Indian Curry, rice, Caesar salad Balsamic Chicken roast potatoes, apple & fennel slaw Beef Dip ciabatta bun, Caesar salad (For any above meals substitute soup for salad for an extra $2.00) Food For Thought Combo Build your own combination 1 entrée and 2 sides

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2009

SCOTTIES DRAW TIME

DRAW A

B

C

D

TODAY

Noon 7 p.m.

1 2

B.C. vs. Sask.

Que. vs. Y/NWT

Y/NWT. vs. PEI Alta. vs. Can.

N.B. vs. Que. N.S. vs. Man.

Ont. vs. NL N.B. vs. PEI

SUNDAY

8:30 a.m.

1 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

3 4 5

Can. vs. N.S. Sask. vs. NL

NL vs. B.C. PEI vs. Que. N.S. vs. Alta.

Ont. vs. Sask.

Y/NWT vs. N.B. Man. vs. Can.

Alta. vs. Man. B.C. vs. Ont.

MONDAY

8:30 a.m.

1 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

6 7 8

Ont. vs. N.B. Y/NWT vs. Man. Alta. vs. B.C.

NL vs. Y/NWT N.B. vs. Can. N.S. vs. Sask.

B.C. vs. Que. PEI vs. N.S. Can. vs. Ont.

Sask. vs. PEI Que. vs. Alta.

Man. vs. NL

TUESDAY

8:30 a.m.

1 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

9 10 11

Can. vs. Sask.

NL vs. PEI Que. vs. N.S.

Man. vs. B.C. Ont. vs. Que. PEI vs. Alta.

Alta. vs. NL Sask. vs. Y/NWT N.B. vs. Man.

N.S. vs. Ont. B.C. vs. N.B. Y/NWT vs. Can.

WEDNESDAY

8:30 a.m.

1 p.m.

7 p.m.

12 13 14

N.B. vs. Alta.

Man. vs. Ont. B.C. vs. Y/NWT

Y/NWT vs. N.S. Can. vs. NL Sask. vs. N.B.

Que. vs. Can. N.S. vs. B.C. Ont. vs. PEI

PEI vs. Man. Alta. vs. Sask.

N.S. vs. Que.

THURSDAY

8:30 a.m.

1 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

15 16 17

PEI vs. Can. Sask. vs. Que. N.S. vs. NL

Que. vs. Man. B.C. vs. PEI Alta. vs. Ont.

Y/NW. vs. Alta.

NL vs. N.B. Man. vs. Sask.

N.B. vs. N.S. Ont. vs. Y/NWT. Can. vs. B.C.

TIEBREAKERS: DATE

TIME

ONE DRAW

Friday, Feb. 27

1 p.m.

TWO DRAWS

Friday, Feb. 27 Friday, Feb. 27

8:30 a.m.

1 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 27 Friday, Feb. 27 Friday, Feb. 27

8:30 a.m.

1 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

THREE DRAWS

PLAYOFFS: 1 TIEBREAKER DRAW Team One vs. Two Three vs. Four

1 vs. 2/3 vs. 4

TIME

Date Friday, Feb. 27 Saturday, Feb. 28

Time 6:30 p.m.

11:30 a.m.

Date Friday, Feb. 27 Saturday, Feb. 28

Time 6:30 p.m.

11:30 a.m.

Date Friday, Feb. 27 Saturday, Feb. 28

Time 6:30 p.m.

11:30 a.m.

Final

1 Friday, Feb.27 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 1 5 p.m.

Loser of 1-2 game

3 Saturday, Feb. 28 11:30 a.m.

3 TIEBREAKER DRAWS Team One vs. Two Three vs. Four

Semi-final

2 DATE

2 TIEBREAKER DRAWS Team One vs. Two Three vs. Four

PAGE PLAYOFF SYSTEM

4

Saturday, Feb. 28 4 p.m.

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