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Issue 2 – Monday, December 7, 2009 • An Official Publication of the Canadian Curling Association.

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Cheryl Bernard delivers — and celebrates — a double takeout to score five in the 10th end and defeat Krista McCarville 11-7 in opening-round action at Rexall Place. See story, Page 4.

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Larry WoodMorning Roar Editor

It was brash kid in the ring with the cagey old champ.

The kid fired salvos from everywhere, overhand rights and left uppercuts, and the champ ducked and dived and, as the match wore on, scored the points that even-tually won in the first round of the Tim Hortons Canadi-an curling Trials on Sunday night at Rexall Place.

A heavy hometown pre-event favourite, Canadian champion Kevin Martin of Edmonton outmanoeuvred the flamboyant challenge of 25-year-old Manitoban Jason Gunnlaugson by a fine 7-5 count, rallying from a two-point deficit after three ends.

“I told you he was good,” said Martin, who drew his last rock to the four-foot with copious sweeping as-sistance. “He makes a ton of shots. Fortunately, the guys didn’t give up because after three or four ends it didn’t look like they were going to miss anything.”

The Gunner stole two points in the third when Martin rubbed with his last shot. But Gunner’s salvos started missing the target in the later ends.

“We missed some key shots here and there or we

really could have put the pressure on him,” said the 25-year-old Manitoban. “When you play teams as great as them, a team that wins 24 straight at the Brier, when you get an oppor-tunity you have to take it. We didn’t take enough of them.”

Martin, who was skipping in the game of curling the year Gunnlaugson was born, said he doesn’t expect any-thing different over the next six rounds of the eight-team competition.

“That’s just one of many that are going to be that close. Hopefully, we’ll just keep getting some good breaks. I’ll have more last shots to play like that last one. It’s no surprise. After

three ends and we gave him the deuce, Johnny (third Morris) came down and said, ‘Listen, let’s just try to get hammer coming home.’ That was the mindset and we managed to do that. It was a good comeback.

“He (Gunnlaugson) doesn’t play with any fear, and that’s a scary guy to play. He’s going to win some curling games this week, that’s for sure. We’re lucky they didn’t win one tonight.”

Elsewhere, Edmonton’s Randy Ferbey got off to a flying start with a 9-7 win over Toronto’s Wayne Mid-daugh. Ferbey led 8-3 after five frames.

Kevin Koe’s Edmonton crew also emerged victori-

ous for openers, dumping Pat Simmons of Davidson, Sask, 8-5.

Winnipeg’s Jeff Stough-ton surprised in the fourth first-rounder, slipping a last cold draw through the four foot to leave Glenn Howard of Coldwater, Ont., with a theft and a 5-4 win.

“It was just too bad, it was too heavy,” said Stoughton afterward. “It was pretty simple, there’s nothing you can do, I just threw it too hard.

“It was a great game and we had every opportunity to

win it. There’s nothing more you could ask for. I just couldn’t quite cut it back enough when I let it go.”

Said Howard, the recipient of the gift: “I didn’t expect Jeff to miss that one. The

ice was a little patchy tonight. We’re all feeling that out a little bit. You want to get off to a good start and you’re play-ing a former world cham-

pion — we had one horrible end but it was unfortunate for Jeff that he missed his last one.”

Ferbey confessed to a slight case of nerves, play-

ing for the first time in a few years, in front of a big hometown crowd.

“It’s always nice to be at home. The fans here are so appreciative and we have a lot of fans here.

“Were we nervous? Abso-lutely. But we made some shots in the first end and just got into a groove after that.

“We’re happy to get out of the gate good. We played well. We didn’t play great.”

Middaugh admitted to some confusion reading the ice.

“I feel sorry for my guys. I didn’t pick up on the ice very well, I didn’t give them a chance to make many shots because I couldn’t get the broom in the right spot.

“It’s the first draw. You have the best icemakers in the world here. They’ll figure something out. But, yeah, I thought it was sur-prisingly straight.”

Koe’s unit clipped Sim-mons for three in the first end.

“We got off on the right foot and we’re a pretty good team with the lead,” said Koe, who lives in Grande Prairie.

“The nerves probably will be there all week but its nice to get one under your belt. We know the focus is going to be on Martin and Ferbey and Howard but we’ll settle for a place maybe just under the radar.”

Koe draws Gunnlaug-son in today’s draw at 1 p.m. while Howard plays Middaugh, Ferbey tackles Stoughton and Martin plays Simmons.

Simmons confessed to having problems with the ice.

“We threw some rocks we thought we should have gotten more out of than we did,” he said. “It was really weight-sensitive.”

Edmonton skip Kevin Koe, left, and his mates cruised to an 8-5 win over Pat Simmons of Davidson, Sask., while Randy Ferbey, at right, topped Scott Bailey, top right, and Wayne Middaugh’s Toronto rink 9-7.

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“He doesn’t play with any fear, and that’s a scary guy to play”

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If you were looking for teams wearing targets on their backs during

the opening round of the Tim Hortons Olympic tri-als, women’s division, they weren’t hard to find.

Like, defending champion Shannon Kleibrink. Canadi-an champion Jennifer Jones. And another supposed top-four seed in Saskatoon’s Stefanie Lawton.

All of them lost at Rexall Place, although none were admitting a first-round defeat in an eight-team round-robin constituted

much of a big deal. The lone top-four seed

to win, Cheryl Bernard of Calgary, needed a precise double takeout with her last stone to score a 10th-end fiver and overhaul Thunder Bay’s Krista McCarville 11-7.

Kleibrink was scrambling from behind the eight-ball throughout in an 8-3 loss to fellow Calgarian Crystal Webster. Jones bowed 8-5 to Amber Holland’s Kronau, Sask., outfit and Lawton blew the early advantage of a first-end deuce and was nicked 8-7 by Kelly Scott of Kelowna, the runnerup in the last renewal of Trials.

In almost every case, the

losers claimed a history of bouncing back from early defeats.

“It’s not our forte to come out strong in the first game,” said Kleibrink.

“We learned a lot about the ice and rocks. I started with two very straight rocks that just wouldn’t curl.

“It took us too long to realize my rocks weren’t curling.”

Kleibrink won her first in 2005, lost three in a row, then won seven straight to earn the Olympic tickets to Torino.

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This amiable gent from Thunder Bay owns im-peccable credentials, you understand.

Not only is he a fully-accredited coach, he is a two-time world curling champion, a three-time Brier champion and a 10-time Brier competitor. In fact, only three curlers in history have played in more Briers and two of them are named Howard.

But, these days, the Tim Hortons Brier isn’t high on Lang’s list of priorities.

He is now a semi-retired Lakehead social worker and the last time he really got into tossing boulders, in 2006, he and old cohort Al Hackner won the national seniors title.

This week he’s coaching Krista McCarville’s team at the Tim Hortons Olympic trials. It’s been a two-year project for Lang, the hubby of the team’s lead player, essentially working with the youngest women’s skip at The Rex this week.

The 27-year-old McCar-ville, a brand new mother among other things, already has skipped teams in three Scotties. That may be some sort of record.

Two years ago, Lang clambered out on a weak limb and predicted great things for his team. His optimism went poof at mid-week, along with the team.

Then the McCarvilles put together a pretty good vic-tory skein at Prince George last month and cruised into this eight-team shootout with the trip to the Olym-pics at stake.

“Every year,” McCar-ville mused after that win, “we never curled our best at the Scotties and I went home and wondered why. We played with so much more confidence here and I’m thinking we’re start-ing to believe we deserve to be here. We’re starting to believe that we’re good enough and we can curl just like the Joneses and those top four teams.”

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LARRY WOODMorning Roar Editor

Coach Rick Lang on the Krista McCarville outfit: “We can curl just like the Joneses.”

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Skip: Pat Simmons

Nickname: CubHome: Moose JawBegan curling at age: 8Delivery: RightOccupation/title: ChiropractorEmployer: SelfDOB: Nov. 21, 1974Place of birth: Moose Jaw, Sask.Marital status: MarriedSpouse/partner: CindyChildren: Makena 4, Max 2First vehicle: 1982 Trans AmCurrent vehicle: Honda S2000Favourite food: Whistle DogFavourite drink: Rye and gingerCelebrity dream woman: Blake LivelyMost annoying celebrity: John MayerAll-time favourite movie: Too many to decideLast movie he loved: Angels and DemonsLast movie he hated: Cars (25th viewing)Tattooed? No

Never leaves home with-out: A hug from the kidsCompeted in: 1992. 1994. 1995 Junior Nationals, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Brier, 2004 Mixed Nationals

Third: Gerry

AdamNick-name: GusHome: Yorkton, Sask.Began curling at age: 10Occupa-tion/title: Plumber

Employer: D&W Plumbing, Saltcoats, Sask.DOB: Dec. 13, 1963Place of birth: YorktonMarital status: MarriedSpouse/partner: LeslieChildren: Hanna 7, Justin 5First vehicle: 1972 Ford Comet

Current vehicle: 1999 Chev Silverado

Favourite food: CheeseburgerFavourite drink: Vodka paralyzerCelebrity dream woman: Natalie GulbisMost annoying celebrity: Pat SimmonsAll-time favourite

movie: Shaw-shank

RedemptionLast movie he loved: 61Last movie he hated: Mamma MiaTattooed? No.Never leaves home with-out: Cash.Competed in: 1999, 2007, 2008 Brier, 2003 Mixed Nationals.

Second: Jeff Sharp

Nickname: SharpieHome: SaskatoonBegan curling at age: 11Delivery: RightOccupation/title: Business development managerEmployer: Colony CoffeeDOB: June 7, 1977Place of birth: Yorkton, Sask.Marital status: MarriedSpouse/partner: Barb SharpChildren: NoneFirst vehicle: 1981 Oldsmobile OmegaCurrent vehicle: Pon-tiac Grand PrixFavourite food: Any-thing cooked over the fire at the lake!Favourite drink:

Tequila shooters with lime and salt in MexicoCelebrity dream woman: Kirsten Dunst, Cameron DiazMost annoying celeb-rity: Serena WilliamsLast movie he loved: Not sure, but favourite TV

show is EntourageTattooed? Nope

Never leaves home without: BlackBerryCompeted in: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Brier

Lead: Steve Laycock

Nickname: StevieHome: SaskatoonBegan curling at age: 8Delivery:

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tion/title: Human

resources analyst

Employer: University Of SaskatchewanDOB: Oct. 29, 1982Place of birth: YorktonMarital status: Girlfriend, Gina SundquistChildren: NoneFirst vehicle: Pontiac BonnevilleCurrent vehicle: Ford Fusion (Hot Shots winner)Favourite food: Lasagna, steakFave drink: Rye paralyzerCelebrity dream woman: Is Miley 18 yet?Most annoying celebrity: Kathy GriffinAll-time favourite movie: PsychoLast movie he loved: Star TrekLast movie he hated: TransformersTattooed? No.Never leaves home with-out: WalletCompeted in: 2003 National Junior, 2003 World Junior, 2007, 2008 Brier.

Fifth: Warren Jackson

Nickname: Jimmy

Home: SaskatoonBegan curling at age: 10Delivery: RightOccupation/title: BankmanagerEmployer: BDCDOB: Dec. 14, 1972Place of birth:Melville, Sask.Marital status: MarriedSpouse/Partner’s name: Anita JacksonChildren: Makenna 4, Ciel 6 monthsFirst vehicle: A tank — 1973 Buick LeSabre.Current vehicle: Boring 2001 Honda CivicFavourite food: MeatFavourite drink: Beer, rum and CokeCelebrity dream woman: Halle BerryMost annoying celebrity: Can’t think of oneAll-time favourite movie: Far And AwayLast movie he loved: The HangoverLast movie he hated: Not a movie, but Blue Man GroupTattooed? NadaNever leaves home with-out: BlackBerryCompeted in: Provincial level events

Coach: Barry Fiendell

Home: SaskatoonOccupation/title: Insur-ance adjusterEmployer: Crawford CanadaDate of birth: Dec. 15, 1948Place of birth: Por-cupine Plains, Sask.Coached: World junior champion team, 2003

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From left, Mike Harris, Richard Hart, Collin Mitchell and George Karrys, who won silver at the 1998 Games, were feted alongside other Olympians on Friday night.

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Oh, the stories they told! The Olympians arrived the other day

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1998, Salt Lake 2002 and Turin 2006 invited by the Ca-nadian Curling Association to celebrate the fourth “offi cial” Olympic Trials.

Kelley Law, bronze in 2002: “Oh wow, you found one of those!”

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Winnipeg’s Jennifer Jones, the two-time defending champion at the Scotties, tries to coax one of her team’s rocks into the house Sunday afternoon. The Jones gang lost its first assignment, 8-5, to Amber Holland’s crew from Kronau, Sask.

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Playing Country for Their Country!Get ready for a breath of fresh Western Canadian air in Keith’s Patch tonight. Two of the most refreshing young acts on our music scene will be performing on stage and you’d better hang on to your socks!

Karac Hendriks was raised in rural Alberta, starting out on his musical journey at the age of just four. Great-grandpa Chester passed on his old mandolin when Karac was six, and threw in a lesson to go with it. A couple years later Uncle Rob taught him a few chords on the guitar… and then Dad added a couple more.

The early roots of his musical awakening come to life in a performance that will bring Roar of the Rings fans to their feet with a unique blend that moves from traditional country to new country… and right on to modern rock. The show starts at 4:30 pm.

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on stage

Upcoming ActsTuesday, Dec. 8 – ManhattanWednesday, Dec. 9 – The ChevellesThursday, Dec. 10 – The Chevelles

Friday, Dec. 11 – Hey Romeo, Dreams (A tribute to Fleetwood Mac) & Arrival (A tribute to ABBA)

Saturday, Dec. 12 – Stan Foster, Gord BamfordSunday, Dec. 13 – Men Without Shame

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Fun and Games… after the GamesThe wall- to-wall party atmosphere of Keith’s Patch also comes with a competitive edge. All week long the Roar of the Rings is 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!

Everything that happens at Keith’s Patch is in the name of fun. And, in some cases, great prizes are in store for the ultimate winners.

Cool CurlingThink shuffleboard with a curling twist and you’ve got Cool Curling… the game the Patch crowd has come to love. Pick a partner and you could just wind up as the coolest of the Cool!

The competition gets under way today and carries on through the week. After the Friday games are done, the qualifiers will be determined for the championship weekend showdown. See how “cool” you are when it comes down to the final match with the title on the line and a huge crowd watching every shot – almost like the competitors in Rexall Place.

The winners take home $600 for first, $300 for second and $150 for third – along with two prize packs each.

What’s Your Cup Size?Cup Stacking Contests are just one of many fun activities that go on in the Patch… not to mention Olympic Torch Races, Draw to the Button competitions, a Candy Cane Hunt, Wii games and Holiday Word Scrambles.

The fun is all headed up by our colorful MC’s who lead the way every day with off-the-cuff activities in between the live on-stage entertainment. When you show up at the Patch you just never know what to expect!

Keith’s Patch is the Party Place!on stage continued...

Playing Country for Their Country!And then at 9:30 pm a small town girl with big time talent moves into the spotlight. Tera Lee is a young accomplished singer/songwriter with a resume that includes a pair of Canadian Country Music Award nominations.

A product of the Prairies, Tera Lee is equally gifted as an instrumentalist, playing mandolin, acoustic and electric guitar. With a strong, unique voice – and outgoing personality – she lights

up the stage with a performance that will have the crowds rocking late into the night!

The stars of the future will be shining bright at the 2009 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings - thanks to the Boston Pizza Junior Stars program.

Young Northern Alberta curlers were given the chance to share the dream with Canada’s best. Out of all those who registered, 32 were selected to make a very special appearance with one of the teams. The lucky Stars receive a team jacket and photograph with the team, a gift package from Boston Pizza and Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings – and a spot in the limelight with their new “teammates” at a pre-game ceremony.

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Draw 4

Team Koe Cameron McGuire Taylor Marko Stettler CC Cold Lake CC

Team Middaugh Nicholas Duivenvoorde Breanne Melnyk St Albert CC Westridge CC

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Team McCarville Andrew Dunbar Alison Kotylak Westridge CC Lamont CC

Sadie Southern Lakeland CC

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As it happens, there are two Kevin’s that carry a fair share of the weight for Edmonton’s hopes in the Tim Hortons Roar off the Rings.

One’s Martin…. the other’s Koe. And they’ll both be sitting down with their teams to discuss the chase for an Olympic

medal in the intimate atmosphere of the Oh Canada Lounge.

Kevin Martin’s achievements are far too long to list. He’s won virtually everything there is to win

– with the exception of an Olympic gold medal. The fact that he’s

a long time Edmonton boy only adds fuel to the fire for his drive to get back to the Olympics and put the final

touch on his curling resume.

Kevin Koe represents another side of the Edmonton story.

His roots in competitive curling have their origins in

Yellowknife where he led his Yukon/Northwest Territories team to the finals of the Canadian Juniors Curling

Championship.

Koe came down to play in Edmonton, recognizing that he had to put himself in the competitive mix all year long to compete for the major titles. With a Canada Cup win in 2008 and one of the first four spots in the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings, it was obviously a good decision.

Fans can expect an entertaining session - especially considering Koe played third for Martin’s present third John Morris from 2002 to 2004. And Koe’s second Carter Rycroft played for Martin until 2006.

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Wednesday Team Wayne Middaugh

Team Jeff StoughtonTeam Kevin KoeTeam Kevin Martin

Thursday Team Amber HollandTeam Krista McCarvilleTeam Cheryl BernardTeam Jennifer Jones

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“That’ll have to be the end of the slow starts,” she said. “But, in fairness, she (rookie Webster) made great shots that forced us to make something really good just to get a point. They played a terrific game.”

The unsung Webster, rid-ing a five-game Trials win-ning streak extending back through the Prince George qualifiers, agreed.

“Our goal was just to work hard to get control of the game and I think we man-aged that. But anybody can beat anybody here. Results in a field this tough are no surprise.

“We believe that we can do it here and we may have been flying under the radar for a time but nobody flies under the radar here for long.”

Holland hit Jones with a second-end deuce and stole the third and fourth ends for a 4-1 lead. The action boiled down to an exchange of deuces thereafter.

“I know we’ll come out better tomorrow,” said Jones, whose Winnipeg team bounced back from death’s door to win the last two Scotties titles.

“It’s just one loss and we have some experience, which helps. You don’t expect to go through unde-feated. We’ve always had success at bouncing back.”

Holland, relatively un-sung, too, scoffed at sugges-tions seeding meant much in the event. Three of the four winners in Round One were pre-trials qualifiers.

“Where you’re seeded doesn’t matter. It’s a round robin. You play everybody.”

But how do you handle drawing a three-time Cana-

dian champion for openers?“We didn’t really worry

about who we were play-ing,” said Holland. “I haven’t worried about who I play since junior days. That’s when I learned. It has never really mattered. When I was 17 years old I was playing in women’s ‘spiels against Sandra Schmir-ler and if you didn’t figure out how to not worry that you were playing Sandra Schmirler you got your butt kicked pretty fast.”

Scott stole a deuce in the fourth end to go up 3-2 and turn her assignment around. After yielding two in the first, she required a clutch

shot in the second to avoid yielding another pair in the second.

Another deuce in the sixth and three in the eighth should have placed the Kelowna out-fit on easy street. But, looking at an innocent pair in the 10th, Scott’s rock hung out until the last possible moment before erasing one of the two enemy stones to preserve the win.

“I threw it and waited for it to curl up and at the hogline it just didn’t make a move,” she said. “So then there was a little panic on what should we do with it? Yes, it was scary.”

Said Lawton, a two-time Saskatchewan champ: “We’re a team that never gives up. We won our provincials in ’05 and lost our first two. Then we came back and won seven straight. At Scotties last year we lost our first three and still made the playoffs by coming back with six straight wins. So this is not going to be an issue for us.”

Bernard yielded control to McCarville in the seventh end when the Lakehead crew struck for three and a 6-4 edge. But the Calgary team answered with a pair and then won it in the last end with the big shot and the multiple count.

“Yeah, just a routine double for five,” quipped Bernard. “But you know that’s one we wanted to win.”

McCarville wasn’t unhap-py with her team’s effort.

“We were looking good and she made that great shot. I thought we played pretty well. We lost our first game in Prince George and then won our next four so we can do that again.”

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Sasha Carter peers over Stefanie Lawton’s shoulder in Sunday play.

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Skip: Crystal Webster

Home: CalgaryBegan curling at age: 8Delivery: Right.Occupation/title: Mortgage specialistEmployer: RBCDOB: Feb. 26, 1975Place of birth: Medicine HatMarital status: MarriedSpouse/partner: Paul Web-sterChildren: Maya 2, Reece Dawn 5 monthsFirst vehicle: 1995 Ford TempoCurrent vehicle: 2005 VW JettaFavourite food: Steak and crabFavourite drink: Red wineCelebrity dream man: Keith UrbanMost annoying celebrity: Paris HiltonAll-time favourite movie: TitanicLast movie she loved: Sex and the CityLast movie she hated: Revolutionary RoadTattooed? None.Never leaves home without: Lip balmCompeted in: 1994 Junior Nationals.

Third: Lori Olson-Johns

Home: Edmon-tonBegan curling at age: 10Delivery: Right.Occupation/title: Business owner, teacherEmployer: Two Blonds & A Bru-nette Gift. Co., St. Albert Prot-estant Schools.DOB: Nov. 24, 1976Place of birth: TorontoMarital status: MarriedSpouse/partner: Cody Johns

Children: Lexi, 8 monthsFirst vehicle: Honda Civic hatchbackCurrent vehicle: Nissan XTerraFavourite food: SteakFavourite drink: Dark rum and Diet CokeCelebrity dream man:Matthew McConaugheyMost annoying celebrity: Elisabeth Hasselbeck, The ViewAll-time favourite movie: Good Will HuntingLast movie she loved:The NotebookNever leaves home with-out: Lexi? Curling gear.Competed in: 1992, 1995, 1997 Junior Nationals, 2005, 2006 Scotties.

Second: Samantha PrestonNickname: SamHome: CalgaryBegan curling at age: 5Delivery: Right.Occupation/title: Marketing administratorEmployer: Spartan ControlsDOB: Dec. 15, 1984Place of birth: CalgaryMarital status: SingleFirst vehicle: Monte CarloCurrent vehicle: CivicFavourite food: SushiFavourite drink: Red wineCelebrity dream man: Toughie. Can’t choose one

Most annoying celebrity: Roseanne.All-time favourite movie: Dirty DancingLast movie she loved: The HangoverLast movie she hated: Lakeview TerraceTattooed? No.Never leaves home with-out: Purse.Competed in: Three provin-cial Scotties.

Lead: Stephanie Malekoff

Nickname: StephHome: Grande Prairie

Began curling at age: 10Delivery: RightOccu-pation/title: Regis-tered nurse

Employer: Alberta Health ServicesDOB: March 31, 1984Place of birth: Grande PrairieMarital status: MarriedSpouse/partner: Mark MalekoffChildren: NoneFirst vehicle: ’96 Chev CavalierCurrent vehicle: 2009 VWTiguanFavourite food: Fruit, Greek, ice creamFavourite drink: Water, pina coladaAll-time favourite movie: 50 First Dates

Tattooed? NoNever leaves

home with-out: Curl-ing gearCom-peted in: 2003, 2005 Junior Nation-als

Fifth: Sherry Anderson

Home: Delisle, Sask.Began curling at age: 8Delivery: RightOccupation/title: Sales representativeEmployer: 911 OuterwearDate of birth: Jan. 6, 1964Place of birth: Prince Albert, Sask.Marital status: MarriedSpouse/Partner’s name: Colin CobenNames, ages of children: Three stepchildren, five stepgrandchildren.First vehicle: 1969 Mer-cury CometCurrent vehicle: Volkswa-gen Jetta (diesel).Favourite food: Salads, all typesFavourite drink: Red wineCelebrity dream man: Alvaro Quiros (golfer)Most annoying celebrity: Richard SimmonsAll-time favourite movie: Pretty WomanLast movie she loved: Pay It ForwardLast movie she hated: Doctor T and The WomenTattooed? Not a chance

Never leave home without: Curling gearCompeted in: 2001, 2005 Olympic trials, 1994, 1995, 2000 (fifth),

2002, 2004, 2005 (fifth) Scotties

Coach: Gordon Trenchie

Home: EdmontonOccupation/title:

RetiredEmployer: NoneDate of birth: July 3, 1942Place of birth: Edmon-tonCoached/player: Third for Pat Ryan at 1985 Brier.

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From left, Stephanie Malekoff, Lori Olson-Johns, and Samantha Preston.


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This, feeling, of course, doesn’t translate into anything more than the role of under-dog at The Rex, a building that knocks the socks off even a tried and true competitor like coach Lang.

“Wow!” he was exclaiming during practice the other day. “I never played in a rink this big in all the Briers we played in. I told the girls, they’re go-ing to be in for a kind of thrill they’ve never had before.

“Before we came, they said, ‘We’ve been in arenas before, we expect it will be much the same.’ I said, ‘No, I think you’ll find the level of excitement is higher than you’ve ever seen before.’ I get excited just walking in and looking at the place.”

Lang’s level of optimism has risen again following the jaunt to Prince George.

“They finally brought their A game,” he said. “This team has special talent. When they find conditions they like they’re awesome. They have to learn to play better when the conditions aren’t the best. This ice (at The Rex) looks to be pretty aggressive. The icemakers are looking at big, big curl. We may have some adjustments to make. We lost one and skated through in Prince George. We’re going to have to get on the same sort of roll here.”

But, he figures, his young skip has her head into the proper space for the job.

“I know she has it in her head that if we play our best game we can win this thing,” said Lang. “The young play-ers don’t have that fear. She’s

in that frame of mind and we want to keep her there.”

There was another new wrinkle in the Prince George mix for the Lake-head team that includes Tara George, Kari MacLean and Rick’s wife Lorraine. McCarville was dividing her time between the game and her new daughter Isabella, feeding the month-old infant between draws.

“She’s been the best baby,” says McCarville. “She sleeps seven or eight hours. She sleeps through the morning draws. I swear

she knows mommy’s curl-ing. I swear she knows.”

Still, her parents keep an eye on their grandchild when mommy’s attention is elsewhere.

“Lorraine obviously brings her experience, her calmness to the team,” Mc-Carville said recently when asked to assess her lineup. “Whenever I’m doubting my ice or something, I know she can confirm it because I know she’s always watch-ing the ice. Kari brings her spirit. She’s always very up and positive. She just

makes us laugh. And Tara, she’s my mind. When I’m not there, she’s there. She’s under control and she keeps control of my nerves.”

And the coach . . .“He’s awesome as a

coach,” said McCarville. “When we are doing some-thing wrong he’s not going to keep it back from us. I have total confidence calling a timeout and asking him for help. He pumps us up before the game. He’s always very positive with our team.

“I think I have more confi-dence as a skip and Rick re-ally helps me with that. He builds my confidence. He’s so honest with everything we do. He’s there for us and I trust him in anything he does and tells us to do. That really helps me.”

And it’s a mutual admira-tion society.

“I think,” Lang said a while back, “she’s one of the best shotmakers in the country. I’ve had a lot more time to watch her, particularly at the provincial championships, and she has the ability to throw all the shots, particu-larly with the big weight. Her delivery is so solid. She gets locked in so early, she doesn’t take a lot of time to think about it. She throws like a pro. It doesn’t matter what the weight, a high hard one or a soft one. I just think she’s technically so sound.”

All of which is good news for Thunder Bay’s curling crowd. They haven’t had much to cheer about at this level since the hey-days of the Langs, 20 years ago.

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“I know she has it in her head that if we play our best game, we can win this thing. The young players don’t have that fear”

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KARRYS: CCA celebrates curling’s Olympic history

Hart was sitting with current squad, Team Glenn Howard.

And as one of only four of the Roar’s 80 competitors who has bitten into an Olym-pic medal with a previous team, Hart later looked out of place on stage, basking in the Olympians’ standing ovation while wear-ing the ultramodern, form-fitting jersey of today’s curling athlete.

“I can’t fit into that any more,” Hart said, pointing at Harris’ 1998 Olympic blazer. “It’s huge on me. It’s like I’m wearing a tent.”

Times have indeed changed. And get this: Some of these curling athletes are partially funded by your tax dollars.

Got your attention now, eh?“It’s an honour to bring curling’s Olym-

pians home for the Roar of the Rings,” said Canadian Curling Association event guru Warren Hansen.

“After the banquet, they attended opening night at the Keith’s Patch, they were hon-oured at the opening ceremonies and they did an ‘Up Close and Personal’ interactive session with the fans.

“We’ve kept them busy, but it looks like they’re enjoying themselves.”

They also took part in the first-ever throwing of no less than four simultaneous, ceremonial first stones.

Don Bartlett, Kevin Martin’s lead from ’02, cracked up the Rexall Place by first taking a practice slide, and then throwing a screaming takeout down the ice.

He left his local junior curlers in the dust, looking shocked.

Harris held the target for 2006 Brad Gushue skip Russ Howard, but his stone curled only a foot.

“There’s a run on sheet A,” declared How-ard, now a TSN commentator.

“Yep, you threw that perfect,” quipped Harris, now a CBC commentator.

“This is pretty cool,” said Hart, as he posed for a photo with his old Toronto team-mates. “This is really the first time the CCA has celebrated with their Olympic history. There really aren’t that many of us around. Hopefully they’ll do this again four years from now.”

(George Karrys is: curlinguru.com)

Jackie-Rae Greening, Roar of the Rings host committee chair, left, poses with CCA director Bernadette McIntyre.


ROAR OF THE RINGS: SCHEDULE, STATISTICS AND RESULTSWomen’s Cumulative Statistics

SkipsName % ageKelly Scott 84Amber Holland 82Crystal Webster 80Krista McCarville 78Cheryl Bernard 73Stefanie Lawton 66Jennifer Jones 63Shannon Kleibrink 62

ThirdsName % ageJeanna Schraeder 84Lori Olson-Johns 80Susan O’Connor 79Kim Schneider 74Tara George 71Marliese Kasner 69Cathy Overton-Clapham 66Amy Nixon 66

SecondsName % ageTammy Schneider 89Jill Officer 85Sam Preston 83Kari MacLean 80Bronwen Webster 76Carolyn Darbyshire 75Sherri Singler 75Sasha Carter 65

LeadsName % ageStephanie Malekoff 88Lana Vey 86Lorraine Lang 83Cori Bartel 81Chelsey Bell 80Heather Kalenchuk 79Dawn Askin 75Jacquie Armstrong 61

Men’s Cumulative Statistics

SkipsName % ageKevin Koe 91Glenn Howard 90David Nedohin 83Kevin Martin 83Pat Simmons 80Wayne Middaugh 79Jeff Stoughton 79Jason Gunnlaugson 73

ThirdsName % ageKevin Park 90John Morris 90Randy Ferbey 89Blake MacDonald 83Jon Mead 81Richard Hart 80Justin Richter 78Gerry Adam 70

SecondsName % ageRob Fowler 89Scott Pfeifer 88Marc Kennedy 85Braden Zawada 84Jeff Sharp 81Carter Rycroft 81Brent Laing 78John Epping 73

LeadsName % ageTyler Forrest 96Scott Bailey 95Ben Hebert 94Craig Savill 89Marcel Rocque 88Steve Laycock 79Nolan Thiessen 76Steve Gould 71

Kari MacLean, second on the McCarville quartet, curled 80% in Draw 1.

Did you hear the news? Skip Kevin Martin curled 83% for openers.

Today’s GamesDraw 3 (8:30 a.m.)

Amber Holland vs. Cheryl BernardShannon Kleibrink vs. Kelly ScottStefanie Lawton vs. Crystal WebsterKrista McCarville vs. Jennifer Jones

Draw 4 (1 p.m.)Jason Gunnlaugson vs. Kevin KoeGlenn Howard vs. Wayne MiddaughRandy Ferbey vs. Jeff StoughtonPat Simmons vs. Kevin Martin

Draw 5 (6 p.m.)Jennifer Jones vs. Kelly Scott

Krista McCarville vs. Stefanie LawtonAmber Holland vs. Shannon KleibrinkCheryl Bernard vs. Crystal Webster

Tuesday’s GamesDraw 6 (8:30 a.m.)

Kevin Martin vs. Wayne Mid-daughPat Simmons vs. Randy FerbeyJason Gunnlaugson vs. Glenn HowardKevin Koe vs. Jeff Stoughton

Draw 7 (1 p.m.)Stefanie Lawton vs. Amber Holland

Crystal Webster vs. Jennifer JonesKelly Scott vs. Cheryl BernardShannon Kleibrink vs. Krista McCarville

Draw 8 (6 p.m.)Randy Ferbey vs. Jason GunnlaugsonJeff Stoughton vs. Kevin MartinWayne Middaugh vs. Kevin KoeGlenn Howard vs. Pat Simmons

Wednesday’s Games

Draw 9 (8:30 a.m.)Kelly Scott vs. Krista McCarvilleCheryl Bernard vs. Shannon Kleibrink

Jennifer Jones vs. Stefanie LawtonCrystal Webster vs. Amber Holland

Draw 10 (1 p.m.)Wayne Middaugh vs. Pat Sim-monsKevin Koe vs. Glenn HowardKevin Martin vs. Randy FerbeyJeff Stoughton vs. Jason Gunnlaugson

Draw 11 (7:30 p.m.)Jennifer Jones vs. Cheryl BernardAmber Holland vs. Krista Mc-CarvilleCrystal Webster vs. Kelly ScottStefanie Lawton vs. Shannon Kleibrink

Men’s Standings

Team W LHoward 1 0Martin 1 0Koe 1 0Ferbey 1 0Stoughton 0 1Gunnlaugson 0 1Simmons 0 1Middaugh 0 1

Women’s StandingsTeam W LBernard 1 0Webster 1 0Scott 1 0Holland 1 0Jones 0 1Kleibrink 0 1Lawton 0 1McCarville 0 1

Draw 1 Results 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TWebster* 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 8Kleibrink 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TJones* 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 x 5Holland 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 x 8

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TBernard* 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 5 11McCarville 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 7

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TScott 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 8Lawton* 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 7

Draw 2 Results 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TStoughton 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4Howard* 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TMartin 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 7Gunnlaugson* 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TKoe* 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 x 8Simmons 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 x 5

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TMiddaugh 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 7Ferbey* 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 9

* —started game with the hammer

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1. Linda Moore (1988), Sandra Schmirler (1998), Brad Gushue (2006).2. Eigil Ramsfjell, Norway (1988), Andrea Schoepp, Germany (1991), Urs Dick, Switzerland (1991), Patrick Hurlimann, Switzerland (1998), Rhona Martin, Great Britain (2002), Pat Trulsen, Norway (2002), Anette Nor-berg, Sweden (2006).

3. Pat Sanders, Dave Smith.4. Colleen Jones, Wayne Middaugh.5. Sanders over Jones (1987 at Calgary), Smith over Middaugh (1997 at Brandon).6. Sanders 7-0 in a tie-breaker, Smith 8-0 in Round Six.7. Colleen Jones, Chris

More.8. 1987, Calgary.9. Jones 3-1.10. Kevin Martin and Jeff Stoughton; Wayne Mid-daugh and Kevin Park (tie).11. Martin-Stoughton (1991 at Hamilton), Middaugh-Park (2001 at Regina).12. Martin 3-2, Middaugh 3-2.

(Note: The 1991 Labatt Brier and Scott Tournament of Hearts constituted the 1991 trials for the 1992 Canadian teams bound for the Albert-ville Winter Olympics).1. Name the only three Canadian skips to win Olympic gold in the sport of curling and their triumphant years.2. Name seven other Olym-pic gold-medal winning skips in curling, their home

nations and the years of the Games. 3. Two skips have recorded shutouts in Canadian Olym-pic trials competition. Name the skips.4. Name the skips of the teams that were rendered scoreless in those games.5. In each case, which trials, when and where?6. And the final scores?7. Name the skips involved in the record low-score

women’s game in Olympic trials history.8. In which trials, when and where?9. And the final score was . . . ?10. Name the skips involved in the record low-score men’s game in Olympic tri-als history.11 In which trials, when and where?12. And the final scores were . . . ?

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Say”what?A quote-unquoteof competitorcomments at theRoar of the Ringsby Morning Roar staff

■ Beausejour’sJason Gunnlaugson, on curling in a National Hockey League building for the fi rst time: “I’m so happy we get these front-row seats. I’ll try to stay focused on our game but, holy (bleep), it’ll be fun watching the other games so close-up. In this building, you look up and you think, ‘yes, we made it, all that work and fi nally you get to play in front of a ton of people and have a great time. It’s going to be a lot of fun.”■ Saskatoon’s Stefanie Lawton, on a shorter round-robin assign-ment: “We’ve played in round robins that are eight teams in our provincial playdowns so we have experience with it and, yeah, you can’t be messing around. You have to make sure you get every win that you possibly can. There’s no added pressure on it. You can’t put any more pressure on yourself. It’s just a matter of playing your game.”

■ Winnipeg’s Jeff Stoughton, on the men’s trials fi eld: “It’s one of those fi elds that someone could run away,

or you could have a six-way tie for fi rst. There’s all kinds of scenarios out there where our Olympic rep could wind up win-ning fi ve or six games and getting in and that would be very strange.” And on the lesson from losing the ’05 Trials fi nal: “It sucks to lose. There’s nothing worse than losing something you’ve been trying to get for three years. Whoever loses this fi nal will fi nd out its brutal and if we get there we don’t want to do it again.”■ Calgary’s Crystal Webster, on suffering from cases of nerves:

“I think every other single person out there will be, nervous. I was nervous in Prince George (qualify-ing), too, but I think I play my best when I’m feeling a little bit on edge.”■ Toronto’s Wayne Mid-daugh, on his loosey-goosey approach to these Trials: “Well, maybe I’m a little more fortunate to be here. Kevin (Martin) and Glenn (Howard) have worked harder than anybody on the planet to get here, and they’ve won ev-erything under the sun, so they’re pretty heavy favorites and the rest of us just have to knock

them off. Everybody’s go-ing to get a few chances against everybody else and if you take advan-tage of those chances you’ll probably win, and if you don’t, you’ll prob-ably lose.” And on the suggestion everybody could wind up 4-and-3 or 3-and-4 after the round robin: “Wouldn’t that be entertaining? I’d love to see it.”■ Kelowna’s Kelly Scott, on the difference between her fi rst and second Trials contend-ers: “We’re better pre-pared, a more seasoned team, and we realize the signifi cance of this a lot

more now. I don’t think there’s anything more we could have done back home to get us ready for this week. If you can play a smart game right off the bat, instil some confi dence and get some momentum and really get into the games later in the week, you’ll be fi ne.” ■ Ontario’s Glenn How-ard, on where Olympic curling fi ts in the whole scheme of things: “It’s four times the size of a world curling champion-ship. The whole world is watching.”

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