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The Shannon Kleibrink team celebrates its 10-5 semifinal win over Krista McCarville’s outfit Friday night, setting up tonight’s all-Calgary Trials final against Cheryl Bernard.

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An all-Calgary affair

At left, Kari MacLean applies a manic brush during Friday’s semifinal. Top, it’s a team effort for Amber Holland and Co. in tiebreaker No. 2. Above, Stefanie Lawton’s crew guides a stone into the house during tiebreaker No. 1.

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Shannon Kleibrink must have deja-vu on the mind and in the

eye as she heads for today’s 6 p.m. Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings women’s final at Rexall Place.

The Canadian curling Tri-als defender and the Olym-pic bronze-medal winner at Torino in 2006, Kleibrink will again use a semifinal win as a springboard, this time in an all-Calgary final against long-time arch-rival Cheryl Bernard.

Four years ago, Kleibrink scored three in the last end to defeat Kelly Scott of Kelowna in the final. Scott had earned the bye to the final, as Bernard earned the current berth.

“The good news is that someone from Calgary will be going to the Olympics,” said Kleibrink with a smile, moments after defeating a dog-tired Krista McCarville team from Thunder Bay 10-5 in Friday night’s semi.

“It’s been like that our whole careers. Bernard is a great team and we’ve battled it out for prob-ably 15 to 20 years. So this is no surprise to us.”

A bet-tor might be inclined to fa-vour Kleibrink during today’s biggie. She’s overdue. The fact is, Bernard has won five straight in this

personal battle and eight of the last 10 going back to April 2006.

“I’ve always said the team that comes out of the semis has a definite advantage,” argued Kleibrink. “You’re out there the day before, you know what the ice

conditions are, if they’ve

changed or not. It’s an advantage. It’s tough to get through the semi but if you do I’d rather be that team.”

Bernard will direct Susan O’Connor, Carolyn Dar-byshire and Cori Bartel in the sudden-death showdown for the date at the Vancou-ver Olympics.

A steal of two in the second end for a 3-0 spot catapulted Kleibrink and her team of Amy Nixon, Bronwen Web-ster and Chelsey Bell into the driver’s seat against McCa-rville, who was playing her third game of the day.

But McCarville, as she’d

been inclined to do all day, fired a double-kill in the seventh to square the ac-count, only to lose control of the eighth, miss her last draw and yield a killing five-ender.

“I am tired,” the 27-year-old McCarville admitted lat-er. “I am disappointed that we didn’t play our best that game, because we curled so well earlier. But in the long run, I’m really happy with third place. Obviously I’d love to make it to the Olympics, so hopefully in 2014. And every game was giving us more and more

experience, so I think that’s a really good thing.

“I’m really proud of our team. We worked re-ally hard in the past four years, and this gives us the confidence to know we can compete here and at the Scotties.”

Kleibrink said she was equally proud of her Trials record.

“Three Trials, three finals. That’s not bad,” she said. “Won one, lost one. Right now we’re just happy to be in it.

“It gives me confidence, having been there before. I was confident in my team even in the game today. I feel confident my team will play well tomorrow and I’m sure Cheryl’s will, too. It should be a great game.”

The semi, according to Kleibrink vice-skip Amy Nixon, was a “gong show.”

“We watched them on TV earlier and they were mak-ing great shots so we knew they’d have some chances and we’d probably have some chances,” said Kleibrink. “We just had to capitalize.

“We thought they might be a little more conservative after they got the three to tie, but they’re an aggres-sive team. They love to play that come-around stuff. Krista goes hard. There are always a lot of rocks around. We don’t mind that but we wouldn’t be adverse to getting away from it.”

Please see FINAL, Page 8

It’s Kleibrink vs. Bernard in women’s Trials final

“Three Trials, three finals. That’s not bad. It gives me confidence, having been there before. It should be a great game.”

Shannon Kleibrink, looking ahead to tonight’s Trials final vs. Cheryl Bernard

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The Glenn Howard rink, above: Heavy favourites today? Jeff Stoughton says yes: “No one expects Stoughton to go the the Olympics except ourselves.”

Larry WoodMorning Roar Editor

Jeff Stoughton professes to be a rank underdog going into today’s

men’s semifinal against Glenn Howard at the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings Canadian curling Trials.

“No one’s giving us much of chance because everyone wants a (Kevin) Martin-Howard rematch in the final,” the 46-year-old Win-nipeg skip said following a practice session at Rexall Place on Friday.

“All the pressure’s on them (Howard) to perform at their best. We’re coming in as underdogs and we’ll milk that until the cows come home. We have to use it to our advantage.

“We know we can win. We know it will be a great game. But no one expects Stoughton to go to the Olympics except ourselves.”

Stoughton, of course, lost the 2005 final against Brad Gushue to go the Torino Olympics.

“That was different,” he said. “We were the favou-rites. We were expected to

win. So this time, it’s a great position for us to be in.”

Stoughton doesn’t take it as a slight on his team of Kevin Park, Rob Fowler and Steve Gould.

“Kevin and Glenn deserve to be favourites,” he said. “We can’t expend the time and effort to put into the game that they can. It’s not an excuse. We just have to be good at the right times and we’re getting good at being good as the right times.”

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Nagano near-miss spurred Hart’s quest for gold

Olympic Games expe-rience on the men’s side of the current

Trials equation amounted to three players at The Rex this week.

Well, make that four.If you include the first

two Olympic curling demo events, Edmonton’s Kevin Park would fit in there along with his 1991 skip Kevin Martin, 2002 second Carter Rycroft in a different Martin lineup, and Ontario-based vice-skip Richard Hart, a 10-year fixture with Glenn Howard since competing with silver-mining Mike Harris at the 1998 Games at Nagano, Japan.

Hart, an electrical contrac-tor in Pickering, Ont., was part of a team that never

had won anything outside his home province when it suddenly was thrust on the Olympic stage.

“When we won the Trials in ’97,” he is recalling, “it was literally just one game at a time, we almost didn’t know what we were playing for. Every single time we went out on the ice we were playing against a team we thought was better than us.

“It was like every single game we won was an upset. That kept us going and then when we got to the final (against Martin), it was a matter of, ‘OK, we’re going to need a break,’ and that’s what we got in that third end (stole two for a 3-0 lead).

“After that we played ter-rific and went on somehow to beat Martin. But every single game, we felt like we had to do something special to beat these teams that everybody in the world thought were better than we were. Except that they weren’t. Turned out we were just as good if not better than most of those teams.”

And Hart, Harris, Collin Mitchell and George Karrys wound up in curling’s first legitimate medal Olympics. The experiences of which

have kept Hart in the thick of competitive curling ever since.

“It’s probably a cliche, and you hear it from a lot of athletes at the Olympics, but it really is special to be a part of 150 or 200-mem-ber team,” Hart says. “It’s something that, in this sport, you really don’t get to experience very much. And to get that chance, and possibly to meet some idols of yours, it’s great. We had a chance to do some of that. I had a chance to sit down and have a beer with Wayne Gretzky. It was an amazing experience. When we got back, about a month or two after the Olympics he had a party down in Toronto at his bar and he was nice enough to invite us and that was really, really special. That’s one thing I’ll never forget. To meet and be a part of a group that included all those other athletes.”

But there’s another Olym-pic lure for Hart.

“I really want the opportu-nity to win that gold medal,” he says.

Please see WOOD, Page 17

LARRY WOODMorning Roar Editor

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Skip: Glenn Howard

Nickname: CliffyHome: Penetanguishene, Ont.Began curling at age: 10Delivery: RightOccupation/title: ManagerEmployer: The Beer StoreDate of birth: July 17, 1962Place of birth: Midland, Ont.Marital status: MarriedSpouse/Partner: Judy HowardChildren: Scott 19, Carly 16First vehicle: 1980 Honda CivicCurrent vehicle: Nissan MaximaFavourite food: All pastaFavourite drink: White RussianCelebrity dream woman: Charlize TheronMost annoying celebrity: Sacha Baron CohenAll-time favourite movie: The StingLast movie he loved: Star TrekLast movie he hated: None recentlyTattooed? NilNever leaves home without: Watch and walletCompeted in: 1986, 87, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 06, 07, 08, 09 Briers, 87, 93, 07 Worlds, 07 Continental Cup

Third: Richard Hart

Home: Pickering, Ont.Began curling at age: 13Delivery: LeftOccupation/title: Project managerEmployer: Hart-Well ElectricalDate of birth: Oct. 14, 1968Place of birth: TorontoMarital status: MarriedSpouse/Partner: Margaret HartChildren: Joseph 12, David 10, Lauren 7First vehicle: Pontiac

Grand AmCurrent vehicle: Ford F150Favourite food: Pizza Favourite drink: Rum and CokeCelebrity dream woman: Megan FoxMost annoying celebrity: Oprah All-time favourite movie: Hoosiers Last movie he loved: Star TrekLast movie he hated: New MoonTattooed? None.Never leaves home with-out: PhoneCompeted in: 1998 Olym-pics, 06, 07, 08, 09 Briers, 07 Worlds, 07 Continental Cup.

Second: Brent Laing

Nickname: LaingerHome: Horseshoe Valley, Ont.Began curling at age: NineDelivery: RightOccupation/title: Opera-tions managerEmployer: Weed Man, Collingwood-BarrieDate of birth: Dec. 10, 1978Place of birth: Meaford, Ont.Marital status: Common LawSpouse/Partner: Leah

Children: Wil (2)First vehicle: Ford

EscortCurrent vehicle: VW Passat CCFavourite food: PizzaFavourite drink: Rye and CokeCelebrity dream woman: None.

All-time favourite movie: Good Will

HuntingLast movie he

loved: The Hang-

over

Last movie he hated: NoneTattooed? NoNever leaves home with-out: iPod Competed in: 2002, 06, 07, 08, 09 Brier, 07 Worlds, 07 Contiinental Cup, 03, 06, 08 Canada Cup, 98, 99 Canadian Junior, 98, 99 World Junior.

Lead: Craig Savill

Nickname: SavvyHome: OttawaBegan curling at age: 10Delivery: RightOccupation/title: Owner, real estate appraisalEmployer: Savill Appraisal ServicesDate of birth: Oct. 25, 1978

Place of birth: Lahr, Ger-manyMarital status: MarriedSpouse/Partner: Karen CumberlandChildren: NoneFirst vehicle: 1997 Honda CivicCurrent vehicle: 2010 Ford Fusion and 2008 Honda CRVFavourite food: ChickenFavourite drink: Rum and CokeCelebrity dream woman: Megan FoxMost annoying celebrity: Rosie O’DonnellAll-time favourite movie: SuperbadLast movie he loved: SuperbadLast movie he hated: It was so bad I can’t even remember itTattooed? NoneNever leaves home with-out: CellphoneCompeted in: 2002, 06,

07, 08, 09 Brier, 07 Worlds, 07 Con-

tinental Cup, 03, 06, 08 Canada Cup,

97, 98, 99 Ca-nadian Junior, 98,

99 World Junior.

Fifth: Steve Bice

Home: Milton, Ont.Began curling at age: 12Delivery: RightOccupation/title: Chemi-cal, safety, environmental technicianEmployer: Ontario Power GenerationDate of birth: Oct. 5, 1981Place of birth: Sarnia, Ont.Marital status: SingleSpouse/Partner: Leah CraneChildren: None First vehicle: 1997 Honda AccordCurrent vehicle: 1997 Honda Accord with dent on the trunkFavourite food: Pizza with green olivesFavourite drink: Rum and CokeCelebrity dream woman: Elisha CuthbertMost annoying celebrity: Ben MulroneyAll-time favourite movie: Dumb and DumberLast movie he loved: Harry PotterLast movie he hated: Pineapple ExpressTattooed? NopeNever leaves home with-out: My teethCompeted in: 07, 08, 09 Brier, 07 Worlds

Coach: Scott Taylor

Home: Barrie, Ont.Occupation/title: Partner/managerEmployer: Bal-

ancePlus Curling EquipmentDate of birth: April 4, 1954Place of birth: Bar-rie, Ont.

Coached: 1995 Cana-da Winter Games, curling gold-medal; 99 World junior; 01, 05 Olympic trials, 02, 06, 08, 09 Brier, 07 Worlds

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Bernard blueprintbold and balancedLarry WoodMorning Roar Editor

Cheryl Bernard has hit upon a balancing act that may have made

her a more consistent shot-maker at the age of 43.

“I think you’re much better off when you’re not hung up thinking about this game all the time,” Bernard said Friday following a 40-minute session tossing “lots of prac-tice rocks” at Rexall Place.

She’s winning at the Tim Hortons Olympic Trials, and was awaiting an opponent in today’s fi nal at 6 p.m. It’s a position she hasn’t occupied for more than 13 years, since the 1996 Scotties fi nal.

And the secret? As Terri Clark used to warble, she’s “got better things to do.”

“The last three or four years have been a grind getting to this,” Bernard said. “Now we’re at the end of it. The last two years we played a ton. I think we burned ourselves out. And it was starting to be not very much fun. And, I don’t care what you think, you do have to have fun do-ing this. Or it makes it like a really bad job.

“I mean, you have to spend days and days in ho-tels and travel all over and they’re never very glamor-ous towns. And it does get to where it’s kind of your

life and I don’t think that’s the greatest.

“You have to fi nd some-where in the middle and still give a lot of time to the game but you don’t want to do it too much. Because it just becomes everything, which is I think what has happened the last couple of years. You get tired. We got tired.”

No longer. Bernard has been going back to the hotel between draws here, working to set up a new (her second) insurance business. She also has purchased a condo in San Diego.

“There’s other stuff to think about,” she said. “You’re not thinking about curling 24 hours a day. It allows you to focus more sharply on one thing at a time, I think.”

Looks like it’s working to a tee for Bernard and her

team that will have been gameless for almost 48 hours when it steps on the freeze tonight.

“Today (Friday) will be exhausting for one of these teams,” she said. “For us, it was a long week and I know we were rather tired in that last game (Thursday). So it’s nice to take a break from the game.

“We don’t have a prefer-ence for an opponent. I don’t like to watch because of all the great shots they’re mak-ing. They’re all tough teams.”

In the meantime?“Everybody’s going to be

doing her own thing,” said Bernard. “We all kind of go our own way. There’s family here. Some people are going to work out, maybe have a nice dinner.”

Bernard said she won’t be changing her game plan no matter who she plays.

“We’re pretty aggressive with the hammer, not so much without. So we’ll go for it, but we’ll wait a little bit early, we don’t go hard early, we’ve never found that works that great for our team.

“We always need time to settle in, whether we’re in a club ‘spiel or in an arena somewhere. But now, every-body knows the ice and no matter who you play, they’re going to throw everything at you.

“We know that.”

Cheryl Bernard: “Other stuff to think about.”

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Kleibrink’s analysis, meanwhile, of her prelimi-nary fi fth-round loss to her fi nal foe on Wednesday morning?

“We had a tight game, played well the fi rst half then kind of fell apart and she had an easy shot for the win.”

McCarville noted that giving up those fateful fi ve points in the eighth end on Friday night, immediately after tying the score, was particularly painful.

“We tried to battle back, and were pretty close, but that (eighth) end, a couple of our draws came up short, we ticked on a few, and it was pretty much bad luck,” said McCarville. “We were thinking either the triple or else the draw, and just try and go for the steal . . . it was a little bit curlier on that sheet today, rather than this morning, and I wasn’t catch-ing on to it like they were.”

McCarville used spectacu-lar double-takeout shots for four-enders to survive two tiebreakers earlier in the day.

In the morning, the Thunder Bay skip blew open the argu-ment with Stefanie Lawton

of Saskatoon in the fi fth end, executing a tight but precise double-kill that gave the Lakehead team a 5-2.

The youngest skip in the women’s Trials went on to eliminate Lawton, the 2005 semifi nal loser, 7-4.

“Absolutely, it turned out to be a one-shot game,” said McCarville. “We had to hit her rock anywhere on the high side and it was going to be there for four. Anywhere else and we probably get three.

“But it’s tough to protect a lead for fi ve ends on this ice. Your nerves always are a little more rattled.”

In the afternoon, the big four-ender transpired in the

sixth end against Amber Holland of Kronau, Sask.

It was, however, a tighter match. Holland pushed McCarville to an extra end, eventually losing 7-6.

The 27-year-old McCarville assumed a 5-2 lead when she made a double-kill through a narrow port to count three, then fi nished with a hit-and-stick for the quartet.

But Holland battled back and engineered a ninth-end a deuce and a 10th-end theft to force overtime. But, in the extra exchange, with McCarville counting a pair, Holland was heavy with a last-rock draw and McCar-ville didn’t require the ham-mer for a 7-6 decision.

“We just stayed in it, which was good,” said Holland. “But we play this game for more than just winning. If the players out there on that ice play just to win every single event they enter, they’re going to be thoroughly disappointed. You’re not going to win everything.

“It’s been well worth it. It’s been a great ride. And we enjoyed ourselves.”

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Get ready for a taste of Vegas in the Patch!Singer/songwriter Stan Foster hits the stage at 9:30 pm with a Las Vegas style production that features an evening of tributes to the biggest entertainers from the 50’s right up to the present time.

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The night’s lineup closes out with Gord Bamford at 10:30 pm. It’s been a busy fall for the artist who’s home is just south of Edmonton – in Lacombe. Gord has spent a lot of time on the road lately – as the opening act for Brooks & Dunn on their Western Canadian tour.

And then, before making the way to Keith’s Patch, there was a performance at the Grey Cup in Calgary. That means Bamford and his band are all warmed up for a hot performance at the Patch.

A multiple Canadian Country Music Award nominee, Gord has been rising up the ranks of the country music scene over the past decade.

And if you get there early, you can take in one of the perennial favourites of the Patch – Regina’s Men Without Shame. The ultimate party band will be on stage at 4:30 pm. If you don’t get there on time, you can catch them tomorrow night.

Life in the Lounge is a Cabaret! The Oh Canada Lounge takes on the atmosphere of a Las Vegas cabaret tonight at 9:30 pm as Edmonton’s own Rum Brothers take over the stage.

The Rum Brothers deliver a high-energy performance featuring top quality sound and lighting production. You’ll experience a wide range of cabaret-style sounds from the 60’s and 70’s – including everyone from Chicago and the Doobie Brothers to the Bee Gees, Beatles and Rolling Stones.

The group also has a repertoire of hilarious impersonations – costumes and all – with tributes to legendary artists like Elvis, Neil Diamond and Tom Jones

Keith’s Patch is the Party Place!Fun and Games… after the Games All week long Keith’s Patch has been alive with contests, games and unique competitions that challenge fans to make their own mark on the 2009 Canadian Curling Trials.

Obviously, the stakes aren’t quite as high as those facing the teams competing for the right to represent Canada in Vancouver. But some serious bragging rights are still on the line!

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.

It’s Championship Saturday for Cool Curling! Today’s the big day for the Roar of the Rings Cool Curlers. They’ve been at the tables all week with the goal of reaching championship weekend and now it’ has arrived. Semi-finals will be played at noon and 4:30 pm – and the final match at 9:00 pm will decide who claims the title of the “Coolest of the Cool.” Make sure you’re there to see them compete in the Roar’s hottest off-ice curling competition.

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FAMILY TIESEvery team will tell you that the gruelling four year process to get to the Roar just wouldn’t be possible without the support of their families…both home and away! And all the teams have their own cheering sections here this week.

3 CHEERS FOR THE VOLUNTEERS!It’s called the ROAR of the Rings…but it’s the quiet, dedicated contribution of the 900 volunteers that makes the show go on. The final 3 cheers are reserved for them!

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Men’s sweepfest returns to London

Morning Roar staff

The 2011 Tim Hortons Brier, presented by Monsanto, will be

staged in London, Ont.The 82nd edition of the

Canadian men’s curling championship will be played at the 9,100-seat John Labatt Centre from March 5 to 13, 2011.

It will mark the 30th time that the province of Ontario has hosted the Brier since it began in 1927 in Toronto.

The last Tim Hortons Brier in Ontario was held at Copps Coliseum in Hamil-ton in 2007, and was won by Ontario’s Glenn Howard.

London previously hosted the 1974 Macdonald Brier when it was played at the London Gardens and the 1981 world men’s curling championship. The 1974 Brier winner was Hector Gervais of Edmonton. In 1981, Jurg Tanner of Swit-zerland won the world title.

More recently, the city successfully staged the 2006 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women’s curling champi-

onship, at the John Labatt Centre, where the third highest attendance figure in the championship’s history of 105,065 was generated.

The winner that year was Kelly Scott of Kelowna.

The province is investing $500,000 to assist in the stag-ing of the Brier in London. Host committee chairman is Peter Inch, who held a similar position for the 2002 Cana-dian Seniors at St. Thomas and the 2006 Scotties.

“What at the outset may have appeared to be an insurmountable task to ac-complish, the support, dedi-cation and commitment by the volunteers and partners in successfully hosting such previous national curling events have clearly contrib-

uted to London obtaining the Brier,” says Inch.

The Brier has been played in 31 cities across Canada, from Victoria to St. John’s. Manitoba has won a record 26 Briers. Alberta has won 24. New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Yukon/Northwest Territories have yet to win.

The Brier attendance record is 281,985, set at Edmonton’s Rexall Place in 2005, the first Tim Hortons Brier, which eclipsed the former mark of 248,793 established in 2000 in Saskatoon.

When London hosted the 1974 Brier, the attendance for the week was 48,170.

Since 1980, when the first Labatt Brier was held in Calgary and a playoff for-mat was introduced, 19 of 30 Brier winners have gone on to win the world men’s curling championship. The latest was Alberta’s Kevin Martin, who won the 2008 Tim Hortons Brier in Win-nipeg and the world men’s curling championship in Grand Forks, N.D.

Meanwhile, the 2010 Tim Hortons Brier will be held at the Metro Centre in Halifax, March 6-14, with the winner then representing Canada at the Capital One World Men’s championship, April 3-11 in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.

John Labatt Centre to host 82nd Brier

Jeff Stoughton won Briers in ’96 at Kamloops and ’99 at Edmonton.

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Skip: Shannon Kleibrink

Home: Okotoks, Alta.Began curling at age: 14Delivery: RightOccupation/title: Mortgage associateEmployer: Dominion Lend-ingDate of birth: Oct. 7, 1968Place of birth: Norquay, Sask.Marital status: MarriedSpouse/Partner: Richard KleibrinkChildren: Torri 16, Kyler 14First vehicle: 1989 Ford MustangCurrent vehicle: Ford ExplorerFavourite food: PizzaFavourite drink: BeerCelebrity dream man: Mel GibsonAll-time favourite movie: Major LeagueLast movie she loved: New MoonLast movie she hated: TransformersTattooed? Yes . . . oneNever leaves home with-out: CellphoneCompeted in: 2006 Olym-pics, 93, 04, 08 Scotties, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09 Canada Cup, 96, 03, 04 Mixed, 06 Continental Cup

Third: Amy Nixon

Nickname: Li’l Hate or WeeHome: CalgaryBegan curling at age: 10Delivery: RightOccupation/title: LawyerEmployer: City Of Calgary, Prosecutions, Law DepartmentDate of birth: Sept. 29, 1977Place of birth: SaskatoonMarital status: MarriedSpouse/Partner: Mike WestlundChildren: NoneFirst vehicle: Chevy S-15 Truck with AM radioCurrent vehicle: Honda Civic SLFavourite food: Pretty

much anything but mush-roomsFavourite drink: Steeped tea or Keith’s beerCelebrity dream man: NoneMost annoying celebrity: No time to worry about celebrities!All-time favourite movie: The Color Purple, Shaw-shank RedemptionLast movie she loved: My Sister’s Keeper and 21Last movie she hated: 27 DressesTattooed? One, right ankleNever leaves home with-out: Her pillow and her teamCompeted in: 2006 Olympics, 04, 08 Scot-ties, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09 Canada Cup, 03 Mixed, 06 Conti-nental Cup

Second: Bronwen Webster

Nickname: B-WebHome: CalgaryBegan curling at age: 15Delivery: RightOccupation/title: RecruiterEmployer: CMA AlbertaDate of birth: Aug. 2, 1978Place of birth: CalgaryMarital status: MarriedSpouse/Partner: Kevin WebsterChildren: NoneFirst-ever vehicle: VW

Jetta

Current vehicle: Honda CivicFavourite food: SushiFavourite drink: TurboCelebrity dream man: Mat-thew McConaugheyMost annoying celebrity: Britney SpearsAll-time favourite movie: Shawshank RedemptionLast movie she loved: Seven PoundsTattooed? NoneNever leaves home with-out: Lip balmCompeted in: 2008 Scot-ties, runner-up. 07, 08, 09 Canada Cup, Champions in 2009. 6 Continental Cup, 1998 Canadian Junior, 2005 Kurizawa International Champions (Third for Web-ster). 2001 Olympic Trials (Second for Fowlie)

Lead: Chelsey

BellHome: CalgaryBegan curling at age: Eight

Delivery: Right

Occupation/title: Dietitian,

diabetes educatorEmployer: Alberta Health ServicesDate of birth: Sept. 1, 1982Place of birth: ReginaMarital status: SingleSpouse/Partner: NoneChildren: NoneFirst-ever vehicle: SaturnCurrent vehicle: 09 Rav-4 Favourite food: CerealFavourite drink: BeerCelebrity dream man: David BeckhamMost annoying celebrity: Perez HiltonAll-time favourite movie: NoneTattooed? NopeNever leaves home with-out: ChapstickCompeted in: 2005, 08 Scotties, 07, 08, 09

Canada Cup, 06 Continental Cup,

01, 03 Cana-dian Junior, 03 World Junior

Fifth: Heather Nedohin

Home: Sherwood Park, Alta.Began curling at age: SixDelivery: RightOccupation/title: MotherEmployer: Nedohin EstatesDate of birth: July 15, 1975Place of birth: Fort St. John, B.C.Marital status: MarriedSpouse/Partner: David NedohinChildren: Halle 7, Alyssa 3First vehicle: Pontiac Sun-fireCurrent vehicle: Nissan PathfinderFavourite food: Anything made by Grandma NedohinFavourite drink: High Impact Acai Booster JuiceCelebrity dream man: Randy FerbeyMost annoying celebrity: Randy FerbeyAll-time favourite movie: Sweet Home AlabamaLast movie she loved: Ugly TruthLast movie she hated: Can’t remember. So bad we only watched the first five minutesTattooed? Temporary tat-tooes with the kids only. Never leaves home with-out: CellphoneCompeted in: 1996 Cana-dian Junior, 96 World Junior, 97, 98, 99, 00 Scotties, 98 World Womens, 03, 07, 08 Canada Cup, 07 Mixed Canadians

Coach: Ron Meyers

Home: SaskatoonOccupation/title: Coach, instructorEmployer: SelfDate of birth: May 5, 1943Place of birth: Victoria, B.C.Coached: Sherry Anderson team at two Olympic trials and Scotties, Pat Simmons team at the Brier, Doug Harcourt team at the Brier, Ireland at two Euro cham-pionships, provincial and national CCA coach

Team Kleibrink:GETTING TO KNOW YOU

Li’l Hate, B-Web, pizza, Keith’s ale, AM radio, and that Ferbey love-hate thing

Shannon Kleibrink

Amy Nixon

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DREAMMeanwhile, Howard

doesn’t expect a late-game controversy concerning Martin team sweeping in their round-robin finale Thursday night will have any adverse effect on his team’s performance.

“We’re not bothered,” Howard said. “We just hope that Team Martin plays by the rules as far as the sweep-ing goes and just sweep properly. That’s all we’re asking. We’re just pointing out the fact that they aren’t really sweeping the way the rule states. So that’s what we’d like them to do and if they do that, then great.”

Howard’s vice-skip Rich-ard Hart suggested Martin

lead Ben Hebert was lifting his broom in front of a Martin draw in the ninth end Thursday.

“I’m not calling those guys cheaters,” Hart said Friday. “I brought it to their attention. Maybe I’m the one at fault here. Maybe I should have gone to the officials. I thought I saw an infraction. But no way am I calling them cheaters, they’re a great team and everybody knows that.”

Howard admitted he wants another crack at the Mar-

tin juggernaut that sat out Friday awaiting today’s 1 p.m. semi-final winner for a climactic opponent Sunday at 1 p.m.

“I want to get to Vancou-ver,” said Howard. “I don’t know how much time I have left. I don’t know how much time my legs have left. So, yes, I want another crack at Kevin. Nothing personal. He’s one of the best players and everything you want to do you seems to have to go through Kevin. But we have Jeff first and that’s our No. 1 priority now.”

Howard beat Stoughton in the Trials opener when the Winnipegger gassed his last draw. But Stoughton defeated Howard in the Brier semi last year at Calgary after How-ard lost two mentally taxing battles with Martin.

“We just didn’t plan the next day very well,” recalled Howard. “I didn’t feel my-self. I don’t know how the other guys felt. This time we’re going to be ready. And that won’t be an excuse if we lose.”

Stoughton’s recollection of that Brier confrontation?

“They didn’t come out as sharp as they had been and they made a couple of dumb calls in the second end when they gave us four and we took full advantage of it,” he said. “But it was still a last-rock game.”

Stoughton said he’d settle for another last-rock draw shot in the semi: “Hopefully we have another shot like that. I’d love the opportu-nity to draw the four-foot to get to the final. I’d hope to make it this time.”

Stoughton lost to Howard in Sunday’s Trials opener.

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’Hat ready to host 2010 Canada Cup

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The Canada Cup of Curling will resume in December, 2010,

with the Medicine Hat Are-na the host building. Staged last March at Yorkton, the event will be played from Nov. 30 to Dec. 5, 2010.

The Canadian Curling Association competition, which brings together 10 of the best men’s and 10 of the best women’s teams in the country, will be contested as the first event in the CCA’s Season of Champions for the first time..

“The City of Medicine Hat continues to be a great loca-tion to hold significant curling events in Canada,” says CCA CEO Greg Stremlaw

of Ottawa. “After the recent successes of the Continental Cup there, we were enthused to learn that the city had a keen interest in hosting the nation’s top curling athletes in the 2010 Canada Cup. “

Medicine Hat was the site for the most successful-ever renewal of the Continental Cup in 2004, when a record 42,317 fans attended the unique four-day interna-tional competition, pat-terned somewhat after golf’s Ryder Cup. The city also staged the 2007 renewal of the Continental Cup at the Arena and drew the second-highest attendance, 26,810. Team North America prevailed over Team Europe both times.

Host committee chair-man Des Grant returns for

his third event, having chaired both Continental Cup renew-als.

“We contin-ue to attract the creme de la creme of Canadian curling to our city,” says Grant. “This promises to be a tremen-dous event. It has been said by vari-

ous people that to get out of Alberta sometimes is as tough as winning a Brier. Now, we’ll likely have not only all of the best men’s and women’s teams in Alberta participating in this Canada Cup, but all of the best teams in Canada.”

Since its inception in 2003, the Canada Cup has been won by some of the country’s most successful curling teams. Edmonton’s Kevin Martin (2005, 2006, 2009) and Randy Ferbey (2003, 2004, 2007) are both three-time men’s winners.

On the women’s side, skip Shannon Kleibrink of Calgary is the only two-time winner (2005, 2009).

The first six Canada Cups were played in Kamloops before the event moved to Saskatchewan for the 2009 edition.

Winners of this week’s Roar of the Rings, the 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Sault Ste. Marie, 2010 Tim Hortons Brier in Halifax and 2010 Players’ Championship in Dawson Creek will earn invitations to the 2010 Canada Cup.

The last three Canada Cups were used as qualify-ing events for the Canadian Olympic trials and it is an-ticipated that the 2010 affair will offer similar qualifying status leading to the 2013 Trials.

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Morning Roar staff

Curling’s Continental Cup is back.

Despite numerous predictions of doom and gloom for the Ryder Cup-type competition on the ice lanes, Continental Cup VII will be held at the Servus Credit Union Place in St. Albert, Jan. 13 to 16, 2011.

The event will be the first sponsored by the World Financial Group and will continue to be presented by Monsanto. In addition,

WFG has contracted to sponsor the competition in 2012 and 2013.

The unique interna-tional curling competition, a favourite among curlers, features teams from North America vs. The World. The competition began at Regina in 2002. Over the first six editions Team North America and Team World each have recorded three wins.

Several months ago, it was announced that the CCA and the WCF had committed to a long-term continuation of the Continental Cup and that the

World Financial Group would become the title sponsor.

The Cup format brings to-gether six teams (three men’s and three women’s) for both Team World and Team North America in various com-petitions during a four-day event — regular team games, mixed doubles, singles, mixed skins and skins games. Each segment awards points for wins (or ties), with the first side to reach 200 points declared the winner.

“The World Curling Fed-eration, along with our part-ner the Canadian Curling

Association, is pleased to be returning to the province of Alberta for the 2011 World Financial Group Continental Cup,” says WCF president Les Harrison of Moncton.

“Due to tremendous govern-ment and sponsor support, as well as a strong fan base for curling, St. Albert will be an excellent host in a great facility for the most elite teams in the world to showcase our sport in a variety of disciplines.”

The event has been shifted to a new time slot — mid-January — as opposed to November or December.

Showdown looms in St. AlbertRESULTS AND STATS

Playoff ScheduleMenToday

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

Sunday1 p.m. — Final: Kevin Martin (6-1) vs. semifinal winner

WomenToday

6 p.m. — Final: Cheryl Bernard (6-1) vs. Shannon Kleibrink (5-2)

Friday’s ResultsWomen’s Semifinal

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TKleibrink* 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 5 x x 10McCarville 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 x x 5%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamKleibrink 89 86 80 77 83McCarville 88 81 77 67 78

Women’s Tiebreaker No. 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 TMcCarville 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 7Holland* 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 6%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamMcCarville 89 81 89 86 86Holland 86 77 88 86 84

Women’s Tiebreaker No. 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TMcCarville 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 7Lawton* 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamMcCarville 87 90 78 79 83Lawton 85 79 71 72 77

* —started game with the hammer

Friday was a

busy day for Tara George and the

McCarville rink, with

three playoff games.

“I’m not afraid to say that. It’s what’s keeping me going. Obviously it is going to be just as difficult as this (Olympic Trials). But I’d love to have that chance to get back there and get one more go . . . that would be something.

“Don’t forget, it was only five years ago when I’d nev-er been to a Brier. The last Trials we played in (2005), I still hadn’t been to a Brier. It was after that event in Halifax that we won our first provincials. That was keeping me going, shoot-ing for the Brier, and now we’ve been to four straight and I mean I still love that event, there’s nothing like it in the world, but I achieved that goal.

“It was quite an accom-plishment, that Olympic sil-ver medal we have, but I’d love to get another chance at that gold. Boy, that would be something. It’s No. 1 right now.

“Hey, the world champi-onship in this building is something I’ll never forget, too. But I’m sure the gold medal in Vancouver, if we ever had a chance to win that, it would be at the top of the mantle.”

Hart nevertheless figures he’s been endowed with a rabbit’s foot over the last dozen years.

“I feel really lucky to be where I am right now be-cause if this (Trials) doesn’t work out I won’t have any regrets. I mean, I’ve been to the Olympics, I had my shot, I won the world cham-pionship here, which was

unbelievable, too. Back on home soil and this crowd in this place. What an amaz-ing experience to be in a building where there were 12,000 to 15,000 people all cheering for you! Not many curlers get that!

“Winning a Brier isn’t the same because the crowd is always split. But we had every single person in this building cheering for us. We talk about that all the time — the experience here in Edmonton.

“It could be somewhat similar in Vancouver. Big-ger stage, maybe, but in a smaller building. Maybe 4-to-5,000.”

Hart recalls one other

obvious past coup.“If we hadn’t hooked up

with Glenn (Howard) back in 2000 — this is my 10th season with him — there’s no way I would be here trying for this. I’m really, really lucky. I mean, there are lots of great curlers out there but to play with two really special curlers like Glenn Howard and Mike Harris, now that’s good fortune.

“I don’t know how well a lot of people out here know Mike but when he was at the top of his game he was one of those top three (in On-tario) skips. There are guys who have skipped all their lives who are never good enough, and I was lucky to be with Mike — when he was the best, nobody could beat him.

“And now it’s the same with Glenn. Same situation. As I say, there are tons and tons of great curlers who are equal to me but not many who are as special as Glenn and Mike.

“The difference here is there isn’t that Mike Harris team or that Gushue team that is perceived to be weaker. Now there are only three top-level teams left. Nobody’s an underdog. The team that gives the best per-formances is going to win.”

A decade or so ago, if you’d told Hart how hard he’d have to work to main-tain success at this level of curling, he might have scoffed. Maybe even retired.

“I never thought I’d have to work as hard as I have,” he admits, but, let me tell you, there’s nothing more satisfying than working hard for something and achiev-ing it.

“I don’t want to take away from what we did in ’97, but it was an amazing thing because it just happened. But to work hard, and wait and wait and wait. Like my first Brier trip, it made it so much sweeter.

“Knowing the effort our team has put in, if we could somehow do it, well, wow! That would just be off the charts. The feeling the four of us would have. I mean, the sheer number of events in which we’ve played, the hours of practice, the time away from work and fami-lies. And it takes so much more than just us.

“I mean, I’m part of a company back home and those people are cover-ing for me, and people are covering for me being away from my family. You need all these people.

“I don’t think it’s gener-ally known how much top-level curlers need have to lean on the world. We’re not professional, right? We’ve got so much other stuff go-ing on.

“In this game, without an understanding employer and an understanding wife or partner, you are retired.”

From Page 5

WOOD: ‘It’s what’s keeping me going’

Richard Hart hadn’t been to a Brier until 2006, but has now played in four straight.

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1. Jay Peachey, Pat Ryan, Shawn Adams, Mark Dacey.2. Jan Betker, Colleen Jones, Jo-Ann Rizzo.3. Steve Laycock, Kevin Mar-tin, Jon Mead.4. Chelsey Bell, Sasha Carter, Amber Holland, Jennifer Jones, Jill Officer, Cathy Over-

ton-Clapham, Kelly Scott.5. Randy Ferbey.6. Glenn Howard, Dave Nedohin, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque.7. Kevin Martin.8. Cathy Overton-Clapham.9. Jennifer Jones, Jill Officer. 10. There are seven men’s

players who have yet to com-pete at the national men’s championship.11. There are eight women’s players who have yet to com-pete at the national women’s championship.12. Ed Lukowich and Linda Moore.

(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. Four players who skipped men’s teams at the 2005 Canadian Olympic trials in Halifax are missing from the current lineup of contenders. Can you name the four skips?2. Three of the 2005 women’s skips are missing from the current lineup of contenders. Name the three skips.3. Aside from previous double winners, name three former

Canadian junior men’s champi-ons vying for places at the Olym-pic Games during these trials.4. Aside from previous double winners, there are seven for-mer Canadian junior women’s champions competing at these trials. Can you name all seven players.5. Only one player in these tri-als has won four world cham-pionships. Name that player.6. Four of the current men competing also have won three world titles. Name them.7. Only one other player in the field has won four Briers. Name him.

8. Only one other player in the field has won four Scotties titles. Name her.9. Name two other players in the trials field who have won three Canadian men’s or women’s championships.10. How many players in the men’s trials field of 32 never have played in the Brier?11. How many players in the women’s pre-trials and trials fields of 64 never have played in the Scotties?12 Name the skips of winners of the men’s and women’s Olympic berths from the first Olympic trials held in 1987?

Trivia time

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Rules and Schedule

The Northern Alberta Curling Championship Society, operating as the 2009 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings proposes to hold 50/50 Raf� es at the 2009 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings held at Rexall place in Edmonton, December 6 – December 13, 2009.

A designated Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings committee director will be responsible to conduct the 50/50 Raf� e draws and to administer all the activities but will not share in any of the pro� ts. This 50/50 Director is Ken Duggan.

The ticket selling volunteer sales staff will be provided by Non-for-pro� t Curling Clubs that belong to the Northern Alberta Curling Association (NACA). See Schedule I for a list of the NACA Clubs. The pooled pro� ts will be divided equally among the eligible NACA Curling Clubs who participate in the sale of the 50/50 tickets.

50/50 Sales for each draw at Rexall Place:

• Sales for the 50/50 raffl e 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 raffl e 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 � nal and � nal 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 � nal draw on Sunday, December 13, 2009, whichever comes � rst. 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 fi rst 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 fi nal 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 fi nal curling draw on Sunday, December 13, the NACCS will apply to Alberta Gaming for the winning raf� e amount for that draw to be provided to the designated charities that the pro� ts will be distributed to; that is the participating curling clubs.

General Rules

• 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, • Profi ts 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 raf� e. • 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 Raffl e 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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2001 OLYMPIC TRIALS

Martin, Law sailed on to Salt Lake CityLarry WoodMorning Roar Editor

Kevin Martin of Edmonton and Kelley Law of New West-

minster, B.C., emerged trium-phant from the 2001 Cana-dian Olympic trials played at Regina’s Brandt Centre (nee Agridome).

Martin, who’d represented Canada at the 1992 Winter Olympics at Pralognan, France, directed Don Wal-chuk, Carter Rycroft and Don Bartlett to six straight wins after splitting his first four round-robin assignments.

Conquerors of eventual Olympians were Bert Gretz-inger of Kelowna (9-4 in Round 2) and Jeff Stoughton of Winnipeg (8-3 in Round 4).

Thereafter, Martin peeled off five round-robin wins and advanced directly to the final

with a 7-2 record.Kerry Burtnyk of Winnipeg

and Gretzinger finished at 6-3 and Burtnyk won the semi-final argument 8-6.

In the final, Burtnyk led 3-2 after five but Martin took control with three in the sixth end and parlayed the lead into an 8-7, last-rock decision.

Stoughton finished with a 5-4 record, along with Russ Howard of Moncton, Randy Ferbey of Edmonton and John Morris of Kitchener, Ont.

Sharing 2-7 logs were Wayne Middaugh of Toronto, Kevin Park of Edmonton and Greg McAulay of Richmond, BC.

On the women’s side of the ledger, Law and her team of Julie Skinner, Georgina Wheatcroft and Diane Nelson (Dezura) led the round-robin field with a 7-2 record. She was beaten by Sherry Ander-son of Saskatoon (6-5 in

Round 4) and Amber Holland of Regina (9-7 in Round 6). Anderson and Colleen Jones of Halifax finished at 6-3, squared off in the semi-final and Anderson prevailed 9-5.

Law trailed the final 2-1 after four ends, then Anderson went cold and yielded a deuce, single and deuce over the next three ends. Law wound up on top by a 7-3 count.

Sharing 5-4 records were Sherry Middaugh of Cold-water and Michelle Englot (Ridgway) of Regina. Cathy King of Edmonton, Heather Rankin (Fowlie) of Calgary and Holland were 4-5, while Marie-France Larouche of St-Romuald, Que., and Sherry Fraser of Richmond, B.C.,

finished 2-7.At the Salt Lake City

Olympics, staged in nearby Ogden, Canada’s Martin set-tled for a silver medal while Law won bronze.

Both Canadian teams domi-nated their respective round-robin segments with 8-and-1 records.

Martin won four in a row, dropped a 6-5 decision to Peja Lindholm of Sweden, then won four more. Law swept the table under the final round during which she was nicked 7-6 by Luzia Ednother of Switzerland.

Playoff games unseated the Canucks.

Martin avenged his earlier loss to Lindholm in the semi-final, 6-4.

But, in the final, after con-trolling the match for nine ends, the Edmonton skip was inches off on a last-rock out-turn to the button, rubbed slightly on the counter

Pal Trulsen of Norway had deposited with the other turn, and left Norway with a 6-5 gold-medal victory.

Trulsen also stole the semi-final, with thievery on the 10th and extra ends in a 7-6 win over Andy Schwaller of Switzerland.

Schwaller beat Lindholm 7-3 in the battle for bronze.

Trulsen finished the round robin with a 7-2 record, Schwaller and Lindholm were 6-3, Markku Uusipaavalniemi of Finland was 5-4, Sebastian Stock of Germany was 4-5, Tim Somerville of the U.S., Hammy McMillan of Great Britain and Ulrik Schmidt of Denmark were 3-6 and Dom Dupont-Roc of France was 0-9.

Great Britain’s Rhona Mar-tin of Scotland proved the upsetter in the women’s race.

Her team finished the round robin at 5-4, tied with Natalie Nessler of Germany

and Elisabet Gustafson of Sweden, three games behind Canada.

But, in playoffs, Martin ousted Gustafson 6-4, then Nessler 7-5, the Canada 6-5 in the semi-final by stealing control of the game with a third-end deuce.

In the gold-silver skirmish, Martin posted a deuce in the fifth and stole a single in the seventh that proved the dif-ference in a 7-4 win over the Swiss.

Ebnother was 7-2 in the preliminary while Kari Erickson of the U.S. was 6-3. Ebnother dropped Erickson 9-4 in the semi-final and the Law team won the bronze with a 9-5 win over the Yanks.

Boasting sub-.500 records were Dordi Nordby of Nor-way (4-5), Akiko Katoh of Japan (2-7), Lene Bidstrup of Denmark (2-7) and Olga Jarkova of Russia (1-8).

KelleyLaw