HeartChart Daily Paper – Day 9

Numéro 9 – Le dimanche 9 février 2014 • Une publication officielle de l’Association canadienne de curling • Issue 9 – Sunday, February 9, 2014 • An Official Publication of the Canadian Curling Association.
Sweet Saturday
Alberta’s Val Sweeting got the job done in an extra end against Manitoba Saturday. Alberta takes on Team Canada Sunday for Scotties title.
Écho des Coeurs
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Relegation reality hits the Scotties
JIM MORRIS
Heart Chart staff
Convincing curlers to accept change can
be a little bit like teaching cats to swim. It
involves plenty of scratching and hissing.
The Canadian Curling Association’s strategy to revamp the Scotties Tournament of
Hearts has caused some growling. The fur
has been flying over plans to add Northern
Ontario and introduce a four-team play-in
format. The team that finishes last at a Scotties would be one of the rinks relegated to
the next year’s play-in tournament.
Some people argue provinces like Manitoba or Alberta deserve a second team more
than Ontario. Others fear introducing a relegation system could hinder curling’s growth.
“I don’t like it,” said Kim Dolan, a 10-time
provincial champion from Prince Edward
Island. “I believe we could have a little bit of
trouble.”
Quebec skip Allison Ross was blunt in her
disapproval.
“I think it’s a horrible system,” she said.
Warren Hansen, the CCA’s director of
event operations, sees the new format as an
evolution of the sport. He says the changes,
which include adding Team Canada to the
Tim Hortons Brier, brings consistency to all
the association’s national championships.
“All our events will now look the same
way,” said Hansen.
The Scotties makeover begins at next
year’s competition in Moose Jaw, Sask.
Prior to the tournament, teams from
Northern Ontario, Nunavut and the North-
west Territories will compete in a playoff.
Joining them will be the team that has the
fewest overall wins from the 2012, 2013 and
2014 Scotties. Judging by the current standings that team will be the Yukon.
Team Canada, as the defending Scotties champion, and Saskatchewan, as the
host province in 2015, are exempt from the
play-in tournament. The tournament, most
likely a round-robin held in the same arena
as the main event, will be held on the Thursday before the Scotties begin.
Looking forward to 2016, the team with
the worst record in 2015 is relegated to the
play-in tournament. It will face the three
teams that didn’t advance to the 2015 Scotties.
The number of teams competing for the
Canadian women’s championship will
remain at 12.
“You can’t increase it,” said Hansen.
Ross isn’t alone when she questions why
Northern Ontario should have two teams.
“I don’t think there needs to be a Northern Ontario team,” she said. “I think if we are
going to give another spot to another province there are provinces like Manitoba and
Alberta.
“I understand the geography of it, but if
you go by per-capita curlers, I don’t think it
makes sense.”
Hansen said history and consistency
favour Northern Ontario.
“This (the Scotties) is the only event we
run that doesn’t have Northern Ontario,” he
said. “Northern Ontario has been part of the
system . . . since 1927. Politically that isn’t
going to change.”
Sarah Koltun, the 20-year-old from Whitehorse who skipped the Yukon team at this
year’s Scotties, is afraid the play-in tournament will discourage some northern teams
from even trying to qualify.
“They come down and have to leave right
away,” she said. “It doesn’t really promote
the sport in places like the Yukon. If you
know you are just going to get relegated you
really don’t feel the motivation to keep training.”
Hansen said the World Curling Federation has used a relegation format for years at
the European Championships. The message
is get good enough and you avoid dropping
out of the main tournament.
“They (the WCF) have people coming
up and going down all the time,” he said.
“Everybody can’t play in the A-round playoff. There are too many teams.
“That’s sport. There are no guarantees in
sport.”
Curling purists recoil at the idea one of
the traditional provinces might be excluded
from a Brier.
“They had the opportunity to enter it
through the qualification round,” countered
Hansen.
There’s also the argument that this year’s
team might have to clean up last year’s mess.
Alberta’s Kristie Moore had a 1-10 record
at last year’s Scotties in Kingston, Ont. If
the new format was in place this year, Val
Sweeting would have been forced to win the
play-in tournament just to advance to the
Scotties.
Hansen said the qualification round is an
extension of the playoffs.
“That is simply the first round,” he said.
“The round robin is the second round. The
third playoff is the final four teams.”
Heather Strong, the Newfoundland and
Labrador skip, said avoiding relegation will
keep the Scotties more competitive at both
ends of the standings.
“That makes every game worth something even if you are mathematically eliminated from the playoffs,” she said. “From
that standpoint it would be exciting.”
Manitoba skip Chelsea Carey said the
CAA is trying to make the Scotties open to all
parts of Canada without expanding the tournament’s size.
“You can’t have this be a 17-team event,”
she said. “That just gets ridiculous.
“They (the play-in teams) get a chance to
come. I don’t love it, but I get it.”
She also understands why Team Canada is
part of the tournament.
“As a curler I don’t like that much,” she
said. “I think it would be better if it were just
the provinces, but from a business standpoint it’s good.
“For the organizing committee it gives you
a face to market. At the end of the day the
business side is pretty important because we
want to grow the sport.”
The CCA’s new format might not be perfect. No one is saying it can’t be tweaked in
the future.
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Qu’en restera-t-il ?
lus de 40 000 personnes auront
assisté, au cours de la dernière
semaine, à une séance ou plus du
Tournoi des Cœurs Scotties. Pour l’organisation, on peut parler d’un bon résultat. Il
n’est pas toujours évident de présenter une
compétition nationale dans un grand centre.
La dernière fois que le tournoi fut présenté
dans une grande ville canadienne, c’était en
1995 à Calgary. Près de 52 000 personnes
avaient franchi les gradins et soyons honnêtes, la culture du curling est sûrement plus
développée en Alberta qu’au Québec. Le
choix de cette semaine peut être aussi questionnable. Superbowl, cérémonies d’ouverture des Jeux Olympiques de Sotchi, le Canadien et la présence d’Eugénie Bouchard au
Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard en ‘’Fed
Cup’’, etc.. Et ce n’est que les évènements
sportifs !!!
Tout au long de la semaine, nous avons
entendu parlé du manque de publicité
entourant la présentation du tournoi à Montréal. Mais qu’en est-il vraiment ? Si vous
n’êtes pas un joueur de curling, il est fort
possible que vous en avez entendu parlé que
cette semaine que ce soit à la télé ou dans
les journaux. Mais la critique reste facile. À
qui la faute ? Il est peu important de savoir
qui est responsable. À la lueur des commentaires entendus de la part des amateurs
présents, nous avons eu droit à un très bon
tournoi.
Maintenant souhaitons que la visibilité
que le tournoi a pu donner au sport durant
les huit derniers jours, aura des répercussions dans les clubs et aussi dans les écoles.
La moyenne d’âge des curleurs reste assez
élévé, on parle de 40 ans et plus, il faut que
l’Association canadienne de curling et Curl-
ing-Québec mettent en place des outils de
promotion et de publicité pour mieux faire
connaître le sport. Le curling profite déjà
d’une visibilité qui rendrait jaloux plusieurs
sports grâce à la télé, il faut maintenant
développé des occasions pour augmenter la
participation.
Les mondiaux ? Le Brier ?
Le tournoi tirant à sa fin, l’heure des
bilans arrive. Le comité organisateur avec
à sa tête Kevin Alladin, Cathy Hugues et
Francine Poisson pourront enfin relaxer et
se dire mission accomplie. Ils ont su faire
la preuve que les grandes compétitions de
curling peuvent être viable dans une grande
ville comme Montréal. On ne le répètera
pas assez mais sans l’apport des commanditaires, des gens associés au curling et des
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‘’Nous sommes prêts à recevoir les championnats mondiaux n’importe quand et après
on prendra le Brier’’ avons-nous pu entendre.
Souhaitons juste au comité organisateur
et au monde du curling que cela ne prendra
pas encore 34 ans…..
Sweeting jumps at chance to excel
JIM MORRIS
Heart Chart
It’s the kind of shot kids dream about
making when they first start playing the
game. Success or failure can define a skip’s
career.
Given the chance Val Sweeting made no
mistake Saturday. The young skip made
a perfect draw to the button in the extra
end for a 6-5 win over Manitoba’s Chelsea
Carey. The win sent Team Alberta to the
final of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
A crowd of over 2,600 fell silent at the
Maurice Richard Arena when Sweeting
delivered her shot. As it got close to the
house Joanne Courtney and Rachelle Pidherny, considered the two best sweepers
in the women’s game, leaned into their
brooms. Courtney pumped her arms in triumph the moment the rock stopped.
As big shots go in her career, Sweeting
said that one “was right up there.”
“We’ve practised that a lot at home,”
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said the 26-year-old who is playing in her
second Scotties. “When you have the best
sweepers out there you are pretty confident
making it.”
Sweeting now faces defending champion
Rachel Homan in this evening’s final.
Carey will play Saskatchewan’s Stefanie
Lawton for the bronze medal in the afternoon.
The loss was a bitter pill for Carey to
swallow.
“It’s terrible. It sucks,” she said.
“We missed a few too many shots, it’s as
simple as that. It was a close game. We paid
for our misses more than we made them pay
for there’s.”
There were a few anxious moments for
Courtney. Her flash on an attempted takeout of a Manitoba guard allowed Carey to
put the potential winning rock in the house.
Sweeting made the miss a memory.
“It’s a good thing we won that game,”
Courtney said.
Alberta will have little room for error in
the final.
“You can’t afford to miss too many against
them,” said Courtney, a 24-year-old nurse.
“They have scored a lot of big ends this week.
“You have to be really careful when they
have the hammer. You think you put your
rock in the perfect spot and they make a triple.”
The semifinal was like a chess match with
both skips being very methodical and analytical.
Sweeting came close to making a costly
error in the ninth end with the score tied 4-4.
She decided to roll the dice by passing up
a draw for one point and instead attempted
a takeout, hoping for two. She made the hit
but rolled too far. That gave Alberta a 5-4
lead but turned the hammer over to Manitoba.
In the 10th end Carey’s first draw pulled
up well short of the house. She made no mistake on her second attempt. Facing three
Alberta stones Carey found the four-foot ring
and forced the extra end.
Coming close was little consolation for
Carey, who has lost two Manitoba provincial
finals.
“We fought the inch a little bit,” she said.
“We were really close a lot of shots we didn’t
quite make. That’s how it goes.”
Carey’s rink of third Kristy McDonald,
second Kristen Foster and lead Lindsay
Titheridge finished second in the round
robin with a 8-2 record. They lost 5-4 to
Homan in Friday night’s one-two playoff
game.
Foster played the game battling the flu.
“She fought through some difficult stuff,”
said Carey. “She swept her butt off considering how sick she felt. She was a warrior.”
Sweeting ’s team of Dana Ferguson,
Courtney and Pidherny advanced to the
semifinal with a 8-7 win over Lawton in
Saturday afternoon’s 3-4 game. Alberta
was third in the robin with a 8-3 record.
Sweeting scored the game’s first deuce
in the sixth end with a takeout for a 3-2
lead. Carey made a mistake in the seventh
when she was heavy with a draw, allowing
Alberta a steal that increased their lead to
4-2.
Alberta left the door open for Manitoba in the eighth end when Sweeting was
heavy with her last rock. Given the chance
Carey drew for two, tying the match 4-4.
After blanking the first end Carey drew
the four-foot for a point in the second.
Sweeting faced three Manitoba rocks in
the third but slid her rock to the button to
tie the game 1-1. Carey made it 2-1 in the
fourth with a takeout.
Alberta looked to be building something
in the fifth until Sweeting put her rocks too
close together in the house. Carey threw a
double takeout, forcing Sweeting to blank
the end.
“There was a couple of scary moments
out there,” Sweeting said. “There are a couple of shots I would like back.”
Beating Homan in the final won’t be
easy.
The 24-year-old Ottawa skip has a 24-1
record at the Scotties over the last two
years and heads into the championship
game having won all 12 games she’s played
this year. She also has not been forced to
throw her final rock.
Homan defeated Winnipeg’s Jennifer
Jones to win last year’s Scotties. She went
on to earn a bronze medal at the world
championships in Riga, Latvia.
The last team to win the Scotties with an
undefeated record was Linda Moore’s B.C.
rink in 1985. The last repeat Scotties champion was Jones, who won in 2008, 2009 and
2010.
Sweeting’s team understand the challenge ahead, but also were thrilled with
what they had done.
“To be one game away from a dream
come true, that feels really good,” said
Sweeting.
The Scotties champion goes on to represent Canada at the Ford World Women’s
Curling Championship in Saint John, N.B.,
and March 15 to 23.
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Parfum de femme…..
ERIC D’ARGENZIO
Pour Écho Des Coeurs
mais cela arrive plus souvent lors
des grandes compétitions provinciales ou nationales.’’ Est-ce que
les membres du club Glenmore
sont tentés d’aller te demander
des trucs ? ‘’ Notre club a plusieurs équipes sur la scène provinciale et nationale donc les gens ne
viennent pas nécessairement me
voir, mais il n’est pas rare que tous
ensembles nous partagions nos
trucs et nos façons de faire.’’
Allison Ross
Allison Ross aurait préféré un
meilleur scénario avec la présence
du Tournoi des Cœurs S cotties dans son patelin mais malheureusement un lent départ l’a
empêchée de se rendre loin dans
la compétition. Elle et son équipe
auront terminé le tournoi en 11e
position avec une fiche de 2-9.
Pour Allison, c’était une quatrième présence aux Scotties. En
1999, elle fait ses débuts avec
la formation de Kim Gellard de
l’Ontario. Ross agissait à titre de
première de l’équipe. L’Ontario
termine la compétition avec une
fiche de 4-7. En 2005, elle joindra
les rangs de l’équipe de Brenda
Nicholls du Québec et agira à titre
de troisième. L’an dernier à Kingston, elle représentait pour la
première fois le Québec à titre de
capitaine.
Portrait de la femme
Âgée de 37 ans, Allison pratique
le curling depuis maintenant 27
ans. On la retrouve sur les glaces
du club de Glenmore dans l’ouest
de Montréal. En dehors du curling, elle pratique la course à pied
et la bicyclette. Ces sports lui permettent de garder la forme et sont
un bon complément pour un sport
exigeant comme le curling. ‘’ La
compétition et les équipes sont
Le futur d’Allison et du
curling ?
plus fortes maintenant au curling,
il faut mettre toutes les chances
de notre côté. Et il faut que j’avoue
que j’avance en âge malheureusement même si je me sens encore
très jeune. Cette année, je pense
être en meilleure forme physique
que lors de ma première présence
aux Scotties en 1995.’’ dit-elle. ‘’J’ai
l’impression d’avoir les jambes
plus fortes.’’
Allison est maman de deux
jeunes fillettes, Kate huit ans et
Carly six ans. Maintenant séparée
du père de ses enfants, le joueur
de curling Dale Ness qui a participé avec l’équipe du Québec de
Guy Hemming à trois Briers au
début des années 2000, elle avoue
qu’elles ne sont pas très curling
encore. ‘’De temps en temps, elles
vont lancer des pierres lorsqu’elles
m’accompagne ou avec leur père
mais je dirais qu’elles sont plus
ballet. ‘’ dit-elle. ‘’Peut-être que,
plus tard, elles s’intéresseront au
curling, mentionne t-elle avec
espoir mais pour l’instant, je les
laisse grandir. Elles savent que
maman et papa joue au curling,
elles nous regardent même à la
télé avec fierté.’’ Quand on l’écoute
parler de ses enfants, ses yeux s’illuminent.
Contrairement à plusieurs athlètes, Allison peut se promener allègrement sans trop se
faire déranger par les amateurs.
‘’J’habite dans une petite municipalité, c’est sûr que tout le monde
me connaît, mais quand je sors
avec mes amis, je passe incognito.
Le curling reste un sport méconnu
et j’imagine que c’est pour cela,
les amateurs vont me reconnaître
THE STATISTICAL STORY
2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
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2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
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Quand on lui demande quel est
le futur d’Allison Ross ? ‘’Il y a de
plus en plus de bonnes équipes
au Québec et je veux continuer de
participer aux championnats provinciaux pour pouvoir retourner
au Scotties. J’aimerais avoir la
chance de représenter le Canada
dans un championnat mondial. Je
sais que nous devrons améliorer
nos fiches lors du Scotties mais
je me vois encore pour plusieurs
années sur le circuit. J’espère que
la présence du tournoi à Montréal apportera un intérêt. Le curling au Québec est un petit monde
mais cette semaine avec la couverture médiatique et la réaction de
la foule, j’ai confiance que cela se
transportera dans nos clubs.’’
Souhaitons que les rêves d’Allison se réaliseront
STATISTICAL REPORT FOR DRAW 20
STATISTICAL REPORT FOR DRAW 19
Semi-Final
Page Playoff 3v4
SCORING AND PERCENTAGES SUMMARY FOR DRAW 20
SCORING AND PERCENTAGES SUMMARY FOR DRAW 19
C Alberta (Sweeting)
Sask (Lawton)
1
2
3
4
Alberta (Sweeting)
Rachel PIDHERNY
Dana FERGUSON
Joanne COURTNEY
Val SWEETING
Team Totals
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TOTAL
0 1 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0
8 08:36
*1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2
7 03:42
#SH
18
20
20
20
78
PTS
64
72
64
65
265
PCT
89
90
80
81
85
1
2
3
4
Sask (Lawton)
Marliese KASNER
Sherri SINGLER
Sherry ANDERSON
Stefanie LAWTON
Team Totals
DRAW 19: 2309
#SH
20
20
20
20
80
PTS
74
71
72
65
282
PCT
93
89
90
81
88
1
2
3
4
Manitoba (Carey)
Lindsay TITHERIDGE
Kristen FOSTER
Kristy McDONALD
Chelsea CAREY
Team Totals
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 TOTAL
*0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
5 01:37
0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1
6 02:08
#SH
22
22
22
22
88
PTS
76
74
68
75
293
PCT
86
84
77
85
83
1
2
3
4
Alberta (Sweeting)
Rachel PIDHERNY
Dana FERGUSON
Joanne COURTNEY
Val SWEETING
Team Totals
*last rock advantage
*last rock advantage
ATTENDANCE
C Manitoba (Carey)
Alberta (Sweeting)
TOTAL: 31302
ATTENDANCE
DRAW 20: 2639
TOTAL: 33941
#SH
22
22
22
22
88
PTS
81
73
74
78
306
PCT
92
83
84
89
87
Le dimanche 9 février 2014
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Alberta jube
Team Sweeting will take on Team Canada
(Homan) in Sunday’s final.
Quel que soit le sport,
on est derrière vous.
Le sport est bénéfique pour nous tous. La Banque Scotia est fière
d’appuyer le Tournoi des Cœurs Scotties 2014 et tous ceux qui
contribuent à sa réussite.
Bonne chance à tous les athlètes qui participent à cet événement!
MD
Marque déposée de La Banque de Nouvelle-Écosse,
Écho des Coeurs
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Scotties award winners announced
HEART CHART STAFF
After dominating on the ice all
week Team Canada placed three
players on the first-team all-stars for
the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
Skip Rachel Homan (90 %), second Alison Kreviazuk (90 %) and
third Emma Miskew (91 %) were
named to the first team. Rounding
out the team was Nova Scotia lead
Teri Lake (99 %).
Saskatchewan second Sherri Singler (88 %) and third Sherry Anderson (85 %) were named to the second team along with Manitoba skip
Chelsea Carey (85 %) and Ontario
lead Morgan Court (89 %).
The selections were made solely
on the player’s statistics during
round-robin play.
Anderson, who is making her
seventh Scotties appearance,
received the Marj Mitchell Sportsmanship Award. Selected by the
curlers, the award is named in honour of the late Saskatchewan skip
who won the first women’s world
title for Canada in 1980.
Long-time TSN announcer Linda
Moore was awarded the Joan Mead
Builder Award.
Team Canada (Homan) dominated
Saturday’s all-star announcements.
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Il n’y a qu’un mot pour décrire la valeur ajoutée de chaque billet...
Le champion
est maintenant couronné!
Félicitations à Mario Nerron qui a remporté 250$ au
Championnat Cool Shots. En deuxième position Kensy Jones
a encaissé 100$ et en troisième position Stephen Roussy est
reparti avec 75$.
FANS du jour
FANS of the DAY
The Champ
is crowned!
Congratulations to Mario Nerron who won the top prize of
$250 in the Cool Shots Championship. Runner-up Kensy
Jones earned $100 and Stephen Roussy picked up $75 for
third. Thanks to all the players who took part during the
week!
Votre guide sur les activités • Your Guide To What’s Goin’ On!!
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Un sincère remerciement
aux
bénévoles
Un merci tout spécial à nos ‘Fantastiques’
photographes Luc Charron, Martin Rosenbloom,
Michel St-Marseille et Clément Hudon.
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Tournoi des Cœurs Scotties 2014.
Special thanks to our “Fantastic” photographers Luc
Charron, Martin Rosenbloom, Michel St-Marseille
and Clément Hudon.
Volunteers!
Thanks to the hundreds of volunteers who
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to the 2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
Écho des Coeurs
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Meet The Teams: B.C. - Team Van Osch
Editor’s Note: The Heart Chart always likes to have a little
fun and ask the teams some questions so you can know the players just a little better. We thank them for their co-operation.
SKIP KESA VAN OSCH
Q. What are you most looking forward to in Montreal,
aside from the curling?
A. I have never been to Montreal, I have travelled a bit to
other places, so I’m looking forward to seeing the city and
meeting the people of Montreal. So pretty much everything.
Q. Which female player - who plays your position (alternates, use your usual position) do you most admire and
respect?
A. Sandra Schmirler because of the way that she played
and the drive that she had.
Q. Male player, your position?
A. I would have to say Glenn Howard because he looks
like he just loves to be here playing and the way that he holds
himself on the ice and the way that he acts with his team.
Q. If you could compete in Sochi in an event OTHER
THAN curling, what would that be?
A. I would love to compete in bobsledding, it just looks
like so much fun.
Q. Montreal is a “foodie” town, one of the best in the
world. What kind of cuisine or specific restaurant is on your
list for this journey?
A. I have been told by co-works that I have to try poutine,
so that’s what I’m looking forward too.
Q. Who has been the biggest influence on your career?
A. My Junior coach Jim Newlands, who continues to coach
my sisters this year. He made me from a junior curler into a
ladies curler.
Sandra Schmirler Foundation
Heart Chart
Size: 4.866" x 6.214" (Vertical)
printed on newsprint
Q. What is your favourite non-curling activity, charity,
community group, or endeavour that is important to you?
A. Watching and supporting my sisters in their curling and
going to school.
THIRD STEPHANIE BAIER
Q. What are you most looking forward to in Montreal,
aside from the curling?
A. Seeing old friends and making new ones!
Q. Which female player - who plays your position (alternates, use your usual position) do you most admire and
respect?
A. Akiko Katoh – 3rd from the 1998 Japanese Olympic
Team. My Mum coached her team at the Olympics.
Continued
The Foundation presented a
cheque for $25,000 to the
neonatal intensive care units
at both Saint-Justine and
Montreal Children’s Hospitals
– for a total of $50,000.
The Sandra Schmirler Foundation funds life-saving
equipment for premature and critically ill newborn
babies and has now given over $2.4 million to
34 hospitals in every province in Canada.
Please help us keep Sandra’s legacy alive.
Donate during our Telethon on
Sunday, February 2 in person,
on-line or by phone – broadcast
live on TSN.
Also, watch for curlers sweeping
the crowd for donations on
Saturday, February 8.
Sunday, February 9, 2014
She showed me throughout my childhood
what being a curler brings to your life, competitive spirit, lifelong friendships, positive
outlook, and sportsmanship.
Q. Male player, your position?
A. Mark Nichols (when he was third for
Gushue)
Q. If you could compete in Sochi in an
event OTHER THAN curling, what would
that be?
A. Speed Skating – Team Pursuit. I like the
outfits and I love being a part of a team!
Q. Montreal is a “foodie” town, one of
the best in the world. What kind of cuisine
or specific restaurant is on your list for this
journey?
A. POUTINE!!!!
Q. Who has been the biggest influence on
your career?
A. My Family.
Q. What is your favourite non-curling activity, charity, community group, or
endeavour that is important to you?
A. Travelling, Event Organizing, Sequins
and Glitter.
SECOND JESSIE SANDERSON
Q. What are you most looking forward to
in Montreal, aside from the curling?
A. Hearing everyone speak French, its like
your in a foreign country but not!
Q. Which female player - who plays your
position (alternates, use your usual position)
do you most admire and respect?
A. Jill Officer.
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Q. Male player, your position?
A. Mark Kennedy.
Q. If you could compete in Sochi in an
event OTHER THAN curling, what would
that be?
A. I would compete in the figure skating
just so I could wear all the pretty costumes!
Q. Montreal is a “foodie” town, one of
the best in the world. What kind of cuisine
or specific restaurant is on your list for this
journey?
A. Well obviously you need to eat poutine while you are in Montreal, but only after
competition is done!
Q. Who has been the biggest influence on
your career?
A. My parents, they will me to become a
better curler!
Q. What is your favourite non-curling activity, charity, community group, or
endeavour that is important to you?
A. Anything Hello Kitty, leopard print and
looking forward to the next issue of Cosmopolitan.
LEAD CARLEY SANDWITH
Q. What are you most looking forward to
in Montreal, aside from the curling?
A. I’m looking forward most to the food
in Montreal. I work at a farm bakery and
have been given dozens of names of places
to eat when I am there.
Q. Which female player - who plays your
position (alternates, use your usual position) do you most admire and respect?
A. My female curling role model is Dawn
McEwen because we have very similar roles
on our teams.
Q. Male player, your position?
A. My male curling role model is Marcel
Roque from the Ferbey 4. I grew up watching him play and he actually coached me
one summer at Four Foot Curling Camps.
Q. If you could compete in Sochi in an
event OTHER THAN curling, what would
that be?
A. A Sochi event that I would like to compete in would be bobsled. I have never tried
it before... And probably never will but it
would be fun.
Q. Montreal is a “foodie” town, one of
the best in the world. What kind of cuisine
or specific restaurant is on your list for this
journey?
A. There’s too many types of food to look
forward to! I would have to say all of them
but I love a good breakfast.
Q. Who has been the biggest influence
on your career?
A. I would say my parents because they
have supported me when I need it and also
my Fiancé for pushing me when I need it.
Q. What is your favourite non-curling activity, charity, community group, or
endeavour that is important to you?
A. My favourite non-curling activity this
season is planning my wedding this summer.
COACH CINDY TUCKER
Q. What are you most looking forward to
in Montreal, aside from the curling?
A. Seeing the historical part of Montreal
Q. Which female player - who plays your
position (alternates, use your usual position) do you most admire and respect?
A. Janet Arnott
Q. Male player, your position?
A. Jules Owchar
Q. If you could compete in Sochi in an
event OTHER THAN curling, what would
that be?
A. Bobsleigh
Q. Montreal is a “foodie” town, one of
the best in the world. What kind of cuisine
or specific restaurant is on your list for this
journey?
A. I have heard that we HAVE to try
Schwartz’s!!
Q. Who has been the biggest influence on
your career?
A. Probably watching Gordon Hooey
with his teams and his “no nonsense”
approach . He encouraged me to become
a coach and I don’t know if I would have
without him.
Q. What is your favourite non-curling activity, charity, community group, or
endeavour that is important to you?
A. Boating in the Gulf Islands and around
Victoria with my husband, Ken.
HeartChart
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Contestants Philip Tetreault, Quispamsis, NB; Trista Ellis,
Gravenhurst, ON; Marijo Watt, Delhi, ON; and Nicholas Tran,
Montreal will take part in the semi-final of the Capital One Million Dollar Draw to the Button will take place immediately following the semi-final of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
Contestants were selected randomly in an on-line draw on January 13, 2014
They will each have one opportunity to draw to the button and
the closest rock will qualify that contestant to go the Tim Hortons
Brier for the final of the Capital One Million Draw to the Button.
This will take place live during the fifth end break of the Tim
Hortons Brier final on Sunday, March 9.
The contestants entered through the Capital One Million Dollar
Button Facebook page.
Chelsea Carey will take on Stef Lawton’s Saskatchewan crew for Bronze Sunday,
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Team Scott: Time to say goodbye... for now
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Time to say goodbye
Horizons are never far
Would I have to find them alone
without true light of my own with you
I will go on ships over seas
that I now know
No, they don’t exist anymore
It’s time to say goodbye”
- Andrea Bocceli and Sarah Brightman
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hen Kelly Scott missed her final
shot in the B.C. Scotties in Prince
George last month, losing to Victoria’s Kesa Van Osch who has represented
the province here this week, few observers
realized it was the end of an era.
Shortly after the event, Team Scott posted
a message via its Facebook Fan Page that the
team had decided to dissolve.
Arguably one of Canada’s most dominant
women’s teams over the past dozen-or-so
years has called it a sweep.
After winning a World Junior Championship as Kelly Mackenzie in 1995 in Perth,
Scotland, Scott’s resumé of success unfurled:
eight Scotties wins in B.C. and medalled five
times nationally, including back-to-back
golds in 2006-07 in London and Lethbridge;
going on to win bronze in Grande Prairie at
the Ford Worlds in ‘06; and a world championship in Aomori, Japan in 2007. Scott
became the first skip to win both a world
junior, Scotties and world title.
She would also win silver in Red Deer in
2012, and bronze medals in Kingston last
year and in 2005 in St. John’s.
Scott would lose her best shot at wearing
the Maple Leaf at the Olympics when she lost
in the 2005 finals to Shannon Kleibrink.
The first major transition for the team was
the departure of lead Renee Simons who was
part of the two Scotties wins and world medals.
After that, the lineup changes were necessitated by the Team Mom mantra. The
remaining three players Scott, third Jeanna
Schraeder – whose Dad Gerry Richard
coached the crew along the way – and second Sasha Carter went on a baby boom. It’s a
badge of honour that the crew wore proudly
and earned the respect of fellow curlers. A
very pregnant Sasha Carter played wonderfully in Red Deer two years ago, even battling
the flu, and still the team made it to the playoffs.
Sarah Wazney, Jacquie Armstrong, and
Dailene Sivertson, who is here as Saskatchewan’s fifth, took their turns in the lineup.
Still the consistency, even in the face of
adversity, will see this team remembered as
one of the country’s best.
Some of the big names in the women’s
game chimed in on the announcement.
Team Canada skip Jennifer Jones played
with Scott as part of Jill Staub’s 1991 Manitoba Junior champs along with Kristie
Moroz.
“Kelly’s team was an amazing example of
how far hard work and team camaraderie
can take you,” Jones said prior to heading to
the Sochi Winter Olympics.
“We had some great battles with them on
the ice, and I always enjoyed playing them,
because we seemed to bring the best out of
each other.”
Saskatchewan third Sherry Anderson predicts we haven’t seen the last of these gals on
the sheet.
“They were a great team and played
together for a lot of years. Everything comes
to an end. It was probably time for them to
make a change just in their own personal
lives and what they are doing right now,” said
Anderson.
“It’s not a big huge surprise to me. I don’t
imagine that Kelly will quit curling. She loves
the game too much. She’s going to stick
around for sure.”
Long-time friend Kerry Galusha (Koe),
whose Territorial Polars suffered an ironically similar fate losing Scotties playdown to
Yukon young gun Sarah Koltun, has become
close friends with the Scott crew on and off
the ice.
“When Kelly and her team won the Scotties in 2006, I remember saying to someone that those girls just go about their business on the ice. They aren’t flashy girls by any
means and they go out there and do their job
like professionals,” said Galusha.
“If there is one word to describe Kelly and
her teammates the word would be classy and
I am hoping curling fans will remember this
side of Team Scott. This is a team that has
always had respect for its competitors and
has been a great supporter of Team Galusha
and team NWT/Yukon. I am looking forward
to another 20 years of friendship with these
girls.”
Van Osch, the up-and-coming young gun
on the B.C. scene, was sad to see the retirement announcement.
“It’s a sad day when they retire. They have
been around for a long, long time,” said Van
Osch.
“They have to do what’s best for them.
Hopefully we will see them back in not too
long.”
And she was quick to hope out loud, her
win wasn’t the deciding factor.
“I don’t want to believe I (winning) did. I
hope it was their own decision.”
CCA Media Liaison and former championship B.C. curler herself, Robin Wilson,
remembers Scott’s legacy this way.
“I think Kelly and her team will be remembered as amazing ladies. They had so much
grace and synergy – they just were true role
models for young curlers, not just in British
Columbia but across Canada,” said Wilson.
“To be able to conduct themselves the
way they did made not just our province, but
our whole country proud. She’ll be greatly
missed.”
Scott said the team’s decision was a difficult and emotional one. When you have travelled so many tough miles around the curling world together as not only friends but
teammates, saying goodbye is always hard.
“I remember our time in 2007 in northern Aomori, Japan, like it was just yesterday,”
said Scott.
“After repeating as Canadian Champions
in Lethbridge, we made plans for just our
team and support coaching staff to make
the trip to the World Championship. We
went there on a mission and we came home
with such a sense of pride and accomplishment. Becoming World Champions together
was something that we would always have
together as teammates and we truly realized our goals together, reaching the top of
the World podium, something we will always
have with us forever.”
Carter says as much as she has enjoyed
her time in the rings, life priorities change
and demands on time become increasingly
difficult to balance.
“For me, for more than 13 years, my life
revolved around competitive curling,” she
said. “When I started it was easy for it to be
a high priority. My world now is very busy
with my career, and of course I have two
small boys – Evan- 2.5 years old and Zach
1.5 years old. Curling just isn’t a priority
anymore.
“My heart is with my family, my friends
and my career. I know what you need to
do to be the ‘best’ in the sport, and I cannot
commit to that. I am quite ‘at peace’ with
the decision. It is time for some other passions to be explored – what those are right
now, I’m not sure – but I’m very excited to
find out.”
Carter reflects on the wonderful experiences in the life of Team Scott, not all wins
by any means, and not all inside the walls of
a curling rink.
Among them, she says, “the ginormous
billboard my hometown Ashern, Man.” and
getting to curl with my ultimate team in a
tournament . . . Cathy Overton-Clapham,
Jan Betker, Marcie Gudereit – with a game
spared by Joan McCusker”
She also lists competing against the legendary Colleen Jones team, and then
becoming friends with them. She also
played against the “next generation” of
teams like Team Homan.
“I’m happy to have competed against the
ever moving yard stick, and fully appreciating where the game is headed,” she said.
Other memories include playing mixed
doubles with Rich Hart at Continental Cup
“(insert huge laugh here)”; returning home
from the first European curling trip with 11
new pairs of shoes; having both my boys in
my belly at a national championship; losing
the Olympic Trials final in 2005 – yes, losing – the anguish is what spurred us onto so
many more future victories; and the run at
the 2007 Scotties and Worlds – losing only
three games in total and capturing the world
title.
Remarkable feats by a team of ladies generally regarded as among the nicest and
most sportsmanlike on the circuit.
For now, the team will take some away
time.
Carter says she will likely curl in some
respect.
“Whether that be recreational, provincial
competitive, or just as a coach/instructor for
my kids…it will always be a part of my life
and will simply be a year by year analysis,”
she said.
“I was fortunate that I truly curled with
my friends. Our friendship goes long beyond
the rink. I am neighbours with Jacquie and
see her often. Jeanna and I are involved in
one another’s worlds a lot and are raising
boys of identical ages. We are destined to
be hockey moms together. I’m excited to be
helping Sarah with some of her upcoming
wedding plans. And of course, I’ve known
Kelly for so many years, I’m certain we’ll
have many moments together outside of the
curling rink.”
Anyone who knows Kelly Scott knows she
is the perfect balance of competitive and
kind.
She has difficulty hiding her disappointment that for now, it has come to an end.
“Sasha and Jeanna were two of the best
teammates and friends a girl could ever ask
for,” she reflected.
“These girls are true champions in every
sense of the word. We have enjoyed some of
the most rewarding and exhilarating times
of our lives together.”
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2014 SCOTTIES TOURNAMENT OF HEARTS
FEBRUARY 1-9 @ MONTREAL, QC
DATE
TIME
DRAW
SATURDAY
2:00 PM
1
February 1
7:00 PM
2
SUNDAY
9:00 AM
3
February 2
2:00 PM
4
7:00 PM
MONDAY
5
A
NS vs NL 8
B
6 NB vs QC 1
8 CA vs MB 3
8
AB vs BC 6
5
MB vs SK 4 3
6 QC vs CA 9
8
5
6
NL vs TE 5 5
2:00 PM
6
7
PE vs ON 5
3
February 3
7:30 PM
7
TUESDAY
9:00 AM
8
4
7
February 4
2:00 PM
9
7:30 PM
10
10 CA vs NS 3
WEDNESDAY
9:00 AM
11
February 5
2:00 PM
8
7 BC vs PE 4
4 QC vs NL 5
5
PE vs TE 10 9
CA vs ON 3
12
AB vs NS 4 4
NB vs BC 3
7
NB vs SK 9 7
MB vs NS 3
9
ON vs NL 7 8
NL vs PE 4 3
SK vs AB 6
7
10 MB vs TE 4
9
AB vs NL 5
6
12
3
QC vs MB 15 7
7:30: PM
13
12 ON vs TE 2
THURSDAY
9:00 AM
14
February 6
2:00 PM
15
7:30 PM
16
4
9:00 AM
17
7
7:30 PM
PP
Homan 5
1 versus 2
Carey 4
11:00 AM
PP
Sweeting 8
Lawton 7
4:00 PM
SF
Carey 5
3 versus 4
Semi Final
2:30 PM
BRZ
Lawton
Bronze Medal
7:30 PM
FNL
SATURDAY, February 8
SUNDAY, February 9
CA vs TE 3
10 3
5
8
3
NL vs NB 8
PE vs SK 7
7
PE vs NB 9
7
NS vs TE 3
5
QC vs BC 6
CA vs BC 3
7
ON vs AB 5
7
SK vs NL 4
8
SK vs NS 4
4
NB vs MB 8
4
PE vs CA 9
3
QC vs AB 10 7
BC vs NL 3
8
ON vs MB 9
SK vs CA 7
4
TE vs NB 5
BC vs SK 8
4
CA vs NB 3
6
6
AB vs PE 5
NB v ON 4
NL vs CA 9
5
QC vs ON 3
4
MB vs AB 7
TE vs SK 5
6
MB vs PE 4
4
ON vs NS 6
Homan
Final
Possible Tie-Breaker Draws for 3rd and/or 4th place (if necessary)
2:00 PM
TB1
tie-breaker
7:00 PM
TB2
tie-breaker
SATURDAY, February 8 6:00 AM
TB3
tie-breaker
FRIDAY, February 7
PE vs QC 6
NL vs MB
6
NS vs PE 7
MB vs BC 6
AB vs CA
10 NS vs QC 5
5
NS vs NB 2
BC vs NS 8
TE vs BC 8
7
BC vs ON
TE vs AB 7
TE vs QC 9 9
5
SK vs QC
D
5 ON vs SK 8
3
FRIDAY February 7
PAGE PLAYOFFS
FRIDAY, February 7
8
NB vs AB 9 6
C
Sweeting 6
Carey
Sweeting
Sunday, February 9, 2014
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Three/Four Game • Alberta 8, Saskatchewan 7
Lawton’s Scotties dream stolen
BY JIM MORRIS
Heart Chart Staff
S
tefanie Lawton’s Saskatchewan rink had its dream
of winning a national title stolen away Saturday
afternoon.
Lawton’s team gave up a steal of two in the seventh end
and three more in the eighth to lose 8-7 to Alberta’s Val
Sweeting in the three-four game at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
It was a game where both teams made mistakes but Lawton’s inability to find her draw weight was the difference,
costing her five crucial points. Lawton also lost in the threefour playoff game in her two previous Scotties appearances
in 2005 and 2009.
“You have to be able to draw to win a championship,”
said Lawton, who looked on the verge of tears after the loss.
“I just didn’t have it here today.
“It was not our best game. Val’s team played very well out
there.”
Sweeting was surprised to see Lawton come up short
twice.
“Usually she has draw weight in her back pocket,” said
Sweeting. “It was unfortunate for her. It was one of those
games.”
Sweeting moved into the evening’s semifinal game
against Manitoba’s Chelsea Carey. Carey lost Friday night’s
one-two playoff game 5-4 to defending Scotties champion
Rachel Homan.
“It will be a good game,” said Sweeting. “The last time we
played there were lots of rocks in play. Both teams played
well. I expect that again.”
Lawton will play in Sunday afternoon’s bronze medal
game.
Saturday’s game, played before a crowd of over 2,300
at the Maurice Richard Arena, wasn’t as close as the final
score indicated. Saskatchewan stole a pair in the 10th
end after Sweeting used an open-hit, last-rock takeout to
remove Lawton’s potential tying stone.
Lawton had control of the game early, taking a 3-0 lead
but Sweeting refused to go quietly.
“We had a bit of a shaky start,” Sweeting said. “I thought
we kept our rocks in good spots in the second half.
“The draws that were short, that’s a little uncharacteristic of them.”
The teams were tied 3-3 after six ends but that’s when
things started to go bad for Saskatchewan.
In the seventh Sweeting made a pretty takeout to remove
a pair of Alberta stones. Lawton pulled the string on her
draw attempt. Her shot came up short and Alberta climbed
into a 5-3 lead.
Sweeting made another great shot in eight, throwing big
weight to remove two Alberta stones and leave three of her
own counting. Lawton again came up short on the draw,
allowing Alberta to steal three.
“I was just a little light on both,” said Lawton. “It was
keen out there and I just threw them a little light. The girls
couldn’t take them there.
“It was unfortunate.”
Sweeting was pleased with the big hits she threw.
“I had a couple of them early in the week that I was just
missing,” she said. “It felt good to make them today.”
Lawton finally managed to find the house in the ninth,
drawing for two points to cut the lead to 8-5. It was too little, too late.
A missed Sweeting shot gave Saskatchewan a chance for
two in the first end. Lawton tried to split her two stones but
one rolled wide, forcing her to settle for a single point.
Sweeting got that point back in the second end, then
Lawton blanked the third.
The fourth end was a game of misses. Sweeting’s team
had a rock behind a guard in the house. Saskatchewan
failed on three attempts to remove them before third
Sherry Anderson finally made a double takeout.
Sweeting placed her last shot at the back of the eight-foot
ring. That forced Lawton to draw the button for a point and
a 2-1 lead.
Alberta’s problems continued in the fifth. Sweeting rolled
too far after a hit on her last rock, allowing Lawton to steal a
point and take a 3-1 lead.
A Saskatchewan miss allowed Sweeting to tie the game
in the sixth end. Lawton made a takeout with her final rock
but rolled out of the house. That allowed Sweeting to draw
for two.
Saskatchewan and Alberta finished the round-robin
tied at 8-3. Saskatchewan was given the nod for third place
because Lawton defeated Sweeting 8-6 in draw 4.
Lawton, a 33-year-old three time provincial champion, is
joined by Anderson, second Sherry Singler and lead Marliese Kasner. Both Anderson and Singler missed games
during the week battling the flu.
The 26-year-old Sweeting is skipping in her second Scotties. Her front end of Joanne Courtney and Rachelle Pidherny are considered the best two sweepers in the women’s
game. The team is rounded out by Dana Ferguson.
Although disappointed by the loss Lawton said her team
still has a chance to bring home a medal from the tournament.
“We are going to come out tomorrow and play for that
bronze medal,” she said. “We would be very proud to win
that one.”
The gold-medal winner at the Scotties goes on to represent Canada at the Ford World Women’s Curling Championship in Saint John, N.B., March 15 to 23.
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