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McCarville-ous!Ontario hosts

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Krista McCarville’s squad now tops the charts at 6-and-1, after bombing P.E.I. 9-3 on Tuesday night.

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McCarville rink motorsinto top spotLarry WoodHeartChart Editor

Ontario provincial champion Krista McCarville of

Thunder Bay roared into the lead at the Scotties Tourna-ment of Hearts on Tuesday, winning her fi fth and sixth matches while remaining the lone team with only one blemish on the record.

McCarville, who won 11 in a row for the Ontario title last month with third Tara George, second Ashley Miharija and lead Kari Ma-cLean, broke up a fi rst-place tie on Tuesday night with a 9-3 victory over Kathy O’Rourke of Prince Edward Island.

Earlier, McCarville executed a double-kill to score four against Shelley Nichols of St. John’s in the third end, then stole two in

the fourth for a 6-1 lead and eventual 8-5 decision.

With four rounds remain-ing, McCarville has the champions of Manitoba, the Territories and Nova Scotia, and defending champion Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg, who won twice on Tuesday, remaining to play in the 12-team round robin prelimi-nary.

The top four teams ad-vance to playoffs on Friday and Saturday with the championship fi nal set for 2:30 p.m. ET Sunday.

McCarville posted a second-end deuce after a blank opening end against the Island team featuring 21-year-old Erin Carmody on last rocks. Then On-tario stole one in the third, yielded a single in the fourth and countered with another single in fi fth for a 4-1 lead after McCarville was inches short on a diffi cult out-turn draw to a corner of the but-ton for another point.

But Ontario stole two more in the sixth exchange and it was clear sailing.

“I think we’re going a long way to proving to

people and the other teams here that we’re a really good team,” said McCarville af-terward. “They can see that we’ve really picked up our game from last year.

“I’m really picking up on the ice and I’m really feel-ing good and confi dent and I think that’s the key for my team to see me feeling this way. It really builds on their confi dence as well.”

McCarville makes no bones over the fact that she and her team are on a mission.

“I’m dying to wear the Maple Leaf, no doubt about it,” she said. “From the sec-ond game in Prince George (Olympic pre-Trials), I had a little talk with Rick (coach Lang) and he gave me a pep

talk and we’ve been cruis-ing ever since. We’re oper-ating at an advantage over a lot of these teams because of all the arena ice we’ve

played on this year. I think there’s no question about that . . . I really believe it.”

O’Rourke’s unit fell back to 5-and-2, alongside the

two-time champion Jones heading into today’s penul-timate pair of matches.

“I think we’re just disap-pointed we didn’t have a better game,” said O’Rourke. “Erin just didn’t have the feel for it tonight. She’s been our little girl who pulled out a lot of games for us by putting the rock on the pin when we needed it. And that’s how we’ve been playing for most of the week and when it’s not there it doesn’t work for you very well.”

O’Rourke was full of praise for the opposing skip.

“Krista is phenomenal,” she said. “Every time we had anything going she’d come through a hole or make a double.”

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Above, skip Shelley Nichols, second from left, hams it up with her Newfoundland mates. Left, Canada’s CathyOverton-Clapham directs sweeping efforts while B.C.’s Sasha Carter watches intently. Far left, it was that kind of day for skip Valerie Sweeting and her teammates from Wild Rose Country.

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The Essar Centre isn’t the only place “rocking” during

the 2010 Scotties Tourna-ment of Hearts underway in Sault Ste. Marie. Curlers and non-curlers alike are having a rockin’ good time at the HeartStop Lounge located in the Soo Curlers rink on Anita Boulevard, the entertainment venue for the Scotties tournament.

Convenient shuttle service between the Essar Centre and the HeartStop lounge has made for an easy com-mute before and after the curling action.

And to ensure you don’t miss any of the curling games, the entertainment

lounge has giant television screens carrying all of the live action.

Lori Ballstadt, volunteer vice-chair responsible for the HeartStop, says al-though the lounge was set up to entertain the curling crowd during the Scot-ties, the general public is welcome and encouraged to come out and enjoy the facility.

“We are open at eight o’clock in the morning for breakfast and have full bar service from 11 a.m. until one o’clock the following morning. We really encour-age Sault residents to drop by and enjoy the HeartStop. It’s a great entertainment spot,” says Ballstadt.

Customers at the Heart-Stop lounge can enjoy soup and sandwich and pasta dishes for lunch and dinner specials each night.

The HeartStop lounge is offering a wide variety of entertainment, including live local and out-of-town bands, a disc jockey service, and even a comedy night.

It’s also the location for autograph sessions, where you can meet your favourite

women curlers and have them sign your Scotties program.

HeartStop is also the place where you can enjoy the “Up Close and Personal” interviews each evening with members of the various provincial curling teams.

The interviews are conducted by Stu Brown, the Scotties emcee on the main stage at the HeartStop, and allow patrons a close-up glimpse into the per-sonal lives of Canada’s top women curlers.

Shuttle services run con-tinuously between the Essar Centre and the HeartStop lounge from nine in the morning until 12:45 a.m., utilizing a large Tim Hor-tons bus as well as chartered city buses.

Ballstadt says the bus ser-vice is also a strong encour-agement to local residents and visitors attending the Canadian women’s curling championship not to drink and drive during the Scot-ties festivities.

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JIM CRONINHeartChart Columnist


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Tourney isn’tthe bee’s kneesfor McConnery

It took NancyMcConnery fi ve tries to establish a record at

the Scotties Tournament Of Hearts. Dubious it may be, but a record nevertheless.

When the Nova Scotia skip derricked herself from the teehead and retired to the bench after fi ve ends of Tuesday morning’s struggle with Prince Edward Island, it constituted a fi rst for the Scotties.

Skips have demoted themselves at previous tournaments — Julie Skin-ner and Marilyn Bodogh

come to mind — but never in mid-game, and never to the bench with the alternate replacing them.

“Well,” said McConnery, who’ll celebrate her 47th birthday later this month, with a chuckle, “I always wanted to get a record one way or another.”

Turns out she called it quits for the morning for more than one reason. But, primarily, because repaired menisci in her knees haven’t yet ceased to be bother-some.

“I had surgery in both knees last year — tears in the menisci — and I guess they were starting to bother me a little bit,” she al-lowed.

“So I fi gured, well, my hit weight is a little light, I’m not really doing it, why not take a break and come back stronger tonight, a little refreshed, give my brain a rest, get a little ice on the hinges?

“My draw weight was fi ne, I had it in my hip pocket, but my hit weight, uh-uh. Every

time I had a chance to draw I should have been drawing. But I guess I wasn’t able to push out enough on hits. So I thought, ‘Give it a rest, put Kelly (fi fth MacIntosh) in.’ ”

“I didn’t feel bad about coming out, we were down 6-1 and things couldn’t have gotten any worse.”

McConnery was scored at 70 per cent through fi ve ends. With her vice-skip Jennifer Crouse scoring 59 per cent through the last four (no skip rocks were tossed in the 10th), the Bluenosers outscored the Islanders 3-1.

Make sense?Never mind. Most curling

statistics don’t.McConnery retired

after 22 years as a massage therapist at the end of 2009 and suspects “that’s why my knees got bad to begin with, being on my feet all day for 22 years — it’s hard on the joints after time.”

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LARRY WOODHeartChart Editor

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Skip: ValerieSweeting

Home: Maryfield, Sask., Vegreville, Alta.Began curling at age: 10Delivery: LeftOccupation/title: Service delivery agentEmployer: Case Pro-cessing Centre (CPC), Vegreville (Citizenship and Immigration)Date of birth: July 9, 1987Place of birth: Redvers, Sask.Marital status: SingleSpouse/partner: NoneChildren: NoneFirst vehicle: 1990 Olds Cutlass SupremeCurrent vehicle: 2004 Chevy TrailblazerFavourite food: Grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soupFavourite drink: Vodka, 7-Up, splash of cranberry juiceCelebrity dream man: Vic RauterMost annoying celebrity: Wanda of Corner GasAll-time favourite movie: Big Daddy Last movie she loved: The ReplacementsLast movie she hated: Seven PoundsTattooed? Yes, oneNever leaves home with-out: Putting on clothes!Competed in: 04 Optimist Juvenile Internationals (Alberta); 06 University Nationals; 07 National Juniors

Third: MeganEinarson

Home: EdmontonBegan curling at age: 12Delivery: RightOccupation/title: Repair centre administration assistantEmployer: Dresser-RandDate of birth: Feb. 24, 1986

Place of birth: ReginaMarital status: SingleSpouse/partner: Andrew AndersonChildren: NoneFirst vehicle: Chevrolet CobaltCurrent vehicle: Chevro-let CobaltFavourite food: ChineseFavourite drink: PilsnerCelebrity dream man: Sid the KidMost annoying celebrity: NoneAll-time favourite movie: Christmas VacationLast movie she loved: A Christmas StoryLast movie she hated: NoneTattooed? Yes, twoNever leaves home with-out: Her game face.Competed in: 06, 07 Junior Provincials runnerup

Second: Whitney

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Home: Red DeerBegan curl-ing at age: 7

Delivery: RightOccupation/title: BSc nursing student, Red Deer CollegeEmployer: NoneDate of birth: June 3, 1988Place of birth: Red DeerMarital status: SingleSpouse/partner: Ducky More (Dustin Eckstrand) Children: NoneFirst vehicle: 1990 Toyota CamryCurrent vehicle: 2002 Honda CivicFavourite food: Reese’s Peanut Butter CupsFavourite drink: The Cap-tain . . . MorganCelebrity dream man: Patrick Dempsey on Grey’s AnatomyMost annoying celebrity:

Katherine Heigl on Grey’s AnatomyAll-time favou-rite movie: Zoolander and Rain ManLast movie she loved: The Blind Side

Last movie she hated: Saw III . . . hasn’t seen another Saw movie sinceTattooed? NoneNever leaves home without: Her weightlifting program, a.k.a. her nursing textbooksCompeted in: 05 Junior Provincials, 09 Mixed Pro-vincials

Lead: LindsayMakichuk

Home: LloydminsterBegan curling at age: 6Delivery: LeftOccupation/title: StudentEmployer: Lakeland CollegeDate of birth: Feb. 4, 1988Place of birth:Calgary

Marital status: DatingSpouse/partner: Neil BratrudChildren: NoneFirst vehicle: Plymouth Sundance . . . from the ’70sCurrent vehicle: Pontiac SunfireFavourite food: Steak and potatoesFavourite drink: Smooth-iesCelebrity dream man: Eric BanaMost annoying celebrity: Keanu Reeves . . . plays the same character in every movieAll-time favourite movie: The Sandlot or RentLast movie she loved:

The Blind SideLast movie she hated: No Country For Old MenTattooed? NopeNever leaves home without: Forgetting something back in

the houseCompeted in: 08, 09,

Junior provin-cials,

04 AB Winter Games, 06-09 ACAC provincials.

Fifth: LeslieRogers

Home: Shewood ParkBegan curling at age: 8Delivery: RightOccupation/title: Assis-tant managerEmployer: HSBC FinanceDate of birth: July 31, 1980Place of birth: ReginaMarital status: SingleSpouse/partner: NoneChildren: NoneFirst-ever vehicle: 1998 Jeep TJCurrent vehicle: 2001 Olds AleroFavourite food: LasagnaFavourite drink: Coors LightCelebrity dream man: Ben HebertMost annoying celebrity: RosanneAll-time favourite movie: The Dragon (The Bruce Lee Story)Last movie she loved: Alvin and The Chipmunks, The Squeakquel Last movie she hated: Doesn’t watch movies she hatesTattooed? MaybeNever leaves home with-out: LipstickCompeted in: 01 Junior Nationals

Coach: CarmenEinarson

Home: EdmontonOccupation/title: Instru-ment technologistEmployer: Self-employedDate of birth: Jan 6, 1955Place of birth: Esterhazy, Sask.Coached: Alberta Junior girls team runnerup (06, 07); played in various men’s and seniors zone playdowns in Regina and Edmonton

Alberta: Grilled cheese, game faces, textbook workouts,big-screen Squeakquels and Ben Hebert worship

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yLast movie she hated:NoneTattooed? Yes, twoNever leaves home with-out: Her game face.Competed in: 06, 07 Junior Provincials runnerup

Second: Whitney

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Home: Red DeerBegan curl-ing at age:7

ptain . . . MorganCelebrity dream man:Patrick Dempsey on Grey’s AnatomyMost annoying celebrity:

Katherine Heigl on Grey’s AnatomyAll-time favou-rite movie: Zoolander and Rain ManLast movieshe loved: The Blind Side

Occupation/title: StudentEmployer:Lakeland CollegeDate ofbirth:Feb. 4,1988Place of birth:Calgary

yAll-time favourite movie:The Sandlot or RentLast movie she loved:

The Blind SideLast movie she hated: No Country For Old MenTattooed? NopeNever leaves home without: Forgetting something back in

the houseCompetedin: 08, 09,

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It used to be that the alternate players at the Scotties Tournament Of

Hearts showed up as curl-ing’s version of drawers of water and hewers of wood.

In Canada, they were mostly ornamental. They carried the broom bags. They poured the drinks. They assembled the con-gratulatory e-mails. They ordered the pizza and signed the bill when the kid deliv-ered the grub to the hotel.

Europeans looked upon alternates as a more useful commodity and began to incorporate the fi fth man into the overall strategy of building a team.

The history of the alter-nate player goes back a cou-ple of decades. Once upon a team, curling consisted

of four people — a skip, a third, a second and a lead — and only four people.

No substitutes. A team is a team. Period.

Then some genius de-cided it was time to add a fi fth player to the mix, an alternate who would travel with teams and be avail-able in case of injury. That was back in the mid-1980s or thereabouts. From there, fi fths became commonplace. Federations around the globe bought in and began picking up the additional 20 per-cent expense.

Now, everybody at the Scotties is “taking the fi fths,” so to speak.

Eight of the 12 teams al-ready had inserted the alter-nates into games following Tuesday morning’s draw. This never happened before. And, no, the teams weren’t incurring injuries in droves. There’s another reason why

alternates-in-action is sud-denly a hot commodity.

When the teams arrived for this Essar-Centre affair, they were informed the title sponsor had instituted a new policy of no longer award-ing jewelry to either coach-es or alternates of winning teams unless the alternates participated. In other words, the alternates have to play at least one end in two differ-ent games to be eligible for the silverware.

Hence, the wholesale switching and changing.

Team Canada’s Jennifer Clark-Rouire already had made her two mandatory appearances. So had Nova Scotia’s Kelly Macintosh.

Shannon Aleksic (B.C.), Shelly Bradley (P.E.I.), Les-

lie Rogers (Alberta), Kendra Georges (Manitoba), France Charette (Quebec) and Jodie deSolla (New Brunswick) were others who’d stepped in the hacks prior to Tues-day’s mid-day draw.

Fifth players became a slight issue at December’s Olympic Trials when of-

fi cials announced that “fi fths” being used at the Trials would not neces-sarily be Olympic “fi fths.”

In other words, the suggestion was that some of the listed

alternates at the Trials were deemed to be less than qual-ifi ed to play at the Olympic Winter Games.

The issue died a quick death when offi cials re-mained mum on the subject once their supposed inten-tions became known.

Curling alternates have to be versatile in some corners of the planet. In Germany and Switzerland they have become part of the action, just like any other active team member. In fact, if you count the numbers in Swiss team conferences they will add up to six or seven, depending on how many tutors are kicking around at the time.

The Swiss routine differs, depending on the coach. Two years ago, coach Ro-land Moser favoured liberal lineup juggling. More re-cently, the Swiss have gone with set lineups.

Says Ralph Stoeckli, the skip of the Swiss at the upcoming Olympics: “Most other countries don’t have as many good players as Canada so we try to get the best ones together. Some teams like to change the lineup, some don’t like it at

all. Of course, from a com-munications standpoint, it’s easier with a set team.”

Most Canadian teams operate on the basis that it’s best to go with the team that got you there.

Brad Gushue of St. John’s was among the fi rst Canadi-ans to tinker with the “fi fth” strategy when he brought in Russ Howard, then moved him into the lineup to replace Mike Adam at the 2005 Olympic Trials. The strategy resulted in Olympic gold.

At the Scotties, the motive is obvious. The jewelry has become an integral part of the tournament.

In Canada, the opinion remains split on whether curling should continue to embrace a four-person team with a valet along for the ride . . . or simply change the rules and make it a fi ve-person game.

It seems everybody’s ‘taking the fifths’

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The most talented young musicians from around the Soo will be here tonight for “on the stage training”. The bell rings at 10 pm to start the College Battle of the Bands!

Competitors for this energetic and entertaining talent showdown were selected by the Sault College Student Advisory Council after recent auditions.

Great prizes are up for grabs when the students play their hearts out – using state of the art equipment - for the right to be crowned the Best of the Class.

Thursday, February 4 – Dirty Little Swing Thing • 10:30 pm

Friday, February 5 – Superfreak Disco Band • 10:30 pm

Saturday, February 6 – Rockstar Live • 10:00 pm

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Shuttle service is available daily between the Essar Centre and HeartStop Lounge at the Soo Curlers Association. The service is provided by Tim Hortons and the City of Sault Ste. Marie. Shuttles will depart every half hour to both venues. Departure points are the main parking lot near the front entrance of the Essar Centre and front door of the Soo Curlers Association.

Full schedules are posted at both departure points and online at seasonofchampions.ca

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Today 1:00 pm MB – Jill Thurston 5:30 pm ONT – Krista McCarville

Thursday 2:00 pm QB – Eve Belisle NL – Shelley Nichols 6:30 pm NWT/Y – Sharon Cormier

Friday 6:30 pm Olympic Team – Cheryl Bernard

Come and meet your favourite curlers! From today until Friday teams will be featured in the HeartStop Lounge.

Extra! Extra! ... and Extra!Today – 5:30 pmExtra-end qualifiers have been a recurring theme for Up Close and Personal guests at the HeartStop Lounge. First, it was Alberta’s Valerie Sweeting and Manitoba’s Jill Thurston, followed the next day by PEI’s Erin Carmody.

Well, we’re not done yet! Today you can meet another when the Shelley Nichols team from St. John’s Curling Club sits down to answer your questions.

Nichols defeated Laura Strong – provincial champion for the past five years – in the 11th end to represent Newfoundland/Labrador in the 2010 Scotties. Nichols has made the trip to the nationals twice before… playing third for none other than Laura Strong.

Eight in…Eight to Go Eight qualifiers have been decided in the quest for the Cool Curling title. And another flight of competitors hit the tables today to compete for the right to advance to the playdowns.

When there’s a break in the action at the Essar Centre, drop in to the HeartStop and cheer on the players in the mini-version of the roaring game.

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“She played just like I knew she was going to play and when you’re playing someone like that and you aren’t putting your rocks in exactly the right places you going to be in deep trouble.”

Snarled at 4-and-3 were former champion Kelly Scott of B.C., Jill Thurston of Manitoba and Eve Belisle of Quebec.

In other late-shift tilts Tuesday, Belisle hung tough with a 6-5 squeaker over Sharon Cormier (2-5) of the Territories but Saskatch-ewan’s Amber Holland, who needed a win to remain with the three-loss pack, blew a 6-2 lead at the half and eventually bowed 8-7 to New Brunswick’s Andrea Kelly (3-4).

In one other game, Nancy McConnery of Nova Scotia toughened up and won her fi rst game of the week, a stolen 7-6 duke over Shelley Nichols of Newfoundland/Labrador who miscued on her last rock of the match.

Against the Newfi es on Tuesday afternoon, Mc-Carville was forced to the limit in spite of her early advantage.

“We struggled a bit with our peels,” she explained. “We’d hoped to end it early but that’s why we had to play it out. But it doesn’t matter. Wins are wins and it doesn’t matter how long it takes.”

Nichols, conqueror of Team Canada on Monday, never was able to play her favourite high, hard shots as she struggled to battle from behind.

Elsewhere on the after-noon docket, Jones ands

Co., completed a day’s comeback with a second straight win.

In the wake of a two-loss Monday, Jones hit for four in the second end and refused to relinquish control in a 10-7 conquest of B.C.’s Scott, a long-time foe. Still earlier, Jones hung on for a 9-7 win over Alberta’s youthful Valerie Sweeting of Edmonton.

“We play them (Scott) a lot but I wouldn’t say there really is a rivalry,” said Team Canada vice-skip Cathy Overton-Clapham, who is playing in her 11th Scotties.

“If we knew why we’ve been inconsistent, one day to the next, we’d fi gure out how to remedy it. One day we just don’t play well and we get mad at ourselves and come out the next day and perform.”

“It’s always a big game,” admitted Scott of collisions with the Jones team.

“We’re both Canadian and world champions so we want to see how we stack up against each other. You always feel good when you beat a team like that so we just hope to see them again this week.

“What are we now? I think we’re 2-and-2 this season.

This game, they got a jump on us and we just couldn’t make it back.”

Thurston completed her day with a 7-4 win over the fading young Albertans while Holland seemingly got untracked with an 8-6 win over Belisle.

In other morning results, Scott defeated Thurston 7-5, Kelly knocked off Cormier 7-5 and O’Rourke stopped McConnery 7-4.

Jones landed body blows by stealing two in each of the third and fourth ends for a 5-2 lead against Alberta, but the real knockout punch was Canada’s three-ender in the seventh, which came just after Alberta had scored two to draw even at 5-5.

Sweeting misplayed a shot with her fi nal brick of the seventh, which gave Jones a possible angle-raise takeout for four.

Her shooter didn’t stay in the rings, but she removed the Alberta stone to score a pivotal three points.

Scott, the 2007 world champion, knocked off her former junior skip Thurston in a game that came down to the Manitoba skip’s fi nal stone of the 10th end.

Thurston attempted a takeout on Scott’s rock in the 12-foot rather than draw the eight-foot to force an extra end. But the Mani-toba shooter rolled out of the rings giving the British Columbians the victory.

“A wide-open hit, right in the 12-foot? That’s low-hanging fruit. That’s pretty easy to do,” reasoned Thurston, when asked of her decision. “But whatever. It’s fi ne.”

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Information on the HeartStop Lounge, includ-ing the shuttle bus service, is located at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts website (stoh.ca) and at the entertainment website (atthepatch.ca)

Some 100 volunteers are involved in the entertain-ment centre, with jobs ranging from bartenders to cleanup crews who have the unenviable job of cleaning up after the bar closes at 1 a.m.

To turn a curling rink into an entertainment lounge is no easy task. The Scotties committee took over the rink Jan. 25 and began a hectic work schedule with dozens of volunteers armed with hammers, saws . . . and strong backs!

They loaded some 450 one-inch insulated four-by-eight sheets onto trucks at the Essar Centre and off-loaded them at Soo Curlers. The sheets are used to cover the ice at the Essar during concerts and

other on-ice events and were used for the same purpose at the curling rink to cover up eight sheets of curling ice.

Dave Solomon, who oversaw the work, said work crews also had to erect a 24-by-24 foot stage for the various bands and other entertainment for the eight days and nights of the Scotties.“The stage came in sections that had to be fi t together like a giant jigsaw puzzle. It was quite a task,” he says.

The conversion project also included the construc-tion of a 32-foot bar with refrigeration units, and a special wooden shelter

for the two large heaters that pump out a combined 800,000 BTUs of warm air into the normally very chilly curling rink, creating a comfortable atmosphere within the lounge.

More than 400 chairs, along with 50 tables, were trucked in and set up once the fi nal construction had been completed. After the conclusion of the Scotties on Sunday, volunteer work crews will be on hand at the Soo Curlers bright and early Monday morning to dismantle the HeartStop lounge and turn the facility back into a curling rink so local enthusiasts can get back on the ice on Tuesday.

And a fi nal reminder . . . admission to the Heart-Stop lounge is free to the general public, so you are encouraged to come on over and meet some of the top women curlers in the world. You do not require a Scotties ticket for admis-sion to the entertainment lounge.

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Skip: AmberHolland

Home: ReginaBegan curling at age: 10Delivery: RightOccupation/title: Execu-tive directorEmployer: Saskatchewan Curling AssociationDate of birth: July 10, 1974Place of birth: YorktonMarital status: Common lawSpouse/Partner: Ken KlukChildren: NoneFirst vehicle: Ford EXPCurrent vehicle: Mitsubi-shi OutlanderFavourite food: Fruit (any kind)Favourite drink: White rum and CokeCelebrity dream man: Matthew McConaugheyMost annoying celebrity: Will FerrellAll-time favourite movie: Top GunLast

movie she loved: Trans-formers 2Last movie she hated: Assassination Of Jesse JamesTattooed? None . . . yet.Never leaves home with-out: BlackBerry, credit cards and a good bookCompeted in: 1992 Junior Nationals, 1993 World Juniors, 1999 (fifth), 2006 (fifth) Scotties, 2001, 2005 (fifth) Olympic trials

Third: KimSchneider

Home: Kronau, Sask.Began curling at age: 8Delivery: RightOccupation/title: Recre-ation therapist, education assistant, nail

technicianEmployer: Santa Maria Senior Centre, Regina Lutheran Home, Ranch EhrloDate of birth: Aug. 21, 1984Place of birth: ReginaMarital status: SingleSpouse/Partner: NoneChildren: NoneFirst vehicle: Black Cava-lierCurrent vehicle: Still the same old black CavalierFavourite food: Chicken and Bandara pizza breadFavourite drink: Rum and Coke, fruit smoothiesCelebrity dream man: Ashton KutcherMost annoying celebrity: Jim CarreyAll-time favourite movie: Ladder 49Last movie she loved: The HangoverLast movie she hated: The OrphanTattooed? Yes, three!

Never leaves home without: BlackBerry, money, a new outfit and choices of shoes

Competed in: Players’

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Second: TammySchneider

Home: Kronau, Sask.Began curling at age: 8Delivery: RightOccupation/title: Office managerEmployer: Saskatchewan Volleyball AssociationDate of birth: Nov. 12, 1982Place of birth: ReginaMarital status: SingleSpouse/Partner: NoneChildren: NoneFirst vehicle: 1989 Chevy CorsicaCurrent vehicle: 2003 Honda CivicFavourite food: PizzaFavourite drink: Vodka, 7-Up and lime juiceCelebrity dream man: Rafael NadalMost annoying celebrity: Lindsay LohanAll-time favourite movie: Pretty WomanLast movie she loved: Fast And FuriousTattooed? NoneNever leaves home

without: Keys, cell-phone

Competed in: World Junior (fifth) 2003

Lead: HeatherKalenchuk

Home: ReginaBegan curling at age: 12Delivery: RightOccupation/title: French immersion high school teacherEmployer: Regina Catho-lic School SystemDate of birth: March 14, 1984Place of birth: EdmontonMarital status: MarriedSpouse/Partner: Jared KalenchukChildren: NoneFirst vehicle: 1988 Chrys-ler New YorkerCurrent vehicle: 2007 VW GolfFavourite food: PizzaFavourite drink: Straw-berry daiquiriCelebrity dream man: Sidney CrosbyMost annoying celebrity: Sacha Baron CohenFavourite movie: ElfLast movie she loved: Confessions Of A Shopa-holicLast movie she hated: BoratTattooed? NoneNever leaves home without: Lip chap, Pepto-Bismol; cellphone optional.Competed in: Three uni-versity nationals

Fifth: JoleneCampbell

Home: ReginaBegan curling at age: NineDelivery: Right

Occupation/title: Super-visor, Employee Health and SafetyEmployer: Saskatch-ewan Government Insur-anceDate of birth: Aug. 12, 1981Place of birth: Saska-toonMarital status: MarriedSpouse/Partner: Greg CampbellChildren: NoneFirst vehicle: 87 VW CabrioletCurrent vehicle: Pontiac VibeFavourite food: SushiFavourite drink: Rye and ginger aleCelebrity dream man: Tiger WoodsMost annoying celeb-rity: Kathy GriffinAll-time favourite movie: Usual SuspectsLast movie she loved: The HangoverLast movie she hated: Gone Baby GoneTattooed? Yes, twoNever leaves home without: Curling (or golf) “stuff”Competed in: 2002 Junior Nationals, 2005 Mixed Nationals.

Coach: MervFonger

Home: Moose JawOccupation/title: Retired teacherEmployer: High-per-formance consultant, Saskatchewan Curling Association.Date of birth: June 18, 1948Place of birth: Moose JawCoached/played: Six-time Canadian U cham-pionships,1999 Scot-ties,1983 World Junior, 1992, 1995, 1996 Junior Nationals

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Delivery: RightOccupation/title: Recre-ation therapist, education assistant, nail

Most annoying celebrity:Jim CarreyAll-time favourite movie: Ladder 49Last movie she loved:The HangoverLast movie she hated:The OrphanTattooed? Yes, three!

Never leaves homewithout: BlackBerry,money, a new outfitand choices ofshoes

Competedin: Players’

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Favourite food: PizzaFavourite drink: Vodka, 7-Up and lime juiceCelebrity dream man:Rafael NadalMost annoying celebrity:Lindsay LohanAll-time favourite movie: Pretty WomanLast movie she loved:Fast And FuriousTattooed? NoneNever leaves home

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Now she works out of her home with her husband in transportation logistics, golfs all summer and curls all winter. “It’s a great deal,” she said. “Does it get any better than that?”

This is her fi fth Scotties, her fourth as a skip, and she’s still looking to improve on a 5-and-6 record amassed in 2003 at Kitchener-Waterloo.

Heading into Tuesday night’s fracas with the women of The Rock, her Dartmouth team was 0-for-6. “That doesn’t bother us,” she said. “There are 13 teams back in Nova Scotia that would have been just as happy to be here and be 0-and-6.

“Sure, we’re a little disap-pointed. We came into this event really strong and ready to go for it, but, again, we just seem to be on the wrong side of the inch. I’m not sure why it always seems to happen. But the teams here are tops in each province and they’re all coming with their ‘A’ games and we’re just not quite ‘A.’ ”

It isn’t easy, either, follow-ing an Nova Scotia act like the one Colleen Jones gave the Scotties a record 20 times.

“I don’t think anybody back home expects us to match that,” said McConnery. “They smile and urge us to do our best. They want you to do well. They know how tough it is coming into this and play-ing the best in the country. We don’t get much pressure from people in Nova Scotia.”

A massive difference, of course, is the range of experi-ence or, more to the point, in-experience on arena ice. These Nova Scotians see it once a year, at the Scotties. Some of their opponents see it at their

provincials. Four teams here played in the arena at Olympic Trials and pre-Trials.

“There is a difference,” admitted McConnery. “The draws are curling four feet. When you just up your weight a little bit you’re down to one-and-a-half feet. You would think it would be two feet, but it’s only one-and-a-half. It’s picky that way. It also tends to be streaky. You throw up weight it runs straight. And I’ve been caught in the middle.”

No question, familiarity with the arena is an advantage.

“We have to re-learn this kind of ice every year when we come to the Scotties,” says McConnery, who plays 90 per cent of her games in down-east curling clubs on ice that

has Russ Howard shaking his head and frowning every time he thinks about it.

“I would believe what Russ Howard has to say,” quipped McConnery. “He’s a good man. He knows his stuff.

“We get to just three or four ‘spiels a year, all on club ice. Some of these teams just curl every weekend, all winter. We’ve been to a couple of men’s ‘spiels but it’s a lot dif-ferent playing the men.”

Sponsorship opportunities are scarce for eastern teams. So how is it possible for them to achieve any sort of equality in the competitive game?

“If all provincial champion-ships were played in arenas it would add a little equality,” suggested McConnery.

“What would probably make it more feasible, par-ticularly down east, would be to combine the men’s and women’s provincial cham-pionships each year, use the same arena venue and promote the event as such.

“It would open the season a bit. Right now, the men in Nova Scotia have nothing to play in from Christmas through until this week in their provincials. I’m sure they’d like to play a couple of weeks earlier and have more time to practise or maybe compete in a couple of ‘spiels.

“Just think. The combined provincials in the middle of January, in one arena, for a whole week! It would be awesome! I think it would be popular with the fans, too.”

Great idea. But a lot of pro-vincial poobahs — and never mind the province — would have to rise from their chairs in the board rooms and roll up their sleeves to make it work.

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2. Name the skip of the team.3. Name three skips who have won two Canadian women’s championships while losing four games in each of them.4. A total of 23 players have competed in the Scott Tournament of Hearts representing at least two provinces and/or territo-ries. Name any (including fifths) who are competing

at the current Scotties and for which province/territory.5. Name the other prov-ince/territory for which each played.6. Name any other play-ers who played for Ontario and one other province/territory.7. And the other province/territory in each case?8. Name any who have won the Canadian title, where and when. Hint: There are five.9. One other player in the current Scotties has played for two province/

territories in national competi-tion, one in junior, the other in this Scotties. Name her

and her current role.10. Which province/terri-tory did she play in junior,

where and when.11. Where did that team finish?

12. Name the only player in Hearts history who has represented three prov-inces/territories and Team Canada.13. Did she win a world title? If so, where and when?14. Name the only other player who has repre-sented three provinces/territories at the Canadian women’s champion, the provinces/territories repre-sented and the years.

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SCOTTIES CUMULATIVE STATSSkips

Name % ageKelly Scott (B.C.) 81Krista McCarville (Ont.) 76Valerie Sweeting (Alta.) 75Jennifer Jones (Canada) 74Jill Thurston (Man.) 73Amber Holland (Sask.) 71Erin Carmody (P.E.I.) 69Sharon Cormier (NWT/YT) 68Andrea Kelly (N.B.) 67Eve Belisle (Que.) 65Shelley Nichols (N.L.) 65Nancy McConnery (N.S.) 64

ThirdsName % ageCathy Overton-Clapham (Canada) 81Kristen Phillips (Man.) 77Stephanie LeDrew (N.L.) 76Jeanna Schraeder (B.C.) 75Denise Nowlan (N.B.) 74Tara George (Ont.) 74Geri-Lynn Ramsay (P.E.I.) 73Megan Einarson (Alta.) 73Jennifer Crouse (N.S.) 73Brenda Nicholls (Que.) 71Tara Naugler (NWT/YT) 71Kim Schneider (Sask.) 68

SecondsName % ageSasha Carter (B.C.) 81Jill Offi cer (Canada) 79Jillian Babin (N.B.) 77Leslie Wilson (Man.) 77Ashley Miharija (Ont.) 77Tammy Schneider (Sask.) 75Whitney More (Alta.) 75Kathy O’Rourke (P.E.I.) 72Rhonda Rogers (N.L.) 70Martine Comeau (Que.) 69Megan Cormier (NWT/YT) 67Sheena Gilman (N.S.) 66

LeadsName % ageDawn Askin (Canada) 88Jacquie Armstrong (B.C.) 83Jill Thomas (N.S.) 80Heather Kalenchuk (Sask.) 79Tricia Affl eck (P.E.I.) 79Colette Lemon (N.L.) 79Kari MacLean (Ont.) 78Raunora Westcott (Man.) 78Julie Rainville (Que.) 78Danielle Ellis (NWT/YT) 77 Lindsay Makichuk (Alta.) 77Lianne Sobey (N.B.) 72

Teams % ageBritish Columbia (Scott) 80Canada (Jones) 80Manitoba (Thurston) 76Ontario (McCarville) 76Alberta (Sweeting) 75Saskatchewan (Holland) 73

% ageNew Brunswick (Kelly) 73P.E.I. (O’Rourke) 73Newfoundland/Labrador (Nichols) 72Nova Scotia (McConnery) 71Quebec (Belisle) 70 Territories (Cormier) 70


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StandingsTeam W LOntario 6 1Canada 5 2P.E.I. 5 2B.C. 4 3Quebec 4 3Manitoba 4 3New Brunswick 3 4Saskatchewan 3 4Alberta 3 4Nfl d/Labrador 2 5Territories 2 5Nova Scotia 1 6

Draw 9 Results 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TP.E.I.* 1 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 x 7Nova Scotia 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 x 4%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamP.E.I. 88/33 68 79 74 75Nova Scotia 88 70 85/75 70/59 76

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TB.C.* 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 7Manitoba 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 5%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamB.C. 88 84 83 80 83Manitoba 75 80 81 84 80

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 TTerritories 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5New Brunswick* 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 7%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamTerritories 77 57 70 65 67New Brunswick 70 83 68 75 74

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TAlberta* 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 7Canada 0 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 9%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamAlberta 79 68 79 65 73Canada 85 76 86 80 82

Draw 10 Results 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TAlberta 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 x 4Manitoba* 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 x 7%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamAlberta 64/75 84 56 63 67Manitoba 81/100 69 68 64 71

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TOntario* 0 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 x 8Nfl d/Labrador 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 x 5%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamOntario 64 70 71 78 71Nfl d/Labrador 82/54 76 78 68 74

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TB.C. 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 7Canada* 0 4 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 10%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamB.C. 85 84 65 79 78Canada 94 96 89 75 89

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TQuebec 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 6Saskatchewan* 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 8%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamQuebec 83 50 60 68 65Saskatchewan 83 71 66 65 71

Draw 11 Results 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TQuebec* 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 6Territories 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamQuebec 80 79 81 79 80Territories 96 75 74 59 76

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TNew Brunswick 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 8Saskatchewan* 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 7%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamNew Brunswick 63 79 84 79 76Saskatchewan 66 74 69 56 66

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TOntario 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 x 9P.E.I.* 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 x 3%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamOntario 96 78 72 82 82P.E.I. 72 67 71 56 66

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TNova Scotia 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 7Nfl d/Labrador 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 6%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamNova Scotia 79 59 73 59 67Nfl d/Labrador 81 66 74 57 70

Today’sGames

Draw 12 (9:30 a.m.)Saskatchewan vs. B.C.Quebec vs. CanadaNfl d/Labrador vs. AlbertaOntario vs. Manitoba

Draw 13 (2 p.m.)N.B. vs. Nfl d/LabradorTerritories vs. OntarioN.S. vs. SaskatchewanP.E.I. vs. Quebec

Draw 14 (6:30 p.m.)Team Canada vs. P.E.I.Nova Scotia vs. B.C.Manitoba vs. TerritoriesAlberta vs. New Brunswick

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Krista McCarville’s well-travelled Thun-der Bay team, fresh

from plenty of action at both the Olympic pre-Trials in November and the Trials in December, was sharper that a shiny new razor blade at the Ontario Provincial Scotties at the crosstown Port Arthur Curling Club the week following New Year’s.

McCarville, directing Tara George, a Sault Ste. Marie native, Ashley Miharija and Kari MacLean, won her fourth Ontario title in fi ve years with an astounding 11-game sweep of the 10-team round-robin competi-tion.

It was, truly, no contest as

McCarville persisted in mo-notonously knocking over the opposition like so many bowling pins.

At the completion of the

preliminaries, Sudbury’s Tracy Horgan stood second with a 7-2 record while Kathy Auld of Mississauga was 6-3 and teams of Car-

rie Lindner of Sarnia and Jacquie Harrison of Alliston were snarled at 5-4.

Harrison clobbered Lindner 8-2 in a tiebreaker, then whipped Auld 8-3 in the Page Three-Four fracas. Horgan, meanwhile, bowed 6-5 to McCarville in Page One-Two affair that wasn’t as tight as the score might indicate, then bounced back in the semi-fi nal to sideline Harrison 7-3.

In the fi nal, Horgan slith-ered into a 3-2 lead at the half but managed only one point thereafter.

McCarville used ham-mer held over from a blank fi rst end to score a pair by tapping up a stone to take the early lead in the second. Horgan needed a critical double takeout to take a single point in the third end. McCarville had a shot

for two in the fourth butm playing a quiet tap through a port, wrecked on a guard resulting in a Horgan steal. The Sudbury team stole another single in the fi fth after McCarville missed two shots.

Unfazed, however, McCa-rville scored a leading deuce in the sixth, yielded a tying single in the seventh and, following a blank eighth, took a critical go-ahead deuce in the ninth with a fi -nal draw shot. The champs

never were in trouble in the 10th end.

Following the post-Trials retirement of veteran lead Lorraine Lang, the team scooped up her daughter Sarah to handle the fi fth-player duties for the Scot-ties.

Sarah, of course, also is the daughter of team coach Rick Lang, a three-time Brier winner and two-time world champ.

Trailing behind McCar-ville’s 11-zip record, Hor-gan was 8-4, Harrison 7-5, Auld 6-4 and Lindner 5-5. At 4-5 were former cham-pion Jenn Hanna of Ottawa and Julie Hastings of Toron-to. Lisa Farnell of Peterbor-ough and Krista Mayrand of Cochrane fi nished 2-7 while Marlo Dahl of Thunder Bay racked up a single victory in nine games.

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From left, Tara George, Ashley Miharija and Kari MacLean helped make an 11-game sweep of Ontario.

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