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through!P.E.I. tops the bunch

as five teams advanceto Scotties playoff territory

Geri-Lynn Ramsay, left,Tricia Affleck and the rest of Team P.E.I.

finished atop the round robin with an 8-3 record.

■ The playoffpicture Page 2

■ Tourney’s trueheartbeat Page 5

■ Penchantfor pink Page 16

Larry WoodHeartChart Editor

Kathy O’Rourke and her Prince Edward Islanders are in

a prime position to win their province’s fi rst-ever Canadian women’s curling championship.

But taking fi rst place in the Scotties round robin at the Essar Centre, something the Island curlers accom-plished Thursday, consti-tutes only the fi rst step on the three-step route to the throne room.

Starting today (7:30 p.m. ET) at Essar, O’Rourke, who throws second stones and directs traffi c for 21-year-old back-enders Erin Carmody and Geri-Lynn Ramsay, can take a second step by repeating her round-robin win over de-fending champion Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg.

Such a development would propel the Atlantic team directly to the champion-ship fi nal on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET. A loss, and the Isles would drop to a semi-fi nal

date on Saturday at 7 p.m.O’Rourke and Co. sat out

the fi nal round Thursday night while Jones and Ontario’s Krista McCarville faced off in a battle of giants. Jones won it 6-5, thereby assuring herself of second place in the fi nal standings and a place in the Page One-Two playoff today.

Had McCarville won the key match, her team would have placed fi rst, dropping the Is-landers to second and leaving Jones in a three-way sudden-death playoff situation.

British Columbia’s Kelly Scott and Manitoba’s Jill Thurston both won handily on the last draw, thereby joining McCarville with 7-and-4 records, one game behind the 8-and-3 marks turned in by O’Rourke and Jones.

Scott won her second of

the day, 8-2 over Shelley Nichols (4-and-7) of New-foundland/Labrador.

The win left the former world champion plac-ing third (by virtue of a pre-event draw challenge used to rank teams, in case round-robin results failed to provide separation) and drawing today off while McCarville and Thurston battle at 3 p.m. to decide an opponent for Saturday’s Page Three-Four playoff at 1 p.m. ET. Thurston whipped Quebec’s Eve Belisle 10-4 Thursday night on an adjacent ice sheet.

The Jones team’s advance to the Page One-Two will be its fi rst such appearance in the premier playoff tilt since 2005.

Please see PLAYOFFS,Page 12

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Playoff bound:Five still alive

in the Soo

PlayoffSchedule

Today3 p.m. —Tiebreaker: Ontario vs. Manitoba7:30 p.m. — PageOne-Two Playoff: P.E.I. vs. Canada

Saturday1 p.m. — Page Three-Four Playoff: B.C. vs. Ontario-Manitoba winner7 p.m. — Champion-ship semifi nal: Page One-Two loser vs. Page Three-Four winner

Sunday2:30 p.m. — Champion-ship fi nal: Page One-Two winner vs. semifi nal winner

PlayoffSeedings

1. Prince Edward Island (8-3)2. Canada (8-3)3. British Columbia (7-4)4. Manitoba (7-4)5. Ontario (7-4)

Top: No need to worry, Cathy! Team Canada, with third CathyOverton-Clapham, defeated Ontario 6-5 on Thursday night for a datewith P.E.I. in tonight’s Page One-Two playoff. At right, B.C.’s JacquieArmstrong and Kelly Scott go directly to the Page Three-Four game.

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Local sponsorship is a key factor in the success of major sporting events such as the Scotties. The many Sault Ste. Marie businesses that have signed as sponsors of the 2010 Scotties provide cash and in-kind services that support the event’s operating budget. Kathryn Larsen, from the Cana-

dian Curling Association, says that without the local sponsorship it simply would not be possible to host the event. As soon as Sault Ste. Marie was awarded this year’s Scotties, Larsen began working closely with Sandra Randa, chair of the local organizing committee, to bring on board the local sponsors. “A lot of the ideas of who we should talk to from the business commu-nity came from Sandra and her committee,” says the CCA offi cial.

The fi rst step was to bring on media partners who, in turn, could get the word out that the Scotties was coming to the Sault and promoting the event.

Essar Steel was one of the fi rst major businesses con-tacted by the Scotties team because of the company’s large workforce. Larsen also says many local companies proactively approached the event organizers seeking to be involved in the Scotties.

“We certainly had com-panies come to us who said they were really excited about the event and were in-terested in opportunities for

sponsorship,” says Larsen.There are four levels of

local sponsorship — bronze, silver, gold and diamond — and there is a limit on the number of sponsors in each category.

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The gold sponsors include Essar Steel, OLG, and Northern Credit Union.

The local sponsors receive tickets to the Scotties, which allows them to see fi rsthand what they are getting for their cash or in-kind contributions. There are also customized items that include a spon-sor’s lounge with food and drink, jackets and event pins, and advertising in the daily Scotties newspaper, the Heart-Chart. The companies are also featured in promotional materials for the Scotties such as posters and brochures, and on the Scotties website.

Please see CRONIN,Page 7

JIM CRONINHeartChart Columnist


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Genial Wilsonthe heartbeat

of this rockfest

Quick now, why does the now-legendary logo for the Scotties

Tournament Of Hearts feature four hearts in a circle?

Obviously, the four hearts signify the four members of a curling team in the Canadian women’s curling championship.

Many insiders would argue, though, that a fi fth Heart should be crammed in that ring.

Should have been there since the tournament’s in-ception, in fact. And should be, at least, until the end of

this week’s clambake at the Essar Centre.

The fi fth heart would represent a gracious woman who hasn’t missed a Scot-ties since 1982 and played in two national rockfests before that, winning them both.

Indeed, Colleen Jones of Halifax may hold most of the on-ice records in this tournament but Robin Wil-son holds the most impor-tant one.

In addition to her 29 straight appearances — 31 if you count her perfor-mances on ice with Lindsay Sparkes in 1976 and 1979 — Wilson is a stickout at this event for the most elementary of reasons: She invented the damn thing!

True, the Canadian championship began back in 1960 with a two-team shootout, continued in 1961 with the champions of 10 teams involved and has endured to this day. But sponsorship was sporadic until Vancouver’s Wilson came along.

Since 1982, when she

was named event co-ordi-nator, the championship has grown to be the best-known, also the classiest produc-tion, in the realm of national women’s amateur sport.

This tournament became a mere blip in her imagination along about the time, three decades ago, she fi rst visited the offi ces of Scott Paper, having been invited for an interview on the basis of a job application.

Story goes the guy doing the interview expected someone of the opposite gender to show up. Wilson isn’t sure, to this very day, if she’d have been granted the interview if the interviewer had known his applicant was a woman.

Never mind. She was hired . . . and Scott’s (now Kruger’s) connection to national women’s curling was born.

Wilson and her sister, the late Dawn Knowles, con-ceived the four-heart logo.

Please see WOOD,Page 10

LARRY WOODHeartChart Editor

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Skip: KristaMcCarville

Home: Thunder Bay.Began curling at age: 10Delivery: RightOccupation/title: TeacherEmployer: Thunder Bay Catholic District School BoardDOB: Nov. 10, 1982Place of birth: Thunder BayMarital status: MarriedSpouse/partner: Mike McCarvilleChildren: Daughter Isabella (4 months)First vehicle: Hyundai AccentCurrent vehicle: Hyundai Santa FeFavourite food: Toast with peanut butterFavourite drink: Coors LiteCelebrity dream man: Wentworth Miller (Prison Break)Most annoying celebrity: Molly Burnett (Days Of Our Lives)All-time favourite movie: The NotebookLast movie she loved: Nothing lately has been that goodLast movie she hated: QuarantineTattooed? NoNever leaves home with-out: Her purse that has everything she needsCompeted in: 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002 Junior Nation-als, 2006, 2007, 2009 Scot-ties, 2005 Mixed Nationals, 2003 University World Games in Italy.

Third: TaraGeorge

Home: Thunder BayBegan curling at age: 10Delivery: RightOccupation/title: Casino shift managerEmployer: Casino Thunder Bay, Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.DOB: Sept. 15, 1973Place of birth: Sault Ste. MarieMarital status: MarriedSpouse/partner: Mike

GeorgeChildren: Mykaila 5,Carter 3First vehicle: MazdaCurrent vehicle: Dodge Grand CaravanFavourite food: Prime ribFavourite drink: Sour key martiniLast movie she loved: The ProposalCompeted in: 1992 Junior Nationals, 2006, 2007, 2008 (fifth) 2009 Scotties

Second: AshleyMiharija

Nickname: Smash.Home: Thunder BayBegan curling at age: EightDelivery: RightOccupation/title: Labora-tory technicianEmployer: Life LabsDate of birth: Jan. 21, 1987Place of birth: Thunder BayMarital status: SingleSpouse/Partner: Boy-friend BrianChildren: NoneFirst vehicle: Volkswagen BeetleCurrent vehicle: Nissan Xtrail and SentraFavourite food: SaladsFavourite drink: Red wineCelebrity dream man: Johnny DeppMost annoying celebrity: Lindsay LohanAll-time favourite movie: The BodyguardLast movie she loved: P.S. I Love YouLast movie she hated: Vanilla SkyTattooed? NoNever leaves home with-out: Her curling “stuff”Competed in: 2008 junior nationals, 2009 mixed, 2009 Scotties

Lead: KariMacLean

Home: Thunder BayBegan curling at age: 11Delivery: RightOccupation/title: Client

facilitatorEmployer: Options North-westDOB: Dec. 25, 1977Place of birth: Thunder BayMarital status: RelationshipSpouse/partner: Dan LavoieChildren: NoneFirst vehicle: ’91 Acura IntegraCurrent vehicle: 2008 Nis-san RogueFavourite food: Anything ItalianFavourite drink: BeerCelebrity dream man: Grady Sizemore (Cleveland Indians)All-time favourite movie: Old SchoolLast movie she loved: The Hangover

Tattooed? NopeNever leaves homewithout: Lip glossCompeted in: 1996, 1997, 1998 Junior Nationals, 2009 Scotties, 2006 Mixed Nationals

Fifth:Sarah Lang

Home: Thunder BayBegan curling at age: 9Delivery: RightOccupation/title: Student, Lakehead University (third-year social work)Employer: NoneDate of birth: Sept. 21, 1989Place of birth: Thunder BayMarital status: Single

Spouse/partner: NoneChildren: NoneFirst vehicle: Still driving her parents’ cars; first was a Nissan SentraCurrent vehicle: Parents’ Nissan XtrailFavourite food: French fries and pastaFavourite drink: MilkCelebrity dream man: Tom BradyMost annoying celebrity: Britney SpearsAll-time favourite movie: ZoolanderLast movie she loved: The Time Traveler’s WifeLast movie she hated: The Army LockerTattooed? Two tattoos for deceased dog Pepsi.

Never leaves home without: Cell-

phoneCompeted in: 08 Junior Nationals.

Coach:Rick Lang

Home: Thunder BayOccupation: Clinical investigatorEmployer: Offi ce Of The Children’s LawyerDate of birth: Dec. 12, 1953Competed in: National Juniors: 1971; Brier: 1975, 76, 80, 81, 82, 85, 88, 91, 93, 95, (fi fth) 00; Worlds: 75, 82, 85; National Mixed: 81; National Seniors: 04, 06; 08, 09 World Seniors 07. Coached: Scotties, 09.

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There’s no question that the Sault Ste. Marie spon-sors are pleased with their investment in the tourna-ment.

Liisa Woolley, marketing manager for Northern Credit Union, watched some of the games this week at the Essar Centre.

She described it as an ex-citing, well-organized event, and says the volunteers were “fantastic!”

From a marketing per-spective she was pleased

with the return on North-ern’s investment.

“The Scotties is a national event that was a great fi t for our sponsorship and a great way to support the commu-nity,” she says.

Leading up to the Scotties, Northern Credit Union ran two special promotions for its customers that allowed it to award Scotties tickets as prizes throughout its north-ern branches.

Cliffe Printing of Sault Ste. Marie played an im-portant sponsorship role in the creation of hundreds of signs and print materials that promoted the Scot-ties before and during the national tournament.

Gino Cavallo from

Cliffe’s said his company jumped at the chance to be part of such a prestigious high profi le event.

“It’s not often that a local company has an opportunity to be a supporting partner in an event of this size,” says Cavallo.

Randa gives kudos to all of the Sault Ste. Marie busi-nesses that not only support-ed the Scotties fi nancially through their sponsorships, but actively participated in the event.

“We were so pleased that our sponsors took time out to attend many of the games and as well as sharing their corporate tickets with customers so they could also take in the great curling action,” says Randa.

The 2010 Scotties in Sault Ste. Marie also received a big boost from the federal regional development orga-nization in Ontario, FedNor, which provided a $75,000 contribution to the curling event.

From Page 4

CRONIN:‘Fantastic!’


It was Kelly and Kelley when the smoke cleared in the 10-team British

Columbia provincial Scot-ties showdown at Penticton.

Kelly Scott, the 2007 world champ and two-time Scotties champ, was faced with rebounding from a cat-astrophic 1-6 record at the Canadian Olympic Trials in December. Kelley Law, the 2000 Scotties and world champ and 2002 Olympic bronze medallist, was look-ing for her fi rst provincial crown since 2007.

In the fi nale, the younger Scott doubled up on the vet-eran Law 8-4 in the cham-pionship fi nal. Both ran up 8-1 records in the round-robin segment, Scott losing

7-3 to former champion Kristy Lewis of Richmond in the second round and Law losing to Scott by vir-tue of a 9-7 extra-end theft in the fi fth round.

Heading into the playoffs, Scott was riding a six-game winning streak but yielded fi ve stolen points in the Page One-Two playoff to Vancouver’s Law who advanced to the fi nal with a 9-3 decision.

That catapulted Scott and

her Kelowna team of Jeanna Schraeder, Sasha Carter and Jacquie Armstrong, into the semifi nal against defending champion Marla Mallett of New Westminster.

Mallett had managed a shaky 5-4 round-robin log which barely qualifi ed her for a berth in the Page Three-Four tussle against third-fi nishing Kristen Fewster of Prince George who was 6-3.

But Mallett, who topped the record list at the 2009 Scotties in Victoria before fading in the playoffs, dumped Fewster 7-3 in the Page tilt and kept Scott within sight in a rather sloppy semi that wound up with the Kelowna skip in possession of the hammer in a one-up situation playing the fi nal end. Turned out Scott didn’t require the last rock for a 6-5 decision.

In the fi nal, Law hit the board with two in the sec-ond but Scott bounced right back with three in the third, then stole two in the fourth and a single in the fi fth for a 6-2 edge at the half.

Law battled back with sin-gles in the sixth and seventh but Scott duplicated that scoring in the eighth and ninth and handily dispensed with her familiar foe.

So Scott advanced to another Scotties with a 10-2 provincial record while Law fi nished 9-2, Mallett 6-5 and Fewster 6-4.Finishing up the track were Cranbrook’s Jerri-Pat Armstrong-Smith and Nanaimo’s Nicole Backe at 4-5, Lewis and Adina Tasaka of New Westminster at 3-6, Lori Olsen and Karla Thompson, both of Kam-loops, at 2-7.

BRITISHCOLUMBIA

Kelly KOs Kelley for West Coast crownROAD TO THE SCOTTIES

It’s OK to look, Sasha! The Kelly Scott crew, with Sasha Carter at second, won another B.C. title.

Organizing committeechair Sandra Randa.

your guide to what’s goin’ on

Page 8 The Party Line • Your guide to what’s goin’ on

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

on stage

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

Take a Free Ride

Shuffle in to the HeartStop Lounge!Break out the polyester, platform shoes and your finest bling… the Superfreak Disco Band is hitting the stage in the HeartStop Lounge tonight at 10:30 pm.

Over the past decade, the band has been thrilling audiences with their high energy, funky tunes and dynamic light show. With this cast of characters - Dangerous D, Animal, Q Tip and Ben Pierced – expect an outrageously entertaining performance!

Hit Us With Your Best Shots!Picture Perfect is the “fan’s eye” view from the Soo. When you’re capturing your favourite memories from the Scotties, send them in… they may just show up in The Party Line.

Email pictures to: [email protected]

(Please note: Cameraphone images may not be of suitable quality to reproduce.)

Picture Perfect

Wednesday, February 3

Marion Rahrer - ticket number 8148 - won $1,445


Today 6:30 pm Olympic Team – Cheryl Bernard

On the Road to the Vancouver Olympics!Today – 6:00 pmIn a dramatic last rock victory over Shannon Kleibrink at the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings, Cheryl Bernard earned the right to wear Canada’s colours in Vancouver.

With the Olympic games just two weeks away, Bernard and her teammates are making a special visit to the HeartStop Lounge. It’s a golden opportunity for fans to gain an insight on their thoughts and feelings as they prepare for a place in history.

Make sure you’re there for this exciting send-off to the greatest sports show on earth!

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Daily MenuPasta and Meatballs $6.00Soup and Sandwich $6.00Salads (Garden, Caesar or Greek) $4.00

Today’s SpecialsServed 6 pm - 8 pm

Dinner Feature Ravioli Dinner $10.00Served with Garden Salad

Vegetarian OptionVegetarian Pizza $2.50/slice

Nightly MenuAvailable Daily 8 pm – 1 am

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Nacho Chips $5.00Chili & Bread Sticks $5.50Jumbo Hot Dog $4.00Chili Jumbo Dog $4.75Sausage On A Bun $5.00Hamburger $5.00Lemon Pepper Chicken Hoagie $5.00Roast Beef On A Bun $5.50Bbq Beef & Mozzarella On A Bun $5.50Mrs. B’s Pizza By The Slice $2.25Chicken Wings (8) $8.00

HeartStop Lounge MenuChampionship Schedule Set for Cool CurlingNow that round robin play is complete, the field is set for championship weekend in the HeartStop Lounge.

The 16 qualifiers face off starting at 4:30 pm Saturday in the Cool Curling competition, followed by the quarter-finals. On Sunday, the semi-finals get underway at 12:30 pm – and the winners go straight to the championship final.

Make sure you get your spot in the HeartStop! The curlers will be playing for first prize of $600, $300 for second and $150 for third.

Cheryl Bernard, Susan O’Connor, Carolyn Darbyshire and Cori Bartel wear gold medals and Team Canada colours following their victory at the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings.

Photos contributed by: Neil MacEwan

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They sat up until the wee hours dreaming up the em-blem. Many times Wilson has admitted, “it was a two wine-bottle job.”

The fi rst Tournament Of Hearts was held at Regina in 1982. Colleen Jones — who else? — won it. And the rest is history.

Among other things, the Scotties has been known as one of the best-organized sports events anywhere. And the reason why is simple. Robin Wilson is among the most organized people in sport. Hence the Scotties runs like a fi nely-tuned clock.

Colleagues say she is “an amazing problem-solver.” Nothing fazes her. She’s on top of everything con-nected with the tournament — hotels, banquets, teams, offi cials, anything where timing is involved. She’s even aware of player’s birthdays and arranges ap-propriate gifts.

She has a passion for what she does with an inten-sity few can match. If she’s stressed, or in the midst of solving a problem, you’ll never know it. Always, no matter what the mo-ment, Robin Wilson comes complete with a smile for everyone.

Another story goes that the Scotties was returning to a city in which it had held forth 10 years previously.

Guy walks into the arena, shakes Robin’s hand, says, “You probably don’t remember me but . . .” At which point Robin not only calls him by name, tells him what he does for a living, what he likes for lunch, how

he was connected to curling and the previous Scotties a decade before.

The Wilson suite at the headquarters hotel is known as the War Rooms. She’s had red rooms with Oriental carpets, rooms completely decked out in leather, one as small as a closet.

If you can’t fi nd her run-ning around a city with a member of the organizing committee, she’ll be at her computer working on two-days-from-now, cup of tea by her side. In the evening, out goes the tea and in comes either red wine or Glenfi ddich on the rocks.

Her door is always open. No one ever is turned away. Until this year, her mother Helen was always on hand as “chaperone.” Along about 1:30 a.m., Helen would say to the assembled guests: “Robin will need her rest soon.” To which Robin would reply: “No worries, mom, I’m doing just fi ne.” So Helen would put the corks in the bottles and head into the bedroom and put on her pajamas. Then she’d

return, thinking someone would take the hint. Instead, Robin would say: “Don’t you like mom’s peejays?” And the wine would be uncorked again.

Yet another story tells you all you need to know about Robin Wilson and her knack for steering a smooth voyage.

She and her coterie are busy working overtime on the seating arrangements for the fi nal Scotties banquet in 1994 at Kitchener-Waterloo. They put the whole shebang in a computer and every-thing is fi ne until the after-noon of the fi nal game when a power surge or some other unexplained glitch fouls up the computer.

Now it’s a half-hour before the start of the pre-dinner cocktails and Wilson departs the arena and heads for the war rooms to print out the seating chart, only to discover it’s hopelessly shuffl ed like a deck of cars and has to be completely re-drawn.

The reception is a long way from the hotel. And everybody’s there, hoisting a few at the appointed hour, 60 minutes before the start of the banquet.

That start time comes and goes and, no Robin, no seating chart. The bar stays

open for another hour. Scott Paper president

Bob Stewart is looking for Robin.

“What’s going on?” he is asking, approximately.

At long last, Robin shows up, calm and cool, with the seating arrangement neatly printed out.

Stewart approaches and asks: “What’s going on here? Who’s in charge?”

And Robin quietly looks at him, smiles, puts a hand on his arm, and says, very quietly: “You are, Bob.”

There’s an adjunct to the story, too.

Bob Stewart loved beets. He always demanded that beets be served as a vegeta-ble at the banquet. But, this time, the beets were boiled to mush and the hotel cooks had to produce a fresh batch of veggies in a hurry.

Robin Wilson’s con-nection with the Scotties sponsor ceases with the completion of the current edition. They gave her rous-ing, well-deserved sendoff earlier in the week at the Delta.

Anyone who’s been around the event for any

length of time will tell you future Scotties won’t be the same without her.

Betting is, though, that you haven’t seen the last of Robin Wilson at the Canadian women’s curling championship. The role may be altered, but not the af-fable, ebullient, effervescent personality.

That will never change.

From Page 5

WOOD:An effervescent,

affable personality

Robin Wilson.

Scott’s (now Kruger’s) connection to this event dates back to 1982. RobinWilson was named event co-ordinator that year, and the Scotties has since grown into the classiest women’s amateur sport production in Canada.


Skip: JenniferJones

Home: East St. Paul, Man.Began curling at age: 11Delivery: RightOccupation/title: Corpo-rate lawyerEmployer: Wellington West Capital Inc.Date of birth: July 7, 1974Place of birth: WinnipegMarital status: MarriedSpouse/Partner: ScottChildren: NoneFirst-ever vehicle: Volk-swagon RabbitCurrent vehicle: Currently on orderFavourite food: Ice creamFavourite drink: Chai teaCelebrity dream man: NoneMost annoying celebrity: None

All-time favourite movie: Anything with a happy endingLast movie she loved: The HangoverLast movie she hated: Anything without a happy endingNever leaves home with-out: iPodCompeted in: 2002, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09 Scotties, 05, 08, 09 Worlds, 91, 93, 94 Canadian Juniors, 04, 06, 07, 08 Canada Cup, 07, 08 Continental Cup.

Third: CathyOverton-Clapham

Home: WinnipegBegan curling at age: 12Delivery: RightOccupation: Business owner/momEmployer: Flatlanders

FlooringDate of birth: July 19, 1969Place of birth: WinnipegMarital status: MarriedSpouse/Partner: MikeChildren: Andrew 11, Mackenzie 7First vehicle: CavalierCurrent vehicle: Hyundai Vera CruzFavourite food: SteakFavourite drink: Chai tea Celebrity dream man: Jim YoungMost annoying celebrity: NoneAll-time favourite movie: Anything with a happy endingLast movie she loved: The HangoverLast movie she hated: Anything without a happy endingNever leaves home with-out: BlackBerry/phone

Competed in: 1991, 95, 96, 99, 00, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09 10 Scotties, 1995, 05, 08, 09 Worlds, 07, 08 Continental Cup, 86. 89 Canadian Juniors, 90 World Juniors, 06, 07, 08 Canada Cup.

Second: JillOfficer

Home: WinnipegBegan curling at age: 10Delivery: RightOccupation/title: RBC OlympianEmployer: RBCDate of birth: June 2, 1975Place of birth: WinnipegMarital status: MarriedSpouse/Partner: DevlinChildren: NoneFirst vehicle:Cavalier

Current vehicle: Ford FusionFavourite food: WrapsFavourite drink: NoneCelebrity dream man: Justin Timberlake, Ryan ReynoldsMost annoying celebrity: Lindsay LohanLast movie she loved: The HangoverLast movie she hated: Lord of the RingsTattooed? NoNever leaves home with-out: Water, BlackBerry Competed in: 2005, 06, 07, 08, 09 Scotties, 05, 08, 09 Worlds, 94 Cana-dian Junior, 04, 06, 07, 08 Canada Cup, 07, 08 Con-tinental Cup.

Lead: DawnAskin

Home: WinnipegBegan curling at age: 7Delivery: RightOccupation/title: Case officerEmployer: Federal Gov-ernment of Canada

Date of birth: July 3, 1980Place of birth: OttawaMarital status: Com-mon lawSpouse/Partner: Mike

McEwenChildren: None.

First vehicle: CavalierCurrent vehicle: Mazda 3Favourite food: Too many to pickFavourite drink: Depends on mood Celebrity dream man: HmmmmMost annoying celebrity: Miley CyrusAll-time favourite movie: Shining ThroughTattooed? Yes, two.Never leaves home with-out: Sunglasses

Competed in: 2005, 08, 09 Scotties, 08, 09 Worlds, 07, 08 Canada Cup, 07, 08 Continental Cup.

Fifth: JenniferClark-Rouire

Home: WinnipegBegan curling at age: 14Delivery: RightOccupation/title: Mother and business ownerEmployer: Storm CateringDate of birth: May 18, 1975Place of birth: WinnipegMarital status: MarriedSpouse/Partner: MitchChildren: Lucas, 2 1/2First vehicle: Ford FestivaCurrent vehicle: Chevy Tracker XLTFavourite food: ChocolateFavourite drink: Tim Hortons coffee . . . large double-double!Celebrity dream man: Ryan ReynoldsMost annoying celebrity: Paris HiltonAll-time favourite movie: Star WarsLast book she loved: The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldLast book she hated: My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult (couldn’t think of any movies!)Tattooed? Not yetNever leaves home with-out: A picture of my little boy Lucas Competed in: 2008, 09 Scotties, 08, 09 Worlds

Coach: JanetArnott

Home: WinnipegOccupation/title: Store systems co-ordinatorEmployer: Shoppers Drug MartDate of birth: April 17, 1956Place of birth: WinnipegCoached: 2008, 09 Scot-ties, 08, 09 Worlds

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Jill Officer, left,and Dawn Askin.

The match provides an extra life while all other playoff games are sudden death. “I just wanted a shot at the four-foot and I knew I’d have that draw,” said Jones of the tension-packed fi nal end played before a crowd of 3,507.

McCarville had taken two in the ninth to tie the count after chasing Jones most of the way. McCarville had two rocks stationed in the four-foot, guarded, but Jones executed an angle-raise take-out leaving her rock hidden. McCarville fl ashed, attempt-ing a thin double off one of her own rocks.

“We played the angle raise on the fi rst one when we had the chance,” said Jones. “I knew all the way down we weren’t hitting it too thick but it worked. It was a big game for us today and we knew we’d have to play well and we did.”

Jones, playing with Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Of-fi cer and Dawn Askin, lost to O’Rourke Wednesday night and noted the Island-ers “play with no fear.”

“They’ll be tough but we’ve been there before and we’ll be tough, too,” she said.

McCarville explained her last-rock miss:

“I planned to throw peel weight; I just threw wide. It’s such a long drop, from No. 1 to tiebreakers, two tie-breakers, again. Hopefully this time it’ll go our way.”

McCarville won two tiebreakers at the Olympic trials in Edmonton, then lost in the semifi nal.

“I think for some reason we’re supposed to learn the ice a little better so two extra

games will have to do,” she said. “We like tiebreakers. Wherever we go, we take the hard road. But that’s OK; it makes us a better team. And we’re conditioned for what we’re facing the next couple of days.”

McCarville said she wasn’t disappointed in her team’s play.

“We picked up our game tonight but it wasn’t enough,” she said.

The B.C. team won its second of the day by steal-ing points at will against the women from The Rock.

“We had a real, real good day — team dynamics, chemistry and just solid play,” said Scott, the 2007 world champion who’s looking to get back to the Scotties throne room. “I think we’re ramping it up at the perfect time. We have some momentum now.”

She said she’d probably rather play today.

“I’d rather play, but not in a tiebreaker,” she said. “We’ll practise instead.”

Thurston was irate after what she termed “a hor-rible” performance against New Brunswick’s Andrea Kelly in the afternoon, but her Winnipeg team bounced back to clobber Quebec.

“We played a lot better,” she said. “We had a talk and decided we’re still in it, we can still make a tiebreaker so let’s just go out and play hard. The goal was to make the playoffs and whether it’s a tiebreaker or not it’s still

the playoffs. I think we play well when our backs are against the wall. We knew we had to win this game to stay in it and we came out fi ring.”

Saskatchewan’s Amber Holland drew to the button for a 7-6 win over Valerie Sweeting of Edmonton in the other game Thursday night.

Holland missed the play-offs by one game at 6-and-5 while Quebec and New Brunswick were 5-and-6, Newfoundland/Labrador, Alberta and the Territories were 4-and-7 and Nova Scotia was 1-and-10.

Scott remained in conten-tion Thursday afternoon with a key 10-5 win over the Islanders that failed to dislodge the O’Rourke out-fi t from the top rung of the round-robin standings.

“I think the scoreboard was indicative of how sharp we played,” said Scott.

Thurston’s crew merely needed to knock off New Brunswick to punch its own playoff ticket but was instead trumped 9-6.

Jones overwhelmed last-place Nova Scotia by an 11-4 count.

O’Rourke’s said she thought here crew was “emotionally a little tired out there.

“We just really didn’t have the gas. I think the last three games have been really scrappy, hard-fought ones. It’s almost like you know you’re in that (Page) One-Two game, and you’re out there trying to play for hammer, but it’s tough go-ing when you’re a little bit tired.”

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2. All told, Canadian women’s titles have been decided in Charlottetown on three occasions. List the two previ-ous winners and the years they won the tournaments on the island.3. Marilyn Bodogh, in 1996, is the last Ontario skip to win the Scotties. Who skipped the P.E.I. team in that particular tour-nament?

4. This year’s Tim Hortons Brier will be held at Hali-fax in March. When was the Scotties last staged in Halifax?.5. Who won it, from which province?6. Next year’s Brier will be played in the John Labatt Centre, London, where a successful Scotties was played in 2006. Who won that, representing which province?7. Newfoundland is one of three provinces/territories never to have won the Canadian women’s curling

champion-ship. Name the other two.8. Which Ontario cen-tres do not fit in this list

— Kenora, Dryden, North Bay, London, Unionville, Hamilton, Windsor, Arn-prior — and why?9. Name the last Ontario

skip to win 10 games at the Scotties, where and when?

10. Name the only three Ontario skips ever to win the Canadian women’s curling championship.11. Where were they from?12. Name the province with the most third-place finishes in Canadian wom-en’s curling championship history.13. How many third-place finishes?14. Name the province with the most second-place finishes, and that number.

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SCOTTIES CUMULATIVE STATS

SkipsName % ageKelly Scott (B.C.) 79Jennifer Jones (Canada) 76Krista McCarville (Ont.) 75Amber Holland (Sask.) 74Jill Thurston (Man.) 73Erin Carmody (P.E.I.) 72Valerie Sweeting (Alta.) 72Andrea Kelly (N.B.) 69Eve Belisle (Que.) 69Sharon Cormier (NWT/YT) 68Nancy McConnery (N.S.) 67Shelley Nichols (N.L.) 64

ThirdsName % ageCathy Overton-Clapham (Canada) 81Jeanna Schraeder (B.C.) 77Kristen Phillips (Man.) 75Brenda Nicholls (Que.) 75Stephanie LeDrew (N.L.) 75Geri-Lynn Ramsay (P.E.I.) 74Tara George (Ont.) 74Denise Nowlan (N.B.) 73Jennifer Crouse (N.S.) 72Tara Naugler (NWT/YT) 71Megan Einarson (Alta.) 71Kim Schneider (Sask.) 69

SecondsName % ageJill Offi cer (Canada) 81Sasha Carter (B.C.) 80Leslie Wilson (Man.) 78Jillian Babin (N.B.) 76Ashley Miharija (Ont.) 76Tammy Schneider (Sask.) 75Kathy O’Rourke (P.E.I.) 73Whitney More (Alta.) 71Sheena Gilman (N.S.) 70Martine Comeau (Que.) 69Rhonda Rogers (N.L.) 69Megan Cormier (NWT/YT) 66

LeadsName % ageDawn Askin (Canada) 87Heather Kalenchuk (Sask.) 82Jacquie Armstrong (B.C.) 82Tricia Affl eck (P.E.I.) 80Julie Rainville (Que.) 80Lindsay Makichuk (Alta.) 79Colette Lemon (N.L.) 79Jill Thomas (N.S.) 78Raunora Westcott (Man.) 78Kari MacLean (Ont.) 78Danielle Ellis (NWT/YT) 74 Lianne Sobey (N.B.) 71

Teams % ageCanada (Jones) 81British Columbia (Scott) 79Manitoba (Thurston) 77Ontario (McCarville) 76Saskatchewan (Holland) 75P.E.I. (O’Rourke) 75

% ageAlberta (Sweeting) 73Nova Scotia (McConnery) 72New Brunswick (Kelly) 71Quebec (Belisle) 71 Newfoundland/Labrador (Nichols) 71Territories (Cormier) 70

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Standings(fi nal round robin)

Team W LP.E.I. 8 3Canada 8 3B.C. 7 4Manitoba 7 4Ontario 7 4Saskatchewan 6 5Quebec 5 6New Brunswick 5 6Nfl d/Labrador 4 7Alberta 4 7Territories 4 7Nova Scotia 1 10

Draw 15 Results 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TNova Scotia 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 x 3Ontario* 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 x 7%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamNova Scotia 63 61 64 71 65Ontario 70 75 71 83 75

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TNfl d/Labrador 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 x 5P.E.I.* 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 x 9%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamNfl d/Labrador 83 66/75 67 56 68P.E.I. 64 61 82 75 71

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TNew Brunswick 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 5Quebec 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 6%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamNew Brunswick 71 81 86 83 80Quebec 80 81 83 89 83

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TSaskatchewan 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 x 5Territories 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 x 9%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamSaskatchewan 98 63/73 61 63 72Territories 64 74 73 72 71

Draw 16 Results 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 TTerritories 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 7Alberta* 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 9%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamTerritories 67 77 78 60 71Alberta 83 60 60 69 68

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TManitoba 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 6New Brunswick* 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 9%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamManitoba 79 70 59 70 69New Brunswick 66 70 74 85 74

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TP.E.I.* 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 x 5B.C. 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 x 10%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamP.E.I. 78/75 81 74 67 75B.C. 84 75 76 81 79

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TCanada* 1 1 0 5 0 0 1 3 x x 11Nova Scotia 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 x x 4%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamCanada 86 91 89 84 88Nova Scotia 80 84 58 61 71

Draw 17 Results 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TManitoba* 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 2 x x 10Quebec 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 x x 4%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamManitoba 83 92 66 75 79Quebec 92 75 81 61 77

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TSaskatchewan 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 7Alberta* 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 6%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamSaskatchewan 83 85 74 91 83Alberta 89 71 88 85 83

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TCanada* 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 6Ontario 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 5%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamCanada 84 70 78 79 78Ontario 86 73 78 80 79

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TNfl d/Labrador 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2British Columbia* 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 8%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamNfl d/Labrador 76 92 85 60 79British Columbia 76 89 89 76 83

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Flamboyant Shelley Nichols and her mates from The Rock may no

longer be in the pink today at the Scotties Tournament Of Hearts, but their penchant for pink will carry on.

The Newfs have been employing pink brooms at the Essar Centre this week. The motif, of course, is rec-ognition of a cure for breast cancer. There’s a connection here, though, that transcends simple charity. Newf-Lab second player Rhonda Rogers is a breast cancer survivor. She was diagnosed with the insidious disease in 2002.

“It defi nitely was a shock,” she recalls now. “I

was sitting in the doctor’s offi ce with my mother. I was thinking, ‘You’re talk-ing to me, not to her, right?’

“I went through the whole gamut of treatments — chemo, radiation, then med-ication afterward. Finally, I was declared cancer-free. For what it was, it went well. I was very lucky.”

Of course, an initial reac-tion to being informed you have cancer practically is universal. “Once the shock wears off, you decide you have to make the most of every single day. Every day,” says Rogers, 37.

Yep, you learn in a hurry that time is so very impor-tant.

The team has been on the pink kick for a while.

“It’s Rhonda, but it’s not

just Rhonda,” says Nichols. “We were promoting it any way. We do the Run-For-The-Cure every year.”

The team conjured up the idea of pink brooms a sea-son ago, a year after Nichols lost in the provincial fi nal to Heather Strong.

“We wanted to bring them in last year but we’d already signed with another sponsor,” explains Nichols. “So we waited, and then we brought them in this year.”

And the reaction?“Oh yes, people are

noticing,” says Nichols, 27. “Back home, we went with black jackets that had pink lettering on the back. Just with our names. The con-trast worked really well.

“Then we get here and real-ize, ohhhh, we’re wearing red.

Red! Like Valentine’s Day. Red and pink defi nitely do not work. What do you do?”

So much for the thought of applying pink lettering at the Scotties.

Maybe a trade with Nova Scotia might have worked.

“It looks kind of cute, anyway, with the brooms,” says the Newfi e skip. “The pink broomheads are getting

a lot of reaction. Back home, people are all so really sup-portive. People band together for things like this. A lot of people at our curling club do the run-for-cure every year.

“But, you know, every-body’s involved in so many charities. You know what I mean? You’re gung ho for one charity. There’s another group favouring another charity.

There’s only so much charity work that you can do.”

Nevertheless, this team won’t be abandoning The Pink any time soon. Any why would it? The cause can’t get enough support.

And even if you’ve been declared cancer-free, on-cologists will tell you that you live with the disease for the remainder of your life.

“I still go back for a check-up ever year,” says Rogers. “I’m part of a long-term trial so I can go back every year for the rest of my life. I don’t really have to at this point. But I’m doing it!”

Rogers, Rock creware thinking pink

“Once the shock wears off, you decide you haveto make the mostof every single day”

Newfoundland secondand breast cancer

survivor Rhonda Rogers,shown at left with

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