Issue 5 – Wednesday, February 22, 2012 • An Official Publication of the Canadian Curling Association. Wild Rose Day Alberta, along with Manitoba and Quebec put two wins on the board Tuesday. Sponsors of the Day November 28 - December 2 • Mosaic Place - Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan See Sponsor Profiles on page 9 Page 2 HeartChart Big day for Jones, Opening Rocks Nedohin & Larouche LARRY WOOD “I had an opportunity for the win twice the last ends. I didn’t know if I should play Heart Chart Editor and didn’t make it either time.” just a little tap in the extra end but for me Canada led 4-1 at the half and 5-2 after the double was easier and she had to play uddenly, it’s a real horse-race. eight ends but fell apart a the finish. against three.” With seven teams operating within After Larouche picked up a pair in the Injured second Tammy Schenider returned Sa game of one another at the top of ninth, she had Holland look at a double in to the Team Canada lineup for this joust. the Scotties Tournament Of Hearts heap. the 10th and stole the tying point out of it, Scott erased the sour taste of a 7-4 after- Defending champion Amber Holland then stole three in the 11th. noon loss to Alberta by defeating Heather gassed a last-rock draw looking at three in Larouche executed a last-rock double Strong (2-5) or Newfoundland 11-7. an extra-end Tuesday night at the Enmax there and her shooter away from centre With flu-ridden third Sasha Carter back Centrium to create a three-way traffic jam leaving Holland the open in-turn draw which in action, and in some pain, the B.C. team at the front of the field with four more units hung up short of the rings. overhauled a three-point deficit incurred in barking at their heels. “I thought I had a really great game up the first end by stealing a pair of deuces for Manitoba, Alberta and Quebec each until the last couple of ends,” said Holland. a 5-3 lead. But Strong came back with a won twice on the day and it was British “Came up a little light on the last one. Yup. I second three-point shocker in the fifth, Scott Columbia (Kelly Scott), Team Canada (Hol- just threw it light and once it gets to the curl hung up back-to-back singles, one of which land) and Manitoba (Jennifer Jones) oper- it’s gone. So I’ll park this right away. I made Strong got back in the eighth. ating at 5-and-2 with New Brunswick, Sas- a lot of great shots earlier in that game.” In the ninth, with a jumble of rocks crowd- katchewan, Alberta and Quebec at 4-and-3. The slender skip from St-Romauld said she ed in the four-foot, Scott pulled off a spec- Holland’s match against Quebec’s Marie- didn’t expect Holland to miscue at the finish. tacular angle-raise takeout for four which France Larouche developed into a disaster. “But I’m very happy about that,” she said. settled the issue. “We had control of the whole game un- “I didn’t play well at the beginning but after “Ohhh. Thank goodness it didn’t go down til the last few ends and there were a few the fifth end I think I bring back my good to the wire,” said Scott with a big sigh of key misses there and that’s what happens,” curling. This is great for our confidence. relief. Manitoba fifth Jennifer Clark- moaned Holland. “True, we put a lot of pressure on her in Continued on Page 3 Rouire saw some action. Our Country Rocks! Proud to support the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Today's Best Country Best Rock of All Time Wednesday, February 22, 2012 Page 3 Continued from Page 2 Jones won a pair earlier, 8-3 over Nova “It was touch and go. We needed to close Scotia and 8-7 in an extra end over Sas- it in the ninth.” katchewan. Carter left the building in a hurry with Alberta capped it’s two-win day on the remnants of the flu. late shift hitting for four in the ninth top dou- “The first five was really rough for her ble Prince Edward Island’s Kim Dolan 10-5. and the last five she played lights out,” said Ontario’s Tracy Horgan walloped the flu- Scott. ridden Territories lineup, which had been re- “Scrapping is a good word. Off the ice, duced to three players earlier but managed on the ice, together as a unit, we keep trying to produce four in the evening, by a 12-2 to find a way. We’re waiting for it to open count with Sharon Cormier skipping. up and be a bit easier than it is right now. “That was much better,” said Horgan (3-4) It’s difficult right now but we’re pulling to- who called a halt to a four-game losing skid. gether as a team.” “We played better than in recent games. It Scott is excited with the way her team has has been frustrating but we’re learning lots.” hung in to this point, winning tight decisions. Nedohin termed Tuesday “our turnaround “Championship teams scrap. right?” she day”. asked. “You have to have that in your box of “I think we played solid as a team,” she tools. We have really good team chemistry, said. “Actually, I think we’ve played consis- good dynamics, a good blend of person- tently throughout but this was a good day. alities that pull through these things and it’s Momentum is a good thing and we look for- showing this tournament.” ward to more of it tomorrow. As for the crazy flu that kept Territories “Honestly, the three girls in front of me skip Vathy Galusha on the shelf all day, have been playing well all week and there Scott said: hasn’t been much change. When I can bring “I got over it, our family members got my game up to match those of my team- over it, other players seem to be over it, but mates it’s a good thing.” I think Sash’s body is going through multiple Jennifer Jones outduelled Michelle Englot things with the pregnancy so for her, unfor- of Regina in the feature afternoon tussle that tunately, it’s not just 24 hours. It has hit her endured 11 ends. really hard. But she digs and she grinds.” The Saskatchewan team found itself down Next up for B.C. is an old nemesis, Jen- two heading home with the hammer and En- Canada skip Amber Holland bangs elbows with Ontario lead Amanda Gates nifer Jones of Winnipeg, this morning. glot executed a perfect hit-and-stick for a 7-7 “We haven’t played her since the Scotties tie forcing the extra end. after their game Tuesday morning. That was the growing norm, with the flu last year,” mused Scott. Continued on Page 4 bug running through the field in Red Deer. Page 4 HeartChart Western battles abounded Continued from Page 3 lowed a similar path, breaking a pattern of The flatlanders were set up for a potential exchanging points with three in sixth end steal in the 11th until Manitoba third Kait- and four in the eighth against Atkinson of lyn Lawes executed a great double takeout Oromocto. It ended 11-6. while leaving her counter standing in the Newfoundland’s Heather Strong doubled four-foot. up on Dolan of Prince Edward Islander 8-4 Englot was left with a delicate hit and soft while Larouche stole two in the ninth which roll to count and force Jones to make her proved the difference in a 7-5 conquest of last one, but she came up short. the Territories’ three-player outfit. “Kaitlyn just made a peach for us in the Missing skip Galusha and sometime front- extra end to set it up,” said Jones. “That ender Wendy Miller, the Territories went made my life easy.” with three for the first time in the Scotties Nedohin win against Scott was clutch memory of umpire-in-chief Brenda Rogers of stuff. Calgary. Alberta’s crew controlled the game “There was a bit of a 24-hour outbreak Always Shot Rock. throughout but hit a couple of speedbumps like this at Charlottetown in 1999 but I don’t in the latter ends, especially the last one. ever recall a team playing with three since Up 6-4 with hammer, Nedohin found she they introduced alternates,” said Rogers. was suddenly staring down the sheet at four “I’m confident this is a passing thing and West-Coast counters. as long as teams use hand sanitizers we’ll With her last shot she needed a wide out- get over this soon. turn draw to grab all of the four-foot and Territories lead Megan Cormier was side- The creamy consistency of a piece of the lid and count one for a 7-4 lined at the start of the event. B.C.’s Carter victory. was out Monday and Scott and Newfie skip Amarula delights with lingering Holland remained atop the stack at that Strong admitted to feeling queasy. subtle flavours of vanilla, caramel point, turning a close game she actually “One of our spouses was throwing up in was trailing at the break, 3-2, into a rout the night,” said Strong.