Issue 8 – Saturday, March 24, 2012 • An Official Publication of the Canadian Curling Association. One win away Swedes book place in Sunday’s final Margaretha Sigfridsson calls line in a 7-6 win over Switzerland in the Page One-Two game Friday. They will have hammer in Sunday’s championship game. Sponsor of the Day MARCH 30 - APRIL 7, 2013 • Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre See Sponsor Profile on page 5 SINGLE DRAW TICKETS FROM $25 Page 2 Extra-end Swede-ness The match boiled down to the last end want to do a little better this time.” Sigfridsson crew books way into with Sweden counting in the four-foot Added Sigfridsson: behind a guard and Ott needing a soft hit “I wasn’t worried in the extra end. My Sunday final with win over Swiss and roll into the button to set up a possible doubt was in the 10th end because a lot steal. But her last rock over-curled and of our stones were at the back of the rings By LARRY WOOD — first appeared at this championship in died, leaving Sweden with the winning and we didn’t want that. It was hard to Eye Opener Editor 2002 and lost the final to Scotland’s Jackie stone and a meaningless last stone remain- keep hitting their stones. Lockhart at Bismarck, N.D. ing to be played. “I think it was one of our best games. Two world championship skipping ap- Now the pair is back, after outshining “It was such a good game and so much Unfortunately I didn’t get our last stones pearances, two finals. that of defending champion, three-time fun to play,” said Sigfridsson. “It just feels exactly where I wanted them all the time. That’s the record for Margaretha Sig- world champion and double Olympic gold great at the moment. We had such good en- But Maria performed well and the team fridsson and her Swedish team that’s head- medallist Anette Norberg to qualify, and ergy on the team today and we performed was just great. ed for Sunday’s 4:30 p.m. Ford Worlds Friday night won the Page One-Two play- really well, I think.” “I’ll hope we’ll get some practice tomor- final match at the Enmax Centre. off match for a berth in the world women’s Her team opened with a deuce and could row (11 a.m. in fact) and just enjoy the day Sigfridsson — with Maria Prytz throw- championship final by defeating Mirjam have put up three but Prytz rolled off on a and get our strength back for the final.” ing the last rocks while Sigfridsson leads Ott’s team from Davos, Switzerland, 7-6 in hit for the third point. How did she describe the feeling of be- off and then masterminds teehead strategy an extra end. Switzerland battled back with a pair of ing one game shy of a world title? singles and exchanged another pair before “It’s just fantastic, it’s hard to describe,” Prytz missed a draw to the four-foot in the she said. “You have to do it to know what seventh end for a deuce. it feels like. It’s so hard. It’s just euphoria. Ott made her foe pay with her own go- “But we’re not really totally happy until ahead deuce in the eighth but Sweden had we win the final.” Ott looking at three in the ninth and after Christina Bertrup threw third rocks for she doubled out two of them, Prytz hit for the winners while Maria Wennerstrom a go-ahead duet. played second stones. With a wall of granite at the back of the Both teams were 8-and-3 during the rings in the 10th, the Swiss couldn’t keep round-robin preliminaries, the Swiss had a rock in play until Ott drew for the tying a collective one-point edge in percentage single. shooting and a huge advantage in terms of “It was a really tight game and both experience. teams played really well,” said Prytz. In world championship play, this Swiss “I struggled a little bit with my own team — third Carmen Schaefer, second play but my team was so good that I could Carmen Kueng and lead Janine Greiner make my 75 per cent enough.” — boasted a combined 22 appearances She said she expected to have to make “a compared to the Swedish team’s eight. The little tapback” with her last of the game . Swiss carried six Olympic appearances . “but I didn’t have to throw it and that is into the game, the Swedes had no Olympic always fine”. experience. And the Swiss foursome was “Yes, I was a little bit nervous. Some- credited with a combined 29 Euro chal- times it’s just small, small things. It’s great lenges compared to nine for the Swedes. to be in the final and we are going to play as good as we can. I look forward to it. I Please see PAGE ONE-TWO, Page 3 Always Shot Rock. The creamy consistency of Amarula delights with lingering subtle flavours of vanilla, caramel and chocolate. Affirming its unrivaled taste, Amarula Cream was recently voted “Best Liqueur in the World” at the International Wine and Spirit Competition. THE OFFICIAL SPIRIT OF CHAMPIONSHIP CURLING Amarula is the official spirit of The World Financial Continental Cup, Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Tim Hortons Brier and Ford World Women’s Curling Championship Swiss third Carmen Schaefer calls line against Sweden in the Page One-Two www.amarula.com Amarula is a rare find. Appreciate accordingly. Find us on Facebook: game. Sweden won 7-6 in an extra end. Represented by PMA Canada Ltd. | www.pmacanada.com facebook.com/Amarula Saturday, March 24 – 2012 Ford World Women’s – Eye Opener Page 3 Page One-Two Switzerland will play today’s semi-final at 6 p.m. against the winner of a Page Three-Four battle earlier today be- tween Korea and Canada. Swiss skip Ott suggested her team was a lucky break away from winning the Friday night match. “We were unlucky,” she said. “I don’t like to speak about luck or unluck. It’s just that we had some chances and we couldn’t use them. It was a good game, a close game, an interesting game and we were unlucky that we didn’t win. “It’s good to know we have another chance but we would rather be in the final now.” She said she thought she’d thrown her final stone “pretty well”. “But on that side the ice slowed down, it was playing 13.5 (seconds) and it was maybe 30 centimetres short,” she said. “There were a couple of bad situations where we were really, really close. We lost a measure and on another day we might have won this game. The weight changed a little bit in this game, maybe because there was only one game on one sheet out there. “It was different but it was still great, curling and swing- ing. We appreciate that. “I still think we can play a little bit better.” Sweden edged Switzerland 87 to 86 per cent in the Page One-Two game Friday. 002624_CurlingSpons_Mech.indd Revision: 0 Created: 1/12/12 Printed @ 100% Page Playoff Schedule Client: WM, Inc. Creative Director: 1Art Director: Ontario 9 MECHANICAL Bleed: n/a 2 Copywriter: Quebec 6 1 Ontario 7 Trim: n/a Proofreader: A. BAKER Live: 5.125" x 7.0417" Studio Artist: J. WARD 2 Quebec 7 2 Quebec 8 Inspected By: 4 Nova Scotia 6 now to next. to now Colors: 4/c Production Manager: C. CAPOSINO DPI: 300 Project3 Manager: M. IZENAlberta 5 4 Nova Scotia 6 LIVE LIVE Page playoff, including a bronze medal match, from the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. 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