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2018 - 2019 THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SEASON OF CHAMPIONS WHAT’S NEXT FOR LAWES & MORRIS? TEAM JONES BEGINS A NEW CHAPTER TEAM GUSHUE SHIFTS GEARS AS NEW OLYMPIC CYCLE BEGINS GROWING THE GAME. In the field or at the rink, what you do isn’t just about today. It’s about planting and nourishing the seeds for tomorrow. That’s why New Holland is proud to support youth curling in Canada and serve as the title sponsor of the 2019 New Holland Canadian Junior Curling Championships. Like the passion we have for farming, New Holland wants to grow the game we all love and strengthen its future. To that end we’re just beginning. | #togetherblue ©2018 CNH Industrial America LLC. All rights reserved. “New Holland” is a trademark registered in the United States and many other countries, owned by or licensed to CNH Industrial N.V., its subsidiaries or affiliates. New Holland Construction is a trademark in the United States and many other countries, owned by or licensed to CNH Industrial N.V., its subsidiaries or affiliates. 2018-2019 THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SEASON OF CHAMPIONS Editor ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 4 TIM HORTONS BRIER 42 Laurie Payne Brad Gushue draws the button CURLING CANADA for second straight Canadian title Managing editor BOARD OF GOVERNORS 5 Al Cameron PARALYMPIC WINTER GAMES 46 SEASON OF CHAMPIONS CONTACTS 7 China wins first-ever Paralympic medal Art director in an extra end nail-biter Samantha Edwards WHAT’S NEXT FOR LAWES AND MORRIS? 9 For Lawes it’s all about team curling FORD WORLD WOMEN’S 48 Production director but for Morris, the focus is mixed doubles Canada defends gold medal Marylou Morris by Paul Wiecek with - run by Jennifer Jones Printer TEAM JONES EXPECTS MORE OF SAME 361˚ WORLD MEN’S 50 St. Joseph Printing AS PETERMAN REPLACES OFFICER 12 Canada’s Brad Gushue team falls short A new chapter begins in its quest for back-to-back world titles Cover photography for the reigning world champions Olympic mixed doubles champions by Mario Annicchiarico A SALUTE TO CHAMPIONS 54 Kaitlyn Lawes and John Morris WCF/Michael Burns Here’s to the teams that won GUSHUE SHIFTS GEARS national and world titles AS NEW OLYMPIC CYCLE BEGINS 14 Photography Michael Burns A berth in Beijing is the ultimate goal ON THE ROCKS 57 with the hope of a few wins along the way Canada wins gold trifecta Scotties Tournament of Hearts by Don Landry in Curling World Cup debut photography by Al Cameron Andrew Klaver HOME HARDWARE ROAD TO THE ROAR 16 Morris, Bottcher, McCarville, Tippin IN THE NEWS 58 Manager, national sponsorship nail final berths in curling trials Congrats to annual award winners Catharine Dunlop and Hall of Fame inductees TIM HORTONS ROAR OF THE RINGS 20 Chief executive officer Teams Homan and Koe come out on top A NEW LOOK FOR CURLING CANADA’S Katherine Henderson to wear the Maple Leaf in PyeongChang HIGH PERFORMANCE PROGRAM 60 Leading up to the Winter Olympics CANAD INNS Canada’s national program is in solid hands MIXED DOUBLES CURLING TRIALS 22 by Mario Annicchiarico Extra End magazine is published by Kaitlyn Lawes and John Morris Curling Canada. All rights reserved. began to heat up when it counted most ABBOTSFORD CURLING CLUB Reproduction in whole or in part without ROCKS LEARN TO CURL! 63 written consent is prohibited. The opinions WORLD FINANCIAL GROUP Young and old alike turned out expressed by writers in Extra End do not CONTINENTAL CUP 24 necessarily reflect the views or the position of in droves for Learn To Curl clinic In the most dramatic finish ever, Curling Canada or World Curling Federation. the cup stays in North America THE MA CUP 64 PRINTED IN CANADA. A new ranking system generates NEW HOLLAND CANADIAN JUNIORS 28 greater interest among curling fans Tyler Tardi and Kaitlyn Jones skip their teams to national titles TEAMS SET FOR 2019 CONTINENTAL CUP 65 No shortage of superstars SCOTTIES TOURNAMENT OF HEARTS 32 in curling’s version of the Ryder Cup Jennifer Jones stands atop the podium for a record-tying sixth time HOME HARDWARE OLYMPIC MIXED DOUBLES 36 CANADA CUP PROFILES 66 Canada’s Lawes and Morris win first-ever HOME HARDWARE CANADA CUP DRAW 69 gold medal in newest curling discipline TSN BROADCAST GUIDE 70 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 38 Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg and John Shuster of the U.S. golden curling.ca ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Curling Canada extends its sincere appreciation to its partners and its 14 member associations and 14 affi liate organizations. 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Canadian Curling Association. She Miller has coached at all levels, completed her first five-year term including trips to straight Canadian with the board in , and Junior Men’s Curling Championships successfully ran again for election with teams that featured her sons, in . Matthew and Colin. She has also MAUREEN MILLER Miller, a member of the Canadian coached teams at the Tim Hortons Chair Curling Hall of Fame executive Brier, the Arctic Winter Games and the honour roll, has been active at all Canada Winter Games. levels of curling — as a participant, Miller lives in Yellowknife and coach, volunteer and a member of works for the Government of the various volunteer boards. Northwest Territories. PAUL ADDISON SAM ANTILA GEORGE COOKE G. RESBY COUTTSBRAD GIBB ANGELA HODGSON DONNA KROTZ AMY NIXON JOHN SHEA curling.ca Official Coffee of Curling Canada ©Tim Hortons, 2018. SEASON OF CHAMPIONS CONTACT INFORMATION HOME HARDWARE CANADA CUP DECEMBER TO , Affinity Place, Estevan, Saskatchewan Event manager: Neil Houston Tel: --- Email: [email protected] WORLD FINANCIAL GROUP CONTINENTAL CUP JANUARY TO , Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada Event manager: Terry Morris Tel: -- - Email: [email protected] NEW HOLLAND CANADIAN JUNIORS Presented by Lake Country Co-op JANUARY TO , Art Hauser Centre and the Prince Albert Golf and Curling Club Prince Albert, Saskatchewan Chair: Bryan Rindal Tel: - - Email: bryan.rindal@btrfinancial.ca SCOTTIES TOURNAMENT OF HEARTS FEBRUARY TO , Centre , Sydney, Nova Scotia Event manager: Jennifer McCandie Tel: -- - Email: [email protected] TIM HORTONS BRIER Presented by AGI MARCH TO , Westman Communications Group Place, Keystone Centre Brandon, Manitoba Event manager: Rob Dewhirst Tel: -- - Email: [email protected] PIONEER HI-BRED WORLD MEN’S Presented by Service Experts MARCH TO APRIL , ENMAX Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta Event manager: Gord McNabb Tel: --- Email: [email protected] curling.ca John Morris and Kaitlyn Lawes are the newest members of one of the most exclusive clubs in all of Canadian sport — two-time Olympic gold medallists. BY PAUL WIECEK PHOTO: WORLD CURLING FEDERATION/MICHAEL BURNS WORLD CURLING FEDERATION/MICHAEL PHOTO: WHAT’S NEXT FOR LAWES & MORRIS? fl edgling new curling discipline of mixed doubles into of the most exclusive clubs in all of Canadian sport — your schedule whenever and wherever you can. two-time Olympic gold medallists. It was a winning approach for Lawes, who had So the question heading into the - curling curled sporadically on the mixed doubles circuit for the season is: What the heck do Kaitlyn Lawes and John past couple of winters before slapping together a new Morris do for an encore now that they’ve added Olympic partnership with Morris late last year and then went on gold in mixed doubles to the golds they’d previously won a golden run, taking down the Canad Inns Canadian in team curling? Mixed Doubles Trials in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, in The answer depends on which of the two you ask. January and then Olympic gold the following month in For Lawes, this coming curling season will be more of PyeongChang, South Korea, where mixed doubles made the same: Her focus will once again be on team curling its debut as a full-medal Olympic sport. and her role as third on the Jennifer Jones foursome, with As Lawes sees it, why fi x what isn’t broken? some dabbling here and there in mixed doubles when “Mixed doubles is something that I’m very passionate the opportunity arises. about,” says Lawes, “but I still have a commitment to If that approach sounds familiar, it should.