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he Ford World Men’s Curling Championship Tround-robin preliminary wound up not with a whim- per, but with a 24-karat bang. Canada’s of Winnipeg, the undefeated leader throughout, slipped a last-rock draw to the four-foot through the centre ring Thurs- day night at the Brandt Centre yielding ’s the theft of a 7-6 vic- tory, Norway’s  fth straight with its back to the wall. Stoughton chose the draw option, facing two Norwegian counters. The loss was no big deal for the Canadian skip, who already had  rst place and a Torger Nergaard berth in the Page One-Two sweeps Jeff playoff locked up. But the win Stoughton’s final for Norway was immense. stone of the 10th In fact, it kept the Olympic end into the back silver-medal-winning team in of the four-foot the competition. Thursday night, A loss and Norway would giving Norway a have been out, providing steal of one and a France’s 7-6 victory. maintained his last-round 9-7 victory over of draw-shot challenge, a series ing  eld fell by the wayside a huge game against Scotland door on Norway, the second chased Canada after yielding the U.S. of throws to the button prior Thursday. coming up.” favourite heading into the a deuce in the second end, The results of the late draw to each round-robin game. “All we care about now is Stoughton shrugged when championship. said these sudden-death wins left Norway and France, both Stoughton, meanwhile, the One-Two playoff game,” asked about his  nal shot “I guess we’ll  nd out is something new for his unit. 7-and-4 on the week, headed plays Scotland’s Tom Brew- said Stoughton, who shared against Norway after control- on Sunday, or if we hap- “My lead (Havaard Vad into a sudden-death tiebreaker ster in the One-Two playoff nine ways in an $18,000-and- ling the game throughout. pen to lose we’ll  nd out on Petersson) says, this is the this afternoon at 1:30. tonight at 7:30 p.m. The win- change 50-50 draw made “I just threw it heavy,” I Saturday what it means,” said way,” said The winner was ticketed ner advances directly to the during the  nal round. said, matter-of-factly. “Just Stoughton. “I don’t know the Norwegian skip. “Slip for a sudden-death date with  nal on Sunday at 5 p.m. “It was a great bonus,” he heavy on my draw, that’s all. because we’re not playing in the back door and win the Sweden’s in The loser will be in the chuckled. “And we couldn’t I was trying to get out there a him but we’re not thinking whole thing. the Page Three-Four playoff semi- nal Saturday at 5 be in a better position. We had little bit more. The ice was the of anybody else but Scot- Saturday at 12:30 p.m. against the Three-Four sur- a good game. There were a fastest we’ve playing on all land right now.” Edin, idle Thursday night, vivor. lot of great shots made. We week.” Ulsrud and his team, which Please see ULSRUD, also  nished 7-4 but claimed Everybody else in the start- have no concerns, no worries, The loss failed to close the hung in tenaciously but Page 15 third place on the basis of the Page 4 2011 Ford World Mens – Eye Opener

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Red wine, Maui musings, the Rocket-Man, Canada: Survivorman, and a longing for the links Skip: Jeff Stoughton Date Of Birth: April 10, 1967 Your ideal shot to win an Olympic If you could change any rule in ner party: Fran (wife), Nathan and Place Of Birth: Regina gold medal would be: Throw- curling, which one would it be, Rylan (sons). Nickname: Stoughty Marital Status: Married and ecstatic through. and why? No hitting until third If you could change any rule in Home: Winnipeg Name of spouse: Eileen stones, make the games more excit- curling, which one would it be, Delivery: Right Children (name/age): Sophie (8), Second: Reid ing and why? 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They’re not gold medal would be: hit Children (name/age): Riley 19, Favourite TV show: Rick Mercer Employer: Louis Riel School Divi- athletes Cole 16, Elizabeth 7 Report sion Your ideal shot to win an Olympic Fifth: Garth Favourite food: Chocolate Favourite vacation destination: Date Of Birth: Dec. 30, 1984 gold medal would be: Double-peel Favourite drink: Coke Maui Place Of Birth: Winnipeg Smith Favourite book: Open You have superstitions? None. Marital Status: Single Lead: Steve Gould Favourite movie: Star Trek, the new Worst thing ever. Favourite food: Pizza Nickname: Smitty If you could be a star in any other Favourite drink :G2 Gatorade Home: Winnipeg one Nickname: Tickman sport, what would it be, and why: Favourite book: A Boy At The Leafs Delivery: Right Favourite TV show: Survivor Home: Headingley, Man. Baseball, because I am really, really Camp Occupation: President Favourite vacation destination? Delivery: Right good at it. 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Don’t get me wrong. I love From Page 5 them into a building to throw watching the exceptional TSN a rock, it would turn at least broadcasts from the other side some of them on to our sport. of the country (or the world) That’s the challenge we when I can’t be there. Russ COUTTS: face as curling volunteers has fit in well and it seems and organizers, isn’t it? My likely we can expect his kids are curlers, because I analysis for quite a few years We love was. And I am at least in part to come. Linda’s analysis and because my father was. perspective fit well with Ray We love the competition. Turnbull and seems to work the game We love the game. Whether it with Russ as well. And, my who watch hours and hours of be as spectator or as player – goodness, was it really 1989 our sport but never set foot in we get it. when I met Vic Rauter at the a curling building. But I’m frustrated by the broadcast of a TSN Skins So that was the nature of fact I don’t seem to be able to Game in Brandon’s Keystone my research. Are they still transmit that passion for the Centre? doing a good job? Why do sport to those non-curlers. He was so young, he called all those fans enjoy our game If you’ve got just one idea Tuesday’s me Mr. Coutts. Nobody calls when they have never played that can help, I’d love to hear showdown me Mr. Coutts. And his ques- it? from you (resby@thecurler. between tions have evolved to the And perhaps most impor- com). Canada and point where you truly appre- tant, how do we turn those More important, the Cana- Scotland ciate how well he phrases the many non-curler curling fans dian Curling Association and produced thoughts that his non-curling into bodies in our buildings? your provincial associations an air of audience is thinking to them- I wish I had the answer. I would love to hear from you, electricity selves. know if they could just expe- too. at the Turnbull, Howard, and rience the excitement of the Brandt Moore have explained the arena Tuesday night when Resby Coutts is Centre. technical stuff to the audience Canada played Scotland, it vice-president for Curl but Rauter’s questions are would turn at least some of Manitoba, sometime media what really has educated the them on to our sport. personality and longtime many Canadian curling fans I know if we could just get curling volunteer

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Today at 11:00 pm Hang on tight – the Chevelles are roaring into the Patch tonight to take you on a high-speed blast back to the live music scene of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. With appearances at a number of Season of Champions events over the past several years – including the Brier, Scotties and Roar of the Rings – the band has become one of the perennial favourites among curling crowds that just love to party! If you haven’t had the opportunity to experience a live performance by the Chevelles, you’re in for a night of raw, explosive power as they draw on a lengthy play list of rock and roll classics that keep the dance "oor full all night long. The Chevelles Make sure you’re there for an electryifying ride with Buck Chevelle (lead vocals/lead guitar), Kitty Chevelle (lead vocals/bass), Woody Chevelle (lead vocals/rhythm guitar/keyboards) and T.T. Chevelle (vocals/drums).

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“‘Up to November, 2013, From Page 6 Rings or the preceding Road we still have a chance to get To The Roar. to the Olympics.’ “We can hype it up with “This could mean more TV,” suggests Wendorf. “It funding for training or for WOOD: would make sense that bids national curling programs,” come from nations whose adds Wendorf. “Without teams are in it.” the tournament idea, if Run-up to Olympics A bid from any of the top we just cut it down to nations, of course, would the pointgetters from the generate cursory interest at last two Worlds, a lot less more intriguing best. widespread interest would “By bidding, I don’t mean be generated and a lot of become stronger over the and above the top eight is anybody is going to offer programs could slide and next couple of years. highly unlikely. At least for us money — nobody seems maybe even die.” Can you imagine the U.S. the next decade or so. to do that,” says Wendorf. Translated by projecting having to pre-qualify? One question arises. “But there’ll be offers to the round-robin standings at “We’ll have to wait until Which nation gets to host host it. And then we’ll get the Brandt as an example, we see how many teams this new pre-qualifier tour- a hosting agreement with Canada, Scotland (Great wind up qualifying (for the nament? Does the host get them. Britain for Olympic pur- pre-qualifying),” says Wen- an automatic berth? “It might be wise for a poses), Sweden, Germany, dorf. “I’m guessing maybe “The decision is no,” says nation whose top team is France, Switzerland, Nor- eight teams. In which case a Wendorf. “But bids will be not playing well to bid to way and Russia would be round-robin event of some taken to host the tourna- host the thing . . . in hopes your automatic Olympic sort would be ideal.” ment. And the rules state it favours their team.” entries. China, Korea, the Too many teams, of any nation who does bid That could result in a turn- Czechs, Denmark and the course, would necessitate a must at least qualify for a around, maybe even a boost, U.S. would be relegated to move to some sort of triple- world championship. for that particular flounder- pre-qualifying. knockout competition. “So you can’t get in sim- ing national team. Any way you slice it, this No triple-KO draw is ply by bidding to host the will make future pre-Olym- perfectly equitable without pre-qualifying tournament.” Expect China to start pic speculation infinitely an even 16 teams involved, The WCF envisions the flexing its curling muscle more intriguing. You know you understand. And 16 event along the lines of in the years leading up China, for one, is going to qualifiers surfacing over Canada’s Roar Of The to 2014 at Sochi.

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“When it comes down to From Page 3 The win matches France’s were hitting so much that they missed their a draw full four-foot to win, most for a world champion- draws. Our guys were  at the  rst six. We you’re thinking you don’t ship. One more and the team played a great last end, right enough.” have a good chance. But the will be the nation’s best ever. Sweden’s Edin, who had been forced to ice was a bit faster out there. I ULSRUD Sweden dominated the overcome some adversity this week, was all guess we were just lucky. We we’re getting used to having Swiss 7-4 in a Draw-16 con- smiles as he departed the icehouse for a night were wearing the lucky pants. the pressure on. test while Kapp (6-5) tumbled of relaxation. “For sure we have a good “I don’t believe in signs, behind 4-1 early and failed “You have me smiling now,” he said. “Actu- thing going. Basically, if you I only believe in pants. We in a late comeback bid Snitl ally, this was the  rst game where we played end up in a tiebreaker you’re won’t be changing anything.” executed a precise last-rock like we usually do. So it feels great. It took a not happy, but I’m loving a Norway tied the match with tap in the four-foot to score a long time. This is the 11th game. Now we’re tiebreaker right now.” deuces twice and then stole winning deuce in a 9-8  nish. ready for playoffs. Ulsrud needs three wins a tying point in the eighth. Ulsrud remained in conten- “Maybe we under-estimated the  eld a bit in order to get another crack Stoughton blanked the ninth tion with his fourth straight since we have a poorer record than we antici- at Stoughton if Canada rolls to keep hammer in the last win, a low-scoring 3-1 effort pated. We’ve talked about that danger the last straight to the  nal. end. over China’s Yansong Ji (4-7) few games. I hope it’s not the case.” “The  rst time I played Dufour, meanwhile, con- that effectively snuffed out Canadian teams I was almost trolled his match with the U.S. China’s last hope of a playoff intimidated,” he said. “I was (3-8) but gave up three in the look. Earlier in the day, China not playing my usual game. ninth end to enable Fenson bowed 5-4 to Stoughton in We were close a couple of to square the account coming one of Canada’s toughest tests times in Slams and then we home. Last rocker Tony Angi- of the week. beat a couple of teams and boust executed a pair of clutch Scotland’s Brewster of Ab- Rockin’ Trivia: you learn it’s possible to beat kills to win it. erdeen locked up second place them and have games like we at 9-and-2 with an afternoon “We try now to get ready Who won the gold medal in the men’s did tonight. for the next one and vanish 7-6 heist over Fenson. Brews- division at the 1998 Nagano Olympics? “France beat us in the round everything in the head,” said ter shook himself awake after robin so I think it won’t be Dufour with a smile. falling behind 6-1 in the sixth Canada Scotland tough to pump up the boys “We knew it would be dif- end. Sweden Switzerland

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Cider, flash cars, Mach 3, dirty ice peeves, Scotland: golfing dreams, and . . . Rangers rule! Skip: Marital Status: Single What is the biggest misconcep- Lead: Michael Passport, phone, bank card Favourite food: Italian tion about curlers? They are all First on your bucket list (to do Nickname: None that I know! Favourite drink: Magners Cider farmers! Goodfellow before you kick the bucket)? Com- Home: Aberdeen Favourite book: I don’t do reading – Your ideal shot to win an Olympic pete at Olympics or go to old firm Nickname: Mike/Mick Delivery: Right unless it’s a curling book. i.e. player gold medal: Twenty-foot runback game at Celtic park in away end Home: Stirling Occupation: Curling club manager biographies. double for a deuce What is the biggest misconcep- Delivery: Right Employer: Curl Aberdeen Favourite movie: American Pie (all tion about curlers? They are old Occupation: History student Date Of Birth: April 4, 1974 7 films) and not athletes Second: Scott Employer: Strathclyde University Place Of Birth: St. Andrews Favourite TV show: Two and a Half Your ideal shot to win an Olympic Date Of Birth: Oct. 8, 1988 Marital Status: Married Men! Andrews gold medal: Draw to the button Place Of Birth: Stirling Name of spouse/partner: Kim Favourite vacation destination? 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2011 FORD WORLD MEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP: SCHEDULE AND RESULTS Playoff Schedule Standings ( nal, through round-robin play) Semi nal loser Canada (10-1) Team W L Bronze Page 1-2 Sunday, Today, Canada 10 1 12 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Scotland 9 2 Sweden* 7 4 Page 3-4 loser Scotland (9-2) France** 7 4 Sweden (7-4) Final Norway** 7 4 Sunday, 5 p.m. Germany 6 5 Switzerland 6 5 France (7-4) Page 3-4 Saturday, Czech Republic 5 6 12:30 p.m. China 4 7 Semi nal United States 3 8 Tiebreaker Saturday, Today, 1:30 p.m. Korea 2 9 5 p.m. Denmark 0 11 * — seeded third via results of the Draw Norway (7-4) Page 1-2 loser Shot Challenge ** — will face off for fourth overall in tiebreaker today at 1:30 p.m.

Draw 15 Results Draw 16 Results Draw 17 Results

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 T 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 T 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 T Scotland* 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 x x x 6 Czech Republic 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 9 Korea* 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 6 France 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 x x x 1 Germany* 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 8 Switzerland 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 7 %age Lead Second Third Skip Team %age Lead Second Third Skip Team %age Lead Second Third Skip Team Scotland 84 96 88 80 87 Czech Republic 84 84 83 78 82 Korea 94 79 85 75 83 France 82 82 82 61 77 Germany 91 68 76 69 76 Switzerland 86 83 91 83 86

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 T 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 T 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 T Canada* 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 Sweden* 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 7 Denmark 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 China 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 Switzerland 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 Czech Republic* 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 6 %age Lead Second Third Skip Team %age Lead Second Third Skip Team %age Lead Second Third Skip Team Canada 85 79 83 88 83 Sweden 91 90 94 89 91 Denmark 78 80 81 66 76 China 90 79 76 89 83 Switzerland 96 90 81 83 88 Czech Republic 88 83 78 88 84

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 T 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 T 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 T Korea* 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 x x 4 China 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 x 1 United States* 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 7 Sweden 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 2 x x 8 Norway* 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 x 3 France 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 9 %age Lead Second Third Skip Team %age Lead Second Third Skip Team %age Lead Second Third Skip Team Korea 91 88 78 63 80 China 89 83 71 89 83 United States 96 80 89 75 85 Sweden 91 86 94 89 90 Norway 76 93 79 96 86 France 89 90 89 79 87

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 T 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 T 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 T Germany* 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 x 7 Scotland 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 7 Norway 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 7 Denmark 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 x 3 United States* 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 Canada* 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 %age Lead Second Third Skip Team %age Lead Second Third Skip Team %age Lead Second Third Skip Team Germany 89 88 82 91 87 Scotland 80 80 75 81 79 Norway 88 78 78 91 83 Denmark 96 93 88 74 88 United States 81 96 85 79 85 Canada 99 89 95 83 91 * —started game with the hammer Friday, April 8 Page 19

2011 FWMCC: CUMULATIVE STATS (through Thursday’s draws) Skips Thirds www.thepinpeople.ca Name % age Name % age Jeff Stoughton (Canada) 87 Jon Mead (Canada) 87 Thomas Ulsrud (Norway) 85 (Sweden) 87 Niklas Edin (Sweden) 83 Greg Drummond (Scotland) 83 Christof Schwaller (Switzerland) 81 Thomas Dufour (France) 83 Tony Angiboust (France) 80 (Switzerland) 82 Tom Brewster (Scotland) 79 Daniel Herberg (Germany) 81 August 3 - 7, 2011 Andy Kapp (Germany) 78 Torger Nergaard (Norway) 81 Evraz Place, Regina, SK, Canada Pete Fenson (USA) 77 Martin Snitil (Czech Republic) 78 Jiri Snitil (Czech Republic) 76 Shawn Rojeski (USA) 78 Yansong Ji (China) 76 Soo Hyuk Kim (Korea) 77 Dong Keun Lee (Korea) 71 Guangxu Li (China) 75 Tommy Stjerne (Denmark) 63 Anders Soederblom (Denmark) 74 Seconds Leads

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CLEAN SWEEP: From left, the Chinese, Scottish, and Swiss crews work overtime to clear a path for their granite missives during Thursday’s final day of round-robin action at the 2011 FWMCC.

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