Issue 4 – Tuesday, February 22, 2011 • An Official Publication of the Canadian Curling Association. P.E.I. beats Canada in front of full house Team CanadaIslander’s second Jill Officer tries some body language to help her shot. Right. P.E.I. skip Suzanne Birt’s teamDay got a big win over the defending champs. Sponsor of the day Page 2 HeartChart THE SCOTTIES Day 3 Ontario, Saskatchewan on collision course Larry Wood We’re expecting every game will HeartChart Editor be going to 10 ends.” The Ontario skip admitted to be- ing something of a perfectionist. he gap widened Monday “I strive to play the best I can,” night as unbeaten On- she said. “It’s tough when you’re Ttario and Saskatchewan just an inch off but that’s curling, assumed a two-game bulge on the right?” remainder of the fi eld at the Scot- Holland stole a fourth-end deuce ties Tournament Of Hearts. when Larouche missed a draw and Ontario, skipped by 21-year-old the Quebec team was chasing the Rachel Homan of Ottawa, never rest of the night. was in trouble as she outlasted “I’m disappointed because I two-time champion Kelly Scott of missed a few shots that cost us the British Columbia 6-5. Scott scored game,” said Larouche. “But I try, I on the last two ends to render a always try, so I will try again.” respectable fi nal score. Holland, who went 6-5 at the Saskatchewan’s Amber Holland Scotties last year, stated at the be- kept pace with a tight 7-6 win over ginning of the tournament her team Marie-France Larouche of Ste- would show a marked improve- Romuald, Quebec. ment. Defending champion Jennifer “It’s fun to win,” she sad. “We’re Jones of Winnipeg was tripped up not playing perfect by any means 8-6 by home-province favourite but when somebody misses the Suzanne Birt of Charlottetown. next person picks up their socks The loss was the second of the and makes it happen. It’s what you piece for Jones who was left at have to do to get some wins here.” 3-2 alongside Alberta’s Shannon Heather Smith-DaceyÕ s Nova Scotia team sits at 3-2. The two unbeaten teams collide Kleibrink of Calgary and Nova ninth but their rally fell short in the to be sharper tomorrow . but Bradley: Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. (AT). Scotia’s Heather Smith-Dacey of last end which wasn’t completed. that’s OK.” “Here were thousands of people “We just have to keep doing Halifax. “We just didn’t get very good Birt, who had won only once sweeping every rock and throwing what we’re doing, we can’t control A packed Civic Centre of 3,278 angles, they didn’t set up very going into the match, said her team every rock and it felt pretty darn what they (Ontario) are doing, “ erupted in the seventh end of well, and they got their rocks in responded to the fans. good.” said the Saskatchewan vet. “Or the Prince Edward Island-Team pretty good spots,” said Jones of “They were awesome,” she said. Ontario took a 3-1 lead after what anybody else is doing for that Canada scuffl e when the Islanders the four-ender. “If I’m about a foot “They gave us so much energy three ends and fought off every matter.” cracked a mammoth four-ender to deeper on my fi rst rock they prob- and we really came up with a great offensive Scott and her teammates In one other game Monday night, wipe out a 3-2 Jones lead. ably only get one or two.” game so it’s a good feeling. mounted. Kleibrink’s unit shook off a two- One end later, Jones fl ashed And, of the critical miss in the “You have to get on a big roll in “It was a closer game tonight,” game losing streak and defeated an attempted double takeout and next end . a long week like this. Hopefully said the 21-year-old Homan, last Newfoundland’s Stacie Devereaux P.E.I. was on easy street with an “We fi gure we’d rather fl ash tonight is the start of that big long year’s Canadian junior champion. of St. John’s 8-5. 8-3 lead. than over-curl but unfortunately it roll.” “I think every game coming in The defender scored three in the didn’t work out very well. We have Added P.E.I. vice-skip Shelly here from now on will be like that. Continued on Page 3 www.thepinpeople.ca www.thepinpeople.ca Tuesday, February 22, 2011 Page 3 it was going to take a bit of time to get could play better, we had better communi- THE SCOTTIES going. cations, we caught on to the ice better, we “We know what we have so it doesn’t actually controlled some ends. It feels so Day 3 surprise me we played as well as we did. much better.” We played solid two games now. The team adapted to the ice conditions, Continued from Page 2 I’m seeing the glimmer and the glimpse too. of our team getting back here. “Normally we like the finesse game but Earlier, Jones fashioned a 9-3 victory “If we play like that we can make lots it’s tough to play that here. So we tried to over Andrea Kelly of New Brunswick that of noise. Just continue the back-to-back keep this one more open, tried putting our was keyed by three points in the first two shotmaking, setting up the good ends and rocks in the right positions by hitting and ends. executing the points. It’s all about believ- rolling and it worked.” New Brunswick, P.E.I., B.C. and Quebec ing you can do it and getting comfortable Overton-Clapham, labouring under cer- are 2-3 heading into Tuesday while New- with it.” tain expectations after her departure from foundland, Manitoba and the Territories Not the least excited about the oppor- Team Canada at the end of last season, are 1-4. tunity to lock horns with Scott, a former appeared bamboozled by her Manitoba’s In other afternoon games, Nova Sco- two-time champion, was rookie Bluenose poor showing. tia’s Smith-Dacey staged an immense vice-skip Danielle Parsons. “Certainly I’m surprised,” she said. 12-6 hammering of B.C.’s Scott, while “Kelly’s an inspiration to Danielle,” said “We’re going to have to meet tonight and Larouche dropped Manitoba’s Cathy Smith-Dacey. “She’s always loved Kelly, discuss what we have to do to get another Overton-Clapham down the standings with so it was pretty cool for her to play that win under our belts. a 7-6 defeat and Yellowknife’s Kerry Ga- game today. You see people on TV and “There just aren’t enough shots made. By lusha got untracked to post her initial win they’re idols of all of ours because they’ve the time I shoot we’re in trouble. We don’t after four losses, defeating Devereaux 7-6. achieved so much in the game.” even have the button available. It’s hard “We’re starting to execute back-to-back Polar skip Koe, who says she won’t be when you don’t have that. So we’re going shots and that’s more like us,” said the satisfied with anything less than a best- to have to figure out why we’re not making Nova Scotia skip. ever 5-6 record, was elated with her team’s enough shots.” Alberta third Amy Nixon, Saskatch- “We have two players new to the Scotties initial victory. Ontario thumped the Islanders 8-2 in and, for me, I’m five weeks into my new ewan skip Amber Holland (left) and “It’s feels so good to get a win,” he said. the morning while Saskatchewan downed role (as skip, replacing Colleen Jones) so third Kim Schneider. “No one likes a losing streak. We knew we Alberta 8-6. PRIVATE/INTIMATE SPACES • STATE-OF-THE-ART AV EQUIPMENT • LCD PROJECTION WITH ROOF TOP SCREENS HIGH DEF. 5.1 SURROUND SOUND • DVD/CD/MP3 CAPABILITIES • NATURAL AND ADJUSTABLE LIGHTING Osoyoos caters to all occasions. The rich beauty of this South Okanagan paradise, combined with a capacity for over 400 people, makes Osoyoos the perfect choice for your next important gathering or event. YEAR-ROUND VENUES WITH UNIQUE DESERT/CULTURAL/ABORIGINAL EXPERIENCES Offering spousal programmes, golf, spa, wine, cultural & historical tours! Pursue the experience at destinationosoyoos.com _ __ g Page 4 HeartChart Time out for trivia Larry Wood Nova Scotia for the third ment. ****(It ll be five if HeartChart Editor time at the Scotties. She Larouche is in it). also was a member of a 10. One of them, in fact, Canadian junior champi- beat the champ twice. QUESTION 0F THE onship team from another Name her, her victims DAY: province. Which prov- and the years she Shelly Bradley last ince? knocked them off. skipped the P.E.I., champ 6. Which position did she 11. Now, name the at the Scotties in which play and when did she champs beaten by the year? And what was win the junior title.? other three, and the her won-lost record that 7. Another member of years. year? that Canadian junior 12. Two vice-skips in the 2. Name the curler who, champion lineup also is current field have skipped The Best Shot in non-skipping roles, playing in this edition of victories over eventual has appeared in the the Scotties.