CURLING CANADA • 2020 WORLD WOMEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP, PRESENTED BY NATURE’S BOUNTY VITAMINS • MEDIA GUIDE 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION WORLD CURLING FEDERATION EXECUTIVE BOARD & STAFF 3 CURLING CANADA BOARD OF GOVERNORS & NATIONAL STAFF 4 MEDIA INFORMATION 5 WORLD CURLING FEDERATION PHOTOGRAPHY GUIDELINES 6 CURLING CANADA PHOTOGRAPHY GUIDELINES 9 TV NON-RIGHTS HOLDERS (INTERNATIONAL MEDIA) 10 TV NON-RIGHTS HOLDERS (CANADIAN MEDIA) 11 EVENT INFORMATION FACT SHEET 12 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 14 ROOM ALLOCATIONS & ARENA LAYOUT 15 EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT 16 WORLD WOMEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP DRAW 18 PRACTICE SCHEDULE 18 OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION 19 TEAM AND PLAYER INFORMATION ROSTERS 20 CANADA 21 CHINA 25 CZECH REPUBLIC 28 DENMARK 32 GERMANY 35 ITALY 38 JAPAN 42 RUSSIA 45 SOUTH KOREA 49 SCOTLAND 52 SWEDEN 56 SWITZERLAND 61 UNITED STATES 64 HISTORICAL INFORMATION RECORDS & STATISTICS 68 LIST OF WORLD WOMEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONS 72 FRANCES BRODIE AWARD 73 CURLING CANADA • 2020 WORLD WOMEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP, PRESENTED BY NATURE’S BOUNTY VITAMINS • MEDIA GUIDE 2 WORLD CURLING FEDERATION EXECUTIVE BOARD & STAFF BOARD STAFF CURLING CANADA • 2020 WORLD WOMEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP, PRESENTED BY NATURE’S BOUNTY VITAMINS • MEDIA GUIDE 3 CURLING CANADA BOARD OF GOVERNORS & NATIONAL STAFF CURLING CANADA 1660 Vimont Court Orléans, ON K4A 4J4 TEL: (613) 834-2076 FAX: (613) 834-0716 TOLL FREE: 1-800-550-2875 BOARD OF GOVERNORS John Shea, Chair Angela Hodgson, Governor Donna Krotz, Governor Amy Nixon, Governor George Cooke, Governor Cathy Dalziel, Governor Paul Addison, Governor Chana Martineau, Governor Sam Antila, Governor Mitch Minken, Governor NATIONAL STAFF Katherine Henderson, Chief Executive Officer Louise Sauvé, Administrative Assistant Bill Merklinger, Executive Director, Corporate Services Jacob Ewing, Web Application Developer Gordon McNabb, General Manager, Event Operations Kim Warburton, Sales Account Manager Gerry Peckham, Director, High Performance Melissa Hicks, Specialist, Event Partnerships Danny Lamoureux, Director, Championship Services & Helen Radford, Manager, Program Development Youth Curling Club Development Feeder System Justin Perry, Director, Information Services & Technology Dixie Lorentz, Sponsor Fulfillment Al Cameron, Director, Communication & Media Relations Andy Henry, Manager, Marketing & Tickets Stephanie Carbonette, Comptroller Marcy Hrechkosy, Event Manager Brodie Bazinet, Foundation Manager Neil Houston, Event Manager Robyn Mattie, Manager, Curling Club Championship Terry Morris, Event Manager Karen Ryan, Executive Assistant Kyle Jahns, Manager, Communication & Media Relations JoAnne Viau, Coordinator, Financial Services Nolan Thiessen, Manager, Championship Services & Athlete Liaison Casey Sweeney, Coordinator, Financial Services Maddie Kelly, Marketing and Office Coordinator Louise Delorme, Coordinator, National Athlete Services & Donna Gillis, Marketing and Office Coordinator Coaching Rachel Delaney, Coordinator, Development & Championship Amanda MacKenzie, Marketing and Office Coordinator Services CURLING CANADA • 2020 WORLD WOMEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP, PRESENTED BY NATURE’S BOUNTY VITAMINS • MEDIA GUIDE 4 MEDIA INFORMATION ACCREDITATION The accreditation desk is on the lower concourse arena level in the north east corner. All media badges issued for the World Women’s Curling Championship are non-transferable. Failure to follow this rule will result in forfeiture of your media credential. MEDIA SEATING An event/media bench has been constructed at the home end. The bench offers wireless Internet, electrical outlets and TV’s, as does the media room, should you wish to file from there. MEDIA ROOM/LOUNGE The media room is located on the north side of the lower arena level concourse. The media room will be open for pre-event practices on Friday. Beginning Saturday until the conclusion of the event it will open 30 minutes before the first draw of the day and close roughly one hour after the last draw. The media room has electrical outlets, wireless Internet, a printer and television to assist in the production and distribution of media materials and media services. INTERVIEW REGULATIONS/PROCEDURES You will be required to fill out interview request forms, which will be available on the media bench and in the media room. Volunteers will be gathering the forms as the draw progresses and will hand them to requested players at the completion of their games. Players will be told they cannot leave the scrum area until they have fulfilled all requested interviews. All post-game media interviews during the round robin will be conducted in a scrum format at ice level in a designated space adjacent to the media bench. All players have been instructed to exit through this area on their way to the dressing rooms. Every effort will be made to escort players to the specified area as quickly as possible after each draw. For the final, arrangements may be made to offer a very brief scrum with the winner and/or loser, on or near the ice surface, prior to the closing ceremony. TRANSPORTATION Should you require courtesy transportation to and from the media hotel to CN Centre for each draw, please call 1-844-299- CURL (2875). You must have the appropriate media credential in order to utilize the VIP/Media transportation service. DRAW STATISTICS All scoring and statistical reports are produced and recorded by the World Curling Federation and available online only at https://worldcurling.org/events/wwcc2020/?page=results CURLING CANADA • 2020 WORLD WOMEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP, PRESENTED BY NATURE’S BOUNTY VITAMINS • MEDIA GUIDE 5 WORLD CURLING FEDERATION PHOTOGRAPHY GUIDELINES CURLING CANADA • 2020 WORLD WOMEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP, PRESENTED BY NATURE’S BOUNTY VITAMINS • MEDIA GUIDE 6 CURLING CANADA • 2020 WORLD WOMEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP, PRESENTED BY NATURE’S BOUNTY VITAMINS • MEDIA GUIDE 7 CURLING CANADA • 2020 WORLD WOMEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP, PRESENTED BY NATURE’S BOUNTY VITAMINS • MEDIA GUIDE 8 TV NON-RIGHTS HOLDERS (INTERNATIONAL MEDIA) CURLING CANADA • 2020 WORLD WOMEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP, PRESENTED BY NATURE’S BOUNTY VITAMINS • MEDIA GUIDE 9 TV NON-RIGHTS HOLDERS (CANADIAN MEDIA) TSN is the sole Canadian TV rights-holder for the 2020 World Women’s Curling Championship, thus no cameras/portable video devices from any other media affiliation are allowed inside the boards during morning, afternoon and evening draws. However, in order to provide other stations and/or networks with an opportunity to get brief game/highlight footage, approved camera positions will be available at certain locations outside the boards around the perimeter or at various places on the concourse level or press box, provided your position at no time blocks the view of spectators nor presents a fire access hazard. Please ensure that your camera has no visible logo. If so, please cover it up. You are allowed to air two minutes of game footage daily, provided the game footage is not from a game being televised as the feature game by TSN, in which case you must use their highlights with the appropriate credit. The main media scrum takes place at ice level near the media bench. There will be an appropriate backdrop/signage noting the area. All players will pass by this area en route to their dressing rooms. TV cameras must allow the media scrum to first interview any requested players before arranging individual interviews. However, cameras may be part of any scrum. For TV non rights-holders, you are allowed to air as much footage from the scrums as you wish. When all games have been completed for any draw AND when TSN/World Curling TV has concluded its telecast and is off the air, you are allowed to do ‘stand-ups’ or interviews at ice level on the carpeted areas, near the scoreboards or even inside the boards, provided you are not disrupting the ice technicians as they prepare the surface for the next draw. For brief live hits, if TSN/World Curling TV is not on the air, you will be able to do stand-ups on the concourse, seating areas, etc., providing any lighting requirements have been pre-approved. When TSN/World Curling TV is on the air, NO live hits are allowed. Thank you. If there are any questions, please contact (on-site): Al Cameron Director, Communication and Media Relations Curling Canada Cell: 403-463-5500 CURLING CANADA • 2020 WORLD WOMEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP, PRESENTED BY NATURE’S BOUNTY VITAMINS • MEDIA GUIDE 10 FACT SHEET OFFICIAL NAME: World Women’s Curling Championship, presented by Nature’s Bounty Vitamins DATE/SITE: March 14 - March 22, 2020 - CN Centre, Prince George, B.C. SEATING CAPACITY: 5,582 FORMAT: Thirteen teams compete in a 12-game round robin. The top two teams in the standings advance directly to the semifinals. The third through sixth ranked teams compete in qualification games (3 vs. 6; 4 vs. 5) with the winners advancing to the semifinals. The semifinal winners play in the gold-medal game and the losers play for bronze. No tiebreakers will be played, so ties for playoff spots are to be broken based on head-to-head results, and if that doesn’t resolve the tie, then the pre-game Last-Shot Draw distances will be used. INTERNET: Draw results and event information can be obtained at: https://www.curling.ca/2020worldwomen/ TELEVISION: TSN, RDS2 (All Canadian games and all playoff games); WCF Youtube channel (geoblocked in Canada when Team Canada is playing) HOW TEAMS QUALIFIED: A total of 13 teams compete for the world championship with the top six teams advancing to a single- knockout playoff. Teams qualified