Morning Issue 4 – Sunday, January 16, 2011 • An Of! cial Publication of the Canadian Curling Association. Coach Rick Lang, upper left, rejoices with Team North America after final-end drama in Saturday nights B skins games ensured victory in Continental Cup VII. aworld of Dominant Can-Am gang clinches victory North America 217 over Team World on Day 3 at the Continental Cup hurt World 73 Coming Right Up…Another Cup! Full Event Passes Are On Sale Now www.seasonofchampions.ca/Langley 1.855.532.8497 with the Canadian Curling Association as part of Canada’s Season of Champions. with the Canadian Curling Association as part of Canada’s +BOVBSZ t-BOHMFZ&WFOUT$FOUSFt-BOHMFZ #$ Curling Federation, operated jointly of the World The Continental Cup is a property Page 2 2011 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling - Morning Cup SATURDAY SNAPSHOTS: Left, Norways Thomas Ulsrud laments one that got away during a morning A mixed skins game. Above, Marc Kennedy celebrates a great shot during afternoon singles matches. Right, Ben Hebert hams it up on the ice. BY W.O.MITCHELL Its Comedy! Its Curling! Its Canadian! .v~qq*' 7 Sir Winston Churchill Ave. St. Albert, AB .s~qq*'(v~qq*' #%.-0#&&.." The performance runs approx. 1 1/2 hours. rvq."Ì((#0,-,3Ê&,.#)( ŏ rqzÍvq.|")'-.,.}.|Ì&,.}ÌÍ xyquvyuwtq )ŏ()/.'),)/.).",.|Ì&,.rvq."Ì((#0,-,3Ê&,.#)( 0(.-}*&-0#-#.)/,1-#..111|,(40)/-sqrr|| Sunday, January 16, 2011 Page 3 The North American bench erupts Saturday night after final-end victories in the B skins games pushed the team past the 201 points needed to clinch victory at the seventh Continental Cup. Sealing the deal! Larry Wood the 2003 event in his home Morning Cup Editor Final-end thefts clinch city. We gave that one away North American victory and it wasnt very much n the end, it was the fun. So its good to get one cakewalk that appeared Morris, skipping a North dence and picked up a roll. back, he allowed. Ito be developing from American mixed skins After that the only pressure Its too bad in the sense the start. entry, out-drew David was to attend to our own that its a premature ending, Team North America Murdoch of Scotland to the team and continue the good but on the other hand it got refused to let down Satur- button on a nal-end car- play. really exciting in the last day night at Servus Credit ryover to steal yet another From Thursdays very couple of ends tonight with Union Place, erupting in go-ahead nine-point skin. rst group of endeavours everything going down to the late going for a sweep In the end, it was Jones that led to a 42-12 lead, the last rocks like that so I of three 30-point skins at (Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Of cer, the 24-player Amerk squad thought it was fantastic. the World Financial Group Dawn Askin) 22-8 over never was really tested until Rookie team captain Neil Continental Cup. Ott, Koe (Blake MacDon- Saturday night, when Team Harrison of Newmarket, With the pendulum ald, Carter Rycroft, Nolan World players exhibited Ont., lauded the competi- seeming to slowly swing in Thiessen) 21-9 over Edin some improvement and tions as a great experience. Team Worlds favour, the and Morris (Ann Swis- showed signs of prolonging Its fun and something home side managed to steal shelm, Marc Kennedy, the issue heading into the youre not going to experi- an amazing 40 points on the Nina Spatola) 19-11 over nal exchanges. ence very often, so once nal ends of three matches Murdoch. It was some tough last was great, he said. which more than cata- Heading into todays nal minutes for us, admitted I dont think there was pulted Team North America 55-point skins tests, the World coach Peja Lindholm anything we inspired in Amerks held a 217-73 lead, of Sweden. them (the players); we just beyond the point of no Above: Sorry, Mr. Edin, tried not to give them any return and into the winners a spread of 16 points more It was devastating for us. but all signs point more reason to be nervous bracket for the fourth time. than necessary to clinch the They were a lot better than to a North American Canadian champion Jen- Cup victory. us; we just have to accept than they had to be. Theyre whitewash by the time nifer Jones of Winnipeg, Of course we didnt that. We just didnt perform all experienced players and tonights proceedings who had been blanked for expect this, admitted Team as well as I know we can. it was certainly their doing, are through. seven ends, stole a 22-point North America coach Rick When we are on the top not ours. Right: Andrea skin in the last end against Lang of Thunder Bay, Ont., level of our games we play Ott missed both her draw Schoepp of Germany Mirjam Otts Swiss team afterward. really well, shots in the isnt impressed over from Davos. Kevin Koes But, you know, it started but there It was devastating nal end a 20-0 A womens Edmonton unit stole nine early. We just set the tone were too for us. They were against Jones, skins game loss points to subdue Niklas the very rst day when we many errors a lot better than who essen- to Erika Brown Edin of Sweden. And John dominated, got some con - here. us; we just have to tially played of the United States. Our goal a clean house was to keep accept that and forced scoreboard but we got the the Cup alive Team World coach her foe to 22 points at the end. until the Peja Lindholm play a precise Everybody went out It was a close game and last game last draw to a there and did their thing and I was surprised the way his (today) but corner of the we are pretty happy we won last one worked out. we couldnt do that so it is button for the win. it tonight. Edin tried to dislodge a tough. I havent had time to We made some good Koe trailed Edin 9-6 after cluster and force a carry- tell the team yet but the shots in that last end and six ends but picked up 15 over with his last rock but new goal is to win the last both teams were rushed points with skins in the left his opponent with the day! for time but it just went seventh and eighth ends. theft of shot rock. The victory erased a our way, assessed Jones, We were a part of this It was just nice to lock it coaching defeat for Lang at skip of Team Canada in the two years ago and lost up because, two years ago, upcoming Scotties Tourna- so its nice to come back we were brutal, recalled John Morris and Kevin ment of Hearts next month. and contribute to a win, Koe. Martin, winners of We were feeling like we remarked Koe. Olympic gold last year couldnt get anything going As the nal end pro- at Vancouver, celebrate and you dont like look- gressed, Koes points turned Please see DEAL, another big victory. ing at those zeroes on the out to be the clinchers. Page 5 Page 4 2011 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling - Morning Cup Oly medal hopes no skin off our nose suggests that TV numbers Is mixed skins curlings show that curling, indeed, is a good thing. perfect third discipline? I think we have to be careful about changing the game too much, he says. curling nations and current- good choices for the Olym- I know everybodys trying ly has No. 4 on the schedule pics. These games are a lot to make it as big and as in 2011. of fun but they arent going popular as it possibly can But the WCF hasnt been to get us in the Olympics. be, but theres only so much hasty to promote mixed If I was looking for a market for it. doubles as a possible third curling event, and I The sport is good to Olympic discipline. And think we need another one, ll big stadiums over here LARRY WOOD that could be on account of the perfect compromise is but at the end of the day, Morning Cup Editor criticism in many quarters, mixed skins. elsewhere in the world, its primarily based on the Yeah. I think thats the probably not going to get problem of having a player perfect third discipline. eriously. Do we need really big. throw a rock, then chase it Skins is a good game, more Olympic medal Take the possibility of a down the ice to sweep it. anyway. Id prefer skins to presentations in curl- Continental Cup ever be- S Canvassing players at the a mixed team game. ing? ing staged across the large Servus this week produces Im sold on mixed skins That, Horatio, is the ques- pond. a myriad of responses. and it would be big on TV. tion. Will this y overseas? I Kevin Martin loves mixed You have lots of rocks in The current World Finan- dont know. In Switzerland doubles. Susan OConnor, play, you have sweeping, cial Group Continental Cup or Scotland youd probably who played in the rst you have girls and boys. A was designed with possible draw 1,000 for a weekend. world championship in lot of Olympic sports are new Olympic curling disci- But thats absolute max.