2020 CANADIAN MIXED CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP MEDIA GUIDE 2020 CANADIAN MIXED CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP Table of Contents 2020 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship Fact Sheet...................................................................................1 2020 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship Draw...........................................................................................5 2020 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship Rosters........................................................................................6 2019 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship Rosters........................................................................................7 2018 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship...................................................................................................13 2017 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship...................................................................................................19 2016 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship...................................................................................................23 2015 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship...................................................................................................28 2014 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship...................................................................................................33 2013 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship...................................................................................................36 2012 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship...................................................................................................39 2011 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship...................................................................................................42 2010 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship...................................................................................................45 2009 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship...................................................................................................48 2008 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship...................................................................................................51 2007 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship...................................................................................................54 2006 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship...................................................................................................57 2005 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship...................................................................................................60 2004 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship...................................................................................................63 2003 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship...................................................................................................66 2002 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship...................................................................................................69 2001 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship...................................................................................................72 2000 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship...................................................................................................75 1999 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship...................................................................................................78 1998 AT&T Canada Mixed Curling Championship...........................................................................................80 1997 AT&T Canada Mixed Curling Championship...........................................................................................82 1996 Unitel Mixed Curling Championship........................................................................................................84 1995 Unitel Mixed Curling Championship........................................................................................................85 History of the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship.....................................................................................86 Canadian Mixed Champions..............................................................................................................................89 Canadian Mixed Championship Sites ................................................................................................................94 The Mixed – Media Guide 1 2020 CANADIAN MIXED CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP FACT SHEET OFFICIAL NAME: Canadian Mixed Curling Championship – 57th edition SITE: Foyer des loisirs et de la culture, Saguenay, Québec DATE: November 3-9, 2019 SPONSOR: O'Keefe Mixed 1964 - 1971 Canadian Curling Association 1972 Seagram Mixed 1973 - 1983 Canadian Curling Association/ Canadian Ladies Curling Assoc. 1984 - 1994 Unitel Mixed 1995 - 1996 AT&T Canada Mixed 1997 - 1998 Canadian Curling Association 1999 – 2015 Curling Canada 2016 – TROPHY: Canadian Mixed Championship Trophy COMPETITION: Fourteen teams (10 provinces plus Northern Ontario, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon) have been seeded and separated into two pools of seven teams each (see below). They first play a round robin within their pool, beginning Sunday evening, November 3. At the conclusion of the round robin on Wednesday, the top four teams in each pool advance to the Championship Round, carrying forward their full win-loss records. The teams then play each of the four teams from the opposite pool. Meanwhile, the bottom three teams in each pool advance to the Seeding Round, where they will compete against the three teams from the opposite pool. Teams will carry forward their full win-loss records. Their final win-loss records determine seeding for next year’s event. At the conclusion of the Championship Round on Friday, two semifinals will take place on Saturday morning at 9:30 a.m., pitting 1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3. The two winners advance to the gold-medal final Saturday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. while the two losing teams meet in the bronze-medal game at the same time. All games throughout the competition are scheduled for eight ends. All round robin and playoff games at the Canadian Championship shall be a minimum of seven (7) ends or a deficit of seven (7) points or more after 6 ends at which time a team may concede. Also, no tiebreaker games will be played in either round. Instead, any ties for position will be determined first by head-to-head results, then by accumulated Draw Shot results if an unsolvable tie. The Mixed – Media Guide 2 Stone Selection, Practice & Last Stone Advantage – Round Robin The team throwing red-handled stones will be listed on top of the scoreboard and have first practice. During the round robin portions of the 2020 Mixed, each team will be assigned both colour of stones equally or +/-1 if an odd number of games are played. The first named team on the draw will deliver red-handled stones and will have pre-game practice for exactly nine (9) minutes, commencing thirty (30) minutes prior to the start of the round robin draw. The team throwing yellow-handled stones will have the same period of practice starting immediately following the red stone draw to the button for last stone advantage. Last stone advantage in the first end (hammer) will be decided by draws to the button following each team’s pre-game practice. At the completion of the nine-minute pre- game practice, two different players from the team will each throw a stone (full sweeping allowed): one clockwise and one counter-clockwise. The better distance of the total of the two draws between the two teams will receive last stone advantage in the first end. During the pool play of the 2020 Mixed, each player on each team will deliver a minimum of two (2) draw shots for last stone advantage. The two (2) draw shots can be taken anytime during the round robin. The draw to the button shall be played towards the home end. During the championship round and seeding round, any two players can deliver the draws to the button for hammer. In playoff games, last stone advantage and choice of stone handle colour shall be awarded to the team with the best overall win-loss record during the round robin. If the win-loss records are identical, the higher ranked team will have the choice of last stone advantage OR stone handle colour. The team delivering the last stone in the first end will practice first. A team is only allowed to throw its own stones during practice. Sportsmanship Awards, selected by the players, will be presented to a male and female curler who best combine the ideals of sportsmanship, observance of rules and exemplary conduct on and off the ice. The winning team will represent Canada at the 2020 World Mixed Curling Championship (dates, location TBA by World Curling Federation). From 2008-2012, two players from the winning Canadian Mixed team represented Canada at the World Mixed Doubles. In 2013, the inaugural Canadian Mixed Doubles Trials were contested in Leduc, Alberta, March 13-17, to determine Canada’s team for the World Mixed Doubles, which were held April 13-20 in Fredericton, N.B. The four members (two two-person teams) of the 2013 Canadian Mixed champions earned invitations to the 2013 Canadian Mixed Doubles Trials. In 2014, the Mixed winning team was again awarded berths (two two-person teams) into the 2014 Canadian Mixed Doubles Trials in Ottawa. However, since 2015, winning teams at Canadian Mixed have represented Canada at the World Mixed Curling Championship. The