Issue 1 – Saturday, February 19, 2011 • An Official Publication of the Canadian Curling Association. Let the games begin Longtime teammates Jennifer Jones (left) and Cathy Overton-Clapham will be first-time Scotties rivals this week. Sponsor of the day In addition to our “Old Classic” full event pass – for the fans who crave the excitement of every single draw – we’re introducing the Double Impact ticket option that allows you to double up on the draws that work best for your schedule. For tickets, visit January 12-15 Langley Events Centre Page 2 HeartChart A house full of story lines here are innumer- Dacey took over the reins, able story lines recruited Danielle Parsons Tsimmering on the from junior ranks to play surface as the 2011 Scot- third and won the provin- ties Tournament Of Hearts cial title anyway. swings into action at the No less than 12 former Charlottetown Civic Centre. national junior champion But there’s a singular skips will be at large on stickout. Protruding way, the Civic Centre freeze. way out. That’s a Scotties record. No story will be any more All told, 24 former national enduring — fi ve days at LARRY WOOD junior champion players are least — than the impending HeartChart Editor on hand and that’s about collision of Team Canada’s as solid a testimonial for Jennifer Jones, looking As one observer was junior women’s curling as for a record-tying fourth observing the other day, if you can fi nd. straight title, and her former this edition of the Scotties Only one of the 12 teams vice-skip Cathy Overton- was slated for Winnipeg, it in the starting gate today, Clapham who is skipping would precipitate a me- in fact, is without at least the Manitoba entry and may dia circus of proportions one former national junior be the only curler in history unheard of in the realm of champ in its lineup. That to have twice qualifi ed for women’s curling. would be Cathy Galusha’s the same Scotties. Overton-Clapham, mean- Territories crew from Yel- Neither skip, nor most while, has her sights set on lowknife which always suf- members of either team, records of her own. A vic- fers from lack of seasoning wish to dwell on the tory at this Scotties would at this level but hasn’t been delicate issue that has been be her sixth, tying her with without the fortitude to turn smouldering since Cathy O, Halifax’s Colleen Jones, the in a stunning upset or two queen of them all. who was dropped from the along the way. Team Canada skip Jennifer Jones and new third Kaitlyn Lawes. Jones squad after playing There are, to boot, many The return to the fi eld the role of vice-skip in win- other story lines. of Alberta’s Shannon Chelsey Bell out of Calgary for playoff berths when that’s on paper. A two-time ning a world title and four For instance, the afore- Kleibrink, the 2006 Olym- have a score to settle with they gird for that battle. former national junior Canadian titles in seven mentioned Colleen Jones. pian, should contribute to the defending champion. The defending champion champ and one-time world years, put together her cur- The current Nova Scotia a much stronger lineup. They haven’t forgotten Jones last year defeated junior champ, Birt exploded rent provincial champion- standard-bearer was a team Kleibrink was upended in the bitter disappointment Prince Edward Island at the from the junior ranks and ship batting order. of which Jones was to last year’s Alberta fi nal by of losing the 2008 fi nal at last gasp in Sault Ste. Marie amassed the best Scotties But the round-robin colli- be the skip until she was a young rookie team that Regina after running up an but the home province this round-robin record for an sion of the duo Wednesday struck down with bacte- proved ill-equipped for 11-1 record going in. time will send six-time pro- Island team in 2003 before night will dominate discus- rial meningitis. Jones and the subsequent national Alberta will have to wait vincial champion Suzanne losing in the playoffs. sion and media attention Heather Smith-Dacey were potboiler. until Thursday night’s last Birt into the fray. from the get-go. And set to play the back end but To boot, Kleibrink and draw of the round robin to On paper, the Birt threat when the six-time champ get a crack at Team Canada. would seem to be at least Please see WOOD, there’ll be no place to hide her team of Amy Nixon, Page 3 for either skip. was forced out, Smith- Bronwen Webster and The betting is both teams the equal of last year’s still will be in contention Island aggregation. But www.thepinpeople.ca www.thepinpeople.ca Saturday, February 19, 2011 Page 3 Canada — skip Jones, 1994 Canadian champion skip; WOOD third Kaitlyn Lawes, 2008 and 2009 Canadian champion Continued from 2 skip; second Jill Officer, 1994 Canadian champion second. Last year’s Canadian junior champion Rachel Homan of Manitoba — skip Cathy Overton-Clapham, 1989 Ca- Ottawa will be trying to improve on that record one-year nadian champion skip; third Karen Fallis, 1981 Canadian jump up the ladder to the bigs this time around with third champion skip; fifth Breanne Meakin, 2009 Canadian Emma Miskew along for the ride. The newcomer, lead Lisa champion lead. Weagle, is the oldest member of the Scotties youngest team New Brunswick — skip Kelly, 2005 Canadian champion at 25. Second Alison Krevaziuk was with the runnerup skip; third Denise Nowlan, 1991 Canadian championship Homan team at the 2009 Juniors. third; fifth Jodie deSolla, 2005 Canadian champion second; Joining Homan among rookie skips in this Scotties field lead Lianne Sobey, 2005 Canadian champion lead. is Stacie Devereaux of St. John’s. Newfoundland — skip Stacie Devereaux, 2007 Canadian Kelowna’s Kelly Scott is back for the second straight champion skip; third Stephanie Guzzwell, 2007 Canadian year and her sixth Scotties in seven winters. The Scott champion third; second Sarah Paul, 2007 Canadian junior team sandwiched two Hearts titles in there 2006, 2007 and champion second; fifth Julie Devereaux, 2007 Canadian added a world crown in the second season. junior champion lead. Other repeaters in the lineup are Saskatchewan’s Amber Nova Scotia — skip Smith-Dacey, 1991 Canadian Holland of Kronau and New Brunswick’s Andrea Kelly of champion skip; second Blisse Comstock, 2004 Canadian Fredericton. champion second. Quebec’s Marie-France Larouche is back for the fifth Ontario — skip Homan, 2010 Canadian champion skip; time with seven-timer Annie Lemay moving up to play third Miskew, 2010 Canadian champion third. third. Larouche was runnerup to Colleen Jones in 2004. 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In which consecutive (Hint: She s an alternate 12. Name the province African Style. years did she win the at the Scotties). with the most third-place Juniors, then play in the 7. Newfoundland is one finishes in Canadian Scotties? of three provinces/terri- women s curling champi- The creamy consistency of Amarula 4. Only one other Cana- tories never to have won onship history. delights with lingering subtle flavours dian junior champion the Canadian women s 13. How many third- of vanilla, caramel and chocolate. skip advanced to skip curling championship. place finishes? a team in the Scotties Name the other two. 14. Name the province 8. Which P.E.I centre with the most second- Affirming its unrivaled taste, the following year. Her name? does not fit in this list place finishes, and that Amarula Cream was recently 5.