Issue 8 – Saturday, February 21, 2015 • An Official Publication of the Canadian Curling Association.
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“
She made a
really good
shot to set
up that
four, but we
battled and
I am really
proud of the
team.
— Val Sweeting
They’re still golden
Manitoba’s Jones back in Scotties final
By CAM HUTCHINSON
Heart Chart Associate Editor
T
he bagpiper was barely off the
ice when Manitoba’s Jennifer
Jones rocked Alberta’s
Val Sweeting with a four-ender
on the first end of their Scotties
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game Friday.
Non-partisan and Alberta
fans groaned. This was not the
close game they wanted to see.
Somewhere, TSN execs were
pounding their fists. Their teeth
most certainly were gnashing at
the prospect of a one-sided game in
primetime.
Jones made an outstanding firstrock double and then a routine
tapback to hang the four on the
board.
Jones had said how important
the hammer would be on the first
end. That was a good chunk of the
motivation for winning that final
round-robin game. The Manitoba
skip was right, four times over.
“We made some great ones and
some not-so-great ones,” Jones said.
“But we never lost control of the
game. We had control and the last
one coming home which is what you
want, so I am really happy with
that. We’ll try to take some of that
momentum into the final Sunday.”
The first end was somewhat
Manitoba’s Jill Officer and Dawn McEwen get busy.
reminiscent of Sweeting’s final two
games in the round-robin. Earlier
Friday, Jones defeated Sweeting
10-5. Before that, Sweeting was
defeated 9-1 by Saskatchewan’s
Stefanie Lawton. Sweeting had
gone from 9-0 in the standings to
9-2 in 16 ends.
So there were reasons to believe
Sweeting and her crew of Lori
Olson-Johns, Dana Ferguson and
Rachelle Brown might be finished
for the night, and have 18 hours
to regroup for today’s 3 p.m. semifinal against either Team Canada’s
Rachel Homan or Lawton. Those
two play in the Page 3-4 game at 10
a.m. at Mosaic Place.
But that is not how it worked in
the one-two game. That is not how
Sweeting rolls.
“She made a really good shot
to set up that four, but we battled
and I am really proud of the team,”
Sweeting said of Jones’ first rock of
the game.
She said her team had to plug
away, get a deuce and battle. And
battle she did, drawing even after
the seventh end.
Jones said she didn’t let up after
the four-ender.
“They made some great shots and
we were just a little bit off.”
A single on two, and steals on
ends four and five, made the game
4-3 at the break.
Jones, who is backed by her well-
known crew of third Kaitlyn Lawes,
second Jill Officer and lead Dawn
McEwen, made a draw to the button
to count one on the sixth end, to take
a 5-3 lead into seven. Sweeting’s
team played a flawless seventh to
count two. Game on, baby.
Jones ditched the defence on the
eighth, with the teams beginning
the end with one of those “youfreeze-on-mine and I’ll-freeze-onyours scenarios.”
The end was played in the fourfoot where at times five rocks
congregated. Alberta’s were set
in the better positions, forcing
Manitoba to play three straight
up-weight shots to move the mess
around. A Sweeting jam with her
last rock gave Jones an easy hit for
two.
That was the turning point
Sweeting said.
“I was an inch off on both of mine
on eight and I think that really
changed the game in the end.”
Sweeting was set up for a deuce
on nine, but Jones took it away
with a double. Lawes also made a
double. Sweeting was forced to take
one, leaving her down 7-6 coming
home.
After a couple of tick shots
executed by McEwen, Sweeting
was unable to generate any offence.
Jones had to make a draw, with
backing, to win the game and close
out the 8-6 victory.
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February 14-22, 2015
Green Week
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Crowds boost Lawton
By CAM HUTCHINSON
Heart Chart Associate Editor
Today is Green Day at the Scott
Tournament of Hearts.
That couldn’t make Saskatchewan’s
Stefanie Lawton happier. In reality, it
has been Green Week at Mosaic Place.
The difference today will be all the
green jerseys in the crowd.
Did you hear this one? “I went to a
Rider game and the Scott Tournament
of Hearts broke out.”
If it comes down to the crowd,
Lawton and her team of Sherry
Anderson, Stephanie Schmidt and
Marliese Kasner would be packing
for the world championship. There
is a bunch of work to be done first.
Saskatchewan will meet Team
Canada’s Rachel Homan in the Page
3-4 game at 10 a.m. The winner will
play in the semi-final at 3 p.m.
“The crowd is with us and living
every shot with us. We’re definitely
loving them,” Lawton said after
defeating Prince Edward Island’s
Suzanne Birt 5-4 in her final roundrobin game. Saskatchewan finished
play with an 8-3 record, despite losing
two of its first three games.
“It has been a great week. It has
gone by so fast and we’ve had so much
fun out there. We’re right where we
want to be. We’re in the playoffs and
we’re going to come out strong in the
(Page) 3-4 game.”
Lawton knows she is in tough
against the two-time defending
Canadian champions.
“We know they are throwers and
great players. We have to come out
strong.”
Anderson agreed with Lawton that
the crowds have given the team a
boost.
“It’s been incredible. In fact, we got
here this morning and walked into the
locker room and New Brunswick had
made a shot last night to beat Team
Canada. (Sylvie Robichaud) said,
‘Yeah, I felt like Saskatchewan. The
crowd went wild. It was such a good
feeling.’ It is. It’s just incredible.”
Anderson said it is important that the
team stays “cool and calm out there.”
“That’s when you have fun and
when you play your best. I hope we can
all do that tomorrow.”
Homan knows she will be playing in
enemy territory.
“We’re out West, so I am assuming
everyone is cheering for everybody
else,” she said.
“It didn’t matter who we play,
whether it was Alberta, Manitoba or
Saskatchewan. It’s still tough teams
and we have to keep playing our game.
We can’t have mistakes like we did
today (against Northern Ontario in the
final round-robin game).”
Despite finishing with a somewhat
surprising 7-4 record in the roundrobin, Homan is happy to be in the
playoffs.
“Every game is a new game and
everyone is gunning for that final on
Sunday. Every team is going to be
tough, and we have to play as well as
we can to make it there.”
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They help make the show . . . for no dough!
Y
Salute the volunteers!
ou see them at all the Season
of Champions events, clad in
identical uniforms, doing a
multitude of jobs.
We’re talking about the volunteer
workforce, of course.
They are all over the place,
scurrying around like ants on an
anthill. And like those ants, curling
volunteers are tireless workers.
up to two weeks vacation for the
opportunity to volunteer. Many of them
get up bright and early on a cold winter
morning, fire up their car in sub-zero
weather, and head to the arena to do
all sorts of things.
At the end of the day they return
home, tired, and get ready to doing it
all over again the next day.
Volunteering also comes with
a price. Volunteers at the Scotties
Tournament of Hearts must pay a
minimum of $100, money that goes
towards their jacket and shirt.
There is the odd complain about
the system, but most of the volunteers
suck it up, pay their money, and are
eager to get on with the show. They are
unfailingly upbeat about their tasks.
These amazing people put the
curlers, the sponsors and the fans’ best
interests before their own.
While fans are following the players
Volunteers are brought up today
on the ice, volunteers will be on the
because sometimes their importance
fringes, doing a colossal amount of
is overlooked, and it shouldn’t be. Let’s
work, such as logging the miles driving face it, there would be no events like the
courtesy cars, or hoisting flags at
Scotties without them. It’s their sweat
opening ceremonies, or directing traffic that ensures the doors can be flung open
in the parking lot or, well, picking up
and fans can come and watch some of the
garbage. The hours can be long, the
best curlers in the world.
thanks few.
And while the curlers — the show,
Why do they do it? For the love of
as it were — get their slice of the
the game, mostly, and a lot of it has to
proceeds and glory, these tireless
do with community spirit. They want
workers perform for nothing, and at
the event to succeed in their city. And
the end of the day are out of pocket
that doesn’t matter if that city is Moose
For the record, there are just shy of 600
Jaw
or
Calgary,
they
sign
up
to
help.
volunteers
working
the Scotties in Moose
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It isn’t easy. Some of them take
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Cheryl Templeton is the vice-chair
work 50 hours.
for volunteers and special events at
If you want to put a dollar figure on it, if
these Scotties and she knows the depth
they were paid minimum wage of $10, we’re
of their contribution.
talking $300,000 million of labour here.
Event organizers, for certain,
appreciate the work they do. They
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know there is no show without them.
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Volunteers are asked to do a myriad of things at the Scotties.
expect the cooler to be filled with
water, the carpets vacuumed, and the
driver to be at their door to pick them
up on time.
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And that’s exactly what happens,
event
after event, year after year. The
“I’m not surprised by the volunteer
curlers are basically waited on so they
response,” says Templeton. “That’s
can perform.
Moose Jaw people. I’m just amazed at
And so while the curlers get the
people who volunteer, not for just their
cheers,
the TV exposure, the media
own committee, but for any committee.”
interviews and financial payouts, the
More than that, some of these
volunteers do the grunt work.
people put their lives on hold to
The volunteers may be the ordinary
work these events. It’s the middle of
people of the Scotties, but the fact is
winter, and when a lot of people are
they are the real stars of the show.
south flopped on a beach somewhere,
So next time you meet one during
volunteers will forego the holiday to
volunteer.
your stay at the Scotties, be sure to
Do the curlers appreciate them?
thank them. They’ll appreciate it, and
You would certainly hope so. Curlers
they deserve it..
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We play
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Profile:
Canada
Lisa Weagle
LEAD
Born: March 24, 1985
Age: 29
Residence: Ottawa,
Family: Robin Guy
(husband)
Employment: Communications Advisor,
Canadian Heritage
(Sport Canada)
Years curling: 21
First major success in curling: Winning the
2013 Scotties
Loves curling because: It’s a challenging
mix of skill and strategy
Curling would be better if: Events were held
in tropical climates!
Three words that describe her: Wife, curler,
traveller
Major curling influence: Marilyn Bodogh
Other life interests: Running, yoga, reading.
FACTS
Population: 35,675,834
Area: 9,984,670 km²
Moto: A Mari usque ad Mare (“From
Sea to Sea”)
Capital City: Ottawa
Ethnic groups: 76.7% White, 14.2%
Asian, 4.3% Aboriginal, 2.9% Black,
1.2% Latin American, 0.5% multiracial, 0.3% other
Principal Products: Manufacturing,
argriculture, technology.
TEAM CANADA
AT THE SCOTTIES
Last five years:
2014: Rachel Holman (11-0 Gold)
2013: Heather Nedohin (7-4)
2012: Amber Holland (6-5)
2011: Jennifer Jones (8-3 Silver)
2010: Jennifer Jones (8-3 Gold)
Last championship — Rachel
Holman (2014)
Canadian titles — 9
World titles — Teams that represented Canada at the Scotties
and went on to win a world title: 4 (Heather Houston 1989,
Sandra Schmirler 1994, Colleen Jones 2004), Kelly Scott
(2007)
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to the
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Canada
Emma Miskew
THIRD
Born: Feb. 14, 1989
Age: 26
Residence: Ottawa
Employment: Industrial
& Graphic Designer
Years curling: 21
First major success
in curling: Winning the
Canada Winter Games
for Ontario in 2007
Loves curling because:
It’s a great challenging sport that encompasses physical fitness, technique, strategy,
and mental toughness. Curling would be better if: The 5-rock rule
was made a rule for all competitions
Three words that describe her: Motivated, organized, dedicated
Major curling influence My dad, Art
Miskew
Other life interests: Sports (tennis, golf,
soccer), crafting, travelling.
Rachel Hom
Joanne Courtney
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SKIP
SECOND
Born: March 7, 1989
Age: 25
Residence: Ottawa
Family: Husband, dog
Employment: Registered nurse, Goldline
sales associate in Ottawa
Years curling: 18
First major success in
curling: 2013 Olympic Trials participant.
Loves curling because: Great team sport,
physically and mentally challenging.
Curling would be better if: More of us
could curl full time.
Three words that describe her: High
energy, fun.
Major curling influence: Marcel Roque
Other life interests: Travel.
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FIFTH: Cheryl Kreviazuk
COACH: Richard Hart
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Place of bir
th: Ottawa
Age: 25
Residence:
Ottawa
Family: Sin
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Years curlin
g: 20 years
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success in
curling: Win
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tties Tourna
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The party shifts into
high gear!
The Chevelles hit the stage in the HeartStop following the afternoon
draw, taking fans on a wild ride that covers the greatest hits from
the past several decades of rock music. With their high-energy stage
presence, and repertoire of over 200 classic tunes, these guys know
how to get the crowd on their feet.
They’ll return for an evening performance after the opening set
by Vern Michaels. It’s the perfect combination to close out a week
of fabulous live entertainment!
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SaskEnergy Junior Stars Alec Remai and Anastasia Cornea met
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Team Alberta posed with SaskEnergy Junior Stars Kelsey Summerfield
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Team
Autograph
Sessions
Ten of the 12 teams that have been entertaining the
crowds at the Scotties all week long will be out in full force
for the final autograph session. So many great curlers, all
in one place! The only teams missing will be the two that
are wrapped up in the semifinal match.
Today
1:30 pm All Teams (excluding those in semifinal)
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opening weekend of the Scotties. Today’s your last chance
to shoot your way to tomorrow’s playdowns. The grand
champion will be crowned in the HeartStop between the
bronze and gold medal games.
Sea of
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Green is the colour all weekend at Mosaic Place. The
30-member Saskatchewan Roughriders Pep Band will be
entertaining the crowd in the arena for the next two days.
It’s going to be one big party in the stands with lots of prizes
and giveaways!
Plus, there are all kinds of contests and activities in store.
We’ll be selecting people from the stands to take part in
beating a Snowbird pilot in draw to the button contests,
dancing with the mascots and testing their knowledge in
Kruger Trivia. And you better be ready for your cameo on
the Kiss Cams and Dance Cams!
Early Bird Special
Prince Edward Island’s Suzanne
Birt and home-province hero
Stefanie Lawton present Hannah
Watt with her new Toshiba Tablet
during the fifth-end break of the
Friday morning draw.
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An extra, special player
Forgotten amid all the hoopla of the Scotties,
alternates fill an important role on their teams
By DAVE KOMOSKY
Heart Chart Editor
T
hey peel oranges, slice bananas,
wash clothes and run errands.
No, they are not your mothers — they are the fifths at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, and their
jobs are never done.
Or so it seems.
“My job can be anything,” says
Jennifer Clark-Rouire, Team Manitoba fifth player, an alternate in case
of injury or illness, or there just to
give someone a break. “It’s probably
different for every team, but there is
a misconception out there that all we
do is carry the broom bag and fill the
water bottles. It’s so much more than
that.”
Responsibilities for fifths vary
from team to team. However, there
is a common theme among the
bench-warmers. They are there to
take away all the jobs that aren’t
associated with curling.”
Clark-Rouire says some of her
duties in Moose Jaw include matching
rocks, scouting opposition, crunching
stats numbers, managing the media,
and developing event schedules.
“The trick,” she says, “is doing
all this and doing the same things
the rest of the team is doing in case
I’m needed to play. And that can be
at any time. Going into a high-profile
game is one of the toughest things to
do, so you have to be prepared.”
So while their teammates soak
up the attention on the ice with
shot-making and sweeping, the fifths
sit at a table behind the sheet, usually with the team coach.
Surprisingly, the fifths are not
glued to what their team is doing.
“I might be watching the team we
play next, or the ice conditions,” says
Clark-Rouire. “I also offer support to
the coach, Wendy Morgan.”
However, the fact is these are
also very capable curlers. They are in
some ways like the bullpen catcher,
ready and able when the need arises.
Clark-Rouire is certainly more
than capable. But her claim to fame
is being the perennial fifth for Jones,
who has chalked up an impressive
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her second child a few years ago, she
decided to surrender her backup role,
then watched her former teammates
win Olympic gold.
“It’s all good,” she says. “It was
my decision. But I missed it and I
knew what was happening behind the
scenes, or I had a really good guess,
and it was hard not to share it with
them. But I’m so glad it happened
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So now she’s back as the fifth, at
least for this event, ready to help out
her old teammates.
And she’s helped out in every
way possible. She’s even played in a
couple of games.
Most of the alternates have been
in games this week. They need to
play two ends in two games to be
eligible for the jewelry handed out to
players on the top three teams at the
end of the week.
It takes a special person to play fifth.
They have to be a team player, even
though they may never get on the ice.
And except for articles on fifth players,
they’ll never be asked to speak.
“It’s kind of a precarious position,” says Clark-Rouire, “because it’s
really the four girls and you come in
and offer support but don’t want to
get in the way of what’s working for
them.”
However, alternates do get all the
perks of the regular members, minus
the constant hassle from the media.
“It’s not a bad deal,” says ClarkRouire.
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Hey Kevin, need a good third?
V
era Pezer is one of the greatest
curlers of all time, right up
there in the same breath as
Sandra Schmirler, Jennifer Jones
and Colleen Jones.
Vera won three consecutive
Canadian women’s championships
— 1971 through 1973 — and another
in 1969 as a third. She won the first
Battle of the Sexes game, when she
dispatched world champion Orest
Meleschuk on national television. The
Big O was not a happy camper. There
was rejoicing in Saskatoon.
Curling second on Vera’s teams
was Joyce McKee, another one of the
greatest curlers — and people — of
all time.
Joyce won her first Saskatchewan
title in 1954. She won again in 1960
and went on to claim the Western
championship. Afterwards, her rink
was invited to face the Eastern
champion in an unofficial Canadian
championship. Joyce defeated Ruth
Smith of Quebec 11-3 and 8-5.
In 1961, McKee again won the
province and participated in the
inaugural national championship –
the Diamond D. Joyce and her team
of Sylvia Fedoruk, Barbara MacNevin
and Rosa McFee went 9-0.
Where is this going?
In the mid-1970s, I asked Joyce
and Vera if they would play in the
Saskatoon mixed playdowns with
a friend — Roy Evans — and me.
As an aside, Roy is the nephew of
the great Garnet Campbell. On
Garnet’s resume are 10 trips to
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the Brier, beginning in 1947 and
ending in 1971. In 1955, he skipped
Saskatchewan to its first Brier win.
Roy has some pretty good pedigree
happening.
Out onto the ice we went for
our first game. I thought I was
a hotshot until I stood at the far
end of the sheet, tapped my broom
where I wanted the rock, and gave
the ice. I looked toward the hack. In
it sat Joyce McKee. Sweeping was
Vera Pezer and Garnet Campbell’s
nephew. I began quaking in my
curling shoes.
I didn’t make a shot in that game
or the one after. Despite having two
of the best female curlers of all time
on the team, we lost two straight
games. It was on me. I was worse
than this year’s Toronto Maple Leafs,
if you can believe it.
It is, however, a wonderful memory
to say I played on a team with Vera
and Joyce. But if I had a redo, Vera
would have been the skip.
n n n
I took a stab at getting back into
competitive curling almost two years
ago. The scars from the mixed were
healing. Despite being well into my
50s, I wanted to start at the top. I
figured I only had five or 10 years of
good curling left.
Remember when Kevin Martin
and John Morris parted ways? For
a time, Kevin didn’t have a third. I
thought what the heck, and sent him
a resume. I’m serious.
On it I mentioned I hadn’t curled
competitively in about 30 years. I
wanted to be upfront with him, but
also convey my belief that I could
help his team to further glory.
I listed my credentials from
the 1970s. They included playing
third on the teams that won
the Saskatchewan high school
championship in 1972 and the
provincial junior title in 1973. I
mentioned I skipped a team to
the Western Canada university
championship in 1977. I didn’t
mention only three teams attended.
I most certainly didn’t mention my
mixed curling disaster with Vera,
Joyce and Roy.
In the cover letter, I told Kevin I
would be happy with a tryout, and
would gladly drive to Edmonton to
throw rocks for him.
I hit send.
I thought Kevin would get right
back to me. I sat in front of my
computer. Day turned into night
turned into day. Kevin didn’t
reply. A month passed.
One day I was sitting at my desk
Kevin Martin
and into my inbox popped an email
from Kevin Martin. Should I open
it? What if he really is giving me a
tryout? Will my in-turn still suck?
Will I have good chemistry with Marc
Kennedy and Ben Hebert? What if
he wants me to play in the mixed
playdowns with Heather Nedohin
and Amy Nixon? Maybe I should have
told him about my horrible mixed
experience.
I took a deep breath and opened
the email. It was shorter than I had
hoped.
“We’ve decided to go with Dave
Nedohin at third. I hope you have a
great season.”
In fewer than 20 words, Kevin had
dismissed my curling past. There
was no season for me. It was Kevin
Martin or nothing.
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Hello from Sweden
An update from across the pond
By ALISON KREVIAZUK
Heart Chart Contributor
S
ince I first began
curling with Team
Homan 14 years ago,
my life evolved almost
exclusively around curling.
Back then, we would always
say that school came first
but in reality, it was a close
second.
Life in Sweden has been
dramatically different from
what my norm was before,
but I think I’m adapting quite
well. Not having a regulated
training program each and
every day has been strange,
but oddly refreshing. Here are
a few other differences I’ve
noticed since moving here:
It is encouraged to take
multiple fika (Swedish for
coffee break) during work and
you’re allocated five weeks of
paid vacation a year.
Karlstad is called the Sun
City, but yet in November
we had a total of eight hours
of sunshine all month. My
boyfriend Fredrik ended up
buying me a sunlight lamp to
help ease the pain.
Although there is barely
any sun, the winter has been
extremely mild so far. The
temperature barely breaks the
0-degree mark.
The biking culture is intense.
People bike everywhere. No
need to buy a car, just throw on
a pair of winter bike tires and
you’re all set.
Sweden’s banking system
runs almost exclusively on
cards. The banks here don’t
even distribute cash anymore.
If you’re coming to visit, don’t
even bother getting cash
before you come. They will
know you’re a tourist.
There are no breakfast or
brunch places that exist in
town. We are trying to start
up a Sunday breakfast club
at our house to try and make
it feel a bit more like home.
Speaking
of
which,
living next to Niklas Edin’s
team means you have to
always have a stacked fridge
and a pot of coffee on. They
show their faces quite a bit,
but that’s probably because
we’re the only ones in town
who get all the Canadian
sports channels! It’s been
great having such good
friends close by.
Learning
a
new
language is proving to be
quite difficult. I attend
classes every day and do
my homework every night.
Effective
pronunciation
will get there eventually . . .
I hope. Their u’s and r’s are
practically impossible for
me to say right now. I feel
confident enough to order
sometime at a restaurant,
ask where the washrooms
are and tell a small story
about who I am and where
I’m from. The phrase
‘jag talar inte svenska’ (I
don’t speak Swedish) seems
to be the sentence most
used right now. Sometimes
I don’t even say that, I
just pretend I know what
strangers are saying and
just nod along.
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Alison Kreviazuk enjoys life in Sweden.
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Scotties Scoreboard
Saturday, February 21, 2015
Page 13
STANDINGS
FINAL
WL
Manitoba (Jones)
Alberta (Sweeting)
Saskatchewan (Lawton)
10
1
9
2
8
3
Team Canada (Homan)
74
N. Ontario (Horgan)
6
5
Ontario (Hastings)
5
6
Nova Scotia (Arsenault)
5
6
P.E.I. (Birt)
4
7
N/L (Strong)
4
7
N. Brunswick (Robichaud) 4
7
Quebec (Mann)
3
8
B.C. (Knezevic)
1
10
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LINESCORES
Draw 17
9 a.m.
Alberta (Sweeting)
Manitoba (Jones)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 x x — 5
*3 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 x x — 10
Ontario (Hastings)
N.B. (Robichaud)
0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0
*0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 3
— 5
— 9
N. Ontario (Horgan)
Canada (Homan)
*0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 x
1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 x
— 4
— 6
P.E.I. (Birt)
Saskatchewan (Lawton)
1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 4
*0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 — 5
7 p.m.
One-Two Game
Alberta (Sweeting)
*Manitoba (Jones)
* — Last rock advantage
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0
4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1
Total
— 6
— 8
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FROM PAGE 12
My neighbours must think I’m
crazy.
Even though I talked about taking
a step back, it seems as though
I miss curling too much to stay
completely away. Should the girls
qualify, I was asked by Margaretha
Sigfridsson’s team to spare for
Maria Wennerström at the Players
Championships while she is busy
becoming a new mom. They are all a
great group of ladies and I couldn’t be
more excited to team up with them
for such a fantastic event. I have also
signed on to do some broadcasting
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the World Junior Championships
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all and I can’t wait to return in April.
(Alison Kreviazuk played second
for Team Homan for 14 years, winning
two Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Canadian championship. This past
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3. This former champion lost her TSN
microphone in the toilet during the 1997
Scotties:
a) Kelly Scott
b) Colleen Jones
c) Kelley Law
d) Heather Nedohin
4. This year’s Scotties champion earns
at trip to the World Women’s Curling
Championship in this city:
Sapporo, Japan
Bern, Switzerland
Seoul, Korea
5. Bloodlines run thick in curling. Noted
male curlers Kevin and Jamie Koe are the
brothers of this Scotties skip:
a) Heather Storm
b) Kerry Galusha
c) Rebecca Atkinson
d) Megan Cormier
ANSWERS
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between Rachel Homan and Jennifer Jones
at the recent Pinty’s All-Star Curling Skins
Game drew a larger television audience than
the men’s final featuring Brad Jacobs and
John Morris.
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1. The Moose Jaw curlers were a
generous lot and donated a sack of flour to
the poor.
2. True. The women’s final averaged
579,000 viewers, compared to 521,000 for the
men 521,000.
3. Alberta skip Heather Nedohin had the
bathroom mishap with her microphone. No
word if she recovered it, but she was flush
with embarrassment.
4. The 2015 Scotties championship will
want to get an English-Japanese dictionary,
because the World Women’s Curling
Championships is scheduled for March 14-22
in Sapporo, Japan.
5. Kerry Galusha of the Northwest
Territories is the Koe boys’ sister. She and
Jamie Koe are twins.
1. The Moose Jaw Curling Club opened a
two-sheet rink in January 1896, and the initial
competition featured some visitors from
Winnipeg and town locals. The Winnipeggers
won by a point and, although there was no
prize for the winners, the losers agreed to do
this:
a) Donate a sack of flour to the poor
b) Buy all the beer
c) Give the Winnipeg curlers unlimited use of
a milking cow for the weekend
d) Give each of the Winnipeg curlers $10
worth of poker chips at the local saloon
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