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Stampeding to VancouverBernard crew earns Olympic berth after

edging Kleibrink in an all-Calgary

women’s Trials final

n A rivalry renewed Page 2n Howard’s first finale Page 4n ‘Big game’ beckons Page 7n Northern exposure Page 13

Above, from left, Calgary’s Cheryl Bernard, Susan O’Connor, Carolyn Darbyshire and Cori Bartel will carry the Canadian standard at the 2010 Olympics. At left, Glenn Howard of Coldwater, Ont., has advanced to today’s men’s final versus Kevin Martin, thanks to Saturday’s semifinal win.

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Women’s FinalBernard 7 Kleibrink 6

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TBernard* 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 7Kleibrink 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 6%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamBernard 89 84 71 76 80Kleibrink 90 83 84 68 81

Larry WoodMorning Roar Editor

It boiled down to acollision of two skips from the same city

whose teams have been bashing heads for close to two decades.

And this was different. It wasn’t a club game, it wasn’t a provincial cham-pionship final — and there have been a few of those — it wasn’t even for the national championship.

This was to be adorned with the Team Canada togs in the 2010 Olympic Games curling tournament at Van-couver in February.

One had represented Canada in the last Olym-

pics. One really hadn’t won a major curling title of any description.

And the winner was . . . 43-year-old skip Cheryl Bernard, whose best previ-ous success of account was a runner-up finish at the Ca-nadian women’s champion-ship in 1996, and her team of third Susan O’Connor, second Carolyn Darbyshire and lead Cori Bartel.

Bernard required a draw to the eight-foot circle for the victory in the final end against Trials defender Shan-non Kleibrink with the score deadlocked at 6-6. The draw shot appeared be sliding heavy but ground to a halt in the back eight-foot, igniting pandemonium among the Bernard supporters.

“Don’t be heavy,” Bernard said with a laugh. “That’s what I was thinking. You just have more adrenalin go-ing and I just tried to throw it and think what this was for. I didn’t use my sweep-ers, though, so, yes, halfway down I was a little worried but then it began to curl and I knew it would grab once it started to move.

“It’s amazing. I don’t know what to say. My team was incredible. They did everything they needed to, and they kept calm.”

She admitted this win was a long time coming.

“We’ve lost a lot of heartbreakers over the years and all that was for this,” she said. “And that’s good. Whatever it did, all the losses were worth this win. All those years. I’ve got a lot of them. Am I going to be the oldest Olympian?”

Probably not, but that brings up another issue.

“What about wearing the Canada crest?” she repeated the question. “You think it will ever come off?

“We’ll have a lot to adjust to but we’ll talk to a lot of people who know and we’ll have incredible support. It’ll be a different perspective going into this. I’m sure we’ll get prepared the way we need to get prepared. It’s just one team (for the support group) to be focusing on.”

The early ends of the final were mundane, featuring numerous miscues.

“But I thought we both had a good second half,” said Kleibrink. “I missed a couple of shots and maybe they could have been the difference. Sure we’re disappointed, but they were the best team all week. They deserve this. You aren’t

always going to win. You can’t be too sad.”

Kleibrink was playing in her third Trials final, and lost her second one.

She missed draws for extra points in both the third and fifth ends and trailed 4-2. Then, in the sixth, she was counting three when Bernard hit one of them and rolled to count by an inch. But, in the seventh, with Kleibrink sitting two behind a corner guard, Bernard’s last rock flopped into the open on an attempted layup and Kleibrink executed the open hit for a go-ahead three.

Bernard bounced right back in front with a deuce in the eighth. This time it was Kleibrink who left her first rock in the open. Bernard rolled behind cover, forcing Kleibrink to execute a half-rock double-raise takeout with her last. But

Kleibrink’s rock remained open through a port, and Bernard negotiated it with her last stone and remained on the takeout.

Bernard played two pre-cise layups behind a corner guard to force Kleibrink to draw the four-foot for a tying point in the ninth end, leaving Bernard in control of the home end.

Kleibrink had the neces-sary cover set up there until third Amy Nixon’s last-rock attempt to bury rubbed one of the guards, enabling Ber-nard to open up the front.

“That rock of Amy’s real-ly curled,” said Kleibrink. “I don’t know if it grabbed but I thought she threw it well. We’d have been in good shape if we’d managed to get that rock in there.”

It was a juicy plum the Bernard team was left to contemplate. The victory included $180,000 over a 30-month period from Sport Canada as A-carded athletes and a whopping $50,000 from the Trials net profit to help defray Olympic-related costs. Both finalists earlier received $40,000 each from Own the Podium 2010.

“I feel a little bit over-whelmed right now,” said vice-skip O’Connor. “But we’re going to try really hard to enjoy the moment and then . . . work re-ally hard over the next two months to perform our best when we’re there.”

Familiar rivals, giant

stakesLeft, Cheryl Bernard gives Susan O’Connor a tearful embrace. Above, Bernard celebrates a big 7-6 Trials final victory.

Bernard defeats Kleibrink to wear Maple Leaf in 2010

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Jeff Stoughton’s rink trailed 6-2 after six ends Saturday, but fought back to make it close.

Howard advances to first Trials finale


Glenn Howard andhis team from Coldwater, Ont.,

earned a sudden-death crack at Canada’s Olympic repre-sentation in men’s curling Saturday.

Howard will play Ed-monton’s Kevin Martin at 1 p.m. today. The winner dons Canada’s Olympic garb.

The springboard to the final was an 11-6 semi-final conquest of Winnipeg’s Jeff Stoughton on Saturday afternoon at Rexall Place.

Howard, with third Richard Hart, second Brent Laing and lead Craig Savill, dominated the semi from the get-go, opening with deuce and never ceasing to apply pressure to Stoughton’s team of Kevin Park, Rob Fowler and Steve Gould.

“We got that break in the third end,” assessed Howard, 47, “were in total control, Jeff gets two deuces late and suddenly I have to make my

last shot to win it. That’s the game. That’s the free guard zone. In curling now, you really have to earn it.”

Stoughton said he was chasing from the get-go.

“He made that nice angle-raise double ticky-wicky whatchamacallit in the third end and it was a killer,” he said. “I don’t know how many rocks he hit, bumped us off the button and sits two. After that, they played so well.”

Stoughton lost the final of the 2005 Trials to Brad Gushue of St. John’s who went on to win a gold medal for Canada at the Torino Olympics.

“This is disappointing but

it doesn’t hurt so much,” Stoughton said. “Losing the final when you’re expected to win is the real kick in the guts.”

This is skip Howard’s sixth personal attempt to qualify for the Olympics.

He has played every previous Trials, starting with the first event at Calgary in 1987 as third for brother Russ.

Vice-skip Hart played third for Mike Harris, Canada’s rep at the Nagano Games in 1998, winning a silver medal.

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Legendary Lang has given it

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A Canadian curling legend shelved her competitive career

at the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings Canadian curling Trials this past week.

Thunder Bay’s 53-year-old Lorraine Lang, who has played the lead position for Krista McCarville the past four seasons, signed 30 to an illustrious career that included a world champi-onship, two Scotties titles, eight Scotties appearances and one national mixed crown.

Obviously, one of her future stops will be en-shrinement in the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame.

“I have to say,” she was saying the other day, “that my body is giving me signs that, really, I have to take it

a little easier.”Lang told her younger

teammates last year that she’d continue to dispense lead rocks and sage advice until the team’s last shot at an Olympic Games appear-ance dissolved.

That happened on Friday night at Rexall Place, but not before her team turned in a credible third-place finish.

“I’m not going to be playing women’s play-downs,” she said. “It’s been an incredibly busy four or five years. This is as far as I go. And I’m not sure I’m going to play senior, either. I’ll probably spare a lot for my team because they have busy lives and works shifts and everything.

“It’s been a long career but, now, women’s com-petitive curling is a full year-round commitment. You have to work out in the summer and the off-time, you can’t just show up and play any more. It’s a whole lifestyle commitment now.

“After I made the deci-sion, I told the team that once this whole points thing is done for this term, then I’m going to be finished. That’s when I suggested we take on a fifth player and it

worked out great because I’m playing this and she’s playing playdowns in Janu-ary.”

Lang’s replacement will be Ashley Miharija, a 22-year-old lab technician, who was at The Rex as fifth player.

“Ashley will play either lead or second,” said Lang. “The team has to make that decision. Maybe (coach and hubby) Rick will have to make that decision.”

Both Langs are sky-high on McCarville’s future.

“Krista’s an unbelievable player,” said Lorraine Lang. “She’s never had a peak performance at the Scotties but in our provincials she’s played like she’s played here. So I’m really glad she’s taken to this stage. Re-ally, she should be showing her stuff. She can make big hits and clutch draws. I hope she stays confident.”

Lang chooses to look forward, rather than back on an illustrious curling career highlighted by her years at third for Heather Houston.

“No, I don’t look back at it that much,” she said.

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LARRY WOODMorning Roar Editor

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Skip: Cheryl Bernard

Home: CalgaryBegan curling at age: EightDelivery: RightOccupation/title: Managing DirectorEmployer: Unigroup West-ern Insurance Brokers IncDate of birth: June 30, 1966Place of birth: Grande PrairieMarital status: Common lawSpouse/Partner: Terry MeekChildren: Evan Meek 19, Connor Meek 15First vehicle: 1979 Malibu ClassicCurrent vehicle: Lexus RX 350Favourite food: CheeseFavourite drink: Tea and wineCelebrity dream man: Johnny DeppMost annoying celebrity: Paris HitonAll-time favourite movie: Million Dollar Baby, Rudy, Remember the TitansLast movie she loved: Julie and Julia (amazed by cooking, ’cause I can’t do it)Last movie she hated: NoneTattooed? No!Never leaves home with-out: BlackBerry, water bottle and cash for a StarbucksCompeted in: 1992, 96, 07, 09 Scotties, 2005, 07, 08, 09 Canada Cup, and Play-ers’ Championship since it started

Third: Susan O’Connor

Home: CalgaryBegan curling at age: 10Delivery: RightOccupation/title: Respira-tory therapistEmployer: Foothills Medical CentreDate of birth: May 3, 1977Place of birth: CalgaryMarital status: MarriedSpouse/Partner: Todd BrickFirst vehicle: Mazda 626

Current vehicle: Pontiac Grand AmFavourite food: Anything cooked by somebody elseFavourite drink: Red wine; something rummy and tropi-cal on vacationCelebrity dream man: Edward Norton, Terence HowardMost annoying celebrity: Heidi Montague, Spencer PrattAll-time favourite movie: The Notebook, Over the TopLast movie she loved: The ProposalLast movie she hated: HungerTattooed? NoNever leaves home with-

out: CellphoneCompeted in: 1992, 96, 07, 09 Scotties, 2005, 07, 08, 09 Canada Cup

Second: Carolyn Darbyshire

Home: CalgaryBegan curling at age: 11Delivery: RightOccupation/title: Owner, office managerEmployer: Canadian Decal InstallersDate of birth: Dec. 6, 1963Place of birth: Arborg, Man.Marital status: MarriedSpouse/Partner: Rod McRorieChildren: Shea (stepson) 15, Alexandria 8

First vehicle: Toyota Car-ollaCurrent vehicle: Toyota VenzaFavourite food: SeafoodFavourite drink: Red wineAll-time favourite movie: Anything with Anthony Hop-kinsLast movie she loved: The ProposalLast movie she hated: Taking Of Pelham 1, 2, 3Tattooed? NoNever leaves home with-out: BlackBerryCompeted in: 1985, 07, 09 Scotties, 03, 04, 07, 08, 09 Canada Cup, 01 Olympic Trials

Lead: Cori Bartel

Home: CalgaryBegan curling at age: 10Delivery: RightOccupation/title: RecruiterEmployer: Friday Profes-sional GroupDate of birth: June 21, 1971Place of birth: Humboldt, Sask.Marital status: EngagedSpouse/Partner: Sean MorrisChildren: NoneFirst vehicle: 1998 Pontiac Sunfire SECurrent vehicle: The same SunfireFavourite food: Chicken and shrimp fajitas from the Lonestar Grill in OttawaFavourite drink: Grey-hounds from the Abbotsford Curling Club

Celebrity dream man: Sean Mor-

ris LOL!! OK . . . perhaps George Clooney Most annoying celebrity:

Nicolas Cage

All-time favourite movie: Top GunLast movie she loved: Love Actu-ally

Last movie she hated: Can’t think of anyTattooed? None yet Never leaves home with-out: Giving her cats a good-bye cuddleCompeted in: 2007, 09 Scotties, 07, 08, 09 Canada Cup

Fifth: Kristie Moore

Home: Grande PrairieBegan curling at age: NineDelivery: RightOccupation/title: Business ownerEmployer: Madhatters Liq-uid Lounge & Crazy CuisineDate of birth: April 22, 1979Place of birth: Grande PrairieMarital status: Common lawSpouse/Partner: Shane WrayChildren: Working on itFirst vehicle: GMC TruckCurrent vehicle: Chevy BlazerFavourite food: PopcornFavourite drink: Spiced rum and ginger ale or red wineTattooed? Yes, twoNever leaves home with-out: MoneyCompeted in: 1996, 97 Canadian Junior, 96 World Junior, 2000 Scotties.

Coach: Dennis Balderston

Home: CalgaryOccupation/title: Indepen-dent businessmanEmployer: SelfDate of birth: June 21, 1945Place of birth: Moose JawCoached/competed: 1963 National Junior, 1990 Brier, 1995, 96 Canadian Seniors, 2007, 09 Scotties coach

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‘Big game’ magicstill sways Martin

Todd KimberleyMorning RoarAssociate Editor

Kevin Martin has been here before, you understand.

So he doesn’t need much in the way of motivation for today’s Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings men’s fi nal, presented by Monsanto, at Rexall Place.

“That’s what it’s about, isn’t it, to get to the big fi -nal,” Martin, the 43-year-old Edmontonian, told reporters Saturday. “I think that’s why I still curl — for those big games. Win them or lose them, it’s fun to be part of them. Hopefully we can get through the one (today).

“We’ve (fi nished second) before, and we’ve won it before. So we know it from both sides. But you can’t win ’em if you can’t get in ’em.”

Martin and his rink of John Morris, Marc Kennedy and Ben Hebert fi nished in fi rst place at these Canadian curling Trials with a 6-1 record, advancing directly to today’s 1 p.m. MT fi nal.

The Martin crew will face its old adversary, the Glenn Howard rink of Coldwater, Ont., which dispatched Jeff Stoughton of Winnipeg 11-6 in the tournament semifi nal

Saturday afternoon.Martin’s rink has taken

its game to another level in recent years, with two straight Brier wins, a 2008 world championship and an unblemished 2009 cam-paign, except for some guy named David Murdoch.

But Martin has a long history of success at the Olympic Trials. Today’s clash will be his fourth Trials fi nal — and a victory this afternoon would make Vancouver his third Olym-pics after Albertville 1992 and Salt Lake City 2002.

Back in the 1991 Brier at

Hamilton, Ont., which acted as the Trials, Martin and his team of Kevin Park, Dan Petryk and Don Bartlett beat Regina’s Randy Woyto-wich 8-4 in the fi nal. They went on to fi nish fourth at Albertville, where curling was then still an Olympic demonstration sport.

In 1997 at Brandon, with curling set to become a full medal sport at Nagano in 1998, Martin dropped a 6-5 fi nal to the surprising Mike Harris of Toronto.

And in 2001 at Regina, Martin and his crew of Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft and Don Bartlett advanced directly to the fi nal, beating Winnipeg’s Kerry Burtnyk 8-7 on the last rock. All four had an Olympic silver medal hung around their necks two months later in Utah.

“We’ve been in this game three of the last four Trials,” noted Martin, “so it’s not a lot different, I don’t think, in terms of the hard work we did before 2001, or when we lost to Mike Harris in ’97.

“But you do work at it hard, and I think I work at it as hard as anybody, and if you work hard, you get your fair share of chances,” added Martin.

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Martin, of course, skipped Canadian standard-bearers at the 1992 demo Olympics and the 2002 Games at Salt Lake City, also winning a silver medal.

Hart executed a perfect hit-and-roll behind a corner guard in the fi rst end to set up Howard’s opening deuce. Then Stoughton was forced to settle for one in reply, drawing the four-foot with Howard counting two more.

In the third, Howard’s highlight-reel fi rst rock, a high-heat angle-raise, double-raise to re-arrange a combination of stones in the four-foot, was pivotal. How-ard was left with two, one peeking into the open, and when Stoughton narrowly missed slashing both enemy stones out of contention, Howard had a routine draw for another deuce.

“We knew it was our rock going in if we got the angle,” recalled Howard. “We knew if we nutted it good things would happen. We weren’t quite sure ex-actly what, but it turned out the way we wanted it.

“Kevin (Martin) makes

a lot of those, right?” he added.

Stoughton again could get nothing going in the fourth and drew the four-foot look-ing at four enemy bricks. Howard blanked the fi fth after a Stoughton bid for a deuce evaporated.

The trend continued in the sixth. Stoughton executed a bury in the back corner of the four-foot with Howard sitting three. But Howard was able to angle it back far enough with a last quiet tap to score two more and assume a 6-2 edge.

Stoughton fi nally fi nagled a pair in the seventh and left Howard a routine split-double in the eighth on which he connected for a single point. Howard then missed a double in the ninth and Stoughton deployed the hammer for another deuce to pull within one point.

Howard’s 10th-end four-spot, resulting from his last shot, constituted meaning-

less tinsel.“The bottom line is, you

want to get to Sunday, and that’s what we did,” said Howard. “Now I’m re-ally glad that we played the semi. It’s a great feeling, the fact we have a chance. Ob-viously we want to go out and play well (in the fi nal). If we don’t play well it’ll be really disappointing. If we play really well and lose the game, it’ll be a little easier to accept. If we play well and win the game, that’s what we came for.

“It’s four years of prepara-tion, and this is right where we want to be, so it can’t get any better than this.”

Will Howard be classed as the underdog?

“We’re starting to feel that way,” said Hart. “Curlers are good at keeping score, and they’ve beaten us a bunch of times in a row at major events. We’ve beaten them on the circuit; we’re kind of even if not a little ahead of them there. But at these major events, they’ve re-ally had our number. We’re going to fi nd out tomorrow. I’m nervous already.”

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So it’s little wonder they answer to the name Men Without Shame.

But there’s absolutely no shame in the power and polish of their performance. The Regina-based group has earned a reputation as one of the country’s most entertaining cover bands, belting out a lengthy list of classic rock and country music. And with their history on curling’s social scene they’ve become known as one of the “Legends of the Patch”.

So make sure you’re part of the crowd at Keith’s Patch to celebrate an exciting week of competition and entertainment that’s unquestionably been one for the record books.

A Toast to the Hosts!Cheers to the volunteers who’ve been serving up

the fun all week at the Patch

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Word on the frigid streets of Edmonton has it

that response to this Tim Hortons Roar Of The Rings production was considered somewhat below par.

After all, Edmonton dredged up $1 million just to win the rights to hold this show. The projected profits were in the $2 million range. It isn’t going to be realized.

Still, organizing commit-tee chairman Jackie-Rae Greening insists that neither she nor any of her cohorts are headed for a dive off the High Level Bridge any time soon.

“We’re going to be OK,” said Greening on Satur-day night at Rexall Place. “We’re obviously still crunching some numbers and everything and we don’t exactly know how much we’re going to make. But we’re not upset at all. We’re going to do quite well.

“We won’t reach ini-tially projections, for sure. But I’m still really happy. We’re going to have more than 11,000 at the men’s final, almost 11,000 for the women’s final. So we had great closing crowds.”

But was it the biggest event in curling history, as many predicted? With the highest ticket prices?

“We priced the ticket high-er than the past because we considered this a marquee event,” allowed Greening, the radio personality who’s never short of words. “We can’t undervalue our sport. This weekend we’re close to sold out. It’s expensive to take over a place like Rexall Place for almost two weeks. We have two huge events happening across the way the Patch.

“So there’s a great value to the ticket, all this top curling and an entertainment package at the Expo Centre. I think the ticket price was exactly right.

“The exposure for our city has been great. Think of 20 draws at three hours per draw coming from Edmonton on TSN. And all

the hype leading up to it, of people and teams focusing on Edmonton, Edmonton, Edmonton. My heart is in this for those aspects.”

Still, when you’re talking biggest and best, there has to be a tool of measure.

“So what is it?” asked Greening. “We’re on target for 175,000 and change in attendance for the 20 draws right now. Did we expect more than that? Absolutely. Did the weather hurt us? Absolutely. Did the time of year hurt us? Yes. Has the recession hurt? Yes. But, when you think about it, it’s still incredible that our sport has more than 11,000 people coming out in 30-below to watch a curling game.”

Greening points out there never was an issue about smashing curling attendance records at The Rex.

“We have less teams,” she said, “so we didn’t have an opening weekend ticket pack-age. The calibre of teams was fantastic. Two more teams? You want to water it down? I don’t know.”

Greening said this will be her last organizing roar, in the wake of three major Edmonton rock events.

“I don’t think you’ll see a Brier here for five or six years,” she said.

“You need a break. But, you never know.”

Jackie-Rae Greening

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Skip: Kevin Martin

Nickname: The Old BearHome: EdmontonBegan curling at age: 7Delivery: RightOccupation/title: Owner, Kevin’s Rocks-n-RacquetsEmployer: SelfDate of birth: July 31, 1966Place of birth: Killam, Alta.Marital status: MarriedSpouse/Partner: Shauna MartinChildren: Karrick 20, Kalycia 17, Mykaela 8First vehicle: Pontiac Sunbird Current vehicle: Mazda CX-9Favourite food: Uncle Ben’s Rice Favourite drink: Scotch on the rocksCeleb-rity dream woman: Nada Most an-noy-ing celebri-ty: Dr. Phil All-time favourite movie: IshtarLast movie he loved: Harry Potter and the Half

Blood PrinceTattooed? NoNever leaves home with-out: WalletCompeted in: 92, 02 Olympic Games, 92, 97, 08, 09 World men’s, 10 Briers,four Canada Cups, 2 Continental Cups, 85 Junior Nationals, 86 Junior Worlds.

Third: John Morris

Nickname: Johnny MoHome: Chestermere, Alta.Began curling at age: 5Delivery: RightOccupation/title: Fire-fighterEmployer: Rockyview Fire ServiceDate of birth: Dec. 16, 1978Place of birth: Winnipeg

Marital status: SingleSpouse/Partner:

None

Children: NoneFirst vehicle: Geo MetroCurrent vehicle: Toyota TacomaFavourite food: Uncle Ben’s Wholegrain RiceFavourite drink: Choco milkCelebrity dream woman: Jessica BielMost annoying celebrity: PrinceAll-time favourite movie: Indiana JonesLast movie he loved: Old SchoolLast movie he hated: LabyrinthTattoed? ZeroNever leaves home with-out: ToolboxCompeted in: 97, 98, 99 Junior Nationals, 98, 99 Junior Worlds, six Canada Cups, four Briers

Second: Marc

KennedyNickname:

KenbearHome: EdmontonBegan curling at age: 6

Delivery: LeftOccupation/title: Busi-ness ownerEmployer: M&M Meat ShopsDate of birth: Feb. 5, 1982Place of birth: St. Albert, Alta.Marital status: MarriedSpouse/Partner: NicoleChildren: Daughter Aubry, 16 monthsFirst vehicle: Pontiac Grand AmCurrent vehicle: 08 Toyota TacomaFavourite food: SteakFavourite drink: Vodka sodaCelebrity dream woman: Katy Perry

Most annoying ce-lebrity: Paris

HiltonAll-time

favou-rite movie: Brave-heart

Last movie he loved: MatrixLast movie he hated: He’s Just Not That Into YouTattooed? NopeNever leaves home with-out: Cellphone Competed in: 1998, 99, 01 Canadian Juniors, 07, 08, 09 Brier, 08, 09 Worlds, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08 Canada Cup, 08 Continen-tal Cup.

Lead: Benjamin Hebert

Nickname: Benny HeebzHome: EdmontonBegan curling at age: 10Delivery: RightOccupation/title: Market-ing representativeEmployer: FugroDate of birth: March 16, 1983Place of birth: ReginaMarital status: Relation-shipSpouse/Partner: Girlfriend Teddi FoordChildren: NoneFirst vehicle: 89 Honda PreludeCurrent vehicle: ‘03 Escalade

Favourite food: RibsFavourite drink:

Chocolate milkCelebrity

dream woman: Jennifer NettlesMost annoying celebrity: Daniel RadcliffeAll-time favourite movie:

Dumb and Dumber

Last movie he loved:

The Hangover

Last movie he hated: I Love you ManTattooed? Can’t tell ya that!Never leaves home with-out: CellphoneCompeted in: 2002 Junior Nationals

Fifth: Adam Enright

Home: EdmontonBegan curling at age: 9Delivery: RightOccupation/title: Owner/operatorEmployer: M&M Meat ShopsDate of birth: Nov. 16, 1983Place of birth: Camrose, Alta.Marital status: SingleFirst vehicle: 1992 FordCurrent vehicle: 2005 PontiacFavourite food: SteakFavourite drink: Rye and 7-UpCelebrity dream woman: Jenny FinchMost annoying celebrity: Paris HiltonAll-time favourite movie: Major LeagueLast movie he loved: TakenLast movie he hated: BrunoTattooed? NoNever leaves home with-out: WalletCompeted in: 2002 Cana-dian juniors; alternate for Kevin Martin at 2008 Tim Hortons Brier and world men’s championship

Coach: Jules Owchar

Home: EdmontonOccupation/title: Instruc-torEmployer: Northern Alber-ta Institute Of TechnologyDate of birth: Oct. 12,1944Place of birth: Lac La Biche, Alta.Coached: Martin teams since 1986, three NAIT teams, two Canadian Ju-nior teams, one golf team, 2 Japanese curling teams.

Team Martin:GETTING TO KNOW YOU

The Old Bear, Kenbear, fighting fires and Will Ferrell worship

From left, Ben Hebert, Marc Kennedy, and John Morris.


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WOOD: Difficult decision

“If I was 10 years younger I’d be saying, ‘Oh, this is great to get back in it,’ ” added Lang. “The game’s changed a lot, the fitness level is much higher, teams are much better, so it’s like a totally different game to me relative to what we played in the ’80s. We didn’t have these conditions, for sure, but we didn’t have free-guard-zone. So the game was a lot simpler. I liked our cashspiels back in the ’80s a lot better. When we could all sit around and social-ize and have a good time. I miss that part of the game. And I guess that’s what happens when the money gets up there and the stakes are high. But we still like to do that. Especially in Ontario, I think. We like to sit down with the other team afterward and talk about something besides curling. Maybe it has to do with our (semi-isolated) location.

“We have to spend a lot of money on travel. Thank good-ness we’ve got good sponsor-ship. But, in another sense, we’re lucky in Thunder Bay because we’re small. Two or four of us can get together ev-ery day to throw. I think that’s a real advantage for us.”

Lang hasn’t taken lightly the decision to pack it in.

“Anybody who contem-plates retirement, whether it’s from work or sport, thinks about it for a long time,” she said. “And I have. And it’s not like I want to do it. But I have to. A lot of it is physical. I’ve had some issues with my foot, my Achilles. Men-tally I feel right there. But

I’d never want to be in a position where I ran out of steam in a big game. So I’m not going to chance that.”

Because Rick’s the coach in the family, Lorraine will stay out of that office.

“I wouldn’t get into coach-ing,” she said. “We talk a lot about it. When Rick’s coaching our daughter in junior, I’m right beside him. That’ll never change. We discuss a lot of differ-ent things and talk about games and I love to watch. Certainly I’d like to be with him and I like to see my daughter play, too.”

Sarah is 20, playing in her last year of junior at the provincials next week in Thunder Bay. She skips while another Karlee Jones throws the hammer.

Meantime, Lang looks forward to tracking the McCarville team’s progress from an off-ice angle.

“I’ll definitely be around,” she said. “But they’re ready to get on. Krista is really an unbelievable player. The team just needs to fine-tune.

“They don’t need me out there. It’s time to move on, and I think they know that. And, certainly, for a long time, they are going to re-member some of the things I’ve said to them.”

Lorraine Lang, foreground, has hung up her brush.

Morning Roar staff

Surprise victors emerged this week from the Euro-pean curling championships at Aberdeen, Scotland.

Niklas Edin of Sweden won the men’s champi-onship, defeating Ralph Stoeckli of Switzerland 6-5 in an extra-end final.

Playing with Edin were Sebastian Kraupp, Fredrik Lindberg and Viktor Kjall.

Veteran Andrea Schoepp of Germany, the Olympic demo gold medallist in 1992, emerged triumphant

in the women’s division, defeating Mirjam Ott of Switzerland 7-5 in the final. Schoepp’s lineup included Melanie Robillard, Monika Wagner, Corinna Scholz and alternate Stella Heiss.

Norway’s Thomas Ulsrud won the men’s bronze medal while Angelina Jensen of Denmark won the women’s bronze.

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There’s something you should know about this estimable news

sheet to which you’ve sub-scribed the past nine days.

What’s that? Well, simply, it never gets the final story. Hardly ever. And certainly not this year, either. Sorry about that.

The Morning Roar you see, does not publish on the post-Cup Monday. The way the Edmonton organiz-ing committee figures it,

if we’re over budget after eight days, we won’t be go-ing for nine.

Oh yes, and there’s some-thing else you should know. This publication would not exist without the efforts of the Edmonton organizing committee, the Canadian Curling Association and its sponsors. Between them, they fund the whole she-bang. So, save a cheer, also a tiger, for them.

Now, what we’re asking from you today is this. We set up today’s men’s final in this last edition. Hereafter,

you’re on your own. The names in Canada’s Olympic men’s lineup for Vancouver will not be recorded for pos-terity in the Morning Roar.

Meantime, it has been a slice of heaven, folks. We at the Roar would like to thank you for your interest. We’d like to thank all the competitors for their time and efforts. And we’d like to thank our supporters for theirs.

What else is there to say? Have a good final day and happy holiday season upcoming.

So long . . . farewell . . . we’re outta here!

From Page 7

MARTIN“It may or may not work

out (today), but it won’t be from lack of effort or lack of training,” Martin continued.

“And I think that’s, at the end of the day, the most important thing — to look

in the mirror and know you tried your best.

“If you tried your best, los-ing’s not a problem. If you left something on the table, then you can question yourself at a later date.”

And what about playing in today’s big game in front a parti-san crowd at

Rexall Place?“That’ll be cool,” said

Martin. “(Thursday night’s round-robin win over Howard) was really loud. A fantastic game. And the roar of the crowd . . . that’s an Edmonton crowd appre-ciating good talent. That’s fantastic. Coming from a person who’s from here, it’s really a nice thing to have that.”

And today’s big game will come down to . . .

“One shot. One big break,” said Martin. “Now, it could be a made shot or a missed shot. Maybe a lucky break, or a hit-and-roll, or a real tough double, some-thing like that that changes the momentum.

“I hope that’s the way it goes, ’cause that’s the way it should be.”


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Roche, DougRocko, AnneRokosh, GailRomaniuk, AllenRoss, HazelRoth, DonaldRoussel, BonnieRoussel, JackRuiter, TheonaRurka, DaleSadoway, OllieSadownik, CaroleSamiroden, WallieSampert, RaySandahl, DaleSandahl, MarilynSapelak, AlSapelak, JoyceSaunders, DanSaunders, LuAnneSauve, KarenSavage, LindaSchesnuk, CathySchesnuk, PatSchneider, PaulSchultz, KarenSchultz, YolandaSchwabe, MarcusSchwonik, JanSchwonik, JohnSears, RobinSeeger, LauraSegin, MargeSenechal, TrudySerhan, JeanetteSevigny, MauriceShamchuk, LisaShapka, ElizabethSharek, RitaSharp, GerrySharpe, JimSharrun, BerniceShaw, MarilynShewchuk, MichaelShillabeer, GeorgeShockey, RalphShostak, DeannaSibbald, BernieSibbald, LenSiegel, BobSikora, ElsieSikora, JimSikora, JohnSikora, LindaSimmonds, BobSimons, GailSinclair, BerthaSinclair, CarolSjolie, MarkSkripitsky, AliceSkwarchuk, SharonSlate, MargaretSlemko, TerrySlemko, YvonneSmith, GisSmith, Heather ElaineSmith, JaniceSmith, PatriciaSmith, RandySnyder, DeloresSnyder, RichardSoll, RaeleneSpasiuk, CherylSpencer, BradSpurr, LindaSri Thakur, LachmiSt. Andre, CarolStarko, VivianStefanec, AnnaStempien, BrianStevenson, FayeStewart, RobertStodola, NicoleStokes, FayeStolte, JoeStorrier, KellyStrachan, GloriaStroh, TanisSwain, JackieSwinhoe, SteveTainsh, GladysTait, DebbieTait, SandraTanton, HelenTaylor, DianeTaylor-Ryan, LynneTelford, MikeTennant, KathleenTheoret, GerryThompson, FranThomson, MarjorieTinney, DonnaTobin, DorothyTod, LouiseToma, JackieToma, VeronicaTomlinson, GailTralnberg, TeriTrombley, BrentTurcotte, Len

Twarog, DennisTymchuk, KarenTymchuk, MichelleTyrrell, HeatherUdey, GeraldUpright, MichelleUsher, KenVague, GeraldVass, ScottVerdin, KeithVirgil, GailVollmer, FrankVon Krogh, FredWachowich, GladysWainwright, JohnWallbank, RonWalsh, BobWalter, AvaWalter, DanielWaschuk, OllieWasylik, BrendaWatt, Donna MaeWay, JerryWeatherbee, DonaldWeatherbee, LindaWeaver, JeffWeiss, PattiWelsh, RichardWengreniuk, NickWestgard, CindyWestgard, JoanWestgeest, MargaretWhitehouse, RichardWhiteman, BudWight, DavidWilkinson, DougWilkinson, LeeanneWillacy, AnthonyWilliamson, AdeleWilloughby, SuzanneWillows, DeanWillows, JudyWilson, DarleneWilson, DonWiltse, MaureenWinchester, BrendaWinget, PatWitte, HaroldWizniak, RhondaWolfram, VernaWolter, DarrylWoodard, AstridWoodard, ChadWoodfine, FrankWorth, BarryWorth, LindaWrubleski, LyallWyllie, GrahamWyllie, KarenYaremchuk, DavidYaremchuk, MyrnaYaremko, BorisYaremko, TeresaYeo, MattYerex, DaveYerex, PaulaYeung, RachelYewchuk, Jo-AnnYopyk, AnnetteYork, DougYuksel, NeseYurchi, BrendaZak, GarnetZemliak, MelZemliak, PhilZieman, TerryZimmerman, CarolZwick, Dan

Committee:Jackie-Rae GreeningMichele PerretLori SeemannErin BarrettShelley FentonKennedy DugganKatherine HuisingHeather ClarkKelly McClungKaron HuisingChristine RogersonLen RokoshRon McGowanTim YeoLance DealyGrant CookDoug deBruijnDean BrantingAimee BrantingTerry SymyrozumLaura LochanskiDennis NowickiAl EdwardsDeb SantosTracy TelfordLeanne TelfordDennis UprightBarry LindsayMichael YuzikSteve DavisLorri Klyne-Karim

The Roar of the Rings Committee would like to thank everyone who worked so hard to make

the 2009 Canadian curling Trials such a success!

A big thanks to all our Edmonton

volunteers!


1. Kevin Martin, 1992 at Albert-ville, failed to medal.2. Yes, eight.3. Ryan Fry, Greg McAulay, Jon Mead, John Morris, Dave Nedo-hin, Kevin Park, Bob Ursel, Don Walchuk.4. Fry – Manitoba, Newfoundland/Labrador; McAulay – Manitoba, B.C.; Mead – Manitoba, Ontario; Morris – Ontario, Alberta; Nedo-hin – Manitoba, Alberta; Park – Alberta, Manitoba; Ursel – Mani-toba, B.C., Walchuk – Alberta, Manitoba.

5. Dawn Askin, Chelsey Bell, Tracy Bush, Sasha Carter, Caro-lyn Darbyshire, Kaitlyn Lawes, Heather Rankin, Sherry Mid-daugh, Kelly Scott.6. Askin – Ontario, Alberta; Bell – Saskatchewan, Alberta; Bush – Manitoba, Alberta; Carter – Mani-toba, B.C.; Darbyshire – Mani-toba, Alberta; Lawes – Manitoba, Alberta; Rankin – Nova Scotia, Alberta; Middaugh – Saskatch-ewan, Ontario; Scott – Manitoba, B.C.7. 1924.

8. Chamonix, France.9. Julie Skinner of Victoria (then Sutton) skipped her Kelowna team to the world junior women’s championship in 1988 at Chamo-nix.10. Yes, at Lake Placid, N.Y. in the 1932.11. Curling appears to be entrenched as a medal sport on the Olympic Winter Games docket. The next competition will be staged in Sochi, Rus-sia. 12. The year 2014.

(Note: The 1991 Labatt Brier and Scott Tournament of Hearts constituted the 1991 trials for the 1992 Canadian teams bound for the Albertville Winter Olympics).

1. Have any of Canada’s previ-ous Olympic teams failed to win a medal at the Games? If so, name the skip (skips), the year(s) and venue(s) of the Olympics.2. Have any of the current men in the trials/pre-trials field made notable curling moves to a prov-ince other than the one in which they started curling? If so, how

many?3. Name them.4. And the provinces in which they started curling followed by those in which they are curling now.5. Name the women’s competi-tors who have made such notable moves.6. And the provinces in which they started followed by those in which they are curling now?7. Curling first appeared at a Win-ter Olympic Games in what year?8. Where were these Games

held?9. Name the skip of the Canadian team that won a world champion-ship in an event staged at this location — player, championship and year.10. Prior to 1988 in Calgary, was there curling staged at any other Winter Olympics and, if so, where and when?11. Is there any question of curl-ing remaining on the Olympic schedule following Vancouver and if not, where will the next Olympic curling competition be held?12. In what year?

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2009 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings, Canadian Men’s and Women’s Curling Trials – Edmonton

50/50 Raf� e Draw

Rules and Schedule

The Northern Alberta Curling Championship Society, operating as the 2009 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings proposes to hold 50/50 Raf� es at the 2009 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings held at Rexall place in Edmonton, December 6 – December 13, 2009.

A designated Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings committee director will be responsible to conduct the 50/50 Raf� e draws and to administer all the activities but will not share in any of the pro� ts. This 50/50 Director is Ken Duggan.

The ticket selling volunteer sales staff will be provided by Non-for-pro� t Curling Clubs that belong to the Northern Alberta Curling Association (NACA). See Schedule I for a list of the NACA Clubs. The pooled pro� ts will be divided equally among the eligible NACA Curling Clubs who participate in the sale of the 50/50 tickets.

50/50 Sales for each draw at Rexall Place:

• Sales for the 50/50 raffl e tickets for each draw shall commence up to 60 minutes before each scheduled curling draw and will cease when the last two teams end their 5th end break.

• The drawing of the winning 50/50 raffl e ticket shall be conducted, with at least two members of the Executive for the Northern Alberta Curling Championship Society (NACCS) present, in the 50/50 control room at Rexall Place as soon as possible after the cease of sales and the determination of the 50/50 prize for that draw based on the number of tickets sold for that draw.

• The winning 50/50 ticket number shall be displayed on the jumbotron by the end of the 8th end of the feature game for each of the scheduled curling draws. The winning number shall also be posted on two announcement boards in Rexall Place and the Keith’s Patch at the Edmonton Expo Centre, and will be announced on the public address system when the last curling game is completed. If there is only one curling game played (semi � nal and � nal games), the public address system will announce the winning 50/50 number at the break at the end of the 7th end or the end of the 8th end.

• The winning 50/50 numbers will be displayed on bulletin boards in both Rexall Place and the Keith’s Patch at the Edmonton Expo Centre during the 2009 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings, Canadian Men’s and Women’s Curling Trials until claimed or until 45 minutes prior to the � nal draw on Sunday, December 13, 2009, whichever comes � rst. Any unclaimed prizes at that time shall become a carryover prize, the winner of which will be determined by drawing an extra ticket from the tickets sold on Sunday, December 13th.

• The fi rst 50/50 ticket drawn will claim the share of the Sunday, December 13th sales and if required, a second 50/50 ticket drawn will claim the carry-over prize.

• For the Sunday, December 13 draw for the fi nal game, there will be an extra ticket drawn. This extra ticket will be used in the event that the ticket for the Sunday draw or – if applicable – the ticket for the carryover draw have not been claimed within 15 minutes of the announcement for the original 50/50 or, if applicable, the carryover 50/50 prize.

• If a winner does not come forward for the draw(s) or the additional ticket drawn after the fi nal curling draw on Sunday, December 13, the NACCS will apply to Alberta Gaming for the winning raf� e amount for that draw to be provided to the designated charities that the pro� ts will be distributed to; that is the participating curling clubs.

General Rules

• 50/50 Ticket sales will be conducted at Rexall Place for each of the 18 draws for the 2009 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings, Canadian Men’s and Women’s Curling Trials, (plus tie-breaker games if applicable).

• Tickets will be sold for $2.00 each. • 50% of ticket sales will be distributed as prizes, • Profi ts for distribution to NACA Curling Clubs will be made after deducting printing, security, bank charges and

all other directly related costs required to operate the 50/50 raf� e. • Sales will only be made to persons 18 years or older. • The number of consecutively numbered tickets printed will be 150,000 blue tickets, and 150,000 green tickets. • Both Blue and Green 50/50 tickets will be sold at each of the 2009 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings draws (plus

tie-breakers if applicable). • Payouts to winners will be by cheque. • The members of the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings 50/50 Raffl e Committee will not be allowed to purchase

tickets. This will include, The Chair for the, the Vice Chair of Promotions, the Director of 50/50 and all the Executive members of the NACCS.

• Two Board members of the 2009 NACCS Executive will be present at all drawings • Seller’s will advise all adult ticket purchasers not to give bearer ticket to a person under the age of 18 otherwise

due to the requirements of the Public Trustee Act. • No refunds will be given

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2005 OLYMPIC TRIALS

Gushue, Kleibrink won tussle for TorinoLarry WoodMorning Roar Editor

An upset definitely was the order of the day in the Olympic men’s

curling trials at Halifax in 2005. And, in the women’s division, Kelowna’s Kelly Scott led the way through the round robin but slipped big-time in the last end of the final.

Newfoundland’s Brad Gushue dominated the round robin at 8-1, losing only to Pat Ryan (9-5) in Round 5. But there always was the question of whether Gushue’s run could continue through the playoff round.

Gushue, of course, was cat-apulted straight to the final. Winnipeg’s Jeff Stoughton was 7-2 and Calgary’s John Morris was 6-3 and a host of big-name teams were strewn out behind.

Stoughton ran up a 6-1 lead after five ends and cruised past Morris 8-6 in the semi-final.

In the final, where Gushue was to have “no chance” according to an earlier Stoughton prediction, the Newfoundland team led 6-2 after four ends, stealing two in the fourth. Then they hung

on for an 8-7 final decision.Glenn Howard of Coldwa-

ter missed the playoff by a game at 5-4. So did the vet-eran Ryan.

Prominent favourites Kevin Martin and Randy Ferbey of Edmonton could do no better than 4-5 records.

At 3-6 were Mark Dacey and Shawn Adams, both of Halifax. Jay Peachey of New Westminster was winless in nine starts.

Scott was projected straight to the women’s final with the top record while Kleibrink, who lost three of her first four and then ran up an eventual seven-game win streak, was 6-3 along with Stefanie Lawton of Saskatoon and Sherry Mid-daugh of Coldwater, Ont.

Due to round-robin results, Kleibrink netted a freebie to the semi-final while Lawton was dispensing with Mid-daugh 9-4 in the semi-final.

Kleibrink then defeated

Lawton 5-4 in a squeaker.Scott led 7-5 heading into

the final end of the champi-onship game but allowed her Calgary foe to junk up the front and when it came down to the last stone, Kleibrink had a takeout for three and an 8-7 victory. She made it and directed her team of Amy Nixon, Glenys Bakker and Christine Keshen to the Olympic Games.

At far-flung Torino, Gushue’s Newfoundlanders finished the round robin tied with David Murdoch of Great Britain and Pete Fenson of the U.S., one game behind the leading 7-2 mark turned in by Finland’s Markku Uusi-paavalniemi.

Canda lost to Sweden’s Peter Lindholm 8-7 on account of an extra-end steal, and to Uusipaavalniemi 8-7, and to Italy’s Joel Retornaz 7-6 in an extra end.

But Gushue rebounded in the playoffs and throttled the

Yanks 11-5 before beating Finland 10-4 for the gold medal.

Leading 4-2 in the sixth, Gushue hammered Uusi-paavalniemi with a six-ender that could have been seven, except that Gushue gassed his last free draw after the Finn-

ish skip gassed his last shot.Finland edged Murdoch 4-3

in the other semi-final.Up the track, Ralph

Stroeckli of Switzerland and Pal Trulsen of Norway were 5-4. Italy was 4-5, Germany’s Andy Kapp and Lindholm were 3-6 and Sean Becker of New Zealand was 0-9.

Anette Norberg of Sweden an d Mirjam Ott of Swit-zerland logged identical 7-2 records to top the women’s round robin while Kleibrink and Dordi Nordby of Norway finished at 6-3.

In semi-finals, the Swiss dumped Canada 7-5 and the Swedes shaded Norway 5-4. But Canada rebounded to claim bronze with an 11-5 rout of Norway.

Sweden shaded Switzerland 7-6 in an extra-end gold-medal final, decided when Norberg and her team scored a last-rock winner after Ott had forced overtime with a deuce in the 10th end.

Brad Gushue and his Newfoundland gang took Olympic gold in Italy.

Shannon Kleibrink’s crew rebounded for a bronze medal at the ’06 Games.

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