BURLINGTON, November 20, 2009 (CCA)…The two best teams during the week will battle for the title, Saturday at 2:30 pm AT, in the 47th edition of the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship.
Ontario, skipped by Mark Bice of Sarnia, had no trouble disposing of British Columbia’s Jason Montgomery of Duncan, 12-3, in Friday evening’s semi-final at the Burlington Golf and Country Club.
It was over in a hurry, as Ontario, with hammer, opened with a deuce, then proceeded to steal three in the second end, one in the third and two in the fourth for an insurmountable 8-1 lead at the fifth end break.
After British Columbia stole one in the sixth, Ontario closed the door with four in the seventh end, before Montgomery called it quits after taking a single in the eighth.
Now, Bice, a two-time provincial junior champion, must again face Nova Scotia, skipped by Mark Dacey of Halifax, for Canadian honours. The teams finished tied for top spot with 9-2 records after the round robin, but ‘the Bluenosers’ were awarded first place and a bye to the final because of their 8-7, extra-end round robin win over Ontario on Thursday evening.
Dacey, who won the 2004 Nokia Brier and a bronze medal at the 2004 Ford Worlds in Gävle, Sweden, has already won the Canadian Mixed title once, in 2002 in front of his home club fans.
Nova Scotia has won six Mixed titles since the championship began in 1964 in Toronto, the last in 2003 by skip Paul Flemming in Abbotsford, British Columbia.
Ontario has won the championship twice – in 1986 by skip Dave Van Dine in Kamloops and by skip John Epping at the 2006 edition in Whitehorse.
In addition to the Canadian title, two players from the winning team will also represent Canada at the 2010 World Mixed Doubles Championship, slated for April 16-24, 2010 in Chelyabinsk, Russia.
With three draws played at the Fredericton NB Women’s Classic. PEI’s Kathy O’Rourke rink lead her pool with a 2-0 record. Anita Casey’s rink lost their opener, and are the ice in the 8 pm draw, playing Sylvie Robichaud of Moncton. Robichaud leads 3-1 after four ends, after stealing a pair in the fourth.
Sixteen women’s teams are taking part. Play wraps up Sunday afternoon.
PEI’s Suzanne Birt rink, which includes third Shelly Bradley, second stone Leslie MacDougall, and lead Stefanie Clark, won their opener at the Sun Life Financial Invitational Curling Classic in Brantford Ontario, beating Quebec’s Eve Belisle foursome by a 6-5 score in an extra end. The PEI rink lost their second game 6-4 to Saskatchewan’s Amber Holland team, after Holland recorded a deuce in the seventh end and stole a single in the final frame to seal the win. Birt now plays Ontario’s Kathy Brown at 10 pm Atlantic.
This event, the premier cash spiel in Ontario, features the top teams in the world, competing for $100,000 in cash prizes. Glenn Howard, Jeff Stoughton, Shannon Kleibrink and Jennifer Jones headline the men’s and women’s fields competing at the Brantford Golf & Country Club, Brant Curling Club and Paris Curling Club.
Other contenders on the women’s side include 2009 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings Olympic Trials contenders Cheryl Bernard, Amber Holland, Stefanie Lawton, and Crystal Webster. Andrea Kelly from New Brunswick, and Heather Strong from Newfoundland and Labrador are also entered.
Play wraps up on Monday.
After opening day play at the Canada Games Curling Pre-Trials at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, the Tony Nabuurs rink from Montague leads the six team round-robin junior men’s division with a 2-0 win-loss record. Four teams are 1-1, skipped by Jeff Taylor and Tyler Smith from Cornwall, Shawn Pitre from the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, and Alex Matters of Charlottetown. The Matthew MacLean foursome from the Maple Leaf club in O’Leary is 0-2.
Two teams, skipped by Jenny McLean of the host club, and Amanda MacLean of O’Leary’s Maple Leaf, remain undefeated in the eight team triple-knockout junior women’s section, and play off in the first Qualifier game, Saturday at 10 am.
Four teams, skipped by Emily Keen of Charlottetown, Veronica Smith of Cornwall, Leah Deveau of Montague, and Megan Davies of Charlottetown have one loss, while Fallon Arsenault of the Fox and Kim Dunbar of Charlottetown have two losses, with the loser of their game Saturday at 2 pm being eliminated from further play.
Draws on Saturday and Sunday are at 10 am and 2 pm, with an extra junior men’s tiebreaker draw Monday at 2 pm if required. Four qualifiers from both the junior men’s and junior women’s divisions will advance to the Selection Trial Finals, Dec. 11-14 at the Charlottetown Curling Club. The winning teams from that event will compete at the Canada Games, Feb. 11-27, 2011 in Halifax.
Live results for both the Pre-Trials and the Trial Finals are available at peicurling.com/canadagames
November 20, 2009…Charlottetown, PEI – It was announced today that the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts would return to PEI for the third time in the event’s history. “It is a privilege to announce that we are returning to Charlottetown,” said Greg Stremlaw, Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Curling Association.” “This community has a rich history in hosting successful sporting events and is known nationally and internationally for its warm hospitality and outstanding community spirit.”
The announcement has met with enthusiastic support from the local community. “As Premier of Prince Edward Island, I am very pleased that we will be able to once again welcome the country to our provincial capital for the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts,” said Robert Ghiz, Premier of Prince Edward Island. “”This is a great opportunity to showcase our province and our renowned Island hospitality to not only the participants, sponsors and fans who will travel to Prince Edward Island for the event, but to all of those who will be watching the televised coverage across the county,” said Ghiz.
It was also announced today that Kruger Products Limited and the Canadian Curling Association have reached a new sponsorship agreement. “We are very pleased that we will continue to have Kruger as sponsor of the Canadian Women’s Curling Championship,” said Greg Stremlaw. “We have enjoyed a long and rewarding partnership and are delighted that Kruger will continue to be a part of future Seasons of Champions.”
The 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts will mark the 30th anniversary of Kruger’s sponsorship of the Canadian Women’s Championship. “As a highly recognized event hosting destination, our city has worked tirelessly to further our event hosting abilities and relationships. Today’s announcement is evidence that Charlottetown continues to remain at the forefront when it comes to hosting high-profile major events such as the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts,” said Mayor Clifford Lee. “This event will significantly stimulate economic and tourism development and provide an opportunity for Charlottetown to be the focus across the country during this week-long nationally televised event,” added Lee.
Kim Dolan will Chair the local host committee. Kim has competed in nine national Scotties Tournament of Hearts and last year coached her provincial team at the Canadian Championship. “I am thrilled to have this opportunity to chair what I promise will be a very enthusiastic and committed group of volunteers,” said Dolan. “We will use our experience in hosting the Scotties in 1984 and again in 1999 to stage what we promise will be a unique and memorable experience for curlers and fans.”
Kruger Products has sponsored The Scotties Tournament of Hearts since 1982 making it the longest corporate sponsor of amateur sport in Canada.” “Kruger Products remains committed to growing women’s curling in Canada through it’s sponsorship of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts”, said Nancy Marcus, Vice President of Marketing at Kruger.” “We recognize that this sport is an important part of our Canadian heritage and is enjoyed by Canadians from coast to coast to coast.”
The 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts will be played in the Charlottetown Civic Centre, from February 19 – 27 with draws broadcast on TSN. Tickets will go on sale in January 2010.
The CCA manages all of the Season of Champions events which currently include the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Tim Hortons Brier, Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings, Canada Cup and M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors. The CCA also partners with the World Curling Federation in hosting the World Financial Group Continental Cup and the Ford World Curling Championships (when held in Canada.) In addition, the CCA directs high performance programs for Canada’s national elite athletes and provides various programs and services for its member associations Canada-wide.
BURLINGTON, November 20, 2009…Nova Scotia, skipped by Mark Dacey of Halifax, claimed first place after the completion of the round robin on Friday morning to advance to the final of the 2010 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship.
Nova Scotia won its final game, 9-6 over Northern Ontario, to finish with a 9-2 record, tied with host Ontario (Mark Bice of Sarnia). However, since Dacey defeated Bice Thursday night, 8-7, in a thrilling extra end affair, his Mayflower Curling Club team was awarded top spot and a bye to Saturday afternoon’s final at 2:30 pm Atlantic.
Dacey, who won the 2004 Nokia Brier and a bronze medal at the 2004 Ford Worlds in Gävle, Sweden, also won the Canadian Mixed in 2002 in front of his home club fans. Nova Scotia has won six Mixed titles in total, the last in 2003 by skip Paul Flemming in Abbotsford, British Columbia.
Ontario, which completed its round robin last night, goes to Friday’s semi-final at 7:00 pm AT, to meet the winner of a third-place tiebreaker at 2:30 pm this afternoon between British Columbia (Jason Montgomery of Duncan) and Manitoba (Dave Boehmer of Selkirk).
Manitoba squeaked by Saskatchewan, 7-6 while British Columbia was a 6-4 winner over Alberta in Draw 17, to both finish with 8-3 records, thus necessitating the tiebreaker.
The balance of the standings was as follows. Saskatchewan (Jason Ackerman of Regina), Newfoundland/Labrador (Matthew Blandford of St. John’s), Alberta (Karen Powell of Sexsmith) and Prince Edward Island (Kyle Stevenson of Charlottetown) all finished with 5-6 records.
Quebec (Simon Hébert of Baie-Comeau) and New Brunswick (Mary Jane McGuire of Fredericton) were next with 4-7 marks, followed by Northern Ontario (Jordan Chandler of Sudbury) at 3-8 and Yukon/Northwest Territories (Wade Scoffin of Whitehorse) at 1-10.
Ten provinces, plus Northern Ontario and Yukon/Northwest Territories, started out last Saturday contesting this 47th edition of the Canadian Mixed. Alberta leads all provinces with nine wins since the championship began in 1964 in Toronto, while defending champion Manitoba and Saskatchewan are next with eight victories each.
The host province has won the championship twice – in 1986 by skip Dave Van Dine in Kamloops and by skip John Epping at the 2006 edition in Whitehorse.
In addition to the Canadian title, two players from the winning team will also represent Canada at the 2010 World Mixed Doubles Championship, slated for April 16-24, 2010 in Chelyabinsk, Russia.
Photo (L-R): Nancy Marcus, Kim Dolan, Wayne Long, Greg Stremlaw, Warren Hansen
It was announced today in Charlottetown that the Scotties Tournament of Hearts would return to PEI’s capital city for the third time in the history of the Canadian women’s curling championship. The event will be played in the Charlottetown Civic Centre from February 19-27 2011, with draws telecast on TSN. On hand to make the announcement were Greg Stremlaw, CEO of the Canadian Curling Association (CCA), Warren Hansen, CCA Director of Event Operations and Media, Wayne Long, Events Development Officer for the City of Charlottetown, and Kim Dolan, local host committee chair.
In addition to this announcement, Nancy Marcus, Corporate Vice President of Consumer Marketing for Kruger International was in attendance to announce that Kruger, the leading tissue manufacturer in Canada, will be continuing its unprecedented 29 year sponsorship of women’s curling, with a new multi-year agreement.
The Canadian women’s curling championship was previously held in the city in 1984, and 1999. Tickets for the 2011 event will go on sale in January 2010.
Here’s what PEI Curlers are up to this weekend:
The Kyle Stevenson rink wrapped up play Thursday at the Canadian Mixed in Burlington ON
(http://www.seasonofchampions.ca/2010mixed/)
The Canada Games pre-Trials get underway at 9 this morning at the Silver Fox
(http://peicurling.com/canadagames/)
The Suzanne Birt team are in Brantford ON for the Sun Life Classic (http://www.sunlifeclassic.ca/)
The men’s Atlantic Curling Tour has the weekend off before the Labatt/Superstore/Journal-Pioneer event in Summerside next weekend.
On the Women’s Tour, the Kathy O’Rourke and Anita Casey rinks are in Fredericton NB for the Fredericton Women’s Classic – raising awareness and support for Special Olympics
(http://www.nbcurling.nb.ca/Scripts/livescore/html/class09/frame.html)
The PEI Senior Men’s Tour is in Cornwall Friday evening and Saturday.
BURLINGTON, November 19, 2009 (CCA)…Nova Scotia, skipped by Mark Dacey of Halifax, inched a game closer to collaring top spot at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship by edging Ontario, 8-7, Thursday evening in Draw 16 action.
The verdict left the host province, skipped by former two-time provincial junior champion Mark Bice of Sarnia, with a completed 9-2 round robin record, still good enough for first place.
However, Nova Scotia moved to 8-2 with the victory and will face Northern Ontario, skipped by Jordan Chandler of Sudbury, in Friday morning’s final round robin draw at 10:00 am AT. A victory by the ‘bluenosers’ would propel them to 9-2 as well, but Nova Scotia would get the nod for first place and a bye to Saturday afternoon’s final because of its victory over Ontario.
Tied for third with 7-3 marks are British Columbia (Jason Montgomery of Duncan) and Manitoba (Dave Boehmer of Selkirk). All other teams have been eliminated from the playoffs, whereby the first place team advances to the final, while the second and third place teams, after any required tiebreakers, meet in a semi-final.
Manitoba stayed in the playoff hunt by edging New Brunswick (Mary Jane McGuire of Fredericton), 5-4 and plays Saskatchewan (Jason Ackerman of Regina) Friday morning, while British Columbia meets Alberta (Karen Powell of Sexsmith). Both Alberta and Saskatchewan are 5-5.
PEI’s Kyle Stevenson rink finished round robin play, with a 5-6 win-loss record, after losing their final games, 6-4 Thursday morning to Saskatchewan, and 6-2 to BC Thursday afternoon.
Dacey, who won the 2004 Nokia Brier in Saskatoon and finished third at the Ford Worlds in Gävle, Sweden that year, also won the Canadian Mixed in 2002 in Halifax.
Ten provinces, plus Northern Ontario and Yukon/Northwest Territories, have been contesting the 47th edition of The Mixed. Alberta leads all provinces with nine wins since the Canadian Mixed began in 1964 in Toronto, while defending champion Manitoba and Saskatchewan are next with eight victories each.
Ontario has won the championship twice – in 1986 by skip Dave Van Dine in Kamloops and by skip John Epping at the 2006 edition in Whitehorse.
In addition to the Canadian title, two players from the winning team will also represent Canada at the 2010 World Mixed Doubles Championship, slated for April 16-24, 2010 in Chelyabinsk, Russia.
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