PRINCE GEORGE, BC, November 6, 2009…The Road to the Roar Pre-Trials,
presented by Monsanto, get underway Tuesday at the CN Centre in Prince
George, British Columbia.
Twelve men¹s and 12 women¹s teams will compete in a triple knockout format,
which will qualify four men¹s and four women¹s teams for the Tim Hortons
Roar of the Rings Canadian Curling Trials, December 6-13 in Edmonton, when
Canada¹s representatives for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver will
be determined.
The winners of the A, B and C finals in Prince George will advance to
Edmonton to join eight teams which have already qualified: Jennifer Jones,
Shannon Kleibrink, Cheryl Bernard, Stefanie Lawton, Kevin Martin, Glenn
Howard, Kevin Koe and Randy Ferbey.
TSN will provide live coverage of the women¹s and men¹s A finals on
Thursday, the B finals on Friday and the four C finals on Saturday, November
14. Curltv (www.curltv.com <http://www.curltv.com> ) will also offer its
subscribers live coverage of each draw.
The women¹s line-up is headed by number one-seeded Kelly Scott of Kelowna,
the 2007 world champion and 2005 Trials runner-up, second-seeded Sherry
Middaugh of Coldwater, Ontario, Quebec¹s Marie-France Larouche of
St-Romuald, the number three seed and Regina¹s Michelle Englot, who is
seeded fourth.
Joining them are Calgary¹s Heather Rankin (#5), Rachel Homan (#6) of
Ottawa, Crystal Webster (#7) of Calgary, 1998 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
winner Cathy King (#8) of Edmonton, Thunder Bay¹s Krista McCarville (#9),
Amber Holland (#10) of Kronau, Saskatchewan, Eve Bélisle (#11) of Montreal
and Sherry Anderson (#12) of Saskatoon, who was the runner-up at the 2001
Trials.
Winnipeg¹s Jeff Stoughton, a two-time Brier winner, 1996 world champion and
2005 Trials runner-up, is the number one men¹s seed. Toronto¹s two-time
world champion Wayne Middaugh is the second seed, followed by the reigning
Olympic gold medallist Brad Gushue of St. John¹s, who is seeded third, and
Winnipeg¹s Mike McEwen, the fourth seed.
They are joined by Kerry Burtnyk (#5) of Winnipeg, a two-time Brier winner,
1995 world champion and 2001 Trials runner-up, Joel Jordison (#6) of Moose
Jaw, 2006 Brier winner Jean-Michel Ménard (#7) of St-Romuald, Quebec,
Edmonton¹s Ted Appelman (#8), Kelowna¹s Bob Ursel (#9), Pat Simmons (#10) of
Davidson, Saskatchewan, 2000 world champion Greg McAulay (#11) of Richmond,
British Columbia and Jason Gunnlaugson (#12) of Beausejour, Manitoba.
The Road to the Roar Pre-Trials begin with four draws on both Tuesday and
Wednesday at the 4,500-seat CN Centre. Draw results will be instantly
available throughout the event on the Canadian Curling Association¹s website
(www.curling.ca <http://www.curling.ca> ).
Full Event passes, mini-packs and individual draw tickets can be purchased
by visiting www.Ticketmaster.ca <http://www.Ticketmaster.ca> , by phoning
(250) 614-9100 or in person at the CN Centre Box Office.
Here are the team rosters:
2009 Road to the Roar Pre-Trials, presented by Monsanto November 10-14,
2009, CN Centre Prince George, British Columbia
MEN’S TEAMS
(listed in order of skip, third, second, lead, alternate and/or coach)
Team Appelman – Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton, AB Ted Appelman, Tom
Appelman, Brandon Klassen, Brendan Melnyk, Don Bartlett
(alternate)
Team Burtnyk – Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club, Winnipeg, MB Kerry
Burtnyk, Don Walchuk, Richard Daneault, Garth Smith, Rob Meakin
(coach)
Team Gunnlaugson – Beausejour Curling Club, Beausejour, MB Jason
Gunnlaugson, Justin Richter, Braden Zawada, Tyler Forrest, Calvin Edie
(coach)
Team Gushue – Bally Haly Golf & Curling Club, St. John¹s, NL Brad Gushue,
Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry, Jamie Korab, Glenn Goss (coach)
Team Jordison – Bushell Park Curling Club, Moose Jaw, SK Joel Jordison,
Scott Bitz, Aryn Schmidt, Dean Hicke, Troy Robinson, Ron Meyers (coach)
Team McAulay – Richmond Curling Club, Richmond, BC Greg McAulay, Ken
Maskiewich, *Dean Joanisse*, Aaron Watson, Brett Kury, Joel Berglund (coach)
*replaces Deane Horning*
Team McEwen – Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club, Winnipeg, MB Mike McEwen,
BJ Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld, Chris Neufeld (coach)
Team Ménard – Etchemin Curling Club, St-Romuald, QC Jean-Michel Ménard,
Martin Crête, Éric Sylvain, Jean Gagnon, Michel St-Onge
(coach)
Team Middaugh – St. George¹s Golf and Country Club, Toronto, ON Wayne
Middaugh, Jon Mead, John Epping, Scott Bailey, Trevor Wall (alternate)
Team Simmons – Davidson Curling Club, Davidson, SK Pat Simmons, Gerry Adam,
Jeff Sharp, Steve Laycock, Warren Jackson, Barry Fiendell (coach)
Team Stoughton – Charleswood Curling Club, Winnipeg, MB Jeff Stoughton,
Kevin Park, Rob Fowler, Steve Gould, Norm Gould (coach)
Team Ursel – Kelowna Curling Club, Kelowna, BC Bob Ursel (third stone), Jim
Cotter (fourth stone), Kevin Folk, Rick Sawatsky, Jim Ursel (coach)
2009 Road to the Roar Pre-Trials, presented by Monsanto November 10-14,
2009, CN Centre Prince George, British Columbia
WOMEN’S TEAMS
(listed in order of skip, third, second, lead, alternate and/or coach)
Team Anderson – Granite Curling Club, Saskatoon, SK Sherry Anderson, Kim
Hodson, Heather Walsh, Donna Gignac, Patty Hersikorn, Jim Orr (coach)
Team Bélisle- Town of Mount Royal Curling Club, Montreal, QC Eve Bélisle,
Brenda Nicholls, Martine Comeau, Julie Rainville, *Alan Smith*
(coach) *replaces Bill Tschirhart*
Team Englot – Tartan Curling Club, Regina, SK Michelle Englot, Deanna Doig,
Roberta Materi, Cindy Simmons, Anita Ford
(coach)
Team Holland – Kronau Curling Club, Kronau, SK Amber Holland, Kim Schneider,
Tammy Schneider, Heather Kalenchuk, Jolene Campbell, Merv Fonger (coach)
Team Homan – Ottawa Curling Club, Ottawa, ON Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew,
Alison Kreviazuk, Lynn Kreviazuk, Earle Morris
(coach)
Team King – Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton, AB Cathy King, Kaitlyn Lawes,
Raylene Rocque, Tracy Bush, Marcy Balderston, Ken Bagnell (coach)
Team Larouche – Etchemin Curling Club, St-Romuald, QC Marie-France Larouche,
Nancy Bélanger, Annie Lemay, Joëlle Sabourin, Chantal Osborne, Camil
Larouche (coach)
Team McCarville – Fort William Curling Club, Thunder Bay, ON Krista
McCarville, Tara George, Kari MacLean, Lorraine Lang, Ashley Miharija, Rick
Lang (coach)
Team Middaugh – Coldwater & District Curling Club, Coldwater, ON Sherry
Middaugh, Kirsten Wall, Kim Moore, Andra Harmark, Heather Nedohin, Andrea
Ronnebeck (coach)
Team Rankin – Calgary Winter Club and Calgary Curling Club, Calgary, AB
Heather Rankin, Lisa Eyamie, Heather Jensen, Kyla MacLachlan, Nikki Smith,
John Hamm (coach)
Team Scott – Kelowna Curling Club, Kelowna, BC Kelly Scott, Jeanna
Schraeder, Sasha Carter, Jacquie Armstrong, Gerry Richard (coach)
Team Webster – Calgary Curling Club, Calgary, AB Crystal Webster, Lori
Olson-Johns, Sam Preston, Stephanie Malekoff, Desirée Owen, Gord Trenchie
(coach)