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The Scotties Tourna-ment of Hearts kicks offtoday at the Save-On-Foods Centre, and theHeart Chart says the

teams to beat areskipped by (left to right):Team Canadaʼs JenniferJones, Saskatchewanʼs

Stefanie Lawton, On-tarioʼs Krista McCarville

and Quebecʼs Marie-France Larouche.

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They make it all happenFebruary is my favourite time of the

year. Sure it’s my birthday month, butmore importantly it is the month to

watch the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.My energy and enthusiasm levels increase

as this week gets closer. If I had my way,everyone who loves curling as much as I loveit would get a week of holidays from workjust so they could watch this remarkableshowcase of sport.

When I first started curling, I alwaysdreamed of playing at the Scotties. Back then(no, not that long ago) it was all about win-ning the championship. Fortunately, through-out my curling career, I participated in fourevents, winning one. Little did I know, thatmany years later, I would discover the truemeaning of the STOH and how it would beetched in my heart and mind forever.

The Scotties is the big show in which allgirls dream of participating. It is made up ofan assortment of people who all have a hand

in ensuring that the performance goes offwithout a hitch.

I took it for granted as an athlete that I

could just show up and play. I had no ideawhat went on behind the scenes. As a player,I never realized what these people really do,what they meant to me then and more impor-tantly, what they mean to me now.

So let’s first meet some of those who makeit all happen.

The Competitors These are the hard-working, enormously

dedicated women who spend countless hourstraining and practising. These women contin-uously demonstrate their passion for thesport. They exhibit athletic excellencethrough physical training, mental training,technical and tactical training, team building,and overall wellness. They strive for com-mon goals. They are the athletes. And soonthey will become your friends.

The CoachesThese are the reliable individuals that dedi-

cate limitless hours assisting others in tryingto reach their goals. They are meticulous in

their planning and are the first to share theirknowledge and expertise to those who wantit. They celebrate the victories and learnfrom the defeats. They are the unconditionalcontributors to our sport. An athlete willnever forget her first coach or her last. It is arelationship that will be branded in an ath-lete’s heart forever.

The Volunteers (all of them)These are the conscientious and hard-

working people who never say no. Theyshare in the enthusiasm of curling. Theyoffer their services no matter what the job orhow many hours they need to contribute.Some of the volunteers are at the forefront,and some are behind the scenes working tire-lessly to ensure the most perfect, professionalenvironment is created, both on and off theice.

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No Scotties without folks behind the scenes

Twelve lucky junior girls or boys will becomehonorary team members for a special nightat the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Watchfor our two featured junior curlers at eachevening draw throughout the round robin.

Team: NEW BRUNSWICK

Petra SinclairAge 12 Port Alice Curling Club

Hi my name is Petra Sinclair. I am 12 yearsold. I live in a small town of about 800 peo-ple located on Northern Vancouver Island.I am in grade 7.

Two years ago I found out that our smalltowns curling club offered a junior curlersprogram. I tried it out, enjoyed it, and I con-tinue to curl as a junior member of the PortAlice Curling Club. I have decided thatI like playing the position of the skip morethan the other positions.

I am involved in many other sports likehockey and soccer as well. My coachesGloria and Don make curling even more fun.I am very excited to meet professionalcurlers and maybe be given a tip or twoabout the game. More kids should try outthis sport.

Team: PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Hannah SmithAge 15Comox Valley Curling Club

Hannah Smith is 15 years old. She wasborn in Comox and has lived in the city ofCourtenay her whole life. She is in Grade10. She is registered with the Partners inEducation program as she is homeschooled.

Hannah likes drawing, reading, playing gui-tar, bowling, softball and of course curling.She has curled at the Comox Valley CurlingClub for six years. She has skipped a girls'team with her friends Allison and Sarah fortwo years.

3 Saturday, February 21, 2009

Questions, questions, questions . . .They persist in hovering over the

Scotties Tournament Of Heartsscene every year on opening day.

And this 2009 version at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre is no different.

Leave us consider . . .n Is there anyone in this field who can

outlast the defending champion whose teamreally grew into an ultra-confident powerhouse lastyear at Vernon with somespectacular playoff per-formances? n Really! Anyone?

When you roll this factaround in your noggin: Noone in these parts hasracked up the kind of five-

year record at the Scotties that Jennifer Joneshas amassed? Oh yes, and no one else in thisfield ever has won the Scotties before —Jones has won it twice and vice-skip CathyO three times — let alone a world women’stitle.n Well, if this isn’t going to be the sort of

rout most are predicting, then who really iscapable of stealing the Jones crown?n Would you look at the bevy of former

world junior and/or Canadian junior titlistson hand, never forgetting that Jones fallsinto that category, too? If the answer is yes,then you have the former Kirkness sistersfrom Winnipeg to consider, not to mentionthe MacPhee sisters from Charlottetown, theformer Miller sisters from Saskatchewan,Marie-France Larouche from Quebec, An-

drea Kelly from New Brunswick and home-province standard-bearer Marla Mallett whoplayed lead for Julie Sutton (Skinner) whenthat worthy won the national and global titlesin 1987.n If a losing experience in a Scotties final

is your cup of tea then Larouche and CherylBernard of Calgary are your only choices toregister the big upset at the end of the week.n What can we make of the fact that there

isn’t a rookie skip involved in these proceed-ings, and that’s a first for the Canadianwomen’s curling championship . . . as in his-tory! Oh yes, there have been seasons with-out a complete rookie team, but not withouta rookie skip.n Would you have ever believed there’d

be a Scotties with 12 returning skips and notone of them would be Colleen Jones?n Will Andrea Kelly, the youngest skip in

the field at 23, show vast improvement fromher 5-6 record in her rookie year? And howironic is it that Kelly, the defending Canadianjunior champion, arrived at the Scotties as abackup choice in 2006 after being knockedout of the provincial junior final by Mary JaneMcGuire who, in the most recent NewBrunswick Scotties final, was Kelly’s victim?n How will we rationalize age as a factor

here when the average age of every team inthe field falls between 27 (New Brunswick)and 40 (Newfoundland/Labrador) and nineof the teams average in the 30s?n On the other hand, can we write any-

thing into the fact that a few gallons of waterhave passed under the drawbridge sincesome of these skips made their rookie Scot-ties appearance — like Cheryl Bernard(1992), Nancy McConnery (1993), MarlaMallett and Rebecca Jean MacPhee (1995),

Heather Strong (1998)? And how aboutManitoba’s Kirkness pair? They first arrivedat the Scotties in 1986 with Darcy skippingand Barb playing third.n Can Bernard fill the shoes of Shannon

Kleibrink who gave Alberta an 11-2 run-nerup record last year?n How much pressure rests on the shoul-

ders of Stefanie Lawton’s outfit for whichgreat things were predicted a half-decadeago?n Is Kerry Galusha, currently 20 weeks

pregnant, doomed to bang her head on thearena walls again this year, suffering fromlack of competition, or should she and hermates settle in not so much for a long timebut for a good time? Nobody would blamethem.

SEE DRAW,Page 15

SEE SCOTTIES PAGE 7

Jones wearing a bull’s-eye

By LARRY WOODHeart Chart Editor

TEAM TO BEAT — The defending champs (from left): lead Dawn Askin, third Cathy Overton-Clapham,

skip Jennifer Jones, second Jill Officer, alternate Jennifer Clark-Rouire, coach Janet Arnott

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WHO WE’RE PICKING

St. Vital Curling Club (Winnipeg)Skip: Jennfer Jones Third: Cathy Overton-ClaphamSecond: Jill Officer Lead: Dawn AskiwThe Skinny: A no-brainer. This team has to be regarded as the heavy favourite.Jones has visited five previous Scotties and qualified for playoffs in each, finish-ing first twice, second, third and fourth. Her five-year record is 50-17. Only sixskips in history boast more wins. She hit double figures in wins four times. Therehave been only 31 other such performances in the annals.

1. CANADAJENNIFER JONES

CN Curling Club (Saskatoon)Skip: Stefanie Lawton Third: Marliese KasnerSecond: Sherri Single Lead: Lana VeyThe Skinny: Geat things were predicted for Lawton right out of juniors but sheexperienced a couple of lesser seasons following her first and only previousScotties visit in 2005 when she finished fourth. Then came a Canada Cup vic-tory last year, a valuable Continental Cup experience and a short but unde-feated qualifying run through the Flatlands.

3. SASKATCHEWANSTEFANIE LAWTON

Fort William Curling Club (Thunder Bay)Skip: Krista McCarville Third: Tara GeorgeSecond: Kari MacLean Lead: Lorraine LangThe Skinny: Coach Rick Lang, who has won a few baubles in his time on the icesheets, insists his skip is one of the best shotmakers in the nation and will ex-hibit such here. So who’s going to argue with the Rickster? Three Ontario titlesin the past four years isn’t too shabby and this team left the likes of the Mid-daughs, Hannas and Gorings in its wake.

4. ONTARIOKRISTA McCARVILLE

Etchemin Curling Club (St-Romauld)Skip: Marie-France Larouche Third: Nancy BelangerSecond: Annie Lemay Lead: Joelle SabourinThe Skinny: The Quebeckers haven’t missed the playoffs in three previous ap-pearances and are coming off their best-ever pre-season with consistently lu-crative results, plus an undefeated 11-zip provincial cakewalk. Larouche took ayear away from the lists following a poor Olympic-trials effort in 2005 but she hassince exhibited proof she’s back with a vengeance.

2. QUEBECMARIE-FRANCE LAROUCHE

Playoff bound . . . ALBERTA — Cheryl Bernard has been a hot entity on

the bonspiel trail and in the CTRS standings but her

Scotties showings, with the exception of a runner-up

deal 13 years ago, have been less impressive. She

powered through her province without a defeat but

showed signs of coming apart at the finish.

NEWFOUNDLAND-LAB. — Always under-rated

going in, Strong has run the gamut in eight previous

appearances from finishing fifth twice, including

last year, to dead last in 2005. Meanwhile, her vice-

skip, Cunningham, ploughed her way to the final in

2003. This team thrives on work ethic and romped

over The Rock without a blemish. Again.

MANITOBA — Spencer and Robertson, formerly the

Kirkness sisters, haven’t made it to this stage since

2003, primarily due to Jennifer Jones. Robertson

skipped the runner-up two years ago and Spencer

directed it last year. So they decided their best

chance was to re-unite. Again. And they should

prove to be better than their 2003 Scotties record (4-

7) might indicate.

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND — The MacPhee sisters

have hooked up in a province where nearly every-

body has played with everybody else at one time or

another. Rebecca Jean has proved she can skip at

this level and Robyn is a hot young shooter. Tough to

place, but the Island girls definitely could be under-

rated in here.BRITISH COLUMBIA — It has been a long time

since Mallett (then Geiger) made noises at this

level. Enemy be warned: She has a hitter’s reputa-

tion. But playing the role of home-provincial

favourite will provide an element of pressure she

may or may not appreciate.

NEW BRUNSWICK — Kelly probably is this

province’s best hope. Herringchokers have

amassed a mere two wins in total since she last

won five in her rookie year (2006) at the Scotties.

She was a fast starter there but the slow fade was

longer and more devastating.

NOVA SCOTIA — It’s been a seven-year absence

for McConnery who surprised the defending champ

in the provincial final. She didn’t have the horses in

2002 and there’s no reason to believe, with an all-

rookie lineup, she’ll have them this time, either.

TERRITORIES — The Polars always arrive with very

little competition under their belts. Add the fact their

quotient of luck never is outstanding and their an-

nual Scotties assignment is one that borders on the

hopeless.

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our sponsors? It is our sponsorswho make it all happen. Theyprovide the resources to create thebig show. They are wholeheart-edly committed to the event.They provide us the ability to cre-ate a class-act environment wherethe show can take place.

The Essentials The icemakers and the officials,

through their unyielding efforts,assist in making this an excep-tional event. The media bringsyou the pictures and the storiesfrom around the arena. They helpshowcase our sport across the na-tion, creating an educational andentertaining presentation.

The FansYes, you. Where would we be

without the support that you giveour sport? You provide an ener-getic atmosphere in which theathletes can compete through thecheering, the cowbells, and thegetups. So, to all you fans, let’s

get that wave going every day.So what does it mean to be a

part of the STOH? It meanseverything. I have been fortunateenough to be a player, a coach, ateam leader and now a membersof the media at this most incredi-ble event.

The Scotties has created a life-time of memories for me, and al-lowed me to make hundreds ofnew friends I will keep through-out my life. This time of year is areunion that only those involvedwith our great sport would under-stand. It has filled my heart with alasting impression of what sportand what the STOH is all about.

Times have changed (especiallythe fashion and hair) since I firststepped on this national stage in1989. But what hasn’t changed isthe love, dedication, passion, en-thusiasm and spirit that evolvesaround the sport of curling.

So, to everyone, thank you forthe memories from the past and thenew ones to come this week.Thank you for the opportunity tobe a part of one of the most amaz-ing curling events ever. It will trulybe a rewarding experience for all.

Please enjoy your week. I knowI will. Quebecʼs Annie Lemay works out the kinks.

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TODAY’S QUIZQUESTION OF THE DAY:

Name the skip and hometown of the runnerupteam at the 2007 British Columbia women’scurling championship.1. How about the skip and hometown of therunnerup team at the 2006 B.C. women’s curl-ing championship?2. Name the skip of the last British Columbiateam to lose to New Brunswick and P.E.I. at theScotties in the same year.3. Name the year and the New Brunswick andP.E.I. skips. 4. Two curlers have played for three provinces(excluding Team Canada) at the Scotties.Name them.5. How about the provinces/territories for

which each played and the years in whicheach played?6. Heading into the current renewal, a total of22 other players had competed for at least twoprovinces or territories at the Canadianwomen’s curling championship. Five played forBritish Columbia teams. They were:7. In which years did they play which positionsfor British Columbia and who were the skips?8. Name the other provinces for which theyplayed, their positions and when.9. Name their non-B.C. skips.10. Two players have been named to four Scot-ties all-star teams. Name the two.11. One player has been named to three Scot-ties all-star teams, at a different position foreach. Name her.12. Picking players gaining all-star citation at aspecific position, name the Scotties all-timeall-star team.

(Answers)

QofD: Patti Knezevic, Prince George1. Toni (Fister) Welles, Maple Ridge.2. The same Toni Fister (Welles). 3. 2003 — Heidi Hanlon of New Brunswick,Suzanne Gaudet (Birt) of P.E.I.4. Christine (Bodogh) Jurgenson, Cathy Shaw(Pidzarko).5. Jurgenson played fpr Ontario in 1980 and 1986,Alberta in 1983, British Columbia in 1995 and 1997;Shaw played for Manitoba in 1978, the Territo-riesw in 1980 and Alberta in 1982 and 1983.6. Shannon Aleksic, Krista Bernard, DebbieJones-Walker, Kristy Lewis, Diane (McLean)Gushulak.7. Aleksic played second for Kelley Law in 2007,Bernard played third for Kristy Lewis in 2002,Jones-Walker played second for Lindsay Sparkes

in 1984 and second for Linda Moore in 1985,Lewis skipped in 2002, Gushulak played third forGeorgina Wheatcroft in 2004.8. Aleksic played lead for Saskatchewan in 1999,Bernard played second for Nova Scotia in 2000,Jones-Walker played third for Manitoba in 1997,and second for Manitoba in 1999 and 2000, Lewisplayed third for Saskatchewan in 1998, Gushulakplayed second for Ontario in 1995. 9. Aleksic played for Cindy Street, Bernard playedfor Kay Zinck, Jones-Walker played for, Jones-Walker played third for Janet Harvey, second forConnie Laliberte and second for Cathy Overton-Clapham, Lewis played for Cathy Trowell, Gushu-lak played for Alison Goring.10. Jan Betker, Nancy Delahunt.11. Kim Kelly at lead, second and third.12. Skip Colleen Jones, third Jan Betker, secondJoan McCusker, lead Nancy Delahunt.

Hearts Trivia7 Saturday, February 21, 2009

ScottiesFrom Page 3

And so on and so forth . . .For the record, even though there isn’t a

green skip in the lists for the first time ever,there are eight rookie participants preparingto launch granite. McConnery will skip ateam of them. The other five are scatteredamong five teams.

All told, the competing teams account for132 repeat performances, eight less than inKitchener-Waterloo in 2003 and 17 less thanin Red Deer, the home of the grizzled in 2004.Over the interim, only 101 repeaters showedup at St. John’s in 2005, only 117 at Londonin 2006 and only 120 at Lethbridge in 2007.A year ago at Regina, the experience countwas back up to 137 previous appearances.

Most venerable competitor in the buildingwill be Ontario lead Lorraine Lang. Again.At 52, Lang is playing in her eighth Scotties.

Says Ontario coach Rick Lang, a three-time Brier and two-time world champ whojust happens to be Lorraine’s hubby:

“She’s unbelievable, really. She works

hard on her conditioning year round. She’sreally committed that way. And I think she’sa calming factor. She hasn’t a doubt in hermind that she can handle it. She loves to beplaying. She says she loves the game asmuch as she ever did. It’s not like she’s wornout mentally at all. And that’s the part thatgoes. You lose that desire.”

Lorraine Lang made her Scotties debutback in 1983 at Prince George, toiling atthird for Ann Provo of Thunder Bay. Fiveyears later, she began a four-year Heartshitch at third for Heather Houston, and wontwo Canadian championships and one worldtitle.

“Look at Russ Howard,” Rick Lang sug-gests. “He still wants it as much as anybodyand he’ll be at the Brier as a 53-year-old. Youknow, when I won with Bill Tetley (in 1975)he was 42 years old and all the talk wasabout this old guy winning the Brier. Nowa-days it would absolutely be normal to winthe Brier at that age.”

So much for experience and savvy. At theother end of the age spectrum are NewBrunswick skip Kelly and her second playerJodie deSolla, both 23 and four years re-moved from their national junior success.

Team

B.C.Vancouver CC

Experience factor — 5Sk — Marla Mallett (38-3)3rd — Grace MacInnes (37-1)2nd— Diane Gushulak (39-3)Ld — Jacalyn Brown (37-2)Alt — Adina Tasaka (38-1).Coach — Ken MacDonald(Runnerup: AllisonMacInnes, Kamloops)

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Team

AlbertaCalgary Winter ClubExperience factor — 7

Sk — Cheryl Bernard (42-4)3rd — Susan O’Connor (31-2)2nd— Carolyn Darbyshire(45-3)Ld — Cori Bartel (37-2)Alt — Karen Ruus (51-2).Coach — Dennis Balder-ston(Runnerup: Heather Nedo-hin, Edmonton)

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Team

QuebecEtchemin CC, St-RomualdExperience factor — 14Sk — Marie-FranceLarouche (28-4)3rd — Nancy Belanger (30-3)2nd— Annie Lemay (31-6)Ld — Joelle Sabourin (36-5)Alt — Veronique Brassard(23-0).Coach — Camil Larouche(Runnerup: Eve Belisle, La-chine)

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Team

OntarioFort William CC

(Thunder Bay)Experience factor — 11Sk — Krista McCarville (26-3)3rd — Tara George (35-3)2nd— Kari MacLean (31-1)Ld — Lorraine Lang (52-8)Alt — Ashley Miharija (21-0).Coach — Rick Lang(Runnerup: Alison Goring,Toronto)

11Team

N.S.Dartmouth CC

Experience factor — 3Sk — Nancy McConnery (46-4)3rd — Jennifer Crouse (29-1)2nd— Sheena Gillman (30-1)Ld — Jill Thomas (33-1)Alt — Colleen Pinkney (51-2).Coach — Carole MacLean(Runnerup: Mary-Anne Arse-nault, Halifax)

3Team

P.E.I.Charlottetown CC

Experience factor — 14Sk (Third stones) — RebeccaJean MacPhee (34-6)3rd (Fourth stones) — RobynMacPhee (25-5)2nd— Shelley Muzika (43-5)Ld — Tammi Lowther (42-2)Alt — Nancy Cameron (47-5).Coach — Kim Dolan(Runnerup: Kim Dolan, Char-lottetown)

14Team

NFL/LABRe-Max Centre, St. John’sExperience factor — 29Sk — Heather Strong (32-9)3rd — Cathy Cunningham(49-12)2nd— Peg Goss (48-6)Ld — Laura Strong (29-6)Alt — Susan O’Leary (39-4).Coach — Glenn Goss(Runnerup: Michelle Jewer,St. John’s)

29Team

Sask.CN CC, Saskatoon

Experience factor — 4Sk — Stefanie Lawton (28-2)3rd — Marliese Kasner (27-2)2nd— Sherri Singler (35-2)Ld — Lana Vey (24-2)Alt — Teejay Surik (25-1).Coach — Tom Graham(Runnerup: Rene Miettinen,Humboldt)

4 Team

Y/NWTYellowknife CC

Experience factor — 16Sk — Kerry Galusha (31-6)3rd — Dawn Moses (39-8)2nd— Shona Barbour (29-1)Ld — Heather McCagg-Nys-trom (35-5)Alt — Sharon Cormier (44-5).Coach — Fred Koe(Runnerup: Helen Strong,Whitehorse)

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Team

CanadaSt. Vital CC, Winnipeg

Experience factor — 20Sk — Jennifer Jones (34-6)3rd — Cathy Overton-Clapham (39-10)2nd— Jill Officer (33-5)Ld — Dawn Askin (28-3)Alt — Jennifer Clark-Rouire(33-0).Coach — Janet Arnott(Runnerup: Kelly Scott,Kelowna)

20Plenty of experinceready to hit the ice

Team number indicates combined years of experi-ence at previous Scott Tournament of Hearts cham-pionships. Teams listed skip to lead (in brackets age

and Hearts appearances (including 2009).

When last seen at the Scotties, JenniferJones (facing) and Cathy Overton-

Clapham were celebrating a nationaltitle. Can they do it again?

Ssaturday, February 21, 2009 8-9

Team

N.B.Fredericton CC

Experience factor — 3Sk — Andrea Kelly (23-2)3rd — Denise Nowlan (37-2)2nd— Jodi deSolla (23-2)Ld — Lianne Sobey (24-1)Alt — Melissa Adams (31-0).Coach — Daryell Nowlan(Runnerup: Mary JaneMcGuire, Fredericton)

3Team

ManitobaFort Rouge CC, Winnipeg

Experience factor — 6

Sk — Barb Spencer (43-3)3rd — Darcy Robertson (43-3)2nd— Brette Richards (25-1)Ld — Barb Enright (43-3)Alt — Kristy Jenion (29-0).Coach — Jim Kirkness(Runnerup: Karen Porritt,Winnipeg)

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B.C. takes a pass on Hot ShotsThey launched the 15th go-round of the Ford

Hot Shots singles curling event on Friday af-ternoon at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Cen-tre and for the first time, an entire Scottiesentry opted out.

British Columbia’s provincial champion teamskipped by Marla Mallett of Vancouver declinedto compete in the points-game championshipleading to the top prize of a two-year lease on a2009 Ford Flex SEL FWD utility vehicle.

“It was a team decision,” said B.C. coachKen MacDonald.

“The Hot Shots is an optional event and thedecision of the team (skip Mallett, third GraceMacInnes, second Diane Gushulak and leadJacalyn Brown) was based on its priorities forthe week.

“Our first priority is to do well in our homeprovince. We want to channel all our resourcesinto winning the Scotties and representingCanada in Korea.”

MacDonald denied applying any pressure tothe team in making its decision.

“I didn’t have to cast a vote,” he said. “Theteam made it unanimous.”

Was there a feeling two days of competition

in the Hot Shots might put added pressure on theB.C. team’s performance in the home Scotties?

“It could add some pressure,” MacDonaldadmitted, “but as it stands now we’re relaxedand ready to play.”

When told that no previous Scotties team hasdeclined participation, MacDonald said:

“We’re not trying to set any precedents. Wedidn’t know that. The option was there to par-take or not to partake, it was decided to pass.”

Alberta skip Cheryl Bernard of Calgary wasthe dominant performer on Friday, scoring 25of a possible 30 points and leading the field bythree points.

Joining Bernard in the final eight set forquarter-final action today 11 a.m. are NovaScotia’s second Sheena Gilman, who logged22 points, Quebec’s third Nancy Belanger (21),Saskatchewan’s lead Lana Vey, second SherriSingler and Newfoundland/Labrador skipHeather strong (20), Team Canada third CathyOverton-Clapham and P.E.I. skip Rebecca Jean

MacPhee (19).The pre-event shotmaking competition re-

quires curlers to execute six shots: Hit-and-stay, draw-the-button, draw-the-port, raise,hit-and-roll and double takeout. Each shot isawarded points on a scale from 0-5, rating thesuccess of each.

Semi-finals and final will follow the eighththis morning. Second-place finisher will bepresented with a cheque for $2,000, while thethird-place finisher receives $1,000.

Defending champion is Jill Officer of Win-nipeg.

Former winners include Saskatchewan's KayMontgomery, British Columbia's SherryFraser, Kristy Lewis and double winner KelleyLaw, New Brunswick's Allison Farrell, Al-berta's Marcy Balderston, Prince Edward Is-land’s Suzanne (Gaudet) Birt, Ontario’sAndrea Lawes and Jenn Hanna, Nova Scotia’sColleen Jones, Manitoba’s Gerri Cooke andKelli Turpin of the Territories, who has since

returned to Newfoundland/Labrador.Past winners at the Brier have been

Saskatchewan’s Steve Laycock, Ontario's EdWerenich, Rick Perron, Jeff Lacey and MarcLeCocq of New Brunswick, Northern On-tario's Mike Coulter, Pat Ryan and GregMcAulay of British Columbia, Manitoba'sSteve Gould (twice), Alberta’s Don Bartlett,Randy Ferbey and John Morris, and MarkNichols of Newfoundland/Labrador.

To mark the 15th anniversary of the HotShotscompetition, Ford, in collaboration withthe Canadian Curling Association, haslaunched an interactive on-line version of thethe skills competition.

Fans can go to FordHotShots.curling.ca andplay like the pros for a chance to win a two-year lease on a 2009 Ford Flex.

The on-line game has, to date, drawn anoverwhelming response with more than400,000 games played. When the contestcloses on March 31, the top two players willbe determined and will receive an all-expensespaid trip to the Ford Worlds in Moncton wherethey will compete online in a one-game winnertakes all playoff April 10.

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It’s been going on for decades on Spud Is-land.

“There’s been a lot of movementamong the top players over the years,” saidveteran Susan McInnis six seasons back. “Itseems like everybody has played with justabout everybody else at one time or another.

“There’s a cluster of about 20 top players.Everybody tries for a winning combination. Sowhen one player moves, it starts a domino effect.Movement is ongoing. Seems like every year.”

McInnis was toiling at lead for SuzanneGaudet (Birt) back then, on a team that mus-tered the best Scotties record ever for anycombination of Island girls.

So it’s no coincidence that the other twomembers of that team, sisters Robyn (lastrocks) and Rebecca Jean MacPhee (skip, thirdrocks) of Charlottetown, formed a new al-liance this year and popped up as the winnerof the five-team P.E.I. provincial shootout.

A 10th-end measurement was required todeclare a champion in a battle between youngRobyn MacPhee’s new team and veteran Kim

Dolan’s group of hardened Charlottetowncampaigners.

MacPhee of Charlottetown was awarded asingle point and emerged with a 9-7 victory atthe Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Sum-merside.

“It was a great game, lots of great shots andit came right down to a measurement, so youcan’t ask for much more than that,” saidRobyn MacPhee, a 25-year-old lab technicianat the Atlantic Veterinary College.

Playing up front were Shelley Muzika andTammi Lowther. And, yes, both also have been

to the Scotties previously. Hasn’t just abouteverybody on P.E.I.?

This, however, will be Robyn MacPhee’sfirst time tossed last stones at a national com-petition since the 1999 Canada Winter Games.

“It’s a great feeling going to the Scotties,”she said, shortly after eliminating her longtime skip, three-time defending championBirt, 10-4 in the semi-final, aided by a steal offour points in the third end when Birt washeavy on a draw with last rock.

“I’m pretty calm out there, but I’m excitedon the inside and I might not show it on theoutside.”

With each team having one rock back of thefour-foot in the final end, MacPhee was certainshe was shot rock and threw her last rock tothe boards.

“Probably an inch,” said MacPhee, explain-ing the proximity of the rock.”

After the teams exchanged single points inthe first two ends, the MacPhees stole a criticaldeuce in the third for the lead and the teamsthen exchanged deuces for the next three so

the count was square at 5-5 at the conclusionof the sixth.

Then Robyn MacPhee played a tap for threein the seventh to go up 8-5.

Dolan counted another deuce in the eighthto close within one point but the MacPheesblanked the ninth end to maintain the hammercoming home.

The sisters lost her first round-robin game9-3 to Dolan before regrouping to win six in arow, three of them in sudden-death situations.

Robyn MacPhee is headed for her fifthScotties. After playing second in 2003 whenthe Birt team won 10 games and lost in play-offs, that team broke up and MacPhee joinedher sister at second in 2005. She returned asBirt’s vice-skip in 2007 and 2008. She alsowon the national and world junior titles as sec-ond with Birt in 2001 and won the nationaltitle again as third with Birt in 2002.

Behind her 6-1 effort at Summerside, Dolanwas 4-2, Birt 3-3, Donna Butler of Cornwallwas 1-4 and Karen Currie of Cornwall wasousted with four straight losses.

MacPhee finds winning combination

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ROAD TO THE SCOTT TOURNAMENT OF HEARTS

Krista McCarville had to make herfavourite play to win her third OntarioScotties in title in four years last

month at Oakville.All she needed to do was clip an opposing

rock off the button, she didn’t even have tokeep her own rock in play. Her team alreadyhad two other stones in the rings and theprovincial championship final against veteranAlison Goring of Toronto was tied 3-3 headedfor home.

“This whole year, that was my shot and tohave that for the win, it was going through myhead, ‘I can’t believe that was the shot that Iwanted,’ the 26-year-old Thunder Bay schoolteacher told Brian McAndrew of the TorontoStar.

“To have that shot just to pick it out and nothave to worry about sticking around, that’smy favourite,” she said.

Naturally, then, she executed perfectly, rangup a deuce and a 5-3 win.

Goring, the 1990 Scotties champ and 1997runnerup, gave McCarville a tough fight in a

battle of wills — a lot like a pitchers’ duel —between two skips with a deep understandingof the strategies of the game.

“There were many ends when they were sit-ting one or two (stones) and I had to make acrucial shot or Tara (third George) had to bailus out and she did,” McCarville said .

George, in fact, made a crucial shot in the10th end, a double-takeout of Goring’s cen-tre-line guards, to set up the game-winningshot.

Joining McCarville and George in racking

up an 8-3 overall record were veteran leadLorraine Lang and rookie second KariMacLean.

“It’s been amazing,” said Goring, strug-gling to hold back tears but promising to com-pete again. “I like to play and I’ve got a goodgame. I’ll play until I’m unable. I love thegame too much.”

Goring has been involved in stiff provincialcompetition since winning the national juniorcrown in 1983.

McCarville’s team finished 4-7 at its firstScotties in 2006 and 6-6 in 2007.

“I honestly thought they underperformedand were mediocre at best,” said coach RickLang of those efforts.

“I fully expect them to be a contender andI’ll be disappointed if they don’t make theplayoffs. I think Krista is as good a shooter asthere is in the game today.”

McCarville erupted from the gate in the 10-team round robin winning three straight. Thenshe put together another pair of victories afterbeing tripped up in Round Four 9-5 by de-

fending champion Sherry Middaugh of Cold-water.

Of her final three assignments, McCarvillebowed 6-5 to Chrissy Cadorin of Mississaugaand 6-5 on the basis of an extra-end steal per-petrated by Julie Reddick of Brantford.

Still, McCarville headed into the Page play-offs ranked No. 1 in the highly-competitivetournament. She knocked off Julie Hastingsof Toronto 8-5 in the One-Two skirmish andthat catapulted her to the final.

Goring upended Middaugh 7-6 in an extra-end Page Three-Four scuffle after having dis-pensed with Reddick 6-4 and stealing anextra-end deuce (9-7) against 2005 championJenn Hanna of Ottawa in tiebreakers.

In the semi-final, Goring won her ninth ofthe piece, easily disposed of Hastings 7-3.

So it was McCarville at 8-3, Goring at 9-4,Hastings at 6-5, Middaugh at 6-4, Hanna andReddick each at 5-5, Tracy Horgan of Sud-bury and Ashley Miharija of Thunder Bayeach at 4-5, Cadorin at 3-6 and Dawn Schwarof Sudbury at 1-8.

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Kerry Galusha can’t be criticized forlack of perseverance.

The Yellowknife skip is back in theScotties for the fifth straight year and sixthtime overall but she didn’t have the usualcakewalk in the Territories playoffs in order to

successfully defend hertitle.

With veteran DawnMoses moving up tothird, rookie Shona Bar-bour and regular leadHeather McCagg-Nys-trom in tow, Galusha wonfive of six matches in thePolar round-robin atWhitehorse last month to

claim the title. But the issue was in doubt untilthe final round when the Yellowknife crewfaced the Jaime Hewitt outfit from the homeclub.

Hewitt, who threw lead stones and skippedthe Whitehorse unit with Helen Strong deliv-ering last rocks, boasted an equal 4-1 record

going in the last draw.But Galusha, who earlier had knocked off

Hewitt 7-5, delivered a 9-5 victory to booktickets to Victoria. Galusha’s only setback wasa 10-8 loss to Leslie Grant of Whitehorse inthe second round. Hewitt won her first threegames before running afoul of Galusha.

Two big ends carried the winners in the finalround.

“I was very nervous, I think that all the girlswere nervous,“ admitted Galusha. “It was afinal, so it was all or nothing, but nerves seem

to help us play a bit better. There is nothingwrong with that as long as you know how tohandle them.”

Strong drew the button in the first end butGalusha replied with three in the second, win-ning a measurement for the third counter.

Galusha stole a single in third but Hewitthad a chance to get back into the game in thefourth with a deuce on a last-rock takeout fromStrong.

The N.W.T.’s three-point lead was restoredin the fifth and

Galusha took over in the second half of thegame, scoring two points in the sixth end andthen limiting Hewitt to just one point in eachthe seventh and ninth.

Galusha expected nothing less than “a dog-fight” heading into enemy territory.

“This is their (Yukon teams’) home ice, sothey knew the ice really well,” she told theWhitehorse Star. “I was familiar with them, Iknew they are both tough teams.”

Galusha said the only major difference be-tween playing in Yellowknife and in White-

horse is the Yukon ice is a lot faster.“It doesn’t take a long time, but it is an ad-

justment,” she said. “You don’t push out of thehack as fast, but we had practice time to workon it, so we were pretty much adjusted.”

The defending champ opened with a 15-1rout of Inuvik’s Gloria Allen. Then Galushaclosed out the event with four consecutivewins including a 10-0 whitewashing of Allenand a vengeance-soaked 8-5 win over Grant inthe penultimate round.

Moses, one of only two players in Scottieshistory to have played every position onprovincial/territorial championship teams, willbe making her eighth national appearance.

She played third in 1990 and skipped Yukonentries in 1992 and 1995 before shifting alle-giance to the North West Territories.

The Fort Simpson resident played third forKelly Kaylo in 1998, skipped a NWT team in2003, played lead for Galusha in 2007 and sec-ond in 2008.

The Hewitt outfit finished 4-2 while Grantwas 2-4 and Allen 1-5.

Galusha returns but it’s no cakewalk

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Champions Kelly Scott (’06) and Kelley Law (’00)

5:30 p.m. Autograph Session – Prince Edward Island

10:00 p.m. DJ Night MONDAY, FEB. 23Noon Autograph Session – Ontario4:45 p.m. Up Close and Personal with

Al Cameron – Calgary Heraldand Paul Wiecek – WinnipegFree Press

5:30 p.m. Autograph Session - NWT/Y10:30 p.m. Johnny Vallis

TUESDAY, FEB. 24 Noon Autograph Session – Manitoba

and Canada4:45 p.m. Up Close and Personal with

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5:30 p.m. Autograph Session –Saskatchewan

10:00 p.m. Flatline WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25 Noon Autograph Session – New

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Team Canada 5:30 p.m. Autograph Session – Alberta10:30 p.m. Crosstown Bus

THURSDAY, FEB. 26 Noon Autograph Session – Nova Scotia4:45 p.m. Up Close and Personal with Past

Champions Julie Skinner (’91,’00) and Pat Sanders (’87)

5:30 p.m. Autograph Session – Quebec10:00 p.m. Bryden Street Party Band FRIDAY, FEB. 274:45 p.m. Up Close and Personal with TSN

Commentators Vic Rauter, LindaMoore and Ray Turnbull

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2009

SCOTTIESDRAW

TIME DRAW A B C D Noon 1 B.C. vs. Sask. Y/NWT. vs. PEI N.B. vs. Que. Ont. vs. NL 7 p.m. 2 Que. vs. Y/NWT Alta. vs. Can. N.S. vs. Man. N.B. vs. PEI 8:30 a.m. 3 NL vs. B.C. Ont. vs. Sask. 1 p.m. 4 Can. vs. N.S. PEI vs. Que. Y/NWT vs. N.B. Alta. vs. Man. 6:30 p.m. 5 Sask. vs. NL N.S. vs. Alta. Man. vs. Can. B.C. vs. Ont.

8:30 a.m. 6 Ont. vs. N.B. NL vs. Y/NWT B.C. vs. Que. Sask. vs. PEI 1 p.m. 7 Y/NWT vs. Man. N.B. vs. Can. PEI vs. N.S. Que. vs. Alta. 6:30 p.m. 8 Alta. vs. B.C. N.S. vs. Sask. Can. vs. Ont. Man. vs. NL

8:30 a.m. 9 Can. vs. Sask. Man. vs. B.C. Alta. vs. NL N.S. vs. Ont. 1 p.m. 10 NL vs. PEI Ont. vs. Que. Sask. vs. Y/NWT B.C. vs. N.B. 6:30 p.m. 11 Que. vs. N.S. PEI vs. Alta. N.B. vs. Man. Y/NWT vs. Can.

8:30 a.m. 12 N.B. vs. Alta. Y/NWT vs. N.S. Que. vs. Can. PEI vs. Man. 1 p.m. 13 Man. vs. Ont. Can. vs. NL N.S. vs. B.C. Alta. vs. Sask. 7 p.m. 14 B.C. vs. Y/NWT Sask. vs. N.B. Ont. vs. PEI N.S. vs. Que.

8:30 a.m. 15 PEI vs. Can. Que. vs. Man. Y/NW. vs. Alta. N.B. vs. N.S. 1 p.m. 16 Sask. vs. Que. B.C. vs. PEI NL vs. N.B. Ont. vs. Y/NWT. 6:30 p.m. 17 N.S. vs. NL Alta. vs. Ont. Man. vs. Sask. Can. vs. B.C.

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THURSDAY

TIEBREAKERS: DATE TIMEONE DRAW Friday, Feb. 27 1 p.m.

TWO DRAWS Friday, Feb. 27 8:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 27 1 p.m.

THREE DRAWS Friday, Feb. 27 8:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 27 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27 6:30 p.m.

DATE TIME1 TIEBREAKER DRAWTeam Date TimeOne vs. Two Friday, Feb. 27 6:30 p.m.Three vs. Four Saturday, Feb. 28 11:30 a.m.

2 TIEBREAKER DRAWSTeam Date TimeOne vs. Two Friday, Feb. 27 6:30 p.m.Three vs. Four Saturday, Feb. 28 11:30 a.m.

3 TIEBREAKER DRAWSTeam Date TimeOne vs. Two Friday, Feb. 27 6:30 p.m.Three vs. Four Saturday, Feb. 28 11:30 a.m.

PLAYOFFS:

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