Four-get about it! Amber Holland s Saskatchewan crew ends the quest for a Jones quad

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1 Four-get about it! Amber Holland s Saskatchewan crew ends the quest for a Jones quad In addition to our Old Classic full event pass for the fans who crave the excitement of every single draw we re introducing the Double Impact ticket option that allows you to double up on the draws that work best for your schedule. For tickets, visit November 30 - December 4 Cranbrook Rec Plex January Langley Events Centre

2 THE SCOTTIES Final Amber Holland s opus Larry Wood HeartChart Editor Was it the spirit of Sandra Schmirler? Was it Saskatchewan Roughrider pride that pervades everything to do with sports in the Wheat Province? Sooner or later, the kinds of energy associated with these green kinds of things had to be taken into consideration at the Scotties Tournament Of Hearts. And it turned from consideration to happening Sunday night at the Charlottetown Civic Centre when Amber Holland of Saskatchewan stunned defending Scotties champion Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg 8-7 There was a bundle of honours at stake for the Jones team a record-tying fourstraight title skein for skip Jones, plus numerous elevations for the remainder of the team. None of them were realized. And a large group of green clad fans who accompanied their team were boisterous in celebration when Jones s last rock double-raise attempted resulted in a spinout that left Saskatchewan counting the winning boulder. It isn t the end of the world and the sun is coming up tomorrow, said Jones, the deposed four-time champion who won Scotties titles in 2005, 2008, 2009 and We had a great game today and so much fun all week. Our team stuck together. I don t think we would have had any more fun this week. Winning would have been nice but we re pretty happy with how we did. Holland s Saskatchewan team from Kronau, near Regina, dominated the roundrobin preliminary and were the strongest team on the week but suffered a glitch heading into the playoffs. They lost the last game of the roundrobin, then the Page One-Two playoff to Jones before rebounding to win the semi- It was a long event so we prepared a little differently, we just tried to make sure we had the energy to get through it, said a jubilant but controlled Holland afterward. Continued on Page 3

3 THE SCOTTIES Final Continued from Page 2 We worked hard on our performance and on our mental training and make sure we had the ability to stay focused like we needed to and think about what it would be like to wear the maple leaf. And wear it the Saskatchewan team will, at Esbjerg, Denmark, March The match, in which Jones got off to an defender in control of the hammer. It appeared Jones required an out-turn chip shot with her lst rock but she instead attempted a double-raise with the in-turn and didn t bet all the angles correctly. When Jennifer threw the last rock, said Saskatchewan vice-skip Kim Schneider, who had enjoyed an immense shooting performance like all of her teammates, I was just holding my breath and all we could do was hope... and when it made contact I was screaming at Amber to sweep the rock. We closed that out-turn off to make her play that shot. We thought she would play a softer weight and tap it. It ran a little straigher, didn t come up and rolled off. Saskatchewan recovered with two in the second but couldn t pull even until the enemy stones in counting positions and attempted an out-turn bury but left it open and Holland stuck for three. tured the only theft of the contest. We decided to throw (the last one) hard and we hit it pretty much where we wanted to, said Jones. I could have hit a quarter-of-an-inch more but you know that s curling and that s what makes it so great today. It s been a great ride but we have all sorts of events still to come and I think it s just the beginning for this team Jones dumped veteran third Cathy Overton-Clapham prior to this season and replaced her with junior grad Kaitlyn Lawes. The only thing that might have different? If I d made my last shot. I thought on my have made it better. I could have won it on and it just hung. I don t think I would have done anything different, we had the hammer coming home and that s all your ever want and I had a shot Holland to win. It was a good game from both teams, lots of rocks in play, good for TV. I don think anybody had control of it. The win was Saskatchewan s 11th of the competition against three losses. The I think we ll go to Denmark with the same focus with which we came in here, said Schneider, whose sister Tammy plays second on the team with Heather Kalenchuk at lead. We re a close team and stick together and support one another. The Holland team was unanimous in its agreement the win would be dedicated to the memory of Schmirler, the last Saskatchewan (and Regina) skip to win the She was special, said Kim Schneider, and I was fairly young when she passed away and she was someone Saskatchewan curlers looked up to and really idolized. We knew we could do it. We ve played all these teams all year. We ve just worked hard at it. We wanted to stay focused and leave it all out there. In Denmark we ll still be focusing on the same thing. Sticking together as a team with the same attitude. Focusing on what we need to do and not on what the other team needs to do. The Jones team included second Jill winner Dawn Askin. Osoyoos caters to all occasions. The rich beauty of this South Okanagan paradise, combined with a capacity for over 400 people, makes Osoyoos the perfect choice for your next important gathering or event. YEAR-ROUND VENUES WITH UNIQUE DESERT/CULTURAL/ABORIGINAL EXPERIENCES Offering spousal programmes, golf, spa, wine, cultural & historical tours! Pursue the experience at destinationosoyoos.com

4 Full House... African Style. The creamy consistency of Amarula delights with lingering subtle flavours of vanilla, caramel and chocolate. Affirming its unrivaled taste, Amarula Cream was recently voted Best Liqueur in the World at the International Wine and Spirit Competition. Time out for trivia HeartChart Staff QUESTION 0F THE DAY: Name seven Canadian junior women s champion skips who have played third for Scott Tournament of Hearts champions. 2. Name the corresponding skips of each Hearts winner. 3. How about the year and home province of each Hearts win? 4. Name the curler who has skipped the most P.E.I. teams in the Canadian women s curling championship. 5. How many teams? 6. Three skips are one team short of that record. Name the three. 7. Name the P.E.I. curler who has made the most active appearances at the Scotties. 8. How many appearances. 9. Of the current dozen skips at the Scott Tournament of Hearts, how many finished runner-up in their respective provincial/territorial championships a year ago? 9. Name(s) please Of the current dozen skips at the Scott Tournament of Hearts, how many, aside from Team Canada, repeated as provincial champs? 11. Name them, if any. 12. Of the competing players (excluding skips and fifth players) at the current Scott, how many have won a Canadian junior women s championship? 12. Name them, if any. 13. What is distinctive about women s curling teams from Sault Ste. Marie? 14. All other national championships admit teams from both Ontario and Northern Ontario, but not the Canadian women s. Over the past 51 years, how many Ontario women s champs have hailed from northern precincts and how many fron southern precincts?? OCEAN The O f f i c i a l I n s i d e r Station of the 2011 SCOTTIES TOURNAMENT OF HEARTS Every draw. Every team. All the excitement. Our team of Scotties Insiders will be closest to the button on all the action. Stay tuned to Ocean 100. THE OFFICIAL SPIRIT OF CHAMPIONSHIP CURLING Amarula is is the official spirit of of the Tim Hortons Brier, Scotties Tournament of of Hearts, and Ford World Men s Curling Championship. Represented Amarula by PMA is the Canada official Ltd. spirit of the Tim Hortons Amarula Brier, is is a rare Scotties find. Appreciate Tournament it it accordingly. of Hearts, and Ford World Men s Curling Championship

5 Bronze Medal Game: Nova Scotia 9 Ontario 7 Smith-Dacey does it in the do-over Larry Wood HeartChart Editor This is one to remember... down the road at the Scotties Tournament Of Hearts. It ll be a trivia question soon ties. The answer: Nova Scotia s We learned something from Ontario Rachel Homan. better we made a lot more would have been tougher for her team had the tables been reversed Homan suggested her team Heather Smith-Dacey has a victory hug for husband and coach Mark Dacey after beating Ontario s Rachel Homan crew in the bronze-medal match Sunday. Scotians. lead for good in the seventh with a deuce. Homan needed a draw to three in the ninth. mance at this Scotties.

6 SPEC Team Canada

7 Final individual and team cumulative statistics Askin

8 SCOTTIES SCHEDULE AND RESULTS Final Standings 2011 Champion Saskatchewan Ontario s Emma Miskew Canada s Jennifer Jones curled 68 per cent Amber Holland was honoured for both shot of the week and MVP at the Charlottetown Scotties. Making the presentation is Serge Gosselin of Kruger.

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10 THE SCOTTIES Gala Evening Cathy Overton-Clapham won the Marg Mitchell Memorial Award for sportsmanship, as voted by the players. Presenting is Mario Gosselin of Kruger. Coach s corner: (Back, left to right) Manitoba s Rob Meekin, Nova Scotia s Mark Dacey, P.E.I. s Paul Power, Saskatchewan s Merv Fonger, Ontario s Andrea Ronnebeck, Territories Fred Koe, Quebec s Camil Larouche, Newfoundland/Labrador s Craig Withycomb, B.C. s Gerry Richard, New Brunswick s Daryell Nowlan, Canadian Curling Association national women s coach Elaine Dagg-Jackson, Alberta s J.D. Lind, Team Canada s Earle Morris. The Joan Mead Builders Award, in memory of the late CBC-TV producer as determined by the sponsoring Kruger people, was presented to Canadian Curling Association national women s coach Elaine Dagg-Jackson of Victoria. Singer Jully Black provided the entertainment for the evening. Left, 1st all-star team: Lead Dawn Askin, Kaitlyn Lawes and skip Jennifer Jones, all from Team Canada. Right, 2nd all-star team: Lead Chelsey Bell of Alberta, and second Tammy Schneider, third Kim Schneider and skip Amber Holland all of Saskatchewan.

11 Bronze medal winners Nova Scotia Listen to The Scotties inside the arena on TSN. Tune your dial to 89.9 FM From Our House to Yours Official Wine Supplier of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Proud sponsors of the scotties tournament of hearts

12 The success of every Season of Champions event comes down to the energy and enthusiasm of a dedicated team of volunteers. Over the past nine days, we ve seen all that and more in the extraordinary contributions of more than 570 volunteers for the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. They ve been on the job from early morning to the wee hours of the night attending to every detail in dozens of different roles ensuring fans and competitors alike make the very most of their experience at the Scotties. So here s a toast to the volunteers we thank you all for all you ve done!

13 Ready for Red Deer in 2012 Larry Wood HeartChart Editor The second-highest at Red Deer 2012 Scotties organizing committee members Tracy Ferguson-Bush (left, vice-chair volunteers), Lyle Treiber (vice-chair facilities), Trina Joly (event manager), Bob More (vice-chair hosting) and Sherri Ryckman (chair)

14 Tim Hortons renews Brier sponsorship through 2014 The Canadian Curling Association (CCA) has announced that Tim Hortons has renewed its agreement as title sponsor of the Brier (Canadian men s curling championship) through In addition, the four-year agreement includes sponsorship of the 2013 Tim Hortons Canadian Curling Trials Roar of the Rings, which will determine Canada s representatives for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. The 2011 Tim Hortons Brier will be staged at the John Labatt Centre in London, Ont., March 5-13, while the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier will be held in Saskatoon at the Credit Union Centre (formerly Saskatchewan Place), March The 2013 Tim Hortons Canadian Curling Trials Roar of the Rings will be played December 1-8 at a site to be announced in the next couple of months. The Brier always has drawn excellent television viewership numbers, but last year it registered record ratings, according to TSN. at Halifax in Eastern prime time attracted a record average minute audience of 1.6 million viewers, the highest ever for a non-olympic Games curling broadcast on Canadian television. In addition, the telecast peaked at 2.5 million viewers late in the game, as Alberta s Kevin Koe battled Ontario s Glenn Howard for the Canadian title. Tim Hortons became the title sponsor of the Brier in 2005, when it was held at Edmonton and attracted a record crowd of 281,985. Since then, the Brier has been staged in Regina, Hamilton, Winnipeg, Calgary and Halifax. The 2005 Tim Hortons Canadian Curling Trials were held in Halifax, while the 2009 edition took place in Edmonton. Proudly supported by the Tourism Accommodation Levy

15 Pete Fenson delivers Veteran skips Pete Fenson of Bemidj, Minn., the defending champion, and Patti Lank of Lewiston, N.Y., and won U.S. curling championships last weekend. The two skips directed their teams to victory at the U.S. Curling Nationals at the Scheels Arena in Fargo, N.D. Fenson will represent the U.S. at the Ford World men s curling championship April 2-10 at Regina. Lank and her team will travel to Esbjerg, Denmark, for the Capital One World Women s, March Fenson and is team of Shawn Rojeski, Joe Polo and Ryan Brunt reeled off 11 straight victories for the men s title, capping he skein by stealing the winning point in an extra end to defeat Tyler George of Duluth, Minn Lank, directing Caitlin Maroldo, Fenson, Lank win U.S. national titles Jessica Schultz and 16-year-old Mackenzie Lank, walloped Allison Pottinger of Eden Prairie, Minn., 9-4. The victory was the seventh national title for Fenson. It always feels good, the 42-year-old Fenson told Terry Kolesar of Curling U.S.A. This victory was sweet. We had to hang in there until the last shot. with Fenson as their skip). Fenson U.S. titles since he last accomplished the feat in 2006 and 2005 but this year s title didn t come easy. Fenson was in unfamiliar territory throughout most of the match against the 28-year-old George who skipped Chris Plys, Rich Ruohonen and Phill Drobnick. The defending champ just barely scored a single in the 10th to force an extra end. In the 11th, George tried to come around guards in the top of the rings and bury his stone in threw short. Fenson sealed the win with a perfect draw to the four-foot that George could not follow with came out of my hand kind of weird, said George who won the title with Fenson last year playing lead. I give them credit. We played almost as good as we could. The guys deserved to win today. I just hiccuped. Fenson also defeated George 11-7 in the Page One-Two playoff Mankato, Minn., dumped Detroitborn Heath McCormick of Sarnia, ON., 9-5 in the Page Three-Four tussle before losing 8-7 to George in Continued on Page 17 PROUD SPONSOR To find a Castle store nearest you, visit Castle.ca We take the HURRY out of your travel

16 U.S. Continued from Page 16 Behind Fenson s 11-0 record, George was 8-4, Birr 7-4, McCormick 6-4, Zach Jacobson of Langdon, N.D., 5-4, Craig Brown of Madison, Wis., 45, Matt Hamilton of McFarland, Wis., 3-6, Craig Disher of Rolla, N.D., and Jason Larway of Lynnwood, Wash., 2-7 and Geoff Goodland of Eau Claire, Wis., 1-8. straight years and four other times since 1997, 1999, 2002 and been working with these girls for so long, was born in who won titles in 2004, 2002, 1999 and It feels good not to be crying after a tears. shoulders after the game. a double-raise, double-takeout to score Three-Four tilt. Patty Lank Brown 7-3. Nicole Reiser of Mandan, were 4-5, Jenna Haag of Madison and N.Y. was 2-7 and Lori Karst of Madison was 1-8. SCOTTIES PHOTO GALLERY You ll be swept away! Newfoundland/ Labrador second Sarah Paul Mark s is proud to sponsor the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Friends of the Scotties CAT The Rental Store Jet Ice Global Convention Services Ltd. Greater Charlottetown Area Chamber of Commerce (GCACC) Maritime Electric Confederation Centre of the Arts Peake s Quay Restaurant & Bar Kenmac Energy / Petro Canada marks.com Visit one of our two locations on PEI Summerside Granville Street Plaza Charlottetown Belvedere Plaza

17 Table set for 2012 Season of Champions The 2012 World Women s Curling Championship returns to Canada and will be played at the Enmax Centre in Lethbridge, March It will mark the 12th time that Canada has hosted the World Women s since the championship began in 1979 in Perth, Scotland. The last time it was held in Alberta was in 2006 at Grande Prairie. Ford of Canada has sponsored the World men s and Ford Worlds was held in Brandon. When the men s and women s championships were separated, beginning in 2005, Ford continued to be the title sponsor of the men s or women s event held in Canada each year. sponsorship under an existing contract, negotiations are ongoing regarding a possible renewal starting in When Lethbridge hosted the 2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, it proved our community s willingness to work to make that event successful, said host committee chair Jody Meli. With the Canadian Curling Association, World Curling Federation and the City of Lethbridge backing this championship, we can t wait to showcase our city as a community ready and able to host an event of this calibre. The Amber Holland s team will be in wred Deer at the 2012 Scotties timing is perfect since we are able to host athletes and spectators in a newly-renovated venue. The fact that this is an international event, combined with our ability to build on our community s enthusiasm for curling, is sure to make it a great success. Coincidentally, the 2012 Scotties will be staged 400 kilometres north in Red Deer. Canada has won a leading 15 gold medals at the World Women s since 1979, followed by Sweden with seven. Canada s last victory came in 2008 in Vernon, B.C. when Winnipeg s Jennifer Jones defeated China s Bingyu Wang bronze medal, as Germany s Andrea Schöepp won her second world title, beating Scotland s Eve Muirhead in The 2012 World women s will also earn Olympic qualifying points for the competing countries. Based on 2012 and 2013 World Women s, the top nine countries (host Russia receives an automatic berth) qualify for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. The complete championship curling schedule: 2011 Canada Cup, Nov. 30-Dec. 4, Cranbrook, B.C World Financial Group Continental Cup, Jan , Langley, B.C M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors, Feb. 4-12, Napanee, Ont Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Feb , Red Deer, AB 2012 Tim Hortons Brier, March 3-11, Saskatoon, SK 2012 World Women s, March 17-25, Lethbridge, AB 2012 World Men s, March 31-April 8, Basel, Switzerland Save with Bell Aliant Bundles. Get the stories that matter to you. Compass Kevin Gallant Bruce Rainnie Weekdays at 5, 5:30 & 6 pm Maritimes Late Night, following The National

18 TRIVIA ANSWERS From Page 4 QofD: Chris (Pidzarko) More (twice), Kay (Smith) Zinck, Jodie (Sutton) Green, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Kim (Gellard) Griffin, Heather (Godberson) Nedohin, Julie (Sutton) Skinner. 2. Cathy (Pidzarko) Shaw and Connie Laliberte, Colleen Jones, Julie (Sutton) Skinner, Connie Laliberte (again) and Jennifer Jones, Marilyn Bodogh, Cathy (Borst) King, Kelley Law. 3. Manitoba 1978 and Manitoba 1984; Nova Scotia 1982; British Columbia 1991; Manitoba 1995, 2005, 2008, Team Canada 2009; Ontario 1996; Alberta 1998; British Columbia Anne Merklinger, Sherry Middaugh, Krista McCarville. 5. Marilyn Bodogh , Thunder Bay. 7. One runner-up. 8. Eve Belisle. 9. Three repeaters. 10. Ontario (McCarville), New Brunswick (Andrea Kelly), Nova Scotia (Nancy McConnery). 11. Six players are former junior champs. 12. Sasha Carter, Tara Naugler, Denise Nowlan, Jill Officer, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Lianne Sobey. 13. Nary a one ever has represented Ontario at the Canadian women s championship northern champs, 35 southern champs. SCOTTIES PHOTO GALLERY Team B.C.