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1 KOE CLINCHES PLAYOFF SPOT IN MEN S PLAY Carey stays hot at Trials Calgary s Chelsea Carey continued to impress at the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings. She defeated Olympic gold medallist Jennifer Jones 7-5 Wednesday to run her record to a perfect 5-0. PAGE 2 PERFECT FORM! Sponsor of the Day

2 Page 2 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings MORNING ROAR Thursday, December 7th, 2017 Roar Rings of the Ottawa 2017 This win s for Chelsea Carey has her team working in perfect harmony. WOMEN Rachel Homan made a big final shot to win Wednesday evening. you, Grandpa Carey s emotional victory a salute to her biggest fan That was for grandpa. Chelsea Carey lost her grandfather last Saturday and had to miss his funeral on Wednesday, but in her heart she knew he was there helping her to a huge victory that left her skipping the only unbeaten women s team at the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings. Carey s Calgary foursome scored three in the fifth end and stole two in the sixth to beat Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg 7-5 in a game that saw both teams struggle with ice conditions. That left Carey at 5-0 and dropped Jones, the 2014 Olympic champion, to 5-1. In an evening game, Rachel Homan of Ottawa (5-1) navigated her final stone through the narrowest of ports for a doubletakeout to score four in the 10th end to score a stunning 10-7 win over Casey Scheidegger of Lethbridge (2-4). The hometown favourite trailed 5-2 at the break but fought back with two in the eighth and then the dramatic 10th to move into a second-place tie in the standings. Carey spent a lot of her childhood days with her grandfather who babysat her and her sister half-days when they were in kindergarten, and drove them a lot of times to lessons and things they were involved in. He was a big part of our lives. He was an immigrant from Ukraine who knew absolutely nothing about curling, but he was the biggest curling fan in the hospital. He found a Grand Slam on TV a couple of weeks ago and was telling everybody his granddaughter just won the quarter-final. So, he was one of my biggest fans for sure. It was a tough day, but I knew he would be there with me, Carey said. I m sad I couldn t be at his funeral, sad I can t be with my Mom. My dad and I are both here, my sister s about to have another baby any day now in Calgary so she couldn t fly back (to Winnipeg) so it was pretty tough not to be there with my Mom. But he would have wanted me to be here and he would have wanted me to pour all my energy and my heart and soul into that game and that s what I did. It was a struggle early on as both teams fought the ice, but Carey, third Cathy Overton-Clapham, second Jocelyn Peterman and lead Laine Peters found their game first By JOHN KOROBANIK Morning Roar Writer and used it to get the pivotal five points in the middle ends. I don t know that it was necessarily as well played a game as either team would have liked, but we ll take it, Carey said. Both teams fought the ice, but (in the fifth end) we took advantage of a few misses, got some rocks in good spots and played pretty well from there, besides a little blip in the ninth end. The teams were tied after four ends with neither of them really able to capitalize on their opponents mistakes. But in the fifth Jones came up short of the house with her draw attempt, opening the door for Carey to score three. Jones got her last-rock draw to the house in the sixth but not far enough to prevent a steal of two by Carey. It was more just the line on my draws. For the most part I just didn t have the line, Jones said of her struggles. That will have to be better I ll figure it out. I felt like my speed was OK, it was just the line. It s going to happen. I d rather it happen now than later on. It s just a matter if we can rebound from it and I believe we re made of something a little bit more than just crumbling after one loss. Her third, Kaitlyn Lawes, said with both teams missing early they kind of let it slip away early on. As long as we learn from our mistakes and keep growing and learning about the ice, we re happy where we are. Its all about perspective. We re really happy with how we re playing right now and if we can capitalize on a few opportunities we ll be okay. Jones plays Krista McCarville of Thunder Bay, Ont., Thursday afternoon and Homan in Friday night s final roundrobin draw. Homan plays Val Sweeting of Edmonton, who has shaken off an 0-3 start to win three straight, and then Jones. Carey will finish the round-robin with games Thursday evening against Julie Tippin (1-4) of Woodstock, Ont., and Friday afternoon against Michelle Englot (1-4) of Winnipeg. If we lose one of those games it s no big deal, said Carey. She didn t expect to go unbeaten, saying it would be great if it happened but we re not worried about it.

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4 Page 4 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings MORNING ROAR Thursday, December 7th, 2017 Roar Rings of the Ottawa 2017 Koe in driver s seat Calgary skip closing in on a coveted spot in final By GRANT GRANGER Morning Roar Writer Kevin Koe is closing in on a chance to perform on sport s biggest stage. Koe and his Calgary crew downed John Epping of Toronto 6-4 at the 2017 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings to remain the only undefeated men s team at 6-0 and become the first to clinch a playoff spot. A win against either John Morris of Vernon, B.C., Thursday or 2017 world men s champion Brad Gushue of St. John s on Friday evening will assure the Koe team of a spot in the final on Sunday and avoid having to play Saturday s semifinal. If you re in the semi you re playing one of the heavyweights, so you don t want to be there. If we can pull it off (clinching a spot in the final) it will be reassuring, said MEN Koe, 42. We got off to a good start, that was the key. We were up 6-0 and just played a little defensive. We didn t want to take any risks. Team Koe is two games ahead of the pack. Gushue and Mike McEwen of Winnipeg are tied for second at 4-2 after Gushue defeated McEwen 8-3 Wednesday evening. I ve felt each game we were kind of progressing. Now it s kind of turning into wins, which is nice, said Gushue. Tonight it was a great game. We got a couple of breaks from Mike s misses, but I thought overall as a team we really put the pressure on them and we really didn t give them a whole lot of opportunities once we got that lead. The game hinged on a steal of three by Gushue in the second end. McEwen said they had some bad information on the performance of some of the rocks on Sheet C. We had the flash (on third B.J. Neufeld s throw). We screwed up. We had a stone in his hands that shouldn t have been there and it cost us, said McEwen. You could literally say that was the game We put a straight one in B.J. s hands and we got nailed for it. That was unfortunate. It s not indicative of the way we ve been playing. With losses to Koe and Gushue, McEwen is out of the running for first place and a direct entry to Sunday s final to determine who will represent Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Reid Carruthers of Winnipeg is right behind McEwen and Gushue at 3-3 after beating John Morris of Vernon, B.C., 10-6 Wednesday night. We still don t know if three (losses) is even alive, so we re just playing our hearts out. Until we re told we re out we ll give it our best, said Carruthers, who plays 2014 Olympic gold medallist Brad Jacobs this morning. We ll see what happens. If it s in the cards for us to make the Kevin Koe (above) remained unbeaten Wednesday to clinch a playoff spot while Brad Gushue (right) made up some more ground with a big win over Mike McEwen in the evening draw. playoffs, then great. But, hey, I ve still got to win two more games before I can even think about that. Edmonton s Brendan Bottcher got back on track by downing the Jacobs team from of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., 9-3 in eight ends in the afternoon draw. Both teams are 2-3. We ve been up early and have had a hard time closing, so it was really nice today to have a good start again but also to close it out, said Bottcher.

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6 Page 6 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings MORNING ROAR Thursday, December 7th, 2017 I m very comfortable being around it (curling) all my life. Karrick Martin Karrick Martin following in Old Bear s footsteps Like father LIKE SON KEVIN MARTIN «GRANT GRANGER Karrick Martin is a rookie at the 2017 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings Curling Trials. Karrick Martin is also a Trials veteran. Those two statements don t make sense. But they do when you consider who Martin s father is. Like many a prairie boy, Martin had dreams of playing puck dancing in his head. Hockey was his sport even though his daddy, Kevin, was one of the best curlers in the world. For Karrick the kid, curling wasn t a consideration. Karrick was eight years old when Kevin participated in the first Trials to determine Canada s representative to the Olympics in Brandon in late November of Dad lost the final to Mike Harris, who went on to win a silver medal at the 1998 Olympic Games. Karrick wasn t in Brandon, but he was in Regina four years later when Kevin won the right to skip Canada at Salt Lake City. Karrick went there too, watching his father give up a steal in the 10th end to Norway s Pal Trulsen in the gold medal final. And he was in Vancouver in 2010 when Kevin claimed gold. They were both two of the best experiences I ve ever had, one better than the other (laugh), at least in the finish, says Martin. Despite the disappointment of Salt Lake City, Karrick was hooked. Witnessing the cauldron of Olympic competition infected the 12-year-old. All of a sudden, curling was a consideration, although he didn t start curling seriously until he was 19 because playing rep and junior hockey remained his priority. I didn t really curl until that Salt Lake Olympics. The whole Olympic part of curling was what got me into it. It s definitely somewhere I want to get to, says Martin. See MARTIN Page 13

7 CURLING.CA/TICKETS Page 7 Scoreboards shed new light on curling Trials By DAVE KOMOSKY Morning Roar Editor One of the lasting traditions of Canadian curling has moved into the electronic era at the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings. The scoreboards, once manually handled by officials who would diligently hang up a number on the scoreboard, have gone all LED. The new scoreboards, which were introduced at the Home Hardware Road to the Roar Pre-Trials, will be used at all Curling Canada Season of Champions events. We thought we wanted to spruce up the ice area a little bit... make it more modern, said Gord McNabb, general manager, event operations. There were some comments that our scoreboards didn t look that good on TV now that we have the LED boards on the side boards. The system of scoring still works the same. Players tell the officials on the ice who counted and that s relayed on to scoreboard operators situated in the penalty box who then electronically mark up the score. Curling Canada went through Supervision in Calgary to develop the boards. It s the same company that provides the LED side boards at major curling events. We worked with them on their ideas, worked with TSN, our national sponsoring group, and then we decided the look we wanted for the scoreboards, said McNabb. The scoreboards are very much a work in progress. The plan is to provide more information on the scoreboards in the future, including time clocks. It s a lot easier, said McNabb. We can do more marketing and more things for our national sponsors. The switch to electronic scoreboards will be cost effective for Curling Canada in the coming years. Many of the scoreboards used in the past ended up in the landfill and had to be replaced. On that count, it s good for the environment, too. McNABB IT BEGINS BEFORE THE FINAL END! While you re here to cheer, take time to experience Canada s Capital! December 7, we light up Parliament Hill and downtown in a dazzling display for the holiday season. For the first time ever, from December 7 31, there will be a skating rink on the front lawn of Parliament. THEEMORNINGGPICKUP WITHHSOPHIEEMOROZZ&&JEFFFHOPPER WEEKDAYYMORNINGSSSSSS---

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10 Page 10 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings MORNING ROAR Thursday, December 7th, 2017 Sweeting battles back Val Sweeting high-fives lead Rachel Brown. Wins starting to come after slow start to Trials By JOHN KOROBANIK Morning Roar Writer Val Sweeting has been on an emotional roller-coaster through the first five days of the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings but after losing her first three games the Edmonton skip finds herself back to 3-3 and still very much alive in the hunt to reach the weekend playoffs. Sweeting and teammates -- third Lori Olson- Johns, second Dana Ferguson and lead Rachel Brown from the Saville Sports Centre -- scored a pivotal 8-6 win over Casey Scheidegger of Lethbridge in their only game Wednesday. We still have some work to do and we need some help, but we re doing what we need to do out there and that s all we can ask for, said Sweeting. It was tough looking at 0-3, but we knew we were still in it. The key Wednesday morning, she said, was getting the team back to doing what it normally does. Things that we normally do that make us a good team, getting rocks in a good spot, figuring out what the ice is doing, and the girls had some really good sweeps out there and we had really good (rock) placement. Although she didn t realize it, Sweeting s disappointment after missing a shot has shown itself on the ice, along with her smiles after a good shot. We re all competitors trying to bring our best performance and sometimes it doesn t work out and it s frustrating. Then when you make a good shot you want to celebrate it out there. That was a big game for us, she said of their third straight win. We wanted to get to.500. We know four losses won t get in. Olson-Johns said it seems the team plays better with our backs against the wall, which is where if finds itself. We can t worry about what happened in the past, we look forward. We knew we had to win out after we lost our first three games and we hope we re up to the task. Leading their revival has been Sweeting, who made some huge shots Wednesday morning, including the game-clinching doubleraise takeout with her final stone. She s throwing incredible. She s calling the smartest game. She s keeping us in every game, said Olson-Johns. I love playing with her. She s confident, she s calm, she s our leader and she expects herself to play well, as we all do. We re all disappointed when we miss, but she s throwing great and we re hoping that trend continues. The team doesn t play again until Thursday s night draw and they intend to enjoy their 33-hour break before playing Rachel Homan. We have a big break, so we can get some rest, get recharged, said Sweeting. I think it s a good time. It s mid-week, it s been up and down. We ll get some family time in, relax, watch some curling, that sort of thing, then get charged up and hopefully into tiebreakers and then playoffs. Everyone s a must-win now, no matter who we re playing. It ll be a good game. Homan s a good team, the crowd will obviously be in their favour, but our team is playing really well so we just to keep that up. She s throwing incredible. She s calling the smartest game. She s keeping us in every game. Lori Olson-Johns Dunstone enjoying the heck out of his first Trials At 22 years of age, Matt Dunstone is the youngest player in the 2017 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings and despite his struggles on the ice, the Winnipeg native is enjoying his sudden moment in the spotlight. The 2013 and 2016 Canadian junior champion and world junior championship bronze medallist joined Steve Laycock s veteran Saskatoon team last spring to play second, but has found himself throwing skip rocks here. It s a pressurepacked situation and one where he s made some spectacular shots and had some costly misses in the team s first six games, four of them losses. Overall it s so tough for me NOT to enjoy this, a 22-year-old playing in the Olympic trials, Dunstone said Wednesday. It s so cool to come across the boards, hang out with all those kids, get pictures with them. I didn t really expect this so early in my career so I m just trying to soak it all in.

11 CURLING.CA/TICKETS Page 11 Roaring through the Years The Alberta Advantage Bernard, Martin give fans Wild Rose finish The Alberta flag was flying high at the 2009 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings Curling Trials, which proved to be a testament to all that is great about the sport in the province both on the ice and off. The event, awarded to Edmonton, was a howling success at the gate, pulling in a whopping 175,852 fans over a eight-day stretch at Rexall Place. And to put an exclamation point on the event, teams from Alberta captured the coveted Olympic berths. Home-town hero Kevin Martin, representing the Saville Sports Centre, won the men s event, while Cheryl Bernard of the Calgary Winter Club emerged from the pack to claim the women s berth to the Vancouver Olympics. Martin and his team of John Morris, Marc Kennedy and Ben Hebert thoroughly dominated Glenn Howard of Coldwater, Ont., in the men s final, winning 7-3 in front of 11,778 fans. The sight of Martin clutching the hardware was no big surprise. Martin, one of the most accomplished curlers of his era, earned a third shot at winning the one thing missing from his glowing resume: an Olympic gold medal. The 43-year-old, 10-time Alberta champion, four-time Brier champion and one-time world champ finished fourth in Albertville, France in 1992 when curling was a demonstration sport, and silver in Salt Lake City in 2002, when the medals were the real thing. But Bernard on the podium? Who knew? Her outfit wasn t given much of a chance when the event opened, but she won the round-robin to head directly into the final, then won the biggest game of her career and her first shot at Olympic glory. But she did it the hard way, surviving a last-rock toss that looked heavy but ground to a halt just in time to secure a 7-6 victory over Shannon Kleibrink s team, also from Calgary. The game was played in front of 10,667 fans, the largest crowd to ever watch a women s curling game. It feels amazing. It hasn t sunk in. It s been a long road, said the 43-year-old Bernard, who was supported by Susan O Connor, Carolyn Derbyshire and Cori Bartel I m so proud of my team and how they came out in this game. They were cool, calm and collected. Dec Edmonton The Morning Roar looks back at the previous Trials events Bernard needed to draw the full eightfoot with her last shot for the victory, and as it headed for the rings, both teams and the huge crowd waited breathlessly to see if it would stop in time or sail heavy as her front end hardly put a broom to it. I was thinking, Please stop!, said O Connor. Please, please, please stop! I knew when I sat down there that there was going to be a little bit of adrenaline. It s a shot to go to the Olympics, Bernard said. I made it a little harder than I wanted, but it ended up fine. Bernard and her teammates threw their brooms to the ice and hugged before continuing the celebration with friends and family. Kleibrink advanced to the final with a 10-5 win in the semifinal over Krista McCarville of Thunder Bay. McCarville is skipping a team at the Trials this week in Ottawa. Martin was in complete control of the final from start to finish, leading 5-1 at the end of the fifth-end break and repeatedly forcing Howard into one difficult shot after the other. I m not sure if relief is the right word Skips Cheryl Bernard and Kevin Martin were the big winners. at the end of a week like this, but it s kind of like that, Martin said during closing ceremonies. You work so hard for 3 1/2 years for a one-game situation against a team we ve played so often in big games. Man, there s a lot of emotion that comes out after you win a game like that. A lot of work, a lot of pressure and a lot of stress that goes into it. It s pretty special to be part of the whole Canadian team. Morris, also skipping a team at the Trials this week in Ottawa, was elated to earn a shot at the Olympics. It s pretty cool, he said. I ve watched it my whole life and I always wanted to get there and now we re there. Howard took the loss hard. Coming in second is like kissing your sister, said Howard, who advanced to the final by beating Winnipeg s Jeff Stoughton It s not a lot of fun. I don t recommend it at all. But someone has to win and someone has to lose and Kevin and the boys are an outstanding curling team and they re going to do us proud (at the Olympics). And they did. Martin finally came home with the men s gold, beating Norway s Thomas Ulsrud 6-3 in the final. Bernard settled for the silver medal. with files from the Winnipeg Free Press and Canadian Press

12 Page 12 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings MORNING ROAR Thursday, December 7th, 2017 FIVE ALIVE! Players agree new rule will liven up the game By JOHN KOROBANIK Morning Roar Writer The game of curling has been evolving for years and the latest change will see the five-rock rule adapted for the season. It is a simple but significant change to the game and one the players have greeted enthusiastically. What it means is simple: under the five-rock rule, teams can not eliminate an opponent s rock that is sitting in the free guard zone the area between the tee line and the hog line, but excluding the house until five stones have been played in every end. Players can still hit the guards; they just aren t allowed to knock them out of play. Currently, Curling Canada events, like this week s Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings, are played with the four-rock rule while Grand Slam events play with the five-rock rule. Following the lead of the World Curling Federation, Curling Canada will bring the five-rock rule into play beginning next October. E.J. Harnden (right) is all in favour of the five-rock rule. See FIVE Opposite Page Even the folks down there started somewhere... The OVCA has been committed to promoting and growing the sport of curling in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec since Each season, the OVCA assists member clubs with Adult Learn to Curl grants that help fund some of the most successful beginner programs in the country. If you want to try the game next season, just remember this website: justtryit.ovca.com or find us on social media. Don t just sit there just try it! Thanks to our Friends!

13 CURLING.CA/TICKETS Page 13 Five FROM PAGE 12 The five-rock rule is better for curling, more rocks in play, more offence, better for TV, better for the fans and that s what it s all about, right? said skip Chelsea Carey of Calgary. It s better for the curlers too, because even if you give up a big lead you can still come back. It just makes the game more exciting for everyone. It s more stressful for the players, but in a good way if you re the team that s down. It keeps you in the game, keeps you alive. E.J. Harnden, second for the Brad Jacobs team out of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., also prefers the five-rock rule because it keeps more games competitive and forces teams away from playing a defensive game. I think we re at a point now where teams are so close that in the four-rock rule once you get down it s hard to claw your way back. (Five-rock) allows teams to get back into the game. It actually forces the team that s up to be offensive rather than defensive. The players are so good now that the five-rock rule is almost a necessity. You look at games here and even at the Brier last year where there were games 3-2, 4-3, 2-1 that sort of thing, you ll generate a lot more offence. And I think it s more exciting for the fans and the players. The five-rock rule creates more offence because it keeps more rocks in play and prevents teams from peeling guards until after the second has thrown his or her first stone. It s what most of the rinks here play on a weekly basis in the Grand Slam at tour events. It is different, Carey said of the five-rock rule, which can be more stressful for teams playing with the lead. We talk about strategy, little things like your preference whether you re coming home one up without or one down with. In four rock your preference is one up without because stats will Martin FROM PAGE 6 Eventually he joined forces with skip Brendan Bottcher playing lead for a team that won a Canadian university curling title and then represented Canada at the 2013 Winter Universiade in Trentino, Italy where they won bronze. Along the way he s witnessed his pop perform impressively in the Tim Hortons Brier, the Ford Worlds and three other Trials, including 2009 in their hometown of Edmonton when Kevin s squad advanced to Vancouver. I m very comfortable just being around it (curling) all my life, says Martin, 28. It s definitely a little different for me just because I ve been so close to it for so long. (The Trials are) very intense, as a fan, as a curler. It s not the party that the Brier is. It s intense. Everyone is out here to win. That s why you get the best curling here, and I couldn t wait to be part of it, says Martin, who became a father himself three months ago when his wife Brittany gave birth to their son Kayler. Everything tightens up a little bit. I think he (his father), if anyone, is just relaxed in the atmosphere. They try to be the same, but at the same time there s a lot on the line. Just the intensity of the building, I always felt it s a little bit different at the Roar of the Rings. Bottcher, third Darren Moulding, second Brad Thiessen and Martin won the 2017 Alberta men s championship and went on to go 3-8 at the Tim Hortons Brier in St. John s, NL. As the second qualifier at the Tim Hortons Road to the Roar in Summerside, P.E.I., last month, the Bottcher bunch were last in the Roar door. That put them way under the radar which suited them just fine. There s no pressure on us, says Martin while pointing out they also won their last two tour events before the Pre- Trial. (The Pre-Trials) was the perfect test to get us ready for this event. Nothing for this event is anything like it, playing 10 ends of tight, hard-fought games. And the intensity was there for the Pre- Trials. It s definitely an advantage to play in those Pre-Trials if you can get through them. Martin would like to match what his dad did by going to the Olympics. That s what we re here for. Bottcher is 2-3 heading into Thursday s action. More rocks in play means more offence. show you win more games that way. In five-rock rule that s absolutely not true because getting a deuce is so easy. You don t ever want to be one up with if you can avoid it and you play it different. You play hard to steal if you re one up with. And, she said, it changes the throwing habit for seconds. I think Joce (second Jocelyn Peterman) has thrown one draw all week. She s just peeling because she can. But in five-rock rule she can t peel with her first one so the second has to throw a lot more draws in the five-rock rule as well. The last significant event to be played under the four-rock rule in Canada will be the Under-18 boys and girls championships April 9-14 in Saint John, N.B. The five-rock rule is better for curling, more rocks in play, more offence, better for TV, better for fans and that s what it s all about, right? Chelsea Carey Proud Media Sponsor of Connecting You to the Heart of our Valley Communities! Six hyper local newspapers serving the areas of Almonte/Carleton Place, Perth, Smiths Falls, Kemptville, Arnprior and Renfrew Smiths Falls Renfrew

14 Page 14 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings MORNING ROAR Thursday, December 7th, 2017 Ever get the feeling someone is breathing down your neck? SCOREBOARD MEN S STANDINGS W L TEAM KOE 6 0 TEAM McEWEN 4 2 TEAM GUSHUE 4 2 TEAM CARRUTHERS 3 3 TEAM BOTTCHER 2 3 TEAM JACOBS 2 3 TEAM LAYCOCK 2 4 TEAM EPPING 1 4 TEAM MORRIS 1 4 TODAY S SCHEDULE TODAY 9 a.m. Draw A CARRUTHERS vs. JACOBS 2 p.m. Draw B MORRIS vs. KOE; C EPPING vs. BOTTCHER 7 p.m. Draw A GUSHUE vs. LAYCOCK; C JACOBS vs. McEWEN LINESCORES Draw 12 9 a.m Total Team Laycock * x x 4 Team McEwen x x 10 Draw 13 2 p.m. Team Koe * x 6 Team Epping x 4 Team Jacobs * x x 3 Team Bottcher x x 9 Draw 14 7 p.m. Team McEwen * x 3 Team Gushue x 8 Team Morris Team Carruthers * * Last rock

15 CURLING.CA/TICKETS Page 15 WOMEN S STANDINGS W L TEAM CAREY 5 0 TEAM JONES 5 1 TEAM HOMAN 5 1 TEAM McCARVILLE 3 2 TEAM SWEETING 3 3 TEAM SCHEIDEGGER 2 4 TEAM ENGLOT 1 4 TEAM TIPPIN 1 4 TEAM FLAXEY 0 6 TODAY S SCHEDULE TODAY 9 a.m. Draw B ENGLOT vs. FLAXEY 2 p.m. Draw A JONES vs. McCARVILLE; D TIPPIN VS. CAREY 7 p.m. Draw B SWEETING VS. HOMAN; D SCHEIDEGGER vs. ENGLOT SCOREBOARD LINESCORES Draw 12 9 a.m Total Team Scheidegger x 6 Team Sweeting * x 8 Draw 13 2 p.m. Team Carey x 7 Team Jones * x 5 Team Tippin x 6 Team Englot * x 9 Draw 14 7 p.m. Team Homan Team Scheidegger * Team Flaxey * Team McCarville * Last rock Michelle Englot finally hit the win column Wednesday. SILENT AUCTION Launches Today! Join us at Six Pints, in section 106 of the concourse, to bid on amazing prizes generously donated to support youth curling programs across Canada. A Roaring Sweep! Saturday December 9 Held during the third end break of the 7:00 pm game. Amazing things happen when children participate in sport.

16 Page 16 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings MORNING ROAR Thursday, December 7th, Take our Roar of the Rings eye test So, how did you make out identifying the eyes of the various women skips in Wednesday s Morning Roar? Here s who they were: 1. Michelle Englot; 2. Alli Flaxey; 3. Jennifer Jones; 4. Julie Tippin; 5. Casey Scheidegger; 6. Val Sweeting; 7. Rachel Homan; 8. Chelsea Carey; 9. Krista McCarville. Now identify the men. Answers tomorrow. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA