Tankard Times – Sunday, March 1, 2015

And away
we go . . .
Team Canada wins historic first game at the Brier
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A firstTeam Canada
makes debut,
for opens with win
the Brier!
By JOHN KOROBANIK
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Tankard Times Associate Editor
he historical first day at the
2015 Tim Hortons Brier
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remember.
There was a Team Canada playing
for the first time and skip John Morris
of Calgary guided his squad to a hardfought 6-4 win over Reid Carruthers of
Manitoba in Saturday’s opening draw.
“Manitoba’s always tough and Reid
and his squad had a great year,” said
Morris. “We knew they were going to
come out guns ablazin’ and they did.
They outplayed us in the first five
ends but we regrouped and started
finding our game in the second half.”
Morris, who took over last year’s
Sunday, March 1, 2015
Brier winning team after skip Kevin
Koe left to form a new squad, said he,
third Marc Kennedy, second Brent
Laing and lead Ben Hebert began the
game playing tentatively.
“First home Brier for some of
the guys and we just played a little
tentative. We got tricked on the ice
a little but we communicated well,
talked about what the ice and the
draws were doing and got a good
handle on it for the second half.”
This was also the first time there
was pre-qualifying for the three
provinces with the worst records over
the last three Briers. Adam Casey
and his college teammates — third
Josh Barry, second Anson Carmody
and lead Robbie Doherty — are the
youngest team here but they showed
few signs of nervousness in getting
past veteran Bob Smallwood of Yukon
7-6 in 11 ends.
“It’s a big relief to graduate from
the pre-qualifying and move on to the
big roller-coaster I guess,” said an
obviously relieved Casey, at 25 the
youngest skip in this year’s Brier.
Casey lost his first official game
8-7 to Mark Kean of Ontario in an
evening game that featured the two
youngest teams in this Brier. Casey
fell behind 3-1, rallied to tie it, gave
up three in the fifth end and scored
two in the sixth and stole singles in
the seventh and eighth to tie. But
Kean got one in the ninth and then
stole one in the 10th for the win.
The key evening game saw Jim
Cotter of B.C. nip Kevin Koe of Alberta
who won last year’s Brier but gave up
the chance to be Team Canada skip to
form a new rink this season.
Koe almost won the game in
the 10th. Down 7-5, his last-rock
attempted raise takeout had the
potential to count four but two
Alberta stones slid just out of the
house, leaving him two and the tie.
Cotter had an equally difficult shot
in the extra end, an angled, double
raise takeout. He made the raises and
kicked out the Alberta stone but the
B.C. rock kept sliding.
For several agonizing seconds he
and his B.C. team watched helplessly
as that rock slid ever so closely to
the edge of the house before finally
stopping to give them an 8-7 win.
“Hang on, hang on,” Cotter said
he yelled to himself as the stone slid
across the Scotiabank Saddledome ice
in Calgary. “I thought it was going
out, thought we were going to 12.”
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Host city
By PATTI DAWN SWANSSON
Tankard Times Contributor
Ten things to know about Calgary while in
Cowtown for the Brier...
1. Edmonton? Ugh!
There are two rules to being a true
Calgarian. Rule No. 1: Dislike all things
Edmonton. Rule No. 2: Observe Rule No. 1
(with few exceptions).
2. Our man Chong
Stoner comic/actor and Crescent Heights
High School dropout Tommy Chong of Cheech
and Chong fame was born in Edmonton, but
Calgarians don’t hold that against him. In
fact, they embrace him because he spent his
adolescent years in Cowtown.
“All my good memories are in Calgary,”
he once said in an interview. “That’s where I
got rid of my virginity, smoked my first joint, I
grew up there.”
As it happened, though, the mayor of the
day back in the late 1950s, Don MacKay, and
police chief Lawrence Partridge drove Chong
out of town because his band, The Shades,
attracted the wrong kind of crowd and kids
raised too much of a ruckus at their gigs.
Bummer, man.
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things you should know
about visiting Calgary
If you’re here for the Tim Hortons Brier and are
new to the city, here’s what you should know
3. All hail the Ceasar!
Chances are you’ll be bellying up to
the bar at the Brier Patch this week and you
might have a hankering for a Caesar. If so,
you should know that Canada’s most popular
cocktail is the creation of Walter Chell, who
mixed drinks and poured pints for patrons at
the Owl’s Nest Bar in the Calgary Inn (now the
Westin) in 1969.
It took Chell three months to discover the
perfect pinch of this and the proper dash of that,
but his concoction of vodka, Clamato juice, hot
sauce, Worcestershire sauce, celery salt and
freshly ground pepper — all garnished with a
lime wedge and one crisp celery stalk (there are
variations) — is cocktail heaven. At least it is in
the Great White North, where we consume 350
million Caesars each year.
Oddly enough, the Caesar has never
caught on in the United States. You know, just
like good manners, back bacon and curling.
4. Yahoo!
Everyone, of course, has heard of the
Calgary Stampede. Billed as the Greatest
Outdoor Show on Earth, it attracts 1.2 million
folks during the show’s 10-day run. Do the
math. At 120,000 per day, that makes the
He’s easy to spot, though — he’ll be wearing
a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey, usually a circa
1980s Borje Salming or Darryl Sittler job.
7. It’s the law
There remains a law on the books in
Calgary that requires a released prisoner
to be given a hand gun, bullets and a horse
before he hightails it out of town. It is an
outdated law that is no longer exercised.
These days, undesirables are sent packing
at the whims of Calgary Flames general
manager Brad Treliving, usually at the
National Hockey League trade deadline.
8. White Hat Cememony
Calgary has a unique way of welcoming
newcomers to these here parts. It’s called the
White Hat Ceremony, whereby the newbe is
presented with a Smithbilt (please note: it’s a
Smithbilt lid, not a Stetson).
Included in the ceremony is the following
pledge: “I (your name), havin’ visited the only
genuine Western city in Canada, namely
Calgary, and havin’ been duly treated to
exceptional amounts of heart-warmin’, handshakin’, tongue-loosenin’, back-slappin’,
neighbor-lovin’ Western spirit, do solemnly
promise to spread this here brand of
hospitality to all folks and critters who cross
my trail hereafter. On the count of three,
we will all raise our hats and give a loud
‘Yahooooo!’ ”
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Smithbilt are the Dalai Lama, Oprah Winfrey,
Vlad (The Bad) Putin, David Letterman,
George W. Bush, Don Cherry, Bobby Orr,
Pope John Paul II and the Fonz (who looked
really, really dorky in the thing).
9. Sun and more sun
Calgary is home of the Tim Hortons Brier this week.
193-acre Stampede Grounds the third largest
city in Alberta, behind only Calgary and
Edmonton.
5. Check the jeans
Hey, ladies. If y’all plan on coming back
to Cowtown for the Stampede this year,
you’ll notice a whole lot of cowboys roamin’
the streets. Some of them are the real deal.
Others are bogus buckaroos. We’re here
to help, though. There are certain ways to
distinguish fact from faux, one of them being
his jeans. Check him out (yes, from the rear).
If his butt is wrapped in Wranglers, you go girl!
A word of caution before you lasso
yourself a Butch or a Sundance, though: Be
very wary of his “aw shucks, yes ma’am”
manners and charms, because the birth rate
in Calgary spikes around April — exactly nine
months after the Stampede.
6. Bums and creeps
Calgarians, true to the cowboy tradition,
are considered friendly and hospitable folk
and greet most guests with a warm “Howdy,
pardner.” There are exceptions, of course.
More than 30 years after then-mayor Ralph
Klein told eastern “bums and creeps” to get
out of Dodge if they were in town just to rob
banks and mug old folk, that frontier logic still
applies. Mind you, the odd eastern bum and
creep still manages to slip through the cracks.
Calgary is Canada’s sunniest city, with
an average of 2,600 hours of ol’ Sol each
year. The non-sunlight hours, meanwhile, are
known as the “dark hours” or, as the locals
have come to call it, “the NHL season.”
10. Place is for the birds
Calgary is a bird watcher’s paradise,
with more than 270 species flocking to the
Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. It’s believed that
another 270 species are hiding in Lanny
McDonald’s mustache.
Patti Dawn Swansson is a former
Calgary Sun sports columnist who
has fond recollections of playing ball
with Billy Powers, drinking beer and
swapping lies with Eric Bishop, and
developing an enduring appreciation
for country music.
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Sunday, March 1, 2015
A lot of work to put on the Brier show
At the Tim Hortons Brier, we hear the sounds, see the shots and
taste the beers, but have you ever stopped to think what it takes
to put on such a huge event? Gord McNabb, the Brier event
manager, says there are a lot of moving parts and challenges
when it comes to running a nine-day sporting extravaganza.
By AMANDA DUCHEMINSKY
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Gord McNabb has a big job to do in delivering a successful Brier.
Tankard Times Contributor
he Tim Hortons Brier,
presented by SecurTek
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nine-day event that keeps Gord
McNabb busy all year.
Behind the sounds, the
shots and the beer, there is
McNabb, the Brier’s event
manager, and his group of
volunteers working endlessly
to ensure the huge event is a
success year after year. There
are, he says, a lot of moving
parts and challenges.
“Year round we need to be
promoting ticket sales, arranging
transportation and working with
the arena and the facilities to
hold both the curling events and
The Patch.”
He says that most
important event planning
starts with the recruitment of
volunteers.
With the 2015 World
Financial Group Continental
Cup being in Calgary this
January, McNabb boasts that
volunteer support from the
city has been amazing.
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McNabb
FROM PAGE 6
Will Sanders stepped up to volunteer
at the Tim Hortons Brier this year, as
did so many other Calgarians.
“For the Brier we have 610
volunteers. Many of these people
also volunteered for the Continental
Cup. Recruitment of volunteers
was not a challenge at all this
year in Calgary, and we have been
utilizing them all year doing local
promotions.”
The Tim Hortons Brier may be
one of Canadian curling’s most
popular attractions, but the event
itself has so much more to offer.
McNabb admits that this is one of
his constant hurdles.
“As in any sporting event, selling
tickets is the biggest challenge,”
he says. “Making sure the public
understands that there is more to it
than just curling can be tough.”
McNabb says nine days is a
long time to host one event, and
the market for it is changing. For
Calgary it’s no different, especially
since this will be the seventh time
the Brier has been held in the city.
“Calgary and area is curling
country, however it is also a very
busy area with lots to do and
people are very busy with their
lives,” he says. “People just don’t
have the time like they used to,
to attend a full nine-day curling
event.”
This can be a disappointing
reality, but McNabb says it’s all
about a few days of exposure to
make it all worth it.
“We have to make an effort to
attract new people, who may only
attend a few draws, but at the same
time it can be seen as a positive
because we are exposing more
people to Canadian championship
curling.”
To help draw a crowd this
year, the Tim Hortons Brier
is introducing an exciting new
element. For the first time in Brier
history Team Canada is part of the
mix. John Morris and his Calgary
based team got a bye to battle
against Canada’s best provincial
competitors.
Tickets are still available at
curling.ca/tickets or by phone at
1.877.985.2875.
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Making sure
the public
understands
that there is
so much more
to it than just
curling can be
tough.
­— Gord McNabb
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Up Close & Personal
Interviews
For the first time ever, Alberta has two teams in the field for the Tim Hortons
Brier… Team Canada and Team Alberta. Meet Kevin Koe and his fellow
Albertans at the 12:30 pm Up Close and Personal interview.
And, at 5:30 pm, a group of past Canadian champions will take their seats in
the Purple Heart Lounge to answer questions from the crowd.
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5:30 pm Past Champions
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Team Canada’s Nolan Thiessen had fun with some
young admirers at Saturday’s autograph session.
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and his Ontario teammates start it all off at noon, followed at 5 pm, by the 2014
Olympic gold-medal winners, led by Brad Jacobs of Northern Ontario.
Today
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5:00 pm Team Northern Ontario
Team NB
Teams AB & SK
Team NT
Team PEI
Team QC
Team NL
Team BC
Team MB
ALL TEAMS
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with the fans during the Saturday afternoon
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Kirk Muyres greets
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before the Saturday
evening draw. Mitchell
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Desmond Young were
also included in the
Junior Stars trio that were
honourary members of
Team Saskatchewan in the
Scotiabank Saddledome.
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Sunday, March 1, 2015
CURLING QUIZ
1. Calgary had a big impact on the Canadian
sporting landscape in 1948, initially by hosting
Cowtown’s first Brier, then by showing the rest of
the country how to put the “Giddyup and yahoo!”
into Grey Cup week in Toronto. Who won the first
Calgary Brier?
a) Frenchy D’Amour
b) Pierre Boan
c) Serge Laflette
d) Ken Watson
2. Kevin Martin, Randy Ferbey and Kevin Koe
aren’t the only skips from Alberta to have won
multiple Briers. It just seems that way. The first twotime winner from Wild Rose Country was:
a) Ron Northcott
b) Hec Gervais
c) Matt Baldwin
d) Cliff Manahan
3. If Manitoba’s rookie skip Reid Carruthers
makes it to the Brier final on Sunday, he’ll be
wearing his lucky:
a) Boxers
b) Socks
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c) Shoe laces
d) Undershirt
4. True or false: Rick Sawatsky of B.C shot a
perfect 100 per cent in not one, not two, but three
games in the 2014 Brier.
5. Counting this year, Kevin Koe’s Alberta
champions have a combined Brier experience of:
a) 28 years
b) 21 years
c) 12 years
d) 18 years
ANSWERS:
1. Frenchy D’Amour and his team from Trail, B.C.,
emerged as champions at the 1948 Brier with an 8-1
record.
2. Cliff Manahan was Alberta’s first Brier champion
in 1933 and he repeated the feat four years later.
3. We don’t know if Reid Carruthers is a boxer or
a briefs man, but if he plays in Sunday’s final he’ll be
wearing his lucky socks
4. True. Sawatsky was spot-on perfect in three
games.
5. This is the fourth trip to the Brier for Kevin Koe,
sixth for third Marc Kennedy, 10th for second Brent
Laing and eighth for lead Ben Hebert for a total of 28
appearances.
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curling know-how.
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Hodgson really cookin’
Brier rookie wins Hot Shots
By JOHN KOROBANIK
Tankard Times Associate Editor
Colin Hodgson is a chef by
occupation and the young lead from
Manitoba cooked up a winning recipe
Saturday morning to win the 2015
Ford Hot Shots skills competition at
the Scotiabank Saddledome.
Even a hog line violation in the
semifinals and a faulty handle in the final
couldn’t stop the 24-year-old Tim Hortons
Brier rookie who won a two-year lease on
a new Ford F-150 XLT truck.
“I can fit my car in the back of it,”
an excited Hodgson said after beating
another lead, Dallan Muyres of
Saskatchewan, 26-16 in the final. “So
I’m excited . . . I have to calm down
and focus on our first game in about
50 minutes.”
The competition sees players
attempt six different shots — hit and
stay, draw the button, draw a port,
raise, hit-and-roll and double takeout
— earning up to a maximum of five
points for each. Hodgson had perfect
scores on five of the six shots in the
final, missing only the hit-and-roll. He
had the high score of 22 points in the
semifinal, despite a zero on the port
draw.
“Apparently I had a hogline
violation,” he said of the zero. “And then
I did have a handle problem on the last
shot but it worked itself out.”
Muyres, who scored 21 in the
semifinal, was off a touch on each of
his final shots, earning just single
points on the hit-and-roll and double
takeout.
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Zach Eldridge
THIRD
Born: Fredericton
Age: 30
Residence: Fredericton
Family: Single
Nickname: Le Gros
Employment: Owner,
Eldridge Electric Ltd. Years curling:15
First major success
in curling: 2015 N.B.
Tankard Champion
Loves curling because:
Unique game in that it
requires a combination
of mental toughness, physical execution and
calculated strategy to be successful.
Curling would be better if: Let’s get rid of
relegation.
Major curling influence: My father introduced
me to curling at a young age, and has had a
strong influence on the player I am today. Other life interests: Playing just about any
sport or outdoor activity.
New Brunswick
Chris Jeffrey
SECOND
Born: Moncton
Age: 26
Residence: Fredericton
Family: Engaged
Employment: Engineer
Years curling: 16
First major success
in curling: 2007 Junior
Provincial Champion
Loves curling because:
It’s a team sport, every
shot requires all four
people to contribute in making it.
Curling would be better if: There was no
relegation.
Three words that describe him: Supportive,
funny, motivated.
Major curling influence: Jeff Stoughton
Other life interests: Travel, dogs, tennis.
Jérémy Mallais
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Jared Bezanson
LEAD
Born: Kentville, N.S.
Age: 28
Residence: Saint John
Girlfriend: Alicia MacDonald
Nickname: Jarod/Jarodimo
Employment: Sales at
Estey Group
Years curling: 16 years
First major success in
curling: Canada Winter
Games Silver 2003
Loves curling because: It is a team sport
Curling would be better if: Playing numbers
increased
Three words that describe him: Funny, kind, loyal.
Major curling influence: Bob Sherrard
Other life interests: Outdoor activities like
camping, fishing, snowshoeing
Thistle-St. Andrews
Curling Club
Saint John
FIFTH: Jason
Vaughan
COACH: Mark Wood
FACTS
SKIP
Born: Moncton
Age: 26
Residence: Saint John
Family: Married to Sarah with Dog Rocco
Nickname: Skipper, Jere
Employment: Chartered accountant
Years curling: 20
First major success in curling: 2006 Junior
Provincial Champion
Loves curling because: It’s a lifestyle and
something I can do forever.
Curling would be better if: There was no
relegation.
Three words that describe him: Funny, loving
and sometimes cranky.
Major curling influence: My dad Arnold and
aunt Barrie-Anne.
Other life interests: Family and work.
Population: 751,171
Area: 72,908 sq. km
Joined Confereration: 1867
Motto: “Hope restored”
Capital City: Fredericton
Languages Spoken: 65% English, 32% French,
3% other
Economy: Foresty, heavy metals, mixed farming, fishing and service-based business.
NEW BRUNSWICK AT THE BRIER
Last five years:
2014: Jamie Grattan (6-5)
2013: Jamie Grattan (5-6)
2012: Terry Odishaw (5-6)
2011: James Grattan (4-7)
2010: Jamie Graham (3-8)
Last championship — None
Canadian titles — None
World titles — None
Other prominent male curlers from New Brunswick — Russ Howard, Mike Kennedy, Charlie
Sullivan
DID YOU KNOW . . .
n Magnetic Hill, located outside the city lmits of Moncton, is an
optical illusion. Legend has it someone parked their car at the
site and it rolled uphill.
n Saint John is the oldest incorporated city in Canada.
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Sunday, March 1, 2015
INSPIRING
GREATNESS
albertasport.ca
Thank
Thank
You
You
Friends!
Friends!
Val Sweeting (under the O) and the Sociables.
Sweeting delivers
for the Sociables
O
By JOHN KOROBANIK
Tankard Times Associate Editor
ne week after losing in the final of
the Scotties Tournament of Hearts,
Val Sweeting was back in a curling
rink Saturday — this time dressed in a plaid
kilt and having fun as part of The Sociables
fan group.
“I get to wear something different today,”
the skip of Alberta’s women’s curling championship team said of her unusual attire.
“It’s a lot of fun. I joked a bit with some
people (who asked), ‘Oh, are you dressed
up?’ I said, no this is what I wear when I’m
not curling.”
Sweeting and her team out of the Saville
Centre in Edmonton lost the Scotties final
for a second straight year, 6-5 to Olympic
champion Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg. That
was last Sunday in Moose Jaw, Sask. Saturday she was in Calgary cheering on teams
in the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier, presented by
SecurTek Monitoring Solutions.
The Sociables are a group of men and
women who wear different matching outfits
each day at the Brier and liven up the crowd
with various antics, signs and chants.
“They’re such a great group of people,
Hot Shots
FROM PAGE 11
Eight players had advanced out
of Friday’s first round. In Saturday’s
first playoff round, Saskatchewan
third Kirk Muyres, the defending
champion, scored 27 points, Alberta
lead Ben Hebert had 25, Dallan
Muyres 23 and Hodgson 21 to move
into the semifinals.
Three of the semifinalists are
very sociable,” said Sweeting, “It’s been a lot
of fun so far.”
Nathan Woynarski, organizer of the group,
was overjoyed to have the Alberta champion
join the group, even just for the day.
“I think it’s awesome. It actually gives us
some credibility here instead of being a bunch
of goof-offs,” he said. “People think we might
actually be a real legitimate fan base.
“She’s a great addition. She understands
that we love curling and we try to get people
involved. A lot of people in our group have
never really gotten into curling so it’s a great
way to get them involved, teach them and
teach their friends that curling is a great
game to be part of.”
Sweeting met some of the group at a ball
tournament last summer.
“We got each other’s contact information and when we lost out in the Scotties I
contacted one of them, figured I could come
down this weekend,” she said. “So my son
and I made the road trip down. My sister
lives here… she’s babysitting today.
“I got a bit of family time in, then snuck
off to join these guys for the day.”
leads.
“It just shows that leads have to
make shots sometimes, too,” chuckled
Hodgson.
Former champion Marc Kennedy
of Alberta (19), Colton Flasch of
Saskatchewan (20), John Morris of
Team Canada (16) and Brent Laing of
Alberta (19) failed to advance
In the semis Hodgson scored 22,
Dallan Muyres 21, Hebert 20 and
Kirk Muyres 20.
As runner-up Muyres won $2,000
and Hebert took third place and won
$1,000.
2015 Tim Hortons Brier – Tankard Times
Brier
Scoreboard
STANDINGS
B.C. (Cotter)
N.B. (Mallais)
Newf/Lab (Gushue)
N. Ontario (Jacobs)
Ontario (Kean)
Canada (Morris)
Saskatchewan (Laycock)
Alberta (K. Koe)
N.W.T. (J. Koe)
Quebec (Menard)
P.E.I. (Casey)
Manitoba (Carruthers)
SCHEDULE
WL
1
0
1
0
10
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
2
TODAY
8:30 a.m. Draw
B — Ont. vs Que.; C — N. Ontario vs Alt.; D— N/L vs. Can.
1:30 p.m. Draw
A — NL vs. N.W.T.; B — P.E.I. vs. Can.; C — N.B. vs. Que; D— N. Ont. vs. B.C.
6:30 p.m. Draw
A —P.E.I. vs B.C.; B — N.B. vs. Man.; C — N.W.T. vs Sask.; D— Ont. vs. Alta.
LINESCORES
Draw 2
6:30 p.m.
Manitoba (Carruthers)
Saskatchewan (Laycock)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10XE Total
0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 x — 4
*2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 x — 7
B.C. (Cotter)
Alberta (K. Koe) *1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 — 8
0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 — 7
P.E.I. (Casey)
Ontario (Kean)
0 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0
*1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 1
— 7
— 8
NWT (J. Koe)
N.B. Mallais)
0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
*1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2
— 5
— 6
Prequalifying
Thursday
Draw 1
Draw 1
1:30 p.m.
N. Ontario (Jacobs)
Quebec (Menard) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
*0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1
0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
Total
— 7
— 4
Sask. (Laycock)
Newf/Lab. (Gushue)
0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0
*0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3
— 5
— 7
Canada (Morris)
Manitoba (Carruthers)
*0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1
0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
— 6
— 7
*Yukon (Smallwood)
P.E.I. (Casey)
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Pre-qualifying final
1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 — 6
0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 — 7
P.E.I. (Casey)
Yukon (Smallwood)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 x x x
*2 2 0 1 1 1 1 x x x
Total
— 1
— 8
Yukon (Smallwood) Nova Scotia (MacLeod) Friday
Draw 2
0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 x
*2 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 x
— 5
— 9
Nova Scotia (MacLeod) P.E.I. (Casey)
Draw 3
0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 x x — 3
*2 0 1 4 0 2 0 2 x x — 11
* — Last rock
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Sunday, March 1, 2015
Precisely
Put.
Preparation
is the key
Ferbey says check
sked, gets some rest
By JOHN KOROBANIK
Tankard Times Associate Editor
I
When the margin of error is small,
precision wins the game.
John Deere is a proud supporter
of the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier.
JohnDeere.ca
CervusEquipment.com
t was author Robert H. Schuller who
said: Spectacular achievement is
always preceded by unspectacular
preparation.
The 12 teams competing here this
week all prepared for the Tim Hortons
Brier in their own ways, hoping their
planning will help them achieve
success. While today’s curlers obviously
do things differently than those from
years past, there are some constant
factors that will have an impact on
their success of failure.
Randy Ferbey, who played in eight
Brier championships, must have been
a master at preparing as he went on to
win a record-tying four Briers as a skip
and two more as a third. So he knows
what he’s talking about when he points
to factors that helped his Ferbey Four
become so successful.
“We prepared basically from the
start of the year,” the now retired
Ferbey said recently. “You have to
believe you’re going to get to the Brier
to begin with. That was our goal.
Even though the Olympics were in
play it was always my goal to get to
the Brier.”
The Brier is a 10-day challenge that
will test every player’s emotional and
physical abilities, and for that reason,
Ferbey says, it’s important teams have
already planned out their week before
they even got to Calgary.
He would look at the draw as soon
as it was available to figure out when
he and his team could go out for dinner,
when they might have an extra drink
or two, when they could sneak in an
extra nap.
“Those are things that are preplanned before you get to the Brier. The
worst thing you do is, you’re excited
about being there and you have a late
night and you forget you play at eight
in the morning. Yikes, you’re sort of
screwed for the whole week.
“You really have to be aware of when
you play, who you play and where you
are in the standings. Again, there’s
something to be said about having fun
but you have to pick your spots.”
His No. 1 piece of advice for teams
heading to the Brier would be to have
checked the schedule and gone over it
with a fine tooth comb, particularly to
find time to get enough rest between
draws during the long days.
“That was the most important thing
because most of the time that’s when
you get your best rest, between draws.
I remember looking, we play late at
night and eight o’clock in the morning.
I’m going, oh boy we have the whole
afternoon off. I’m already thinking two
days ahead I’m sleeping for two hours
at that time.”
Once at the Brier he found, as
will teams in this year’s event, that
the biggest distractions are outside
influences, particularly from family,
friends, fans and the media.
To deal with family and friends
Ferbey, who also won four of the six
world championships he went to along
with three Canada Cups, assigned
someone to deal with things like
tickets, flights, accommodations, etc.
It’s particularly easy for first-time
teams to get caught up worrying about
family and friends.
“And I get that, you want them
there, but after a while your main focus
has to be on curling and not helping the
family because at the end of the day
they’ll find a way to get in, find ways to
take care of themselves,” Ferbey says.
“The No. 1 thing going into the Brier is
the four individuals who are playing;
worry about the four of you guys.”
Then, of course, there’s the alwaysenthusiastic fans and the media
clambering for “just a minute” of their
time.
“Especially if you’re winning, or close
to the top, everybody wants a piece of
you, media, TV and their demands on
you to go here and there. As much as
you want to accommodate everybody,
sometimes you have to say no.
“It’s hard because you love the
attention. As a first- or second-year
team you love the attention. It’s great
but after a while it begins to grow a
little thin.”