Canadian Olympic athletes and members of the Grey Cup champion

Issue 1 – Thursday, January 8, 2015 • An Official Publication of the Canadian Curling Association.
Ready
to
R CK
Canadian Olympic
athletes and
members of the Grey
Cup champion Calgary
Stampeders were on
hand Wednesday to
help kick off the World
Financial Group
Continental Cup,
presented by SecurTek
Monitoring Solutions,
at the Markin MacPhail
Centre.
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The Continents
Collide in Calgary
The most unique event in the curling world gets
underway today at the Markin MacPhail Centre in
Winsport’s Canada Olympic Park, with a new look
that will appeal to Canadian fans.
The 2015 World Financial Group Continental
Cup, presented by SecurTek Monitoring Solutions,
features 12 of the top teams in the game, competing
in a format fashioned after golf’s legendary Ryder
Cup. And fans will see six Canadian teams on the
ice - three men’s and three women’s - for the first
time in the history of the event.
The inception of the Continental Cup came in
2002 in Regina, when Team North America took
on Team Europe in the inaugural edition of the
international curling classic. The North American
side has traditionally included four Canadian
teams and two from the United States, with three
of each gender taking part. The new all Canadian
twist for 2015 has players and
fans alike looking forward to
four great days of action.
Rachel Homan,
two-time defending Scotties
Tournament of Hearts champion.
Team Canada and Team Europe face off in
a series of disciplines: traditional games, skins
matches, mixed doubles and a skills competition. A
total of 60 points are on the line and the first team
to pass 30 grabs all the glory.
The pride of playing for your country has
special meaning for every athlete in the sporting
world, and two of Canada’s elite curlers readily
attest to that fact.
“I think it’s really exciting that we’ll be there as
Team Canada this time,” said John Morris, who
leads his Calgary-based foursome on home ice.
“We’ve played with some really good American
teams in the past, but let’s face it, Canada leads the
way when it comes to competitive curling.”
“It’s always something special when you’re part
of Team Canada,” said Winnipeg’s Jennifer Jones,
who most recently revelled in the experience at the
2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, where she
won the gold medal. “Another great thing about the
Continental Cup is you’re teammates with players
you always compete against… that’s really a fun
experience.”
As dominant as Canada may be in the sport,
Morris acknowledges the home side will be up
against stiff competition.
“There’s some really good teams out there, right
around the world, and it gets tougher every year.
The fans are going to see some great curling.”
Team Canada also includes 2014 Olympic gold
medallist Brad Jacobs, two-time defending
Scotties Tournament of Hearts champion
Rachel Homan, and the Mike McEwen and
Val Sweeting teams that qualified through
the 2014 Home Hardware Canada Cup,
presented by Meridian Manufacturing.
Team Europe, led by newly crowned European
champion Niklas Edin of Sweden, features Thomas
Ulsrud (Norway), David Murdoch (Scotland),
Margaretha Sigfriddson (Sweden), Eve Muirhead
(Scotland) and Anna Sidorova (Russia),
Every ticket to the event includes complimentary
admission to the Patch, located right next door
in the Joan Snyder Arena, complete with live
entertainment, food and beverages, and interactive
fun for the entire family.
It’s also the setting for a Team Autograph
session and Up Close and Personal interviews,
where fans have the opportunity to meet with the
top curlers in the world.
Social media will have a greatly expanded
presence at the event. “In an effort to increase
the fan experience, both in venue and at home
across the country, we are working hard to develop
creative activities around the curling itself,” said
Chris Dornan, Community Marketing, Game Day
and Social Marketing manager for the Canadian
Curling Association.
The new initiatives will change the way fans
interact with the sport, including the opportunity to
take part in an array
of entertaining
contests. And
curling fans are
going to love it!
“Live it Live”
at the World
Financial Group
Continental Cup.
Tickets, starting
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available online
at curling.ca/
tickets.
Thomas Ulsrud
of Norway, 2014 world
men’s curling champion.
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McEwen Hot!
Alberta curling fans are in for a treat this week
at the World Financial Group Continental Cup,
presented by SecurTek Monitoring Solutions,
because they will get to enjoy watching some of the
best curling teams in the world, all under one roof.
But as a bonus, they are also going to watch one
of the hottest teams. We’re talking blazing hot.
Volcanic hot.
What Winnipeg’s Mike McEwen has
accomplished this season on the cashspiel circuit
has been absolutely mind-boggling. He has been
up against the best teams in the world, event after
event, and has basically blown them away.
So how hot has McEwen and his Winnipeg
foursome (third B.J. Neufeld, second Matt Wozniak
and lead Denni Neufeld) been this season?
Well, the Fort Rouge Curling Club unit has
played in eight events, won six of them, and finished
second in another. They are 48-8 over that stretch,
and have won a whopping $114,000. The team
currently leads both the men’s money list and the
Canadian Team Ranking System.
In short, there has never been a better start to
a curling season, at least not one that has been
recorded.
And in the midst of all that winning has been
one of the most spectacular shots in recent memory,
pulled off by McEwen. He made an eye-popping
double-raise, in-off double to score four in a game
at the Grand Slam Masters in Selkirk, Man. in
November that has had more than 100,000 views on
YouTube. Ironically, it came in one of his few losses
this season.
So how have they done it?
McEwen says his team, which has always been
a force on the cashspiel circuit but has crashed and
burned trying to reach the Tim Hortons Brier, has
hit the “reset button” and started over this year.
“We’ve made some base level changes about how
we approach the game,” he says. “Except for the
four players on the ice, we’ve almost had to remake
our team from the inside. We’ve pretty much ripped
everything else apart.”
McEwen says the lack of mental toughness was
apparent in the Manitoba provincials where his
team hit the wall just when those Purple Hearts
were within reach. The team lost the Manitoba
provincial final four times in five years, and the
burden of not winning in the crunch was beginning
to show with some mental scar tissue.
“We’re one of the most consistent teams in the
world for the past four or five years,” he says, “but
the provincial environment, that all-or-nothingsituation, highlighted some of our weaknesses
that may go unnoticed in the cashspiel season.
There was something missing at crunch time.
“It’s an animal we’ve been trying to
tame.”
The team has no coach at the
moment but does have other
supports. Kyle Paquette, a
psychologist who is available on
an at-large basis through the
Canadian Curling Association, and
trainer Adrian Honish of Effectus
Athlete, have both been working
with the team.
McEwen says in some ways the
team has been reborn under their
guidance.
“He (Paquette) will challenge
your thinking process on
everything, like why do we do
things the way we do things, and
challenge you to get better and not
just within the sport but outside the
sport, in all aspects of life.
“I think we’ve improved with his
help and our trainer’s help, physically and
mentally.”
An obvious change has been the team’s demeanor
on the ice.
“I think we were a little too outcome-oriented
before. I think we’ve learned to handle defeat
better, a little more graciously,” McEwen says.
“We’re much more mentally tougher.”
So what does all this do for the World Financial
Group Continental Cup?
Well, for one thing, it’s an event McEwen’s
team is pumped up to play. They only qualified
for the event after winning the Home Hardware
Canada Cup in Camrose, Alta., and the berth into
the international event was the real prize, not the
points or money.
“I’ll be perfectly honest. Today felt like the final
for us,” McEwen said after his semifinal win in
Camrose, which qualified his team for the World
Financial Group Continental Cup. “Today felt like
the most was on the line. We really wanted that
berth).”
So given McEwen’s track record so far this
season, and his pure joy just to be in Calgary to
play, it looks like the Europeans ought to look out
for the dynamos from Winnipeg this week.
Mike McEwen,
2014 Home Hardware
Canada Cup Champion.
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Welcome
to a Winter Sports Wonderland
It’s going to be an entirely new experience for curling fans during the World
Financial Group Continental Cup at Winsport’s Canada Olympic Park in
Calgary.
The multi-faceted facility is the focal point for athletic excellence in Western
Canada, and right across the country. The complex sits on the site of the
premiere venue during the 1988 Winter Olympic Games, where fans cheered
on the ski jump, bobsleigh and luge events.
Today, it continues to function as a multi-purpose competition, training and
recreation area designed for year-round use by both high performance athletes
and the general public. In the winter months, it hosts almost 300,000 ski
and snowboard enthusiasts each year. In the summer, the park is alive with
zipliners, summer campers and mountain bikers.
In its capacity as a high-performance training centre, the facility represents
a ‘home away from home’ for a number of the best athletes in the country.
There’s a good chance you’ll see some of the biggest stars from world and
Olympic competition going about their daily routines.
The 2015 World Financial Group Continental Cup marks the first time
championship curling has been contested at Canada Olympic Park. And one of
the best curlers in the game is excited to be part of the action when curling is
introduced to the historic sporting centre.
“It’s so cool that we’ll be playing there,” said Calgary’s John Morris, who
skips one of the six Canadian teams competin against Team Europe in a Ryder
Cup-style format on pebbled ice. “It’s one of the best training facilities in
Canada, and around the world. And there’s so much sports history that comes
with it.”
The competition takes place in the Markin MacPhail Centre’s international
size hockey arena. The state-of-the-art complex also includes three more ice
surfaces and one of them, the Joan Snyder Arena, is home to the party in the
Patch.
Right next door, you’ll find the Canada Sports Hall of Fame, honouring
540 of our country’s inducted sports heroes. The award-winning 40,000 sq.
ft. facility features 12 galleries with more than 50 interactive exhibits and a
collection of 95,000 treasured sports artifacts.
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Team Brad Jacobs
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Brad Jacobs lived every athlete’s dream last February, standing atop the
podium for the gold medal presentation at the Sochi Olympic Games.
The 29-year-old skip from Sault Ste. Marie had a breakthrough season in
2013 with a victory at the Tim Hortons Brier. The Canadian title qualified the
Jacobs team for the 2013 Road to the Roar Pre-trials where they advanced to
the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings and earned the right to represent Canada at
the Olympics.
Team Jennifer Jones
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Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
In a remarkable career on the competitive curling scene, Jennifer Jones has
captured virtually every major championship the game has to offer.
The Winnipeg skip has made 10 appearances at the Scotties Tournament of
Hearts, winning the national title four times, along with a gold medal at the
2008 Ford World Women’s Curling Championship. But the biggest win of all
was last season’s gold medal at the 2014 Olympic Games.
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Team John Morris
Team Mike McEwen
Carter Rycroft, John Morris, Nolan Thiessen, Pat Simmons
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Calgary’s John Morris lost the final of the 2014 Tim Hortons Brier to Kevin
Koe, calling the shots for the British Columbia team that had Jim Cotter
throwing fourth stones.
When the season came to a close, Koe left the championship team and
Morris was recruited to take over at the helm. This year, he’ll lead the firstever men’s Team Canada when the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier, presented by
SecurTek Monitoring Solutions, comes to Calgary.
Winnipeg’s Mike McEwen comes into the World Financial Group
Continental Cup as the leader of one of the hottest teams in the game.
A victory over Brad Jacobs in the final of the 2014 Home Hardware Canada
Cup at the beginning of December – qualifying the team for the World
Financial Group Continental – marked the sixth championship celebration in
their first seven starts of this season.
Team Rachel Homan
Team Val Sweeting
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Val Sweeting, Lori Olson-Johns, Dana Ferguson, Rachelle Brown
Rachel Homan will add one more jersey bearing the Maple Leaf to her
curling wardrobe when she takes to the ice at the World Financial Group
Continental Cup.
The 25-year-old skip already has Team Canada uniforms as twotime defending Scotties Tournament of Hearts champion, as well as the
accompanying trips to the world women’s championship. She also represented
Canada at the 2010 World Junior Women’s Curling Championship in Flims,
Switzerland.
Val Sweeting had a breakthrough season last year, even though it ended
with a loss to Rachel Homan in the championship final of the Scotties
Tournament of Hearts.
The Edmonton skip bounced back to defeat Homan in the final of the
2014 Home Hardware Canada Cup, presented by Meridian Manufacturing, to
earn a spot on Team Canada for the World Financial Group Continental Cup.
Live Entertainment
Thursday night:
Trevor Panczak & Rough Stock
Trevor Panczak is steadily gaining a reputation as one of the hottest acts on
Canada’s country music scene. He’ll be on hand to kick off the party in the Patch,
with the support of the Rough Stock Band. It’s the same ensemble that opened for
Tim McGraw at Edmonton’s Rexall Place in July.
Friday night:
The Chevelles
The Chevelles are a longtime favourite of Canadian curling fans. And they’re
back to perform at another Season of Champions event, taking the crowd on a
high-speed ride covering the classic rock sounds of the past several decades. With a
repertoire of more than 200 hits, you know you’re going to hear all your favourites!
Saturday afternoon:
(between draws)
Trevor Panczak
Trevor Panczak returns to the Patch for a solo performance, showcasing his
smooth country sounds and natural ability to make every audience feel right at
home. Born and raised in southern Alberta, the personable musician knows exactly
what entertainment’s all about.
The Chevelles
Right next door to all the excitement of world
championship curling, the Joan Snyder Arena is
the home of the PATCH…a place that’s all about
great music and great fun, including a chance to
meet the athletes during an autograph session and
up close and personal interviews. Every same day
draw ticket is your personal pass to all the fun!
Saturday night:
Suite 33
The festivities in the Patch hit a high note Saturday night with a performance
by Suite 33. Get up and dance to the sounds of these five highly gifted musicians
who have been perfecting their act over the course of hundreds of performances in
venues ranging from Western Canada to Las Vegas.
Sunday afternoon:
(between draws)
DJ K-MAN
You’ll have one last chance to dance when K-MAN pumps out the tunes to close
out a great four days of entertainment. It’s the perfect way to enjoy the break
between the final two draws of the World Financial Group Continental Cup!
Cool Shots
Get in the game for a championship of your own during the daily Cool
Shots competition. You have the chance to shoot for cash prizes, and bragging rights among your friends, in the small-scale version of the roaring
game. Sign up for free in the Patch and you might just wind up with the
Cool Shots crown!
Team Autograph Sessions
Twelve of the best teams in the world, all in one place, and they’ll
be waiting to sign autographs for the fans. Bring out your programs,
shirts and jerseys… or anything else you’d like to take home as a special
memory of the 2015 World Financial Group Continental Cup.
Saturday – 4:30 p.m.
All Teams
Social Media
Stay in touch with all the excitement of the World Financial Group
Continental Cup – whether it’s on the ice at the Markin MacPhail
Centre, or at the party in the Patch. Fans will have the opportunity to
participate in all kinds of interactive activities all week.
Curling Selfie Contest
Show your curling spirit and tweet your curling selfie
to @CCAcurling using the hashtag #curlingselfie
for a chance at some great prizes.
Ask the Expert
Up Close and
Personal Interviews
Have a question? Tonight a member of Team Canada will answering
questions from you - the fans! Tweet @CCAcurling with the hashtag
#asktheexpert during the evening draw. Tomorrow a member of
Team Europe will be ready for your questions.
Show your Canadian Spirit
Tweet us a photo of the best dressed Canadian! Best photos
of the week will win a great prize. #canadianspirit
You’ve watched the greatest curlers in the world from the stands in the arena,
or sitting on your couch in front of the television. But have you ever had the
opportunity to actually talk with them? Here’s your chance at the Up Close
and Personal interviews where you get to ask the questions!
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Friday – 4:30 p.m.
Saturday – 1:00 p.m.
Saturday – 4:30 p.m.
Women’s Team Skips
Men’s Team Skips
Mike and Dawn McEwen
Captains and Coaches
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Team Thomas Ulsrud
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Team Europe
Team Niklas Edin
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergård, Christoffer Svae,
Håvard Vad
Petersson
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Kristian Lindström, Christoffer
Sundgren
In a curling season where so many of the top teams in the world have made
lineup changes on the heels of the 2014 Olympics, Thomas Ulsrud stands out
as a model of consistency.
The Norwegian skip will be leading a team at the World Financial Group
Continental Cup that has played together since 2007, capturing the gold medal
at the 2014 world championship. Although the team finished out of the medal
standings at last year’s Olympics, they won silver at the 2010 Games.
Niklas Edin will be leading a new team for the 2015 World Financial Group
Continental Cup of Curling… and so far everything seems to be working out
just fine. The Swedes are coming off a recent victory at the 2014 European
Curling Championships.
Edin, the bronze medallist at the 2014 Olympics, won the gold medal at the
2013 Ford World Men’s Curling Championship in Victoria. He also has a pair
of prior gold medals from the European championships.
Team Margaretha Sigfriddson
Team Eve Muirhead
Margaretha Sigfridsson,
Maria Prytz,
Christina Bertrup,
Maria
Wennerström
Eve Muirhead,
Anna Sloan,
Vicki Adams,
Sarah Reid
Margaretha Sigfriddson fell to Canada’s Jennifer Jones in the gold-medal
game of the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
It represented one of a number of silver medals the Swedish skip has
earned in her competitive career, including four at the world women’s curling
championship. Sigfriddson won a pair of gold medals at the 2010 and 2013
European Curling Championships.
Eve Muirhead skipped Great Britain to the bronze medal at the 2014 Winter
Olympics at just 23 years of age.
Muirhead was part of four gold-medal teams at the world junior women’s
curling championship between 2007 and 2011. She has also skipped for
Scotland at five world women’s curling championships, winning gold in
2013, and has a gold and three silver medals from the European Curling
Championships.
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Team David Murdoch
David Murdoch, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael
Goodfellow
Over the past decade, David Murdoch has become the most recognizable face
of men’s curling in Scotland, the ancestral home of the roaring game.
He skipped the silver medallists at the 2014 Olympics, losing to Canada’s
Brad Jacobs in the final match. A six-time competitor at the world men’s
curling championship, Murdoch has won a medal every time, including two
each of gold, silver and bronze.
Team Anna Sidorova
This is the moment you see
sport legends come alive.
Anna Sidorova,
Margarita Fomina,
Aleksandra Saitova, E
katerina
Galkina
Anna Sidorova represented Russia four consecutive years at the world junior
women’s curling championship, winning the bronze medal in 2011 and 2012.
She had the honour of competing for the host country at the 2014 Olympics
in Sochi, and later at the 2014 Ford World Women’s Curling Championship,
winning the bronze with a victory over South Korea. It marked the first-ever
medal for Russia at the world women’s championship.
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How the Cup
Will be Won
Three men’s and three women’s teams for each
side compete in four disciplines, with a total of
60 points up for grabs. It means the outcome
of each competition, and possibly even
a single shot at any time, could mean
the difference in deciding the eventual
champions. Here’s how the points tally
up on the road to the World Financial
Group Continental Cup crown:
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gold medallist at the
2014 Olympic Games.
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• Mixed Doubles – (6 points)
Six matches will be played, with one point awarded for a win and a half-point
going to each side for ties.
A male and female player from each side will play five rocks in an eight-end game. One curler
throws first and fifth stones and their teammate delivers two through four. Teams have the
option of changing up the throwing order during the course of the match.
• Singles – (6 points)
All 48 athletes take part in this skills competition featuring six team matchups worth
one point for a win and a half-point for a tie.
Every shooter will face five of the most challenging shots in the game: The Run Through,
Draw the Button, Draw the Port, The Raise, Hit and Roll and Double Takeout.
• Team Competition – (18 points)
This is where the athletes face off in traditional curling games. The three men’s
and women’s teams for both sides will play in eight-end games. Winners earn
one point, with a half-point awarded to each team for a tie.
• Skins – (30 points)
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2013 world women’s
curling champion.
This is where the big points are on the line and the championship
will be decided. Teams play eight-end games in the skins
competition, scoring points by counting two or more
with last rock, or one point or more without.
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Official POINTS
TRACKER
Each day in the Morning Cup, this space is yours to keep track of
points scored on a match-by-match Basis. Tomorrow’s edition will
be updated and ready for you to start all over again.
Thursday, January 8
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Saturday, January 10
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Thursday, January 8, 2015
Seven reasons why Canada
will win the Continental Cup
Picking the winner of any World Financial Group Continental Cup, presented by SecurTek Monitoring Solutions,
shouldn’t be so difficult, since there are only two teams playing. It’s an even-money bet. You could, in fact, flip a coin
and be close to picking a winner.
But it’s tougher than that. These two teams have been evenly matched over the years, with the North Americans
(Canada this year) holding a 6-4 series edge. But some of those matches could have gone either way. Invariably, it’s
too close to call with any certainty. And this one looks like it will be just as competitive.
So some thought is required. Or, instead, seven top-of-the-head reasons why Canada should win one of the most
eagerly anticipated matches at the Markin MacPhail Centre. Here goes.
Why Canada will win
1. Canada has the reigning Olympic men’s and women’s champions in the field. Those are pretty potent weapons to have.
2. The event is played in Canada. The Calgary crowd will be cheering very long and very loudly for the home side. Hey, we
need a break from all that holiday stuff.
3. The Europeans will have to adjust to the time zone in a hurry. That’s an edge. Not a big edge, but an edge nonetheless.
4. Six teams in the top 10 of the Order of Merit (men and women) will be wearing Canadian colours this week. The
Europeans counter with five.
5. The hottest team in the world right now — Winnipeg’s Mike McEwen — is playing for Canada.
6. The North Americans have won the last two events. They have the momentum.
7. The Morning Cup says they will, so there.
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