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Issue 2 – Sunday, March 7, 2010 • An Offi cial Publication of the Canadian Curling Association.

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Right, Newfoundland lead Jamie Korab shares

a chuckle during afternoonaction Saturday, while

Manitoba skip JeffStoughton, above, refines

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Top, Ryan Fry of Newfoundland barks out orders. Above, Steve Howard of New Brunswick tests his vocal cords.

Alberta’s Nolan Thiessen, left, and Carter Rycroft apply the brooms.

Larry WoodTankard Times Editor

The guy they used to call Jimmy The Kid, resulting from

an exciting third-place fi nish at a Calgary Brier in 1997, emerged the only double winner from Satur-day’s opening draws at the 2010 rock concert in the Metro Centre.

New Brunswick’s James Grattan of Oromocto, an Air Canada customer service agent at Frederic-ton airport, followed up on an 8-6 win over home city favourite Ian Fitzner-LeBlanc in the afternoon by drubbing Jamie Koe of Yellowknife 10-3 on the late shift.

It was a long day for four teams that played two games, in addition to Hot Shots and opening ceremonies appearances,

and the grind almost cost Manitoba’s Jeff Stough-ton, a Brier co-favourite, with two losses.

Stoughton was fortunate to escape with a split, battling from behind to edge Jeff Richard of B.C. 8-7 in an extra end before dropping an 8-5 verdict to Brad Jacobs of Northern Ontario later.

Other one-game winners on Saturday were Glenn Howard of Ontario, Brad Gushue of Newfoundland/Labrador, Darrell McKee of Saskatchewan and

Alberta’s Kevin Koe, who also appeared bound to be an upset victim in the af-ternoon until a steal of two in the seventh end enabled the Edmonton team to wriggle off the hook and roll on to a 9-6 win over Jacobs.

“I’m more confi dent going into this Brier than others in which I’ve skipped,” said Grattan, who’s skipping for the fourth time and also put in four appearances at third for Russ Howard.

“Having Steve (Howard) around as a third helps. Third is an important position and the guys I’ve brought here in the past weren’t up to Steve’s stan-

dard. Nothing against those other guys but Steve’s that much better. Third is an important issue and I’m just much more confi dent with Steve in there.”

Steve Howard, of course, is Russ’s 25-year-old son. He and dad and the other members of the current gang of Her-ringchokers played at the Calgary Brier last year as a fi ve-man team.

“It’s nice having him around,” said the 35-year-old Grattan. “He’s just like his old man — in terms of the intensity more than anything. It’s not much different than playing with Russ. Actually, it’s the same except I have Russ

playing third for me now.”Howard thumped

Quebec Brier rookie Serge Reid of Kenogami 8-3 Saturday night while McKee shaded Rod Mac-Donald’s Islanders from Charlottetown 7-6.

Elsewhere in the after-noon, Gushue tripped up Jamie Koe’s Polars 8-5.

“I think experience helped us early in the fi rst game,” said Grattan.

“I think we caught on to the ice quicker than those guys. I remember my fi rst Brier, I was a little unsure of myself. I think the style of game we played back then was tough the fi rst couple of games of that Brier.

“That was the three-rock rule back then, so I wasn’t so sure what I was doing back then. Nowadays you’re trapped into play-ing the fi nesse game when you can’t hit the second rock and execution is everything.”

Grattan got better and better in 1997.

He fi nished 9-4.The young Northern

Ontario crew from Sault Ste. Marie began grap-pling with the toughest opening draw this week-end. Jacobs drew Alberta for openers, then Mani-toba, and plays Ontario this morning at 10:30.

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Curling was never anything like that before.

Curling never saw any-thing like that before.

The curlers of the world, including Canada’s Kevin Martin with gold and Cheryl Bernard with silver

departed a scene this week like they’ll never experi-ence again.

And when it came to a conclusion, many of the curlers were almost in tears that it was over.

“I’m just so sad that it ended like this and we’ll never get to play in front of those raving fans any more,” said Canadian women’s lead Cori Bartel.

It was wild and crazy and terribly uncurling-like from ear-bursting start to the end when John Morris sat in the hack waiting to throw his rock until the crowd had fi nished an impromptu rendition of O Canada.

You could make a case that it all started with a

pair of pants.The jester-like

diamond-patterned pants Thomas Ulsrud’s team showed up wearing against Canada in the fi rst draw of the tourna-ment were festival-like.

The pants became such a huge hit that when Norway’s King Harald arrived at the venue to watch a game, the play-ers presented him with his own pair.

In the end, Ulsrud declared: “I didn’t think these pants were going to lose.”

In addition to the King of Norway, the King of Sweden Carl XVI Gustav, Princess Anne of Great Britain, Prime Minister

Stephen Harper (twice), Carl Lewis, Wayne Gretzky, Kip Keino, Mike Weir and Donald Suther-land also watched games at the venue.

There was Kristie Moore of Grande Prairie becoming the most preg-

nant (fi ve-and-a-half-months) woman ever to compete in the Olympic Winter Games when she was brought in as a substitute for one end.

There was eventual gold medal winner Anette Norberg of Sweden ex-

plaining why they hadn’t had much success since winning gold four years ago in Turin: “Divorces and babies. Two of each.”

There were examina-tions of curlers, men’s curlers, as sex symbols.

“I am never,” insisted Martin, “going to be a sex symbol.”

There was Mirjam Ott of Switzerland, the favourite in the women’s event, crashing and burning with three early losses, battling back with six straight wins and then losing both games in the medal round.

Please see JONES,Page 15

TERRY JONESSun Media Columnist Cheryl Bernard’s fan corps watched the

Calgary rink win Olympic silver in Vancouver.


Nova Scotia: Hot wings, tequila, scallops,and Alex the Not-So-Great

GETTING TO KNOW YOU

Skip: IanFitzner-LeBlanc

Home: HalifaxBegan curling at age: 10Delivery: LeftOccupation/title: Business solutions specialistEmployer: First Canadian TitleDate of birth: August 9, 1984Place of birth: HalifaxMarital status: EngagedSpouse/partner: Anne Marie HoulihanChildren: NoneFavourite food: WingsFavourite drink: BeerCelebrity dream woman: Maria SharapovaMost annoying celebrity: Kanye WestAll-time favourite movie: NoneLast movie he loved: UpLast movie he hated: Last House on the LeftTattooed? NoNever leaves home without: BlackBerryTen ends or eight? Eight endsTiebreakers or no tiebreak-ers? TiebreakersExtra ends or no extra ends? Extra endsCompeted in: 05 Junior Nation-als.

Third: StuartMacLean

Home: DartmouthBegan curling at age: 14Delivery: LeftOccupation/title: Accoun-tantEmployer: Levy, Casey, Carter, MacLean, Chartered AccountantsDate of birth: April 3, 1960Place of birth: OttawaMarital status: MarriedSpouse/partner: CaroleChildren: Caeleigh 19; Kerry 18Favourite food: ScallopsFavourite drink: Keith’s Light or good tequila

Celebrity dream woman: That one with the painted face on all the Halifax Brier adsMost annoying celebrity: Ben MulroneyAll-time favourite movie: Dances With WolvesLast movie he loved: Latest Star TrekLast movie he hated: Try to forget them Tattooed? Not that he’s awareNever leaves home without: Tunes for the carTen ends or eight? Used to be adamant about 10, now ice conditions, etc., make me ready for switch to eightTiebreakers or no tiebreak-ers? TiebreakersExtra ends or no extra ends? Extra endsCompeted in: 85, 88, 93, 94, 05 Briers.

Second: KentSmith

Home: Sheet Harbour, N.S.Began curling at age: 12Delivery: RightOccupation/title: ManagerEmployer: Eastern Shore Cart-ageDate of birth: Dec. 27, 1978Place of birth: HalifaxMarital status: MarriedSpouse/partner: Julia SmithChildren: NoneFavourite food: PizzaFavourite drink: WaterCelebrity dream woman: Julia SmithMost annoying celebrity: Alex Ovechkin All-time favourite movie: Shawshank Redemption; Usual SuspectsLast movie he loved: AvatarLast movie he hated: Couples RetreatTattooed? YesNever leaves home without: American ExpressTen ends or eight? Eight endsTiebreakers or no tiebreak-ers? Tiebreakers

Extra ends or no extra ends? Extra endsCompeted in: No previous record

Lead: PhilipCrowell

Home: LakesideBegan curling at age: 16Delivery: LeftOccupation/title: Systems/Database AnalystEmployer: Medavie EMSDate of birth: March 26, 1978Place of birth: TruroMarital status: MarriedSpouse/partner: StephanieChildren: Nathan (2.5 years)Favourite food: PastaFavourite drink: Amaretto sourCelebrity dream woman: San-dra BullockMost annoying celebrity: Don CherryAll-time favourite movie: Thomas Crown AffairLast movie he loved: Can’t say that I have loved any of them recentlyLast movie he hated: I Love You ManTattooed? No

Never leaves home without: Saying

goodbye to his wife and sonTen ends or eight? Eight endsTiebreakers or no tiebreakers?

Tiebreak-ersExtra ends or no

extra ends?

Extra endsCom-peted in: No previous record

Fifth: MarkRobar

Home: HalifaxBegan curling at age: 12Delivery: RightOccupation/title: Customer service representativeEmployer: TD Canada TrustDate of birth: December 26, 1979Place of birth: HalifaxMarital status: SingleSpouse/partner: NoneChildren: NoneFavourite food: Philly chees-esteakFavourite drink: Chocolate milkCelebrity dream woman: Charlize TheronMost annoying celebrity: Oprah WinfreyAll-time favourite movie: When Harry Met SallyLast movie he loved: District NineLast movie he hated: Aus-traliaTattooed? NoNever leaves home without: Work scheduleTen ends or eight? Ten endsTiebreakers or no tiebreak-ers? TiebreakersExtra ends or no extra ends? Extra endsCompeted in: ’00 Junior Nationals

Coach: DavidMacLellan

Home: BedfordOccupation/title: RetiredEmployer: SelfDate of birth: April 25, 1946Place of birth: Sydney, N.S.Coached/player: Provincial level in Juniors, Scotties, Tan-kard

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apropos, too, because nobody prior to Michael Burns Sr., produced sports photos — and specifi cally curling pho-tos — to match his pictorials for originality.

Most were so unique, in fact, that any still are easily recognizeable as Burns’s work. Unlike some examples of genuine great art, they do not require even a signature.

Burns joined the curling fraternity along about the time the Scotch Whisky As-sociation unveiled the world curling championship, then known as the Scotch Cup.

It fi gured when you consider Burns was born in Edinburgh. His Scottish roots rarely failed to show through even though he immigrated to Canada when he was 11

months old.Much better known as a

horse-racing photog to that point, he was the offi cial cam-era guy for Woodbine and the Ontario Jockey Club in To-ronto throughout his illustri-ous career which spanned 60 years and some change. He started his career in 1943.

But he also became known as the nation’s offi cial curling lensman. And the curling world became a vacant place last month when Michael Francis Donnelly Burns passed away at the age of 84.

Burns was one of the genu-inely nice guys this sport has proffered over the years. He rarely was without a smile. He rarely was without a quip and a kind word.

Back in the old days, a gag-gle of Brier and Silver Broom regulars formed a society known as The Zoo. Mike’s wife Helen was anointed Queen Of the Zoo. Burns was that group’s offi cial photogra-pher, too.

He was the only photogra-pher in history to win three Eclipse Awards for outstand-ing thoroughbred photogra-phy in North America. He also won a record seven Sov-ereign Awards for outstanding thoroughbred photography, his most recent honour arriv-ing just a year ago.

He also was the Canadian government’s offi cial photog-rapher at fi ve editions of the Olympic Games. He fulfi lled copious similar assignments at the Commonwealth Games and Pan-Am Games. He shot

National Hockey League hockey action at Maple Leaf Gardens. He shot auto racing as Mosport in addition to

Indy and Formula One. Canadian athletes of vin-

tage who don’t have a framed Burns photo in their collec-tion of memorabilia number a precious few.

Relative latecomers to curling will know that the guy with the cameras at most Briers and world champion-

ships these days still carries the Burns moniker.

Please see WOOD,Page 15

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LARRY WOODTankard Times Editor

The late Michael Burns Sr., top, was incomparableas a curling photographer, snapping indelible images such as Don Walchuk, above, celebrating Alberta’s 1989 Brier victory.


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B rad Jacobs and his young team from Sault Ste. Marie,

fi nal losers a year ago to Copper Cliff’s Mike Jakubo in the match to decide Northern Ontario’s 2009 Brier rep, made good on the do-over last month at Sudbury.

The 24-year-old Jacobs, who sells home theatres for Future Shop, skipped his crew to a 10-1 record in the North’s 12-team round-robin preliminary before losing 9-8 in an extra-end Page One-Two playoff to Matt Dumon-

telle of Sudbury.Hence, Jacobs was

forced to rebound for a second crack at Dumon-telle by ousting Joe Scharf of Thunder Bay 5-4 in the semi-fi nal. That set up a rematch with Dumontelle which Jacobs handled with relative ease, by a 5-2 count.

Directing third E.J. Harnden, second Ryan Harnden and lead Caleb Flaxey, Jacobs will be playing in his second Brier. He threw last rocks for veteran Al Harnden in 2007 at Hamilton. Harnden is Jacobs’s uncle. The other Harndens and Flaxey played with Eric

Harnden Sr., in 2008 with Jacobs along for the ride as fi fth player.

“We just tried to focus on our performance,” Jacobs told Ben Leeson of the Sudbury Star. “We did lose last year, and I didn’t want to let my guys down in any way again this year. We were hungry, and we played great. We played a

textbook game.”Dumontelle, a one-time

teammate of E.J. and Ryan Harnden and their father Eric, drew the support of a noisy hometown crowd all week.

“Yeah, they were all out there with noisemak-ers and everything,” E.J. Harnden said. “And you could hear pin drop when we made our shots. But we handled it well.”

Added Jacobs: “We shut them up pretty good. We’ve been in circum-stances like that before.”

And probably will be again at the Halifax Brier.

“This is so special,” Jacobs said. “We’re all

related, we have two brothers and a cousin here. There’s a lot of family

love. Our uncles were here for us. Coming into men’s curling, they helped us get ready to play on our own. That was the goal, for them to teach us.”

Following round-robin activity, Dumontelle was 8-3, Scharf 7-4 and teams skipped by John Salo of Geraldton, Mike Assad, Bryan Burgess and Art Lappalainen of Thunder Bay fi nished jammed at 6-5. In the end, Jacobs was 11-2, Dumontelle 9-3, Scharf 8-5, Assad 8-6, Burgess 7-6, Salo and Lappalainen 6-6. Trailing was former champion Tim Phillips of Sudbury with a 5-6 logbook.

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1935: Ontario ham-mered Alberta 15-8 in the morning draw to clinch the championship with one round to go. The Ontario team featured three brothers, includ-ing skip Gord Campbell, along with brothers Dunc at lead, and Don at third. Gord Coates rounded out the team at second.

1940: A then-record Macdonald’s Brier

crowd of 5,000 jammed every seat in the Win-nipeg Amphitheatre on the fi nal night of play to watch Howard Wood’s Manitoba entry beat Cliff Manahan’s Alberta team 17-11 and clinch Manitoba’s ninth Canadian men’s curling championship.

1951: With Halifax hosting its fi rst-ever Brier, Nova Scotia’s Don Oyler rink did not disap-point, scoring the last nine points to manhandle Manitoba 16-6 in the morning round. In the afternoon draw, Nova Scotia beat Northern Ontario 9-5, and headed into Day Three at the top of the standings with a 4-0 record.

1958: Thirty-one-year old Matt Baldwin, after missing the fi nal round-

robin game due to fl u, skipped Alberta to a 10-6 sudden-death champion-ship playoff win over Terry Braunstein’s Mani-toba quartet. It was to be Baldwin’s last of three Brier titles.

1966: The 37th Cana-dian men’s curling cham-pionship was launched at the Halifax Forum. Vic Snarr’s Nova Scotia entry got off to a great start beating Northern Ontario 7-6 in the opening draw, on its way to a 7-3 record and third place in the fi nal standings.

1969: Skipping his fi nal Brier game, Ron “Owl” Northcott led Alberta to a 9-8 win over Saskatch-ewan in Oshawa.

See ROBERTS,Page 14

THIS DATE IN BRIER HISTORY

Final win marksswan song forAlberta’s Owl

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on stage

There’s No Shame Tonight in the Patch

Looking for a rockin’ good time filled with the kind of music that takes the party on a wild ride? If the answer is “yes” – and you wouldn’t be at a Halifax Brier if it wasn’t - you’d better be in Keith’s Patch at 11:00 pm!

When Shameless hits the stage, the party in the Patch heads straight to a new level. They’re known as one of Atlantic Canada’s most accomplished cover bands – in fact, they were awarded that title for five consecutive years.

The group, consisting of Shawn Birt, Chris McIsaac, Ted MacDonald and Glen MacIsaac, plays over 200 shows a year. But you can be sure, one of their best of the year will be here at the 2010 Tim Hortons Brier!

McGinty Sets Sail TonightIn a career that spans more than three decades of traditional Maritime music, McGinty has firmly established a reputation as a mainstay of the East Coast cultural scene. Tonight at 6:15 pm, they’re bringing the tradition to Keith’s Patch.

McGinty has shared the stage with many folk music legends including Liam Clancy, Tom Paxton, John Prine, the Chieftains and the Kingston Trio. And, with a knack for transforming longstanding standards into energetic romps or melancholy ballads, they’ve charmed audiences around Canada, the United States and across the Atlantic.

In the words of a reviewer from Perth, Scotland – coincidentally, the birthplace of the roaring game – “like the sturdy ships they often sing about, the Halifax based trio has weathered it all… the band is still performing those indestructible good-time tunes that have been the foundation of their longevity.”

The good ship McGinty will be at full sail tonight in the Patch!

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Maritime Flags Signal Fans at the Halifax Brier!Maritime signal flags have been in use since the mid-1800’s for communication between ships at sea. In 2010, they’ll be part of the Tim Hortons Brier.

In the four corners of the ice surface in the Halifax Metro Centre you’ll see attractive “floral flags”. See if you can decipher the words being signaled!

For the land-based fans in the crowd, here’s a brief guide to help you understand the signals that are being relayed from ice level.

The competition gets under way tomorrow in the Cool Curling challenge with great prizes on the line, including cool cash - $500 for first, $250 for second and $150 for third.

Cool Curling is the tabletop version of the roaring game that’s become a major highlight of the Patch. The competition starts at noon tomorrow for the qualifying round which carries on through Thursday.

Eight qualifiers will be determined each of the four days to move on to the Friday playdowns. At the end of the day we’ll decide the final eight teams that will hit the tables Saturday in the Championship round.

Think you’ve got what it takes to rule the cool? Just drop in to the Patch to register.

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The Veteran Meets the RookieToday – 6:30 pmPrince Edward Island’s Rod MacDonald successfully defended his 2009 championship with an undefeated run through the provincial playdowns. The victory resulted in MacDonald’s seventh trip to the Brier.

At the other end of the spectrum, Quebec’s Serge Reid surprised many with an extra-end win over former provincial champion Martin Ferland to move on to his very first Brier appearance.

At 6:30 pm the two will sit down together, with their teammates, in the Purple Heart Lounge for the Up Close and Personal interview session. It’s a great opportunity to compare the views from two distinct perspectives.

MacDonald will be accompanied by teammates Kevin Champion, Mark O’Rourke and Andrew Robinson, while Reid is joined by fellow rookies Francois Gionest, Simon Collin and Steeve Villeneuve.

Come out and meet the curlers – they’ll be signing autographs in the Purple Heart Lounge today until Thursday.

Today 2 pm Northern Ontario 6:30 pm Saskatchewan

Monday, March 8 2 pm British Columbia 6:30 pm Manitoba

Tuesday, March 9 2 pm Northwest Territories/Yukon 6:30 pm Quebec & Prince Edward Island

Wednesday, March 10 2 pm Ontario 6:30 pm Nova Scotia

Thursday, March 11 2 pm Alberta & Newfoundland/ Labrador 6:30 pm New Brunswick

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Twenty-four Nova Scotia junior curlers were selected by a random draw to an honorary

position with a Tim Hortons Brier team. The junior stars receive:

• the opportunity to participate in one practice with the team

• introduction and march with the curlers in a pre-game ceremony

• 3 tickets to one of the team’s round robin games• a gift package from the host committee

Today’s feature stars are:

Team Saskatchewan • 3:00 pm

Jacob Rowsell • ChesterTaryn Roy • Bluenose (New Glasgow)

Team Alberta • 7:30 pm

Ryan Abraham • MayflowerKatelyn Nicholl • CFB Halifax

The 50/50 draws for the 2010 Tim Hortons Brier are based on the electronic system used at Saskatoon’s recent World Junior Hockey Championships – where five-figure payouts were standard, and the winning ticket for the gold medal game was nearly $150,000!

The new process allows fans to view real time pool updates on the video screen in the Halifax Metro Centre and Keith’s Patch. A 50/50 prize will be awarded for each Brier draw.

Here’s how it works: • four purchase outlets will be located in the Metro Centre and one outside

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eating his dustLarry WoodTankard Times Editor

Glenn Howard set the trend early Saturday in the

Ford Hot Shots skills showdown at the Metro Centre.

Playing in the quarter-fi nal round, the On-tario skip contributed a 26-point performance out of a possible 30, four points better than any other competitor, and gave an indication he’d be tough to keep out of the driver’s seat of the top-prize, a 2010 Ford Taurus SEL FWD.

And that indication proved to be correct.

Howard bounced back in the semifi nals to score within one point of Sas-katoon’s Darrell McKee who aced the last-rock double for a 24-23 edge.

But Howard prevailed 21-19 in the fi nal and had it wrapped it up before he missed a last-rock double.

The win was the second straight for a member of the Ontario champs. Lead Craig Savill won the two-year lease on the car last year. “I told Glenn before the start to do the same thing that I did and just black out,” quipped Savill. “I didn’t remem-ber a thing.”

Savill still is driving his prize but hasn’t “picked up the boys yet” even though “we’ve driven in it a few times.”

Howard, who specu-lated he’d be dumping his Nissan Maxima in favour of “going to a domesticar now,” added “it’s a team sport so my teammates will be getting some sort of cut of this for sure.”

Howard said the team made a “little fi nancial ar-rangement and Craig kept the car last year. Hey, it’s a beautiful-looking car and it’s a fantastic event and it’s obviously great for the players to go out and throw some rocks and make some qual-ity shots,” said Howard. “It’s a real boost to this competition. It’s a great vehicle for this. Kudos to Ford for their support.”

Told that Scotties Hot Shots winner Amber Hol-land of Regina said she’d be the team’s designated driver for next season, Howard, who lives in Midland, guffawed.

“I defi nitely won’t be driving around Ontario picking up the boys for every event,” he said. “Five-and-a-half hours to pick up Craig Savill (lives in Ottawa)? Not happen-ing.”

The pre-event shotmak-ing competition, involv-ing all 48 Brier starters, requires curlers to execute six shots: Hit-and-stay, draw-the-button, draw-the-port, raise, hit-and-roll and double-takeout.

McKee won $2,000 second prize, while Nova Scotia skip Ian Fitzner-LeBlanc won $1,000 for third place.

Peter Bowditch, Atlantic district manager with Ford of Canada, hands the keys over to Ford Hot Shots winner Glenn Howard.

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Northcott retired with six Brier appearances, three titles, 40 wins as a skip, and a superlative .784 winning percentage.

1975: Despite losing its last game 8-6 to British Columbia, and appearing in the Brier for the fi rst time, the Territories fi nish with a sterling 8-3 record and second place. Skipped by Don Twa and hailing from Whitehorse, the team was the fi rst non-provin-cial Brier entry since the Montreal and Toronto city teams of the 1920s and 1930s.

1982: The fi rst Brier Patch was unveiled by Don Pottinger’s organiz-ing committee at Brandon and has been a feature of every Brier since. The Brier’s offi cial “meeting place” has steadily in-creased in popularity over the years, and is now used as a model at other Season

of Champions events.1997: Manitoba became

the fi rst province to win 500 games in Brier com-petition, as Vic Peters led

his team to a 7-2 decision over Quebec in a fourth-round matchup. Alberta has since gone on to pass Manitoba in aggregate wins with 587 wins versus Manitoba’s 580 going into the 2010 championship.

2009: The 80th Brier opened at Calgary’s Pen-growth Saddledome, and marked the sixth time the Canadian men’s curling championship has been staged in Calgary. Only Toronto has hosted the championship more often. Calgary also became the fi rst city to have held the Brier under four title sponsors — Macdonald Tobacco, Labatt Brewer-ies, Nokia and, for the past six years, Tim Hortons, Canada’s largest quick-service coffee chain.

(Alex Roberts isa freelance writerbased in Halifax)

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ROBERTS:’Tobanshit 500

Kevin Martin won the 80th Brier, held atCalgary in 2009.

“I’d rather have them early than late when they’re hot and they know the ice,” skip Jacobs said.

“We’ve talked about it. We can’t get down over these fi rst three, regardless of what happens.

“They’re three of the four toughest teams here but we believe in ourselves.”

“That was a much better performance,” he said of his team’s evening win, sparked a four-ender in the second end. “My guys made some huge shots to keep things clean.”

In the afternoon, the Soo crew blew a 5-3 halftime lead.

“I missed a runback, they got their deuce, we had a horrible next end, and went into the tank,”

explained Jacobs.It wasn’t a patented day at

the Brier for Stoughton, who is playing in his eighth Big One.

“You see that at the Brier across the board,” he said. “Everybody’s getting comfortable with the ice. Everybody’s getting more comfortable where you put the broom for hits, peels and draws. You have to fi gure to get more misses than expected.”

“What are you going to do?” he addded, referring to the four-point defi cit.

“You can’t get that upset about it. We got back into it right up until the ninth end and we had some fun out there.

“It’s a long week and you have to have fun out there.”


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Look for insider’s tips every day during the Brier and visit us at the novascotia.com booth. And for more ideas on how to make the most of your vacation, visit novascotia.com/brier or follow us at twitter.com/cynatnovascotia.

There was co-favourite Da-vid Murdoch of Great Britain, the defending world champion with a four-game winning streak against Martin, not even making it to the medal round.

There were the American teams, on an avalanche of pre-Games publicity includ-ing stops on the late night talk shows and even The Simpsons dedicating a show to the sport, both

having horrible Olympics. The coaches even benched

skip John Shuster for a game.There was fl amboyant

Niklas (Tin Cup) Edin of Sweden and his quad-takeout in the bronze medal game and his spectacular misses against Martin in the semi-fi nal and giving the bronze away to Switzerland as well despite landing the quad.

No missed shots came close to being as memorable, however, as the misses by Bernard in the 10th and 11th ends of the women’s gold medal game.

With gold on the line after Norberg had twice missed spectacularly to give the gold away earlier in the game, the Calgary curler twice missed routine shots to win it.

Unknown to those of us on the scene, the curling was be-ing shown on the scoreboard at G.M. Place prior to the

Canada-Slovakia hockey game and the groans on her misses there were even louder than they were at the scene of the crime.

A total of 7.5 million watched women’s curling in Canada alone.

Curling was never anything like that before. Curling never saw anything like that before.

It was . . . ballistic!

(Jones is a sports columnist for Sun Media)

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JONES WOOD GANGMichael Burns Jr., took over

both the national curling and Ontario horse racing positions on his own in 1995.

The elder Burns is a member of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame, the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame and the Etobicoke Sports Hall of Fame.

Among other things, Burns made a signifi cant donation of more than 30,000 negatives to Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame. Capturing more than 30 differ-ent sports from the late 1940s to the present, these photos are available for viewing on a section of the Hall’s website — The Michael Burns Photog-raphy Collection.

It’s an impressive anthol-ogy that’s worth far more than brief inspection. It’s a memo-rial worthy of a life of value and distinction.

Skip:Jamie Koe

Home: YellowknifeBegan curling at age: 12Delivery: RightOccupation/title: Senior FMB AnalystEmployer: Government of the Northwest TerritoriesDate of birth: November 3, 1977Place of birth: YellowknifeMarital status: MarriedSpouse/partner: Chris Children: Niklaas (4), Peyton (2)Favourite food: Just foodFavourite drink: 17 Bud LightsCelebrity dream woman: Mary-Anne Arsenault Most annoying celebrity: Jamie “Brokeback” KorabAll-time favourite movie: Old School Last movie he loved: The Hangover

Last movie he hated: A Real Hangover Tattooed? NeverNever leaves home without: BlackBerryTen ends or eight? 10 endsTiebreakers or no tiebreak-ers? TiebreakersExtra ends or no extra ends? Shotgun beersCompeted in: 94, 95, 96, 97, 98 Junior Nationals, 06, 07, 09 Bri-ers, 99, 05, 06 Mixed Nationals

Third: KevinWhitehead

Home: YellowknifeBegan curling at age: 12Delivery: RightOccupation/title: Client service managerEmployer: Government of the Northwest TerritoriesDate of birth: June 17, 1978Place of birth: Red Lake, Ont.Marital status: MarriedSpouse/partner: GillianChildren: River (1)Favourite food: PerogiesFavourite drink: Look-ing forward to his first Keith’s WhiteCelebrity dream woman: GillianMost annoying celeb-

rity: Conan O’BrienAll-time favourite movie: Tin CupLast movie he loved: The HangoverLast movie he hated: Hasn’t seen a bad one in a whileTattooed? YesNever leaves home without: Giving the little guy a kissTen ends or eight? Eight, for sureTiebreakers or no tiebreak-ers? Depends . . . did he make the tiebreakers?Extra ends or no extra ends? Good question, can we go to a shootout?Competed in: 94, 95, 96, 97, 98 Junior Nationals, 06, 07 Bri-ers

Second: BradChorostkowski

Home: YellowknifeBegan curling at age: 13Delivery: Right

Occupation/title: Plumber, business owner

Employer: J&R MechanicalDate of birth: September 5, 1973Place of birth: YellowknifeMarital status:

Married

Spouse/partner: Christina Children: Kalley (2), Brynn (9 months)Favourite food: SteakFavourite drink: BeerCelebrity dream woman: His wife is not a celebrity but he only dreams of herMost annoying celebrity: Again, my wife is not a celebrity!All-time favourite movie: Top GunLast movie he loved: NoneLast movie he hated: NoneTattooed? NoNever leaves home without: CellphoneTen ends or eight? Undecided Tiebreakers or no tiebreak-ers? TiebreakersExtra ends or no extra ends? Extra endCompeted in: 98, 01, 06, 07, 09 Briers, 05 Mixed Nationals

Lead:Martin Gavin

Home: YellowknifeBegan curling at age: 17Delivery: RightOccupation/title: Environmen-tal remediation engineerEmployer: Indian and Northern Affairs, CanadaDate of birth: October 4, 1966Place of birth: HalifaxMarital status: MarriedSpouse/partner: JoanChildren: Jimmy (13), Annie (5)Favourite food: Pizza Pizza, he so misses PizzaFavourite drink: Rum & Diet Coke, big glass, lots of ice, double pleaseCelebrity dream woman: Nicole KidmanMost annoying celebrity: Jon Bon Jovi . . . all the girls love him too muchAll-time favourite movie: The WarriorsLast movie he loved: Pelham 123Last movie he hated: GI JoeTattooed: Gosh, noNever leaves home without:

Drumsticks, BlackBerry and VisaTen ends or eight? 10 endsTiebreakers or no tiebreak-ers? TiebreakersExtra ends or no extra ends? Extra endsCompeted in: 09 Brier.

Fifth: JonSolberg

Home: WhitehorseBegan curling at age: 13Delivery: RightOccupation/title: Business mgrEmployer: Whitehorse Curling ClubDate of birth: July 20, 1971Place of birth: VictoriaMarital status: MarriedSpouse/partner: TanyaChildren: Aaron ‘The Bruiser’ (9 months)Favourite food: SteakFavourite drink: GreyhoundCelebrity dream woman: Won’t fall for that!Most annoying celebrity: Brit-ney SpearsAll-time favourite movie: Bourne IdentityLast movie he loved: Doesn’t knowLast movie he hated: Doesn’t knowTattooed? NopeNever leaves home without: Toque and mittsTen ends or eight? 10 endsTiebreakers or no tiebreak-ers? TiebreakersExtra ends or no extra ends? Extra endsCompeted in: 02, 05, 09 Briers

Coach: Terry SheaHome: Harbour Grace, NLOccupation/title: Ice technicianEmployer: Yellowknife Curling CentreDate of birth: June 25, 1962 Place of birth: Carbonear, NLCoached/player: One-time provincial junior champion; coached 2009 Brier

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GETTING TO KNOW YOU

Last movie he loved: The Hangover

Place of birth: Red Lake, Ont.Marital status: MarriedSpouse/partner: GillianChildren: River (1)Favourite food: PerogiesFavourite drink: Look-ing forward to his first Keith’s WhiteCelebrity dreamwoman: GillianMost annoying celeb-

Home: YellowknifeBegan curling at age: 13Delivery: Right

Occupation/title: Plumber, business owner

Employer: J&R MechanicalDate of birth: September 5, 1973Place of birth:YellowknifeMarital status:

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Nova Scotia.3. And their positions in which Brier years?4. One other Brier curler who played three positions was a Nova Scotia rep for two of them and played for another province play-ing yet another position. Name him.

5. He played which positions in which years for Nova Scotia?6. He played which position in which year for which other prov-ince?7. Who skipped that team?8. Who recorded the best record ever turned

in by the skip of a Ter-ritories representative?9. Where was he from and what was the year of the championship?10. How many wins?11. Eighteen teams in the history of the Canadian men’s curl-ing championship have been held winless.

Name the first and last skips to be blanked, their provinces/ter-ritories and in which years?12. One skip has twice gone winless at the Brier. Name him, the years and his home curling club.13. Which province/ territory has sent the

most winless teams to the Brier. How many?14. Starting in 2010 and moving backward, name the curler (or curlers) in the current Brier field who boast (boasts) more con-secutive Briers appear-ances than anyone else in the field and, of course, how many?QofD: Pierre Charette.

1. Quebec in 1989-93-96-97-98-99-07.2. Tom Fetterly, Bob Margeson, Ralph Sim-mons.3. Fetterly — second 1974, third 1981, lead

1998-99-01; Margeson — second 1969, lead 1973, third 1975; Sim-mons — second 1950, third 1953, skip 1957.4. Lowell Goulden5. Lead 1978, skip 1982, 1997

6. Third for British Columbia in 1980.7. Tim Horrigan.8. Don Twa.9. Whitehorse, 1975.10. Eight wins.11. Bill Hutchinson of Montreal was blanked

in 1928, Rob Gordon of Haileybury was blanked in 2006.12. Steve Moss of Yel-lowknife in 2001 and ‘05.13. Quebec, six win-less teams.14. Kevin Champion, six.

Larry WoodTankard Times Editor

QUESTION OF THE DAY:Only one player in Brier history has played all four posi-tions on a team at the Brier. That’s skip, third, second and lead. That player was?

1. He played for which province in which years?2. A total of 32 play-ers have played three positions at the Brier. Name any Nova Scotians who played three positions for

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2010 BRIER CUMULATIVE STATS

SkipsName % ageDarrell McKee (Saskatchewan) 98Rod MacDonald (P.E.I.) 84James Grattan (N.B.) 83Kevin Koe (Alberta) 82Brad Jacobs (N. Ontario) 77Glenn Howard (Ontario) 77Brad Gushue (Nfl d/Labrador) 75Jeff Stoughton (Manitoba) 72Jeff Richard (B.C.) 71Jamie Koe (NWT/Yukon) 66Serge Reid (Quebec) 55Ian Fitzner-LeBlanc (N.S.) 53

SecondsName % ageRyan Fry (Nfl d/Labrador) 89Roger Korte (Saskatchewan) 89Ryan Harnden (N. Ontario) 85Carter Rycroft (Alberta) 85Mark O’Rourke (P.E.I.) 85Brent Laing (Ontario) 84Brad Chorostkowski (NWT/Yukon) 83Rob Fowler (Manitoba) 82Jason Vaughan (N.B.) 81Kent Smith (N.S.) 81Tyler Orme (B.C.) 70Simon Collin (Quebec) 66

ThirdsName % ageE.J. Harnden (N. Ontario) 89Kevin Champion (P.E.I.) 89Steven Howard (N.B.) 88Richard Hart (Ontario) 88Bruce Korte (Saskatchewan) 86Blake MacDonald (Alberta) 83Kevin Park (Manitoba) 80Stuart MacLean (N.S.) 79Francois Gionest (Quebec) 78Tom Shypitka (B.C.) 76Kevin Whitehead (NWT/Yukon) 74Mark Nichols (Nfl d/Labrador) 71

LeadsName % agePhil Crowell (N.S.) 94Andrew Robinson (P.E.I.) 91Jamie Korab (Nfl d/Labrador) 90Nolan Thiessen (Alberta) 88Steve Gould (Manitoba) 87Martin Gavin (NWT/Yukon) 81Caleb Flaxey (N. Ontario) 78Craig Savill (Ontario) 78Chris Anderson (B.C.) 74Rob Markowsky (Saskatchewan) 74Peter Case (N.B.) 73Steeve Villeneuve (Quebec) 72

TeamsProvince % ageSaskatchewan (McKee) 87P.E.I. (MacDonald) 87Alberta (K. Koe) 84N. Ontario (Jacobs) 82Ontario (Howard) 82New Brunswick (Grattan) 81

Province % ageNfl d/Labrador (Gushue) 81Manitoba (Stoughton) 80Nova Scotia (Fitzner-LeBlanc) 77NWT/Yukon (J. Koe) 76British Columbia (Richard) 73Quebec (Reid) 68

(through Saturday’s draws)

Tiebreakers PlayoffsFriday, March 12

One draw — 3 p.m.Two draws — 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.Three draws — 10:30 a.m.,3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Friday, March 12

7:30 p.m. — Page Playoff 1-2 game

Saturday,March 13

Noon — Page

Playoff 3-4 game7:30 p.m. — Semifi nal

Sunday,March 14

8 p.m. — Champi-onship fi nal


2010 TIM HORTONS BRIER SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

Today

Draw 3 (10:30 a.m.)Ontario vs. Northern OntarioManitoba vs. P.E.I.Quebec vs. TerritoriesSaskatchewan vs. New Brunswick

Draw 4 (3 p.m.)Nova Scotia vs. QuebecNewfoundland/Labrador vs. Sas-katchewanB.C. vs. OntarioP.E.I. vs. Alberta

Draw 5 (7:30 p.m.)Newfoundland/Labrador vs. AlbertaNorthern Ontario vs. TerritoriesNew Brunswick vs. ManitobaNova Scotia vs. B.C.

Monday

Draw 6 (10:30 a.m.)British Columbia vs. AlbertaNova Scotia vs. Nfl d/Labrador

Draw 7 (3 p.m)N. Ontario vs. SaskatchewanOntario vs. New BrunswickTerritories vs. P.E.I.Manitoba vs. Quebec

Draw 8 (7:30 p.m.)Ontario vs. Nova ScotiaP.E.I. vs. Newfoundland/LabradorQuebec vs. B.C.Alberta vs. Saskatchewan

Tuesday

Draw 9 (10:30 a.m.)Territories vs. ManitobaSaskatchewan vs. QuebecN. Ontario vs. New BrunswickOntario vs. P.E.I.

Draw 10 (3 p.m.)Quebec vs. P.E.I.Alberta vs. Nova ScotiaOntario vs. SaskatchewanB.C. vs. Newfoundland/Labrador

Draw 11 (7:30 p.m.)New Brunswick vs. Nfl d/LabradorNorthern Ontario vs. B.C.Manitoba vs. AlbertaNova Scotia vs. Territories

Wednesday

Draw 12 (10:30 a.m)Saskatchewan vs. B.C.Nfl d/Labrador vs. Ontario

P.E.I. vs. Nova ScotiaQuebec vs. Alberta

Draw 13 (3 p.m.)Nova Scotia vs. Northern OntarioNew Brunswick vs. AlbertaB.C. vs. TerritoriesNfl d/Labrador vs. Manitoba

Draw 14 (7:30 p.m.)Manitoba vs. OntarioTerritories vs. SaskatchewanNew Brunswick vs. QuebecP.E.I. vs. Northern Ontario

Thursday

Draw 15 (10:30 a.m)Alberta vs. TerritoriesNova Scotia vs. ManitobaNfl d/Labrador vs. Northern OntarioNew Brunswick vs. B.C.

Draw 16 (3 p.m.)P.E.I. vs. New BrunswickQuebec vs. Northern OntarioSaskatchewan vs. ManitobaTerritories vs. Ontario

Draw 17 (7:30 p.m.)Nfl d/Labrador vs. QuebecB.C. vs. P.E.I.; Alberta vs. Ontario;Saskatchewan vs. Nova Scotia

Standings(through Saturday’s draws)

Draw 1 Results 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 TB.C.* 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 7Manitoba 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 8%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamB.C. 74 70 76 71 73Manitoba 86 75 77 76 79

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TNew Brunswick* 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 x 8Nova Scotia 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 x 6%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamNew Brunswick 75 84 91 83 83Nova Scotia 94 81 79 53 77

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TAlberta* 2 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 x 9N. Ontario 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 x 6%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamAlberta 88 85 83 82 84N. Ontario 86 80 86 76 82

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TNWT/Yukon 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 x 5Nfl d/Labrador* 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 x 8%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamNWT/Yukon 86 86 66 83 80Nfl d/Labrador 90 89 71 75 81

Draw 2 Results 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TNWT/Yukon 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 x x 3New Brunswick* 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 x x 10%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamNWT/Yukon 73 80 83 47 71New Brunswick 70 77 83 83 78

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TQuebec* 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 x x 3Ontario 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 x x 8%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamQuebec 72 66 78 55 68Ontario 78 84 88 77 82

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TP.E.I.* 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 6Saskatchewan 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 7%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamP.E.I. 91 85 89 84 87Saskatchewan 74 89 86 98 87

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TN. Ontario* 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 x 8Manitoba 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 x 5%age Lead Second Third Skip TeamN. Ontario 69 90 91 82 83Manitoba 88 90 83 67 82

* —started game with the hammer

Draw Schedule

Team W LNew Brunswick 2 0Ontario 1 0Alberta 1 0Nfl d/Labrador 1 0Saskatchewan 1 0N. Ontario 1 1

Team W LManitoba 1 1Nova Scotia 0 1British Columbia 0 1P.E.I. 0 1Quebec 0 1NWT/Yukon 0 2

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A half-decade pro-vincial dominance enjoyed by skips

Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Ferland and Pierre Charette imploded last month at Shawinigan when Saguenay-area skip Serge Reid tossed a monkey-wrench into men’s curling champion-ship proceedings.

Reid and his Kenogami team of Francois Gionest, Simon Collin and Steeve Villeneuve suffered only one defeat in 11 games and qualifi ed as La Belle Province’s representa-tive for the Halifax Brier, an all-rookie team at the

national level.Reid had qualifi ed

previously for the Final Four following the split round-robin preliminaries involving 20 teams but never before had won a playoff match.

This time, his team per-severed to defeat Ferland of Trois-Rivieres in the Page One-Two playoff, then reiterated that superi-ority in the championship fi nal with a last-rock 8-7 extra-end decision. In both playoff games, Reid was fi rst on the board and stub-bornly refused to relin-quish control at any time.

His only defeat of the week transpired in the sixth round. Tied at 5-and-0 with defending

champion Menard of St-Romuald, the Reid outfi t surrendered a crushing four-ender in the fi fth and surrendered prior to the fi nish of the sixth end trailing 7-1.

But the defeat by no means shattered the Reid team. To the contrary, it won fi ve in a row thereaf-ter and booked fl ights to Halifax.

Menard took his skein to

7-0 before bowing 10-7 to Simon Dupuis of Thurso in the penultimate round. Reid moved evened with an 11-7 win over Daniel Bedard of Lacolle.

In the fi nal round, Reid dumped Simon Hebert of Baie Comeau 8-6 while Menard was losing 10-7 to Mike Fournier of Montre-al. That left Reid at 8-1 and Menard and Dupuis at 7-2 while Ferland was unbeat-en in the other side with a 9-0 record while Charette, of Thurso, dropped Ted Butler of Buckingham 7-6 in the fi nal round to square him with Butler at 7-2.

In crossover tiebreakers, Charette sidelined Dupuis 7-5 and Menard drummed out Butler 9-4. Menard

ousted Charette 10-5 in the Page Three-Four match before losing the semi-fi nal 8-3 to Ferland.

In the fi nal, Reid went up two in the second end and Ferland squared it in the third. Reid went up two in the fourth and Ferland squared it in the fi fth. Reid went up two in the sixth and Ferland squared it in the seventh. Ferland then forced Reid to take an eighth-end single, blanked the ninth but was able to score only the tying point in the 10th end. Reid won it with the overtime hammer.

Reid fi nished 10-1 while Ferland was 10-2. Menard logged in at 9-3, Charette at 8-3, Butler and Dupuis at 7-3. Trailing were Fournier, Bedard and Robert Desjardins of Chicoutimi at 5-4.

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Serge Reid’s quartet emerged fromQuebec playdownswith a 10-1 record.

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