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ISSUE 6 | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2019   AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF CURLING CANADA

EVERYTHING
COMING UP

ROSES
Alberta’s Carey still perfect
as Scotties moves forward
to the Championship Pool,
but one tiebreaker needed
PAGES 2-3
                                                             CHELSEA CAREY
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Big Three earn spots
Team Ontario’s Emma Miskew can moonlight as an opera singer if she wants. The team from Ottawa has hit the high notes and has advanced to the Championship Pool.

Tiebreaker today to round out eight-team Championship Pool
       By JOHN KOROBANIK                             Jones lost to Casey Scheidegger of Leth-        do our best.”                                        we wanted to control our own destiny today
                                                  bridge, Alta., but advanced when Kerry Galu-           Jones acknowledged that with three losses        and we did. We’re peaking as the week goes
       HeartChart Associate Editor

F
                                                  sha of Northwest Territories (3-4, Yellowknife)    her team will likely have to go unbeaten in the      on. We had a shaky start with nerves and ev-
                                                  lost her bid for a tiebreaker by losing 13-6 to    Championship Pool to get into the playoffs.          erything, the first Scotties for three of us, but
       ormer champions Chelsea Carey, Rachel      Nicole Baldwin of the Yukon (1-6, White-               “We might be able to have one loss, depend-      we’re settling in and feeling well.”
       Homan and Jennifer Jones head the field    horse).                                            ing on how it falls but I’d say it’s safest to run       Joining Silvernagle and the former cham-
       of teams heading into the Champion-           With Canada and the Territories playing on      the table. I think that would be our best bet.”      pions for the next two days of competition to
ship Pool of the 2019 Scotties Tournament of      adjoining ice surfaces, Jones was aware that           Robyn Silvernagle and Team Saskatch-             determine four playoff teams are Birt, Schei-
Hearts. While Carey and her unbeaten Team         Galusha was losing badly.                          ewan (5-2, North Battleford) earned their            degger, the Wild Card team (5-2, Lethbridge,
Alberta (7-0, Calgary) crew had secured their        “Obviously we kind of knew what was go-         spot in the Championship Pool with a 7-3             Alta.), and Krista McCarville of Northern On-
spot on Tuesday, 2017 champion Homan and          ing on, but you still carry your record forward,   win over Suzanne Birt of P.E.I. (5-2, Char-          tario (5-2, Thunder Bay).
her Ontario team (5-2, Ottawa) earned its berth   so we really wanted to win,” she said. “Unfor-     lottetown).                                              The final team to advance will be deter-
with a win Wednesday and defending cham-          tunately things didn’t go our way, so our backs        “We were focused and ready to go, but            mined Thursday morning in a tiebreaker be-
pion Jones and Team Canada (4-3, Winnipeg)        are really against the wall now. But we have       I guess knowing you have a second shot is a          tween Sarah Wark of British Columbia (4-3,
snuck in despite losing to Team Wild Card 7-4     been in that position before, so they still say    good feeling,” Silvernagle said of having the        Abbottsford) and Tracy Fleury of Manitoba
in the final round-robin draw.                    we can curl tomorrow so we’ll come out and         tiebreaker as a backstop in case they lost. “But     (4-3, East St. Paul).
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    “Going into the championship        a disappointing Tuesday loss
round, every win in important           to beat British Columbia 8-6
because your record goes with           Wednesday afternoon and se-
you,” said Carey, the 2016 Scot-        cure a berth in the Champion-
ties champion who was 7-0 in            ship Pool.
the round-robin. “To go through            After losing 5-3 to unbeaten
the whole week, I certainly don’t       Alberta, Homan, third Emma
expect (to be unbeaten), but you        Miskew, Joanne Courtney and
want to be in the 1-2 game if you       Cheryl Kreviazuk who shared
can and we put ourselves in a           second stones and lead Lisa Wea-
good position for that.                 gle needed to win to avoid drop-
    “You’d love to go undefeated (in    ping into a tiebreaker situation in
the round-robin) but you hope you       Pool A.
go sort of 6-1, 5-2 and give yourself      “It was really important,”
a good chance in the championship       said Miskew, pleased how the
round. So 7-0 is a bonus.”              team rebounded. “We felt we
    Birt, in her 10th Scotties said     were throwing the rocks pretty
getting to the next round was the       well and things just weren’t
initial goal of the team trying to      quite working our way yester-
become the island’s first ever          day, and that happens in sports.
Canadian women’s champions.             So we just wanted to come out
    “That was our main goal this        today and not grip the sticks too
week, to make that Champion-            tight, throw our game and give
ship Pool,” said Birt. “We have         ourselves a chance to win.
as good of a shot as anybody and           “It was nice to get an early
having a few good games in the          lead and then cruise to the end.
Championship Pool will give us          We’re still trying to sharpen up
a good shot at the playoffs.”           in every way we can. We know
    Homan and Team Ontario              the next two games are going to
(5-2, Ottawa) rebounded from            be tough.”                            Team Canada’s Jennifer Jones has had a tough week, but she’s still in the Championship Pool.
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FOOD DEPOT
                                                              HEARTCHART • FEBRUARY 21 • 2019 | PAGE 4

                                                                                                                Fewster keeps
                                                                                                                daughters fed,
                                                                                                                ready to play

                          «
                                                                                                                at Scotties

                             JOHN
                             KOROBANIK

R      ick Fewster is a father, a coach and now,
       here at the 2019 Scotties Tournament of
       Hearts, Team British Columbia’s go-to
kitchen and food depot.
   Probably not the norm for coaches at the
Scotties but when you have two daughters on the
team, things change. As Fewster has found, his
door literally is always open.
   “We’re invading his room often because we’re
really comfortable around him, knocking on his
door early in the morning, ‘Dad, can we have a
bowl of cereal?’ says his eldest daughter, 34-year-
old lead Jen Rusnell. “We just store all the food in
his room, so we pester him a lot.”
   Of course, Dad doesn’t mind although there
must be times when he’s thinking, “What’s a man
got to do to get a little peace and quiet?”
   “I am the food depot, it is the kitchen that          Rick Fewster is coach and denmother to the British Columbia women at the Scotties.
travels,” he laughs. “My fridge is full of food, so it
works out good.”                                         in Quesnel and then we said, so how do you feel        just kept rolling,” he says. “You don’t really want to
   Also working out well is his conscription to          about coming to the Scotties as well.                  mess with success.”
the position as coach of Team British Columbia               “He was obviously really exited to do that, and        And he’s been enjoying the role, including
skipped by Sarah Wark and including his other            Kristen and I are really happy to have him here.       the part where daughters actually listen to their
daughter, 32-year-old vice-skip Kristen Pilote,          He’s been a real good fit, really kind of calm de-     parents.
second Carley Sandwith and alternate Michelle            meanor and he brings a lot to the team I think.”           “We’re a pretty tight family so it makes it easy
Dunn.                                                        Fewster coached his daughters through their        to coach them,” he said.” And they will actually
   When the team entered the provincials, their          junior careers and some of the senior events so he     listen to me, which is kind of odd because I am a
coach, Jeff Richard, was unavailable because he          found it an easy fit returning to the role. And he’s   dad. But I’m also their coach and it works out very
was skipping his own team in the men’s play-             obviously had a positive influence on the team         well.”
downs, which were being held at the same time as         that rolled to the provincial title and were having        Although he does admit it’s not always easy
the women’s.                                             a strong showing at the Scotties until they ran into   separating dad from coach.
   “So we picked up a ‘second-string’ coach in           extra-end problems.                                        “No, no, it’s hard to stop being a dad, but I try
Dad, who was going to come to watch any-                     They lost two extra end games, scored a tight      hard at it and I try to not play favouritism for sure.
way, so he might as well use his time wisely,            7-6 win over Quebec and then dropped an 8-6 de-        Favouritism is not good because the rest of the
on the bench,” says Rusnell. “And when we                cision to 2017 Scotties champion Rachel Homan.         team will hear that.”
went on to the playoffs Jeff wasn’t able to stay             That loss in their final round-robin game              Rusnell said the father-daughter relationship
for the rest of the event and he also wasn’t             dropped their record to 4-3 and sent them into         is one she and her sister are “super comfortable”
able to come here.                                       this morning’s tiebreaker against Tracy Fleury of      with, as are their teammates.
   “Dad was making jokes, ‘That’s it, I quit.’ We        Manitoba.                                                  “They understand the father-daughter relation-
were, well, no, not actually. You have to stick              The winner will move on into the Champion-         ship,” she said. “He doesn’t get too worked up or
around. So he struck around through our win              ship Pool while the loser goes home.                   excited, brings good knowledge when we need
                                                             “We got on a roll, they really played well … we    him in the time out and it’s just comfortable.”
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                                                                                                                            These
                                                                                                                            three
                                                                                                                            ladies
                                                                                                                                    “
                                                                                                                            are so
                                                                                                                            dedicated.
                                                                                                                            Every time
                                                                                                                            we go
                                                                                                                            out they
                                                                                                                            want to be
                                                                                                                            better, and
                                                                                                                            it shows.
                                                                                                                              ­— Kristie Moore

  Still truckin’
  ALONG
                                                                                      I told my husband, Stanley, that       Lethbridge, Alta.
                                                                                      I was done. Four days later I              “I don’t think they were sure
                                                                                      got the call from these ladies         I would ever play lead for them
                                                                                      to come play with them,” the           because I have never played
                                                                                      39-year-old massage therapist          lead in my career,” Moore said.
                                                                                      said this week.                        “Most of my career I played
                                                                                          “These ladies” are Casey           second, with a little bit of
                                                                                      Scheidegger, Cary-Anne                 skipping.”
                                                                                      McTaggart and Jessie Haughian              She was second on the
                                                                                      who make up Team Wild Card             Heather Godberson rink that
                                                                                      here.                                  won the 1996 world junior
                                                                                          “I actually said no to begin       championship, was alternate for
                                                                                      with because I had told my             Cheryl Bernard’s 2010 Olympic

Retirement
                                                                                      family (I was retiring) it’s a huge    silver medal winning team, was
                                By JOHN KOROBANIK                                     commitment. My husband said,           second for Heather Nedohin at
                                                                                      ‘You know you are getting older,       the 2000 Scotties and skipped at

             K
                                  HeartChart Associate Editor
                                                                                      you’re not going to get another        the 2013 Scotties, posting one

cut short            ristie Moore was packing
                     away her curling broom
                     and shoes, hanging up
                                                 end. Then came the phone call,
                                                 followed by a gentle push from
                                                 her husband and here she is back
                                                                                      opportunity like this, so you
                                                                                      better really think about this a
                                                                                      little bit harder.’ “
                                                                                          So she did, changed her mind
                                                                                                                             of the worst records ever for an
                                                                                                                             Alberta team, 1-10.

             the jersey and content in her       playing in the 2019 Scotties                                                                See MOORE
for Moore    mind that her competitive curling
             career was about to come to an
                                                 Tournament of Hearts.
                                                    “I was on the road to retiring.
                                                                                      and accepted the offer to play
                                                                                      lead for the foursome out of                         OPPOSITE PAGE
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Moore
                                                    wanted to play, so I found these local girls
                                                    from back home. We hardly won a game
                                                    until we went to provincials and we won six
                                                    in a row and won provincials. And then we
FROM PAGE 6                                         only won one game at the Scotties.
    She agreed to join Scheidegger’s crew on            “It was eye-opening from a lot of
a trial basis last spring.                          different perspectives for me, how I want to
    “The girls still had a few weeks left at the    play the game, if I want to put in that much
end of the 2016-17 season … so I said let’s         time and effort.”
do it like a trial, let’s see how I fit. They had       Once she got on board with the
already qualified for the (Tim Hortons Roar         Scheidegger crew she found herself eager to
of the Rings Olympic) trials and I said it’s        put in the time and effort it took for the team
really important you find the right person,         to get into the Scotties as the Wild Card
you don’t have a lot of time and if I’m not it      team.
that’s okay.                                            “These three ladies are so dedicated,”
    “It went well for both parties so here I        she said. “Every time we go out they want
am today, still trucking along.”                    to be better and it shows, we are improving
    And trucking along with a team that is          all the time. And just the more you can
light years away from the squad she took to         play on arena ice, on TV, under the lights,
the 2013 Scotties.                                  everything, anytime you get yourself in a
    “2013 was a little different scenario           high-pressure situation and if you chose
for me because I only ended up skipping             to learn from those, even if you lose, than
because with the Olympic cycle, every four          you’re going to go far.”
years teams usually stay together for four              Even though she had never played
years,” she said. “The season prior I got           lead before, Moore has fit in well with
pregnant and I had twins and the team I was         Scheidegger’s team and has found her
with thought that would be too much of a            experience as a skip useful in developing
distraction and they didn’t want me to carry        her new role successfully.
on, so they cut me.”                                    “As a front-end player, understanding
    It was at the end of the year and teams         what it’s like to be a back-end player is
that were making changes had already                really huge, it’s really key,” she said. “It
done so, leaving her on the sidelines with          really helps me choosing what I say when
nowhere to play and no one to play with.            I say it to Casey. For me that’s the best
    “I was without a team, but I knew I really      thing.”
                                                                                                      Casey Scheidegger is enjoying a good run at the Scotties in Sydney.
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Advice for new mothers                                                                                                                     with you to events it’ll make the event so much
                                                               By JOHN KOROBANIK                                                           easier.”
                                                                                                                                               And be sure to plan things in advance, added

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                                                                                                                                           Manitoba second Liz Fyfe, who has a two-year-
                                       at, sleep, welcome help, and have lots of     can. Honestly, I think when you’re pregnant           old daughter.
                                       laundry detergent … that’s some of the        it’s tough to get much sleep because you’re               “It makes things a little bit harder, but as long
                                       advice fellow curlers at the 2019 Scotties    uncomfortable, but just rest up and be prepared       as you plan, and you have to do a lot of planning
                               Tournament of Hearts are offering to Team             because you get a little bit busy afterwards.         ahead to make sure you have lots of help from
                               Ontario’s Rachel Homan and Joanne Courtney                “I’m not going to say get as much sleep           your family and friends, lots of support, but it
                               who are pregnant with their first children.           because it’s tough but rest as much as possible.”     definitely is doable”
                                   There are a number of mother-curlers here,            Nova Scotia second Sarah Murphy, mother to            Some teams have adjusted their curling
                               some of them with their babies in tow, eager to       two-year-old daughter Camrym and four-month-          schedule to accommodate a new mother on their
                               offer advice for the soon-to-be new mothers.          old son William, said the pair should “embrace”       team, although Manitoba didn’t have to because
HOMAN                              “When you’re curling when you’re pregnant,        motherhood.                                           Fyfe said her husband has a job where he can
                               eat a lot and sleep a lot, those are important            “It’s a pretty wild ride and you never know       work around her schedule.
                               things,” offered Rachel Brown, lead for Team          what kind of curveballs the baby’s going to               Team Nova Scotia, on the other hand, made
                               Alberta while holding her happy, smiling four-        throw you, so you have to roll with the punches       some adjustments because they had two new
                               month-old Finn. “When you have your baby              sometimes,” she said. “If anybody offers help         mothers.
                               eat a lot, sleep a lot, those are important things.   take it. Take all the help you can get because I          “We decided last year because Jill (Brothers)
                               Sleep in as late as you can. Whenever baby is         wouldn’t be here right now if it wasn’t for all the   and I were both expecting about the same time
                               sleeping you should be, too.”                         help of all the family around me.”                    that we would take it a little bit easier this year,
                                   Northern Ontario skip Krista McCarville,              Curling with a baby in tow is not easy, but       but one year in the grand scheme of it is not a
                               who has a nine-year-old daughter and six-year-        Brown, going though that for the first time           big deal,” said Murphy.
                               old son, echoed the sleep advice, but added that’s    this season, said “make sure you have a really            And there was one more important piece of
                               not always easy to do.                                good group of people around you to assist you         advice.
                                   “I always talked to them with a little piece      at events because these little people demand a            “Another one, I learned from my kids,” said
                               of advice,” she said. “So many people told me         lot of attention and if you have a good support       Brown, “have a lot of laundry detergent and be
                               when I was pregnant, get as much sleep as you         group and lots of people available to come            prepared to do laundry three times a day.”
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                                  Spotlight on: SASKATCHEWAN
                                                               TWO RIVERS CURLING CLUB, NORTH BATTLEFORD

                         Q&A                                                                   SKIP                                                    FACTS

    What is your hometown best known for? The slogan
 NEW YORK IS BIG BUT THIS IS BIGGAR and, of
 course, the hometown of Sandra Schmirler.
    What things do you not like to do? Get gas and I drive
 a lot so I always feel like I am at the pumps.
                                                                                                                                          SASKATCHEWAN AT THE SCOTTIES
    What’s your most impressive “go to” meal that you
                                                                                                                              Last five years:
 can cook? Any type of BBQ pulled type of meat
    What do you work toward in your free time? Being a                                                                        2018: Sherry Anderson(2-5)
 better crossfitter.                                                                                                          2017: Penny Barker (1-10)
    What period in history had the best fashion? I think be-                                                                  2016: Jolene Campbell (6-5)
 ing around in the 70s or 80s would have been so much fun.                                                                    2015: Stefanie Lawton (8-3) Bronze
    What’s the worst food you ever ate? A silk worm in                                                                        2014: Stefanie Lawton (8-3)
 Vietnam.                                                                                                                     2013: Jill Shumay (6-5)
    What weird food combinations do you really enjoy?                                                                         Last championship — Amber Holland (2011)
 Eggs with peanut butter.                                                                                                     Canadian titles — 11
    What’s the most beautiful place you’ve ever been?                                                                         World titles — 3 (Sandra Schmirler in 1993, 1997; Marj
 South East Asia has some of the most beautiful beaches
 but Peru has some on the most beautiful mountain top
                                                                                         robyn
                                                                  silvernagle
                                                                                                                                                  COACH:
 views. As far of mountains go, though, I think the Rockies
 in B.C. are the most stunning.
    What’s your favourite kind of sandwich? Bahn Mi in
 Vietnam.
    Which celebrity chef would you most like to fix you
                                                                                                                                                   lesley
 a meal? Colin Hodgson but if he is too busy curling then I
 would take Gordon Ramsay.
                                                                                AGE: 31 (May 20, 1987, Biggar, Sask.)
                                                                                FAMILY: Husband Chad Guidinger                                    mcewan
                                                                  Essentials

    What’s your favourite holiday? Four-month trip to                           OCCUPATION: Owner (Dazu Salon)
 Southeast Asia we traveled around to Thailand, Vietnam,                        LIVES: North Battleford, Sask.
 Cambodia and Indonesia.                                                        YEARS CURLED: 21                                                  ALTERNATE
    If you were to live in another province, other than
                                                                                                                              marliese kasner
                                                                                DELIVERS: Right-handed
 your own, which would it be, and why? BC. Someday I
 will live beside a lake with a mountain view.

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 lawton      AGE: 38 (June 20, 1980, Prince Albert, Sask.)
                                                                  hunkin       AGE: 30 (August 24, 1988, Edmonton)
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             FAMILY: Husband Mike; daughter Kate (7) and son                   FAMILY: Husband Derek                                    FAMILY: Husband Steven; son Kaden (2)
             Eric (4)                                                          OCCUPATION: Manager (Olson Curling Inc.)                 OCCUPATION: Sales Agronomist (Lake Country
             OCCUPATION: Chartered professional accountant                     LIVES: Parkland County, Alta.                            Co-op)
             (Cameco)                                                          YEARS CURLED: 21                                         LIVES: Prince Alberta
             LIVES: Saskatoon                                                  DELIVERS: Right-handed                                   YEARS CURLED: 22
             YEARS CURLED: 27                                                                                                           DELIVERS: Right-handed
             DELIVERS: Right-handed
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Birt has been a scoring machine
                                                                     15-5 victory over Kerry Galusa of           Birt.
                           By JOHN KOROBANIK                         Northwest Territories that included a            “I think at 20 or 21 years old we
                              HeartChart Associate Editor            six-end steal in the eighth                 were a bit naive or something, no real
                                                                         The 15 points tied a Scotties           pressure, just kind of went with the
                            Suzanne Birt made an impression in       record for most in a single game            flow,” she recalled of her first Scotties
                         her first trip to the Scotties Tournament   (down twice previously, 2014, 1989)         appearance. “There was that year and
                         of Hearts back in 2013 when she won         and the six-point steal matched the         then there was 2007 I think we had
                         the bronze medal. She’s made another        largest single-end steal ever, a record     to win a tiebreaker to get into the 3-4
                         here this year, not so much with her        set in 2000.                                game so every time you get a chance
                         winning record, but, rather the way her         “My god. I don’t know if it’s           to play in those pressure games, those
                         Team P.E.I. has been scoring.               the five-rock rule or us keeping the        pressure situations, it’s always good for
                            Birt, third Marie Christianson,          pressure on and the rocks in good           the future.”
                         second Meaghan Hughes, lead Michelle        spots,” Birt said. “But it’s fun scoring        The 34-year-old mother of two
                         McQuaid and coach Mitch O’Shea              lots of points.”                            daughters – Jesse, 9 and Jo, 11
                         had back-to-back record-breaking                In her first-ever Scotties back in      months – and a two-time Canadian
                         performances in Draws 10 and 12, two        2003, Birt went 10-3 in the round-          junior champion is obviously
                         huge victories that also ensured they       robin and won the bronze medal. But         impressed with her team’s showing
                         would advance into the Championship         it’s been a struggle to get that close in   here and attributed their success to a
                         Pool that begins today.                     eight Scotties appearances since then.      number of factors.
                            In Draw 10 Tuesday afternoon             Only twice since 2003 had she posted a          “The chemistry, the camaraderie, a
                         Birt was last-team-standing in a wild       winning record but goes into this year’s    few less nerves but still the excitement
                                                                     Championship Pool confident of good         and the competition, and we’re doing
                         shoot-out with Andrea Crawford and
                                                                     results.                                    it all together and having a lot of fun
                         Team New Brunswick that produced
                                                                         “We have as good a shot as anybody      with it,” she said. “And we practised
                         a Scotties record 25 points. P.E.I. won
                                                                     and having a few good games in the          as much as we could after winning
                         13-12 in an extra end. Birt’s hot hand
                                                                     Championship Pool will give us a real       provincials and that really helped us
                         continued Wednesday morning in a
                                                                     good shot at making the playoffs,” said     here.”
PEI skip Suzanne Birt.
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When Team Prince
Edward Island third
Marie Christianson
calls for some brush-
ing, she means busi-
ness. The Islanders
have had a wonderful
week, and Wednes-
day the team from
Charlottetown earned
a berth in the
Championship Pool.

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                                  Spotlight on: Manitoba
                                                                                   EAST ST. PAUL CURLING CLUB

                        Q&A                                                                 SKIP                                                        FACTS

   What do you think about when you’re alone in your
 car? Trying not to get myself lost, I have a poor sense of
 direction.
   What’s the last thing you watched on TV and why
 did you choose to watch it? Curling, of course! Watched                                                                                      MANITOBA. AT THE SCOTTIES
 the men’s provincials.                                                                                                        Last five years:
   What is your hometown best known for? Sudbury is a                                                                          2018: Jennifer Jones (9-2 Gold)
 mining town known for nickel..                                                                                                2017: Michelle Englot (10-1 Silver)
   What thing do you not like to do? Shovel snow                                                                               2016: Kerri Einarson (7-4)
   What’s something your brain tries to make you do                                                                            2015: Jennifer Jones (10-1 Gold)
 and you have to will yourself not to do it? Dairy Queen.                                                                      2014: Chelsea Carey (9-2 Bronze)
   What’s the most beautiful place you’ve ever been?                                                                           Last championship — Jennifer Jones (2018)
                                                                                                                               Canadian titles — 9
 Went to St. Lucia a couple years ago with my husband
                                                                                                                               World titles — 2 (Connie Laliberte 1984, Jennifer Jones 2008)
 Brent, so beautiful!                                                                                                          Other prominent women curlers from Manitoba — Chris
   What makes you say, “What was I thinking?” when                                                                             Pidzarko, Peggy Casselman..
 you look back on your life? Questionable hairstyles.
   What’s your favourite kind of sandwich? Chicken,

                                                                                       tracy
 bacon, lots of veggies.
   Which celebrity chef would you most like to fix you a

                                                                fleury
 meal? Rachael Ray.
   Which of the Seven Dwarfs is most like you? Part
                                                                                                                                                 COACH:
 Bashful, part Happy.
   What do people do that drives you absolutely bon-                                                                                              andrea
 kers? Aggressive driving.
   What app on your phone do you use the most? Spotify.
                                                                              AGE: 32 (June 13, 1986, Sudbury, Ont.)
                                                                              FAMILY: Husband Brent                                             ronnebeck
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   What’s something that you’ve never been able to do                         OCCUPATION: Accounting & reporting manager
 well? Wake up early.                                                         (Laurentian University)
   If you were to live in another province, other than                        LIVES: Sudbury                                                       ALTERNATE
 your own, which would it be, and why? Manitoba, to be
                                                                                                                                         taylor mcdonald
                                                                              YEARS CURLED: 27
 closer to my teammates .                                                     DELIVERS: Right-handed
   How many continents have you visited? Which ones?
   North America, Europe and Asia.

                                        THIRD                                                         SECOND                                                           LEAD

                                  selena                                                          liz                                                          kristin

 njegovan    AGE: 27 (January 22, 1992, Winnipeg)
                                                                fyfe         AGE: 31 (May 11, 1987, Winnipeg)
                                                                                                                             maccuish    AGE: 26 (December 8, 1992, Winnipeg)
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             FAMILY: Husband Connor                                          FAMILY: Husband Kevin; daughter Lucy (2)                    FAMILY: Single
             OCCUPATION: Human resources student (University                 OCCUPATION: Wedding and event planner (self-                OCCUPATION: Business specialist (IDC Communi-
             of Manitoba)/Rocks and Rings instructor                         employed)                                                   cations)
             LIVES: Winnipeg                                                 LIVES: Winnipeg                                             LIVES: Landmark, Man.
             YEARS CURLED: 19                                                YEARS CURLED: 25                                            YEARS CURLED: 16
             DELIVERS: Right-handed                                          DELIVERS: Right-handed                                      DELIVERS: Right-handed
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                                                SCOTTIES SCOREBOARD
                                                                            LINESCORES
                                                                                                                                               Draw 14
                                                                                                                                               7:30 p.m.

                                                                                 Draw 12                                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10		 Total
                                                                                                                PEI (Birt)                    0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0		 — 3
                                                                                 9:30 a.m.                      Sask. (Silvernagle)          *0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 2		 — 7

                STANDINGS                             Canada (Jones)
                                                      N/L (Sharpe)
                                                                                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10		 Total
                                                                                0 1 0 4 1 0 2 0 x x		 — 8
                                                                                *1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 x x		 — 4
                                                                                                                New Brunswick (Crawford) 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 4 x x		 — 10
                                                                                                                N/L (Sharpe)             *2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 x x		 — 5

                                                                                                                Canada (Jones)                0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0		          — 4
                     POOL A                           PEI (Birt)                 0 2 2 0 2 0 3 6 x x		 — 15
                                                                                                                Wild Card (Scheidegger)      *0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1		          — 7
                                         W      L     Territories (Galusha)     *2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 x x		 — 5      Yukon (Baldwin*)             1 4 0 2 0 4 0 1 1 x		 — 13
Alberta (Carey)                          7      0                                                               Territories (Galusha)        0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 x		 — 6
N. Ontario (McCarville)                  5      2     Yukon (Baldwin)           *0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0		   — 4
Ontario (Homan)                          5      2     Sask. (Silvernagle)       0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1		    — 6
                                                                                                                * — Last rock
B.C. (Wark)                              4      3
                                                      N.B. (Crawford)            0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 x		   — 3
Manitoba (Fleury)                        4      3     Wild Card (Scheidegger)   *0 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 x		   — 7
Nova Scotia (Brothers)                   2      5
Nunavut (Bodner)                         1      6                                Draw 13
Quebec (Lavoie)                          0      7
                                                                                                                                        SCHEDULE
                                                                                 2:30 p.m.
                                                                                 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10		 Total
                     POOL B                           Ontario (Homan)            0 4 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 x		 — 8
                                         W      L     B.C. (Wark)               *1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 x		 — 6
                                                                                                                                                  TODAY
WC (Scheidegger)                         6      1                                                                                               Tiebreaker
                                                                                                                                                 9:30 a.m.
Sask (Silvernagle)                       5      2     Manitoba (Fleury)         *0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0   — 5
                                                                                                                                     Manitoba (Fleury) vs. B.C. (Wark)
                                                      N. Ontario (McCarville)   0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2    — 7
PEI (Birt                                5      2                                                                                                2:30 p.m.
Canada (Jones)                           4      3     Nova Scotia (Brothers)    *1 1 1 3 1 0 4 0 x x		 — 12     A — TB vs. PE; B — WC vs. ON; C — AB vs. CA; D — SK vs. NO
Te r r i t o r i e s ( G a l u s h a )   3      4     Nunavut (Bodner)          0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 x x		 — 1                                     2:30 p.m. Draw
N.B. (Crawford)                          3      4                                                               A — NO vs. WC; B — PE vs. AB; C — SK vs. TB; D — ON vs.CA
N/L (Sharpe)                             1      6     Quebec (Lavoie)            0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 x x		 — 3                                       7:30 p.m.
                                                      Alberta (Carey)           *2 1 4 0 1 0 2 2 x x		 — 12
Yu k o n ( B a l d w i n )               1      6                                                               A — PE vs. SK; B — NB vs. NL; C — CA vs. WC; D — YT vs. NT

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