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The Tim Hortons Brier champion of thepast two years just keeps on winning.And winning.

Kevin Martin’s powerhouse Edmonton jug-gernaut, riding a 26-game winning streak inBrier play, pulled off a pair of Houdini jobs atthe $75,000 Canada Cup men’s curling champi-onship on Wednesday at the Gallagher Centre.

Martin, with John Morris, Marc Kennedy andBen Hebert in support, trailed veteran Russ

Howard 6-3 after sevenends in their openingmatch, then scored 2-2-1over the last three framesfor an 8-6 verdict.

Then, on the late shift,Martin overhauled athree-point deficit at thehalf, eventually wiredBrad Gushue of St.John’s in a deadlocked

10th end and stole two for a 9-7 decision.“Smoke and mirrors, those two wins today,”

said Martin. “We hung in there and kept it close.In the last end, Benny made a perfect come-around to the button, dead buried and behindtheirs in the top 12. That won us the game.”

When was the last time he was down 5-to-2 inany game?

“Hmmm. Before Christmas?” mused Martin.“Brad had us on the run. That wasn’t our

fault. They made every shot.”The champ also heisted a last-end victory

from Gushue during last week’s Calgary Brier. “It’s pretty disappointing,” said the 28-year-

old Newfoundland skip. “But we have to be bet-ter in the 10th end. We’re not executing properlyand they executed very, very well. They madeevery shot absolutely perfect but we did notexecute. We basically threw a second guard forthem on our first rock and gave Ben a chance toput one on the button, double guarded.

“You have to put rocks in good positions inthe last end against these guys. I hate to be harp-ing on it but we have to keep positive. These10th-end collapses are unacceptable. It allcomes down to rock positioning. You give theseguys an opportunity and they’re going to take itevery time.”

Joining Martin in the undefeated ranks head-ing into today’s action was Winnipeg’s JeffStoughton, who appears to be angling for areturn engagement following his defeat in theBrier final.

Stoughton dumped Edmonton’s Kevin Koe 7-5 and Toronto’s Wayne Middaugh 5-2 in a pairof relatively conservative tilts.

“So far, so good, but we’re not playing verygood,” said Stoughton later.

“This ice isn’t as nice as last week’s at theBrier. It doesn’t curl as much. That’s why thescores are pretty low. It’s tough to get rocks ingreat spots and that makes it a pretty simplegame.”

Teams of Winnipeg’s Kerry Burtnyk andMike McEwen pulled even with 1-1 records onthe day while Gushue, Middaugh, Koe andEdmonton’s Randy Ferbey, the six-time Brierchamp, fell to the same record.

Martin pulls Houdini actBy LARRY WOOD

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Alot of curlers would argue that 34-year-old AmberHolland, former national junior champion skip,has the best of both curling worlds.

Two months from now, she’ll be firmly ensconced in theSaskatchewan Curling Association’s executive director’schair in a four-person Regina office.

Eight months from now, she’ll be involved, at the veryleast, in the Canadian Olympic pre-trials at Prince George,B.C.

But, better yet, a win in this week’s Canada Cup at theGallagher Centre and a repeat as Players champion nextmonth at Grande Prairie would earn her a bye to theOlympic trials proper at Edmonton next December.

Something missing from Holland’s resume, though, is atrip to the Scotties Tournament Of Hearts. In the better partof two decades of trying, she’s never won the

Saskatchewan women’s title andthat’s where her other curling jobmay qualify as a disadvantage.

Still, “I took the job (SCA execu-tive director) on the condition Icould still curl and that still works”,she was saying Wednesday.

On the subject of advantages anddisadvantages, there might be aCanada Cup debate where Hollandis concerned, too.

Her Kronau team of Kim andTammy Schneider and HeatherSeeley has been out of competitiveaction since the Saskatchewan

provincials at the end of January. Which suggests rustcould be a disadvantage.

On the other hand, teams arriving here following thegrind of the Scotties might also claim a disadvantage.

“I think every team creates its own schedule,” Hollandsaid. “And every team does its own thing and depends onhow well it has prepared, so I can’t say we have an advan-tage.

“We were concerned about not playing a lot of competi-tive games coming into this event. It’s been a while. So Iwent and played in the mixed provincials down atWeyburn just to keep sharp. So I got in some games andthe girls practised without me.”

To boot, Holland won the mixed and a trip toBurlington, Ont., for the nationals in November with skipJason Ackerman of the Regina Tartan. That event starts theday after the Olympic pre-trials at Prince George wind up.

Talk about your crowded curling schedules!“I think all the teams now are physically prepared to

play these tournaments,” said Holland. “And I think there’senough of a break between this and the Scotties.

“You probably have the advantage of having played atthe Scotties, in the arena and the arena atmosphere. So theteams that weren’t there get the question, are we reallyready for this? But, we are! It’s just nice to come to play inan arena.”

But what about curling’s future beyond the VancouverOlympics? What about fears of burnouts, retirements?Who’s going to have the advantage then?

“It could be,” Holland admitted, “that a few people theimmediate year following will say, ‘yeah, enough isenough, I’ve committed enough time and I’ve sacrificedenough of everything else, my job, my family’, but three

years out I think people are just going to gear up and do itall over again.

“I agree with the current trials and points system to apoint. What I like about it is they’re creating somethingthat demands teams stay together and work together as ateam as opposed to a one-shot deal. And I’ll be first toadmit that in 2001, I got in on the one-shot deal.

“But I think the most disappointing aspect now is thewhole pre-trials thing. They’ll play two pressure-packedevents, only two months out from the Olympics? You haveto prepare for all of the things that will happen there. Andthere’ll be a lot of distractions.

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Three teams remained undefeatedheading into today’s rounds in the$75,000 Canada Cup women’s curl-

ing championship at the Gallagher Centre.Halifax’s lone entry in the 10-team com-

petition, with Mary-Anne Arsenault throw-ing last rocks and Kay Zinck directing tee-head traffic, won a pair of matchesWednesday as did Regina’s Amber Hollandand the Quebec team of Marie-FranceLarouche from St-Romuald.

“The mission is we gotta score lots ofpoints this week,” said Arsenault, whomoved to last rocks on this team when herformer five-time Scotties-champion team-mates Colleen Jones, Kim Kelly and NancyDelahunt retired.

“If we win this it gets us straight to the(Olympic) pre-trials but as long as we dowell it’ll get us to the Players championshipand we’re on the cusp right now. So we’rewaiting to see the results.”

Arsenault upended former championShannon Kleibrink of Calgary, the currentNo. 1-ranked Canadian woman’s skip, 5-3,and followed by manhandling SherryMiddaugh of Coldwater, Ont., 9-3.

Holland, meanwhile, defeated CherylBernard of Calgary 8-5 in the morning and

then staged a rousing rally to dump defend-ing champion Stefanie Lawton of Saskatoon10-8 in an extra end.

“The first win was a bonus,” said Holland.“Just being able to go out there and figureout the ice and make the shots was the keyfor us. Just getting a good feel and execut-ing, we did that and it was great the winscame along with it.”

Holland held a 4-1 lead on Lawton at thehalf, but the current Saskatchewan champi-on bounced in front 5-4 after seven andscored three in the ninth for an 8-5 edgeheading for home.

Holland miraculously fashioned a tyingthree in the 10th and stole the winning deucein overtime.

Larouche hammered a four and two three-pointers on the board in a 12-9 extra-endmarathon against Bernard after earlier stop-ping Middaugh 8-5.

“We both made some mistakes but takingtwo in the eighth end was really key,” saidthe Quebec skipper of her initial win.

Offered Middaugh:“A lot of missed opportunities. We had

ends set up and we allowed them to get outof it. We had a couple of misplaced shots togive up deuces where we could have forcedthem.

We turned what could have been a two orthree into one in the seventh. It was all aboutmisplaced rocks.”

Marie-France Larouche swept her first two matches Wednesday.

Three stayunbeatenArsenault finds magic

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Kelly Scott and friends have had mostof this new year to contemplate thelong road back.

In the wake of consecutive Scotties champi-onships in 2006 and 2007 and a world title inthe latter year, Scott’s Kelowna team hasexperienced a long, slow and monotonousskid.

The next thing to rock bottom was failureat the interior B.C. zone level in attemptingto win the provincial title and advance to lastmonth’s Scotties at Victoria.

“I guess a bunch of different things haveweighed on our results,” the petite skipperadmitted on Wednesday at the GallagherCentre.

“There have been lots of things going on.Obviously our personal lives, with new fam-ilies. The cashspieling may have taken a toll.Chasing those CTRS points and the trialsspot and there was a whole lot of distractionsgoing on. You focus on those things insteadof your game and then you don’t get yoursuccesses and suddenly it isn’t fun anymore.

“The seasons are so long, September toApril, and seven years of that can take a tollon you.”

Hence, Scott and vice-skip JeannaSchraeder, second Sasha Carter and lead

Renee Simons have been on the sidelinessince the first week of January.

A strange and noticeable disappearing actfor a unit that ploughed its way to the top ofheap just two years ago in Aomori, Japan.

“Unfortunately,” recalled Scott, “we had tobattle through some small clubs and interest-ing ice conditions. We had a one-shot deal toget through and it just wasn’t our weekend.

“The very next Tuesday we were meetingto discuss how we could get better. As muchas you want to go home and sulk, it doesn’tget you anywhere. So we made a plan rightaway on how we were going to fill Januaryand February with a view to coming here inMarch.

“We’ve had seven years together. And it’stime to just re-energize and find our sparkagain.

“We’ve had a nice break now and we’vecertainly been working hard to find that edgeagain during this break from competition.Now we’re coming back with a feelingwe’re excited to be here instead of saying,‘oh, here we go again, another tournament’.

“But we’re thrilled to be here, the ice issuper and it’s exciting to be playing again.”

So, all matters considered, would KellyScott construe January’s setback as a bless-ing in disguise? An opportunity for completeand unfettered rejuvenation?

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“I understand that with the Olympic trialsit’s marketing and viewership for everythinginvolved in the December timing. But to havethe pre-trials a month before the trials? I thinkwe could have figured out a better way to dothat.

“Like, we could have had either one set oftrials, or if you’re going to have a pre-trials,have it in, say, April. Give the teams sometime. I mean, I think every team going intothose pre-trials is expecting to win or to have achance at the trials. But to have only three-and-a-half weeks from the time you step offthe pre-trials ice until you step up for the trialsand get ready for Edmonton? How do youmanage your schedule with cashspiels andeverything else in between? How do you pre-pare yourself all over again?”

Before she has to wrestle with that problem,there’ll be the job transition from SCA techni-cal director to executive director.

“I’ve been with the curling association for12 years so I’ve done a lot more of the pro-gramming,” Holland said.

“As executive director, there’ll be more

staff management, obviously more of thepolitical side with all our board meetings, theCanadian (CCA) meetings.

“All the stuff I really love!” she added witha slight touch of sarcasm.

“And I’ll take more of a lead role in a lot ofour competitions, try to take a bit of a leadrole in some of our development areas, moreof the club development — right now I workwith coaching and junior development. It’ll bemore in-house. It’s going to be different but alot of the same, too. Our Regina office is sosmall, so all of us tend to do a lot of the workthat needs to get done when it needs to getdone.”

This Canada Cup visit for Holland qualifiesas a return to her place of birth.

“Yes, it’s listed as Yorkton, but I’ve neverreally lived here. We lived in Dilke and I wentto school in Bethune,” she said, grinning. “Itwas an ‘oops’. My mother and father werecoming up here to visit my aunt and uncleand, lo, I just happened.

“So I guess I stayed in Yorkton for three orfour or five days and then I went home.”

Hmmm. Could it be something cyclical isabout to happen here?

Another successful three or four or fivedays, 34 years later . . . ?

“Wow!” responds Holland at the sugges-tion. “Wouldn’t that be just great?”

ScottFrom Page 6

“There’ll be no breaks between now andnext February,” said Scott, “so maybe thiswas a better time to take a breather. That’show we’re viewing it, anyway. We have noother choice.”

As a Canadian and world champ, Scottneeds only one more major victory to qual-ify for the Olympic trials at Edmonton inDecember. Without that win, or a boost inpoints, the team will be relegated to thepre-trials at Prince George in November.

“But that points and trials stuff is whatwe’re trying not to focus on,” argued Scott.

“That’s what got us in this pickle in thefirst place! For the past four years it’s beenpush-push-push. Now, we just want to comeout and curl, enjoy our curling and be with

our friends out there. That’s what we’regoing to do for the remainder of this year.

“If it is meant to be that we get that byeto Edmonton, we’ll take it. But there’s noharm in having to gear up to win those pre-trials either, because the goal isn’t just to bein those trials but to be ready to win thosetrials.”

The Scott team made a command socialperformance during the opening weekendof the Scotties at Victoria.

“But we weren’t really emotionallyattached when we were in Victoria,” admit-ted Scott.

“It was different to sit back and view itlike everyone has watched us for the lastfour years.

“No doubt we’d rather have been play-ing, but we were lucky four years in a rowto have been there, and now that we’vemissed one we may appreciate a little morehow difficult it was to be in that champi-onship for four years in a row.”

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Burtnyk, bombed 9-3 by Gushue in themorning, bounced back to throttle Ferbey 7-4 on the night shift.

McEwen, a 10-5 opening round loser toMiddaugh, then clubbed veteran RussHoward of Oromocto, N.B. 7-2.

Koe sawed off on the day with a 7-2 winover Ted Appelman of Edmonton. Ferbeyopened with a 6-2 victory over Appelman.

Howard, whose opening loss to Martinwas a mental killer, admitted:

“I think we’re tired.“We played well early, and then the ice got a

lot straighter and a lot faster which is unusual.We just started missing draws the wrong way.

“I had a draw to go four up and I thoughtI threw it good and it just kept sliding and Iwas about a foot heavy. That put us three up.

“They got a nice deuce in the eighth. Wesort of protected, we could have gambled abit but we tried to protect so now we’re oneup with playing the ninth. We still had them.

“Then in the ninth I had a come-aroundtapback which is my forte. And I don’t knowwhat happened to it. I tried to throw boardand I thought I threw at least board and Itried to soften my release and I did and itjust took off.

“The worst part is if I hog it we’re tied upcoming home with the hammer. But weswept it all the way down, I ticked the guard,rolled over and raised him in for two.

“Now we’re one down, they played apretty good 10th, we couldn’t get the deuce.We couldn’t even get one!”

Howard shook his head hopelessly.“So you think you have Kevin Martin

beat, we outcurl him and then we have 19minutes to get back out on the ice again,” hesaid of his six-end loss to McEwen.

“We have no excuses, we’re supposed tobe sharp but we weren’t and we paid.

“The way we lost was the worst part. IfMartin had beaten us in five ends we wouldhave had lunch and gone back out there. Butit was like we were all over him and I could-n’t believe I raised him in. I couldn’t makethat shot if I threw 1,000 rocks. I get it bythe guard we’re three-up. So it’s a game ofinches, right?”

WomenFrom Page 5

Larouche agreed the seventh end was theturning point.

“Our confidence is good again,” said thethird-place finisher in last month’s Scottiesat Victoria.

“Our Scotties was a lot of ups and downsand we tried to stay focused, but I think wecan stay focused here. It’s a good thing forus.”

Regular vice-skip Nancy Belanger, ateacher, is at home handling exams andreport cards. Second Annie Lemay hasmoved up to third, Joelle Sabourin to secondand alternate Veronique Brassard is playingthe lead rocks.

“Points and money both are important tous,” said Larouche. “But most of all, it’simportant to play well. We know we arealmost in the (Olympic) pre-trials. So we’regoing to concentrate just playing against thebest teams.”

Larouche won five bonspiels on tour priorto winning her provincial championship andcompeting at Victoria.

Elsewhere on Day One, Kleibrink

rebounded for a split with a 9-3 verdict overMichelle Englot of Regina.

Englot earlier stole a point in an extra endto defeat two-time Canadian championKelly Scott of Kelowna 7-6. Scott needed acold draw to a full four feet and was one footheavy, but rebounded to scored three pointson the last two ends for a 6-4 conquest ofEdmonton’s Cathy King.

Also 1-and-1 on the day, King trounceddefending champion Stefanie Lawton 10-4in the morning. “We just couldn’t make thedraws out there,” said the defender, whojoined Bernard and Middaugh on the win-less list. “We were having some troublewith the weight. But Cathy’s team playedstrong. Kaitlyn Lawes definitely is a greatthrower.”

The silver-winning skip of Canada’s teamat last week’s world junior championship atVancouver has dropped in to toss third rocksfor King.

Middaugh, who failed to defend herOntario title in January, suggested herColdwater crew was “a little rusty and nottoo sharp”.

“We haven’t the competitive edge thatteams coming off the Scotties have,” shesaid. “It’s been a big lull now. We don’t havemany opportunities to play together on aregular basis.”

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What’s a guy from the flatlands ofManitoba doing slingin’ beer bythe shores of the Atlantic, on one

of the most famous streets in Canada?“Having a blast,” says Ryan Fry, who,

besides slingin’ suds on George Street, isalso slingin’ granite this season for 2006Olympic gold medallist Brad Gushue.

How Fry came to land in St. John’s withGushue has been one of the more intriguingstories this curling season. There were whis-pers Fry, who played second on JeffStoughton’s Winnipeg crew last season, hada major falling out with his former skipper.

“Nothing of the sort,” says Fry, who is inYorkton this week with the rest of the teamat the Canada Cup of Curling. “I wasn’thappy with everything in Winnipeg at thetime and I wanted a change. I talk with Jeffregularly and Steve (Stoughton lead Gould)is one of my best buddies so we didn’t havea falling out at all, to say the least.”

Fry split with Stoughton at the end of lastseason and, as a free agent, began lookingaround for as new place to play. He e-mailedGushue, knowing the Olympic champ wasin the market for a second after Chris Schillemoved back to his native Alberta.

Gushue was in the midst of retooling histeam. He had already brought back former

lead Jamie Korab, and jumped at the chanceto add Fry. Third Mark Nichols was the onlyother holdover.

“I’ve been friends with Jamie so we start-ed talking when I decided to make a move,”says Fry. “So really it’s more Brad and theteam that brought me to Newfoundland thananything else.”

Fry admits the move all the way to theAtlantic coast was motivated by theOlympics.

“The Olympics come into play with everysingle person’s decision out here who’s com-peting,” he says. “Everyone’s trying to shuf-fle to give them the best chance possible torepresent Canada at the Olympics. We’re nodifferent.

“Brad's been given a little heat over thelineup changes he’s made over the course ofthe last couple of years, but everyone’sdoing whatever they have to do to puttogether the best team, and be able to guar-antee Canada’s going to win gold when theyget to Vancouver.”

The new lineup has clicked from the start,but is still a work in progress.

“The chemistry is really good,” suggestFry. “We’re all relatively the same age, andwe all have the same goals. The three ofthem have become three of my closest bud-

dies. The teams that seem to win seem to bethat way.

“We’ve had a great year, thus far, so hope-fully we can carry it through the rest of theseason. Of course our ultimate goal is theOlympics. Hopefully everything goesaccording to plan.”

Gushue, who was 8-3 at the recent Brierbut knocked out in the Page Three-Fourplayoff game, says Fry has been a good fit.

“He’s a pretty easygoing personality,”says Gushue. “He’s a good team player. He’sa positive guy and he’s intense, so you knowhe’s into the game each and every time youplay.

“We’re having too much fun, and we’vehad a reasonably successful year so far.Obviously, any time you put a new teamtogether there’s going to be some ups anddowns, and we’ve had those, but I see defi-nitely through next year, the Olympics, anddepending on our personal lives and worksituations, I could also see it going on to2014.

“But it’s a little premature to look that farahead."

Fry, who works at the Martini Bar onGeorge Street, says the job doesn’t interferewith curling because, once the season began,he’s only had a few shifts. His job has beenmostly a summer endeavour.

But when he works, “it’s an adventure.”“It gets tiring,” he says. “I’ve gone

through a few Red Bulls, but other than thatit’s pretty good. George Street is as crazy asthey say. I don’t think there’s any place likeit in North America. It’s a fun time for sure.”

“He’s been having a lot of fun downthere,” Gushue adds. “I don’t go to GeorgeStreet at all, but he’s had some good timesand I get some good stories when we get onthe road.”

Fry can thank Gushue for the job. “I just put his name down (on the

resume), and I got the job,” he laughs.

Fry having a �blast�working George Streetand chasing dream of Olympic gold

Winnipeg native RyanFry has found a newhome in St. John�swith 2006 Olympicgold-medal championBrad Gushue.

Brad Gushue has retooled his lineup.

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Amber Holland (b) 001 020 203 x — 8Cheryl Bernard (b) 75 010 303 x — 9 S P % S P %HOLLAND 75 274 91 BER. 76 256 84

Stefanie Lawton (b) 200 200 000 x — 4Cathy King (b) 021 021 301 x — 10 S P % S P %LAWTON 71 235 83 KING 72 265 92

Michelle Englot (a) 001 110 200 11 — 7Kelly Scott (a) 200 002 002 00 — 6 S P % S P %ENGLOT 87 262 75 SCOTT 88 282 80

MENKevin Koe (b) 201 002 11x x — 7Ted Appelman (b) 010 010 00x x — 2 S P % S P %KOE 64 213 83 APP. 63 194 77

DRAW 212:30 p.m.

MENBrad Gushue (a) 101 101 05x x — 9Kerry Burtnyk (b) 000 020 10x x — 3 S P % S P %GUSHUE 64 208 81 BURT. 63 188 75

Kevin Martin (a) 010 101 022 1 — 8Russ Howard (a) 102 010 200 0 — 6 S P % S P %MARTIN 80 254 79 HOW. 80 240 75

Mike McEwen (a) 011 020 100 x — 5Wayne Middaugh (a) 200 202 022 x — 10 S P % S P %McEWEN 72 228 79 MIDD. 72 228 79

Jeff Stoughton (b) 021 102 001 x — 7Kevin Koe (b) 100 020 020 x — 5 S P % S P %STOU. 80 247 77 KOE 78 252 81

WOMENMary-Anne Arsenault (a) 001 101 010 1 — 5Shannon Kleibrink (a) 020 010 000 0 — 3

S P % S P %ARSENAULT 80 237 74 KLEIB 80 241 75

DRAW 34:30 p.m.

WOMENKelly Scott (a) 101 010 002 1 — 6Cathy King (b) 010 101 010 0 — 4 S P % S P %SCOTT 80 235 73 KING 80 265 83

Cheryl Bernard (b) 201 002 120 10 — 9Marie-France Larouche (b) 030 110 004 03 — 12 S P % S P %BERNARD 86 260 76 LAR. 88 267 76

Sherry Middaugh (a) 010 101 0xx x — 3Mary-Anne Arsenault (a) 201 020 4xx x — 9 S P % S P %MIDD. 56 161 72 ARSEN. 56 165 74

MENTed Appelman (b) 000 100 100 x — 2Randy Ferbey (b) 111 002 001 x — 6 S P % S P %APP. 72 257 89 FERBEY 72 253 88

Russ Howard (a) 010 10x xxx x — 2Mike McEwen (a) 202 03x xxx x — 7 S P % S P %

HOWARD 40 129 81 McEWEN40 144 90

DRAW 48:30 p.m.

MENJeff Stoughton (b) 200 100 101 x — 5Wayne Middaugh (a) 001 010 000 x — 2 S P % S P %STOU. 76 272 89 MIDD. 78 238 76

Kevin Martin (a) 010 102 102 2 — 9Brad Gushue (a) 102 020 020 0 — 7 S P % S P %MARTIN 80 239 75 GUSH. 80 253 79

Kerry Burtnyk (b) 020 013 010 x — 7Randy Ferbey (b) 100 100 101 x — 4 S P % S P %BURT. 72 218 76 FERB. 72 221 77

WOMENShannon Kleibrink (a) 202 032 xxx x — 9Michelle Englot (a) 020 100 xxx x — 3 S P % S P %KLEIB. 48 157 82 ENG. 48 133 69

Amber Holland (b) 200 110 010 32 — 10Stefanie Lawton (b) 010 003 103 00 — 8 S P % S P %HOLL. 88 241 68 LAW. 86 267 78

LINESCORES

DRAW (TIME) A B C D E

5 — 9 a.m. Russ Howard Sherry Middaugh Kerry Burtnyk Wayne Middaugh Mike McEwen vs. vs. vs. vs. vs.

Kevin Koe Kelly Scott Ted Appelman Brad Gushue Kevin Martin

6 — 1:30 p.m. Shannon Kleibrink Brad Gushue Mary-Anne Arseneault Cathy King Stefanie Lawton vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. Amber Holland Mike McEwen Michelle Englot Marie-France Larouche Cheryl Bernard

7 — 6 p.m. Ted Appelman Jeff Stoughton Kevin Koe Michelle Englot Amber Holland vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. Kevin Martin Kerry Burtnyk Randy Ferbey Sherry Middaugh Cathy King

TODAYON THE

ICE

POOL A W LKevin Martin 2 0Brad Gushue 1 1Wayne Middaugh 1 1Mike McEwen 1 1Russ Howard 0 2

POOL B W LJeff Stoughton 2 0Randy Ferbey 1 1Kevin Koe 1 1Kerry Burtnyk 1 1Ted Appelman 0 2

MEN

POOL B W LMarie-France Larouche 2 0Amber Holland 2 0Cathy King 1 1Stefanie Lawton 0 2Cheryl Bernard 0 2

POOL A W LMary-Anne Arsenault 2 0Michelle Englot 1 1Kelly Scott 1 1Shannon Kleibrink 1 1Sherry Middaugh 0 2

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Ron Mills, an enduring part of a long-running Saskatchewan trivia ques-tion, died in December at 65 years of

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Wilson and lead Jim Wilson won the Brier (atCalgary) and world (at Moncton) titles in1980.

It was the same season Mills joined theteam as a replacement for the departed BobThompson.

Their season remains a benchmark on theSaskatchewan curling scene; the provincehasn’t won a Brier since Folk’s remarkablerun.

Mills, a long-time Folk foe as a skipbefore agreeing to join the squad as a third,served as an effective conduit between thequiet Folk and the hard-sweeping Wilsonbrothers on the front end.

At 36, he was the old man on the team.He was a student of the game who later

moved into coaching. He also worked as astatistician with the Canadian CurlingAssociation at many top events, includingmany Briers, Scotties, national juniors andmixed events and the Continental Cup.

“Ron was never the guy who would goout there and beat his own drum,” Folk saidfrom Kelowna. “He was quietly admired bya lot of people the way he curled and theway he coached and the way he helpedother curlers. He had a big impact.”

Folk recalled sitting down with his friendand old teammate a few years ago and talk-ing over old times. He was amazed byMills’ memory for their run to the top of theworld.

“He cherished every moment,” Folk said.

“Even though he wouldn’t go out and say‘Hey; I’m Ron Mills,’ he remembered every-thing.”

“Ron was one of the most studiouscurlers I knew,” said Bernie Yuzdepski, aclose friend of Mills who also curled withand against him for many years.

“He knew the angles, the drag . . . Ilearned some things from him. He took hiscurling very seriously. He was a person ofnot too many words, but man — he knewthe game as well as anyone.

“He’ll leave a big gap in curling circles,without a doubt.”

Mills was survived by his wife and bestfriend, Gloria; daughter, Julie and anextended family.

He was born and lived in Kindersley,Sask., attended the University ofSaskatchewan and obtained a degree inAdvanced Mathematics.

(Kevin Mitchell is a sportswriter with theSaskatoon StarPhoenix)

PASSING OF A CHAMPION

Ron Mills was a champion curlerwho later moved into coaching andand work with the Canadian CurlingAssociation.

The Schneider sisters, Kim (left) and Tammy, work the brushes hard for skipAmber Holland during opening day action Wednesday at the Canada Cup.

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