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A SIX-PACK . . . to go

1. Canada2. Sweden

3. South Korea4. Russia5. Czech Republic6. U.S.A.

Russia’s Victoria Moiseeva has a spot in the playoffs.

2018 Ford World Women’s Curling Championship | EYE OPENER – SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2018

Now real fun beginsThe round-robin is done and now things

really turn serious at the Ford World Women’s Curling Championship. The

last of the qualifying teams – Anna Kubeskova of the Czech Republic – was declared in Friday’s final draw and now six teams, including Jennifer Jones of Canada, have two days to determine this year’s champion.

Jones and Team Canada finished the round-robin unbeaten at 12-0 after an 8-5 win over Jamie Sinclair of the United States Friday. Jones, third Kaitlyn Lawes, second Jill Officer, lead Dawn McEwen and alternate Shannon Birchard claimed the No. 1 position and will play in Saturday evening’s semifinal at 7 p.m. As the No. 1 team they will have last rock to

begin the semifinal.“That’s huge, to have hammer,” Birchard

said.They also get to sleep in, which Jones said

isn’t that big of a benefit.“I don’t think it’s really an advantage,” she

said. “It’s nice to have a little bit of sleep-in, but it’s also great to be on the ice and get used to the ice conditions.”

Olympic gold medallist Anna Hasselborg of Sweden dropped an 8-5 decision to Scotland’s Hannah Fleming in her final game Friday afternoon but finished at 10-2 to claim second place and a bye into the 2 p.m. semifinal.

The other four qualifiers — Olympic silver medallist EunJung Kim of South Korea, Victoria Moiseeva of Russia, Sinclair and Kubeskova — will play in this morning’s quarter-finals at 9 a.m. South Korea will play the U.S. and Russia will play the Czech

Republic.“We have a good mood on our team,” Czech

third Alzbeta Baudysova said. “We looked at this as two separate tournaments. The goal of this tournament was to get to the playoffs and then it’s a different tournament; everyone starts from zero. There’s more pressure but you are more (determined) to win.”

The Czechs played without an ill Kubeskova in their final game but are hoping she will ready today.

Playing in front of a sold-out crowd of 3,887 in the Memorial Gardens, Jones and company scored three in the second end on a crowd-erupting triple through a port by Jones and three more in eight after the U.S. had pulled even at 4-4.

“We’re definitely gearing up for the playoffs,” said Jones. “You always have to turn it up a notch, so we’ll have to play a little bit

better tomorrow. We know everyone will bring their best game and we’ll have to be as sharp as we can to have the opportunity to play in the final.”

South Korea suffered a 6-5, extra-end loss to Fleming in the final draw while Yilun Jiang of China beat Daniela Jentsch of Germany 7-6 and Russia rolled by Angelina Jensen of Denmark 10-5.

For Moiseeva and her teammates, the win washed away the sour taste of their 8-7 loss to South Korea where they allowed Kim’s team to steal five points in the final four ends to win 8-7 in an extra end.

“Now we just need to go to the hotel, have a good sleep and wake up to a new day,” Moiseeva said of getting ready for the playoffs. “It’s a completely new thing, it’s not the round-robin, it’s playoffs; it’s win or (go home) so we need to be focused like we never been before.”

Canada completes perfect record as playoffs beginBy JOHN KOROBANIK

Eye Opener Writer

It’s been a love affair between Team Canada’s Jennifer Jones and the crowds that have come to watch her and her team roll through theworld women’s competition undefeated this week.

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Curling fans in North Bay this week for the Ford World Women’s Curling

Championship have been under the impression there are two Olympic gold-medal champions in the building — Canada’s Jennifer Jones and Anna Hasselborg of Sweden.

Not so. There’s a third, and you can find her in the broadcast booth daily, doing her work as a commentator for World Curling TV, offering her insights on the sport.

Her name is Rhona Howie but she is best remembered as Rhona Martin, who astounded the curling world and people back in Britain

when her team from Scotland won a surprise Olympic gold medal at the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Games.

Thus began her new life, an incredible journey full of twists and turns, ups and down, that has eventually led her to North Bay this week, still involved in a game she has always loved.

“When I was asked to do this, I said ‘I’d love to.’ It’s a game you love to play, so it’s easy to talk about it, isn’t it?” said Howie, 51, who lives in Ayrshire, Scotland.

And talk she does. She has a nice, easy-listening style, but the thing you understand after a few minutes of hearing her is she sure knows what she’s talking about. And she’s fair.

“You’ve got to be very neutral,” she said Friday in between draws at the North Bay Memorial Gardens. “You can’t favour one over the other. It about seeing what the

viewers are seeing and not being too opinionated, or why they are playing a certain shot.”

Broadcasting is just a small part of Howie’s rich resume. Besides her triumph at the Olympics, she was head coach of the British Curling women’s program leading up to the 2014 Sochi Games in Russia, acting as coach, mentor and mother figure to her protege, Eve Muirhead.

After those Games ended, Howie became involved with lawn bowls and with what she calls assorted ‘bibs and bobs’.

But she’s back in her element and loves being at the women’s championship in North Bay, rubbing shoulders with the players and others associated with the game, and listening to Canada’s TSN crew.

“Brilliant,” she said. “I just love listening to them. The coverage that TSN gives to Canada is awesome.”

Howie still part of game she loves

Rhona Howie is an Olympic champ.

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Alternates for teams at the Ford World Women’s Curling Cham-pionship don’t get many oppor-

tunities to play unless there’s an injury or an illness. They sit on the coaches’ bench most games, watching and hop-ing their chance will come.

Friday morning that chance came for fifths Josephine Obermann of Germany and Shannon Birchard of Canada, although Birchard had played the final two ends of Canada’s first game last Saturday.

“It was (fun). I’m glad they let me out for a game,” said Birchard, who had replaced third Kaitlyn Lawes for the Jennifer Jones team as they won the 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts to earn a berth in the worlds

The 23-year-old, who skipped her own team this season and will be join-ing Kerri Einarson’s team next season, said getting to play the game from the

beginning was much easier than going in partway through.

“It’s huge,” she said of the difference. “You get to prepare mentally if you’re playing an entire game. Coming in half way you’re not stretched, you haven’t slid, you haven’t thrown the pregame practice so you’re coming in pretty cold and it’s tough to pick up on things right away.

“I felt a lot more comfortable today coming from the start.”

Obermann, listed as the regular second for Daniela Jentsch’s German team, hadn’t thrown a stone until Friday as coach Uli Kapp elected to go with a lineup of Jentsch, third Emira Ab-bes, second Analena Jentsch and lead Pia-Lisa Schoell. He then stuck with it although the team struggled to a 2-8 record before beating two-time world champion Binia Feltscher of Switzer-land 10-6 Friday morning.

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Shannon Birchard (left) got a chance to start and finish a game for Team Canada on Friday.


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“I was eager to play. I wanted to play all week long, so I was very, very happy that we decided today that I was able to play,’ said the 34-year-old Obermann who’s in her second world championship.

Both Obermann and Birchard played well. Birchard had a shooting percent-age of 88 and Obermann, who played lead, was at 75 per cent. Birchard replaced Jill Officer at second.

“It’s not a huge change,” from third to second she said. “It’s something I have to get used to, I’ll be playing second next year. It’s not that big of a difference, sweeping a couple more rocks, but that’s about it.”

Obermann said once Kapp had de-cided on a starting lineup, the women “felt pretty good how they were to-gether, the four of them. Emira’s pretty new in the team and she felt pretty good so we decided we wanted to keep that team dynamic.

“And then we decided to keep me for later draws when we have back-to-back games.”

While she didn’t get to play much before Friday, Birchard was acting as team coach through the first five days while Wendy Morgan was with the wheelchair team at the Paralympics.

“Wendy wasn’t here until Wednes-day night so since they had experience with me out on the ice with them they

wanted my opinion,” Birchard said of filling in.

And yes, she said, even the veteran Jones, Lawes, Officer and Dawn McE-wen listened when she went to the ice during time-outs.

“Far as I know they love my timeouts,” she said. “I give them my opinion and that’s all they want.”

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But besides that, if you love food — and most people do — you get to experi-ence all the different culinary delights this country has to offer.

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AND LABRADOR — There are thou-sands of fish and chips eateries acoss the country, but I defy anybody to find a better spot to sit down for this clas-sic dinner than at the Duke of Duck-worth, a St. John’s institution. The fish,

fresh cod, is battered and deep fried and served with a heap of golden fries. We went there one evening between draws at the 2017 Brier, sat by the warm fire-place, and with a pint of Keith’s, it was all good! St. John’s is also where I met Marg Bromley, a volunteer at the 2005 Scotties. She gave me her recipe for Citadell Hill chowder and I still make it to this day.

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The Five Fishermen in downtown Halifax is one of the great places to dine on lobster.

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NOVA SCOTIA — If you like seafood, this place is heaven. Every day at the 1981 Brier we’d head for lunch at The Split Crow pub in downtown Halifax for a huge bowl of mussels and a pint of Keith’s, all for about five bucks. But the real deal in Halifax is a classic lobster dinner at The Five Fishermen, just down the street from the Metro Centre. I’ve been there every time I’ve been in the city for a curling event, and it’s always the same — sensational. McKelvie’s is also a great spot to eat. I especially love the sign overhead the front door of the restaurant: Delicious Fishes Dishes!

NEW BRUNSWICK — Bet you thought I’d say lob-ster or chowder, right? Not even close. Covering the 1999 world championships in Saint John, I had a wonderful feed of haggis. Now, I was never a big fan of the Scottish dish, but this was different. It was very good and changed my opinion about haggis. The lunch was supplied by the Scottish contingent that was there to promote the follow-ing year’s world event in Glasgow. But rest assured, I had some tastly lobster and chowder that week.

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND — Sad to say I’ve never covered a curling event on the island. But I’ve been there, and it’s a beautiful province.

ONTARIO — At the 1986 Kitchener-Waterloo Brier, my running mate suggested we try pig tails at a high-end restaurant. Really? Pig tails? But we heard pig tails are a staple in the region so off we went. It was a dinner I’ll never forget. The tails were not the fatty, boney lumps you might get from your local butcher.

These were the long, thin variety, roasted in a sweet sauce with a touch of heat. Simply delicious. I couldn’t get enough of them. Who knew pig tails could taste so good?

QUEBEC — I make tourtierre for Christmas every year, so when I went to Chicoutimi-Jonquere for the 1988 Brier, I wanted to get the lowdown on how they make the dish in that neck of the woods. I met a husband-wife couple who were volunteering and they told me about Quebec tourtierre, which is certainly dif-ferent than my recipie. It’s almost like a stew, and made in a cast-iron frying pan. I brought the recipe home and made it a week after arriving. A great dish!

MANITOBA — Two things stand out. At the 1998 Winnipeg Brier, I had smoked goldeye pate on a toasted crustini as an appetizer. Goldeye is a local delicacy, and if you’ve never had it, you’re missing something. We also went, en masse, to Alycia’s in the North End

for Ukrainian food, chowing down on steaming hot borscht, perogies and kulbassa. Alycia’s, which was John Candy’s favourite place to go when the actor was in town, is gone now, but rumour has it the restaurant may start up again.

SASKATCHEWAN — Ever heard of a place called White Fox? Probably not. It is a tiny hamlet just outside Nipawin where I was covering the annual car bonspiel in the mid-Eighties. We heard the wings there were great. It was a small, hole-in-the-wall restaurant and the tiny Chinese owner was a one-man show — he greeted you at the door, sat you down, took your order, cooked it, took your money and then did all the dishes, even though we said we’d help. And the wings? Best I ever tasted. We cleaned him out. A real fun night. Veroba’s in Moose Jaw, site of the 2015 Scotties, also serves up the best home-cooked meals anywhere.

ALBERTA — There are all kinds of great places to eat in Alberta, but we took a side trip to Banff before the 1997 Calgary Brier and had the most exotic — and delicious — dinner at the Grizzly House. The restaurant serves fondues and sizzling hot rock meat selections, including buffalo, rattlesnake and shark. The rustic decor of the restaurant made the evening a perfect mountain experience. What a way to start Brier week!

BRITISH COLUMBIA — Victoria played host to the 2009 Scotties, and once again we were all in a great seafood city, but instead of the usual, I opted to try a dish I had never experienced before — Dungeness crab. The spot to go, I was told, was the Blue Crab Seafood House, and I wasn’t disappointed. I needed a few instructions in how to “attack” the poor devil, but once exposed, the crab was succulent and delicious. And you never go to Victoria without having afternoon tea at the Empress Hotel. A touch of ol’ England.

Dungeness crab at the Blue Crab Seafood House is a must in Victoria.

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LINESCORESDraw 18

9 a.m.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Japan (Koana) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 x — 5Canada (Jones) 1 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 x — 8

Germany (Jentsch) 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 x — 10Swiss (Feltscher) 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 x — 6

Denmark (Jensen) 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 — 9China (Jiang) 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 — 10

USA (Sinclair) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 — 6Czech Rep. (Kubeskova) 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 — 8

Draw 19

2 p.m.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Italy (Gaspari) *0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 — 6Swiss (Feltscher) 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 — 7

Czech Rep. (Kubeskova) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 — 5Japan (Koana) 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 — 7

Scotland (Fleming) 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 — 8Sweden (Hasselborg) 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 — 5

South Korea (Kim) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 — 8Russia (Moiseeva) 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 — 7

Draw 207 p.m.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Denmark (Jensen) 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 x — 5Russia (Moiseeva) 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 2 x — 10

South Korea (Kim) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 — 5Scotland (Fleming) 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 — 6

Canada (Jones) 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 — 8USA (Sinclair) 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 — 5

China (Jiang) 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 — 7Germany (Jentsch) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 — 6

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SCHEDULETODAY

Qualification Games9 a.m.

3. South Korea vs. 6. USA; 4. Russia vs. 5. Czech Republic2 p.m.

Semifinal 17 p.m.

Semifinall 2STANDINGS W LCanada (Jones) 1 2 0S w e d e n ( H a s s e l b o r g ) 1 0 2 S . K o r e a ( K i m ) 8 4R u s s i a ( M o i s e e v a ) 7 5Czech Rep. (Kubeskova) 6 6U . S . ( S i n c l a i r ) 6 6 C h i n a ( J i a n g ) 6 6S w i s s ( F e l t s c h e r ) 5 7S c o t l a n d ( F l e m i n g ) 5 7J a p a n ( K o a n a ) 5 7D e n m a r k ( J e n s e n ) 3 9G e r m a n y ( J e n t s c h ) 3 9I t a l y ( G a s p a r i ) 2 1 0

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Go back to sleep, Wendy Morgan told herself when she woke up at 3 a.m. one morning this week. The coach of Jennifer Jones team here was just back from her role as team manager of Canada’s bronze-medal-winning wheelchair curling team at the Paralympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea.

“It was a fantastic group effort,” she said of the Paralympic team. “We had five athletes and six staff and everybody put their best effort forward and it was really rewarding to get that bronze.

“It was emotional. We played 13 games over eight days with only one day where we had one game, so there was very little down time. And we had 45 minutes travel time on the bus, so it was pretty much all business, go play, rest, recover, go play, rest, recover so eat, sleep curl.”

Now she’s here and things are a little bit different.

“I’m just looking forward to not interrupting their mo-jo here. You’re just hoping that they can just operate and do the things they do best. I’m not trying to interfere, just trying to support, trying to find that comforting thing to say now and then, or that uplifting thing to say. They know how to play so you’re just here to support and not interfere.”

n n nTeam Canada third Kaitlyn Lawes

has more than a passing interest in, and knowledge of, North Bay and area. The

Winnipeg native used to visit the area as a youngster to visit relatives.

“I have a half brother that their family used to be in Sunridge (about 75 kilometres south of North Bay on the shores of Lake Bernard) so it’s not too far from here. I used to come in the summer time,” Lawes said after Canada’s 8-5 win over Japan Friday morning.

“It’s nice to be here,” she added. “I still have some family not too far from here, so it’s nice to be able to catch up with some of them.”

n n nThe Czech Republic advanced into

today’s quarter-final matches after splitting their two games Friday – a win with skip Anna Kubeskova and a loss without her. The 28-year-old, in her fourth world championship, caught a bug and couldn’t answer the bell for the team’s final round-robin game.

“Hopefully she will be back (for the playoffs),” said third Alzbeta Baudysova. “She has something, kind of sick and not speaking that well, so we wanted someone else screaming at us in the rings.”


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