2012 Continental Cup of Curling

NA 2012 World Financial Group 2012contcup.jpeg 250px Langley, British Columbia Langley Events Centre January 12–15 165 235 N Women's Team Round 1 9 9 Mixed Doubles Round 1 6 12 Men's Team Round 1 9 9 Women's Team Round 2 9 9 Mixed Doubles Round 2 0 18 Men's Team Round 2 9 9 Skins A 26 34 Singles 8 24 Skins B 44 46 Women's Skins C 25 30 Men's Skins C 20 35 The 2012 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling was held from Thursday, January 12 to Sunday, January 15 at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, British Columbia.http://www.curling.ca/2011/01/20/curling%e2%80%99s-elite-set-to-compete-in-langley/ Curling's elite set to compete in Langley Canadian Curling Association 20 January 2011 6 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110808221717/http://www.curling.ca/2011/01/20/curling%e2%80%99s-elite-set-to-compete-in-langley/ 8 August 2011 dead Just like in the previous year's event, the Continental Cup featured team events, mixed doubles events, singles competitions, and skins competitions, and the brunt of the points were won in the skins competitions.http://www.curling.ca/2011/01/20/2012-world-financial-group-contiental-cup-disciplines/ 2012 World Financial Group Continental Cup Disciplines Canadian Curling Association 20 January 2011 TSN broadcast the event, as it has in previous years. Team World aimed to level the field after Team North America won the previous cup, which brought the overall total to 4–3 in favour of North America, and was successful, tying the overall total at 4–4. Team World's win ensured that no defending champion to date would successfully defend its title from the previous Cup, continuing a pattern that has occurred since the inception of the event. In their win, Team World also won the most points that they have won in this event, topping their score of 229 points won in 2006. Event summary Team World and Team North America started off the event relatively close in points. On Thursday, both teams tied their team drawshttp://www.curling.ca/2012/01/12/fit-to-be-tied-9-9-after-draw-1/ Fit to be tied: 9-9 after Draw 1 12 January 2012 Canadian Curling Associationhttp://www.curling.ca/2012/01/13/draw-3-more-saw-offs-as-world-clings-to-six-point-margin/ Draw 3: More saw-offs as World clings to six-point margin 13 January 2012 Canadian Curling Association and Team World took a small lead after the first mixed doubles draw.Draw 2: World edges ahead with splits http://www.curling.ca/2012/01/12/draw-2-world-edges-ahead-with-splits/ Canadian Curling Association 12 January 2012 The second day, Friday, also resulted in tied draws in the team games,http://www.curling.ca/2012/01/13/another-split-of-points-at-wfg-continental-cup/ Another split of points at WFG Continental Cup 13 January 2012 Canadian Curling Association but Team World won three close mixed doubles gameshttp://www.curling.ca/2012/01/13/world-team-explodes-for-doubles-sweep/ World team explodes for doubles sweep 13 January 2012 Canadian Curling Association to take a larger lead heading into Day 3.http://www.curling.ca/2012/01/14/mens-split-leaves-team-world-calling-continental-cup-tune/ Men's split leaves Team World calling Continental Cup tune 14 January 2012 Canadian Curling Association Saturday saw the singles competition, where Team World swept the women's competition and won the aggregate bonus,http://www.curling.ca/2012/01/14/relentless-the-word-for-team-world-at-continental-cup/ Relentless the word for Team World at Continental Cup 14 January 2012 Canadian Curling Association and two very close skins draws, which Team North America used to make up their deficit.http://www.curling.ca/2012/01/14/team-world-adds-eight-points-to-continental-cup-lead/ Team World adds eight points to Continental Cup lead 14 January 2012 Canadian Curling Associationhttp://www.curling.ca/2012/01/15/team-world-closer-to-continental-cup-victory/ Team World closer to Continental Cup victory 15 January 2012 Canadian Curling Association In the Skins B games, a series of carryovers had resulted in the games' final skins worth a combined total of 52 points. Team North America had the opportunity to take their first lead in the event, but only won one of the three final skins, giving Team World a big advantage. Team North America was able to prevent Team World from winning the Cup on Saturday, but Team World entered Sunday needing only 31 points to win the Cup. In the Women's Skins C game, Stefanie Lawton and her team were able to prevent Wang Bingyu from winning the Cup in their skins game by winning the first five ends, but Wang and her team came back to pick up the last three skins and thirty points, placing Team World on the brink of victory at 200 points, one point short of the 201 point total needed to win the Cup.http://www.curling.ca/2012/01/15/continental-cup-%E2%80%94-down-to-the-last-point/ Continental Cup — down to the last point 15 January 2012 Canadian Curling Association 16 January 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120120222732/http://www.curling.ca/2012/01/15/continental-cup-%E2%80%94-down-to-the-last-point/ 20 January 2012 dead dmy-all The pressure shifted to Jeff Stoughton to keep the North Americans' hopes of a comeback alive. Team World's position at 200 points meant that it was possible for Team North America to tie the event, if Stoughton won all of the skins in his game versus Thomas Ulsrud, a feat that Anette Norberg accomplished in 2003 against Sherry Middaugh. In the event that the Continental Cup ended in a tie, the rules stipulated that the defending champion, North America, would retain the cup, similar to that in the rules of the Ryder Cup in golf.http://www.worldcurling.org/world-financial-group-continental-cup-2012---could-end-in-tie World Financial Group Continental Cup 2012 - Could end in tie 15 January 2012 World Curling Federation 16 January 2012 24 May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120524164132/http://worldcurling.org/world-financial-group-continental-cup-2012---could-end-in-tie dead If there was a tie, the purses would have been split equally among all players. The Men's Skins C game saw Ulsrud and his team capitalize on a mistake by Stoughton to secure a skin of five points and win the eighth edition of the Continental Cup.http://www.curling.ca/2012/01/16/team-world-wraps-up-fourth-continental-cup-title/ Team World wraps up fourth Continental Cup title 16 January 2012 Canadian Curling Association The winning team, Team World, received a purse of CAD$52,000, CAD$2,000 per player, and the losing team received a purse of CAD$26,000, CAD$1,000 per player. The winning team of the last men's skin game (the Men's Skins C game), Team World, received a bonus of CAD$13,000. Teams The teams were selected from the top teams in each region. Six teams from each region will compete against each other in the competition. Teams from Canada get to represent North America by virtue of winning certain events, such as the Tim Hortons Brier and the Canada Cup of Curling. The teams from the United States are chosen by the United States Curling Association to represent North America, and the teams representing Team World are selected by the World Curling Federation. The teams in the table below have been announced as representatives of their respective regions.http://www.worldcurling.org/teams-announced-for-2012-world-financial-group-continental-cup https://web.archive.org/web/20110913051952/http://www.worldcurling.org/teams-announced-for-2012-world-financial-group-continental-cup dead September 13, 2011 Teams announced for 2012 World Financial Group Continental Cup 5 August 2011 World Curling Federationhttp://worldcurling.org/download/?dl==AFVxIkVWZ1RhxmRWR1aatWVFlVeWxGcHZlRalVUtVTV 2012 Continental Cup of Curling – Teams World Curling Federationhttp://www.curling.ca/2011/04/01/the-cups-are-filling-up/ The Cups are Filling Up! Canadian Curling Association 1 April 2011 For Team North America, the teams participating include Canada Cup champions Stefanie Lawton and Glenn Howard, Tournament of Hearts champion Amber Holland, Brier champion Jeff Stoughton, and the United States men's and women's champions Pete Fenson and Patti Lank. For Team World, the teams participating include world champion Anette Norberg, former world champion Wang Bingyu, world junior champion Eve Muirhead, world bronze medalist Niklas Edin, world silver medalist Tom Brewster, and Olympic silver medalist Thomas Ulsrud. Team Skip Third Second Lead Locale Team North America Stefanie Lawton Sherry Anderson Sherri Singler Marliese Kasner CAN Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Amber Holland Kim Schneider Tammy Schneider Heather Kalenchuk CAN Kronau, Saskatchewan Patti Lank Nina Spatola Caitlin Maroldo Mackenzie Lank USA Lewiston, New York Glenn Howard Wayne Middaugh Brent Laing Craig Savill CAN Coldwater, Ontario Jeff Stoughton Jon Mead Reid Carruthers Ben Hebert1 1 CAN Winnipeg, Manitoba Pete Fenson Shawn Rojeski Joe Polo Ryan Brunt USA Bemidji, Minnesota Coach: CAN Julie Skinner, Captain: CAN Rick Lang Team World Anette Norberg Cecilia Östlund Sara Carlsson Liselotta Lennartsson SWE Karlstad Wang Bingyu Sun Yue Yue Qingshuang Zhou Yan CHN Harbin Eve Muirhead Anna Sloan Vicki Adams Claire Hamilton SCO Lockerbie Niklas Edin Sebastian Kraupp Fredrik Lindberg Viktor Kjäll SWE Karlstad Tom Brewster Greg Drummond Scott Andrews Michael Goodfellow SCO Aberdeen Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson NOR Oslo Coach: SCO David Hay, Captain: SWE Peja Lindholm Notes 1Steve Gould, Stoughton's lead, was not able to participate in the event due to illness, so Hebert, Kevin Martin's lead, was chosen as his replacement.http://tsn.ca/curling/story/?id=384828 Stoughton, Howard team up against World at Continental Cup 11 January 2012 TSN Curling Events All times listed are Pacific Standard Time.http://www.curling.ca/championships/continentalcup/scores-and-results/draw-schedule/ 2012 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling – Draw Schedule Canadian Curling Association 2012-01-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20130109013132/http://www.curling.ca/championships/continentalcup/scores-and-results/draw-schedule 2013-01-09 deadhttp://worldcurling.org/world-financial-group-continental-cup-2012 World Financial Group Continental Cup 2012 World Curling Federation The draws for Thursday and Friday were released on Wednesday night,http://www.curling.ca/2012/01/12/thursday-and-friday-pairings-announced-for-wfg-continental-cup/ Thursday and Friday pairings announced for WFG Continental Cup 12 January 2012 Canadian Curling Association and the draws for Saturday and Sunday were released on Friday afternoon.http://www.curling.ca/2012/01/14/saturday-and-sunday-match-ups-announced/ Saturday and Sunday match-ups announced 14 January 2012 Canadian Curling Association Thursday, January 12 Women's team 8:30 am A North America (Lank) 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 World (Wang) 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 6 6 B North America (Lawton) 1 0 1 4 0 4 1 0 11 6 World (Norberg) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 C North America (Holland) 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 5 3 World (Muirhead) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 5 3 Mixed doubles 1:00 pm A North America (Middaugh/Spatola) 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 7 3 World (Brewster/Yue) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 7 3 B North America (Carruthers/K. Schneider) 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 X 4 0 World (Kraupp/Norberg) 0 5 0 0 0 2 1 X 8 6 C North America (Rojeski/Kasner) 0 4 0 0 3 0 2 0 9 3 World (Ulsrud/Östlund) 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 2 9 3 Men's team 6:30 pm A North America (Fenson) 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 1 0 World (Brewster) 2 1 0 0 2 2 X X 7 6 B North America (Stoughton) 0 1 0 4 0 2 1 X 8 6 World (Edin) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 3 0 C North America (Howard) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 3 World (Ulsrud) 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 Friday, January 13 Women's team 8:30 am A North America (Lank) 1 0 0 1 3 0 3 X 8 6 World (Norberg) 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 X 5 0 B North America (Holland) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 World (Wang) 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 6 6 C North America (Lawton) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 3 World (Muirhead) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 Mixed doubles 1:00 pm A North America (Savill/P. Lank) 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 X 4 0 World (Nergård/Wang) 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 X 5 6 B North America (Hebert/Lawton) 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 7 0 World (Lindberg/Muirhead) 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 8 6 C North America (Polo/Holland) 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 X 5 0 World (Drummond/Sloan) 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 X 7 6 Men's team 7:00 pm A North America (Howard) 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 X 6 6 World (Edin) 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 X 4 0 B North America (Fenson) 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 3 World (Ulsrud) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 4 3 C North America (Stoughton) 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 6 0 World (Brewster) 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 7 6 Saturday, January 14 A Skins 9:00 am Each skins game has 20 points available. A North America (Lank) X X 4 World (Norberg) X X X 0 X X 16 B North America (Howard/Anderson/Laing/Singler) X X X 0 X 18 World (Edin/Muirhead/Svae/Yue) 0 0 X 2 C North America (Fenson) 0 X X 4 World (Brewster) X X X X X 16 Singles 1:30 pm Each singles game has 4 points available, for a total of 32 points in the singles competition. A North America (Holland) 0 5 3 2 1 0 11 0 World (Muirhead) 1 5 5 2 2 0 15 4 B North America (Lawton) 5 4 5 3 2 1 20 0 World (Wang) 4 4 5 4 4 0 21 4 C North America (Lank) 3 3 5 0 0 0 11 0 World (Norberg) 0 5 4 3 2 5 19 4 A North America (Fenson) 0 5 3 5 2 0 15 4 World (Edin) 0 5 2 3 1 3 14 0 B North America (Stoughton) 2 4 5 4 5 5 25 4 World (Brewster) 0 5 5 2 4 0 16 0 C North America (Howard) 3 3 2 1 1 5 15 0 World (Ulsrud) 0 5 5 4 3 0 17 4 Team World receives a bonus of 8 points in the singles competition by earning an aggregate total higher than that of Team North America, with 102 points to Team North America's 97 points. B Skins 6:30 pm Each skins game has 30 points available. A North America (Holland) X X 0 0 4 World (Muirhead) X X 0 X 26 B North America (Stoughton/P. Lank/Mead/M. Lank) 0 0 X 15 World (Ulsrud/Wang/Drummond/Carlsson) 0 0 0 0 X 15 C North America (Howard) 0 0 X X X 25 World (Edin) X X 0 5 Sunday, January 15 Both skins games have 55 points available. Women's C Skins 10:30 am North America (Lawton) 0 X X 0 25 World (Wang) 0 0 X X X 30 Men's C Skins 5:00 pm B North America (Stoughton) X X X X 20 World (Ulsrud) X X X X 35 With an in-off tap for two in the third end, Ulsrud won the skin of five points and clinched the Continental Cup for Team World. Later on, in the eighth end, Ulsrud and his team took advantage of crucial mistakes from Stoughton to steal the last skin and win the game and the bonus $13,000 for Team World. References External links Official Site http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship.aspx?id=422 2012 Continental Cup of Curling Results World Curling Federation 2011-07-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20110912104726/http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship.aspx?id=422 2011-09-12 dead Continental Cup of Curling Category:Continental Cup of Curling Category:Sports in Langley, British Columbia (district municipality) Category:Curling competitions in British Columbia Continental Cup of Curling Continental Cup of Curling