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Seems even curlers at the Brier aren't immune to the hazards of poorly conceived tweets.

Alberta's Kevin Martin (the defending Olympic champion and widely regarded as a leading contender) was soundly demolished 8-1 yesterday afternoon by Northern Ontario's Brad Jacobs, which inspired a fan of N.Ont to tweet: "[N.Ont] literally just took a dump on Alberta's chest."

Jacobs retweets this. One of Martin's teammates (Second Marc Kennedy aka Leftykenbear on twitter) sees it and responds: "Wow nice retweet. #classy #humble". Jacobs apologises (misspelling Marc with a k in the process) and swears off tweeting for the rest of the Brier.
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Perhaps he tweeted while enjoying a celebratory pint.
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Often there are video compilations showing various sports bloopers, mistakes, and goofs, with perhaps baseball being the most common. But you rarely if ever see curling bloopers in such compilations. On an amateur level:


And on a rare occasion on a professional level:


Perhaps this Swede should have taken up the other sport on ice where his country is well known for. But of course, he might still fall down and get a broken nose and at the expense of a Russian player instead of one who will show concern and help him get up with a hug and a pat. So stick with curling as overall, it's still a safer sport.

I know in curling it's considered extreme breach of etiquette to celebrate and cheer over an opponent's mistake even if it means points and possibly winning. I guess that's the reason why there's less mocking in curling over mistakes.
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Ouch ! I've seen some spills but never like that one.
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TheLionKing wrote:Perhaps he tweeted while enjoying a celebratory pint.
I don't think so; he was back on the ice a couple hours later for his evening draw against Newfoundland. Although come to think of it, he ended up losing that one...
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I wouldn't call that first vid bloopers/goofs/whatever. Mostly just a bunch of heavy draw shots that sailed right through the house, no real humour to it like happens sometimes with baseball.

Now this one is kind of funny, from the 9th end of this past Sunday morning's draw, QC vs AB — clowning the line call from QC's third Martin Crête on the shot from his skip Jean-Michel Ménard.

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Linda Moore: "He makes Russ Howard look like a shrinking wallflower." As I type, I can hear him in the background as I'm watching the NOnt vs Ont match from the current draw. LOL
TheLionKing wrote:Ouch ! I've seen some spills but never like that one.
Yeah that was a rough one, didn't seem to be on purpose, though. Also looked like it happened in Canada (international curling ice, like in hockey, is wider than this sheet).
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Well, whaddaya know. Northern Ontario's Brad Jacobs put that twitter distraction completely behind him at this Edmonton Brier and not only clinched a playoff berth that he was widely expected to be in tough to secure, but strung together three sudden death playoff wins against Newfoundland's Brad Gushue, Ontario's Glenn Howard and Manitoba's Jeff Stoughton — all of whom were seeded above him in the playoff round and had previously won either Olympic gold or past Briers — to capture this year's national championship. His final 11-4 effort tonight against Manitoba was particularly stellar; I can't remember the last time I've seen a Stoughton team beaten so soundly (or miss so many shots, frankly). NO exploited practically every MB miscue and won it in a cakewalk.

Congrats to Northern Ontario. Alberta capital locals in attendance to witness this victory must now be wondering how much longer it will take before they get to see another team in green and gold win a championship. :)

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L-R: Skip Brad Jacobs, Third Ryan Fry, Second E.J. Harnden, Lead Ryan Harnden
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Does this mean he gets to represent Canada at next year's Olympics or is it to be determined ?
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TheLionKing wrote:Does this mean he gets to represent Canada at next year's Olympics or is it to be determined ?
Short answer: To be determined.

Longer answer:

As in previous Olympic cycles, there's going to be an 8-team bonspiel to decide our rep, in December in Winnipeg. It's a pretty complicated procedure based on the so-called Canadian Team Ranking System (CTRS); you earn points based on your performance in various events (like the Brier) in the 2+ year run-up to Wpg and the teams with the most points get entry. There's a 12-team pre-tournament in November in Kitchener with teams chosen from among the CTRS leaders, from which two top teams will earn berths into the Wpg event. Six other teams get to bypass the Kitchener event and qualify directly into Wpg based on superior CTRS performance.

So far, Kevin Martin (the defending Olympic champion), Jeff Stoughton and Glenn Howard — all of whom played at (and lost to Jacobs in the round-robin and/or playoff rounds of) this Brier — have earned berths into Wpg and two other rinks have qualified for Kitchener. Jacobs's win tonight earns him CTRS points which will go toward determining whether he can at least go to Kitchener or even directly to Wpg but there's still a lot of dust that needs to settle before that gets decided.

Like I said it's quite complicated, but we have a great deal of curling depth in this country (literally more than the rest of the world put together) so the goal is to produce a highly road-tested representative, rather than just pick a team that got hot at one particular event that might have been played months or more before the Olympics are held. Jacobs for example had never won the Brier before until tonight so from that viewpoint he still has a lot to prove before he can get the berth to Russia. Martin, Howard and Stoughton combined have won about a dozen Briers so with that type of resume any one of them could easily end up shutting Jacobs out of Sochi at the Wpg trials.

Everything I've said here applied to men's and women's curling; they'll both go through this circuitous procedure in Kitchener and Winnipeg to name a rep. I'm pretty sure both events will be televised — and why not? it'll be great viewing in its own right for any curling fan to watch these great teams do battle — most likely on TSN.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Canad ... ing_Trials

http://www.curling.ca/ctrs-trials/olymp ... n-process/
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sj-roc wrote:Congrats to Northern Ontario. Alberta capital locals in attendance to witness this victory must now be wondering how much longer it will take before they get to see another team in green and gold win a championship. :)

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L-R: Skip Brad Jacobs, Third Ryan Fry, Second E.J. Harnden, Lead Ryan Harnden
And don't forget the ladies as well. Congrats to Team Ontario.
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Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Alison Kreviazuk, and Lisa Weagle
祝加拿大加式足球聯賽不列颠哥伦比亚卑詩雄獅隊今年贏格雷杯冠軍。此外祝溫哥華加人隊贏總統獎座·卡雲斯·甘保杯·史丹利盃。還每年祝溫哥華白頭浪隊贏美國足球大联盟杯。不要忘記每年祝溫哥華巨人贏西部冰球聯盟冠軍。
改建後的卑詩體育館於二十十一年九月三十日重新對外開放,首場體育活動為同日舉行的加拿大足球聯賽賽事,由主場的卑詩雄獅隊以三十三比二十四擊敗愛民頓愛斯基摩人隊。
祝你龍年行大運。
恭喜西雅图海鹰直到第四十八屆超級盃最終四十三比八大勝曾拿下兩次超級盃冠軍的丹佛野馬拿下隊史第一個超級盃冠軍。
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sj-roc wrote:
TheLionKing wrote:Does this mean he gets to represent Canada at next year's Olympics or is it to be determined ?
Short answer: To be determined.

Longer answer:

As in previous Olympic cycles, there's going to be an 8-team bonspiel to decide our rep, in December in Winnipeg. It's a pretty complicated procedure based on the so-called Canadian Team Ranking System (CTRS); you earn points based on your performance in various events (like the Brier) in the 2+ year run-up to Wpg and the teams with the most points get entry. There's a 12-team pre-tournament in November in Kitchener with teams chosen from among the CTRS leaders, from which two top teams will earn berths into the Wpg event. Six other teams get to bypass the Kitchener event and qualify directly into Wpg based on superior CTRS performance.

So far, Kevin Martin (the defending Olympic champion), Jeff Stoughton and Glenn Howard — all of whom played at (and lost to Jacobs in the round-robin and/or playoff rounds of) this Brier — have earned berths into Wpg and two other rinks have qualified for Kitchener. Jacobs's win tonight earns him CTRS points which will go toward determining whether he can at least go to Kitchener or even directly to Wpg but there's still a lot of dust that needs to settle before that gets decided.

Like I said it's quite complicated, but we have a great deal of curling depth in this country (literally more than the rest of the world put together) so the goal is to produce a highly road-tested representative, rather than just pick a team that got hot at one particular event that might have been played months or more before the Olympics are held. Jacobs for example had never won the Brier before until tonight so from that viewpoint he still has a lot to prove before he can get the berth to Russia. Martin, Howard and Stoughton combined have won about a dozen Briers so with that type of resume any one of them could easily end up shutting Jacobs out of Sochi at the Wpg trials.

Everything I've said here applied to men's and women's curling; they'll both go through this circuitous procedure in Kitchener and Winnipeg to name a rep. I'm pretty sure both events will be televised — and why not? it'll be great viewing in its own right for any curling fan to watch these great teams do battle — most likely on TSN.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Canad ... ing_Trials

http://www.curling.ca/ctrs-trials/olymp ... n-process/
Thanks, didn't realize it was that complicated.
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After the round robin at the Worlds in Victoria, Brad Jacobs finds himself in the same situation as the Brier: taking the 4th and final playoff seed and having to win three sudden death playoffs (against Denmark, Scotland and Sweden in that order) in a row to claim gold. Would be great to see him pull it off again.

EDIT: Canada outlasts Denmark in a tight 8-6 battle to advance to the semifinal against Scotland at 4p PT this afternoon. "Is this the Brier all over again?" asks Vic Rauter.
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sj-roc wrote:
TheLionKing wrote:Does this mean he gets to represent Canada at next year's Olympics or is it to be determined ?
Short answer: To be determined.

Longer answer:

As in previous Olympic cycles, there's going to be an 8-team bonspiel to decide our rep, in December in Winnipeg. It's a pretty complicated procedure based on the so-called Canadian Team Ranking System (CTRS); you earn points based on your performance in various events (like the Brier) in the 2+ year run-up to Wpg and the teams with the most points get entry. There's a 12-team pre-tournament in November in Kitchener with teams chosen from among the CTRS leaders, from which two top teams will earn berths into the Wpg event. Six other teams get to bypass the Kitchener event and qualify directly into Wpg based on superior CTRS performance.
What do you think is a better win, sj-roc. Winning the a Tim Hortons Brier or winning the Roar of the Rings to represent Team Canada and the chance to win an Olympic medal? I guess that cannot be answered this time as the same team under Brad Jacobs won both and dethrone the incumbant Brier/Olympic champions of Howard and Martin teams respectively.

But for the ladies it's a totally different story as Jennifer Jones after winning 10 hearts can finally play in the Olympics as Team Canada. I'm sure Canadian curling fans think it's a pleasant change and replacement over Cheryl Bernard who blew two chances to win the gold in the final in 2010.
祝加拿大加式足球聯賽不列颠哥伦比亚卑詩雄獅隊今年贏格雷杯冠軍。此外祝溫哥華加人隊贏總統獎座·卡雲斯·甘保杯·史丹利盃。還每年祝溫哥華白頭浪隊贏美國足球大联盟杯。不要忘記每年祝溫哥華巨人贏西部冰球聯盟冠軍。
改建後的卑詩體育館於二十十一年九月三十日重新對外開放,首場體育活動為同日舉行的加拿大足球聯賽賽事,由主場的卑詩雄獅隊以三十三比二十四擊敗愛民頓愛斯基摩人隊。
祝你龍年行大運。
恭喜西雅图海鹰直到第四十八屆超級盃最終四十三比八大勝曾拿下兩次超級盃冠軍的丹佛野馬拿下隊史第一個超級盃冠軍。
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