The 2011 World Financial Group

World Financial Group

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 Continental Cup of Curling

Continental Cup of Curling

The Continental Cup of Curling is a curling tournament held annually between teams from North America against teams from the rest of the world. Each side is represented by six teams , and compete using a unique points system. The tournament is modeled after golf's Ryder Cup...

was held January 13–16 at the Servus Credit Union Place

Servus Credit Union Place

Servus Credit Union Place is a $43-million multipurpose leisure centre that opened on September 30, 2006 in St. Albert, Alberta...

 in St. Albert, Alberta

St. Albert, Alberta

St. Albert is a suburban city in Alberta, located northwest of Edmonton, on the Sturgeon River. It was originally settled as a Métis community, and is now the second largest city in the Edmonton area. St...

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It was the 7th Continental Cup, the first since December 2008. No event was held in 2009 due to the 2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials

2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials

The 2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials were held December 6-13, 2009 at Rexall Place in Edmonton. The event is also known and advertised as Roar of the Rings. The winner of the men's and women's events will represent Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics...

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The event once again featured North America vs. the World. The North American team featured the Olympic silver medal-winning Cheryl Bernard

Cheryl Bernard

Cheryl Bernard is a Canadian curler from Calgary. She represented Team Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics as the team's skip, winning the silver medal in women's curling after falling to Sweden in the final....

 rink, the Olympic gold medal-winning Kevin Martin

Kevin Martin (curler)

Kevin Martin , nicknamed "The Old Bear" and "K-Mart", is a Canadian curler from Edmonton. He is a four-time Brier champion, has been to three Winter Olympics and is the gold medal winner in the 2010 Winter Olympics...

 rink, the current World champion rink of Kevin Koe

Kevin Koe

Kevin Koe is a Canadian curler. Originally from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, he now resides in Grande Prairie, Alberta and curls out of Edmonton, Alberta. He is the skip of the current World champion team....

, current Canadian champion Jennifer Jones

Jennifer Jones (curler)

Jennifer Jones is a Canadian curler from East St. Paul, Manitoba. Jones, a lawyer, is corporate counsel for Wellington West Capital and a Windsor Park Collegiate graduate.-Early success:...

, and Erika Brown

Erika Brown

Erika Brown is an American curler, currently residing in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. She started curling in 1980 and throws right-handed....

 and Pete Fenson

Pete Fenson

Peter Fenson is an American curler, skip of the men's rink which represented the United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics. The rink took the bronze medal, the first ever Olympic medal for the United States in curling...

, the current American champion rinks. The World team was represented by 2009 European champion Niklas Edin

Niklas Edin

Niklas Edin is a Swedish curler. He is one of the top skips in Sweden.In 2004 Edin skipped his Swedish team to a World Junior Curling Championship title. In the final Sweden defeated Stefan Rindlisbacher of Switzerland. The following year he was an alternate for the silver medal winning Swedish...

, 2010 European bronze medalist Mirjam Ott

Mirjam Ott

Mirjam Ott is skip of the Swiss Olympic Curling Team. She has participated in several Olympic Games contests and has won numerous awards in many other curling events worldwide...

, World champion Andrea Schöpp

Andrea Schöpp

Dr. Andrea Schöpp is a German curler from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. She also lectures part-time in statistics at the University of Munich....

, European champion Thomas Ulsrud

Thomas Ulsrud

Thomas Ulsrud is a Norwegian curler.Ulsrud has curled professionally since 1983. In his second World Junior Curling Championship in 1988, Ulsrud skipped Norway to a bronze medal....

, Olympic bronze medalist Wang Bingyu

Wang Bingyu

Wang Bingyu is a Chinese curler. She is the skip of the national team, and throws last rocks.-Curling career:Wang began curling in 2001. By 2004, she played in her first international event- skipping the Chinese team at the World Junior B Curling Championships...

 and a composite rink featuring former world champion David Murdoch

David Murdoch

David Murdoch is a Scottish curler from Lockerbie. Murdoch and his former team of Ewan MacDonald, Warwick Smith, Euan Byers and Peter Smith were the 2006 and 2009 World Curling Champions.-Background:...

, Olympic bronze medalist Ralph Stöckli

Ralph Stöckli

Ralph Stöckli is a Swiss curler from Lucerne.Stöckli began a successful curling career at the junior level, winning a bronze medal at the World Junior Curling Championships as an alternate in 1994. In 1996, he was the Swiss skip and they won a silver medal, losing to James Dryburgh of Scotland...

 and teammate Simon Strübin

Simon Strübin

Simon Strübin is a Swiss curler from Erlenbach. He currently plays lead for Ralph Stöckli.Strübin played second for Stöckli at the 1998 World Junior Curling Championships where they picked up a bronze medal. In 2003, he moved to lead on the team where they won the silver medal at the 2003 Ford...

 as well as 2007 World silver medalist Andreas Lang

Andreas Lang

Andreas "Al" Lang is a German curler from Alterschrofen. He is the former third for Andy Kapp.Lang began his international career skipping the German junior team at the 1999 World Junior Curling Championships, where he finished 6th...

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The North American team dominated the event, winning it outright before the final day, the second time in the history of the event. The North American team also set a record for the most points won in the history of the cup, breaking the previous record of 290 points set by the North American team in 2007.

Teams

	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Team North America	Cheryl Bernard Cheryl Bernard Cheryl Bernard is a Canadian curler from Calgary. She represented Team Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics as the team's skip, winning the silver medal in women's curling after falling to Sweden in the final....	Susan O'Connor Susan O'Connor Susan O'Connor is a Canadian curler from Alberta. She currently plays third for Cheryl Bernard.O'Connor is a Respiratory Therapist at the Foothills Hospital in Calgary, Alberta...	Carolyn Darbyshire Carolyn Darbyshire Carolyn Darbyshire-McRory is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She played second for Cheryl Bernard from 2005-2011.Darbyshire joined the team in 2005 after playing for Renelle Bryden...	Cori Morris	Calgary Calgary Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
	Jennifer Jones Jennifer Jones (curler) Jennifer Jones is a Canadian curler from East St. Paul, Manitoba. Jones, a lawyer, is corporate counsel for Wellington West Capital and a Windsor Park Collegiate graduate.-Early success:...	Kaitlyn Lawes Kaitlyn Lawes Kaitlyn Lawes is a Canadian curler born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is a two-time Canadian junior champion...	Jill Officer Jill Officer Jill Officer is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Officer plays second for the 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts champion teams skipped by Jennifer Jones. She currently resides in Winnipeg, Manitoba with her husband Devlin Hinchey.Officer has played with Jones since...	Dawn Askin Dawn Askin Dawn Askin is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She currently plays lead for Jennifer Jones....	Winnipeg Winnipeg Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...
	Erika Brown Erika Brown Erika Brown is an American curler, currently residing in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. She started curling in 1980 and throws right-handed....	Nina Spatola Nina Spatola Nina Spatola is a curler from McFarland, Wisconsin, USA.Nina Spatola began curling in 1998 and six years later made her first United States Junior National Championships. She would compete in five more Junior Nationals winning the title in 2006 and 2008. As a member of the Junior Championship team...	Ann Swisshelm Ann Swisshelm Ann Swisshelm is a curler from Chicago, Illinois. She has also been known as Ann Swisshelm Silver....	Laura Hallisey Laura Hallisey Laura Hallisey is a curler from Medfield, Massachusetts.In 2005 Laura Hallisey made her National debut at the United States Junior Championships. She would ultimately compete in four Junior Nationals winning the Silver medal in 2006 and 2007.Laura Hallisey competed in her first United States...	Madison Madison, Wisconsin Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....
	Kevin Koe Kevin Koe Kevin Koe is a Canadian curler. Originally from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, he now resides in Grande Prairie, Alberta and curls out of Edmonton, Alberta. He is the skip of the current World champion team....	Blake MacDonald Blake MacDonald Blake MacDonald is a Canadian curler from St. Albert, Alberta.For much of the team's history, MacDonald threw last rock for the team, while Koe held the broom. The two switched in 2009, with MacDonald throwing third rocks, but Koe still skipping. MacDonald has been playing with Koe since 2006...	Carter Rycroft Carter Rycroft Carter Rycroft is a Canadian curler from Sherwood Park, Alberta. He was a member of the Canadian Olympic team, skipped by Kevin Martin that won a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics...	Nolan Thiessen Nolan Thiessen Nolan Thiessen is a Canadian curler from Edmonton. He currently plays lead for Kevin Koe....	Edmonton Edmonton Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...
	Kevin Martin Kevin Martin (curler) Kevin Martin , nicknamed "The Old Bear" and "K-Mart", is a Canadian curler from Edmonton. He is a four-time Brier champion, has been to three Winter Olympics and is the gold medal winner in the 2010 Winter Olympics...	John Morris John Morris (curler) John Morris is a Canadian curler, and Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic gold medalist from Chestermere, Alberta. Morris plays third for the Kevin Martin team. Morris, author of the book Fit to Curl, is the son of Maureen and Earle Morris, inventor of the "Stabilizer" curling broom...	Marc Kennedy Marc Kennedy Marc Kennedy is a Canadian curler, and Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic gold medalist from Edmonton, Alberta. Kennedy currently plays second for Kevin Martin....	Ben Hebert Ben Hebert Ben Hebert is a Canadian curler, a Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic gold medalist, 2008 World Champion and two time Brier Champion from Calgary, Alberta...	Edmonton Edmonton Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...
	Pete Fenson Pete Fenson Peter Fenson is an American curler, skip of the men's rink which represented the United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics. The rink took the bronze medal, the first ever Olympic medal for the United States in curling...	Shawn Rojeski Shawn Rojeski Shawn Rojeski is an American curler from Chisholm, Minnesota and Olympic medalist. He was born and raised in Biwabik, Minnesota and attended Mesabi East High School. Under skip Pete Fenson, he received a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, playing as the third...	Joe Polo Joe Polo Joseph Polo is an American curler. Polo was raised in Floodwood, Minnesota before moving to Cass Lake. He learned to curl in nearby Bemidji at the age of 10 in the Bemidji Curling Club's Sunday Night Junior League. Polo participated in the 2006 Winter Olympics as the second for Pete Fenson's U.S....	Ryan Brunt Ryan Brunt Ryan Brunt is an American curler. He is currently the lead for the Pete Fenson rink. He currently lives in Bemidji, Minnesota and curls out of the St. Paul Curling Club. He curls with a left-hand delivery....	Bemidji Bemidji, Minnesota Bemidji is a city in Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was at 13,431 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Beltrami County. Bemidji is the most major city in North Central Minnesota and the largest commercial center between Grand Forks, North Dakota and Duluth,...
	Coach:   Rick Lang Rick Lang Richard P. "Rick" Lang is a five time Canadian Championship Curling winner representing Northern Ontario.Played third for Brier champions Bill Tetley , and Al Hackner . Also played third for Al Hackner's Canadian Senior Men's championship team in 2006... , Captain:   Neil Harrison
Team World	Wang Bingyu Wang Bingyu Wang Bingyu is a Chinese curler. She is the skip of the national team, and throws last rocks.-Curling career:Wang began curling in 2001. By 2004, she played in her first international event- skipping the Chinese team at the World Junior B Curling Championships...	Liu Yin Liu Yin (curler) Liu Yin is a Chinese curler from Harbin. She plays third on the Chinese national team, skipped by Wang Bingyu.Liu has played internationally for China since 2002, when she was an alternate on the team at the Pacific Curling Championships when she had only been curling for two years.In 2004, she...	Yue Qingshuang Yue Qingshuang Yue Qingshuang is a Chinese curler. She currently plays second on the Chinese national team, skipped by Wang Bingyu....	Zhou Yan Zhou Yan (curler) Zhou Yan is a Chinese curler. She plays lead for the Chinese national team, skipped by Wang Bingyu.Zhou curled in her first tournament after having only curled for 2 years, at the 2002 Pacific Curling Championships. At that time she played third for the team...	Harbin Harbin Harbin ; Manchu language: , Harbin; Russian: Харби́н Kharbin ), is the capital and largest city of Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China, lying on the southern bank of the Songhua River...
	Andrea Schöpp Andrea Schöpp Dr. Andrea Schöpp is a German curler from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. She also lectures part-time in statistics at the University of Munich....	Monika Wagner Monika Wagner Monika Wagner is a German curler from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. She currently plays third for Andrea Schöpp, who was born eight hours before her in the same hospital....	Corinna Scholz Corinna Scholz Corinna Scholz is a German curler. She will compete as the Alternate when she represents Germany at the 2010 Winter Olympics...	Stella Heiß Stella Heiß Stella Heiß is a German curler. She played lead for Andrea Schöpp when she represented Germany at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Curling...	Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a mountain resort town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region, and the district is on the border with Austria...
	Mirjam Ott Mirjam Ott Mirjam Ott is skip of the Swiss Olympic Curling Team. She has participated in several Olympic Games contests and has won numerous awards in many other curling events worldwide...	Carmen Schäfer Carmen Schäfer Carmen Schäfer is a Swiss curler, born 8 January 1981 in Davos. She plays third for Mirjam Ott.Schäfer had a fairly successful Junior career. She was the alternate on the Swiss team that won the 1999 World Junior Championships, but she did not play any games...	Carmen Küng Carmen Küng Carmen Küng is an internationally elite curler from Solothurn, Switzerland.Carmen Küng began her senior elite career as the Third for 2002 Olympic Silver medalist Luzia Ebnöther during the 2006-2007 season...	Janine Greiner Janine Greiner Janine Greiner is a Swiss curler.Greiner started curling in 1989. She plays lead for Mirjam Ott and is right-handed.- Teammates :2010 Vancouver Olympic GamesMirjam Ott, SkipCarmen Schäfer, Third...	Davos Davos Davos is a municipality in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has a permanent population of 11,248 . Davos is located on the Landwasser River, in the Swiss Alps, between the Plessur and Albula Range...
	David Murdoch David Murdoch David Murdoch is a Scottish curler from Lockerbie. Murdoch and his former team of Ewan MacDonald, Warwick Smith, Euan Byers and Peter Smith were the 2006 and 2009 World Curling Champions.-Background:...	Ralph Stöckli Ralph Stöckli Ralph Stöckli is a Swiss curler from Lucerne.Stöckli began a successful curling career at the junior level, winning a bronze medal at the World Junior Curling Championships as an alternate in 1994. In 1996, he was the Swiss skip and they won a silver medal, losing to James Dryburgh of Scotland...	Andreas Lang Andreas Lang Andreas "Al" Lang is a German curler from Alterschrofen. He is the former third for Andy Kapp.Lang began his international career skipping the German junior team at the 1999 World Junior Curling Championships, where he finished 6th...	Simon Strübin Simon Strübin Simon Strübin is a Swiss curler from Erlenbach. He currently plays lead for Ralph Stöckli.Strübin played second for Stöckli at the 1998 World Junior Curling Championships where they picked up a bronze medal. In 2003, he moved to lead on the team where they won the silver medal at the 2003 Ford...	Lockerbie Lockerbie Lockerbie is a town in the Dumfries and Galloway region of south-western Scotland. It lies approximately from Glasgow, and from the English border. It had a population of 4,009 at the 2001 census...     Basel Basel Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...     Füssen Füssen Füssen is a town in Bavaria, Germany, in the district of Ostallgäu situated from the Austrian border. It is located on the banks of the Lech river. The River Lech flows into the Forggensee...
	Thomas Ulsrud Thomas Ulsrud Thomas Ulsrud is a Norwegian curler.Ulsrud has curled professionally since 1983. In his second World Junior Curling Championship in 1988, Ulsrud skipped Norway to a bronze medal....	Torger Nergård Torger Nergård Torger Nergård is a Norwegian curler.Nergård has curled professionally since 1987 and currently plays third for Team Thomas Ulsrud. At Junior level, he played third at the 1991 and 1992 World Junior Curling Championships for Thomas Due, and skipped his own team in 1996...	Christoffer Svae Christoffer Svae Christoffer Svae is a Norwegian curler who currently plays second for Team Thomas Ulsrud.At Junior level, Svae played second for Team Thomas Løvold and won gold medals at the 2002 and 2003 World Junior Curling Championships "B" tournaments.Svae formally joined Team Ulsrud in 2007 having played...	Håvard Vad Petersson	Oslo Oslo Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
	Niklas Edin Niklas Edin Niklas Edin is a Swedish curler. He is one of the top skips in Sweden.In 2004 Edin skipped his Swedish team to a World Junior Curling Championship title. In the final Sweden defeated Stefan Rindlisbacher of Switzerland. The following year he was an alternate for the silver medal winning Swedish...	Sebastian Kraupp Sebastian Kraupp Sebastian Kraupp is an internationally elite curler from Sweden.From 2005 to 2008 Sebastian Kraupp skipped his own team. Starting with the 2008-2009 season he joined Niklas Edin's team throwing Third stones....	Fredrik Lindberg Fredrik Lindberg Bengt Fredrik Lindberg is an internationally elite curler from Sweden.From 2006 until 2008 he played both Third and Second positions for Sebastian Kraupp...	Viktor Kjäll Viktor Kjäll Viktor Erik Kjäll is an internationally elite curler from Västerås, Sweden.Viktor Kjäll made his World Championship debut at the 2007 Edmonton World Championships as the Second for Sweden's most successful male skip Peja Lindholm. They finished with a 6 - 5 record in a four way tie for fourth place...	Karlstad Karlstad Karlstad is a city, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city had 61,685 inhabitants in 2010 out of a municipal total that during the first quarter 2010 was 84,885 inhabitants...
	Coach:   Peja Lindholm Peja Lindholm Peter "Peja" Rutger Lindholm is a Swedish curler. He is a three-time world champion skip, winning in 1997, 2001 and 2004. He is also a two-time European champion and a former world junior champion .Lindholm announced his retirement from curling following the 2007 European Curling Championships... , Captain:   Pål Trulsen Pål Trulsen Pål Trulsen is a Norwegian curler from Hosle in Bærum, and was the 2002 Olympic curling men's champion....

January 13

Women's team competition
10:30 am ET
Mixed Doubles
3:30 pm
Men's team competition
9:30 pm

January 14

Women's team competition
10:30 am
Mixed doubles
3:30 pm
Men's team competition
9:30 pm

January 15

'A' Skins'
11:00 am
Singles
4:00 pm

The Kevin Martin rink tied with the record for the most points (at 27 points) in a singles match, set in 2002 by Kevin Martin.

North America receives a bonus of 8 points for having the most aggregate points in the singles.

'B' Skins
9:30 pm

January 16

Women's 'C' Skins
1:00 pm
Men's 'C' Skins
8:00 pm

The Kevin Martin rink wins CAD$13,000 for his win in the men's skins game.

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