2011 Continental Cup of Curling

The 2011 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling was held January 13–16 at the Servus Credit Union Place in St. Albert, Alberta.

2011 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling
Host citySt. Albert, Alberta
ArenaServus Credit Union Place
DatesJanuary 13–16
WinnerTeam North America
Score Breakdown
Discipline NA World
Mixed Doubles Round 1 18 0
Women's Team Round 1 12 6
Men's Team Round 1 12 6
Women's Team Round 2 18 0
Singles 22 10
Men's Team Round 2 18 0
Skins A 43 17
Mixed Doubles Round 2 12 6
Skins B 62 28
Women's Skins C 42 13
Men's Skins C 39 16
Total 298 102
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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.

The event once again featured North America vs. the World. The North American team featured the Olympic silver medal-winning Cheryl Bernard rink, the Olympic gold medal-winning Kevin Martin rink, the current World champion rink of Kevin Koe, current Canadian champion Jennifer Jones, and Erika Brown and Pete Fenson, the current American champion rinks. The World team was represented by 2009 European champion Niklas Edin, 2010 European bronze medalist Mirjam Ott, World champion Andrea Schöpp, European champion Thomas Ulsrud, Olympic bronze medalist Wang Bingyu and a composite rink featuring former world champion David Murdoch, Olympic bronze medalist Ralph Stöckli and teammate Simon Strübin as well as 2007 World silver medalist Andreas Lang.[1]

The North American team dominated the event, winning it outright before the final day, the second time in the history of the event.[2] 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.[3]

Teams
SkipThirdSecondLeadLocale
Team
North
America		Cheryl BernardSusan O'ConnorCarolyn DarbyshireCori MorrisCanada Calgary
Jennifer JonesKaitlyn LawesJill OfficerDawn AskinCanada Winnipeg
Erika BrownNina SpatolaAnn SwisshelmLaura HalliseyUnited States Madison
Kevin KoeBlake MacDonaldCarter RycroftNolan ThiessenCanada Edmonton
Kevin MartinJohn MorrisMarc KennedyBen HebertCanada Edmonton
Pete FensonShawn RojeskiJoe PoloRyan BruntUnited States Bemidji
Coach: Canada Rick Lang, Captain: Canada Neil Harrison
Team
World		Wang BingyuLiu YinYue QingshuangZhou YanChina Harbin
Andrea SchöppMonika WagnerCorinna ScholzStella HeißGermany Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Mirjam OttCarmen SchäferCarmen KüngJanine GreinerSwitzerland Davos
David MurdochRalph StöckliAndreas LangSimon StrübinScotland Lockerbie
Switzerland Basel
Germany Füssen
Thomas UlsrudTorger NergårdChristoffer SvaeHåvard Vad PeterssonNorway Oslo
Niklas EdinSebastian KrauppFredrik LindbergViktor KjällSweden Karlstad
Coach: Sweden Peja Lindholm, Captain: Norway Pål Trulsen

Events

January 13

Women's team competition 10:30 am ET

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Brown) 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 X 7 0
World (Wang) (has hammer) 1 0 2 2 2 0 2 X 9 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Bernard) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 X 6 6
World (Schöpp) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Jones) 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 2 7 6
World (Ott) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 5 0

Mixed Doubles 3:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Rycroft/Jones) 2 0 0 4 2 4 0 X 12 6
World (Zhou/Nergård) 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 X 4 0
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Martin/Swisshelm) 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 X 6 6
World (Edin/Wagner) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 X 4 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Rojeski/O'Connor) 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 7 6
World (Wang/Ulsrud) 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 6 0

Men's team competition 9:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Fenson) 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 5 6
World (Edin) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Martin) (has hammer) 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 6 6
World (Murdoch) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 4 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Koe) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 2 0
World (Ulsrud) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 X 7 6

January 14

Women's team competition 10:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Bernard) 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 7 6
World (Ott) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 5 0
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Jones) (has hammer) 4 0 2 2 0 2 0 X 10 6
World (Wang) 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 X 6 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Brown) (has hammer) 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 7 6
World (Schöpp) 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 5 0

Mixed doubles 3:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (MacDonald/Officer) 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 6 6
World (Ott/Stöckli) 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 5 0
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Hebert/Bernard) 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 X 6 6
World (Kraupp/Schöpp) 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 X 3 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Fenson/Brown) 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 4 0
World (Schäfer/Murdoch) 0 3 1 0 3 2 0 X 9 6

Men's team competition 9:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Koe) 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 X 6 6
World (Murdoch) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3 0
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Martin) (has hammer) 3 1 0 2 0 3 0 X 9 6
World (Edin) 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 X 4 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Fenson) 0 2 2 0 3 0 2 X 9 6
World (Ulsrud) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 4 0

January 15

'A' Skins' 11:00 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points
North America (Brown) (has hammer) X X X X X 20
World (Schöpp) 0 0 0 0
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points
North America (Koe/O'Connor/Thiessen/C. Morris) X X X X X X 20
World (Ulsrud/Schäfer/Edin/Liu) (has hammer) 0 0 0
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points
North America (Fenson) X 0 X 0 3
World (Murdoch) (has hammer) X X 0 X 17

Singles 4:00 pm

Sheet A Runthrough Button Port Raise Hit-and-Roll Double Total Points
World (Ott) 0 4 4 5 3 0 16 2
North America (Jones) 0 4 5 2 1 4 16 2
Sheet B Runthrough Button Port Raise Hit-and-Roll Double Total Points
World (Schöpp) 5 3 0 0 2 5 15 4
North America (Bernard) 0 3 4 3 4 0 14 0
Sheet C Runthrough Button Port Raise Hit-and-Roll Double Total Points
World (Wang) 0 2 5 2 1 0 10 0
North America (Brown) 0 5 5 0 1 0 11 4
Sheet A Runthrough Button Port Raise Hit-and-Roll Double Total Points
World (Edin) 0 5 3 5 1 4 18 0
North America (Fenson) 0 4 4 3 5 5 21 4
Sheet B Runthrough Button Port Raise Hit-and-Roll Double Total Points
World (Murdoch) 1 5 5 3 1 1 16 0
North America (Martin) 5 5 5 5 2 5 27 4

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.

Sheet C Runthrough Button Port Raise Hit-and-Roll Double Total Points
World (Ulsrud) 1 5 5 5 4 1 21 4
North America (Koe) 1 3 4 4 2 5 19 0

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

'B' Skins 9:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points
North America (Jones) 0 0 0 X 22
World (Ott) (has hammer) 0 X X 0 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Button Points
North America (J. Morris/Swisshelm/Kennedy/Spatola) X X X X 19
World (Murdoch/Schöpp/Nergård/Wang) (has hammer) X 0 X X 0 11

With John Morris' draw to the button, North America gained nine points and clinched the Continental Cup at 208 points.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points
North America (Koe) (has hammer) X X 0 X X X 21
World (Edin) X X 9

January 16

Women's 'C' Skins 1:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points
North America (Bernard) 0 X X X X 42
World (Wang) (has hammer) 0 X 0 13

Men's 'C' Skins 8:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points
North America (Martin) X 0 0 X 39
World (Ulsrud) (has hammer) X 0 0 X 16

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

References
  1. "Lineups confirmed for 2011 World Financial Group Continental Cup". Canadian Curling Association. 12 October 2010.
  2. "North America claims World Financial Group Continental Cup". Canadian Curling Association. 16 January 2011.
  3. "North America crushes Team World in record fashion at WFG Continental Cup". Canadian Curling Association. 17 January 2011.
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