The 2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials (branded as the 2009 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings presented by Monsanto for sponsorship reasons) 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 represented Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Canada was guaranteed a team in each event as hosts.
Canadian Olympic qualification process
For both men's and women's categories, a pool of sixteen teams is designated as eligible to be Canada's representative at the 2010 Olympics. From the pool of sixteen, four teams are selected to qualify directly for the 2009 Canadian Curling Trials, "The 2009 Roar of the Rings". The remaining twelve teams compete in a pre-trials tournament, which is a triple-knockout bonspiel, with four teams advancing to the eight-team trials. The winner of the trials represents Canada at the 2010 Olympics.
Pool of sixteen
For each of the three curling seasons from 2006–07 to 2008–09, four teams are named to the pool of sixteen, resulting in a total of twelve teams in the pool by the end of the 2008–09 season. The four teams are the following: winner of the Canadian Men's/Women's Curling Championships winner of the Canada Cup tournament winner of the Players' Championships leader in the Canadian Team Ranking System for that season If a team qualifies under more than one criterion (for example, a team wins both the Canada Cup and is the leader in the CTRS standings) or has already qualified in a previous season, then the four spots for that season are rounded out by selecting the highest ranked teams in the season's CTRS standings that have not already qualified.
To select the remaining four teams for the pool of sixteen, after the 2008–2009 season, from the teams that have not already qualified, the highest ranked teams are chosen, based on three-season, two-season, and one-season rankings. The rankings are determined by adding up the CTRS points earned by each team in their best events in each season. Seasons Category Qualifiers Number of events included Formula 2006–07 to 2008–09 Men Top team not already qualified best 8 events in 2006–07; best 10 events in each other season 70% of 2006–07 CTRS points + 85% of 2007–08 CTRS points + 100% of 2008–09 CTRS points Women Top team not already qualified best 6 events in 2006–07; best 8 events in each other season 70% of 2006–07 CTRS points + 85% of 2007–08 CTRS points + 100% of 2008–09 CTRS points 2007–08 to 2008–09 Men Top two teams not already qualified best 10 events in each season 85% of 2007–08 CTRS points + 100% of 2008–09 CTRS points Women Top two teams not already qualified best 8 events in each season 85% of 2007–08 CTRS points + 100% of 2008–09 CTRS points 2008–09 Men Top team not already qualified best 10 events 100% of 2008–09 CTRS points Women Top team not already qualified best 8 events 100% of 2008–09 CTRS points
If a team's membership changes from one season to another, the CTRS points earned by the team are divided amongst the individual players and allocated to their new teams.
Direct qualifiers to the Olympic Trials From the pool of sixteen, the first four teams who meet any one of the following criteria (in order of priority) will be qualified directly for the Canadian Olympic Trials. team leads the CTRS standings in two of the three curling seasons from 2006–07 to 2008–09 team wins three of the following events in the seasons from 2006–07 to 2008–09: Canada Cup tournament Players' Championships Canadian Men's/Women's Curling Championships World Curling Championships team not yet qualified for the Olympic Trials with the highest CTRS point total from 2006–07 to 2008–09, using the same formula used to qualify teams to the pool of sixteen team not yet qualified for the Olympic Trials with the highest CTRS point total from 2007–08 to 2008–09, using the same formula used to qualify teams to the pool of sixteen
Pre-trials qualifier The pre-trials tournament was held on November 10–15, 2009 at the CN Centre in Prince George, British Columbia. The twelve teams from the pool of sixteen that did not qualify directly for the Olympic trials participated in a triple-knockout competition that selected four additional teams to compete in the Olympic Trials.
Qualified teams
Men's SkipThird/Vice skipSecondLeadAlternateCityCriteria met Kerry Burtnyk Don Walchuk Richard Daneault Garth Smith Winnipeg Highest CTRS point total in 2007–08 season of teams not already qualified Pat Simmons Gerry Adam Jeff Sharp Steve Laycock Warren Jackson Davidson Highest CTRS point total in 2007–08 season of teams not already qualified Jeff Stoughton Kevin Park Rob Fowler Steve Gould Winnipeg Highest CTRS point total in 2007–08 season of teams not already qualified Wayne Middaugh Jon Mead John Epping Scott Bailey Trevor Wall Islington, Toronto Highest CTRS point total in 2007–08 season of teams not already qualified Brad Gushue Mark Nichols Ryan Fry Jamie Korab St. John's Highest CTRS point total in 2008–09 season of teams not already qualified Mike McEwen B. J. Neufeld Matt Wozniak Denni Neufeld Winnipeg Highest CTRS point total in 2008–09 season of teams not already qualified Joel Jordison Scott Bitz Aryn Schmidt Dean Hicke Moose Jaw Bob Ursel Jim Cotter Kevin Folk Rick Sawatsky Kelowna Jean-Michel Ménard Martin Crête Éric Sylvain Jean Gagnon Lévis Ted Appelman Tom Appelman Bradon Klassen Brendan Melnyk Edmonton Greg McAulay Ken Maskiewich Deane Horning Aaron Watson Richmond Jason Gunnlaugson Justin Richter Braden Zawada Tyler Forrest Beausejour
Women's SkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCityCriteria met Kelly Scott Jeanna Schraeder Sasha Carter Jacquie Armstrong Michelle Allen Kelowna Winner of 2006–07 Canadian Women's Championship Sherry Anderson Kim Hodson Heather Walsh Donna Gignac Delisle Highest CTRS points total in 2006–07 season of teams not already qualified Amber Holland Kim Schneider Tammy Schneider Heather Seeley Regina Winner of 2007–08 Players' Championship Sherry Middaugh Kirsten Wall Kim Moore Andra Harmark Coldwater Highest CTRS points total in 2007–08 season of teams not already qualified Marie-France Larouche Nancy Bélanger Annie Lemay Joëlle Sabourin Quebec City Highest CTRS point total in 2008–09 season of teams not already qualified Michelle Englot Deanna Doig Roberta Materi Cindy Simmons Regina Highest CTRS point total in 2008–09 season of teams not already qualified Heather Rankin Lisa Eyamie Heather Moulding Kyla MacLachlan Calgary Highest CTRS point total in 2008–09 season of teams not already qualified Rachel Homan Emma Miskew Alison Kreviazuk Lynn Kreviazuk Ottawa Highest CTRS point total in 2008–09 season of teams not already qualified Krista McCarville Tara George Kari MacLean-Kraft Lorraine Lang Thunder Bay Highest three-season CTRS point total from 2006–07 to 2008–09 of teams not already qualified Cathy King Kaitlyn Lawes Raylene Rocque Tracy Bush Edmonton Highest two-season CTRS point total from 2007–08 to 2008–09 of teams not already qualified Eve Belisle Brenda Nicholls Martine Comeau Julie Rainville Montreal Highest two-season CTRS point total from 2007–08 to 2008–09 of teams not already qualified Crystal Webster Lori Olson-Johns Samantha Preston Stephanie Malekoff Desiree Owen Calgary Highest CTRS point total in 2008–09 season of teams not already qualified
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Qualified teams
Men's SkipThird/Vice skipSecondLeadAlternateCityCriteria met Kevin Martin John Morris Marc Kennedy Ben Hebert Adam Enright Edmonton Winners of 2006–07 Players' Championship, 2007–08 Canadian Men's Championship, 2007–08 World Championship Glenn Howard Richard Hart Brent Laing Craig Savill Steve Bice Coldwater Winners of 2006–07 Canadian Men's Championship, 2006–07 World Championship, 2007–08 Players' Championship Kevin Koe Blake MacDonald Carter Rycroft Nolan Thiessen Jamie King Edmonton Highest three-season CTRS point total from 2006–07 to 2008–09 of teams not already qualified Qualified for pool of sixteen with highest CTRS point total in 2006–07 season of teams not already qualified Randy Ferbey David Nedohin Scott Pfeifer Marcel Rocque Dan Holowaychuk Edmonton Highest two-season CTRS point total from 2007–08 to 2008-09 of teams not already qualified
Women's
SkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCityCriteria met Jennifer Jones Cathy Overton-Clapham Jill Officer Dawn Askin Jennifer Clark-Rouire Winnipeg Winners of 2006–07 Players' Championship, 2006–07 Canada Cup, 2007–08 Canadian Women's Championship Shannon Kleibrink Amy Nixon Bronwen Webster Chelsey Bell Heather Nedohin Calgary Highest three-season CTRS point total from 2006–07 to 2008–09 of teams not already qualifiedQualified for pool of sixteen as winner of 2008–09 Canada Cup Cheryl Bernard Susan O'Connor Carolyn Darbyshire Cori Bartel Kristie Moore Calgary Highest two-season CTRS points total from 2007–08 to 2008-09 of teams not already qualified Stefanie Lawton Marliese Kasner Sherri Singler Lana Vey Beth Iskiw Saskatoon Highest two-season CTRS points total from 2007–08 to 2008-09 of teams not already qualifiedQualified for pool of sixteen as winner of 2007–08 Canada Cup
Men's tournament
Standings ProvinceSkipWLPFPAEnds WonEnds LostBlank EndsStolen EndsShot Pct.Kevin Martin 6 1 52 38 32 27 5 7 87Glenn Howard 6 1 45 37 33 26 5 7 88Jeff Stoughton 5 2 46 40 29 26 8 6 86Kevin Koe 4 3 53 36 31 26 2 6 88Randy Ferbey 3 4 47 50 26 30 4 3 86Wayne Middaugh 2 5 43 49 30 32 2 8 85Pat Simmons 2 5 39 46 28 29 1 6 84Jason Gunnlaugson 0 7 25 52 19 32 6 3 82
Draw 1 December 6, 6:00pm
Draw 2 December 7, 1:00pm
Draw 3 December 8, 8:30am
Draw 4 December 8, 6:00pm
Draw 5 December 9, 1:00pm
Draw 6 December 10, 8:30am
Draw 7 December 10, 6:00pm
Semifinal December 12, 1:00pm
Final December 13, 1:00pm
Women's tournament
Standings ProvinceSkipWLPFPAEnds WonEnds LostBlank EndsStolen EndsShot Pct.Cheryl Bernard 6 1 56 41 32 29 6 6 80Shannon Kleibrink 5 2 49 43 27 30 8 5 82Krista McCarville 4 3 44 39 29 24 2 7 78Amber Holland 4 3 40 42 29 29 6 6 80Stefanie Lawton 4 3 46 40 31 27 4 8 80Jennifer Jones 2 5 45 53 29 29 3 4 80Crystal Webster 2 5 48 43 32 30 4 8 81Kelly Scott 1 6 38 65 22 33 1 2 77
Draw 1 December 6, 1:00pm
Draw 2 December 7, 8:30am
Draw 3 December 7, 6:00pm
Draw 4 December 8, 1:00pm
Draw 5 December 9, 8:30am
Draw 6 December 9, 7:30pm
Draw 7 December 10, 1:00pm
Tiebreaker 1 December 11, 8:30am
Tiebreaker 2 December 11, 1:00pm
Semifinal December 11, 6:00pm
Final December 12, 6:00pm
References
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