2010–11 curling season

The 2010–11 curling season began in September 2010 and ended in April 2011.

Note: In events with two genders, the men's tournament winners will be listed before the women's tournament winners.

CCA-sanctioned events[]

Season of Champions events in bold; other CCA-sanctioned events in regular typeface.^[1]

Event	Winning skip	Runner-up skip
Canadian Mixed Curling Championship Morris, Manitoba, Nov. 13-20	Prince Edward Island	Manitoba
The Dominion Curling Club Championship Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Nov. 23-28	Saskatchewan	Ontario
	Alberta	Saskatchewan
Canada Cup of Curling Medicine Hat, Alberta, Dec. 1-5	Glenn Howard	Kevin Martin
	Stefanie Lawton	Cheryl Bernard
Continental Cup of Curling St. Albert, Alberta, Jan. 13-16	North America	World
Universiade Erzurum, Turkey, Jan. 27-Feb. 6
Canadian Junior Curling Championships Calgary, Alberta, Jan. 29-Feb. 6	Saskatchewan	Ontario
		Nadine Chyz
Canada Winter Games Halifax, Nova Scotia, Feb. 13-26	Ontario	Saskatchewan
	British Columbia	Alberta
Tournament of Hearts Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Feb. 19-27	Saskatchewan	Canada
World Wheelchair Curling Championship Prague, Czech Republic, Feb. 21-Mar.1	Canada	Scotland
Tim Hortons Brier London, Ontario, Mar. 5-13	Manitoba	Ontario
World Junior Curling Championships Perth, Scotland, Mar. 5-13	Sweden	Switzerland
	Scotland	Canada
CIS/CCA University Championships St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Mar. 9-13	Memorial Sea-Hawks	Manitoba Bisons
	Laurier Golden Hawks	Brock Badgers
Canadian Senior Curling Championships Digby, Nova Scotia, Mar. 19-26	Manitoba	Alberta
	New Brunswick	Ontario
World Women's Curling Championship Esbjerg, Denmark, Mar. 19-27	Sweden	Canada
Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship Edmonton, Alberta, Mar. 20-27	Manitoba	Alberta
Canadian Masters Curling Championships Winnipeg, Manitoba, Mar. 30-Apr. 5	British Columbia	Manitoba
	Manitoba	British Columbia
World Men's Curling Championship Regina, Saskatchewan, Apr. 2-10	Canada	Scotland
World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship St. Paul, Minnesota, Apr. 15-24	Switzerland	Russia
World Senior Curling Championships St. Paul, Minnesota, Apr. 15-24	Canada	United States
	Canada	Sweden

Other events[]

Event	Winning skip		Runner-up skip
European Mixed Curling Championship Howwood, Scotland, September 20–28	Scotland		Switzerland
World Wheelchair Curling Championship Qualification Lohja, Finland, Nov. 7-12	China		Russia
Pacific Curling Championships Uiseong, South Korea, Nov. 16-23	China		South Korea
	South Korea		China
European Curling Championships Champéry, Switzerland, Dec. 3-11	A	Norway	Denmark
		Sweden	Scotland
	B	Italy	Latvia
		Czech Republic	Italy
European Junior Curling Challenge Prague, Czech Republic, Jan. 3-8	Czech Republic		Russia
	Norway		Germany
Pacific Junior Curling Championships Naseby, New Zealand, Jan. 9-16	China		South Korea
	Japan		South Korea
TSN Curling Skins Game Rama, Ontario, Jan. 22-23	Kevin Martin		David Murdoch
Karuizawa International Curling Championship Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan, Jan. 26-30	Yusuke Morozumi		Tyler George
	Jennifer Jones		Satsuki Fujisawa
Winter Deaflympics Vysoké Tatry, Slovakia, Feb. 19-26	Event cancelled[2]

World Curling Tour[]

Grand Slam events in bold.^[3][4]

Teams[]

Men's events[]

Week	Event	Winning skip	Runner-up skip
1	Baden Masters Baden, Switzerland, September 10–12	Thomas Lips	Brad Gushue
2	AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic Brockville, Ontario, September 16–19	Jean-Michel Ménard	Brad Jacobs
	The Shoot-Out Edmonton, September 16–19	Don Walchuk	Ted Appelman
3	Radisson Blu Oslo Cup Oslo, September 23–26	Niklas Edin	Thomas Ulsrud
	World Financial Group Classic Calgary, September 24–27	Dean Ross	Don Walchuk
4	Swiss Cup Basel Basel, Oct. 1-4	Andy Kapp	Christof Schwaller
	Horizon Laser Vision Center Classic Regina, Saskatchewan, Oct. 1-4	Randy Bryden
	Twin Anchors Invitational Vernon, British Columbia, Oct. 1-4	Kevin Koe	Andrey Drozdov
5	Manitoba Lotteries Men's Fall Classic Brandon, Manitoba, Oct. 8-11	Scott Bitz	Vic Peters
	Westcoast Curling Classic New Westminster, British Columbia, Oct. 8-11	Kevin Martin	Kevin Koe
6	St. Paul Cash Spiel St. Paul, Minnesota, Oct. 15-17	Tyler George	Bryan Burgess
	Meyers Norris Penny Charity Classic Medicine Hat, Alberta, Oct. 15-18	Pat Simmons	Ted Appelman
7	Challenge Casino Lac Leamy Gatineau, Quebec, Oct. 21-24	Serge Reid	Jean-Michel Ménard
	Bern Open Bern, Switzerland, Oct. 22-24	Thomas Lips	Hammy McMillan
	Canad Inns Prairie Classic Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Oct. 22-25	Mike McEwen	Jeff Stoughton
8	Cactus Pheasant Classic Brooks, Alberta, Oct. 28-31	Kevin Martin	Wayne Middaugh
9	Grey Power World Cup of Curling Windsor, Ontario, Nov. 3-7	Mike McEwen	Jeff Stoughton
	Red Deer Curling Classic Red Deer, Alberta, Nov. 5-8	Jason Montgomery
10	Whites Drug Store Classic Swan River, Manitoba, Nov. 11-14	Kevin Martin	Darrell McKee
	Lucerne, Switzerland, Nov. 11-14	Andy Kapp	Tom Brewster
11	Skookum WCT Cash Spiel Whitehorse, Yukon, Nov. 18-21	Kevin Koe	Greg McAulay
	Wainwright Roaming Buffalo Classic Wainwright, Alberta, Nov. 19-22	Robert Schlender
	Interlake Pharmacy Classic Stonewall, Manitoba, Nov. 19-22	Reid Carruthers	David Bohn
	Sun Life Classic Brantford, Ontario, Nov. 19-22	Mike McEwen	Brad Gushue
12	Challenge Casino de Charlevoix Clermont, Quebec, Nov. 25-28	Mike McEwen	Serge Reid
	Seattle Cash Spiel Seattle, Washington, Nov. 26-28
	Edinburgh International Edinburgh, Scotland, Nov. 26-28		Hammy McMillan
	Labatt Crown of Curling Kamloops, British Columbia, Nov. 26-29	Bob Ursel	Steve Petryk
	Point Optical Curling Classic Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Nov. 26-29	Dave Elias	Randy Bryden
13	Dauphin Clinic Pharmacy Classic Dauphin, Manitoba, Dec. 3-6
	Laphroaig Scotch Open Madison, Wisconsin, Dec. 3-5	Todd Birr	Matt Hamilton
15	The Swiss Chalet National Vernon, British Columbia, Dec. 15-19	Kevin Martin	Jeff Stoughton
	Curl Mesabi Cash Spiel Eveleth, Minnesota, Dec. 17-19	Jeff Currie	John Benton
17	Ramada Perth Masters Perth, Scotland, Jan. 6-9	Mike McEwen	Duncan Fernie
19	BDO Canadian Open of Curling Oshawa, Ontario, Jan. 26-30	Mike McEwen	Glenn Howard
27	DEKALB Superspiel Morris, Manitoba, Mar. 17-21	Kevin Koe	Mike McEwen
29	Victoria Curling Classic Invitational Victoria, British Columbia, Mar. 31-Apr. 3	Glenn Howard	Brock Virtue
30	GP Car and Home Players' Championship Grande Prairie, Alberta, Apr. 12-18	Kevin Martin	Niklas Edin

Women's events[]

Week	Event	Winning skip	Runner-up skip
2	AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic Brockville, Ontario, September 16–19	Rachel Homan	Tracy Horgan
	The Shoot-Out Edmonton, September 16–19	Heather Nedohin	Cathy King
3	Radisson SAS Oslo Cup Oslo, September 23–26	Mirjam Ott	Anna Hasselborg
	Schmirler Curling Classic Regina, Saskatchewan, September 24–27	Amber Holland	Sherry Middaugh
4	Twin Anchors Invitational Vernon, British Columbia, September 30-Oct. 3	Cheryl Bernard	Liudmila Privivkova
5	RE/MAX Masters Basel Basel, Switzerland, Oct. 8-10	Andrea Schöpp	Anna Hasselborg
	Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic Calgary, Oct. 8-11	Wang Bingyu	Desirée Owen
6	Meyers Norris Penny Charity Classic Medicine Hat, Alberta, Oct. 15-18	Jessie Kaufman	Eve Muirhead
7	Grasshopper Women's Masters Zurich, Switzerland, Oct. 22-24	Mirjam Ott	Liudmila Privivkova
	Manitoba Lotteries Women's Curling Classic Winnipeg, Manitoba, Oct. 22-25	Chelsea Carey	Cathy Overton-Clapham
8	Colonial Square Ladies Classic Saskatoon, Oct. 29-Nov. 1	Stefanie Lawton	Jennifer Jones
9	Royal LePage OVCA Women's Fall Classic Kemptville, Ontario, Nov. 4-7	Christine McCrady	Tracy Horgan
	Stockholm Ladies Cup Stockholm, Sweden, Nov. 4-7	Mirjam Ott	Anna Hasselborg
	Red Deer Curling Classic Red Deer, Alberta, Nov. 5-8	Shannon Kleibrink	Jessie Kaufman
10	Sobeys Slam New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Nov. 11-14	Jennifer Jones	Chelsea Carey
11	Interlake Pharmacy Classic Stonewall, Manitoba, Nov. 19-22		Jill Thurston
	Sun Life Classic Brantford, Ontario, Nov. 19-22	Jennifer Jones	Kelly Scott
12	Labatt Crown of Curling Kamloops, British Columbia, Nov. 26-29	Allison MacInnes	Marla Mallett
	Boundary Ford Curling Classic Lloydminster, Alberta, Nov. 26-29	Shannon Kleibrink	Heather Nedohin
	International ZO Women's Tournament Wetzikon, Switzerland, Nov. 26-28	Mirjam Ott	Binia Feltscher
17	International Bernese Ladies Cup Bern, Switzerland, Jan. 14-16	Lene Nielsen
18	Glynhill Ladies International Glasgow, Scotland, Jan. 21-23	Anna Hasselborg	Mirjam Ott
27	DEKALB Superspiel Morris, Manitoba, Mar. 17-21	Chelsea Carey
29	Victoria Curling Classic Invitational Victoria, British Columbia, Mar. 31-Apr. 3	Jennifer Jones	Shannon Kleibrink
30	GP Car and Home Players' Championship Grande Prairie, Alberta, Apr. 12-18	Jennifer Jones	Rachel Homan

WCT Order of Merit rankings[]

Men[5] Year-end Standings # Skip Points 1 Kevin Martin 540.090 2 Glenn Howard 458.120 3 Mike McEwen 388.030 4 Kevin Koe 386.160 5 Jeff Stoughton 342.128 6 Brad Gushue 338.762 7 Thomas Ulsrud 325.530 8 Niklas Edin 290.370 9 Bob Ursel 212.830 10 Dale Matchett 182.180

Women[6] Year-end Standings # Skip Points 1 Jennifer Jones 481.075 2 Amber Holland 326.000 3 Cheryl Bernard 314.060 4 Shannon Kleibrink 288.520 5 Mirjam Ott 253.310 6 Stefanie Lawton 243.951 7 Kelly Scott 226.610 8 Heather Nedohin 213.821 9 Eve Muirhead 210.513 10 Wang Bingyu 196.760

WCT Money List[]

Men[7] Year-end Standings # Skip $ (CAD) 1 Mike McEwen 127,490 2 Kevin Martin 125,500 3 Glenn Howard 85,900 4 Kevin Koe 84,000 5 Jeff Stoughton 75,250 6 Pat Simmons 51,800 7 Niklas Edin 47,727 8 Rob Fowler 41,750 9 Bob Ursel 34,250 10 Brad Gushue 33,348

Women[8] Year-end Standings # Skip $ (CAD) 1 Jennifer Jones 76,069 2 Chelsea Carey 43,000 3 Heather Nedohin 40,100 4 Mirjam Ott 36,282 5 Shannon Kleibrink 34,400 6 Stefanie Lawton 29,200 7 Eve Muirhead 27,338 8 Rachel Homan 27,300 9 Desirée Owen 24,400 10 Jessie Kaufman 23,900

Cyber attack on curling websites[]

On January 14, 2011, four major curling websites (CurlingZone, World Curling Tour, Ontario Curling Tour, and Canadian Curling Reporters) went offline^[9] in an apparent cyber attack by hackers from China and Korea.^[10] The problem was found to be missing databases of painstakingly documented curling information dating back two years from primary and secondary backup systems. For many weeks, the four websites and any content supported by CurlingZone's software were unable to be accessed. The proprietors of the websites were forced to request the help of data recovery services to recover the lost data, which includes information on thousands of curling events both major, like the Olympics season, and minor. As a result of these presumed cyber attacks, the websites were switched to a new server and reloaded with whatever information was available at the time.^[11]

Capital One, the sponsor of the Grand Slam of Curling, the World Curling Championships, and various teams and bonspiels, stated a few days after the incident that they would match donations to CurlingZone to help the recovery effort and encouraged other curling-related businesses to donate money.^[12] However, people involved with CurlingZone and The Curling News expressed concern that much of the data is irrecoverable and may have disappeared forever. As of March, the websites are up and running, but the content from last year and many years preceding it are still missing.

In another event, the websites of U.S. and world curling governing bodies were attacked by sites in China and Korea. The attacks may be related to the attacks on the four major curling websites.^[11]

The Dominion MA Cup[]

The Dominion MA Cup presented by TSN was created for the first time for the 2010-11 season.^[13] The Cup is awarded to the Canadian Curling Association Member Association (MA) who has had the most success during the season in the CCA sanctioned events. Events include the Canadian Mixed, Men's & Women's Juniors, the Scotties, the Brier, Men's & Women's Seniors and the national Wheelchair championship.

The inaugural title will go to both Alberta and Saskatchewan. Both MAs finished with the highest number of points, in a tie. The tie breaking procedure is the best record between the two MAs in round robin games, but the two MAs split their season series 4-4.

Alberta did not win any national titles; it was runner up in three events, and finished in the top six in all events. Saskatchewan, on the other hand, won both junior events and the Scotties. Manitoba finished third, having also won three events (the Brier, the men's seniors, the national wheelchairs).

The Governors Cup was also awarded, to the Member Association who has seen the most improvement. It was given to New Brunswick.

Points are awarded based on placement in each of the events, with the top association receiving 14 points, then the second place team with 13, etc.

Final standings[]

Rank	Member Association	CMCC	CWJCC	CMJCC	Scotties	Brier	CWSCC	CMSCC	CWhCC	Total Pts.	Avg. Pts
T1	Alberta	9	13	9	8	11	11	13	13	87	10.875
T1	Saskatchewan	7	14	14	14	7	12	11	8	87	10.875
3	Manitoba	13	12	8	6	14	4	14	14	85	10.625
4	Ontario	11	6	13	11	13	13	9	6	82	10.250
5	Nova Scotia	12	4	10	12	9	10	7	12	76	9.500
6	New Brunswick	10	9	11	4	6	14	3	n/a	57	8.143
7	British Columbia	8	11	3	10	8	8	6	11	65	8.125
8	Northern Ontario	6	8	7	n/a	10	7	8	10	56	8.000
9	Prince Edward Island	14	10	5	9	3	9	5	n/a	55	7.857
10	Newfoundland and Labrador	3	5	12	3	12	6	12	5	58	7.250
11	Quebec	4	3	2	7	5	3	10	7	41	5.125
12	Northwest Territories	5	2	4	5	4	5	2	n/a	27	3.857
13	Yukon	2	7	6	2	2	2	4	n/a	25	3.571
14	Nunavut	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	0.000

Capital One Cup[]

The Capital One Cup is a season-long competition that awards curling teams point values for their participation in Capital One Grand Slam of Curling events. At the end of the season, the men's and women's teams with the top three point values are awarded purse totalling CAD$170,000. The top-ranked team is awarded $50,000, the second-ranked team $25,000, and the third-ranked team $10,000.

The points are allocated as follows:

Rank	Point Value
	GPWC, National, BDO Autumn, Manitoba, Sobeys	GPPC
1st	12 points	24 points
2nd	9 points	18 points
3rd/4th	7 points	14 points
5th-8th	5 points	10 points
Qualifying	1 point per win	2 points per win

Men[14] # Team GPWC National BDO GPPC Total 1 Kevin Martin 5 12 5 24 46 2 Mike McEwen 12 5 12 10 39 3 Glenn Howard 7 7 9 14 37 4 Jeff Stoughton 9 9 7 10 35 5 Niklas Edin 5 5 – 18 28 Kevin Koe 5 2 7 14 28 6 Rob Fowler 7 – 5 10 22 7 Wayne Middaugh 3 7 2 – 12 Pat Simmons 3 2 5 2 12 8 Braeden Moskowy – – – 10 10 9 Randy Ferbey (Gushue) 5 2 1 – 8 Bob Ursel 2 5 1 – 8 10 John Epping – 2 2 2 6 Brad Jacobs 2 – – 4 6 Don Walchuk – 5 1 – 6 11 Dale Matchett – – 5 – 5 Thomas Ulsrud 3 – 2 – 5 12 Jake Higgs 2 – 2 – 4 Steve Petryk – – – 4 4 Robert Schlender – – – 4 4 13 Kevin Park 2 1 – – 3 14 Mathew Camm – – – 2 2 Peter Corner – – 2 – 2 Sean Geall – 2 – – 2 Jason Montgomery – 2 – – 2 15 – 1 – 0 1 16 Brock Virtue – – – 0 0

Women[15] # Team Autumn Manitoba Sobeys GPPC Total 1 Jennifer Jones 7 5 12 24 48 2 Chelsea Carey 2 12 9 10 33 3 Heather Nedohin 7 7 – 14 28 4 Eve Muirhead 3 – 7 14 24 5 Rachel Homan – 1 2 18 21 6 Cheryl Bernard 5 4 – 10 19 Desirée Owen 9 – – 10 19 Stefanie Lawton 5 7 5 2 19 7 Cathy Overton-Clapham 2 9 7 0 18 8 Shannon Kleibrink 5 – – 10 15 9 Wang Bingyu 12 2 – – 14 10 Amber Holland 4 4 5 – 13 11 Erika Brown 3 4 5 – 12 12 Sherry Middaugh – 5 3 2 10 13 Valerie Sweeting 4 – 4 – 8 Stina Viktorsson – 4 – 4 8 14 Crystal Webster 3 – – 4 7 15 Michelle Englot 4 2 – – 6 Kelly Scott 1 5 – – 6 16 – 3 2 – 5 Kathy O'Rourke – – 5 – 5 Heather Rankin 5 – – – 5 Renee Sonnenberg – 5 – – 5 17 Jacqueline Harrison – – 4 – 4 Mirjam Ott – – – 4 4 Allison Pottinger 3 1 – – 4 Casey Scheidegger 4 – – – 4 18 Lisa Eyamie – 3 – – 3 Colleen Jones – 1 2 – 3 1 – 2 – 3 Barb Spencer – 3 – – 3 Heather Strong – – 3 – 3 Kirsten Wall – – 3 – 3 19 Lisa Blixhavn – 2 – – 2 Marie Christianson – – 2 – 2 – 2 – – 2 – 2 – – 2 Kerri Flett 2 – – – 2 Jessie Kaufman – – – 2 2 – 2 – – 2 Andrea Kelly 2 – – – 2 Patti Lank – 1 1 – 2 Shelley Nichols – – 2 – 2 – – 2 – 2 Jill Thurston – 2 – – 2 Faye White 2 – – – 2 20 1 – – – 1 Kerry Galusha 1 – – – 1 – 1 – – 1 Colleen Pinkney – – 1 – 1 Liudmila Privivkova 1 – – – 1 1 – – – 1 – 1 – – 1 1 – – – 1

Notable team changes[]

Retirements[]

• Richard Hart, longtime third for Glenn Howard, retired from high-performance curling due to considerations regarding his career.^[16] Hart was the 1998 Olympic silver medallist as third under Mike Harris, and the 2007 Brier winner and 2007 World Champion as third under Howard. He also was the six-time Ontario provincial champion with Howard and won eight Grand Slams with Howard.
• Blake MacDonald, longtime third and fourth for Kevin Koe, retired from high-performance curling due to his work schedule and family commitments.^[16] MacDonald was the 2010 Brier winner and 2010 World Champion with Koe, and also won the 2008 Canada Cup of Curling with Koe.
• Kathy O'Rourke retired from curling after her team announced that they would break up.^[17] O'Rourke was a former Canadian Mixed champion and has represented PEI at 6 Scotties, including the 2010 Scotties, where she and her team were the runner-up to Jennifer Jones.

Careers on hiatus[]

• Mark Nichols, longtime third for Brad Gushue, announced that he would be taking a hiatus from high-performance curling for the 2011–12 curling season in order to spend more time with his family.^[16] Nichols was the 2006 Olympic gold medallist as third under Russ Howard and the 2007 Brier runner-up as third under Gushue.^[18]

Team line-up changes[]

Teams listed by skip, new teammates listed in bold

• Cheryl Bernard: Following the breakup of Bernard's Olympic silver medal-winning team of Susan O'Connor, Carolyn Darbyshire, and Cori Morris, Bernard and longtime third O'Connor will join new teammates Lori Olson-Johns and at second and lead, respectively.^[19] Darbyshire will remain as alternate, while Morris has joined another team. Bernard's new second Olson-Johns has curled with Crystal Webster and Cathy King, while new lead Sadlier is a former junior provincial champion and has experience playing in provincial championships.
• Brad Gushue: Following Nichols' announcement of his hiatus from curling, Gushue promoted Manitoba native Ryan Fry to the third position and added Geoff Walker of Alberta and Adam Casey of PEI as his second and lead, respectively.^[20] Fry has been on the Gushue rink since the 2008–09 curling season; Walker and Casey were successful junior curlers.
• Glenn Howard: Following the departure of Richard Hart, former teammate Wayne Middaugh will take the third position in Howard's team. Middaugh is a two-time world champion and former teammate of Glenn Howard.^[16] Middaugh served as the substitute for Hart on the Howard rink during the 2010 Canada Cup of Curling, which Howard won.
• Kevin Koe: Following the departure of Blake MacDonald, Saskatchewan native Pat Simmons will replace MacDonald at the third position.^[16] Simmons has represented Saskatchewan at five Briers, including four consecutive appearances from 2005–2008.
• Cathy Overton-Clapham: After one season together, lead Raunora Westcott and second Leslie Wilson have left the team. Jenna Loder and Ashley Howard have joined the team at third and second, while Breanne Meakin, who remains with Overton-Clapham, moves from third to lead. [1]
• Serge Reid: Reid announced in a tweet that Pierre Charette will be joining his team as skip, throwing lead stones.^[21] Charette is a former Quebec provincial champion and Brier runner-up and is known for being the only curler to play all five positions at the Brier.
• Crystal Webster: Following the breakup of Kathy O'Rourke's PEI Scotties team, Erin Carmody and Geri-Lynn Ramsay announced that they would be joining forces with Webster, whose third Lori Olson-Johns had left to join the Cheryl Bernard rink.^[22] The PEI Scotties team skipped by O'Rourke, which had Carmody throwing fourth stones and Ramsay throwing third stones, finished as runner-up to the Jennifer Jones rink at the 2010 Scotties.

References[]

See also[]

• World Curling Tour Home Archived 2010-01-31 at the Wayback Machine
• Season of Champions Home

Preceded by 2009–10

2010–11 curling season September 2010 – April 2011

Succeeded by 2011–12