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So what are people's thoughts on the season so far? Martin won on the weekend as did Mrs. Middaugh in yet another event. Stoughten looking solid...Arsenault (Colleen's team) may be crafty cougars and make it to the trials.

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Teams that seem to be doing well after line-up changes (some more major than others): Kleibrink, J.Jones/Lawes, K.Scott, Stoughton and Jacobs. I'll refrain from pointing out those that don't seem to have 'gelled' yet since it's very early days.

It's too bad there wasn't an Olympic Trials more often - it really encourages the top teams to compete

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Colleen's team are off to a good start. They would need to win three or four more spiels,NS Provincial plus the Scott and they would still not have enough points to be even close!
If they were so serious about the Trials why are they not in the Grand Slam womens events. 5 points for a win in Toronto
40 points for a win in Calgary
Makes no sense

They will not be in the Trials but dream on

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I think its been a great season so far. Last season we saw alot of youngsters scoring upsets but so far this season its like the veterans are reassurting themselves.

i think the team sherry has with her now may be the strongest team she's ever had and she is the red hot favorite to win ontario right now

nice to see the young eriksson rink get the win in basel. All the young swiss teams that had break out seasons last year (hess, michel, dercuz) are porving so far that they are for real Also nice to see mario freiberger getting success

i was delighted to see team arsenault win and jeff to finally win a cash spiel again.

The kean v.s eppping rivalry is going to be huge in the years to come i think
the new team virtue is really not looking good at all. They are 5-8 on the year and yet to win back to back matches this season..did brock make a huge or is it to soon to tell?

it looks like it took jeanna schraeder an event or 2 to get back in the groove but she looked good this past weekend so the rest of the tour may need to watch out for them again.

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Middaugh's team is the same as she had last year and she didn't even make the final game of the Ontarios. Perhaps Horgan and Homan will have something to say about her success again this year!

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Here's a question regarding this season:

with sweden's new method of selecting teams for the championships based off of the performance on the cash circuit then in the interest of sticking to that if the european championships were next week then eriksson would be the mens rep.

If you were peja would you send the experienced edin or would you stick to your process and reward eriksson for being the so far more consistent team and send that team instead. The eriksson rink is a very talented young rink and have just as much of a bright future ahead of them as the edin rink does.

edin will probabvly surpass eriksson in the standings because i dont think eriksson is playing canada. However if the eriksson rink continues to outperform edin then would you send them or stick with edin anyway?

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Early season results often raise more questions than answers. While the ladies have a weekend off, here are few questions that I have ...

Is this the year the next generation of women steps up? Young teams have done exceedingly well this year with Crystal Webster, Tracy Horgan, Rachel Homan, and Kaitlyn Lawes skipping their teams to wins. Many at CZ were disappointed to see Tracy represent Ontario at last year's SToH, think Rachel lacks strategy, are convinced Kaitlyn is a weak vice, and believe Crystal should be better with the PEI girls. That's how to show them!! Maybe this will be the year the experienced teams become supporting casts.

Will Jennifer Jones come back as skip? Thought I'd beat ML to this one . Team Jones has been dominating with Kaitlyn and Karen at the back end. Can this be because Dawn and Jill control games from the front end? Can they perform better with Jennifer skipping? Should Jones work her way back into curling form as vice? Feels weird to think this about a hall of fame athlete, but they haven't missed a beat without her.

What's going on with Chelsea Carey and Brock Virtue? Both these teams finished 2012 on the up-swing; both have been WCT roadkill this year. Are they trying things that have yet to gel? Are they over rated? Or is this just one of those down cycle things that happen in curling? Here's hoping they get sorted out soon!

Why don't more eastern teams play in Europe? Mark Dacey played in Basel - it was probably cheaper to fly from Halifax to Zurich than to Vancouver. James Grattan is in Switzerland this week. That might not be a bad way for teams to go if they are looking for good competition with reasonable travel costs.

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Early season results often raise more questions than answers. While the ladies have a weekend off, here are few questions that I have ...

Is this the year the next generation of women steps up? Young teams have done exceedingly well this year with Crystal Webster, Tracy Horgan, Rachel Homan, and Kaitlyn Lawes skipping their teams to wins. Many at CZ were disappointed to see Tracy represent Ontario at last year's SToH, think Rachel lacks strategy, are convinced Kaitlyn is a weak vice, and believe Crystal should be better with the PEI girls. That's how to show them!! Maybe this will be the year the experienced teams become supporting casts.

Will Jennifer Jones come back as skip? Thought I'd beat ML to this one . Team Jones has been dominating with Kaitlyn and Karen at the back end. Can this be because Dawn and Jill control games from the front end? Can they perform better with Jennifer skipping? Should Jones work her way back into curling form as vice? Feels weird to think this about a hall of fame athlete, but they haven't missed a beat without her.

What's going on with Chelsea Carey and Brock Virtue? Both these teams finished 2012 on the up-swing; both have been WCT roadkill this year. Are they trying things that have yet to gel? Are they over rated? Or is this just one of those down cycle things that happen in curling? Here's hoping they get sorted out soon!

Why don't more eastern teams play in Europe? Mark Dacey played in Basel - it was probably cheaper to fly from Halifax to Zurich than to Vancouver. James Grattan is in Switzerland this week. That might not be a bad way for teams to go if they are looking for good competition with reasonable travel costs.

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Early season results often raise more questions than answers. While the ladies have a weekend off, here are few questions that I have ...

Is this the year the next generation of women steps up? Young teams have done exceedingly well this year with Crystal Webster, Tracy Horgan, Rachel Homan, and Kaitlyn Lawes skipping their teams to wins. Many at CZ were disappointed to see Tracy represent Ontario at last year's SToH, think Rachel lacks strategy, are convinced Kaitlyn is a weak vice, and believe Crystal should be better with the PEI girls. That's how to show them!! Maybe this will be the year the experienced teams become supporting casts.

Will Jennifer Jones come back as skip? Thought I'd beat ML to this one . Team Jones has been dominating with Kaitlyn and Karen at the back end. Can this be because Dawn and Jill control games from the front end? Can they perform better with Jennifer skipping? Should Jones work her way back into curling form as vice? Feels weird to think this about a hall of fame athlete, but they haven't missed a beat without her.

What's going on with Chelsea Carey and Brock Virtue? Both these teams finished 2012 on the up-swing; both have been WCT roadkill this year. Are they trying things that have yet to gel? Are they over rated? Or is this just one of those down cycle things that happen in curling? Here's hoping they get sorted out soon!

Why don't more eastern teams play in Europe? Mark Dacey played in Basel - it was probably cheaper to fly from Halifax to Zurich than to Vancouver. James Grattan is in Switzerland this week. That might not be a bad way for teams to go if they are looking for good competition with reasonable travel costs.

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JJ has already qualified for Trials along with Nedohin,
Info is posted on CCA site,

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Early season results often raise more questions than answers. While the ladies have a weekend off, here are few questions that I have ...

Is this the year the next generation of women steps up? Young teams have done exceedingly well this year with Crystal Webster, Tracy Horgan, Rachel Homan, and Kaitlyn Lawes skipping their teams to wins. Many at CZ were disappointed to see Tracy represent Ontario at last year's SToH, think Rachel lacks strategy, are convinced Kaitlyn is a weak vice, and believe Crystal should be better with the PEI girls. That's how to show them!! Maybe this will be the year the experienced teams become supporting casts.

Will Jennifer Jones come back as skip? Thought I'd beat ML to this one . Team Jones has been dominating with Kaitlyn and Karen at the back end. Can this be because Dawn and Jill control games from the front end? Can they perform better with Jennifer skipping? Should Jones work her way back into curling form as vice? Feels weird to think this about a hall of fame athlete, but they haven't missed a beat without her.

What's going on with Chelsea Carey and Brock Virtue? Both these teams finished 2012 on the up-swing; both have been WCT roadkill this year. Are they trying things that have yet to gel? Are they over rated? Or is this just one of those down cycle things that happen in curling? Here's hoping they get sorted out soon!

Why don't more eastern teams play in Europe? Mark Dacey played in Basel - it was probably cheaper to fly from Halifax to Zurich than to Vancouver. James Grattan is in Switzerland this week. That might not be a bad way for teams to go if they are looking for good competition with reasonable travel costs.

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In BC Pierce is on an early season roll. Dangerfield had a good showing in Kamloops. And Cotter has slowed down after winning the small Vernon event at the seasons beginning. Not much else to say about the rest of the pack except that Buchy appears to be MIA.

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Time to retract my roadkill comment for Chelsea Carey. Nice undefeated sweep in Red Deer!

And congrats to Rachel Homan for winning the "Battle of the Kreviazuks" in Kemptville!

The trend of younger teams winning in women's curling continues. Should be quite a year.

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Time to retract my roadkill comment for Chelsea Carey. Nice undefeated sweep in Red Deer!

And congrats to Rachel Homan for winning the "Battle of the Kreviazuks" in Kemptville!

The trend of younger teams winning in women's curling continues. Should be quite a year.

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Nice to see that winning the A side isn't always a curse. Both finalists from A. Congrats to Chelsea. And also a pretty decent run by Kaitlyn and mates. Came up a bit flat in the final (observation based solely on linescores as compared to other games) Too much time off in between games? Next time try for 8 ends

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Time to retract my roadkill comment for Chelsea Carey. Nice undefeated sweep in Red Deer!

And congrats to Rachel Homan for winning the "Battle of the Kreviazuks" in Kemptville!

The trend of younger teams winning in women's curling continues. Should be quite a year.

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In BC Pierce is on an early season roll. Dangerfield had a good showing in Kamloops. And Cotter has slowed down after winning the small Vernon event at the seasons beginning. Not much else to say about the rest of the pack except that Buchy appears to be MIA.

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Hey ML that's interesting. I guess Kaitlyn had curled with her the year she lived in AB. Do you know the lineup in Saskatoon this w/e?

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I think the Red Deer classic made me an even bigger fan of the Jennifer Jones organization.

Would have been easy for JJ to appoint a local spare to go to Red Deer, keep Kaitlyn at third and keep the horsepower on the front end.

Instead, Jennifer (and team) reaches back into curling history and brings the legendary Cathy King aboard. Cathy King has been nothing but roadkill the last few years, unable to attract top curlers to her teams but still trudging on, unable to hang up the brush.

So out of the blue who comes knockin' on Cathy's door? None other than Jennifer Jones, a younger legend.

She not only conscripts King to her team, she lets her skip and without flinching Kaitlyn moves down to her natural position - 3rd.

You'd think Cathy had won the lottery. They swept thru the event, until meeting their match in the final vs. Chelsea Carey.

But for Cathy King, a dish of redemption and the knowledge that with the right horsepower hitched to her wagon, she can still win.

And a gift from JJ - knowing she put a former great back onto the curling map.

Nice stuff JJ, nice stuff Kaitlyn, Jill & Dawn.

And as Vic Rauter once opined.

"Cathy King, there she goes - - - Snow White!!!"

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I think the Red Deer classic made me an even bigger fan of the Jennifer Jones organization.

Would have been easy for JJ to appoint a local spare to go to Red Deer, keep Kaitlyn at third and keep the horsepower on the front end.

Instead, Jennifer (and team) reaches back into curling history and brings the legendary Cathy King aboard. Cathy King has been nothing but roadkill the last few years, unable to attract top curlers to her teams but still trudging on, unable to hang up the brush.

So out of the blue who comes knockin' on Cathy's door? None other than Jennifer Jones, a younger legend.

She not only conscripts King to her team, she lets her skip and without flinching Kaitlyn moves down to her natural position - 3rd.

You'd think Cathy had won the lottery. They swept thru the event, until meeting their match in the final vs. Chelsea Carey.

But for Cathy King, a dish of redemption and the knowledge that with the right horsepower hitched to her wagon, she can still win.

And a gift from JJ - knowing she put a former great back onto the curling map.

Nice stuff JJ, nice stuff Kaitlyn, Jill & Dawn.

And as Vic Rauter once opined.

"Cathy King, there she goes - - - Snow White!!!"

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That they did curlerbroad. That they did.

But Kirsten wasn't available last weekend and the JJ's brought Cathy King aboard.

I'm sure Ms. King will never forget being "Queen for a Week"

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once again im not sure what trend your talking about because this is the first week that any younger team won an event

everything this year up tunil this past week has been won by the older more experienced teams

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Cathy King is a better story, but this is the none-too-shabby trend I was talking about :

Tracy Horgan, 26, Shorty Jenkins
Kaitlyn Lawes, 23, Shoot-out
Stefanie Lawton, 32, Manitoba Lotteries
Chelsea Carey, 28, Red Deer
Rachel Homan, 23, Royal LePage (and CF loser to Middaugh and Lawton)

Bodes well for an exciting year.

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I'll let you call her "experienced and veteran" at 32. This might be the safest use of Unregistered I've seen.

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I'll let you call her "experienced and veteran" at 32. This might be the safest use of Unregistered I've seen.

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Lawton has not been around long enough to be considered a veteran but she is definately not one of the youngsters either.

Also a trend would imply that something is happening more often. The youngsters have only won 3 events this year so I would hardly call it a trend.

I am still waiting for a young team to win one of the big ones

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