2006 Continental Cup of Curling

The 2006 Continental Cup of Curling was a curling tournament held from November 23 to 26 in Chilliwack, British Columbia between six North American teams and six European teams. Europe defeated North America 229-171 after a series of North American losses in the skins games.

2006 Continental Cup of Curling
Host cityChilliwack, British Columbia
ArenaProspera Centre
DatesNovember 23–26
WinnerTeam Europe
Score Breakdown
Discipline NA Europe
Mixed Doubles Round 1 12 6
Women's Team Round 1 15 3
Men's Team Round 1 12 6
Women's Team Round 2 0 18
Singles 18 14
Men's Team Round 2 9 9
Men's Skins A 10 20
Women's Skins A 0 30
Mixed Doubles Round 2 12 6
Men's Skins B 10 30
Women's Skins B 6 34
Women's Skins C 28 32
Men's Skins C 43 17
Total 171 229
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Teams

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The teams representing this year's edition is as follows:

Team Country Home Skip Third Second Lead
North America   United States Bemidji CC, Bemidji Pete Fenson Shawn Rojeski Joe Polo Doug Pottinger
North America   Canada St. John's CC, St. John's Brad Gushue Mark Nichols Russ Howard Jamie Korab
North America   Canada Calgary Winter Club, Calgary Shannon Kleibrink Amy Nixon Bronwen Saunders Christine Keshen
North America   United States Madison CC, Madison Debbie McCormick Nicole Joraanstad Natalie Nicholson Tracy Sachtjen
North America   Canada CC Victoria, Sainte-Foy and CC Etchemin, Saint-Romuald Jean-Michel Menard François Roberge Eric Sylvain Maxime Elmaleh
Europe   Scotland Lockerbie CC, Lockerbie David Murdoch Ewan MacDonald Peter Smith Euan Byers
Europe   Sweden Härnösands CK, Härnösand Anette Norberg Eva Lund Cathrine Lindahl Anna Svard
Europe   Switzerland Flims CC, Flims Mirjam Ott Binia Feltscher-Beeli Valeria Spalty Janine Greiner
Europe   Germany SC Riessersee, Garmisch-Partenkirchen Andrea Schopp Monika Wagner Anna Hartelt Tina Tichatschke
North America   Canada Kelowna CC, Kelowna Kelly Scott Jeanna Schraeder Sasha Carter Renee Simons
Europe   Norway Stabekk CC, Oslo Pål Trulsen Lars Vågberg Flemming Davanger Bent Anund Ramsfjell
Europe   Finland Oulunkylä Curling, Helsinki Markku Uusipaavalniemi Kalle Kiiskinen Jani Sullanmaa Teemu Salo

This tournament marks the first time a Finnish team has competed in the Continental Cup, as well as the first in which neither the rink of Randy Ferbey or Colleen Jones appeared (as Ferbey was defeated in the provincial playdowns did not qualify for the Brier and Jones did not win the Tournament of Hearts). It is also the first time the winners of the Canada Cup of Curling is not awarded a berth in the Continental Cup (their positions being replaced by the teams representing Canada at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games instead). The European team is captained by Elisabet Gustafson, who had competed in the inaugural Continental Cup. The North American team is captained by Lindsay Sparkes and Linda Moore.

Mixed doubles

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Teams are awarded six points for each victory in this match. If the match is tied after six ends, the two teams will each earn three points.

The team format of mixed doubles in this Continental Cup and previous cups is different than from the team format used starting with the 2007 Continental Cup. In this team format, four players play on a team, and each player has one role only, throwing or sweeping. There are two throwers and two sweepers. The format of play is the same as it is in any cup. The players in each game are listed as such: (Thrower/Thrower, Sweeper/Sweeper).

Thursday, November 23, 12:30pm ET

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Europe (Feltscher-Beeli/Murdoch, Grenier/Byers)   0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 0
North America (Schraeder/Ménard, Simons/Elmaleh) 2 0 3 1 0 4 0 2 12 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Europe (Norberg/Vågberg, Svard/Ramsfjell) 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 6 0
North America (Joraanstad/Fenson, Sachtjen/Polo)   0 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 7 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Europe (Lund/Trulsen, Lindahl/Davanger)   1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 6 6
North America (Nixon/Gushue, Saunders/Nichols) 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 0

Saturday, November 25, 6:00pm ET

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Europe (Ott/MacDonald, Spalty/Smith) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 6 6
North America (Scott/Roberge, Carter/Sylvain)   1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 5 0
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Europe (Wagner/Kiiskinen, Tichatschke/Salo)  3 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 9 0
North America (McCormick/Rojeski, Nicholson/Pottinger) 0 0 4 1 0 0 6 0 11 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Europe (Schöpp/Uusipaavalniemi, Hartlet/Sullanmaa) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0
North America (Kleibrink/Howard, Keshen/Korab)   0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 6 6

Singles

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Teams earn four points for each victory in this match. If the match is tied through all events, the two teams will each earn two points. An additional eight points will be awarded to the team with the higher aggregate score in this portion of the event.

The player listed played all of the shots; his/her teammates were sweepers or held the broom.

Friday, November 24, 5:00pm ET

Sheet A Runthrough Button Port Raise Hit-and-Roll Double Total Points
Europe (Uusipaavalniemi) 2 5 4 5 3 3 22 4
North America (Gushue) 5 5 5 4 1 0 20 0
Sheet B Runthrough Button Port Raise Hit-and-Roll Double Total Points
Europe (Davanger) 1 4 5 3 4 5 22 4
North America (Rojeski) 0 5 3 4 3 5 20 0
Sheet C Runthrough Button Port Raise Hit-and-Roll Double Total Points
Europe (MacDonald) 0 5 4 2 4 5 20 4
North America (Elmaleh) 2 4 4 2 0 5 17 0
Sheet A Runthrough Button Port Raise Hit-and-Roll Double Total Points
Europe (Schöpp) 0 0 4 0 1 0 5 0
North America (Scott) 5 1 4 3 4 5 22 4
Sheet B Runthrough Button Port Raise Hit-and-Roll Double Total Points
Europe (Ott) 5 2 2 0 0 5 14 4
North America (McCormick) 0 2 3 3 1 0 9 0
Sheet C Runthrough Button Port Raise Hit-and-Roll Double Total Points
Europe (Svärd) 0 4 5 2 5 5 21 2
North America (Kleibrink) 3 5 5 2 1 5 21 2

North America wins the bonus points for having the higher aggregate total, 109-104.

Teams

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Teams are awarded six points for each victory in the team match. If the match is tied after 8 ends, the two teams will each earn three points.

Women

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Thursday, November 23, 5:00pm ET

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Europe (Norberg) 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0
North America (McCormick)   1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 6 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Europe (Schöpp)   1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 3
North America (Scott) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Europe (Ott) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 5 0
North America (Kleibrink)   3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 8 6

Friday, November 24, 12:30pm ET

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Europe (Schöpp)   0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 6 6
North America (Kleibrink) 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 5 0
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Europe (Ott) 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 6
North America (McCormick)   0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Europe (Norberg)   3 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 9 6
North America (Scott) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 5 0

Thursday, November 23, 9:30pm ET

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Europe (Murdoch) 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 5 0
North America (Ménard)   0 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 6 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Europe (Trulsen)   1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 0
North America (Gushue) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Europe (Uusipaavalniemi) 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 7 6
North America (Fenson)   3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0

Friday, November 24, 9:30pm ET

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Europe (Trulsen)   1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
North America (Ménard) 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 5 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Europe (Uusipaavalniemi) 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 3
North America (Fenson)   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Europe (Murdoch)   2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 5 6
North America (Gushue) 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0

Skins

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In the skins portion of the event, teams get points that contribute to the overall score by scoring at least 2 points with the hammer or forcing a steal without. The number of points is unevenly divided through each of the 8 ends in each of the 3 ends.

"A" Competition

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Saturday, November 25, 1:30pm ET

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points
Europe (Uusipaavalniemi) X X 0 X 20
North America (Fenson)   0 0 X X 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points
Europe (Schöpp)   0 X 0 0 X 30
North America (McCormick) 0 0 0 0

"B" Competition

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Saturday, November 25, 9:30pm ET

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points
Europe (Trulsen)   0 0 X X 30
North America (Ménard) 0 0 0 X 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points
Europe (Ott) X X X X X 34
North America (Scott)   0 0 X 6

"C" Competition

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Sunday, November 26, 12:30pm ET

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points
Europe (Norberg)   X X X X 32
North America (Kleibrink) 0 X X X 28

Sunday, November 26, 1:30pm ET

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points
Europe (Murdoch) X 0 X 17
North America (Gushue)   0 0 X 0 X 43

References

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