2011 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling Host city St. Albert , Alberta Arena Servus Credit Union Place Dates January 13–16 Winner Team North America 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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The 2011 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling was held January 13–16 at the Servus Credit Union Place in St. Albert, Alberta .
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]
January 13 [ edit ] 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 X 7 6
January 14 [ edit ] 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 4 0
January 15 [ edit ] 'A' Skins' 11:00 am
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points North America (Brown) 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) 0 0 0
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points North America (Fenson) X 0 X 0 3 World (Murdoch) X X 0 X 17
Singles 4:00 pm
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.
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) 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) 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) X X 0 X X X 21 World (Edin) X X 9
January 16 [ edit ] 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) 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) X 0 0 X 16
The Kevin Martin rink wins CAD $13,000 for his win in the men's skins game.
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