World whirls into lead

Comebacks the story at Continental Cup

Posted: 1:00 AM CST Friday, Jan. 13, 2012

LANGLEY, B.C. -- A pair of comeback efforts for the World team in the mixed-doubles competition gave the international contingent a six-point lead following the first two events of the Continental Cup at the Langley Events Centre Thursday afternoon.

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LANGLEY, B.C. — A pair of comeback efforts for the World team in the mixed-doubles competition gave the international contingent a six-point lead following the first two events of the Continental Cup at the Langley Events Centre Thursday afternoon.

The World team of Tom Brewster (Scotland) and Qingshuang Yue (China) forced a 7-7 draw after scoring two points in the sixth and eighth ends to overcome a four-point North American lead, while a two-spot in the eighth end gave the World duo of Thomas Ulsrud (Norway) and Cissi Ostlund a 9-9 draw with their North American counterparts Shawn Rojeski (U.S.A.) and Marliese Kasner (Canada).

Meanwhile, the Swedish pair of Sebastian Kraupp and Anette Norberg shot their way to a decisive 8-4 win over Canadians Reid Carruthers and Kim Schneider, which earned the World team six points.

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Team World skip Eve Muirhead shouts to her front end during her opening round women�s singles match against Amber Holland of Team North America. — Postmedia michael burns photo Team World skip Eve Muirhead shouts to her front end during her opening round women�s singles match against Amber Holland of Team North America.

The North American side — consisting of four Canadian rinks and two American — trailed the World 21-15 at the end of mixed-doubles matches Thursday, with the men’s team draw coming later in the evening.

Each rink is awarded six points for a win and three for a tie.

Earlier in the day, the Canadian rink of Stefanie Lawton, Marliese Kasner, Sherri Singler and Sherry Anderson scored a convincing 11-3 win over Norberg and Sweden.

Amber Holland’s Canadian rink was unable to hold onto a two-point lead in the eighth and final frame, as the Scottish team of Eve Muirhead fought back for a 5-5 draw. Bingyu Wang and her Chinese rink narrowly defeated Patti Lank and the Americans 6-5.

Ferbey will be back

CALGARY — Randy Ferbey is done, at least for this curling season, anyways.

The six-time Brier and four-time world champion, who was shockingly knocked out of the Edmonton city playdowns last weekend, insisted Thursday that curling fans haven’t seen the last of his familiar tuck delivery, despite rumours swirling that he’s about to announce his retirement.

“Not true. Not true. I’m not hanging them up,” said Ferbey, 52. “But it’s coming some day. I’m not surprised they’re talking about it.”

That day, though, won’t come for at least another season, as Ferbey confirmed that he will take a run at qualifying for next year’s Tim Hortons Brier in his hometown of Edmonton.

“I’ll be doing something to get to the Brier in Edmonton. I’d love to play that Brier,” said Ferbey. “With who, I don’t know. But we’ll see. Whether I’m curling a lot next season or just entering the playdowns, that’s the unknown. But I’ll be trying.”

Retirement rumours regarding Ferbey are nothing new. Two days before the 2001 Alberta final, Ferbey suggested that it would be his final competitive season.

— Postmedia News