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TYLENOL® Players’ Championship / Capital One Grand Slam of Curling Story Ideas

 

Welcome to the Capital One Grand Slam of Curling Connection, your source for story ideas about Canada’s top curlers and the 2008 TYLENOL® Players’ Championship.  As part of the lead-up to the TYLENOL® Players’ Championship, Insight Sports will provide members of the media with a list of story ideas on a weekly basis.

 

Featuring both a men’s and women’s draw, the TYLENOL® Players’ Championship is the eighth and final leg of the 2007-08 Capital One Grand Slam of Curling series.  The event is scheduled to take place from April 16-20 at the Mile One Centre in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.

 

Feedback and questions about the story bank ideas, the TYLENOL® Players’ Championship, or the Capital One Grand Slam of Curling are welcome by contacting Eric Michalko, Communications Manager at (416) 593-0915, ext. 253 or emichalko@insightsports.com.



 

1) Jennifer Jones in Position to Capture Rare Triple Crown

 

Since the inception of the TYLENOL® Players’ Championship in 1993, only one team has successfully captured the Brier/Tournament of Hearts, World Championship and TYLENOL® Players’ Championship in the same season.

That honour belongs to Olympic gold medallist Russ Howard (Moncton, N.B.) who accomplished the feat in 1993.

 

With her recent gold medal victory at the 2008 World Women’s Curling Championship, Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, Man.) has put herself in position to become just the second skip to complete the rare triple crown should she successfully defend her TYLENOL® Players’ Championship in St. John’s.

 

The TYLENOL® Players’ Championship has been held annually as a joint men’s and women’s event since 2006.  Jones’ team has won the first two editions of the women’s TYLENOL® Players’ Championship.

 

Last year, Kelly Scott (Kelowna, B.C.) nearly accomplished the feat after winning the Tournament of Hearts and the World Championship before falling to Jones in the finals of the 2007 TYLENOL® Players’ Championship.

 

 

2) From the broadcast booth to the rink: CBC's Mike Harris to Skip for Peter Corner's Team at the TYLENOL® Players' Championship

 

During the first three legs of the men's 2007-08 Capital One Grand Slam of Curling series, 1998 Olympic silver medallist Mike Harris (Toronto, Ont.) had the best seat in the house as a member of CBC's Championship Curling broadcast team.

 

During the BDO Classic Canadian Open, The National and the Masters of Curling, Harris worked alongside CBC host Bruce Rainne and fellow CBC curling analyst Joan McCusker to provide Canadian curling fans expert opinion and commentary on Canada's top men's teams.

 

However, for the 2008 TYLENOL® Players' Championship in St. John's, Harris will begin the tournament on the ice, rather than in the broadcast booth, after accepting an invitation to serve as a substitute on Peter Corner's (Brampton, Ont.) team.

 

With Corner electing to retire from his team, Harris will serve as the squad's skip for the TYLENOL® Players' Championship in St. John's.

 

Should Harris' team qualify for the finals of the TYLENOL® Players' Championship, CBC will be excusing Harris from his broadcasting duties that day.

 

 

 

 

 

   

NEWS RELEASE

 

Capital One Grand Slam of Curling Announces Draw for the TYLENOL® Players’ Championship

ST. JOHN’S, April 1, 2008 – The Capital One Grand Slam of Curling and Insight Sports announced today the tournament seedings and draw schedule for the 2008 TYLENOL® Players’ Championship.  The eighth and final leg of the Capital One Grand Slam of Curling series, the TYLENOL® Players’ Championship will take place at the Mile One Centre in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador from April 16 to 20.

 

As per the guidelines of the TYLENOL® Players’ Championship, teams are seeded based on their standing in the Canadian Team Ranking System (CTRS) as of March 17, 2008.  In the men’s tournament, 2007 World Champion Glenn Howard (Coldwater, Ont.) is the top seed while recently crowned 2008 World Champion Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, Man.) is the top seed in the women’s event.

 

The 2008 TYLENOL® Players’ Championship is a triple knock out event.  Both the men’s and women’s tournaments will each award a purse of $100,000. 

 **All times local NDT standard time.  Schedule subject to change. 

 

Seeding Order – Men                                                                                  Seeding Order – Women                                                    

 

Seed   Skip                            Hometown                 CTRS Points             Seed   Skip                            Hometown                 CTRS Points

1          Glenn Howard             Coldwater, Ont.           270.750                       1          Jennifer Jones             Winnipeg, Man.                215.950

2          Kevin Martin                Edmonton, Alta.          269.100                       2          Shannon Kleibrink       Calgary, Alta.                 190.850

3          Kevin Koe                    Edmonton, Alta.          239.400                       3          Kelly Scott                   Kelowna, B.C.                 160.750

4          Kerry Burtnyk              Winnipeg, Man.           189.100                       4          Stefanie Lawton          Saskatoon, Sask.               157.450

5          Pat Simmons              Davidson, Sask.          163.950                       5          Sherry Middaugh         Coldwater, Ont.                 131.600

6          Jeff Stoughton             Winnipeg, Man.           155.000                       6          Cheryl Bernard            Calgary, Alta.                 126.250

7          Brad Gushue               St. John’s, Nfld.           144.850                       7          Michelle Englot            Regina, Sask.               82.700

8          Randy Ferbey             Edmonton, Alta.          140.750                       8          Sherry Anderson         Saskatoon, Sask.               78.050

9          Wayne Middaugh        Midland, Ont.               129.700                       9          Cathy King                  Edmonton, Alta.                 75.450

10        Greg McAulay              Richmond, B.C.          88.350                         10        Heather Rankin           Calgary, Alta.                 60.450

11        Mike McEwen              Winnipeg, Man.           87.950                         11        Krista Scharf               Thunder Bay, Ont.         60.250

12        Shawn Adams            Halifax, N.S.                83.800                         12        Heather Strong            St. John’s, Nfld.                 55.900

13        Peter Corner               Brampton, Ont.           79.850                         13        Kristie Moore               Edmonton, Alta.                 55.400

14        Reid Carruthers          Winnipeg, Man.           74.050                         14        Julie Reddick               Brantford, Ont.                 48.300

15        Martin Ferland             Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Que.    67.950                         15        Amber Holland            Regina, Sask.               43.800

16        Robert Desjardins       Chicoutimi, Que.         45.300                         16        Eve Bélisle                  Montreal, Que.                43.450

 

Tickets for the 2008 TYLENOL® Players’ Championship are currently on sale and can be purchased online at www.admission.com or in person at the Mile One Centre box office.

About TYLENOL®
In Canada, a wide range of TYLENOL® products are available for adults and children, all designed to meet their varying pain and fever needs.  TYLENOL® brand is owned and marketed by McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a division of Johnson & Johnson, Inc. McNeil Consumer Healthcare markets a broad range of well-known and trusted over-the-counter (OTC) products around the globe.  McNeil Consumer Healthcare markets products in the adult and pediatric pain relief, allergy, gastro-intestinal and nicotine-replacement categories.

 

About Capital One

Located in Toronto, Ontario, Capital One has offered Canadian consumers a range of competitive MasterCard® credit cards since 1996, when the company first introduced the Platinum MasterCard® in Canada.  Capital One Canada is a division of Capital One Bank, a subsidiary of Capital One Financial Corporation of McLean, Virginia (NYSE: COF).

 

About Insight Sports Ltd.

Insight Sports Ltd. is a leading North American sports media and entertainment company which owns, creates, aggregates and distributes sports and entertainment content across multiple platforms, including broadcast television, events, on-line, mobile, in-arena and video on-demand.

 

Among its traditional media assets, Insight Sports operates three specialty television networks: GOLTV Canada (www.goltv.ca), a 24-hour soccer network; WFN: World Fishing Network (www.wfn.tv), North America's only network devoted entirely to fishing, and; GameTV (www.igametv.com), the only Canadian television network that gives viewers a chance to win great prizes, simply by tuning in. The company also owns Aquila Productions Inc., a leader in sports television and event production, and holds a significant interest in the NHL Network (www.nhlnetwork.ca), a 24-hour hockey channel.

 

Among its event assets, Insight Sports owns and operates the Capital One Grand Slam of Curling (www.worldcurlingtour.com), a series of eight high-profile men’s and women’s events that feature Canada’s deepest and strongest curling fields, and Ford Major League Gaming Canada (www.mlgcanada.com), an affiliate of Major League Gaming, Inc., and the largest organized league and international sanctioning body for professional video gaming. 

 

Among its other businesses, Insight Sports is the exclusive sponsorship agency of the Buffalo Bills’ eight-game NFL series at the Rogers Centre in Toronto (www.billsintoronto.com) and also manages Wayne Gretzky’s official website, www.gretzky.com.

 

Based in Toronto, the principal shareholders of Insight Sports include Larry Tanenbaum (Kilmer Enterprises Inc., a subsidiary of Kilmer Van Nostrand Co. Limited) and MWI & Partners. For more information see www.insightsports.com.

 


 For additional information, please contact:

Eric Michalko
Communications Manager
Insight Sports Ltd.
Phone: 416.593.0915, ext. 253
Cell: 647.669.0900
Email: emichalko@insightsports.com