2010–11 curling season
The 2010–11 curling season began in September 2010 and ended in April 2011.
Note: In events with two genders, the men's tournament winners will be listed before the women's tournament winners.
CCA-sanctioned events
Season of Champions events in bold; other CCA-sanctioned events in regular typeface.[1]
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Other events
| Event | Winning skip | Runner-up skip | |
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| European Mixed Curling Championship Howwood, Scotland, September 20–28 |  |  | |
| World Wheelchair Curling Championship Qualification Lohja, Finland, Nov. 7-12 |  |  | |
| Pacific Curling Championships Uiseong, South Korea, Nov. 16-23 | |  | |
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| European Curling Championships Champéry, Switzerland, Dec. 3-11 | A |  |  |
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| European Junior Curling Challenge Prague, Czech Republic, Jan. 3-8 | | | |
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| Pacific Junior Curling Championships Naseby, New Zealand, Jan. 9-16 | | | |
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| TSN Curling Skins Game Rama, Ontario, Jan. 22-23 |  | | |
| Karuizawa International Curling Championship Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan, Jan. 26-30 | |  | |
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| Winter Deaflympics Vysoké Tatry, Slovakia, Feb. 19-26 | Event cancelled[2] | ||
World Curling Tour
Grand Slam events in bold.[3][4]
Teams
Men's events
Women's events
WCT Order of Merit rankings
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Women[6]
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WCT Money List
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Women[8]
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Cyber attack on curling websites
On January 14, 2011, four major curling websites (CurlingZone, World Curling Tour, Ontario Curling Tour, and Canadian Curling Reporters) went offline[9] in an apparent cyber attack by hackers from China and Korea.[10] The problem was found to be missing databases of painstakingly documented curling information dating back two years from primary and secondary backup systems. For many weeks, the four websites and any content supported by CurlingZone's software were unable to be accessed. The proprietors of the websites were forced to request the help of data recovery services to recover the lost data, which includes information on thousands of curling events both major, like the Olympics season, and minor. As a result of these presumed cyber attacks, the websites were switched to a new server and reloaded with whatever information was available at the time.[11]
Capital One, the sponsor of the Grand Slam of Curling, the World Curling Championships, and various teams and bonspiels, stated a few days after the incident that they would match donations to CurlingZone to help the recovery effort and encouraged other curling-related businesses to donate money.[12] However, people involved with CurlingZone and The Curling News expressed concern that much of the data is irrecoverable and may have disappeared forever. As of March, the websites are up and running, but the content from last year and many years preceding it are still missing.
In another event, the websites of U.S. and world curling governing bodies were attacked by sites in China and Korea. The attacks may be related to the attacks on the four major curling websites.[11]
The Dominion MA Cup
The Dominion MA Cup presented by TSN was created for the first time for the 2010-11 season.[13] The Cup is awarded to the Canadian Curling Association Member Association (MA) who has had the most success during the season in the CCA sanctioned events. Events include the Canadian Mixed, Men's & Women's Juniors, the Scotties, the Brier, Men's & Women's Seniors and the national Wheelchair championship.
The inaugural title will go to both Alberta and Saskatchewan. Both MAs finished with the highest number of points, in a tie. The tie breaking procedure is the best record between the two MAs in round robin games, but the two MAs split their season series 4-4.
Alberta did not win any national titles; it was runner up in three events, and finished in the top six in all events. Saskatchewan, on the other hand, won both junior events and the Scotties. Manitoba finished third, having also won three events (the Brier, the men's seniors, the national wheelchairs).
The Governors Cup was also awarded, to the Member Association who has seen the most improvement. It was given to New Brunswick.
Points are awarded based on placement in each of the events, with the top association receiving 14 points, then the second place team with 13, etc.
Final standings
| Rank | Member Association | CMCC | CWJCC | CMJCC | Scotties | Brier | CWSCC | CMSCC | CWhCC | Total Pts. | Avg. Pts |
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| T1 | | 9 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 87 | 10.875 |
| T1 |  | 7 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 87 | 10.875 |
| 3 |  | 13 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 85 | 10.625 |
| 4 |  | 11 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 82 | 10.250 |
| 5 |  | 12 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 76 | 9.500 |
| 6 |  | 10 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 3 | n/a | 57 | 8.143 |
| 7 |  | 8 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 65 | 8.125 |
| 8 |  | 6 | 8 | 7 | n/a | 10 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 56 | 8.000 |
| 9 |  | 14 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 5 | n/a | 55 | 7.857 |
| 10 |  | 3 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 58 | 7.250 |
| 11 |  | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 41 | 5.125 |
| 12 |  | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | n/a | 27 | 3.857 |
| 13 |  | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | n/a | 25 | 3.571 |
| 14 |  | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0 | 0.000 |
Capital One Cup
The Capital One Cup is a season-long competition that awards curling teams point values for their participation in Capital One Grand Slam of Curling events. At the end of the season, the men's and women's teams with the top three point values are awarded purse totalling CAD$170,000. The top-ranked team is awarded $50,000, the second-ranked team $25,000, and the third-ranked team $10,000.
The points are allocated as follows:
| Rank | Point Value | |
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| GPWC, National, BDO Autumn, Manitoba, Sobeys | GPPC | |
| 1st | 12 points | 24 points |
| 2nd | 9 points | 18 points |
| 3rd/4th | 7 points | 14 points |
| 5th-8th | 5 points | 10 points |
| Qualifying | 1 point per win | 2 points per win |
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Men[14]
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Women[15]
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Notable team changes
Retirements
Careers on hiatus
Team line-up changes
Teams listed by skip, new teammates listed in bold
References
- Season of Champions Events Archived 2014-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
- http://www.torontosun.com/sports/columnists/alison_korn/2011/02/15/17286721.html
- "WCT Men's Events". Archived from the original on 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
- "WCT Women's Events". Archived from the original on 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
- "WCT Order Of Merit - Men". Archived from the original on 2010-11-19. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
- "WCT Order Of Merit - Women". Archived from the original on 2010-11-19. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
- WCT Money List - Men
- WCT Money List - Women
- "Curlers not happy with this hack".
- "Asian hackers rock curling websites in hi-tech attack". The London Free Press. 24 January 2011.
- "Cyber Attack on Curling". The Curling News. 17 January 2011.
- "Curling Cyber Attack update: Capital One and your help". The Curling News. 21 January 2011.
- https://www.tsn.ca/curling/feature/?id=38233
- 2010-11 Capital One Cup Men's Standings
- 2010-11 Capital One Cup Women's Standings
- "EXCLUSIVE:Hart leaves Team Howard". The Curling News. 21 April 2011.
- "O'Rourke not surprised by players' move". The Guardian (PEI). 11 March 2011. Archived from the original on 1 January 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- "Walling: Last Run for Gushue and Nichols at the Brier". The Sports Network. 7 March 2011.
- "Cheryl Bernard to add Olson-Johns, Sadlier for 2011-12 curling season". Vancouver Sun. 24 March 2011.
- "Brad Gushue to test-drive two newcomers in Victoria". The Calgary Herald. 23 March 2011.
- Announcement @TeamReidCurling
- "2011 Tim Hortons Brier Notebook" (PDF). Tankard Times. Canadian Curling Association (8): 16. 2011-03-12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-04-02.