Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 12, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Soundbite it was a desperation but we Felt it was Worth the and it was really close Manitoba skip Kerry Burtnyk after Brier final defeat sports on to sports record scorecard i nil Edmonton 3 Florida 4 Detroit 3 Washington 6 Calgary 3 Anaheim 1 Colorado 3 Riihl Cincinnati 9 Aba Toronto 101 new York 86 Philadelphia 97 Sacramento 105 Detroit 95 Cleveland 124 Phoenix 94 Dallas 111 Seattle 109 Carolina 2 islanders 1 Minnesota 2 Ottawa 5 Atlanta 3 Nashville 0 Dallas 2 Manitoba 2 Vancouver 84 Miami 83 Boston 91 Utah 90 Indiana 78 Milwaukee 110 Houston 92 la clippers 93 lakers 97 i mob exhibition by Yankees 6 Pittsburgh 2 Toronto 1 1 by Yankees 6 Baltimore 2 Minnesota Bay 4 Texas 1 Kansas City 2 mets 2 Florida 1 los Angeles Louis 2 Cleveland 8 Tampa Bay 6 Anaheim 4 Arizona cubs 3 Arizona sox 3 Colorado 1 Oakland Francisco 6 White sox Diego 1 i Brief Cindy Klassen Gold for Wotherspoon Klassen grabs Bronze Utah up Jeremy Wotherspoon of red reclaimed his world record in the mens metres yester Day while Cindy Klassen of Winnipeg added a Bronze at the world Lon track single distance Speed skating in the mens Wother spoon clocked one minute seconds for the win and also set the fifth world record this week end at the new olympic Oval built for next Winters Salt Lake City it eclipsed the established by teammate Mike Ireland of Winnipeg last weekend at the world cup final in in the women Anni Friesinger of Germany won the Gold clocking with Maki Tabata of Japan Sec Ond in broke her Canadian clocking for the Klassen had a breakthrough she was also fourth in the Friday in a Canadian record time and won three Bronze medals and placed fourth Overall at the world All round championships last March 2001 sports c1 editor Buzz Currie 6977285 Burtnyk bows to Alberta one Manitoban beats another in Brier final by Paul Wiecek Ottawa the Good news is a Manitoban won the Brier Here the bad news is he was wearing an Alberta uniform at the Winnipeg Dave Nedohin became the Darling of wild Rose country yesterday leading his Edmon ton rink with the Cool hand of a cagey Veteran instead of the Brier Rookie that he is to an 84 Victory Over Manitoba in the final of the 2001 the win is Albertas 19th Canadian mens Curling that still seven behind Manitoba record but there and they have vice skip Nedohin to thank for a Gutsy performance under intense pressure Here yesterday that earned him unanimous selection As the Winner of the Hec Gervais handed out annually to the Brier play off i Hope they still like me in Manito said a former competitive water skier who moved from Winnipeg to Edmonton four years its just Burtnyk philosophical i have dreamed a better scenario than to play Kerry Burtnyk and the rest of his team in the Brier and to go out there and play As Well As we did and win i dont know if there is anything i could do to repeat that feeling right was Philosoph ical in defeat much As he and his team had been Here All week in the whole world of theres Only one team Happy in the Burtnyk i if you lose the provincial final or the Brier final or the world you go Home its too and we didst want it to end but we still accomplished some just getting to the Brier final after finishing fourth in the round Robin broke new ground but the real prize yesterday was the Macdonald trophy and tickets to the world Curling championships in Lau March 31 to april just As they did the rest of the week Manitoba fortunes turned yesterday on the play of their continued please see Brier Winner c2 Tom Hanson Canadian press Kerry Burtnyk urges his final Rock on in the ninth his Hail Mary triple takeout attempt came up kid delivers knockout blow Ottawa for a few fleeting moments Here yesterday it seemed As though Kerry Burtnyk through sheer Force of personal will would not be denied his place in Brier not by his who left their skip with the toughest shots possible in each of the first three not by a Young contender in Alberta Vic skip Dave who seemed determined to carve out his own piece of Brier history Here and not even by a Pigeon in the rafters of the dilapidated Ottawa civic Centre who rained debris on the ice for most of the Burtnyk overcame it All in the first three ends Here tossing a pair of double making a gorgeous com around and then an equally Tough Hita droll to carry a 21 Lead into the it was like a great prizefight with the aging former now in the Twilight of a glorious going toe tote with the Young the hot kid who grew up in the champs Home town and idolized but now wished nothing More than to Knock him it was a fight and the judges had Manitoba ahead on Points until the last Rock of the fourth that when Nedohin stepped Forward like a Man with Paul Wiecek Tom Hanson Canadian press Nedohin hoists Brier Tankard to celebrate teams the championship Belt in his sights and tossed a Haymaker that knocked Burtnyk to the Canvas a double takeout that turned what was looking like a multiple steal for Manitoba into a Point for Burtnyk got up after that but he never truly continued please see amazing c2 Speed skating mom wins 4 golds Genevieve la Boche Speed skater Donna Van Home master at the world by Chris Cariou she wont let us pinpoint her age in a she but in Well under 60 and Donna Van understand didst want to Wear the name of her Canadian across her headband at the recent world masters Speed skating age be the Mother of four including two former National age group returned from last week with Gold medals in each of the four events she raced to win the women over50 world title and to fulfil a lifelong goal in a sport that has been a lifelong its a dream Van Home said after returning from the event that Fea tured 149 men and women from nine Dif Ferent she won the and metre most of them in a sprinter like my boys so the metres is no easy race for said the communications laughing that officials didst count her laps properly and made her race 8 times around the Oval instead of 7 she still Cut half a minute off her per Sonal Best time in the gruelling finishing in seven minutes and 25 seconds almost a minute and a half before the second place finisher crossed the line in she joked she didst take the time to go warm up or grab a hot chocolate in the joining Van Home in the winners Cir Cle on the weekend was Winnipeg Eugene a sprately gentleman who also won the world title in the mens over70 claiming the and events and coming second in the 500 and for Van Speed skating has always been her she started at age 8 and stayed in it until age eventually having her kids and turning into a Speed skating but when her kids got old enough to make it around the Susan Auch Oval on their about 12 years Van Home figured out she didst have to watch from the stands any having spawned two sons now and now both of whom had been provincial and National age group Cham pions themselves it was time to get Back into the sport she started skating became a level 3 coach and found herself break ing then National records in the masters age group 30 and this largely because the worlds were in she decided to get she trained six Days a week and took two we Klong trips to Cal Home of Scott and the olympic in at the North american Long track championships in she broke just about every record pos by last she was she Cut five seconds from her personal Best time in the 100 i had nothing left after that she said and dominated in her age i love she i wanted to make such a huge Effort and in just thrilled at the Way it All turned computers 17 marys Road 9589400 Intel Celoron 733 Mhz upgrade 6309 Motherboard 349 ass cuv4xe 128mb pc133 ram 20gb Max Tor 7200rpm 17 Samsung Monitor 32 my tnt2 age video so live sound card 56k acer pc Modem 52x creative carom acs21 2 speakers is Intelli mouse is internet keyboard is windows me 2 5 labour word perfect office 2000 1 year internet service Intel pentium Iii 866 Intel Celoron 733 Mhz with 15 Monitor no no payments Mac internet 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