Here we are with the first pool of Spring 2020! And the first Hearts pool since 2016! It's coming up fast so let's get going then!
THE HEARTS AND BRIER TOURNAMENTS HAVE CHANGED SINCE 2016. Yes, this year's Hearts and Brier are continuing with a new format. (Changes coming to Brier, Scotties in 2018)
SO HERE GOES: 1. They start with a Wild Card "Play-in" game where the two top Canadian teams that have not yet qualified for the event, play a single game on the Friday night before the event. Winner stays as the "Wild Card" team, loser goes home. (Ouch!) 2. The 16 participating teams play round robins in two "Pools", Pool A and Pool B. 3. The top 4 teams in the standings in each Pool A and Pool B advance to a "Championship Round" and play 4 more games each. (Bottom 4 teams in both pools are GONE) 4. The top 4 teams to come out of the Championship Round now play a standard Page Playoff round.
NEW POOL FORMAT! So the pool format has had to change to follow the new tournament format. You will have to 1. Pick a bunch of Round Robin games (no change here); 2. Pick the top 4 teams in each of Pool A and Pool B who you think will advance to the Championship Round; 3. Pick who you think will be in the Page Playoff, Semifinal and Final matches; and 4. Apply rank points to all your selections (same as before). That's it!
NEW POOL ENTRY FEE! One last thing! Since there's only 2 curling pools this spring, I've decided to try a bigger entry fee. As suggested by some of you. The Hearts and Brier pools entry fees are $5.00! Yes it's higher. But don't forget, the prizes will be that much higher too! And 2 pools for $10 as opposed to the previous 4 pools for $8. Let's give it a shot!
OK enough talk! Let's get at that entry form! Instructions galore on page 2 of the form!
Official Final Standings Hey! Results are now official! Click to see how we all did!
The Master Spreadsheet... This is the master sheet, it has everybody's picks, and you can do your own updates and projections. (280K Excel spreadsheet)
The Master Spreadsheet in HTML Format! Web page format for easy viewing. It doesn't look perfect but you can see how everyone's doing and who they picked. It's 340K bytes!
Final Pool A and B Team Standings Hey! Here's how all the teams ended up in their Pools! And how many Championship Round wins each team is racking up.
The ZIPPED Express All the pool docs, in one compact zip file! At 120K bytes it's your best download value!
The Pool Entry Form! (75K Excel document) Here it is! Deadline for entries is Friday, Feb. 14 at 7:30 P.M., the start of the Wild Card Play-in game! The usual Entry Form with drop-down everything almost! Download the form, make your picks, then save to your computer and email to me. Full of instructions and team ranking information!
Instructions for using the Excel Pool Entry Form
To fill out the interactive entry form below and send it to me, you MUST save your picks on your computer. Then email the file you saved to me as an attachment. That's the only way I will get your picks! Thanks!
The Pool Entry Form in HTML Format! Not interactive, but all the info and links are there, and it's not Microsoft so anybody can use it. (size: 130K bytes)
Curling Pool Rules and Instructions (60K Word doc) Here's where you find the rules for all curling pools! The master rules document.
Pool Rules and Instructions - Web Page Format (size: 35K bytes) - Same as above, except looks good in your browser! Plus it's not Word so anybody can look at it.
Visualizing The Page Playoff System This diagram shows how the Page Playoff system works, nice and simple! Created by k9crazy!
Curling Pools Rules and Help... in a Zip File! ... The above Rules and Help documents, in a 60K zip file. Grab em all!
TSN's Curling Home Page This event's info (if you scroll down a bit), plus!
Curling Canada's 2020 Tournament of Hearts Event Site You can find completed draw scores here!
2019-2020 CTRS TEAM RANKINGS See how all the Women's teams are ranked! This is where I got the rankings on the entry form.
The Canadian Team Ranking System (CTRS) Explained Check it out.
* Hey, listen to the song "Tournament Of Hearts" while you're making your picks! It might inspire you to win the pool! Official Weakerthans video from Epitaph Records.
* What the... who says yoga and curling don't mix? (Not responsible for the "related videos", don't look at them!!)
* Curling 8 Ender! From a game between Kelly Scott and Cathy King... ouch! (5 min. 19 seconds)
* Kaitlyn Lawes Quadruple Takeout! Very nice!!
* The Big Shot! Jennifer Jones's 2005 Shot of the Tournament
Really old TSN Reports from the distant past:
* Colleen Jones wins fourth straight Scott title!
* Larouche advances to Scott final!
That’s all I’ve got for now. Hope to see your picks soon. Bye now!
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