Hi all! Well, looks like the Hearts is on! They finally published a draw schedule a few days ago! So not much time, starts in 6 days! So here we go!
EMAIL PROBLEMS CONTINUE. Hi all. I don't get it. Have never had this problem before, or for at least 10 years or more. Anyway, I'm going to get an email out to you, if it kills me. So hang in there! Suppose I should harass Shaw and ask them what the heck is going on!
THE HEARTS TOURNAMENT FORMAT HAS CHANGED AGAIN. Yes, this year's Hearts is slightly different from last year. The championship round has been replaced with a Page Playoff style Qualifier and Seeding round. So you may need your thinking caps on! Still got the two Pools, A and B. All hopefully explained on the entry form, or scroll down, see "How has the Hearts Changed?" and "Pool Format!" below!
PLAYOFF BONUS POINTS! Good time to remind everyone of this! In the playoffs, your Qualifier and Seeding match picks are interchangeable! So if you pick the two winners in either order, you get your full points! And 1/2 points for placing a team in either Qualifier or Seeding match. (But Qualifier picks score for Qualifier games only, and Seeding match picks score for Seeding match games only.) Your Page Playoff picks, however, are NOT interchangeable. You must place a team in their exact playoff for full or half points! But you still get 1/4 points for placing a team in the wrong playoff! And you must place a team in the exact Semifinal or Final match to get any points. And score full points for picking the winner, or half points just for placing a team in the correct match. There! I hope that's clear as mud! That's how you are being awarded points!
OK let's get at those Pool documents!
Official Final Pool Standings OK we're done! Results are now Official! Click to see how everyone did!
The Master Spreadsheet... This is the master sheet, it has everybody's picks, and you can do your own updates and projections! (275K Excel spreadsheet)
The Master Spreadsheet in Web Page Format! For quick, easy viewing. It doesn't look perfect but you can see how everyone's doing and who they picked. It's 330K bytes!
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! (80K Excel document) Here it is! Deadline for entries is THIS Friday, Jan. 28 at 6:00 P.M., the start of the first Round Robin draw! 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 Web Page 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 (size: 35K bytes) - Here's where you'll find the rules for all curling pools! The master rules document.
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!
How has the Hearts changed?
How has the Hearts tournament changed from last year?
1. They were planning a Wild Card "Play-in" game, but because of Covid again there are 3 Wild Card teams, and they all play, and the Round Robin draw starts Friday Evening, Jan. 28. The play-in game sucks anyway! Go all the way there and play one game. Woop de doo!
2. There are 18 participating teams in two Pools of 9 teams, Pool A and Pool B. Again this is the same as last year!
3. Here's a difference. This year, only the top 3 teams in the standings in each Pool A and Pool B advance! Bottom 6 in each pool are OUT.
4. First playoff round, a "Page Qualifier" round. The 3rd place A team plays the 2nd place B team. Two games. Winner advances, losers are OUT.
4. Second playoff round, a "Page Seeding" round. One qualifier winner plays the first place A team, the other plays the first place B team. Winners advance to the final round, the 1-2 Page playoff; the losers advance too, to the 3-4 Page playoff.
5. The "Page Playoff" round. The teams above play a standard Page Playoff. Winner of 1-2 goes straight to the final; loser meets the winner of the 3-4 playoff in the semifinal. Semifinal winner goes to the final; losers of semifinal and 3-4 playoff are OUT. And that's it!
POOL FORMAT! So our format changes from last year. It's more of a normal format, except the extra Qualifier and Seeding rounds. You will have to:
1. Pick the winners of the selected Round Robin games (no change here);
2. Pick the top 3 teams in each of Pool A and Pool B who you think will advance to the Playoff Round;
3. Put the 2nd and 3rd place teams from each Pool in the Page Qualifier games, and pick the winners;
4. Put the winners of the Qualifier games into the Page Seeding games, to play the 1st place teams from each Pool, and pick the winners;
5. Now put winners from the Seeding games into the Final Page Playoff, winners in the 1-2 playoff, and losers in the 3-4 playoff, and pick the winners;
6. Do the same with the Semifinal and Final games. And finally,
7. Apply rank points to ALL your selections (same as before). That's it!
POOL ENTRY FEE! Once again, since there's only 2 curling pools this spring, we will continue with the new higher entry fee. As suggested by some of you. The Hearts and Brier pools entry fees remain $5.00! Only heard good feedback about the new fees, so, they're here to stay!
NOTE! I won't actually see pretty much any of you in person. So we'll have to be creative about how to pay entry fees. Still due at the start of the pool! Give or take a day or two. E-transfer, snail mail, or a nice distanced outdoor visit! Oh yeah! Or of course if you have a pool credit, from previous winnings, you're covered!
TSN's Curling Home Page This event's info (if you scroll down a bit), plus!
Curling Canada's 2022 Tournament of Hearts Event Site You can find completed draw scores here!
2021-2022 CTRS TEAM RANKINGS See how all the Women's teams are ranked! This is where I got the rankings on the entry form. And what they used to seed the teams.
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. You know, it's like... I can't feel my face when I'm with you. But I love it. Oh baby!
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