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After the Tie Breaker games .. these were the final standings before the play-offs ..

1st Place - Canada
2nd Place - Great Britain
3rd Place - Sweden
4th Place - Norway …
The rest, in standing order .. (5th) Denmark, (6th) Switzerland, (7th) Italy and (8th) United States in last place

Semi-Final Games

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Canadian Press
3/16/2006 2:13:40 PM

REGINA (CP) - Manitoba skip Jeff Stoughton says he’ll appeal his $1,000 fine for unsportsmanlike conduct at the Canadian men’s curling championship.

The Canadian Curling Association disciplined Stoughton after he kicked rocks and slamming his broom in a game against New Brunswick on Wednesday, but Stoughton also said he was told by the CCA he had been accumulating offences, some of which he was unaware.

“I thought they would at least let me know I was accumulating some fines,” Stoughton said Thursday. “We’ll write a letter and see what they do.”

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From the 2006 World Junion Curling Championship Website, in Jeonju Korea

Here are the Men’s Standings after Round Robin Play

Here are the Women’s Standings after Round Robin Play

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After Round Robin Play …

17 sessions, 11 games per team .. here were the final results:

1st Place - Ontario (10 wins / 1 loss)
2nd Place - Quebec (8 wins / 3 losses)
3rd Place - Alberta (8 wins / 3 losses)
>> (Quebec beat Alberta in session 14 .. 9-5 .. and lies in 2nd place because of that)
4th Place - Nova Scotia (7 wins / 4 losses)

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By ANGELA MACISAAC – Calgary Sun
Wed, March 15, 2006

There will be a new face on Team Kleibrink next season.

The Calgary-based curling rink announced yesterday Glenys Bakker is leaving the fold of the Olympic bronze medallists.

Bakker, second, has elected to step down because skip Shannon Kleibrink, third Amy Nixon and lead Christine Keshen are ramping up the competitive schedule next season.

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Canadian Press
3/17/2006 9:37:34 AM

PINEROLO, Italy (CP) - Skip Chris Daw made two clutch shots in the final end to steal a single point for a 5-4 win over Norway on Friday that sent Canada to the gold medal game in wheelchair curling at the Paralympics.

The game was tied 4-4 in the sixth and final end. Daw, from London, Ont., first did a raise that tapped his own rock into the four-foot ring to count as shot. On his second stone, he threw a perfect guard.

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