2003 McCAIN TSN SKINS GAME
DECEMBER 6-7, 2003
GIMLI CURLING CLUB - GIMLI, MANITOBA

COMPETING TEAMS:
FERBEY RINK	KOE RINK
2003 Canadian and World Champion		2003 McCain SuperSpiel West Winner
Avonair Curling Club (Edmonton, AB)		Calgary Curling Club (Calgary, AB)
Skip	Randy Ferbey				Skip	Jamie Koe
Third	David Nedohin				Third	Dan Petryk
Second	Scott Pfeifer				Second	Scott Cripps
Lead	Marcel Rocque				Lead	Mike Westlund

MIDDAUGH RINK					TRULSEN RINK
2003 McCain SuperSpiel Winner			2002 Olympic Champion
St. George's Curling Club (Toronto, ON)		Stabekk Curling Club (Oslo, Norway)
Skip	Wayne Middaugh				Skip	Pål Trulsen
Third	Graeme McCarrel				Third	Lars Vågberg
Second	Joe Frans				Second	Flemming Davanger
Lead	Scott Bailey				Lead	Bent Ånund Ramsfjell


PRIZE MONEY BREAKDOWN:
END		SEMI-FINALS	FINAL
 1		$ 1,500		$  3,000
 2		$ 2,000		$  4,000
 3		$ 2,500		$  5,000
 4		$ 3,000		$  6,000
 5		$ 4,000		$  8,000
 6		$ 5,000		$ 10,000
 7		$ 6,000		$ 12,000
 8		$ 8,000		$ 16,000
TOTAL:		$32,000		$ 64,000
DRAW TO THE BUTTON BONUS:	$  2,000
WINNER'S BONUS:			$ 20,000
TOTAL PRIZE MONEY:		$150,000


LINESCORES:
($= Skin; C= Carry-over)

SEMI-FINAL 1: Saturday, December 6, 2003 - 12:00 PM
END:		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	TOTAL
SKIN VALUE:	$1,500	$2,000	$2,500	$3,000	$4,000	$5,000	$6,000	$8,000	$32,000
KOE *		C	-	-	C	-	C	-	-	$0
MIDDAUGH	C	$	$	C	$	C	$	$	$32,000


SEMI-FINAL 2: Saturday, December 6, 2003 - 6:00 PM
END:		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	TOTAL
SKIN VALUE:	$1,500	$2,000	$2,500	$3,000	$4,000	$5,000	$6,000	$8,000	$32,000
FERBEY		-	$	$	C	-	$	C	-	$9,500
TRULSEN *	$	-	-	C	$	-	C	$	$22,500


FINAL: Sunday, December 7, 2003 - 12:00 PM
END:		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	TOTAL
SKIN VALUE:	$3,000	$4,000	$5,000	$6,000	$8,000	$10,000	$12,000	$16,000	$64,000
MIDDAUGH	$	$	$	$	C	$	-	-	$36,000
TRULSEN *	-	-	-	-	C	-	$	$	$28,000


FINAL MONEY TOTALS:
MIDDAUGH:				TRULSEN:
 Semi-Final:		$32,000		 Semi-Final:		$22,500
 Final:			 36,000		 Final:			 28,000
 Winner's Bonus:	$20,000		 Draw to the Button:	  2,000
 TOTAL:			$88,000		 TOTAL:			$52,500

FERBEY:					KOE:
 Semi-Final:		$ 9,500		 Semi-Final:		$     0
 TOTAL:			$ 9,500		 TOTAL:			$     0
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REPORT FROM TSN:

Middaugh cruises to fourth Skins title
Canadian Press

12/7/2003

GIMLI, Man. (CP) - Wayne Middaugh's curling team from Toronto dominated the $150,000 McCain/TSN 
Skins Game by winning Sunday's final and earning a record $88,000 in prize money.

It was the fourth Skins win for Middaugh and he receives an automatic berth into the 2004 event 
in Bathurst, N.B.

Middaugh, lead Scott Bailey, second Joe Frans and third Graeme McCarrel wrapped up Sunday's 
final against Norway's Pal Trulsen early at the Gimli Curling Club by winning the first six 
skins.

Middaugh made a show-stopper shot in the sixth end for a skin carried over from the fifth worth 
$18,000.

He threw a high-speed rock that bounced off two rocks towards the back of the house, spun back 
to bump Trulsen's shot rock off the button and score two for the skin. Middaugh clinched the 
winner's bonus of $20,000 with that shot.

"I was fortunate enough to learn under some great teachers, but even more important than that 
is the three guys in front of me," Middaugh told TSN. "If you noticed in the first four ends of 
that game, I don't think my team missed.

"We got control of the game and I finally made a shot to help them out."

Trulsen, the Olympic champion, avoided a shutout by winning the last two skins for $28,000 and a 
weekend total of $50,500.

"We didn't expect that much money and we're never going to play for so much money again," said 
Trulsen. "This was a great experience."

Trulsen had beaten Randy Ferbey's world championship team from Edmonton in Saturday's semifinal. 
Trulsen won $22,500 to Ferbey's $9,500.

Middaugh easily beat Jamie Koe's Calgary team in the other semifinal by winning all skins for 
$32,000.