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In one of the most memorable scenes in the movie Glengarry Glen Ross—a classic among salespeople on commission—the sales manager played by Alec Baldwin announces a new motivational plan: “As you all know, first prize is a Cadillac Eldorado. … Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you’re fired.” Reward structures like this exist in reality as well as fiction. Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch famously used a “20-70-10″ system, promoting the top 20 percent of GE employees, keeping the middle 70, and firing the bottom 10 percent.

The motivating effect of incentives like this can cut either way, however. While the top prize is big (a Cadillac, a promotion), your chance of getting it is relatively slim, and your prospects depend in large part on the quality of the competition. Strong competitors are generally thought to bring out the best in everyone, but what if the competition is so strong it makes the top prize feel out of reach? Can strong competition actually undermine a reward structure? A new study by Jennifer Brown of Berkeley provides an answer to this question by looking at the world of professional golf, with Tiger Woods playing the role of the strong competitor.

Tiger is the player of his generation. For PGA Tour events between 1999 and 2006, the “nonexempt” players (that is, the ones who had to qualify for each tournament) averaged 1 to 4 strokes under par. The “exempt” players (the top 125 money winners, who qualify automatically) averaged 3 to 6 strokes under par. Tiger averaged between 10 and 14 strokes under par. Another way to measure Tiger’s dominance is his world golf rating. Golfers receive rating points based on their performance in tournaments, earning more points for higher finishes. The first place finisher in the U.S. Open gets 100 points, for example, while the second place finisher gets 60. The world golf rating is a player’s average points per tournament. In 2000, Tiger had nearly 30 “world ranking points”—more than twice his closest competitors (Phil Mickelson, David Duval, and Ernie Els each had about 12 points).

The purse at PGA tournaments varies between $4 million and $8 million. The prizes for the top finishers are large, but they fall sharply as you move down the leader board. First place gets 18 percent of the purse ($1.44 million at an $8 million major), second place gets 10.8 percent ($864,000), third place gets 6.8 percent ($544,000), and fourth gets 4.8 percent ($384,000).

If money motivates, then the prospect of winning the top prize should bring out extreme effort in golf. But when Tiger is playing and you’re not Tiger, you face a depressed prize schedule. If you assume Tiger is going to win, then the top prize available to you is $864,000 rather than $1.44 million. That beats the heck out of steak knives, but it’s significantly less than the winner’s take. Second place—among players who are not Tiger—gets $544,000 rather than $864,000, and so on. While Tiger certainly doesn’t win every tournament he enters, he does frequently shift the reward schedule for most of the field. Of the 219 tournaments he’s played in during his first professional decade, Tiger collected 54 PGA wins, finished in the top three in 92, and in the top 10 in 132.

Tiger is thus formidable even if he doesn’t always take first, which gets us to the study’s question: How does his participation in a tournament affect other players’ performance? It’s almost a given that other players will rank lower when Tiger gets first place, but what the study asks is whether other players shoot more strokes on a given course when Tiger’s in the mix.

Analyzing data from round-by-round scores from all PGA tournaments between 2002 and 2006 (over 20,000 player-rounds of golf), Brown finds that competitors fare less well—about an extra stroke per tournament—when Tiger is playing. How can we be sure this is because of Tiger? A few features of the findings lend them plausibility. The effect is stronger for the better, “exempt” players than for the nonexempt players, who have almost no chance of beating Tiger anyway. (Tiger’s presence doesn’t mean much to you if the best you can reasonably expect to finish is about 35th—there’s not much difference between the prize for 35th and 36th place.) The effect is also stronger during Tiger’s hot streaks, when his competitors’ prospects are more clearly dimmed. When Tiger is on, his competitors’ scores were elevated by nearly two strokes when he entered a tournament. And the converse is also true: During Tiger’s well-publicized slump of 2003 and 2004, when he went winless in major events, exempt competitors’ scores were unaffected by Tiger’s presence.

A skeptic might ask whether a golfer can really try harder, but in fact there are many ways for players to improve their performance in a given tournament. They can study the course. They can hit more balls on the driving range. They can arrive at the tournament a few days early and play more practice rounds.

Of course, there are other possible explanations for the study’s finding besides effort, such as distraction or intimidation. Maybe other golfers are just intimidated when Tiger is playing. Or maybe they are put off by the media attention lavished on the PGA’s premier player. But you’d expect these alternative mechanisms to be stronger for golfers playing near Tiger, and Brown’s study found that being in Tiger’s foursome has no additional negative impact on performance.

What does this mean for the nongolfing world? It’s generally agreed that people work harder when they are paid for performance. Anyone who has ever languished in a Paris cafe—where service compris translates roughly as “the Republic of France mandates a minimum 15 percent tip regardless of service quality”—can appreciate the power of incentives. But the effects of incentives appear to be muted when the incentives are based on relative performance and the competition is tough. We’re taught that quitters never win, but if the evidence from golf is any indication, it might be more accurate, if less pithy, to say that expected losers are more likely to quit, or at least not perform as well. If you’re running a business, and you have the opportunity to hire the Tiger Woods of office work, you’re not going to pass up the chance. But Brown’s study suggests you might want to consider its effect on your other workers’ performance. Steak knives might not cut it as second prize.

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They journeyed from across the city and across the country Tuesday to be at Canad Inn’s Stadium for sports broadcaster Don Wittman’s induction into the CBC Sports Hall of Fame.

They included everyone from family and golf buddies, to some of Canada’s biggest names in sports and broadcasting.Included among the luminaries were New York Rangers GM Glen Sather, Calgary Flames GM Darryl Sutter, Hockey Night in Canada’s Ron MacLean, CTV and TSN broadcaster Brian Williams and CBC anchor Peter Mansbridge, who presented the award.

The 71-year, Winnipeg-based, national broadcasting legend is battling cancer

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Friends and colleagues of Don Wittman gathered in Winnipeg Tuesday to pay tribute to the great sportscaster.

Wittman, 71, is retiring; he has terminal cancer.

In addition to the Olympics, football, hockey and curling, Wittman has covered athletics, baseball, basketball and the IAAF World Track and Field Championships. In addition to the Olympics, football, hockey and curling, Wittman has covered athletics, baseball, basketball and the IAAF World Track and Field Championships.
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He was inducted into CBC’s Sports Hall of Fame Tuesday in a private ceremony in Winnipeg.

Scott Moore, executive director of CBC Sports, said Wittman, whose career has spanned 52 years, is one of the pioneers of sports broadcasting.

“He was one of the first people on CBC network sports,” he said. “He’s done it all and done it over a long term, and that’s absolutely incredible.”

He has covered the Olympics since the 1960s, the CFL on CBC, Canadian Open golf and CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada starting in 1979.
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For decades, Wittman has been the voice of curling on the CBC, covering the Olympic Games, the Brier, the Tournament of Hearts, the World Championships and numerous other tournaments.

Wittman might be best remembered as the voice behind the 100-metre race at the 1996 Summer Olympics, when sprinter Donovan Bailey won a gold medal for Canada.

Peter Mansbridge, host of CBC Television’s The National, attended Tuesday’s event. He shared fond memories of working with Wittman, including an occasion in 1972 when the two worked together in Winnipeg.

Wittman pulled him aside with some big hockey information: “‘Nobody believes me, but you gotta believe me — Bobby Hull is going to sign with the [Winnipeg] Jets. [Jets founder Ben] Hatskin’s got him locked up, you watch.’ And he was right.”

Wittman was born in Herbert, Sask., and attended the University of Saskatchewan. He began his broadcasting career as a radio news reporter in 1955 at CFQC in Saskatoon.

A resident of Winnipeg since 1961, Wittman is a two-time winner of the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists award and has been inducted into the Canadian Football League’s Hall of Fame, as well as Manitoba’s provincial Hall of Fame.

Wittman and his wife, Judy, have two daughters, Karen and Kristen, and a son, David.

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The past year was a busy one for athletes in the area, with many going higher, faster and becoming stronger to achieve their goals. As always, the year was not without controversy, however it was a successful one for competitors on a national, provincial and personal level.

The year started on a sad note, as Grand Falls-Windsor and the entire province lost one of its best-known and most accomplished athletes.

Special Olympian Jack Murphy competed at the provincial and national level in several sports, including cross-country skiing and track and field.

The Bishop’s Falls Express won the Alvin Faulkner Peewee Invitational Tournament which they also hosted. The event featured teams from five associations.

Central IcePak major midget coach Jody Bishop was suspended for the remainder of the season for pulling his team from the ice during an exhibition match against a local junior team. Bishop and his staff believed their players were in danger because of the rough play in the game. The matter made headlines across the nation.

The third annual T-Bone Cup was played in Buchans, in memory of sports fan David Hill. The tournament attracted close to 60 players who came from across the province to participate and donations received at the games were passed on to the Buchans Volunteer Fire Department.

The town of Badger unveiled a sign denoting the community “the home of world champion Michelle Critch”. Critch was the gold medallist in the 2004 World Karate Championships.

Exploits Valley Intermediate boy’s and girl’s volleyball teams both won gold at the St. Paul’s Pepsi Invitational Tournament in St. John’s.

Former Grand Falls Cataracts great Jim Temple was honoured when his number was retired by the current team.

Curler Craig Turner and coach Tom Healey, both of Grand Falls-Windsor, were members of the Newfoundland and Labrador entry at the Blind National Curling Champion-ships in Ottawa.

An appeal to Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador from suspended major midget coach Jody Bishop was denied, again sparking discussion among hockey watchers about the safety of players and the responsibility of coaches.

Over 140 figure skaters took part in the Sparkling Blades Figure Skating Club’s annual Snowflake Skate. The competition saw over 60 medals presented to skaters aged 5-13 years old.

A semi-final game between the Corner Brook Royals and the Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts at Joe Byrne Memorial Stadium erupted into a bench-clearing brawl. The Cataracts went on to win the game and the series.

Alan Sutton of the Fallsview Figure Skating Club in Bishop’s Falls was one of only three males who competed in the Provincial Figure Skating Championships.

Exploits team members Patrick Whitehouse, Melvin Hanhams, Tony Kyritsis, Robert Lane, Justin Corbin, Allison Reid, Amanda Collins, Jennifer Murray, Robyn Cater, Lisa Loveridge, Stacy Woolridge, Sarah Moore and Matt Murray returned home from the Newfoundland and Labrador Special Olympics in Corner Brook with medals.

Exploits peewee team pulled out an amazing come from behind semi-final win, scoring with only 37 seconds left in a game against Placentia to move to the finals of the Marystown Invitational Tournament. Seasoned coach Dave Janes called the match the most exciting hockey game he had ever been involved in.

Forty-eight teams took part in the 43rd edition of the Pa-Min-Co curling bonspiel at the Exploits Curling Club. The event is one of the longest running and most well-known in the province.

More than 200 college students converged on Grand Falls-Windsor to take part in the College of the North Atlantic Winter Games. Volleyball, basketball and hockey were contested to earn winning campuses bragging rights for the coming year.

Central Junior Cataracts beat the Corner Brook Junior Royals to win the Central West Junior Hockey League championship.

Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts lost to the Deer Lake Red Wings in five games in the West Coast Senior Hockey League final. Deer Lake went on to the Telegram Herder provincial senior hockey championship, where they played the C.B.N. Cee Bees, Avalon East Senior Hockey League champs. The Cee Bees beat the Red Wings, taking the storied Herder trophy.

Botwood’s Seaport Skaters presented their annual figure skating show to a packed house at the Harry Ivany Memorial Stadium in Botwood. The show, entitled “Movie Night” featured skaters depicting scenes from popular screen flicks.

Grand Falls-Windsor native Cpl. Mike Loder of the 2nd Royal Newfoundland Regiment B company played on a team of Canadian soldiers against NHL Oldtimers in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The Stanley Cup was on display during the game, which was played under a searing desert heat. The game was punctuated by a tussle between Loder and former NHL enforcer Dave “Tiger” Williams.

The Newfoundland and Labrador Basketball Assoc-iation held their Division I Championships in Grand Falls-Windsor for the first time.

The Exploits Valley High Eagles hockey team finished third in the provincial 4A championships.

The Central Junior Cataracts competed in both the Don Johnson Cup in Nova Scotia and the Veitch Memorial Championship, but failed to bring home a trophy from either.

Maureen Barrow and Genevieve Gillard were successful in qualifying for the National Masters Five Pin Bowling Championships in Surrey, B.C.

Michelle Critch. Marina Evans, Mark Feener and Jeremy Rice all won medals from the Canadian Traditional Karate Federation Championships in Winnipeg, Man. Despite having to be carried from her last event due to injury, Critch collected her tenth gold medal in a row at the competition.

Leading Tickles native Courtney Rowsell won the overall figure title in the Newfoundland and Labrador Bodybuilding Association’s Provincial Championships held in St. John’s

Harry “The Kat” Katrynuk was named a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador Hockey Hall of Fame. Katrynuk played in the Newfoundland Senior Hockey League for ten years with the Corner Brook Royals, Gander Flyers and Grand Falls Cataracts and won four Herder championships.

Bishop’s Falls athlete Brittany Antle was invited to join the Upper Island Cove Bulldogs to compete in the National Female Peewee Baseball Championships, in Quebec City.

Plans for a youth ball hockey league were announced for Bishop’s Falls. Veteran ball hockey player and coach Rob Canning and organizer Mike Thomas anticipated over 50 players would take part.

Grand Falls-Windsor native A.J. Whiffen was signed by the Weyburn Red Wings of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.

The 17 year-old goaltender was a member of the Central IcePak AAA midget team and as a 15 year-old was a backup goaltender for the Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts, perhaps the youngest player ever to be on the roster of a Newfoundland senior hockey team.

Dave Wheeler, Canagasun-dram Anandakrishnan, Dave Roberts and Peter Bartle won the Grand Falls Golf Club Open tournament. The annual best-ball event continued to be one of the most popular weekends at the club.

Central IcePak AAA midget hockey players Clifford Mugford, Kirk Kelly and Brandon Snow were drafted by junior teams.

Mugford was selected by the St. John Sea Dogs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, and the Amherst Ramblers on the Maritime Junior A Hockey League. Kelly was chosen in the fifth round by the Woodstock Slammers and Snow by the Restigouche Tigers, both of the Maritime Junior A Hockey League.

Grand Falls-Windsor lost one of it’s most respected sportsmen and businessmen, Owen Grimes.

In addition to serving as a director of the Newfoundland and Labrador Amateur Baseball Association, Grimes was a town councillor in the former town of Windsor, school board member and heavily involved in his church. He was honoured by the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Realtors in 2006 with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his significant contribution to the industry in the province.

Grand Falls-Windsor included Tennis Canada’s Building Tennis Communities program in their offering of summer sports for youth.

The BTC program, which uses progressive tennis equipment and includes smaller rackets, foam balls and lower nets, was a huge success.

The First Annual Health Foundations Regatta was well attended by both power boaters and sail boats alike.

The event, which was held at the Lewisporte Marina and sponsored by the Advertiser and Transcontinental community newspapers, raised thousands of dollars for the South Central and Central East Health Foundations.

The Grand Falls-Windsor Senior B Beothucks baseball team beats the Pasadena Pirates three games to one to win the Provincial Senior B Qualifier.

The Beothucks went on to play the Corner Brook Barons in the Molson Senior A baseball semi-final series, which the Barons swept in three straight games.

Craig Tulk was named the first recipient of the Jack Murphy Athletic Achievement Award for his dedication and excellence in sport. Uriah Sutton, Jonathon Pye, Danielle Mills and Anthony Kyritsis were also nominated for this award, which was presented by the Town of Grand Falls-Windsor at a ceremony during the annual Salmon Festival dinner.

The first Newfoundland Superman strongman competition was held as part of the Fallsview Festival in Bishop’s Falls.

The event was organized by Trevor Davis, a Bishop’s Falls native who wrestles professionally under the name of Vid Vain.

Held in front of huge crowds, athletes tested their strength with events such as a caber toss and tire flip.

The province was stunned by the passing of one of it’s most famous and best-loved senior hockey players ever.

Bishop’s Falls native Harold Stanley died suddenly at the age of 65.

Stanley was a three-time winner of the Herder Memorial Trophy, with the Conception Bay Cee Bees in 1965 and the Grand Falls Cataracts in 1971 and 1972.

While he was well-known for his intense physical play, he was equally well-respected for his friendly demeanor off the ice. A role-model for young local players for decades, he continued to play the game he loved until his death.

In recognition of his huge contribution to the sport in Newfoundland and Labrador, Stanley was inducted into the provincial hockey hall of fame in 2000 in the athlete category.

Kirk Kelly of Grand Falls-Windsor was the sole Newfoundlander invited to play with Team Atlantic in the 2008 Chowder Cup hockey tournament in Boston, Mass.

The Bishops Falls Molson Express men’s team took home the top prize in the Newfoundland and Labrador Ball Hockey Provincial Championships. The win gave the team the right to travel to the national championships in New Brunswick in 2008.

The Gander Pilots took home the top spot in the Pepsi Provincial Peewee AA Baseball Championships with an 8-7 win over the host Grand Falls-Windsor Braves.

Leo Brothers’ Memorial Softball Classic was held in Bishop’s Falls with eight teams taking part. Funds raised from the event were donated to the cancer treatment facility at the Central Regional Health Centre.

The third annual Centennial Cup road race was held.

Aaron Power of Grand Falls-Windsor won the men’s 10k event, while Victoria Ralph of Carbonear is the ladies’ champion.

Forty-three athletes from across the province took part in the event, which included 5k and 10k races through the streets of Grand Falls-Windsor.

Jane Hamlyn was awarded the first annual Pitcher Family Award for the most spirited junior member of the Grand Falls Golf Club.

Winners were crowned at the Grand Falls Golf Club Men’s Club Championships. They included George Critchley, C Division (gross); David Pelley, D Division (net); Ray Phair, A Division (net); Bob Dwyer, Club Champion; Shane Caravan, B Division (gross); Bill Baker, B Division (net); Jim Courtney, D Division (gross); Neville Sparkes, C Division (net).

Rain forced the play of 43 games in one day at the Provincial Mixed Slo Pitch Championships in Grand Falls-Windsor. Nineteen teams from across the province took part in the event which occurs annually on the Labour Day weekend.

Brian Gardner of Red Cliff won the Newfoundland and Labrador Motocross overall beginners class championship.

Gardner was in his first year of competition at the Brian House Memorial Race Track on Bell Island.

Special Olympics Week was celebrated. The organization has 400 athletes and 200 coaches and volunteers in 25 communities across Newfoundland and Labrador.

Fourteen-year-old Travis Champion of Bishop’s Falls was named to the under 15 Atlantic Challenge Cup team. The young hockey player travelled to Moncton, N.B., to take part in the event.

After taking part in the Traditional Karate World Cup in Warsaw, Poland, Michelle Critch was joined by protégé Marina Evans at the Pan American Traditional Shotokan Karate Championships in Lima, Peru.

Upon her return, Critch announced her retirement from competitive karate to spend more time with her students in her dojo.

Baseball great Bill Trask passed away in St. John’s at the age of 72.

A native of Grand Falls-Windsor, Trask was an accomplished athlete, but was most well-known for his prowess in the batters’ box.

Plans for the new season of the Bishop’s Falls Molson Men’s Broomball League were unveiled.

Organizers anticipate the entry of teams from Botwood, Point Leamington and Bishop’s Falls will play out of the Pat O’Reilly Stadium.

The provincial junior broomball championships are also planned for the arena in Bishop’s Falls later in the season.

The Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts began try-outs for the upcoming senior hockey season.

Team officials announced that hometown player and former team captain Brad Rice had decided not to play with the squad this year. Rice later joined the 2006-2007 West Coast Senior Hockey League champion Deer Lake Red Wings.

Bishop’s Falls was dealt a huge blow when the ice-making plant fails during start-up.

User groups such as the Fallsview Figure Skating Club and Bishop’s Falls Minor Hockey Association were left scrambling to identify alternative locations to skate.

The Central IcePak major midget hockey team competed at the Monctonian Classic tournament along with the three other teams that make up the Newfoundland and Labrador Major Midget Hockey League.

The IcePak finished the tournament with a 2-2 record, the best of any of the Newfound-land teams.

The Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts played their home opening games in the Labatt West Coast Senior Hockey League.

Fan support is unprecedented, with over 700 season holding seats sold.

The Cats lost the games, however, to the Clarenville Caribous. They went on to drop the first eight games of the season without a win. The team follows the losing skid with four straight victories prior to the Christmas break.

Becci Milner of the Sparkling Blades Figure Skating Club skated in the Newfoundland and Labrador sectionals in Corner Brook. Her performance there earned her the right to represent the province in the Eastern Challenge in Missisauga, Ont.

Cottrells Cove Academy and Point Leamington Academy took part in Participation Nation events.

The program was developed by School Sport Newfoundland and Labrador to lower existing and future health risks to students through various sports and activities that promote healthy living.

The Exploits Valley Intermediate boy’s volleyball team won a silver medal at the West Coast Championships in Corner Brook. Ten of the 11 players on the team had never played organized volleyball before this season.

The Cataracts continued to reorganize their roster, with the addition of former pro Martin Lapointe and former Cat Steve Richards.

Fan favourite and local player Mike Tulk left the Grand Falls-Windsor team to join the Corner Brook Royals.

The 4A Provincial High School Boy’s Volleyball Championships were played in Grand Falls-Windsor.

Poor conditions at the Exploits Valley High gymnasium forced organizers to find alternate venues for the nine visiting teams to play in.

Mayor Jody Fancey of Bishop’s Falls announced the Pat O’Reilly Memorial Stadium should reopen by the end of January

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Hockey, quite naturally dominated the local amateur sports scene the past year.

But there were highlights in just about every sport you could name in Manitoba.

First, Jonathan Toews had the type of year that most hockey players would never dare to dream about. The exciting young forward became the first to win gold medals at both the World Junior and World hockey championships in the same season. Not only that but he led the national junior team in scoring with four goals and seven points in six games and that did not even include the three goals he scored in the shootout to beat the U.S. 2-1 in the semifinal.

Toews, who was selected to the tournament all-star team, was picked as the youngest player to ever compete for Team Canada at the senior world championship where he scored two goals and seven points in nine games.

QUADRUPLE OVERTIME

Toews played alongside Darren Helm of St. Andrews at the World Juniors. The forward scored two goals in six games there, then led the Medicine Hat Tigers into the Memorial Cup tournament, losing to Vancouver in the final.

Selkirk goalie Cody Didychuk was named MVP as he led the MJHL champs to the ANAVET Cup championship when the Steelers dramatically defeated Humboldt 4-3 in quadruple overtime.

Then there were Delaney Collins and Jennifer Botterill, who helped Team Canada win the World Women’s championship right here in Winnipeg.

Collins, who was named an all-star defenceman, also helped the Calgary Oval X-treme win the national gold medal. Botterill scored three goals and five points in five games at the Worlds and led the Mississauga Ice to the bronze medal at the nationals.

The University of Manitoba’s Leanne Kisil was named both a Canada West second-team all-star and the CIS Most Sportsmanlike Player after leading the Bisons to the bronze medal with nine goals and 20 points. The Manitoba Under-18 Girls hockey team also won the silver medal at the Canada Winter Games.

VANIER WIN

In football, the U of M Bisons capped off a perfect season with their first Vanier Cup victory since 1970.

Volleyball also made its mark on the Manitoba amateur scene. The University of Winnipeg’s Dustin Addison-Schneider was named the CIS Tournament MVP as he led the Wesmen to their record-tying 10th CIS men’s volleyball title. The U of M’s Ashley Voth was named both CIS and Canada West Rookie of the Year.

In curling, the Jennifer Jones team won the women’s Players’ Championship, Canada Cup, provincial championship and led both the money and Canadian Team Rankings System points standings. The only thing Jones didn’t win was the national championship where she lost the semifinal to the eventual champ.

In golf, Brad Kirton was named Manitoba Golfer of the Year after capturing both the provincial amateur and mid-amateur championships while Jill Hardy was an honourable mention. Kaitlin Troop, who won the women’s amateur, was also a finalist.

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JANUARY

Jan. 4 - World junior hockey championship game in Czech Republic. Canada may not be in it, but it should be a dandy regardless.

Jan. 7 - Allstate Bowl Championship Series championship game at New Orleans: LSU (11-2) vs. Ohio St. (11-1). For the final time in this topsy-turvy NCAA Division I season a No. 1- or 2-ranked team will lose.

Jan. 14-27 - Australian Open, Melbourne - tennis’s first grand slam event. Roger Federer won three of the last four men’s titles, Serena Williams three of the past five women’s titles.

Jan. 19-20 - World sprint speed skating championships, Heerenveen, Netherlands. With the 2010 Games barely two years away, you might as well begin educating yourself on winter sports other than hock…, er, ice hockey, figure skating and curling. Of all the obscure winter sports, such as skeleton and luge pairs, sprint skating is the most exciting and least weird.

Jan. 27 - NHL all-star game, Atlanta. Another chance for Roberto Luongo to stuff Sidney Crosby. Sure, more people care about hockey in any small town in Canada than in all of Atlanta, but if you like your NHL games high-scoring, this is the game you want to see. Just be ready for beer-league rules when it comes to hitting and playing defence.

FEBRUARY

Feb. 2-11 - Biathlon world cup, Antholz-Anterseva, Italy. Skating’s only 1,000 years old - there are 4,000-year-old rock carvings in Norway depicting men on skis with spears stalking game.

Feb. 3 - Super Bowl XLII, Glendale, Ariz. The AFC - let’s go out on a limb and assume it will be New England - is favoured by 12 points over Green Bay or Dallas or whatever pretender the NFC sends to the desert.

Feb. 14 - Pitchers, catchers and injured players report for spring training.

Feb. 16-24 - Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Regina. B.C. has won three Scotties championships this decade.

Feb. 17 - NBA all-star game, New Orleans. It’s like watching the Phoenix Suns play an intrasquad game, only with even less defence.

Feb. 17 - NASCAR 50th Daytona 500, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla. You’ve got to love a series that puts its biggest race at the start of the schedule.

Feb. 26 - Last day to report for spring training.

MARCH

March 8-16 - Tim Hortons Brier, Winnipeg. What have Quebec and Nova Scotia done that curling-mad Saskatchewan hasn’t since 1980? Win a Brier.

March 16 - NCAA men’s basketball tournament selection, 3 p.m., CBS. See who lines up against whom.

March 17-23 - World figure skating championships, Gothenburg, Sweden. A preview of the ice stars who will dazzle at GM Place in 2010.

March 18 - NCAA men’s tournament, opening round begins, Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio, followed two days later by regional games at various sites.

March 22-30 - Ford world women’s curling championship, Vernon, B.C.

March 25 - MLB opening day, Boston Red Sox vs. Oakland A’s, Tokyo

March 30 - Opening day for everyone else in MLB

APRIL

April 5-11 - Find an old recording of “Shouting at Amen Corner” (check under band leader Milton Mezzrow on-line) and watch the Masters from Augusta, Ga.

April 9 - Get ready for those 1 a.m. finishes, NHL playoffs begin.

April 18 - Do the Suns finally have what it takes? NBA playoffs begin.

April 21 - Boston Marathon. The 111th running of the world’s oldest annual road race.

MAY

May 3 - Kentucky Derby, 134th running of the venerable race from Kentucky Oaks-Churchill Downs, Louisville, Ky.

May 17 - Preakness Stakes, 132nd running of the Triple Crown’s second jewel, Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, Md.

May 19 - NASCAR Sprint All-Star Challenge and Sprint Open, Lowe’s Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina. Yeeehaa!

May 21 - UEFA Champions League final, Moscow. When play gets underway at the new Luzhniki Stadium to determine the winner of the 2007-08 Champions League, it will mark the furthest east a European Cup final has ever been contested.

May 25 - Even Formula One is suffering from declining interest, but on this side of the sea open-wheel racing has gone into a tailspin. Still, it is the Indy 500 from Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the 92nd running of. It’s a nice warmup for the following NASCAR Sprint Cup Coca-Cola 600 from Lowe’s Motor Speedway at Concord, N.C.

May 25-June 8 - French Open, Roland Garros, Paris. The second grand slam event of the year.

JUNE

June 2-8 - LPGA McDonald’s Championship, Havre de Grace, Md. The second major of the women’s season.

June 7 - Belmont Stakes 140th running, Belmont Park, Elmont, N.Y. The final jewel in horse racing’s Triple Crown. … EUFA Euro 2008 final tournament begins.

June 14-17 - U.S. Open men’s golf championship, Torrey Pines GC, San Diego, Calif. The second major of the season.

June 14-25 - The aluminum bats are pinging at the NCAA baseball world series, Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, Omaha, Neb.

June 23-29 - U.S. Women’s Open, Edina, Minn. As the oldest of the four women’s majors it’s the only event to have been recognized as a major by the LPGA since its founding in 1950.

June 23 - Break out the strawberries and cream, Wimbledon begins.

June 29 - UEFA EURO 2008 championship final, at Vienna. Teams to be determined.

JULY

July 5-6 - Wimbledon, women’s singles final on Saturday, men’s singles final on Sunday.

July 5-27 - From alcohol and ether to combat pain when the race began in 1903 to today’s high-tech dope, the Tour de France is the story of man’s physical and chemical triumph.

July 14-20 - British Open men’s golf championship, Royal Birkdale, Lancanshire, England. With the inaugural Open held at Prestwick GC in 1860, it’s the oldest of the four majors.

July 15 - Speaking of, ahem, dope the 79th MLB all-star game goes at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, N.Y.

July 23-Aug 3: Odlum-Brown Vancouver Open tennis tournament, New Westminster Tennis Club. This is the tourney that gave Martina Navratilova her first pro win. And North Van’s Philip Bester might want to avenge last summer’s early exit.

July 27 - NASCAR Sprint Cup Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis. The good ol’ boys don’t like that wall.

AUGUST

Aug. 7-10 - PGA Championship, Oakland Hills CC, Bloomfield Township, Mich. The final major of the season.

Aug. 8-24 - 2008 Summer Olympics, under the yellow skies of Beijing

Aug. 25 - US Open, the final tennis grand-slam tournament of the season, gets underway at Flushing, N.Y.

SEPTEMBER

TBA - New England tries to win its 20th straight game as the NFL season gets under way.

Sept. 6-7 - U.S. Open finals. Begun as a men’s singles event in 1881, the separate events merged in 1986. Women’s final goes Saturday, men on Sunday.

Sept. 14 - NASCAR Sprint Cup at New Hampshire International Speedway, Loudon, N.H. First race in Chase for the Cup.

Sept. 18-21 - Ryder Cup, Valhalla GC, Louisville, Ky. Europe has won three in a row, including back-to-back skunkings of 18.5-9.5.

Sept. 25-28 - Tour Championship, East Lake GC, Atlanta. It’s been seven years since Mike Weir’s -14 won it and earned him $900,000 US.

OCTOBER

TBA - Last season will be a tough one to follow - for good and ill - but MLB’s World Series playoffs begin.

TBA - So does the NHL regular season - the Canucks defending their Stanley Cup victory, anyone?

NOVEMBER

Nov. 16 - NASCAR Sprint Cup Ford 400, Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, Fla. The final race of the long, long NASCAR season.

Nov. 23 - Grey Cup game. Let’s hope it’s a little more entertaining that last November’s all-Prairie affair turned out to be.

DECEMBER

TBA - NCAA Bowl season gets under way.

Dec. 20-21 - LPGA’s Wendy’s 3-Tour Challenge, Henderson, Nev., Seen on tape-delay, this event is a unique stroke-play tournament pitting three-member teams from the PGA Tour, LPGA Tour and Champions Tour (the former Senior PGA Tour) against each other.

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