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Being the No. 1 seed doesn't automatically mean you'll be No. 1 by week's end. History shows being the favourite at the Canadian Olympic curling trials doesn't always get you into a Team Canada outfit for the proud walk into the opening ceremonies of the Games.

Randy Ferbey comes to The Roar Of The Rings having won a tour event last weekend in Quebec.

Jennifer Jones is the odds on favourite to emerge from the women's field, but the competition in Edmonton promises to be stiff.

The words will haunt Jeff Stoughton forever. The veteran skip used them when asked about the chances of Brad Gushue beating him in the final of the last Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings four years ago in Halifax.

They stood there and flashed their pearly whites while politely posing for the photographers and TV cameras.

Brad Gushue, left, and Russ Howard split the skip's duties to win their gold medals in 2006, with Gushue throwing last rocks while Howard called the shots.

BOB WEEKS From Monday's Globe and Mail Published on Monday, Nov. 30, 2009 12:00AM EST Last updated on Monday, Nov.

While Manitoba's Jeff Stoughton and Jason Gunnlaugson have been chasing their Olympic dreams, a young curler who has had links to both has quietly gone about his business closer to home.

A dispute over who should pay for maintenance costs is erupting between the cities of St.

If the organizers of the 'Roar of he Rings' could have offered two exemptions for the Edmonton event, they'd have given them to Brad Gushue and Cathy King.

Calgary skip Crystal Webster shouts to her front end during her 8-7 victory over kelowna's Kelly Scott in the A division of the woman's final.

The title of Olympic champion may be one of the toughest to defend. Not only do you see the rise of other athletes during the four years in between the international events, but you have to maintain the same amount of dedication and effort that resulted in a gold-medal finish in the first place.

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. a ' For the second time this week, Wayne Middaugh found himself on the losing end of a rock-and-roll battle with Pat Simmons from Saskatchewan.

Brad Gushue of St.John's N.L. shouts to his front end during the men's C quarter finals.

Pat Simmons almost completed a sweep of the top three seeds at the Olympic curling pre-trail men's event.

AT least Jeff Stoughton has earned his ticket back to the scene of the crime. Well, sort of.

Brad Gushue is also down to his last life in his attempt to defend the Olympic men's curling gold medal he won in Torino in 2006.

Quebec's Michel Menard used the hammer effectively early in Friday's match against Newfoundland and Labrador skip Brad Gushue, shown here at the Briar earlier this year.

As teams battle it out this weekend in Prince George, B.C., for spots in the Olympics Trials, Russ Howard can sit back and relax.

The Number 1 ranked teams at the Olympic curling pre-trials in Prince George will play for the first Olympic trials berths for men and women granted at the Road to the Roar.