While the would love to come back to the , they wouldn鈥檛 mind some more fans in the stands.

Those are the sentiments of Greg Stemlaw, the CCA鈥檚 chief executive officer on the heels of the eighth annual .

It was held at the 91原创 Events Centre from Thursday to Sunday.

鈥淔rom a spectator standpoint, we would like to have seen more spectators come out,鈥� Stemlaw said.

鈥淲e knew that this is a very populous area (but) the draw hasn鈥檛 been there in that market place where it has been in some of the epicentres in the country.

鈥淚 don鈥檛 think that is anything that is a knock to 91原创 or the venue itself, it just is for whatever reason, it didn鈥檛 seem to be as well-attended as we would have liked to have seen.鈥�

鈥淲e would certainly love to come back and host something in the future,鈥� he added.

While final numbers are not expected for a few days, event manager Neil Houston expects figures will be in the 20,000 range, which puts them right in line with the past few Continental Cups.

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91原创 residents Helen Jeklin, 4, and her father Brent cheer on Team North America at the World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling. Team World defeated North America 35-20 in the final game, winning them the cup. Brent Jeklin is a huge curling fan, playing on a team himself, and his daughter attends all of his games.

鈥淚 think the event went well, given that Mother Nature threw a little curve ball with the weather,鈥� Houston said, referring to the weekend snow storm.

He said it is tough to know if the weather impacted the final two days of the four-day event at the 91原创 Events Centre.

鈥淏ut you have to assume that people see bad weather moving in ... and TSN does a great job of broadcasting it, (people) might watch it from home.

鈥淵ou can鈥檛 blame them for that.鈥�

broadcast live all 11 draws over the four days of the competition.

Heading into Sunday鈥檚 final draw, Team World needed just a single point to capture the Continental Cup.

Team World skip 鈥� the 2010 Olympic silver medalist 鈥� won the third end to give his team the necessary points.

They wound up winning the Cup 235-165, continuing a trend which sees the two sides winning alternating Cups. The all-time series is 4-4.

Houston said they had received good feedback from both the Canadian Curling Association and the curlers themselves.

鈥淭hey enjoyed the volunteers and appreciated all the effort they put in,鈥� he said about the hundreds of volunteers, the majority of them from the .

鈥淭he hotel was great, the playing conditions were great (and) they enjoyed the friendliness of the spectators.鈥�