Championship in Summerside, PEI. The photo is by CurlingZone 's Gerry Geurts and he has more pix here . There's more on the story here , with details of how David put the 5,587 pieces together, and how long the project took to complete. It...
s great! The first round of the World Mixed Doubles in Erzurum has just begun. See here . The World Curling Federation's link with YouTube is proving to be as solid as it was with the World Juniors. Commentary this time is by a Norwegian (Sander Rølvåg) and a Swede (Sara Carlsson), in English, on a game between Italy and Spain. Good choice of game to webcast too, with young players on both sides, and...
awards' for the rinks I visit on my travels round the country. You know the sort of thing. 'The Best Bacon Buttie', 'The Warmest Welcome', 'The Cleanest Toilets'. I could also have done the 'alternative' awards, such as 'The Worst Food', or the 'I was made to feel like dog shit' award. I thought better of it, of course, as when one commits these things to print there can be consequences down the line!...
Here they are! World Senior Silver Medallists (L-R) Maggie Barry, Barbara Watt (skip), Jean Hammond and Val Mahon back from Denmark last night, at Edinburgh airport where they were met by family and friends. It was a bit special, I have to say. Well done to the team, not forgetting Judith Carr, the alternate who gave the team great support. Note to self. "Must get a hat." For my next visit to meet...
s Thomas Ulsrud at an extra end in the final of the European Masters in St Gallen. Tom Brewster's team lost the fifth-sixth playoff to Switzerland's Peter de Cruz. Eve Muirhead and her team won just one game of seven at the Sun Life Financial Players...
s Canadian side in the final of the World Senior Women's Championship in Denmark this afternoon. Scotland then have won the silver medals. Well done to our women! Sweden beat New Zealand for the bronze. John Jo Kenny's Irish team of Bill Gray, David Whyte and Tony Tierney took Kelly Robertson's Canadians to an extra end in the men's final. With just two stones to come, John Jo and his team looked...
s Championship. The Scots defeated Sweden in this morning's semifinal, and will now meet Canada, who beat New Zealand in the other semi, in this afternoon's championship decider. In the men's event, Canada beat Sweden. But congratulations to John Jo Kenny's Irish squad who beat Norway at an extra end, to set up an Ireland - Canada final! The results are here . John Brown's reports from the rink are...
Keith Prentice and his Scottish team lost to Canada in their quarterfinal match at the World Seniors in Denmark this evening. In other games, Ireland beat Finland, Sweden beat New Zealand, and Norway beat Australia. The results are all here . John Brown's reports are here ....
s Championship in Taarnby. That means the lineup for this evening...