January 2012
January 30, 2012
The schedule of play for the World Men’s Curling Championship 2012, presented by the Ford Motor Company of Canada, has been released today by the World Curling Federation and the Local Organising Committee in Basel.
January 27, 2012
The 8th edition of the Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships got underway at the Hwasan Ice Rink in Jeonju, South Korea on Saturday.
For news, information, results, photos and more about the curling competition at the Inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria, visit the World Curling Federation's website dedicated to this event: www.innsbruck2012.worldcurling.
January 15, 2012
Team World clinched victory at the 2012 World Financial Group Continental Cup in the third end of the final Men’s Skins game. Canadian Skip Jeff Stoughton’s final stone was too heavy and left an opening for Norway’s Thomas Ulsrud to make the points he needed to win the skin and take Team World over the 201 point threshold required to win the event.
January 15, 2012
Team World is just one point away from winning the 2012 World Financial Group Continental Cup after taking the Women’s Skins game at the Langley Events Centre in Canada on Sunday morning, but if all the 55 points still up for grabs in the Men’s Skins game go to Team North America, the score will be tied.
January 14, 2012
In a suspense-filled evening session at the 2012 World Financial Group Continental Cup in Langley, Canada, Team World reached a total of 170 points and is now only 31 points short of the 201 needed to win the 2012 title. Team North America has 120 points. The evening Skins games, where 90 points were up for grabs (30 for each game), went down to the wire for both teams.
January 13, 2012
Team World has extended their lead to 66 points over Team North America with 42 after the second day of competition at the 2012 World Financial Group Continental Cup in Langley, Canada. But there is still all to play for as the big points-winning games begin in earnest on Saturday.
January 12, 2012
Team World has 30 points and Team North America 24 points after the first day of curling at the 2012 World Financial Group Continental Cup in Langley Events Centre in British Columbia, Canada.
January 10, 2012
The World Financial Group Continental Cup, presented by Monsanto, gets underway Thursday at the Langley Events Centre in British Columbia.
January 10, 2012
Brazil has formally withdrawn its challenge to the United States for the final Americas berth at the 2012 World Men’s Curling Championship in Basel, Switzerland. “It is with great regret that we have to withdraw from the America’s Challenge.
Innsbruck, Austria
16 top level junior curling teams from around the world are set to gather at the Innsbruck Exhibition Centre, Austria, later this week to compete in the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games taking place from 13 to 22 January.
January 8, 2012
There was double success for Italy at the European Junior Curling Challenge 2012 on Sunday, as both the Italian junior men and junior women won the finals and the coveted final European spots to be able to compete at this year’s World Junior Curling Championships in Östersund, Sweden. Both the Italian teams completed the event on an unbeaten record.
January 3, 2012
January 2012 sees junior curlers from around the world taking to the ice in top level international junior curling events. The European Junior Curling Challenge 2012 is currently underway in Tårnby just outside Copenhagen in Denmark.
January 3, 2012
The 1st Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Camp, run jointly by the World Curling Federation and the New Zealand Curling Association, is currently underway at the Maniototo Curling International indoor rink in Naseby, New Zealand.