April 2012
April 29, 2012
Switzerland won the gold medal game at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2012 in Erzurum, Turkey, beating Sweden 7-6 in the final. For Martin Rios and teammate Nadine Lehmann it is the fourth championship title for Switzerland in the five year history of the event. Sweden’s Per Noreen and Camilla Johansson take silver.
April 24, 2012
The World Curling Federation (WCF) and the Canadian Curling Association (CCA) today announced that the City of Fredericton will host the 2013 World Senior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships and World Mixed Doubles. All three world championships will take place at the new Grant-Harvey Centre, April 13-20, 2013.
April 21, 2012
Ireland’s men created history today when they won their first ever world curling championship title by beating Canada 6-5 in an extra end and become World Senior Men’s Curling Champions 2012. The main turning point in the game came in the fourth end when Ireland skip, John Jo Kenny, hit a double take-out to score four points.
April 20, 2012
RESULTS Senior Men’s Tie-breaker: Scotland 7, Italy 5 (Scotland proceeded to Quarter-final Qualification game) Senior Women’s Tie-breaker: Scotland 8, USA 5 (Scotland proceed to
April 19, 2012
Final Round-Robin Standings (listed as games won – games lost) Senior Men’s Group A: 1. Canada 6-0 [Qualified for Quarter-final] 2. New Zealand 4-2 [Qualified for Quarter-final] 3. Italy 3-3 (To play Tie-breaker against Scotland) 3. Scotland 3-3 (To play Tie-breaker against Italy) 5. Japan 3-3 (Eliminated due to head to head record against Scotland & Italy) 6.
April 18, 2012
Standings (listed as games won – games lost.
April 17, 2012
Standings (listed as games won – games lost.
April 17, 2012
27 Mixed Doubles Curling teams from around the world will compete in the 2012 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship which gets underway on Monday 23 April 2012 in Erzurum, Turkey.
April 16, 2012
Standings (Please note that the standings below are listed as games won – games lost) Senior Men’s Group A: Canada 3-0 New Zealand 3-0 Japan 2-1 Italy 1-2 Netherlands 0-2 Scotland
April 15, 2012
Standings (games played-games won) Senior Men’s Group A: Canada 2-2 New Zealand 2-2 Japan 2-1 Italy 2-1 Netherlands 1-0 Scotland 1-0 Hungary 2-0 Senior Men’s Group B: Switzerland
April 11, 2012
The World Curling Federation (WCF) World Senior Curling Championships 2012 get underway this Sunday, 14th April, in Taarnby, Denmark, with 14 women’s and 23 men’s teams competing for this year’s medals.
April 10, 2012
Switzerland has moved up to third place in the World Curling Federation Women’s World Ranking and Scotland goes into second place in the Men’s Ranking as the final 2011-2012 Season WCF World Rankings have been released following the conclusion of the 2012 World Women’s and Men’s Curling Championships.
April 8, 2012
Canada and Scotland played out a tense final of the World Men’s Curling Championship in Basel, Switzerland on Sunday afternoon in front of a packed house of some 3,000 spectators. After an extra end in a highly-competitive game, Canada emerged as 8-7 winners when their skip Glenn Howard delivered a well-judged draw-shot for the one point he needed for victory.
April 8, 2012
Sweden and Norway played out a tense bronze medal game that went all the way to an extra end at the World Men’s Curling Championship 2012 in Basel, Switzerland on Sunday morning. Sweden emerged victorious winning 9-8 and picking up the bronze medal for the second year in a row.
April 8, 2012
Sean Becker, third on the New Zealand men’s team has won the 2012 World Curling Federation Collie Campbell Memorial Award. Becker was selected for the award by fellow players at this year’s World Men’s Curling Championship in Basel, Switzerland.