2015 Archive
Tuesday 29 December 2015
The first World Junior-B Curling Championships (WJBCC), since 2004, are being held next week (4-10 January 2016) at the Kisakallio Sport Institute in Lohja, Finland.
Induction into the World Curling Hall of Fame is the highest ‘non-playing’ honour that the World Curling Federation can bestow on someone and recognises outstanding contribution to the sport of curling whether through on ice exploits or off ice endeavours. 2012 was the first year the WCF accepted nominations for this honour.
Thursday 17 December 2015
LGT, the international private banking and asset management group, is to become a main sponsor of the World Men’s Curling Championship 2016 (WMCC) in Basel. The agreement was signed by Infront Sports & Media, exclusive media and marketing partner of the World Curling Federation (WCF).
Tuesday 8 December 2015
The World Curling Federation (WCF) has delivered its first Mixed Doubles training camp, this week in Budapest, Hungary.
Monday 7 December 2015
With the 2016 Youth Olympic Games only a stone’s throw away, last month the International Olympic Committee marked 100 days until the event with the #iLoveYOG social media campaign.
Saturday 28 November
Russia beat Scotland by 6-4 in Saturday (28 November) afternoon's women's final of the Le Gruyère European Curling Championships 2015 in the Granly Hockey Arena, Esbjerg, Denmark. This was a tight game all the way and, after blanking the first end Russia's skip Anna Sidorova drew her last stone of the second end into the house to open the scoring with two points.
Saturday 28 November 2015
Sweden's men’s team successfully defended their title in Saturday’s (28 November) final of the Le Gruyère European Curling Championships 2015 in Esbjerg, Denmark, beating Switzerland by 7-6 after an extra end.
19-28 November 2015
Patrick Butler and Laura Godenzi have joined the World Curling Federation (WCF) media team at the Le Gruyère European Curling Championships 2015 in Esbjerg, Denmark. They are the latest competition winners of the WCF Sports Media Trainee Programme, which is sponsored by Global Sports Development.
Friday 20 November 2015
The World Curling Federation and its exclusive media and marketing partner, Infront Sports & Media have confirmed today (Friday 20 November) that Le Gruyère AOP will continue as the title sponsor of the European Curling Championships until 2016’s event in Braehead, Scotland.
Friday 20 November 2015
The European Curling Championships will be held in Switzerland for the 11th time in 2017, but for the first time in the north eastern town of St Gallen, it has been announced today (Friday 20 November). The event will be held between 17 and 25 November 2017, with the A-Division taking place in the Eissportzentrum Lerchenfeld and the B-Division held in the The Curling Center St Gallen.
Wednesday 18 November 2015
A moratorium on the use of brush heads constructed in the following manner will be enforced for Word Curling Federation events during the 2015/16 season, beginning with the 2015 European Curling Championships in Esbjerg, Denmark 19-28 November 2015 and until further notice: 1 Fabric which has been textured, sealed or modified from its original woven form.
Tuesday 17 November 2015
They may not have won a game, they may have managed to score a total of just twelve points in their campaign, and found themselves on the receiving end of an eight-ender by Australia, but newcomers Hong Kong were one of the undoubted hits of the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships (PACC) 2015, in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Monday 16 November 2015
International championship curling returns to Denmark when the Le Gruyère European Curling Championships 2015 (ECC) takes place in the Granly Hockey Arena, Esbjerg, and the Esbjerg Curling Club, between 19 and 28 November 2015.
Saturday 14 November 2015
Korea's men’s team and Japan's women have now been crowned as Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 2015 winners after Saturday's (14 November) finals in the Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan. For all results, standings, news and photographs from the PACC 2015, visit: http://www.worldcurling.
