December 2018
Monday 31 December 2018
With a jam-packed Olympic and Paralympic year winding down, let’s bring back the five top moments of 2018 and relive some of this year’s highlights. Boiling it down to five, let’s just say, it wasn’t easy, but here goes...
Saturday 29 December 2018
The World Curling Federation is delighted to receive the news that its President, Kate Caithness, has been made a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) for ‘Services to Sport’ in the Queen’s New Year 2019 Honours List, in the United Kingdom. She said: “To receive such recognition is the most wonderful honour.
Friday 28 December 2018
The first international curling event of the new year will take place in Lohja, Finland with the World Junior-B Curling Championships 2019 being held in the Kisakalio Sports Institute from 3 to 10 January. This is the second event held in the Kisakalio Sports Institute this season after they successfully hosted the World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship 2018 in November.
Friday 14 December 2018
Tickets for the LGT World Women’s Curling Championship 2019 in Silkeborg, Denmark, from 16 to 24 March, are now on sale. Silkeborg is Denmark’s outdoor capital with its epic lakes and forests, but in March attention will shift to the Silkeborg Sportscenter as the world’s best curlers come together to compete for the women’s world title.
Thursday 13 December 2018
Private banking company LGT has been named as the title sponsor of the next four World Curling Championships outside of Canada. This sponsorship deal will run until the end of the 2021-2022 season, extending LGT’s long-running involvement with the sport of curling.
Team John Shuster repeated their Olympic victory over Sweden’s Team Niklas Edin to win Curling World Cup leg two at Omaha’s Ralston Arena. Shuster’s rink, cheered on by a patriotic Nebraskan crowd, ran Sweden out of stones in a tight, tactical 3-1 victory.
Sunay 9 December 2018
Norway pull off comeback to topple Switzerland in mixed doubles final Kristin Skaslien and Magnus Nedregotten were crowned mixed doubles winners at the Curling World Cup second leg in Omaha after a stirring comeback against Switzerland.
Tuesday 4 December 2018
The World Curling Federation acknowledges the decision of the Court of Arbitration of Sport relating to Aleksandr Krushelnitckii, the Olympic Athlete from Russia who committed an anti-doping rule violation at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in South Korea.