Thursday 26 October 2017
The World Curling Federation is delighted to announce the winners of its Sports Media Trainee Programme for the 2017-2018 curling season. The winning candidates will join the World Curling Federation's media team at curling championships over the next six months.
Wednesday 25 October 2017
The World Curling Federation’s Pacific-Asia zone is becoming a rising force in world curling. A fifth of the World Curling Federation’s Member Associations come from this regional area – and it recently welcomed Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and Saudi Arabia to the curling family.
24 October 2017
The World Curling Federation’s Olympic Celebration Tour made its first stop of the 2017-2018 season last week, in New York, United States. Almost 900 participants took part in the programme – that helps curling clubs around the globe generate interest in the sport – at Ardsley Curling Club, 20 miles north of Manhattan.
Wednesday 18 October 2017
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has published the 2018 Prohibited List. The List will come into effect on 1 January 2018. The Prohibited List details substances and methods banned in sports in-and out-of-competition. The 2018 Prohibited List, the 2018 Summary of Modifications, and the 2018 Monitoring Programme are available for download on the WCF website here: http://www.worldcurling.
New Mixed World Rankings released after the 2017 World Championship in Champéry, Switzerland.
Saturday 14 October 2017
Scotland were crowned the 2017 World Mixed Curling Champions this afternoon (Saturday 14 October) after defeating Canada 8-5 in an extra-end at the Palladium de Champéry in Champéry, Switzerland.
Tuesday 10 October 2017
Japan have fielded a women’s and men’s rink once before at an Olympic Winter Games – 1998 in Nagano, when they were the hosts. Some 20 years on, an impressive male team have re-joined a consistently strong women’s side in a bid for medals in Pyeongchang next year.
Friday 6 October 2017
The World Curling Federation is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of its Hall of Fame member and 1965 Scotch Cup silver medallist, Ray Turnbull of Canada. Turnbull sadly passed away on Thursday 5 October, aged 78. He was inducted into the World Curling Hall of Fame in 2015 along with fellow Canadian Russ Howard and Japan’s Hiroyuki Saito.
Thursday 5 October 2017
The Foundation for Global Sports Development has given the World Curling Federation’s Olympic Celebration Tour a boost ahead of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, due to be held in PyeongChang, Republic of Korea in a little over four months [8-25 February 2018]. For the 2017-2018 season the Foundation for Global Sports Development (GSD) will invest $USD 50,000 in the programme.
Tuesday 3 October 2017
The World Curling Federation is pleased to report its first Portable Curling Facility (PCF) has been completed and is now open in Turku, Finland. President Kate Caithness travelled to help open the facility this week. She said: “One of the biggest challenges that many of our Member Associations (MA) face is having access to dedicated curling ice.
Following the sixth World Curling Congress the World Curling Federation's latest 'Rules of the Game' have been published.
Monday 2 October 2017
International curling returns to Champéry, Switzerland this week where the World Mixed Curling Championship 2017 will take place. The event will run from Friday 6 October until Saturday 14 October in the Palladium de Champéry.
Thursday 28 September 2017
For the first time, Canada will face a challenge for their place in the World Men's Curling Championship 2018 being held in Las Vegas, USA.
Tuesday, 26 September 2017
ahead of the World Mixed Curling Championship being held in Champéry, Switzerland from 6-14 October 2017, the first mixed curling world ranking has been published.
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