World Curling Championships At Winnipeg Women's Draw 1 Norway 10 Denmark3 USA 8 Italy5 Switzerland 10 Sweden 3 Canada 9 Russia 4 Japan 8 Scotland 4 Men's Draw 1 Scotland 8 Korea 7 Switzerland 11 Norway 4 Denmark 9 USA 4 Finland 9 Sweden 6 Canada 9 Germany 5 Women's Draw 2 Italy 7 Japan 5 Switzerland 10 Scotland 4 Canada 8 Norway 3 Sweden 9 Denmark 6 USA 7 Russia 6
Sunday Morning(R) Men's Draw 2 Canada 9 Norway 3 Scotland 7 United States 4 Finland 8 Switzerland 7 Denmark 8 Germany 4 Sweden 10 Korea 3
Looks like the US men need some help. If the nearest ice sheet wasn't 2+ hours up I75, I'd take up the sport.
Sunday Afternoon (R) Women's Draw 3 Russia 7 Scotland 6 Canada 13 Denmark 7 Japan 7 USA 6 Norway 9 Switzerland 5 Sweden 13 Italy 4
Sunday Evening (R) Men's Draw 3 Finland 9 Germany 3 Scotland 5 Sweden 2 Canada 11 Switzerland 6 Korea 10 Denmark 3 Norway 8 USA 4
Scotland's performance is absurd. Our men's team was a shambles in the Europeans (they lost to England!!!), but they start 3-0. Meanwhile, our women are 0-3. I think they really should look at the selection process. Louden's rink had one hot run of form to win the Scottish championships, and get selected. I don't understand why they couldn't have shown a little flexibility, and allowed Lockhart's rink a play-off for the position. (they are the current world champions, after all) NB for anyone out there with Eurosport, there is a fair amount of coverage of this championship on that channel. (and David Smith is a pretty good co-commentator, as well).
Scotland's women finally won a game, beating Italy 10-3. Other scores: Denmark 8-5 USA (after 8, USA has last stone in 9th) Sweden 7-3 Norway (after 8, Norway has last stone in 9th) Russia 4-5 Japan (after 9, Russia has last stone) Canada 5-2 Suisse (after 7, Canada has last stone in 8th) Only upset on the cards appears to be Denmark-USA.
England has much the same problem. They don't have a suitable rink in the whole of their country (I think they are building one now), so they have to play in Scotland or Wales. Although we are starting to have facilities issues as well, with the only rink in Aberdeen closing. It also looks like one of the two in Edinburgh will be sold to a bank.
(1-3) Denmark 9-6 USA (2-2) (3-1) Sweden 8-3 Norway (2-2) (1-3) Italy 3-10 Scotland (1-3) (2-2) Russia 6-5 Japan (2-2) (4-0) Canada 5-4 Suisse (2-2) Looks fairly open after the Canadian team (and maybe Sweden) for the other 1/2 final places. Maybe if our team can win a couple now, they could get in. But they have left themselves little margin for error. 4-0 Canada 3-1 Sweden 2-2 Switzerland Japan Russia Norway USA 1-3 Denmark Scotland Italy
Men's Draw 4 Switzerland 6 Scotland 4 USA 6 Korea 5 Norway 9 Germany 7 Canada 8 Finland 6 Sweden 9 Denmark 6 Women's Draw 5 Sweden 8 Japan 5 USA 8 Switzerland 7 Russia 10 Denmark 5 Canada 10 Italy 9 Scotland 11 Norway 3 Funny thing is that the curling coverage means we won't see Champions League play until late night over here.
Men's Draw 5 Canada 9 USA 7 Switzerland 10 Denmark 4 Finland 8 Scotland 3 Sweden 6 Norway 5 Germany 8 Korea 5
Men's Draw 6 (Tues. Night) Sweden 9 Germany 3 Finalnd 6 Korea 5 Norway 6 Denmark 4 Switzerland 7 USA 4 Canada 7 Scotland 4 Women's Draw 7 Norway 6 Italy 5 Scotland 8 Denmark 7 Canada 9 USA 4 Japan 8 Switzerland 5 Sweden 10 Russia 7 Men's Draw 7 Norway 7 Korea 3 Scotland 10 Germany 8 Switzerland 8 Sweden 3 Denmark 9 Canada 7 Finland 6 USA 5 Women's Draw 8 Switzerland 7 Russia 4 Canada 7 Japan 4 Sweden 6 Scotland 4 Denmark 10 Italy 8 USA 6 Norway 5 Round-Robin ends tomorrow.
Men's Draw 8 Finland 7 Denmark 3 Canada 7 Sweden 3 USA 9 Germany 3 Norway 7 Scotland 3 Switzerland 7 Korea 5
Women's Draw 9 Canada 8 Sweden 7 Italy 9 Russia 5 Norway 9 Japan 6 USA 8 Scotland 7 Switzerland 8 Denmark 2 Men's Draw 9 Sweden 8 USA 6 Norway 10 Finland 1 Canada 7 Korea 3 Switzerland 8 Germany 1 Denmark 12 Scotland 5
Congratulations to the 2003 Women's World Champions ---- USA They beat Canada 4-3 in the final this afternoon. The American rink finished the round-robin 5-4, but they upset Sweden in the semi-finals and then Canada in the final. It is the first time that the US women have ever won the World Championships. I believe the rink is based out of Madison, Wisconsin. Too bad their win won't register outside of the small curling circle in the Northern US.
Finish the results here Women's Bronze Sweden 7 Norway 5 Women's Gold USA 5 Canada 3 Men's Bronze Norway 9 Finland 7 Men's Gold Canada 10 Switzerland 6