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2016 World Kitchen Sink Curling Championships - ritchiebaby - 14-04-2016
In the past few weeks we've had everything but the kitchen sink, now it's time for the kitchen sink to have it's week in the sun.
The Karlstad Curling Arena in Karlstad, Sweden is set to play host to the World Seniors Curling Championships for both Men and Women, play getting underway tomorrow at 9.30am CET. The players are over 50 and there are a record number of countries competing - 27 for the Men and 17 for the Women.
The three men's Groups are:
Group A: Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Latvia, Russia, Scotland, Switzerland, USA (holders) and Wales.
Group B: Canada, Finland, France, Israel, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Slovakia and Sweden.
Group C: Australia, Denmark, England, Italy, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Slovenia, and Turkey.
The eight teams playing in the knock-out stages will be the first and second in each group, as well as two of the three third-placed teams to be decided in a play-off.
As yet, there are no team photographs on the WCF website, but I can exclusively reveal
that the Scottish team is skipped by yet another Muirhead, father Gordon. Eve is doing best so far with a Bronze Medal for her troubles, while her brother Glen finished seventh in his World quest.The women have been divided into two groups as follows:
Group A: Australia, Canada (holders), Czech Republic, England, Finland, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania and Sweden.
Group B: Austria, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Russia, Scotland, Switzerland and USA.
The first team in each group will play in the semi-finals, with the second in Group A playing the third in Group B and vice versa to decide the other two semi-finalists.
This year's England team is composed of players from my local ice rink at Kelso, so I will certainly be rooting for England in this competition.
All the Semi-finals will be played in the morning of Saturday 23 April with the Medal Finals being played in the afternoon.
Hopefully I won't miss out any of the games, but with such a huge playing schedule, I might be prone to the odd mistake. Tomorrow's games see Ireland v Finland and England v Poland in the first session, then Scotland v Czech Republic in the second session for the Men. Also in the second session is the Australia v England game in the Women's competition. The evening session sees Italy v Scotland for the Women and Switzerland v Wales for the Men.
And as if that wasn't enough, the largest ever World Mixed Doubles Championships will be taking place at the Löfbergs Lila Arena, also in Karlstad, and starting on Saturday 16 April. The ginormous draw, involving some unusual curling countries such as Israel, Brazil and Qatar, is as follows:-
Group A: Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary (holders), Latvia, Poland, Switzerland and Slovakia.
Group B: Austria, Finland, Germany, Korea, Lithuania, Slovenia and Sweden.
Group C: England, Japan, Kazakhstan, Luxemburg, Norway, Romania and Turkey.
Group D: Australia, Canada, China, France, Ireland, Italy and Serbia.
Group E: Belarus, Denmark, Spain, Israel, Netherlands, New Zealand and USA.
Group F: Brazil, Czech Republic, Estonia, Qatar, Russia, Scotland and Wales.
I'll try to highlight the games involving the home countries tomorrow, but expect a lot of information in each post. Most of it will be of little interest to the individual, but you should all find something relevant to your particular country.
It looks as though Chris Wells of Wales is going to be busy this coming week. Not only is he competing in the Seniors, he is the coach of the Mixed Doubles team. Dawn Watson will be equally busy, as she is playing in the Mixed Doubles and coaching the Welsh Seniors.
The Wilson family is certainly well represented in Ireland's teams. Peter and Peter J are playing in the Seniors with Peter J D coaching the Mixed Doubles.
There are other family connections too, but too many to reveal in this post.
This competition also counts for qualification for the Pyeongchang Olympics in 2018, so as well as the normal medal matches on Saturday 23 April, there will be play-offs to determine the ranking points.
RE: 2016 World Kitchen Sink Curling Championships - St Charles Owl - 14-04-2016
You mean you won't be giving us a blow by blow account of Qatar v Brazil in the Mixed Doubles???? Either way I for one look forward to your updates and will be with you on here commenting!!
RE: 2016 World Kitchen Sink Curling Championships - ritchiebaby - 15-04-2016
Still no photographs, I'm afraid, but there are various bits and pieces to give you.
First of all are the results from today.
Men - Ireland 6 Finland 4; England 9 Poland 3; Scotland 7 Czech Republic 4; Switzerland 6 Wales 4:
Women - Australia 3 England 12; Italy 1 Scotland 9:
Tomorrow's games in the Seniors.
Men - England v Australia; Ireland v Netherlands; Scotland v USA; Czech Republic v Wales:
Women - Lithuania v England; Scotland v Switzerland:
Tomorrow's games in the Mixed Doubles.
Russia v Scotland; Wales v Brazil; Romania v England: (Ireland have their first game on Sunday)
Family connections
Ireland's alternate player, Neil Fyfe, is the brother of Alastair Fyfe, who is England's lead player.
England's skip, Tommy Campbell, and coach, Elaine Turnbull, are partners.
Gina Aitken, representing Scotland in the Mixed Doubles, is the niece of Fiona Simpson, Italy's third player.
Dawn Watson is again named, as she is the partner of Adrian Meikle, who is the Welsh Senior skip, and they are playing together in the Mixed Doubles.
Don't worry, there's still more to come later!
RE: 2016 World Kitchen Sink Curling Championships - ritchiebaby - 16-04-2016
Today's results in the Seniors.
Men - England 9 v 7 Australia; Ireland 12 v 4 Netherlands; Scotland 6 v 7 USA (after an extra end); Czech Republic 3 v 7 Wales:
In this morning's game, Australia led England by 6-1 after 5 ends, but threes in the sixth and eighth ends tied the scores at 7-7, and they won the extra end with 2 shots.
Women - Lithuania 2 v 7 England; Scotland 8 v 1 Switzerland:
Today's results in the Mixed Doubles.
Russia 8 v 9 Scotland (after an extra end); Wales 7 v 8 Brazil (after an extra end); Romania 2 v 9 England:
Tomorrow's games in the Seniors.
Men - Italy v England; Ireland v Israel; Wales v Belgium; Ireland v Latvia; Scotland v Canada; Germany v Wales:
Women - England v Finland; Scotland v New Zealand:
Tomorrow's games in the Mixed Doubles.
Qatar v Wales; Luxemburg v England; Scotland v Czech Republic; Italy v Ireland:
RE: 2016 World Kitchen Sink Curling Championships - ritchiebaby - 18-04-2016
Today's results in the Seniors.
Men - Italy 6 v 9 England; Ireland 7 v 6 Israel; Wales 14 v 1 Belgium; Ireland 1 v 10 Canada; Scotland 7 v 2 Latvia; Germany 5 v 3 Wales:
Women - England 9 v 5 Finland (after an extra end); Scotland 8 v 1 New Zealand: England are certainly getting the hang of the extra end malarkey. After the men yesterday, the women scored 5 consecutive single shots to stay in the game at 5-5 and then scored 4 shots in the extra end.
Today's results in the Mixed Doubles.
Qatar 2 v 13 Wales; Luxemburg 2 v 11 England; Scotland 2 v 8 Czech Republic; Italy 6 v 9 Ireland:
Tomorrow's games in the Seniors.
Men - England v Turkey; Slovakia v Ireland; Russia v Wales; Scotland v Russia:
Women - England v Japan; Austria v Scotland:
Tomorrow's games in the Mixed Doubles.
Canada v Ireland; England v Kazakhstan; Czech Republic v Wales; Wales v Scotland; England v Norway:
Now for some photos of the Mixed Doubles teams
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ENGLAND - Ben and Anna Fowler
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IRELAND - Neil and Alison Fyfe
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SCOTLAND - Bruce Mouat and Gina Aitken
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WALES - Adrian Meikle and Dawn Watson
RE: 2016 World Kitchen Sink Curling Championships - ritchiebaby - 18-04-2016
Today's results in the Seniors.
Men - England beat Turkey - walkover; Slovakia 3 v 11 Ireland; Russia 4 v 7 Wales; Scotland 11 v 4 Russia:
Women - England 10 v 3 Japan; Austria 1 v 8 Scotland:
At the halfway stage in the Men's event Scotland lie in 3rd place in Group A with USA on 3 wins and 1 loss, behind Switzerland on 4 wins and no losses and Germany with 3 wins and no losses. Wales also have 3 wins but have had 2 losses. In Group B, Ireland lie second with 4 wins and 1 loss behind unbeaten Canada with 4 wins. England lead Group C tied with New Zealand on 4 wins out of 4. Norway are third on 4 wins out of 5.
Both England and Scotland have 100% records in the Women's competition with 4 wins - England tied with Canada in Group A and Scotland with USA in Group B.
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ENGLAND - Helen Forbes (alternate), Debbie Higgins (lead), Val Saville (second), Joan Reed (third), Judith Dixon (skip)
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SCOTLAND - Margaret Robertson (alternate), Margaret Richardson (lead), Isobel Hannen (second), Christine Cannon (third), Jackie Lockhart (skip)
Today's results in the Mixed Doubles.
Canada 8 v 3 Ireland; England 9 v 2 Kazakhstan; Czech Republic 13 v 4 Wales; Wales 4 v 8 Scotland (Wales led Scotland 4-2 after 5 ends, but a double-whammy 4 and 2 prompted a concession by Wales); England 4 v 9 Norway; Qatar 2 v Brazil 14:
http://live.ktgsports.com/data/CU_WMDCC2016P/Mixed_Doubles/12~Session_12/C69~~Game_-_Shot_by_Shot_QAT-BRA.pdf
Tomorrow's games in the Seniors.
Men - Wales v USA; Sweden v Ireland; Germany v Scotland; Slovenia v England:
Women - England v Canada; Russia v Scotland; Czech Republic v England:
Tomorrow's games in the Mixed Doubles.
Australia v Ireland; Japan v England; Scotland v Qatar; Wales v Russia; Ireland v Serbia:
More family connections
Yesterday's photos included brother and sister, Ben and Anna Fowler for England and father and daughter Neil and Alison Fyfe for Ireland. Double trouble for the Regza's from Latvia - Dace Regza coaches Ansis Regza's Men's Senior team and he coaches her Women's Senior team. Germany's Senior Women's team has Andrea Schopp as alternate and is coached by her brother Rainer, and they also represent Germany in the Mixed Doubles.
RE: 2016 World Kitchen Sink Curling Championships - ritchiebaby - 20-04-2016
More photographs today
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IRELAND - Neil Fyfe (alternate), Tony Tierney (lead), Ross Barr (second), Peter J Wilson (third) and Peter Wilson (skip).
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WALES - Alistair Reid (alternate), Gary Waddell (lead), Chris Wells (second), Richard Pougher (third) and Adrian Meikle (skip)
Today's results in the Seniors.
Men - Wales 5 v 7 USA; Sweden 8 v 2 Ireland; Norway 11 v 3 England (missed that one last night!); Germany 2 v 7 Scotland; Slovenia 4 v 7 England:
Women - England 8 v 3 Canada; Russia 3 v 10 Scotland; Czech Republic 4 v 8 England (who scored a 2 and a 3 in the last two ends):
Today's results in the Mixed Doubles.
Australia 4 v 9 Ireland; Japan 2 v 10 England (5 at the first end); Scotland 19 v 0 Qatar (after only 5 ends); Wales 4 v 9 Russia; Ireland 11 v 1 Serbia:
Tomorrow's games in the Seniors.
Men - Belgium v Scotland; France v Ireland; England v New Zealand; Wales v Latvia:
Women - Scotland v Germany; Latvia v England:
Tomorrow's games in the Mixed Doubles.
Scotland v Estonia; Estonia v Wales; Ireland v France:
England, Ireland and Scotland still have an excellent chance of reaching the last 16, which will be played on a knockout basis. England have one more game to play and might be through without winning, depending on other results. Ireland and Scotland have two games to play and a win in one of them should be enough to qualify. Unfortunately Wales have no chance of qualifying, having only won one game.
RE: 2016 World Kitchen Sink Curling Championships - St Charles Owl - 20-04-2016
Love that PDF of the Qatar v Brazil match!!!! Many thanks for that!!
One question, I noticed that England had a walkover against Turkey yesterday in the seniors, why was it a walkover??
RE: 2016 World Kitchen Sink Curling Championships - ritchiebaby - 21-04-2016
SCO, Turkey did not send a team, so everyone gets a win against them.
And more photographs.
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SCOTLAND - Hugh Aitken (lead), David Hay (second), Norman Brown (third) and Gordon Muirhead (skip)
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ENGLAND - Alastair Fyfe (lead), David Sillito (second), Andy Taylor (third) and Tommy Campbell (skip)
Today's games in the Seniors.
Men - Belgium 2 v 13 Scotland; France 3 v 9 Ireland; England 4 v 8 New Zealand; Wales 5 v 6 Latvia (Wales lost a 3 in the last end):
With two games each to go, Scotland, Switzerland, Germany and Latvia have the chance to join USA at the top of the table in Group A. A lot could go right for the Scots, but a lot could go wrong. Wales are definitely out of contention with 3 wins and 4 losses. In Group B, Ireland are currently in third place, and a guaranteed play-off place, and only Finland can take that away from them. England are equal third with Denmark on 5 wins in Group C and as they play each other tomorrow, the winner will have at least a play-off with another third-placed team.
Women - Scotland 6 v 5 Germany after an extra end; Latvia 2 v 8 England:
These results mean that England and Scotland are still unbeaten and have already qualified for the play-offs along with Canada and Sweden. Two of USA, Germany and Switzerland will join them.
Today's games in the Mixed Doubles.
Scotland 7 v 9 Estonia; Estonia 10 v 9 Wales; Ireland 6 v 7 France (Ireland lost a 3 in the last end):
Tomorrow's games in the Seniors.
Men - Wales v Scotland; Japan v Ireland; Denmark v England:
Women - USA v Scotland; England v Sweden:
Friday's game in the Seniors.
Men - Switzerland v Scotland - this is potentially a winner takes all game as far as qualification is concerned.
Tomorrow's games in the Mixed Doubles.
England v Turkey (no walkover this time); Brazil v Scotland; Ireland v China:
The good news here is that England, along with Turkey, have already qualified for the last 16. Ireland must win to be sure (see what I did there
), although a defeat might get them into a tie-breaker. Scotland must win as Estonia and Russia are still ahead of them.
RE: 2016 World Kitchen Sink Curling Championships - St Charles Owl - 21-04-2016
(21-04-2016, 00:39)ritchiebaby Wrote: SCO, Turkey did not send a team, so everyone gets a win against them.That seems a bit bizzare, is that so they can leave the groups for all the various competitions the same or was it a late pull out from them?
I suppose we could have done that with Aston Villa in the Prem this season, although its been a virtual walkover for most teams against them anyway!!