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These Championships open on Friday 9 November somewhere in Finland - Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja - and end on Thursday 15 November with the Semi-finals and Medal Games. There are two Groups with the eventual medal winners qualifying for the World Championships in Scotland from 3 to 10 March. Already qualified are Norway, Russia, Scotland, China, Canada, Korea, United States, Switzerland and Germany.

Group A: Czech Republic, England, Estonia, Italy, Slovenia, Slovakia and Turkey.
Group B: Denmark, Finland, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden.
The two first-placed teams in each Group will progress straight to the Semi-finals. A qualification round will be played between the team in second place in Group A and third place in Group B and also between the teams that are third in Group A and second in Group B to make up the other Semi-finalists.

The English team is - Fourth: Edward Bidgood, Third: Stewart Pimblett, Second: Michael Shaw and Lead: Rosemary Lenton, who will also skip the side. They will play Czech Republic on Friday, Estonia on Saturday, Italy and Turkey on Sunday, Slovenia on Monday and Slovakia on Tuesday. With a bit of luck they'll be involved later on as well.


I will be keeping only half an eye on this, so don't expect a post every day.