04-03-2023, 02:26
This year's Championships are being held in Richmond, British Columbia from Saturday 4 March to Sunday 12 March. Richmond is the home of Vancouver Airport and interestingly (to me anyways) over half of the residents identify as Chinese.
The competing teams in the Fours event are Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Norway, Scotland, Sweden and United States.
Scotland is represented by Gregor Ewan (4th and Vice-Skip), Hugh Nibloe (3rd and Skip) Gary Logan (2nd) and Joanna Butterfield with Alternate Meggan Dawson-Farrell. They will play Korea and United States on Saturday, then Sweden and Denmark on Sunday.
Briefly, the format is that the top six teams after the round robin advance to the play-off stage, where the teams ranked first and second progress directly to the Semi-finals. The third-ranked team will play the sixth-ranked team in one qualification game, while the fourth-ranked team will meet the fifth-ranked team in the other qualification game with the winners going into the Semi-finals.
Running concurrently with the Fours event is the Mixed Doubles event and the teams are split into two groups. Group A is China, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Scotland, Slovakia, Switzerland and United States with Group B consisting of Canada, Denmark, England, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia and Sweden.
Scotland's Double is Charlotte McKenna and David Melrose and England is represented by Stewart Pimblett and Rosemary Lenton.
Scotland play Hungary on Saturday and China on Sunday. England are up against Italy on Saturday, then Latvia on Sunday.
The top teams of each group progress directly to the Semi-finals. The teams ranked second and third in each group play in qualification games for the other Semi-final places.
The competing teams in the Fours event are Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Norway, Scotland, Sweden and United States.
Scotland is represented by Gregor Ewan (4th and Vice-Skip), Hugh Nibloe (3rd and Skip) Gary Logan (2nd) and Joanna Butterfield with Alternate Meggan Dawson-Farrell. They will play Korea and United States on Saturday, then Sweden and Denmark on Sunday.
Briefly, the format is that the top six teams after the round robin advance to the play-off stage, where the teams ranked first and second progress directly to the Semi-finals. The third-ranked team will play the sixth-ranked team in one qualification game, while the fourth-ranked team will meet the fifth-ranked team in the other qualification game with the winners going into the Semi-finals.
Running concurrently with the Fours event is the Mixed Doubles event and the teams are split into two groups. Group A is China, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Scotland, Slovakia, Switzerland and United States with Group B consisting of Canada, Denmark, England, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia and Sweden.
Scotland's Double is Charlotte McKenna and David Melrose and England is represented by Stewart Pimblett and Rosemary Lenton.
Scotland play Hungary on Saturday and China on Sunday. England are up against Italy on Saturday, then Latvia on Sunday.
The top teams of each group progress directly to the Semi-finals. The teams ranked second and third in each group play in qualification games for the other Semi-final places.
Cabbage is still good for you