20-04-2023, 23:19
These Championships take place from Friday 21 April at the Gangneung Hockey Centre, strange I know but it is one of the venues from the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games.
The 15 Women’s teams will play in two round-robin groups:
Group A: Canada, England, Hong Kong, Japan, Lithuania, New Zealand, Sweden and United States
Group B: Australia, Czech Republic, Finland, Ireland, Latvia, Scotland and Switzerland.
England Senior Women Manon Harsch (Skip), Angela Wilcox (Vice-Skip) Helen Forbes (Second) and Deborah Higgins (Lead)
![[Image: England-Senior-Ladies.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/28fgS9YP/England-Senior-Ladies.jpg)
They're on their way - Helen (far left) and Debbie (far right) are from my local ice rink, so I'll be supporting them.
Ireland Senior Women Dale Sinclair (Skip), Bernie Gillett (Vice-Skip), Nina Clancy (Second) and Louise Kerr (Lead)
![[Image: Ireland-Senior-Ladies.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/pd76bqkc/Ireland-Senior-Ladies.jpg)
Nina (second left)is also from my local ice rink, so I'll be supporting her.
Scotland Senior Women Jackie Lockhart (Skip), Mairi Milne (Vice-Skip), Wendy Johnston (Second) and Katie Loudon
![[Image: Scotland-Senior-Women.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/tT5tHH0z/Scotland-Senior-Women.jpg)
None of them come from my local ice rink, but of course I'll be supporting them.
Round-robin play starts on Saturday 22 April, and will continue through 25 sessions until Thursday 27 April. After this, the top three teams from each group will move onto the play-offs. The two group winners are moving straight to the semi-finals. The second and third teams in each group will play cross-over qualification games, with the winners also going onto the semi-finals. Both the qualification games and the semi-finals are to be held on Friday 28 April. The bronze medal game and the gold medal final will take place on Saturday 29 April.
England start against Sweden at 12 noon (UK time) on Saturday and then Hong Kong at the same time on Sunday.
Ireland play their first game against Czech Republic on Saturday at 4am followed by Switzerland at the same time on Sunday.
Scotland take on Switzerland at 8am on Saturday and then 2 games on Sunday - versus Latvia at 4am and Czech Republic at 12 noon.
The 24 Men’s teams will play in three round-robin groups:
Group A: Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Japan and Poland
Group B: England, Germany, Hong Kong, Korea, Latvia, New Zealand, Sweden and Switzerland
Group C: Australia, Estonia, Ireland, Norway, Scotland, Slovenia, United States and Wales.
Round-robin play starts on Friday 21 April, concluding on Thursday 27 April. After the round robin, the group winners, the second-placed teams and the top two of the three third-placed teams will proceed to quarter-finals and then semi-finals on Friday 28 April. Both the bronze medal game and the gold medal final will take place on Saturday 29 April, at the same time as the women’s medal games.
More details on the Men tomorrow.
The 15 Women’s teams will play in two round-robin groups:
Group A: Canada, England, Hong Kong, Japan, Lithuania, New Zealand, Sweden and United States
Group B: Australia, Czech Republic, Finland, Ireland, Latvia, Scotland and Switzerland.
England Senior Women Manon Harsch (Skip), Angela Wilcox (Vice-Skip) Helen Forbes (Second) and Deborah Higgins (Lead)
They're on their way - Helen (far left) and Debbie (far right) are from my local ice rink, so I'll be supporting them.
Ireland Senior Women Dale Sinclair (Skip), Bernie Gillett (Vice-Skip), Nina Clancy (Second) and Louise Kerr (Lead)
Nina (second left)is also from my local ice rink, so I'll be supporting her.
Scotland Senior Women Jackie Lockhart (Skip), Mairi Milne (Vice-Skip), Wendy Johnston (Second) and Katie Loudon
None of them come from my local ice rink, but of course I'll be supporting them.
Round-robin play starts on Saturday 22 April, and will continue through 25 sessions until Thursday 27 April. After this, the top three teams from each group will move onto the play-offs. The two group winners are moving straight to the semi-finals. The second and third teams in each group will play cross-over qualification games, with the winners also going onto the semi-finals. Both the qualification games and the semi-finals are to be held on Friday 28 April. The bronze medal game and the gold medal final will take place on Saturday 29 April.
England start against Sweden at 12 noon (UK time) on Saturday and then Hong Kong at the same time on Sunday.
Ireland play their first game against Czech Republic on Saturday at 4am followed by Switzerland at the same time on Sunday.
Scotland take on Switzerland at 8am on Saturday and then 2 games on Sunday - versus Latvia at 4am and Czech Republic at 12 noon.
The 24 Men’s teams will play in three round-robin groups:
Group A: Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Japan and Poland
Group B: England, Germany, Hong Kong, Korea, Latvia, New Zealand, Sweden and Switzerland
Group C: Australia, Estonia, Ireland, Norway, Scotland, Slovenia, United States and Wales.
Round-robin play starts on Friday 21 April, concluding on Thursday 27 April. After the round robin, the group winners, the second-placed teams and the top two of the three third-placed teams will proceed to quarter-finals and then semi-finals on Friday 28 April. Both the bronze medal game and the gold medal final will take place on Saturday 29 April, at the same time as the women’s medal games.
More details on the Men tomorrow.
Cabbage is still good for you