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Now that I've got almost a full week's break from my own curling, I'll be able to bring you up to date with The (abbreviated) WCF VoIP Defender WJCC held from 6 March to 14 March in Taarnby, Copenhagen, Denmark.

The home nations consist of only one - Scotland - for the two events. The women's championships are contested by defending champions Canada, Hungary, Japan, Korea, Russia, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and USA. Probably Canada, Russia and USA will be the biggest threats to Scotland.


SCOTLAND - Sophie Jackson (Skip), Naomi Brown (Third), Rachael Halliday (Second), Rachel Hannen (Lead) and alternate Katie Murray.
Naomi and Rachel won Silver Medals in last year's competition.


Teams from Canada (the defending champions), Denmark, Korea, Norway, Russia, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and USA will contest the extremely open men's event. The biggest dangers to Scotland will be Canada, Switzerland and USA.


SCOTLAND - Bruce Mouat (Skip), Bobby Lammie (Third), Gregor Cannon (Second), Angus Dowell (Lead) and alternate Robin Brydone.
Scotland won Bronze last year, with Bruce and Bobby in the team.

So far, Scotland's women have managed to beat Japan 6-4 in the first game, but lost 6-10 to Hungary and 5-6 to Korea. It would seem that virtually everybody is a threat to Scotland. The men have fared slightly better, beating Norway 7-4, losing 6-7 to USA and, rather enjoyably , beating Canada 10-7 after scoring 2 threes in the last two ends. Now crack on from here, lads, and don't waste the opportunity.