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World Curling Federation Annual Review 2015-2016
World Curling Federation ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-2016 | 2
Celebration! 3 | World Curling Federation ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-2016
President’s Message
� This was a season that
threw up some significant
challenges...
It is my pleasure to welcome you to the The second Winter Youth Olympic Games were and the following day at the championship opening
World Curling Federation's (WCF) Annual staged in Lillehammer, Norway and this was terrific ceremony. It was clear that Dr Bach felt very much at
for curling. Our event was an outstanding success home among curlers, saying at one point "I want to
Review for season 2015-2016. played in front of a full-capacity arena, with countries say how much we appreciate what curling is doing.
This has been another remarkable season for our like Brazil and Turkey making their first appearances. In your ambitions you are truly Olympic and your
sport, highlighted by outstanding competitions, We then moved on to Lucerne, Switzerland for sport has a great reputation in and around the
a purposeful annual Congress, and two new the World Wheelchair Curling Championship. The Olympic family."
championship events. We were also able to start standard of play just gets better and better and the We then moved on to Karlstad, Sweden for
celebrating the 50th anniversary of our Federation. semi-final between Korea and Norway, played to a our World Mixed Doubles and Senior Curling
However, this was also a season that gave us some packed audience, was quite outstanding. Championships. As you can read elsewhere in this
significant challenges – both in the organisation of review, these were very successful, with record entry
For a number of reasons, we decided that the World We hosted a special Sweeping Summit in Ottawa in
our competitions and in the way our sport is played levels. I believe we are making great progress in
Junior Curling Championships 2016, originally due May, with the intention of producing evidence-based
– and I believe the way we are resolving these issues the format, skills levels and participation of Mixed
to be hosted in Erzurum, Turkey, would be held at and generally-agreed rules and regulations. These will
says a lot about how we operate at the WCF, and the Doubles, with three different continents represented
the Taarnby Curling Club in Copenhagen, Denmark. be presented for ratification to our 2016 Congress in
partnerships we can forge with Member Associations on the podium.
At short notice, the Taarnby organisers successfully Stockholm in September, held as the Swedish Curling
(MAs) and others.
hosted this event, to which we welcomed a new title The competition season ended in Slovenia, with a re- Association continues to celebrate its centenary.
The season started with a brand-new event – the sponsor in the shape of USA-based VoIP Defender. timed European Curling Championships C-Division On a personal note I was delighted to be invited to
World Mixed Curling Championship – successfully (ECC-C) – another event hosted for the first time by
The Ford World Women's Curling Championship be a member of the Coordination Commission for the
staged in Berne, Switzerland with a total of 36 one of our smaller MAs, who did a great job.
returned to Swift Current in Canada - a town with a Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 which is the first
Member Associations taking part. We then moved on
small population, almost all of whom seemed to be Speaking of which, last year we took our Congress time this has happened for curling.
to the first-ever WCF championships to be staged in
Kazakhstan – the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships involved in one way or another. In my experience, to Serbia, a small MA which perhaps could not have In these pages you will find details of all these
2015, held in Almaty. Economic problems beyond when you take a big event to a small location it hosted a big event, but by hosting our Congress, activities and more. I hope you enjoy it.
the control of the local organisers or the WCF always seems to work. Meanwhile, Swiss women once brought focus to curling in their country.
threatened the cancellation of the championships, again took the championship title – for the fourth We were delighted to be hosted at the restaurant
but these were overcome and the event proved to year out of five – a remarkable performance. of tennis’ world number one, Novak Djokovic, as this
be a great success. This was a major effort by a new Basel in Switzerland would play host once more event drew to a close.
to the World Men's Curling Championship, a fitting Kate Caithness OBE
federation that is endeavouring to become a strong As is commonly known, during this season, issues
member of the WCF. venue to start the celebrations for our WCF President
regarding sweeping and brushes emerged, with
Later in November, we returned to Esbjerg, 50th anniversary. general agreement that a suitable way forward which
Denmark, for the Le Gruyère European Curling We were joined by International Olympic Committee preserved the "spirit of curling" needed to be found.
Championships 2015. Denmark's Crown Prince (IOC) President Dr Thomas Bach and his wife
Frederik joined us once more for the opening Claudia at a special celebratory banquet, held in the
ceremony and an experienced organising committee wonderful 15th Century Schlusselzumft Restaurant,
did a first-class job. We look forward to going back
there in the near future. World Mixed Doubles 23
Curling Championship
Contents World Rankings 24
Le Gruyère European 9 Sponsorship and Marketing 14 Media and Broadcasting 18
President's Message 1 World Mixed Curling Championship 5 Curling Championships World Men’s Curling Championship 19 Competition and Rules 25
VoIP Defender World Junior 15
WCF Board and Staff 2 Zonal Reports 6 Development 10 Curling Championships World Curling Hall of Fame 20 Fiscal Year 26
Key Facts and Figures 3 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 7 Winter Youth Olympic Games 11 50th Anniversary Celebrations 16 A Look Forward 28
World Senior Curling Championships 21
Operations and Integrity 4 Athlete Commission 8 Off-Ice Development Programmes 12 Ford World Women’s 17 Diary 28
History made in Mixed Doubles 22
Governance Commission 4 Facilities and Technical Assistance 8 World Wheelchair Curling Championship 13 Curling Championship Championship Sponsors, Contacts and Credits 29
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WCF Board and Staff
WCF Staff
Colin Grahamslaw Secretary General
Director Director Director Director
Keith Wendorf
Director of Competitions Toyokazu Ogawa Andy Anderson Hew Chalmers Laura Lochanski
and Development Japan (Elected to 2019) USA (Elected to 2018) Scotland (Elected to 2017) Canada (Elected to 2016)
Eeva Roethlisberger Competitions and
Development Officer
Allen Coliban
Competitions and
Development Officer
Darrell Ell
Competitions and
Development Officer
Scott Arnold
Competitions and
Development Officer
Susan Wendorf ompetitions and
C
Development Assistant
Richard Harding Development Officer
Saskia Muller-Gastell Projects Officer
Joanna Kelly Broadcast Manager
Cameron MacAllister
Communications and
Media Relations Manager
Chris Hamilton IT and New Media Officer
Vice President (Americas) Vice President (Europe) WCF President Vice President (Pacific-Asia)
Graham Prouse Bent Anund Ramsfjell Kate Caithness OBE Hugh Millikin
WCF Secretariat Canada (Elected to 2017) Norway (Elected to 2019) Scotland (Elected to 2018) Australia (Elected to 2016)
Perth, Scotland
Thelma Black Finance Controller
Susan Keith Anti-Doping Administrator
Liz Munro
Competitions and
Development Administrator
Gill Amatt Administrative Assistant
Mok Lee Intern
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Key Facts and Figures Denmark men win Silver for
first time at World Men’s in Basel, having
Mary Fay qualified from European B-Division
skips Canada to Youth
Olympic Games and World
Junior Curling Championship
gold in space of a month
Broadcast Silver medalists (February/March 2016)
YouTube subscribers Norway Slovenian Serbia, Qatar
now over and Luxembourg
and bronze medalists Curling
20,000 Korea Association
compete in first World Curling
Championships – the World
fought off stiff competition Russia’s wheelchair curling skip Mixed Doubles Curling
host first international
to reach the World Wheelchair
Curling Championship 2016
Andrey Smirnov curling event, European Championship 2016
Hong Kong podium, having qualified from named Allianz Athlete of the Curling Championships
competed at their first Month for February 2016 after C-Division - in Ljubljana,
the World Wheelchair-B earlier
international curling leading his team to a third in April 2016
in the season
championship – World Wheelchair Curling
Pacific-Asia Curling Championship title
Championships
2015 864,963
Historic first medal for unique visitors to
Average time spent on
Finland
www.worldcurling.org www.worldcurling.org
women,
Kazakhstan’s bronze, at Le Gruyère = 4m 10s through the season
women’s and men’s record European Curling Japan women (up from 2m 43s
first international wins Championships win first ever World the previous year)
at Pacific-Asia Curling 2015
Women’s medal – silver in
Championships 2015 Swift Current
382%
Australia
score 8-ender against
Brazil
score historic first
Olympic curling points Switzerland
140%
increase of visitors to
growth in
Instagram
Hong Kong at Pacific-Asia women followers from beginning
Curling Championship
at the Youth Olympic
Games against win fourth World
www.worldcurling.org to end of season
2015 on Wednesday 11 Women’s title in 2015-2016
New Zealand
November 2015 five years.
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Operations and Integrity
Staffing Offices Over the past 12 months 45 tests have been delivered both in
Following the departure of Danny Parker to the International The WCF moved into its new offices in April 2015 and the and out of competition. There were no missed tests and only
Hockey Federation at the end of last season, Cameron past year has been a settling in period getting used to the two Adverse Analytical Findings (AAF).
MacAllister joined the WCF from the Scottish Rugby Union at new space and surroundings. The new offices have proved to Of those AAFs one was accounted for by a Therapeutic Use
the start of August 2015. be in a great location, providing much needed space for staff Exemption (TUE), however the other resulted in an Anti-Doping
Cameron has already made a strong impact as our new and storage. Our new intern has also been making use of the Rule Violation and as a result of this positive test, which took
Communications and Media Relations Manager and has settled on-site accommodation. An application for planning permission place at the Le Gruyère European Curling Championships in
well into the role. There have been no other permanent changes to provide disabled access and a wheelchair-friendly meeting November 2015, Denmark’s Helle Simonsen was suspended for
to the staff at the WCF during this past season, however the room is ongoing. 15 months effective from 12 February 2016.
Board, at their meeting in Basel approved the splitting of the IT This last year has been a difficult one for the world of sport
and New Media Officer’s role, held by Chris Hamilton, into two Anti-Doping in relation to doping issues. First the issue around the
separate positions. Chris will now focus on Digital Media whilst The WCF Anti-Doping Rules have been reviewed following the reclassification of meldonium has caused concerns especially
an IT professional will be recruited to concentrate on IT matters. acceptance of Mixed Doubles into the Olympic Programme and following the confusion surrounding the time taken for the drug
The Board also approved the employment of an additional staff a number of changes will be proposed at the Annual General to leave the system. At this time there have been no results for
member in our broadcast team and recruitment for a Broadcast Assembly in Stockholm. meldonium in curling or wheelchair curling that would lead to
Projects Officer has begun. any sanctions. Also of concern are the allegations surrounding
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has now given their the testing protocols and processes during the 2014 Olympic
In addition to the permanent staff, the WCF was joined, in formal approval to the WCF’s new Team Testing protocols
February, by intern Mokeun Lee from Korea. Mok will be known Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. Following a request by the
and these will be implemented in the Olympic and Paralympic International Olympic Committee (IOC) WADA has conducted
to many around the WCF’s Member Associations through his disciplines for the forthcoming season.
work with the Korean Curling Federation. This position is part an independent enquiry into the allegations. We will closely
of a Korean Olympic Committee-funded scheme to give Korean The WCF has continued to develop partnerships over the past monitor their final report and if necessary discuss any issues
nationals wide experience of winter sports ahead of the 2018 12 months with a number of national Anti-Doping Agencies, relating to curling with WADA.
Olympic Winter Games, in PyeongChang. sharing intelligence and information to allow for a joined-up
approach to testing programmes. Anti-Doping education Integrity
was delivered through leaflets and information emails and
an on-site outreach programme run by the Slovenian Anti- Working with the IOC’s Irregular Betting Information
Doping Organisation at the European Curling Championships System the WCF continues to monitor the main televised
C-Division (ECC-C) in April 2016. championships for patterns of behaviour that might indicate
match-fixing or result manipulation. It is pleasing to report
that there were no such indicators over the last season. As we
move towards the 2018 Olympic Winter Games the IOC will be
stepping up its efforts in this area to ensure a clean games.
Governance Commission
In the past year, the Governance Commission has The Governance Commission can also report that the following All policies, Terms of References and Annual Reports can be
completed work on a number of governance policies. Commissions have completed their Terms of References. These located on our website at: www.worldcurling.org/governance
In doing so, the Commission considered best-practice, have also been approved by the WCF Board:
• Governance Commission The 2015-2016 Governance Commission members were:
and consulted with Member Association representatives.
• Athlete Commission • Willie Nicoll (Scotland)
The following policies, now approved by the WCF Board, • Olli Rissanen (Finland)
• European Zonal Commission
have been introduced: • Gerrit-Jan Scholten (Netherlands)
• Finance Commission
• Harassment/Bullying Policy • Competition and Rules Commission • Colin Grahamslaw (WCF Secretary General - Scotland)
• Gifting/Hospitality Policy • Pacific-Asia Zonal Commission • Laura Lochanski (WCF Board Member responsible - Canada)
• Communication Policy • Americas Zonal Commission
• Escalation/Appeals Policy Olli Rissanen and Gerrit-Jan Sholten have now completed
The only remaining Commission to complete the Terms of their terms on the Governance Commission. On 1 July 2016
Reference is the Hall of Fame which is being discussed further Jennifer Stannard (USA) and Susanne Slotsager (Denmark)
with the WCF Board. joined the Commission.
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World Mixed � 36 Member Associations for
the first-ever World Mixed
Curling Championship Curling Championship...
Berne, Switzerland, 12-19 September 2015
The first-ever World Mixed Curling Championship and Switzerland from Group C; and Scotland and
was staged in the Curling Bahn Allmend, Berne, Hungary from Group D.
Switzerland, in September 2015, with a total of 36 In the qualification games Switzerland beat
Scotland 6-4, China won by 5-4 against Hungary,
Member Associations taking part. Canada defeated Italy 7-4 and Norway were
The teams were divided into four groups: victorious against Denmark by 10-5.
Group A: B elgium, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, Following these games, the quarter-final schedule
Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Sweden. was determined by the draw of a hat, while making
Group B: Australia, Canada, Finland, Germany, sure that teams from the same group did not play
Israel, Latvia, Norway, Spain and Wales. each other. In the quarter-finals, Norway beat USA
Group C: C hina, Czech Republic, England, 7-5, Sweden defeated Switzerland 5-4, China won
Kazakhstan, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, 8-3 against Germany and Russia beat Canada, 8-3.
Slovenia and Switzerland. An all-Scandinavian final was then ensured as, in
Group D: A ustria, Belarus, Brazil, Estonia, Hungary, the semi-finals, Sweden defeated Russia 6-5 with
Japan, Scotland, Turkey and USA. the last stone of the game, while Norway beat
China 7-3.
At the end of round-robin play in these groups,
Sweden, Germany, Russia and USA all topped their After this, Norway went on to make history by
tables to qualify directly for the quarter-finals. winning gold at this inaugural championship,
beating Sweden by 5-3. In the game for bronze
The other eight teams that made progress – to the medals, China beat Russia by 5-4.
quarter-final qualification round – were Italy and –
after a tiebreaker against France – Denmark from The World Mixed Curling Championship 2016 will
Group A; Norway and Canada from Group B; China be held between 14-22 October in Kazan, Russia.
Results
1 Norway weden
1S hina
1C
Steffen Walstad (skip) Rasmus Wrana (skip) Yansong Ji (fourth)
Julie Molnar (third) Zandra Flyg (third) Chunmei Zheng (third)
Sander Roelvaag (second) Joakim Flyg (second) Wenli Guo (second) ONLINE RESULTS:
Pia Trulsen (lead) Johanna Heldin (lead) Xuesong Gao (lead and skip) http://wcf.co/resultswmxcc2015
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Zonal Reports � With the next two Winter Olympics in
Asia, curling is positioned well to see
outstanding growth and interest...
Pacific-Asia Europe
With the next two Winter Olympics in Asia, curling is positioned well The European Zonal Commission met twice in the year:
to see outstanding growth and interest, and the Pacific-Asia Zone • In Belgrade, Serbia, during the 2015 World Curling Congress,
continues to add new countries and competitors. For example, this • And in Esbjerg, Denmark, during the 2015 Le Gruyère European
year was the first appearance by Qatar who competed at the World Curling Championships. parent/coach interaction. Based on lessons learned in the Nordic
Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2016, and Hong Kong, who region this concept has the potential to be transferred as a model for
competed at the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 2015. At the Esbjerg meeting, a core group of people were selected to make other regions.
proposals on the use of the monetary legacy of the European Curling
In another first, the 2015 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships in which Federation (ECF), which dissolved in 2015. These individuals are: The future and concept of using working groups in the current way
Hong Kong competed were held in Kazakhstan in November and were will be discussed with the European Member Associations at the
staged very successfully despite challenges caused by the current • Bill Duncan (Scotland) World Curling Congress in September 2016.
global economic situation. • David Sik (Czech Republic)
• Morten Sogard (Norway)
These championships had competitors from Australia, China, Japan,
Together with European WCF Board Members Hew Chalmers and Americas
Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Korea, New Zealand, and Chinese Taipei. Japan
and Korea claimed the two qualifying spots at the 2016 World Curling Bent Ramsfjell, this group will consider proposals and make decisions The Americas Zone includes two of the traditional strong MAs -
Championships in both the men's and women's events. regarding the use of this money. Canada and USA, but also other developing nations, such as Brazil.
At the first World Junior-B Curling Championships, held in Lohja, This Commission currently works through working groups as The Americas - and members of the Americas Zonal Commission
Finland, Kazakhstan and Hong Kong competed, the first time at an it attempts to deliver positive benefits to the European curling - played key roles in some high-profile curling activities, not least
international junior curling event, entering both women’s and men’s community. Three working groups have been established: in the Sweeping Summit 2016, held in Ottawa, Canada and in
teams. • EU Funding and the Business of Curling supporting the 'Curling Night in America' prime-time television
• Wheelchair Curling programmes in the USA.
Japan women’s and men’s teams had very successful World Curling
Championships, with the women winning historic first-ever silver medals • Youth Projects In addition, Brazil competed at the Youth Olympic Winter Games for
and the men finishing fourth. Through the Youth Projects work, a Junior Recruitment Manual has the first time, as well as appearing again at the World Mixed Doubles
The 2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships will take place in Korea as been developed. In another youth-based initiative, the Nordic MAs Curling Championship, winning two games to rank 29th overall.
part of the test events leading up to the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. (Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland) have agreed to reinstate Other developments that are on-going include supporting and
The 2017 World Junior Curling Championships and World Wheelchair the Nordic Junior Tour starting next season (2016-2017). From a WCF recruiting curling and curlers in other American countries.
Curling Championship will also be staged in Korea to test the Olympic perspective this concept is especially interesting because it comprises
and Paralympic curling venue. cross-border cooperation, youth targeting - including new innovative
ways to promote/present our sport - a long term perspective and
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Pacific-Asia Curling
Championships
Almaty, Kazakhstan, 8-14 November 2015
Curling history was made when the Pacific- results, both Japan and Korea qualified for the Ford
Asia Curling Championships 2015 (PACC) World Women's Curling Championship 2016 in Swift
Current, Canada.
were staged in the Baluan Sholak Sports
The eight men's teams were: Australia, 2014
Palace in Almaty, Kazakhstan – the first WCF winners China, Chinese Taipei, newcomers Hong
championship to be hosted in that country. Kong, Japan, hosts Kazakhstan, Korea and New
Five women's teams and eight men's teams Zealand. These teams played a single round-robin
competed. programme to produce four semi-finalists - China,
The five women's teams were defending champions Japan, Korea and New Zealand.
China, Japan, hosts Kazakhstan, Korea and New In two close semi-finals, Japan beat New Zealand
Zealand, and these teams played a double round- by 7-6, while Korea had an 8-6 win over China. The
robin before Japan emerged in top place with Chinese went on to secure bronze medals with a
Korea second and China third. Kazakhstan and 5-4 win over New Zealand, while Korea won the
New Zealand were tied in fourth and required a title and gold medals by beating Japan by 11-7 –
tie-breaker to determine which of them would take helped largely by a score of four in the fifth end. By
up the fourth semi-final space. Kazakhstan won reaching the final, both Japan and Korea qualified
this by 10-6 to reach the semi-final stage of this for the World Men's Curling Championship 2016, in
championship for the first time in their history. Basel, Switzerland.
In the semi-finals, Japan beat Kazakhstan by 10-2, The Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 2016
while Korea beat China by 7-6. China took bronze will be held between 5-12 November
medals with a 16-0 win over Kazakhstan, while Japan in Uiseong, Korea.
beat Korea by 8-7 in the gold medal final. With these
Results
Women Men
1 J apan orea
1K hina
1C orea
1K 1 J apan hina
1C ONLINE RESULTS:
Satsuki Fujisawa (skip) Un Chi Gim (fourth) Sijia Liu (skip) Soo Hyuk Kim (skip) Yusuke Morozumi (skip) Jialiang Zang (skip) Men
Chinami Yoshida (third) Suel Bee Lee (third) Jinli Liu (third) Tae Hwan Kim (third) Tetsuro Shimizu (third) Xiaoming Xu (third) http://wcf.co/pacc2015menresults
Yumi Suzuki (second) Min Ji Um (second) Xinna Yu (second) Jong Duk Park (second) Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (second) Dexin Ba (second) Women
Yurika Yoshida (lead) Ji Sun Kim (skip and lead) Rui Wang (lead) Yoon Ho Nam (lead) Kosuke Morozumi (lead) Jinbo Wang (lead) http://wcf.co/pacc2015womenresults
Kotomi Ishizaki (alternate) Yoon Jung Yeom (alternate) Jie Mei (alternate) Min Hyeon Yoo (alternate) Kohsuke Hirata (alternate) Xiuyue Ma (alternate)
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Athlete Commission Facilities and Technical
� Athletes from around the world were
invited to participate in the ground-
Assistance
breaking Sweeping Summit 2016
The focus of the Athlete Commission continues Ann Swisshelm, Chair, represented the WCF at The Portable Curling Facility (PCF) Other Projects
to be strengthening interaction with athletes the IOC Athlete Forum in Lausanne, Switzerland This is the most important project being The WCF manages a number of financial
in October 2015. The main topics for discussion at developed by the Facilities and Technical assistance programmes for MAs to build new rinks,
through presence at championship events,
the Forum were the Olympic Agenda 2020, Assistance Commission and it has seen significant renovate existing rinks, and/or purchase curling
collecting ideas, information and knowledge in Women in Sport, the fight against doping, the movement in recent months. The selection equipment such as stones and scrapers. We would
order to solidify best practices and communicate Olympic Bid Process, and a newly integrated process for suppliers had been completed and like MAs to make more use of those programmes.
with the WCF. Olympic Athletes’ Hub. all technical specifications for the proposed two- In addition, appropriate WCF staff are available
One of the main activities for the Athlete Commission Terms of Reference for the Commission are being sheet curling facility at the Copper Hill Curling for consultation and site visits.
this season has been to help drive the solution- updated to include Mixed Doubles athletes. Club in Turku, Finland have been agreed, to allow In the 2016-2017 season the WCF processed ten
oriented process surrounding the general high levels ongoing construction at the site. grants for Member Associations. Four of these were
Commission Members Understandably, the PCF project is attracting the for Ice Bosses to improve ice making resources and
of concern with sweeping, brush head technology
and technique. In close collaboration with WCF Skip: Ann Swisshelm (USA) attention of other MAs worldwide, eager to get six were for new stones.
Board members Hugh Millikin and Graham Prouse Vice Skip: Cathrine Lindahl (Sweden) the benefits of this programme. The Commission
is reviewing progress and will be making Facilities and Technical Assistance
athletes from around the world were invited to Bent Anund Ramsfjell Commission:
participate in the ground-breaking Sweeping recommendations to the WCF Board on the future
(Vice President, Europe - Norway)
Summit 2016 held in Ottawa, Canada. The Athlete of the programme. Chair: Toyo Ogawa (Japan)
Andreas Schwaller (Switzerland)
Commission will be present in the World Curling Darrell Ell (Canada)
Congress in Stockholm, Sweden to help finalise the Kelly Scott (Canada)
Richard Harding (Scotland)
Summit recommendations. Bingyu Wang (China)
Leif Ohman (Sweden)
Mike McCreadie (Scotland)
The Commission is actively seeking to recruit
new members, particularly individuals with
architectural or civil engineering backgrounds.
Please contact info@worldcurling.org for more
information about this.
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Curling Championships
Esbjerg, Denmark, 19-28 November 2015
� His Royal Highness Crown
Prince Frederik threw the
ceremonial opening stone...
International championship curling returned In the semi-finals, Russia beat the hosts by 6-5 while tie-breaker, with the winner going onto a semi-final Sweden men went on to successfully defend their
to Denmark when the Le Gruyère European Scotland came from behind to beat Finland by 9-7. against table-topping Norway. title, beating Switzerland by 7-6 after an extra end
In the final, Russia claimed gold with a 6-4 victory The fifth game of the session, between Czech in the final. This was a fourth European title for
Curling Championships 2015 took place in over Scotland, while Finland won historic first-ever Sweden's skip Niklas Edin. Norway beat Finland by
Republic and Italy, went to an extra end and was won
Esbjerg - in the Granly Hockey Arena and the bronze medals by their women curlers, beating 7-4 to take bronze.
7-6 by Czech Republic. This meant these two teams
Esbjerg Curling Club. Denmark by 10-8. would have to face each other again in a tie-breaker In the B-Division, which was held in the Esbjerg
As was the case when Esbjerg hosted the 2011 World The ten A-Division men's teams were: Czech to determine which of them finished eighth, to stay in Curling Club, the women’s medallists were Italy
Women's Curling Championship, the event had the Republic, Finland, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, the A-Division next year, with the loser relegated. (gold), Czech Republic (silver) and Latvia (bronze),
honour of a royal opening, with His Royal Highness Norway, Russia, Scotland, defending champions In the tie-breakers, Sweden beat Scotland by 8-7 to while the men’s medallists were Denmark (gold),
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark throwing the Sweden and Switzerland. face Norway while at the bottom end of the table, Austria (silver) and Latvia (bronze).
ceremonial opening stone. The sixteen men's teams in the B-Division were: Italy beat the Czech Republic by 7-6 after an extra The Le Gruyère European Curling
This was the 41st edition of this event and the 14th • Group A: Belgium, hosts Denmark, Hungary, end. This win secured eighth place for Italy and a Championships 2016 will be held between
time that Le Gruyère has acted as title sponsor. Lithuania, Poland, Turkey, Wales and slot in next season's A-Division, while the Czechs 19-26 November in Glasgow, Scotland.
Altogether 26 men's teams and 20 women's teams newly qualified from the C-Division, were relegated to the B-Division along with tenth-
took part. Slovenia placed Netherlands. Italy would go on to face a
The ten A-Division women's teams were: hosts best-of-three challenge series against the eventual
• Group B: Austria, Croatia, England, Estonia, B-Division winners for the last available European
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Latvia, Spain and Slovakia, who
Norway, Russia, Scotland, Sweden and defending place in the 2016 World Curling Championships.
also qualified from the C-Division
champions Switzerland. In the semi-finals, Switzerland beat Finland by 10-4 to
In the last men's A-Division round-robin session, reach the final while, after an extra end, defending
The ten B-Division women's teams were: Austria, Norway beat Russia by 10-5, to remain undefeated
Czech Republic, England, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, champions Sweden beat Norway by 8-7 to join them.
and rank first overall. Denmark emerged as overall B-Division champions
Poland, Turkey and the qualifiers from the C-Division,
At the same time, defending champions Sweden to challenge Italy for the last available place in the
France and Slovakia.
played Finland, with both teams still in contention. 2016 World Men's Championship - the Danes won.
Russia beat Denmark by 8-5 in the final women's Finland won by 7-5 to go into the semi-finals ranked Similarly, in the women’s championship, B-Division
round-robin session to finish top of the rankings and second, while Sweden now faced a tie-breaker gold medallists Italy, won their challenge games
set up a repeat game against the Danes, who ranked for the last semi-final slot. Switzerland played against eighth placed A-Division team, Norway.
fourth overall, in the semi-final. In the same session, Netherlands and the Swiss sealed their semi-final Denmark and Italy went on to take their places at the
Scotland beat Norway by 9-4 to rank second, while place with a 10-6 win, to rank third and face Finland 2016 World Curling Championships.
Finland beat Estonia by 7-4 to rank third. These in the semi-finals.
results meant that the other semi-final would be
Germany played Scotland, and the Scots beat
between Scotland and Finland, with Finland ranking
Germany by 12-5 in this session, to face Sweden in a
third over Denmark on the same record as they had
beaten Denmark in the round-robin.
Results
Women Men
ussia
1R cotland
1S inland
1F weden
1S witzerland
1S orway
1N
Anna Sidorova (skip) Eve Muirhead (skip) Oona Kauste (skip) Niklas Edin (skip) Benoit Schwarz (fourth) Thomas Ulsrud (skip)
Margarita Fomina (third) Anna Sloan (third) Milja Hellsten (third) Oskar Eriksson (third) Claudio Paetz (third) Torger Nergaard (third)
Alexandra Raeva (second) Vicki Adams (second) Maija Salmiovirta (second) Kristian Lindstroem (second) Peter De Cruz (skip) Christoffer Svae (second)
Nkeiruka Ezekh (lead) Sarah Reid (lead) Marjo Hippi (lead) Christoffer Sundgren (lead) Valentin Tanner (lead) Haavard Vad Petersson (lead) ONLINE RESULTS:
Alina Kovaleva (alternate) Rachel Hannen (alternate) Jenni Rasanen (alternate) Henrik Leek (alternate) Michael Probst (alternate) Sander Roelvaag (alternate) http://wcf.co/resultswmxcc2015
World Curling Federation ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-2016 | 9Development
The WCF's Competition Activities included: • The first edition of the WCF Mixed Doubles Camp Curling Equipment Programme (CEP)
Camps and Courses was held in Budapest, Hungary, at the beginning of The WCF's partners in this programme, BalancePlus
and Development
December. Nine teams from six Member Associations and Goldline, continued their support and provided
Officers (CDOs), • The Füssen courses took place in June and July participated – Belgium, China, Estonia, Hungary, Poland
2015, beginning with the Ice-Technician course. The equipment to:
led by Keith and Romania. The instructors – Judith and Lee McCleary
instructors were Mark Callan from Scotland and Stefan (both Scotland), Dorottya Palancsa and Zsolt Kiss (both • the 17th WCF / DCV Hummelt Junior Curling Camp in
Wendorf, Director Roethlisberger from Switzerland. The programme included Hungary) – conducted a mix of ice and classroom Füssen, Germany
of Competitions the newly-created Wheelchair Curling Instructor course sessions, covering the specific aspects of this new • the Sweetlake Junior Team Curling Camp in Zoetermeer,
and an Advance Instruction and Introduction to Coaching Olympic discipline. Netherlands
and Development, course. The instructors for both of these courses were
continued to run Wendy Morgan and Scott Arnold, both of Canada. The • Another WCF Adult Curling Camp was held in Bratislava, • and the ninth Adult Curling Camp in Prague,
ten days of courses finished off with an Advanced Umpire Slovakia, in January. This was the third time this camp Czech Republic
a series of had run. 24 athletes from eight Member Associations
course led by Alan Stanfield from Scotland and Eeva • For the first time since the programme started
programmes during Roethlisberger from Switzerland. A total of 74 participants participated – Bulgaria, Croatia, Hong Kong, Poland, equipment was provided for a junior camp in Pinerolo,
from 26 different Member Associations attended one or Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain. Italy and to the fourth Mazury Curling Festival in
the 2015-2016
more of the courses on offer. • For the first time since the programme of WCF courses Giżycko, Poland
season. and camps started, the WCF also provided equipment for
• The WCF / DCV Hummelt Junior Curling Camp was • Equipment was also provided to the Hong Kong Curling
again fully booked. 114 juniors came together from all a Junior Camp in Pinerolo, Italy and to the fourth Mazury Association for a junior camp they hosted in Korea.
around the world to learn from experienced coaches Curling Festival in Giżycko, Poland.
The athletes who received this equipment have sent many
and assistants and enjoy the camp-life, which included • Equipment was also provided to the Hong Kong Curling thank you notes to the WCF and our partners expressing
various on and off-ice activities. The juniors came from Association for a junior camp they were hosting in Korea. their gratitude for their brushes.
19 Member Associations.
• The Sweetlake Junior Team Camp took place in August. Coach Mentoring Wheelchair Curling Instruction
Nine teams along with their team coaches took part, from After a request from the United States Curling Association, The new Wheelchair Curling Instruction course was
Denmark, Hungary, Latvia, Netherlands, Romania, Slovenia, the annual WCF Coach Mentoring Programme for the conducted in Incheon, Korea in December. It was well
Spain and the United Kingdom. The main instructors were 2015-2016 season was held in Jacksonville, Florida at their received by wheelchair athletes and coaches alike.
Andrea Ronnebeck (Canada), Jiri Snitil (Czech Republic) National Championships.
and Shari Leibbrandt (Netherlands), assisted by Alison Added to this programme were sessions with the Other Development
Kreviazuk (Canada). championship’s Chief Ice Technician, Dave Staveteig, and • The multi-media assets for all of the instructional courses
• The ninth WCF Adult Curling Camp was held in Prague, Chief Umpire, Ken McPartin. To date, the Coach Mentoring have now been made available on the WCF website for all
Czech Republic, also in August. 37 adults from 11 different Programme has graduated 44 coaches from ten different Member Associations to use and translate into their native
Member Associations participated – Belgium, England, Member Associations – Canada, USA, China, Italy, Romania, language.
Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Austria, Netherlands, Estonia, Israel and Finland – and WCF o www.worldcurling.org/discover-curling
Scotland, Slovenia and Spain. facilitators have had nine national coaches – from Canada, o www.worldcurling.org/discover-wheelchair-curling
Switzerland, Russia, Sweden, Turkey, Austria, Denmark,
Latvia and USA – help in round-table discussions about • Under development by the CDO team is a presentation
coaching at a major championship. to help new Member Associations understand what to
expect when competing at a championship.
• For development resources visit,
www.worldcurling.org/resources-menuWinter Youth
Olympic Games
Lillehammer, Norway, 12 -21 February 2016
The second Winter Youth Olympic Games were staged In this discipline, 14-year-old Philipp Hoesli from Switzerland
in Lillehammer, Norway, with curling at the heart of - the youngest curler competing who had won bronze in the
Mixed event - won his second medal - this time gold. His
the action.
partner, Yako Matsuzawa, 16, from Japan, became the first
A total of 64 curlers represented 16 Member Associations, Japanese curler to win an Olympic medal.
competing for medals in two unique curling competitions
The pair won their gold medal game by 11-5 against the
– Mixed and Mixed Doubles – at the Curling Hall in the
China/Great Britain team of Yu Han, 15, and Ross Whyte, 17.
Stampsletta Ice Venues.
There was a bronze medal for the host nation, Norway, and
The Mixed event was played with teams of two male and two a second place on the podium for China, after Andreas
female athletes split into two round-robin groups, before Haarstad, 17, Norway’s second, and China’s third, Ruiyi Zhao,
moving on to knock-out action. 16, beat a Japan/Canada pair, 10-1.
The Group A teams were: China, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, As well as the action on the ice, there was a programme of
Russia, Switzerland, Turkey and USA. educational and cultural events for athletes and fans alike,
The Group B teams were: Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, under the ‘Go Beyond. Create Tomorrow’ vision, which
Estonia, Great Britain, Korea, hosts Norway and Sweden. aimed to make a lasting impact on the lives of the athletes.
Eventually, four semi-final teams emerged, with Canada, Athletes also had the opportunity to try other winter sports
Russia, Switzerland and USA qualifying. At this stage, and attend ‘Learn & Share’ workshops, as well as taking
Canada beat Switzerland by 7-5, while USA were 8-6 winners professional direction from curling Athlete Role Model,
over Russia. Rasmus Stjerne, skip of the Danish men’s curling team.
This meant that Canada went into the final with a 100% The 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games will be held in
record and they went on to claim gold, beating USA by 10-4. Lausanne, Switzerland.
In the bronze medal game, Switzerland were victorious over
Russia, by 11-3.
After the Mixed event, an innovative Mixed Doubles curling
competition was staged, with one male and one female
athlete from different countries playing together. The teams
were determined by the athletes’ position within their team
and their nation’s overall position following the
Mixed competition.
Results
Mixed Mixed Doubles
1 Canada 1 USA 1 Switzerland 1 Philipp Hoesli (Switzerland) 1 Yu Han (China) 1 Andreas Haarstad (Norway)
Mary Fay (skip) Luc Violette (skip) Selina Witschonke (skip) Yako Matsuzawa (Japan) Ross Whyte (Great Britain) Ruiyi Zhao (China)
Tyler Tardi (third) Cora Farrell (third) Henwy Lochmann (third)
Karlee Burgess (second) Ben Richardson (second) Laura Engler (second)
Sterling Middleton (lead) Cait Flannery (lead) Philipp Hoesli (lead) ONLINE RESULTS:
http://wcf.co/resultswmxcc2015
World Curling Federation ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-2016 | 11Off-Ice Development
Programmes
Triangle Curling Club (TCC), Durham, North Sports Media Trainee Programme The WCF received positive feedback about the
Carolina, USA – January 2016 The Foundation for Global Sport also continued programme from the 2015-2016 trainees. Here’s what
• The TCC is another new dedicated curling facility their support for the WCF Sports Media Trainee they said:
with lots of growth potential. With 2010 Canadian Programme. Laura Godenzi (Switzerland, photographer):
silver medallist Carolyn McRorie, the Tour visited Following the initial submission process, of “The WCF experience, where I met great
Olympic Celebration Tour (OCT) schools and for the first time brought a Rock Solid 52 entries, a shortlist of ten journalists, seven professionals from the industry, gives me lots
With support from the US-based Foundation for Productions Floor Curling kit along. This kit was a photographers and three TV production students of courage and desire to go further in the
Global Sports, the WCF's Olympic Celebration Tour great hit for the kids to try the basics of curling. was considered. After the panel discussed these sports world.”
continues to enjoy success. • Club President Chris Jaun said: “the feedback submissions the eight selected trainees were agreed
Aiming to capitalise on the increased interest from the members and the public has been Aaron Renfree (England, TV production):
upon unanimously.
in curling brought about through Olympic outstanding. It really helped us get our winter “I honestly cannot stress how incredible the
Since undertaking the programme some of the
participation, the Olympic Celebration Tour is membership drive off to a strong start.” experience was. From the remarkable team, to the
trainees have gone on to gain more experience
a series of instructional sessions held around Four Seasons Curling Club, Blaine, Minnesota, work I was able to achieve, to the lessons learnt.”
within the field of sport media. Patrick Butler
the world with curling Olympians. The Olympic USA – March 2016 (journalist) covered the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier in Emily Dwyer (Canada, journalist):
Celebration Tour continues to be a successful way Ottawa in March for Curling Canada. Laura Godenzi
for clubs to promote curling and invite new curlers • 2014 Sochi silver medallists David Murdoch and “My experience as a Sports Media Trainee journalist
Michael Goodfellow from Scotland visited local (photographer) was a part of the 2nd Winter Youth at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
to their Learn to Curl clinics. Olympic Games Young Reporters programme in
schools and provided over 500 students with an gave me confidence to go outside of my comfort
Almost two years after a visit to the Charlotte opportunity to experience curling using the Lillehammer, Norway and will cover the Rio 2016 zone and put the skills I've learned in university to
Curling Club, Club President Steve McKee Floor Curling kits provided by WCF partner Paralympic Games for the International Paralympic the test. I walked away from the programme with no
reported, "I can say with confidence that the OCT Rock Solid Productions. Committee. In May, Marissa Dederer (photographer) doubt in my mind that this was the field I want to be
event did more to drive awareness and membership started as the sports editor at the Whitehorse Daily
• USA Olympian and Four Seasons Director of working in after graduation.”
than any other marketing event we have had.” Star in Whitehorse, Yukon.
Curling Operations John Benton arranged
Tour stops in the 2015-2016 season included: Linzi Armstrong (Scotland, TV production):
invitations for some selected guests, corporate
Milwaukee Curling Club, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, sponsors and others to a special Friday night ice “I still can't believe how lucky I was to be picked
USA – November 2015 session that was also a fundraiser for their junior for the Sports Media Trainee Programme. This
programme. The guests were all able to get up programme's not just about watching people to see
• The Milwaukee Curling Club, the oldest curling how things are done, you actually get stuck right in
club in the USA, hosted the first OCT of the close and personal with David and Michael and
this fundraiser raised more than US$800 for their there and do a bit of everything for yourself too.”
year with Swedish Olympian Sebastian Kraupp.
In addition to introducing our sport to new junior programme.
curlers, one of the highlights of this visit was a
student who posted an article and photos on the
school website.
� Ihow
honestly cannot stress
incredible the
experience was...
� The Olympic Celebration
Tour is a successful way for
clubs to promote curling...
12 | World Curling Federation ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-2016World Wheelchair
Curling Championship
Lucerne, Switzerland, 21-28 February 2016
The Eiszentrum in Lucerne, Switzerland was the venue for In a tense semi-final, Korea skip, Hui-Tae Yang missed a difficult
the World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2016. double takeout in the final end to give up a steal of one and
hand Norway a 7-4 victory and a place in the gold medal game.
The ten teams qualified to compete were: Canada, China,
Finland, Germany, Korea, Norway, defending champions Russia, Despite trailing 5-2 after six ends against Switzerland,
Slovakia, hosts Switzerland and USA. Korea secured three points in the seventh end of the bronze
medal game to level the score. They then went on to steal a
Korea and Norway had gained their places in the line-up single point in the final end for a 6-5 win and picked up the
by qualifying from the 2015 World Wheelchair-B Curling bronze medals.
Championship 2015, held in Lohja, Finland, in November.
In the final, Russia took five points in the fifth end on the way
At the end of the round-robin stage of the competition, Korea to a 7-4 victory over Norway to retain the World Wheelchair
and Norway progressed to the Page play-offs and were joined Curling Championship title.
by defending champions Russia and hosts Switzerland.
Russia’s gold medals at this event add to the championship
Switzerland’s loss to China, coupled with a win for Russia over titles they secured in 2012 in Chuncheon, Korea and in 2015 in
USA on the final round-robin day, ensured that Russia secured Lohja, Finland.
second place and faced Norway in the Page 1v2 play-off, while
the hosts would face Korea in the Page 3v4 play-off. Following their achievements in this championship, Russian
skip, Andrey Smirnov, was named the International Paralympic
In the Page 1v2 game, Russia claimed a closely fought 5-3 Committee Allianz Athlete of the Month for February 2016.
victory over Norway to progress directly to the gold medal
game. The Page 3v4 game saw the hosts, Switzerland, lose to Germany’s Christiane Putzich was the recipient of the World
Korea by a score of 6-4 after an extra end of play. This result Wheelchair Curling Championship Sportsmanship Award.
meant that both newly promoted teams, Korea and Norway, This was voted for by fellow participants and is awarded to the
competed in the semi-final for the final place in the gold competitor who they believe exemplified the traditional values
medal game. of skill, honesty, fair play, sportsmanship and friendship during
the championship.
As the Page play-offs were taking place, Germany defeated
Slovakia, 7-2, in the relegation tie-breaker game to seal eighth The gold medal win ensured Russia moved into first place
place and a direct route into the World Wheelchair Curling in the World Wheelchair Curling Rankings, overtaking
Championship 2017. Canada, while Norway’s silver medals saw them move up
to fifth position.
Slovakia and Finland finished at the bottom of the rankings
and were relegated to the World Wheelchair-B Curling The World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2017 will
Championship 2016 - to be held once again in Lohja, Finland. be held between 4-11 March in PyeongChang, Korea.
Results
1R
ussia 1 Norway 1 Korea All World Curling Rankings
Andrey Smirnov (skip) Rune Lorentsen (skip) Seung-Won Jung (fourth) can be seen on p22-23
Konstantin Kurokhtin (third) Jostein Stordahl (third) Soon-Seok Seo (skip)
Svetlana Pakhomova (second) Ole Fredrik Syversen (second) Jae-Goan Cha (second)
Marat Romanov (lead) Sissel Loechen (lead) Min-Ja Bang (lead)
Alexander Schevchenko Jan-Eirk Hansen (alternate) Hui-Tae Yang (alternate) ONLINE RESULTS:
(alternate) http://wcf.co/resultswmxcc2015
World Curling Federation ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-2016 | 13Sponsorship
and Marketing
Another challenging year on the foreign exchange markets have Summary of WCF net sponsorship revenues by year
reduced the impact of a positive year on the sponsorship front for the (2008 - 2016) in US$
WCF. New sponsors were brought on board in the form of Airboard
1 200 000
and VoIP Defender, whilst LGT and Basel returned. EDOX extended
their support for the Federation.
In US$ values the WCF’s net sponsorship income increased by more than 1 000 000
US$25,000 with gross sponsorship income exceeding US$1.25m for the
first time.
800 000
The Le Gruyère European Curling Championships 2015 attracted a new
sponsor in the form of Airboard, they joined EDOX and Mount 10 as main
sponsors for the championships, which have a long term title sponsor in the 600 000
form of Le Gruyère.
The World Curling Championships continue their strong performance
over the past few years, the World Men’s Curling Championship in Basel, 400 000
Switzerland sold out its sponsorship inventory and the Ford World Women’s
in Swift Current, Canada was supported under the marketing deal the WCF
has with Curling Canada. 200 000
361, Atom AMPD, DB Schenker and Jet Ice all renewed their WCF
partnership deals, which provide valuable support both in cash and in-kind.
0
For the first time in a number of years the World Junior Curling 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016
Championships attracted a title sponsor in the form of United States based,
WCF Partners World Women's Curling
Championship
World Men's Curling
Championship European Curling
Championships
World Junior
Curling Championships
VoIP Defender. This was particularly helpful in offsetting some of the costs
associated with the late move of the event from Turkey to Denmark.
The focus in the coming season will be to continue to build the sponsorship
for events outwith the three main televised championships and to increase
the value of the sponsorship for the televised events.
Our thanks to our marketing agents Infront and Curling Canada and to the
sponsors who have supported us this season:
Le Gruyère; Mount 10; EDOX; Airboard; Ford of Canada; Basel; LGT; 361;
DB Schenker; Jet Ice; VoIP Defender and Atom AMPD.
14 | World Curling Federation ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-2016VoIP Defender World Junior
Curling Championships
Taarnby, Denmark, 6-13 March 2016
� Ten women’s and ten men’s
teams qualified to take part,
representing 12 different
In a change from the original hosting arrangement,
the VoIP Defender World Junior Curling
Member Associations...
Championships 2016 (WJCC) were staged at the between Hungary and Sweden to discover who their The men's Page play-offs saw Scotland beat USA by 7-5
Taarnby Curling Club, on the outskirts of Copenhagen - opponents would be. to qualify directly for the final, while in the other game,
Denmark's capital city. In accordance with the new qualification arrangements, three Switzerland beat Canada by 6-4, to face USA in the semi-final.
teams from this year's event were to be relegated to the 2017 USA were victorious in the semi-final, beating Switzerland by
To be eligible to play in the World Junior Curling 5-2 and these results meant that – as in the women's event –
World Junior-B Championships qualifier, and while bottom-
Championships, a player must be less than 21 years of age placed Japan and second-bottom Scotland already knew the medal games would be re-runs of the Page play-offs.
by the end of the 30th day of June of the year immediately their fate at the end of round-robin play, Turkey and Russia
preceding the year in which the championship is to take In the final, Scotland beat USA again, by 6-4, to take the
had to play a tie-breaker to determine which would become men's gold medals, while Canada were 8-4 winners over
place. Together ten women’s and ten men’s teams qualified to the third team to drop into the Junior-B event. In the tie-
take part, representing 12 different Member Associations. Switzerland to reverse the Page result and take bronze.
breakers, Hungary beat Sweden by 10-4, while Russia were
The ten women’s teams were: defending champions 7-5 winners over Turkey. During these championships, all competitors were invited
to nominate a fellow competitor who, in their view, had
Canada, Hungary, Japan, Korea, Russia, Scotland, Sweden, In the Page play-offs, USA beat previously unbeaten Canada best exemplified the traditional values of skill, honesty, fair
Switzerland, Turkey and USA. by 8-7, despite giving up a score of three in the third end. play, sportsmanship and friendship. The athletes chosen
The ten men’s teams involved this year were: defending In the other women's game, Hungary beat Korea by 12-11 were Canada's Mary Fay and Sweden's Fredrik Nyman, who
champions Canada, Denmark, Korea, Norway, Russia, to move onto the sole semi-final against Canada, with the became recipients of the 2016 WJCC Sportsmanship Awards.
Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and USA. winner of that game facing USA for gold and the loser
playing Korea for bronze. In the semi-final, Canada beat The World Junior Curling Championships 2017 will be
For this event onwards, the WCF had introduced a new held between 16-26 February in PyeongChang, Korea.
Hungary by 9-4 to set up re-runs of the two Page play-off
qualification arrangement. Instead of separate qualification games, this time with medals up for grabs.
via the European Junior Curling Challenge and the Pacific-
Asia Junior Curling Championships, a new World Junior-B In the final, 17-year-old Mary Fay, from Nova Scotia, led
Curling Championships had been introduced. From this Canada to the title with a 7-4 win over USA, adding to
event, held in Lohja, Finland in January 2016, Russia, Japan the Winter Youth Olympic gold she had won a few weeks
and Hungry qualified for places in the women's field, which previously. Korea beat Hungary by 8-4 to secure bronze.
meant a first-ever appearance at this level by Hungary, who In the men's championship, at the end of the round-robin,
were skipped by two-times World Mixed Doubles champion USA finished at the top of the rankings to face second-placed
Dorottya Palancsa. Turkey, the original planned host nation, Scotland in the Page 1v2 play-off game. The Page 3v4 play-off
also made a first appearance at this level. was between third-placed Canada and Switzerland. At the
other end of the table, with tenth-placed Korea acting as
After the women's round-robin, unbeaten leaders Canada, 2017 hosts, Russia, Denmark and Turkey – in seventh, eighth
as well as USA and Korea all qualified for the weekend and ninth places – were relegated to the 2017 World Junior-B
Page play-off section of the championships, with Canada Curling Championships.
facing USA in the Page 1v2 game. While Korea finished
third overall, they had to wait for the result of a tie-breaker
Results
Women Men
anada
1C SA
1U orea
1K cotland
1S SA
1U anada
1C
Mary Fay (skip) Cory Christensen (skip) Min Ji Kim (skip) Bruce Mouat (skip) Korey Dropkin (skip) Matt Dunstone (skip) ONLINE RESULTS:
Kristin Clarke (third) Sarah Anderson (third) Hye Rin Kim (third) Bobby Lammie (third) Thomas Howell (third) Colton Lott (third) Men
Karlee Burgess (second) Taylor Anderson (second) Tae I Yang (second) Gregor Cannon (second) Mark Fenner (second) Kyle Doering (second) http://wcf.co/wjcc2016menresults
Janique LeBlanc (lead) Madison Bear (lead) Su Yun Oh (lead) Angus Dowell (lead) Alex Fenson (lead) Rob Gordon (lead) Women
Sarah Daniels (alternate) Christine McMakin (alternate) Ji Young Lee (alternate) Robin Brydone (alternate) Quinn Evenson (alternate) Wade Ford (alternate) http://wcf.co/wjcc2016womenresults
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