17-04-2017, 21:44
The World Championships in Lethbridge, Canada start at 8am on Saturday 22 April and finish on Saturday 29 April with the Medal games at 4pm. It will be the final chance for countries to clinch a berth in the inaugural Olympic Mixed Doubles curling competition. The discipline will make its debut as an Olympic medal sport at the 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, with 7 places available, so competition will be keen.
Group B
Ireland
Alison Fyfe and Neil Fyfe
Coach: Eoin McCrossan
Scotland
Gina Aitken and Bruce Mouat
Coach: David Aitken
Wales
Dawn Watson and Adrian Meikle
Coach: Richard Pougher
Group D
England
Anna Fowler and Ben Fowler
Coach: Nigel Patrick
The full groups are:-
Group A - Belarus, Brazil, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Japan and Latvia.
Group B - Bulgaria, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Scotland, Serbia and Wales.
Group C - Australia, Austria, China, Israel, Korea, Netherlands, Poland and Sweden.
Group D - Canada, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Kazakhstan, Turkey and USA.
Group E - New Zealand, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Switzerland.
There's distinct potential for reporting disasters with Australia and Austria in Group C, as well as Slovakia and Slovenia in Group E, so bear with me in this.
The games for Saturday include England v France, Wales v Serbia, Norway v Scotland and Ireland v Italy.
Strangely, the Opening Ceremonies come after the England v France game with the Welcome Reception after the whole day's play. Why they can't have the opening before the games is way beyond me. Perhaps the celebrities and dignitaries that just have to be there are unable to get out of their pits for 8 in the morning. Well, tough, you're supposed to be honoured that the competition has been awarded to your local ice rink, so start acting like it.
I'll have a bit of a catch-up at the weekend, when the WCF website will hopefully have some team photos on it. If you must have photos now, have a look at last year's Kitchen Sink thread, as many of the players will be the same.
Group B
Ireland
Alison Fyfe and Neil Fyfe
Coach: Eoin McCrossan
Scotland
Gina Aitken and Bruce Mouat
Coach: David Aitken
Wales
Dawn Watson and Adrian Meikle
Coach: Richard Pougher
Group D
England
Anna Fowler and Ben Fowler
Coach: Nigel Patrick
The full groups are:-
Group A - Belarus, Brazil, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Japan and Latvia.
Group B - Bulgaria, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Scotland, Serbia and Wales.
Group C - Australia, Austria, China, Israel, Korea, Netherlands, Poland and Sweden.
Group D - Canada, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Kazakhstan, Turkey and USA.
Group E - New Zealand, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Switzerland.
There's distinct potential for reporting disasters with Australia and Austria in Group C, as well as Slovakia and Slovenia in Group E, so bear with me in this.
The games for Saturday include England v France, Wales v Serbia, Norway v Scotland and Ireland v Italy.
Strangely, the Opening Ceremonies come after the England v France game with the Welcome Reception after the whole day's play. Why they can't have the opening before the games is way beyond me. Perhaps the celebrities and dignitaries that just have to be there are unable to get out of their pits for 8 in the morning. Well, tough, you're supposed to be honoured that the competition has been awarded to your local ice rink, so start acting like it.
I'll have a bit of a catch-up at the weekend, when the WCF website will hopefully have some team photos on it. If you must have photos now, have a look at last year's Kitchen Sink thread, as many of the players will be the same.
Cabbage is still good for you