03-03-2017, 21:42
The second successive international competition to be held in the Gangneung Curling Centre is the 2017 WWCC. This is officially a test event for the Paralympics to be held here in 2018. The curling centre is at the heart of the Gangneung cluster for the 2018 PyeongChang Games – where all the ice sports will be held. It is also the only venue in that cluster to have existed prior to PyeongChang winning its bid. It was opened in 1998, has a seating capacity of 3,500, and has undergone renovations ahead of the Games.
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The Championships will start on Saturday 4 March and end a week later with the Medal Games. There are ten mixed teams taking part - Canada, China, Finland, Germany, hosts Korea, Norway, champions Russia, Scotland, Switzerland and USA.
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Scotland are represented by Aileen Neilson (Skip), Gregor Ewan (Third), Hugh Nibloe (Second), Bob McPherson (Lead) and Angie Malone (Alternate).
The team are coached by Sheila Swan. In common with Sophie Jackson's Junior Women's Silver Medallists last week, the Scotland Wheelchair team qualified from the B Championships late last year - a similar result would go down very well. Aileen, Gregor, Bob and Angie won Bronze at the 2014 Sochi Winter Paralympics.
The Scots start on Saturday with 2 games, against Canada in the morning and China in the afternoon. They only have one game on Sunday - Finland, who also qualified from the B Championships.
The Championships will start on Saturday 4 March and end a week later with the Medal Games. There are ten mixed teams taking part - Canada, China, Finland, Germany, hosts Korea, Norway, champions Russia, Scotland, Switzerland and USA.
Scotland are represented by Aileen Neilson (Skip), Gregor Ewan (Third), Hugh Nibloe (Second), Bob McPherson (Lead) and Angie Malone (Alternate).
The team are coached by Sheila Swan. In common with Sophie Jackson's Junior Women's Silver Medallists last week, the Scotland Wheelchair team qualified from the B Championships late last year - a similar result would go down very well. Aileen, Gregor, Bob and Angie won Bronze at the 2014 Sochi Winter Paralympics.
The Scots start on Saturday with 2 games, against Canada in the morning and China in the afternoon. They only have one game on Sunday - Finland, who also qualified from the B Championships.
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