15-03-2019, 00:41
The World Women’s Curling Championship of 2019 gets underway on Saturday 16 March in the Silkeborg Sportscenter in the town of Silkeborg – “in the Lake District of Denmark” - and continues until Sunday 24 March with the medal games. Again there will be 6 teams who qualify for the later stages, giving some of the "lesser" teams a real chance of gaining a medal.
The 13 teams in the competition are Denmark (hosts), Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, Russia, Latvia, Scotland, Korea, Japan, Canada (defending champions), United States, China and Finland.
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Scotland are represented by Sophie Jackson (skip), Naomi Brown (Third), Mili Smith (Second), Sophie Sinclair (Lead) and Lauren Gray (Alternate). It is a young upcoming team (pictured with the Scottish Championship tropy) and Lauren Gray, who has won 10 medals dating from 2011 to 2017, and coach Tom Brewster, 9 medals from 1995 to 2014, are easily the most experienced part of that team. Sophie and her team finished an impressive 4th in the recent Winter Universiade Games, but I would realistically expect the Scots to be in the frame for a mid-table qualifying position and Canada, Sweden, Korea and USA to be there or thereabouts in the final reckoning. However, it's a slippery game and there will be a lot of twists and turns along the way.
Scotland play Japan on Saturday, followed by China and Finland on Sunday.
The 13 teams in the competition are Denmark (hosts), Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, Russia, Latvia, Scotland, Korea, Japan, Canada (defending champions), United States, China and Finland.
Scotland are represented by Sophie Jackson (skip), Naomi Brown (Third), Mili Smith (Second), Sophie Sinclair (Lead) and Lauren Gray (Alternate). It is a young upcoming team (pictured with the Scottish Championship tropy) and Lauren Gray, who has won 10 medals dating from 2011 to 2017, and coach Tom Brewster, 9 medals from 1995 to 2014, are easily the most experienced part of that team. Sophie and her team finished an impressive 4th in the recent Winter Universiade Games, but I would realistically expect the Scots to be in the frame for a mid-table qualifying position and Canada, Sweden, Korea and USA to be there or thereabouts in the final reckoning. However, it's a slippery game and there will be a lot of twists and turns along the way.
Scotland play Japan on Saturday, followed by China and Finland on Sunday.
Cabbage is still good for you