[ritchiebaby]

Very true, SCO, but I would have been inclined to get the 3rd player to do just that with his two stones, supposing he just opened up the front. Norway would then be forced to use stones to protect their scoring shots, thereby not being able to draw more stones into the rings. But, as you say, perhaps easier said than done.

In the WCF website reports of the Womens Championships, you could get graphics showing the progress of each end, with the finishing position of each stone. Also team and player percentages were available, both overall and for each game. There's nothing like that for these Championships.