Well .. Canada lost 7-5 yesterday to China in the Page #1-2 quarter final game, and is in the semi-final game now.
At 11:30am PST (1:30pm CST) Canada plays Japan ..
The loser of this match plays Switzerland at 6:00pm PST (8:00pm CST) for the “Bronze” Medal.
The winner if this match plays China at 10:30am PST (12:30pm CST) Sunday for the “Gold” Medal.
Earlier today, Japan beat Switzerland in the Page 3-4 Quarter Finals .. Japan Won 6-4 earlier this afternoon
Right now (on TSN) Canada is playing China in the Page 1-2 Quarter Final game. This is how it works:
Round Robin Play is over .. and it’s the playoffs! Here is the results:
Friday, March 28, 2008
Source: Canadian Curling Association
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Source: Canadian Curling Association
VERNON, B.C. — Canada’s Jennifer Jones has clinched at least a playoff tiebreaker game here at the Ford World Womens Curling Championship.
With an 8-6 win over Scotland’s Gail Munro Wednesday afternoon, Canada’s Jones improved to 8-1 and would play in at least a playoff tiebreaker game even if she were to lose her final two round-robin games on Thursday.
WHEN: March 22-30, 2008
WHERE: Vernon, British Columbia
DRAW SCHEDULE
SCORES AND STATISTICS
TEAM CANADA
Last Updated: Sunday, March 25, 2007 | 7:26 PM ET
CBC Sports
Canadian skip Kelly Scott led her teammates to gold over Denmark’s Angelina Jensen by a score of 8-4 Sunday in the final of the women’s world curling championship in Aomori, Japan.
Scott’s team from Kelowna, B.C., includes third Jeanna Schraeder, second Sasha Carter and lead Renee Simons.
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Yes .. I know that kind of sucks for Canadian Viewers, but I think this could turn into something interesting by the next Olympics, if a lot of support is given. NBC Sports is partnering up with MediaZone to show the games either LIVE (a high-quality 500k stream) or ON DEMAND (available as a 700k download made available on a daily basis within 24 hours after the match).
What is also neat about this … is that although it’s NBC Sports … commentary is not available on these feeds. Natural sound is included from the event happenings and surroundings .. what it would be if you were in the stands (apparently, as I cannot confirm this of course, being located in Canada).
So - I would be curious if any Curling Fans from U.S.A. want to give this a try .. and let us know how it works out! Here’s the banner again to click - you should be transported to another window.
THE CURLING SHOW has an interview with Anette Norberg ..
Annette Norberg Interview.
April 12th, 2006It’s another interview with a representative of the women’s game (yes, we’ll be mixing it up with our next edition) as we talked to Annette Norberg of Sweden. It’s the first trans-Atlantic interview in the show’s history – we take our milestones wherever we can find them at The Curling Show. Annette talks about her team’s remarkable season, the state of the game in Sweden and their plans for 2006-2007.
By Rick Patzke // USA Curling // March 26, 2006
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(GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alberta) - Debbie McCormick’s Team USA was on the losing end of Anette Norberg’s perfect season falling 10-9 to Sweden in the gold-medal game Sunday afternoon at the 2006 Ford World Women’s Curling Championship at the Canada Games Arena in Grande Prairie, Alberta.
“It was a good game,” said McCormick, the 2003 world champion. “We really wanted to win but it was a terrific week. We had a great run at it. I’m proud of my girls. Unfortunately, this one doesn’t have the same shininess as the other one. ”
McCormick (Rio, Wis.) and teammates Allison Pottinger (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Nicole Joraanstad (Madison, Wis.), Natalie Nicholson (Bemidji, Minn.) and Caitlin Maroldo (Rochester, N.Y.) started the game a lot more aggressive than they hoped but it momentarily paid off as Sweden was held to just one point in an end that looked like it had disaster written all over it for the Americans.
Here’s the End by End scoring .. SCORE IS NOW FINAL)
END 1 - SWE 1, USA 0
END 2 - SWE 1, USA 1
END 3 - SWE 3, USA 1
END 4 - SWE 3, USA 5
END 5 - SWE 6, USA 5
* After End 5 … Sweden is showing team total of 78% efficiency, and United States showing 76% efficiency.
Team Canada skip Kelly Scott after losing to the USA in Grande Prairie, Alta. on Saturday. (CP/Andrew Vaughan)
March 25, 2006 - 17:42
By: BILL GRAVELAND
Sweden rolls on to final at Ford World Women’s
Canada to meet USA in Ford Worlds semi-final
Canadian Press
3/24/2006 12:54:51 AM
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. (CP) - Kelly Scott has been dreaming of winning a gold medal for Canada at the Ford World Women’s Curling Championship but Hollywood couldn’t have written a better script Thursday as she battled back for a thrilling overtime win over Norway.
After giving up steals of two in the fourth and fifth ends to Dordi Nordby, Canada was trailing 8-4 after eight. But with the crowd at the Canada Games Arena chanting ”Go Canada Go” Scott scored three points in the ninth and stole a single point in the 10th to tie the game 8-8. Nordby missed on an angle raised takeout with her final stone giving Canada a 9-8 victory and fourth place.
Website: http://www.fordworlds.ca/home.asp
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Monday, March 20, 2006 | Source: Larry Wood
GRANDE PRAIRIE, March 20…Defending champion Anette Norberg and her methodical Swedes paired down the ranks of the undefeated at the Ford World Women’s Curling Championship to themselves on Monday.
And Canada’s Kelly Scott managed to finagle another split out of another hair-raising day on the Canada Games Arena freeze. Sweden defeated Debbie McCormick of the U.S. 8-5 in the morning, then knocked over Denmark’s Madeleine Dupont 8-6 in the afternoon. Dupont was pummelled 9-2 by McCormick in the evening.
The Canucks, meanwhile, wound up facing another pair of hunting parties gunning for the red maple leaf target. “It was our dream to beat Canada,” said 21-year-old Bingyu Wang of Harbin after out-hitting Scott’s Canadian champions 5-4 on the early shift. Scott came back in the afternoon to steal a 7-6 win from Kelly Wood of Scotland when she was off-line on a seven-foot runback with Canada’s winner sitting hidden in the four-foot.
10 Sessions have been played (0ut of 17 regular sessions during Round Robin Play) and here are the results so far:
Sweden - Undefeated - 6 wins, 0 losses
>> Skip Anette Norberg
United States - 6 wins, 1 loss
>> Skip Debbie McCormick
Italy and Canada - tied with 4 wins, 2 losses
HERE is the website .. if you want to follow what’s going on ..
HERE is a history of the standings of Last Year’s Tournament … Look Familiar? You’ve probably seen most of the names in Torino recently …
HERE is where you can find the Draw Schedule for the 2006 Ford World Women’s Curling Championship …
Reigning world champions from Sweden now also have Olympic gold medal
DALE WOODARD
Herald-Tribune sportswriter
Anette Norberg knows a thing or two about pressure.
The Swedish skip and her team of third Eva Lund, second Cathrine Lindahl and lead Anna Svärd carried the weight of their country’s expectations on their shoulders into the Turin Olympics last month and came away with the gold medal.
The pressure was there because they were already world champions, having won the title in Paisley, Scotland last year.
