For Immediate Release
Feb. 16, 2013
Team Canada off to perfect start at Wheelchair Worlds
Team Canada couldn’t have asked for
a better way to open play on Saturday at the World Wheelchair Curling
Championship in Sochi, Russia.
Playing at the Ice Cube Curling
Center, which will host the curling competitions at the 2014 Winter Olympic and
Paralympic Games, the Canadians rolled to a pair of lopsided victories to open
their pursuit of a third gold medal over the past four years.
The Canadians — skip Jim Armstrong
(Cambridge, Ont.), third Dennis Thiessen (Sanford, Man.), second Ina Forrest
(Armstrong, B.C.), lead Sonja Gaudet (Vernon, B.C.), alternate Mark Ideson
(London, Ont.) and coach Joe Rea (Prince George, B.C.) — opened the world
championship with a 7-1 win over South Korea’s Hak-Sung Kim. Canada broke open
what had been a tight game with a steal of two in the seventh end and three
more in the eighth.
Later on, in a battle against a
Scottish team skipped by Aileen Neilson (the lone female skip in the field) and
coached by former Calgarian Tony Zummack, Canada was again in a stealing mood.
Armstrong and Co. stole a single in the fifth end to go up 4-2 and then four
more in the sixth to take control for good en route to an 8-3 triumph.
“It’s a rainy day in Russia, but not
for Team Canada,” said Canadian team manager Wendy Morgan. “We survived the
meteor, and we persevered and showed great patience and experience. The ice was
terrific and the players feel great.”
Saturday’s results left Canada alone
in first place with a 2-0 record, ahead of Norway’s Rune Lorentsen, Sweden’s
Jalle Jungnell and Patrick McDonald of the U.S., who all won their only games
of opening day.
Canada returns to action on Sunday
with just one game on the docket, at 9:30 a.m. local time (12:30 a.m. EST)
against the reigning world champion host team from Russia, skipped by Andrey
Smirnov.
Live scoring and standings from the
2013 World Wheelchair Curling Championship can be found at: wwhcc2013.curlingevents.com/
Al Cameron
Director, Communication
& Media Relations | Directeur, Communication et relations avec les
médias
Canadian Curling
Association | Association canadienne de curling
1660 Vimont Court,
Orleans, ON K4A 4J4
Telephone: (403)
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