Results of draw 4 - BC Playdowns - Labounty vs. Cormack in final!

 

Saturday, January 17th, 2015

Draw 4 - 3:30pm

Game: 4-7 | Event: SF

SHEET 6	H	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	TOTAL
Cormack		0	1	0	7	2	2	3	2				17
Tingle		1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0				2

Cormack wins semi-final and is moving onto the Gold medal game tomorrow

Game: 4-8 | Event: SF

SHEET 7	H	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	TOTAL
LaBounty		0	4	1	1	0	0	1	0				7
MacDonald		1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1				4

LaBounty advances to the gold medal game tomorrow

 

Team Cormack leads the field at Playdowns

 

BC playdowns - Draw 3 results

 

Saturday, January 17th, 2015

Draw 3 - 10:00am

Game: 3 | Event: RR

SHEET 6	H	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	TOTAL
LaBounty	*	2	1	3	3	1	x	x	1	x			11
MacDonald		x	x	x	x	x	4	1	x	x			5

Game: 3 | Event: RR

SHEET 7	H	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	TOTAL
Cormack	*	5	1	4	x	3	2	1	1	x			17
Tingle		x	x	x	2	x	x	x	x	x			2

BC playdown results after 2 draws

Friday, January 16th, 2015

Draw 1 - 11:30am

Game: 1 | Event: RR

SHEET 6	H	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	TOTAL
MacDonald	*	1	2	x	4	3	x	x	1				11
Tingle		x	x	2	x	x	1	1	x				4

Game: 1 | Event: RR

SHEET 7	H	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	TOTAL
LaBounty	*	1	x	x	x	x	x	x					1
Cormack		x	1	5	1	2	1	x					10

Friday, January 16th, 2015

Draw 2 - 4:00pm

Game: 2 | Event: RR

SHEET 6	H	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	TOTAL
Cormack		x	5	2	1	x	x	3	2				13
MacDonald	*	3	x	x	x	1	1	x	x				5

Game: 2 | Event: RR

SHEET 8	H	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	TOTAL
Tingle		x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x				0
LaBounty	*	4	1	1	2	2	3	3	x				16

BC playdowns underway

BC Wheelchair Curling Championship starts

January 16, 2015 by Ellie Lambert ·

Wheelchair curlers from across the province will compete this weekend to be named the best in BC.
With a mix of past Paralympic and national champions taking part, there promises to be a high standard of play at the event which takes place at Richmond Curling Club from January 16-18.
There will be four teams competing for the title including Team Cormack which contains three Paralympic gold medallists. Darryl Neighbour, who skipped last year’s winning team and won gold at Vancouver 2010, will play third on the team alongside skip Gary Cormack and second Gerry Austgarden who were part of Team Daw who won the first ever Paralympic Curling title in 2006. The team is rounded out by lead Samantha Siu, a former BC champion, and fifth Jacqueline Roy, a three-time Canadian champion.

Another rink hoping to succeed is Team LaBounty which contains three 2014 Canadian Championship silver medallists. Frank LaBounty, who has three national titles to his name, will skip the team which includes third Allison Duddy, fellow Canadian champion Vincent Miele at second and Ellis Tull at lead.

Last year’s silver medal winning skip Bob MacDonald and third Tom Parker will return to the Championship with new teammates John Boyko who plays second and Janice Ing at lead.
The final team in the field is Team Tingle which is made up of skip Tyler Tingle, third Stu Wymer, second Bob Thorpe and lead Zosia Ettenberg.

The event begins at 11.30am on Friday, January 16 and the final starts at 10am on Sunday, January 18 at the Richmond Curling Club.

Visit http://playdowns.com/curlbc/event.php?id_cmp=527 to see the schedule and the results of all the draws as they come in.

The winning team will represent BC at the Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship in Boucherville, Quebec, from April 27-May 3.

Daw recovering from cancer surgery - expected to make full recovery

On the wind of coverage of the World wheelchair curling championships the wheelchair curling blog 2 is happy to announce the owner and former team Canada skip - Chris Daw is recovering at home from his recent cancer surgery.

Daw was diagnosed in October with 2 forms of aggressive cancer; Daw's surgery was completed in December and although some complications did occur Daw is now at home recovering.

Daw is expected to make a full recovery with in 12 weeks. Chris has asked that we thank all the supporters and readers of the Curling blog 2 for the kind support during this difficult time.

Chris will be over seeing the coverage of provincials, Worlds and we hope will be recovered in time for our annual coverage of the National Championships.

We apologize to our readers for the short delays in reporting but we are back on track at this time and hope to provide coverage of these and all other events throughout the year.

Please send along your stories, local or international and we shall post of all.

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Mark Ideson takes over as skip. Team Canada named for 2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship

Team Canada named for 2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship

 

Canada will be putting a new-look team on the ice when the 2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship gets underway Feb. 7 in Lohja, Finland, it was announced today by the Canadian Curling Association. Mark Ideson of London, Ont., will take over skipping the team in Finland, with longtime national team skip Jim Armstrong of Cambridge, Ont., missing the event due to health issues. Ideson, who will throw lead rocks for Team Canada, was the alternate for the Canadian teams that won gold at the most recent World Wheelchair Championship, in 2013 in Sochi, Russia, and also captured gold in the same position at the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi. He’ll be joined in Finland by veteran national-team members vice-skip Ina Forrest of Armstrong, B.C. (who’ll throw last rocks), third Dennis Thiessen of Sanford, Man., and second Sonja Gaudet of Vernon, B.C. — all of whom were members of the Paralympic gold-medal team (Gaudet’s third Paralympic gold and Forrest’s second). Also travelling to Finland will be Marie Wright of Moose Jaw, Sask., who’ll be making her national team debut as Team Canada’s alternate. Wright was a member of Team Saskatchewan, winner of the 2012 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship. “We’re optimistic about the look of this team going to Finland,” said Greg Stremlaw, Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Curling Association. “We ended the 2013-14 season ranked first in the world in Wheelchair Curling, and while we know Team Canada will be adjusting to a new lineup, I know this group and its coaching staff will be performing at its best in pursuit of the gold medal.” Canada has won a leading three gold medals at the World Wheelchair Championship — 2009 at Vancouver, 2011 at Prague and 2013 in Sochi. Gaudet and Forrest were members of all three teams, as was National Coach Joe Rea, who once again will be at the helm in Finland. Team Canada will open round-robin play in the 10-team competition on Feb. 7 at 10 a.m. (all times Eastern) against China at the Kisakallio Sports Institute The top four teams at the conclusion of round-robin play on Feb. 11 will advance to the Page Playoff round, leading to the gold- and bronze-medal games on Feb. 13 at 7 a.m. For more information about the 2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, go to: wwhcc2015.curlingevents.com/             Media inquiries: Greg Stremlaw Chief Executive Officer Canadian Curling Association Office: 613-834-2076 x117 Cell: 613-799-9993 gstremlaw@curling.ca Gerry Peckham Director, High Performance Canadian Curling Association Office: 613-834-2076 x113 Cell: 613-863-1880 gpeckham@curling.ca Al Cameron Director, Communication & Media Relations Canadian Curling Association Tel: 403-463-5500 acameron@curling.ca

Team USA named for World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2015

Stevens Point, USA
January 6, 2015

Team USA - L-R: Patrick McDonald, Steven Emt, Jimmy Joseph, Penny Greely and Meghan Lino Photo: US Curling

Four Paralympians with years of experience on the ice highlight USA's selected team for the upcoming world wheelchair championship.
The national team selection committee has chosen 2014 Paralympians Patrick McDonald (Madison, Wis.), Jimmy Joseph (New Hartford, N.Y.), Penny Greely (Green Bay, Wis.), and Meghan Lino (East Falmouth, Mass.) as well as newcomer Steven Emt (Andover, Conn.) to represent the U.S. at the 2015 World Wheelchair Championship Feb. 7-14 in Lohja, Finland.

A pool of eight athletes were selected after taking part in a tryout event at the state-of-the-art Wausau (Wis.) Curling Center in November and then narrowed to the final five after recent competitions and training camps.

The 10-team world championship event at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Finland will feature teams from Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Norway, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, Sweden, and the U.S. To find out more, go to http://wwhcc2015.curlingevents.com/. The U.S. is seeking its first ever world title in this event. The top American finish to date is bronze in 2008.

To find out more about USA Curling's wheelchair curling program, visit http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Events/Championships/National-Events/Wheelchair-National-Team-Selection.

2015 WWCC Schedule - Feb. 7-13

Schedule 

Date Time Session Sheet A Sheet B Sheet C Sheet D Sheet E Saturday 7 February 09:30 - 10:00 Team Meeting - Mirror Hall Kisakallio Sports Institut 10:45 - 12:00 Training CHN SWE NOR FIN SVK 12:15 - 13:30 Training CAN USA SCO GER RUS 16:00 - 16:15 Opening Ceremony - on-ice 17:00 1 SWE v NOR FIN v SVK CHN v CAN USA v RUS SCO v GER 20:30 Welcome Reception - Location to be confirmed NOTE: The training sessions will be 15 minutes on each sheet moving from A to B to C to D to E. The Umpires will control the sessions and indicate the time that the teams change sheets. Date Time Session Sheet A Sheet B Sheet C Sheet D Sheet E Sunday 8 February 09:30 2 SVK v USA NOR v RUS SCO v SWE GER v CAN FIN v CHN 15:30 3 CAN v FIN SWE v GER NOR v USA CHN v SCO SVK v RUS Monday 9 February 09:30 4 RUS v SCO CHN v USA GER v SVK CAN v SWE NOR v FIN 15:30 5 CHN v SVK SCO v NOR SWE v RUS FIN v GER USA v CAN Tuesday 10 February 09:30 6 SCO v CAN SVK v SWE USA v FIN RUS v CHN GER v NOR 15:30 7 FIN v RUS GER v CHN CAN v NOR SCO v SVK SWE v USA Wednesday 11 February 09:30 8 NOR v CHN USA v SCO RUS v GER SWE v FIN CAN v SVK 15:30 9 USA v GER RUS v CAN FIN v SCO SVK v NOR CHN v SWE Thursday 12 February 09:30 TB Tie-Breaker Games (if required) 15:30 Play-offs 1 v 2 and 3 v 4 games Friday 13 February 09:00 Semi-Final Loser (1v2) v Winner (3v4) 14:00 Medal Games Bronze and Gold Medal Games 16:30 On-Ice Closing Ceremony & Medal Presentation 19:00 Farewell Banquet - Location to be confirmed

Slovakia wins International Wheelchair Curling League

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Laura Hale in Wheelchair curling, Winter sports // 0 Comments

Flag of Slovakia

Paralympijské Motivačné Centrum is reporting this morning that Slovakia won an 8 team deep international wheelchair curling event held this past weekend.  The Slovak team finished first, Italy second, and Poland third.  Five Czech club teams finished out the remaining eight positions: Velké Mezižíči was fourth, JÚ Praha fifth, Nové Město nad Metují sixth, JÚ Praha B seventh and Velké Meziříči B was last.

The competition was held over a period of several weeks.  The Slovaks came into the final weekend of play in the Prague suburb of Roztyly undefeated.  Slovak national team coach  František Pitoňák said before the competition, “[The venue] is best fitted the four-curling hall in Europe, and is fully wheelchair accessible. This season, we played 14 matches against eight quality teams from the Czech Republic, Poland and Italy. The league was very balanced and the winner will be decided only in the last matches. My players once again demonstrated that they could very well play well under pressure and drew on experiences that are of major world tournaments. These Prague matches were before last year’s World Cup in Finland, departing on February 5 The last three weeks before the championship will use if only for training and tuning forms. I hope that it will intensify once again be at the right time.”

The Slovak team included skipper Radoslav Ďuriš, Dušan Pitoňák, Branislav Jakubec, Monika Kunkelová and Imrich Lyócsa.  Alena Kánová had been part of the team during earlier weeks of the league but missed the final one because of family commitments.

2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship scheduled to get underway on February 6 in at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja, Finland.  This event was a warm up for the team.  At the World Champions, the Slovaks will meet the United States, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Norway, Russia, Scotland, and Sweden.