World Mixed Curling takes over Kelowna

By Brandon Smith

Friday, October 12^th– Saturday, October 20^th, 2018

The World’s top mixed curling teams head to Kelowna for the 1^st time. This running of the Championship will be the first time it has been held outside of Europe. 35 teams will be making an appearance, each representing their respective country. Each team will consist of two men and two women.

The 35 competing teams will be split into 4 groups, they are divided as follows

Group A: Belarus, England, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Kazakhstan, Scotland, Turkey and Wales

Group B: Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Netherlands, Russia, Switzerland and United States

Group C: Croatia, Czech Republic, Spain, Estonia, France, Latvia, Poland, Sweden and Chinese Taipei

Group D: Austria, Canada, Hungary, Japan, Norway, New Zealand, Slovenia and Slovakia

Round-robin play will begin at 08:00 AM on Saturday, October 12^th,  24 sessions will be played with the final draw at 8:00 PM on Thursday, October 18^th. They playoffs rounds will take place on Friday (the 19^th) and Saturday (the 20^th).

As to be expected in curling, the Canadian team will be the headliner. They bring a team consisting of Lauren (Lead) and Sean (Second) Harrison, Danielle Inglis (Third) and Michael Anderson (Skip).

For the full schedule of the championship you can click here.

Featured photo: Megan Carr of Team Canada throws rock in 2017 Championship (Image Source: Alina Pavlyuchik photo)