The ten women’s teams are from Belgium, Croatia, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Ukraine and Wales. The eight participating men’s teams are: Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Israel, Romania and Slovenia. The event will be played at the Dumfries Ice Bowl (next to QOTS stadium, Palmerston Park), which is a multi-sport facility, with a six-sheet curling rink and dedicated ice hockey and skating rink. Round-robin play will run from Sunday 28 April until Friday 3 May. On Saturday 4 May at 9:00 semi-finals will take place. In these semi-finals t ..read more

With this season’s BKT Tires World Women’s Championship now successfully concluded in Sydney, Canada, the World Curling action now moves to Europe. The final Women's results were GOLD - Canada, SILVER - Switzerland, BRONZE - Korea. Scotland finished a disappointing 8th with a team of Rebecca Morrison, Jennifer Dodds, Sophie Sinclair and Sophie Jackson, plus Gina Aitken as Alternate. The LGT World Men’s Curling Championship 2024 is set to be staged at the IWC Arena in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, from Saturday 30 March to Sunday 7 April. With Switzerland gaining participation as hosts, the other ..read more

And within minutes we're on to the Qualifying Competition, being held in Lohja, Finland from Friday 8 December to Tuesday 19 December, with the main event also taking place in Lohja in February. WOMEN The women’s championship is held from Friday 8 December until Tuesday 12 December. The teams are divided into four groups: one group of seven teams and three groups of six teams. The round-robin stage runs from 8 until 11 December and is followed by the quarter-finals at 19.00 on 11 December. The semi-finals and medal games will be held on 12 December, at 10.00 and 19.00, respectively. MEN The ..read more

Yes, that's right, this is early notification for the 2024 Championships, to be held in Oestersund, Sweden in April. More urgently the Qualification Event is to be held in Dumfries, Scotland from Saturday 2 December to Thursday 7 December. This includes 3 of the Home Nations, namely England, Ireland and Wales. A total of 26 teams are divided into four groups, where they will play a round-robin format. Round-robin play begins at 17:00 on Saturday 2 December and goes on until 19:30 on Tuesday 5 December. After the round-robin stage, the top two teams in each group will progress to the play-offs ..read more

Aberdeen, Scotland is the venue for these championships for both Men and Women from 18 to 25 November. Teams in the A-Division can qualify for the World Curling Championships and two teams are relegated from the A-Division each season. The Women's teams are Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Italy, Norway, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland and Türkiye. The Scots gained a merited Bronze Medal last year  probably exceeding expectations, due to their relative inexperience. This year they will be challenging for a medal once again, more than likely  against their main rivals Italy, Switzer ..read more

The Dewars Centre, Perth, Scotland is hosting the B Division Championships for both Men and Women from 18 to 25 November. Two teams are promoted to the A Division and two are relegated to the C Division. The 10 Women's teams are Austria, Belgium, England, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. England should be good enough to comfortably stay in the B Division and might, just might, win a medal. England are represented by regulars Anna Fowler (Skip), Hetty Garnier (Third), Angharad Ward (Second), Naomi Robinson (Lead) and Lisa Farnell (Alternate). The 16 Men's te ..read more

In a mad dash to keep pace with my curling commitments, I've joined in on the first day in Lohja, Finland for these Championships. There are only 11 countries entered from Brazil, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, Italy, Japan, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, and Switzerland. The three podium-finisher teams in Lohja qualify for the world championship, taking place in March 2024 in Gangneung, Korea. Round-robin play starts on Sunday 5 November and continues until Thursday 9 November. The teams have been placed into one group and will play a round robin. At the end of the round robin, a ranking wil ..read more

This year's Championships get underway in Aberdeen, Scotland, on Saturday 14 October to Saturday 21 October. Aberdeen was the birthplace of many famous people, notably Henry Cecil, racehorse trainer (I could hardly believe that either), Graham Garden of The Goodies (equally unbelievable), Denis Law and Paul Lawrie (now that's more like it!). The participating teams are Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Czechia, England, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, P ..read more

This year's Championships are being held in Richmond, British Columbia from Saturday 4 March to Sunday 12 March. Richmond is the home of Vancouver Airport and interestingly (to me anyways) over half of the residents identify as Chinese. The competing teams in the Fours event are Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Norway, Scotland, Sweden and United States. Scotland is represented by Gregor Ewan (4th and Vice-Skip), Hugh Nibloe (3rd and Skip) Gary Logan (2nd) and Joanna Butterfield with Alternate Meggan Dawson-Farrell. They will play Korea and United States o ..read more

This is a quick report on the curling exploits of Great Britain (in reality, Scotland).The current World Junior Champions won the Gold Medal, defeating United States by 5-1 in the Final. The GB Team consisted of James Craik, Mark Watt, Angus Bryce, and Blair Haswell, supported by Jack Carrick. The GB Women - Fay Henderson, Robyn Munro, Holly Wilkie-Milne, Laura Watt with Lisa Davie - finished in a creditable 4th position after losing 3-7 against United States in the Bronze Medal game. As well as the curlers, Team GB's Scott Johns also won Gold in the Men's Ski-cross, with Thea Fenwick winni ..read more