EUROPEAN SENIOR INVITATION CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2014 \ Wednesday 5 November – Saturday 8 November 2014 Greenacres Curling Club Bowfield Road, Howwood, Renfrewshire PA9 1DE Tel:- 01505 850633 Fax:- 01505 850291 Email:- [email protected] www.curl-greenacres.com WELCOME On behalf of the Local Organising Committee may I welcome, once again, everyone who will join us for the 2014 EUROPEAN SENIORS INVITATION CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS. This is the seventh Championship and we are delighted once more to welcome so many teams from so many European countries. It has been a privilege for Greenacres to be able to host the Championships and we will do everything we can to ensure you enjoy your time with us and leave with happy memories. Good luck and good curling. Malcolm Richardson Chairman, European Senior Invitation Curling Championships, 2014. EUROPEAN SENIOR INVITATION CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS DRAW Men’s Teams Red Section Blue Section Green Section 1 Danilo Capriolo (Italy) Ken Horton (Scotland) Karl Grossman (Switzerland) 2 Connie Ostlund (Sweden) Peteris Sveisbergs (Latvia) Graeme Adam (Scotland) 3 Robin Gray (Ireland Sergey Korolenko (Russia) Andras Rokusfalvy (Hungary) 4 Tommy Campbell (England) Mats Nyberg (Sweden) Olli Rissannen (Finland) 5 Keith Prentice (Scotland) John Jo Kenny (Ireland) Green 5 6 Hans-Jorg Bless (Switzerland) Gustaaf Van Imhoff (Netherlands) John Summers (England) Women’s Teams Brown Section Orange Section 1 Kirsti Kauste (Finland) Ingrid Meldahl (Sweden) 2 Marie Henriksson (Sweden) Isobel Waddell (Scotland) 3 Christine Cannon (Scotland) Susan Limena (Switzerland) 4 Jean Robinson (England) Margita Matuskovicova (Slovakia) 5 Brown 5 Ludmilla Murova (Russia) 6 Renate Nedkoff (Switzerland) Bitte Ostlund (Sweden) Wednesday 5 November 08.30 W / L W / L Lane Section …./… Danilo Capriolo (Italy) v Connie Ostlund (Sweden) …./…. A Red …./… Tommy Campbell (England) v Robin Gray (Ireland) …./…. B Red …./… Hans-Jorg Bless (Switzerland) v Keith Prentice (Scotland) …./…. C Red …./… Kirsti Kauste (Finland) v Marie Henriksson (Sweden) …./…. D Brown …./… Jean Robinson (England) v Christine Cannon (Scotland) …./…. E Brown …./… Renate Nedkoff (Switzerland) v Brown 5 …./…. F Brown Wednesday 5 November 10.45 W / L W/L Lane Section …./… Ken Horton (Scotland) v Peteris Sveisbergs (Latvia) …./…. A Blue …./… Mats Nyberg (Sweden) v Sergey Korolenko (Russia) …./… B Blue …./… Gustaaf Van Imhoff (Netherlands) v John Jo Kenny (Ireland) …./…. C Blue …./… Karl Grossman (Switzerland) v Graeme Adam (Scotland) …./…. D Green …./… Olli Rissannen (Finland) v Andras Rokusfalvy (Hungary) …./…. E Green …./… John Summers (England) v Green 5 …./…. F Green Wednesday 5 November 14.00 W / L W/L Lane Section …./… Ingrid Meldahl (Sweden) v Isobel Waddell (Scotland) …./…. A Orange …./… Margita Matuskovicova (Slovakia) v Susan Limena (Switzerland) …./…. B Orange …./… Bitte Ostlund (Sweden) v Ludmilla Murova (Russia) …./…. C Orange …./… Tommy Campbell (England)* v Keith Prentice (Scotland) …./…. D Red …./… Hans-Jorg Bless (Switzerland)* v Danilo Capriolo (Italy) …./…. E Red …./… Connie Ostlund (Sweden)* v Robin Gray (Ireland) …./…. F Red Wednesday 5 November 16.15 W / L W/L Lane Section …./… Jean Robinson (England)* v Brown 5 …./…. A Brown …./… Renate Nedkoff (Switzerland)* v Kirsti Kauste (Finland) …./…. B Brown …./… Marie Henriksson (Sweden)* v Christine Cannon (Scotland) …./…. C Brown …./… Mats Nyberg (Sweden)* v John Jo Kenny (Ireland) …./…. D Blue …./… Gustaaf Van Imhoff (Netherlands)* v Ken Horton (Scotland) …./…. E Blue …./… Peteris Sveisbergs (Latvia)* v Sergey Korolenko (Russia) …./…. F Blue Wednesday 5 November 19.00 W / L W/L Lane Section …./… Olli Rissannen (Finland)* v Green 5 …./…. A Green …./… John Summers (England)* v Karl Grossman (Switzerland) …./…. B Green …./… Graeme Adam (Scotland)* v Andras Rokusfalvy (Hungary) …./…. C Green …./… Margita Matuskovicova (Slovakia)* v Ludmilla Murova (Russia) …./… D Orange …./… Bitte Ostlund (Sweden)* v Ingrid Meldahl (Sweden) …./…. E Orange …./… Isobel Waddell (Scotland)* v Susan Limena (Switzerland) …./…. F Orange Thursday 6 November 10.30 W / L W/L Lane Section …./… Tommy Campbell (England)* v Hans-Jorg Bless (Switzerland) …./…. A Red …./… Connie Ostlund (Sweden) v Keith Prentice (Scotland)* …./…. B Red …./… Robin Gray (Ireland) v Danilo Capriolo (Italy)* …./…. C Red …./… Jean Robinson (England)* v Renate Nedkoff (Switzerland) …./…. D Brown …./… Marie Henriksson (Sweden) v Brown 5* …./…. E Brown …./… Christine Cannon (Scotland) v Kirsti Kauste (Finland)* …./…. F Brown Thursday 6 November 12.45 W / L W/L Lane Section …./… Mats Nyberg (Sweden)* v Gustaaf Van Imhoff (Netherlands) …./…. A Blue …./… Peteris Sveisbergs (Latvia) v John Jo Kenny (Ireland)* …./…. B Blue …./… Sergey Korolenko (Russia) v Ken Horton (Scotland)* …./…. C Blue …./… Olli Rissannen (Finland)* v John Summers (England) …./…. D Green …./… Graeme Adam (Scotland) v Green 5* …./…. E Green …./… Andras Rokusfalvy (Hungary) v Karl Grossman (Switzerland)* …./…. F Green Thursday 6 November 16.00 W / L W/L Lane Section …./… Margita Matuskovicova (Slovakia)* v Bitte Ostlund (Sweden) …./…. A Orange …./… Isobel Waddell (Scotland) v Ludmilla Murova (Russia)* …./…. B Orange …./… Susan Limena (Switzerland) v Ingrid Meldahl (Sweden)* …./…. C Orange …./… Robin Gray (Ireland)* v Hans-Jorg Bless (Switzerland) …./…. D Red …./… Connie Ostlund (Sweden)* v Tommy Campbell (England) …./…. E Red …./… Keith Prentice (Scotland)* v Danilo Capriolo (Italy) …./…. F Red Thursday 6 November 18.15 W / L W/L Lane Section …./… Christine Cannon (Scotland)* v Renate Nedkoff (Switzerland) …./…. A Brown …./… Marie Henriksson (Sweden)* v Jean Robinson (England) …./…. B Brown …./… Brown 5* v Kirsti Kauste (Finland)* …./…. C Brown …./… Sergey Korolenko (Russia)* v Gustaaf Van Imhoff (Netherlands) …./…. D Blue …./… Peteris Sveisbergs (Latvia)* v Mats Nyberg (Sweden) …./…. E Blue …./… John Jo Kenny (Ireland)* v Ken Horton (Scotland) …./…. F Blue Friday 7 November 08.30 W / L W/L Lane Section …./… Andras Rokusfalvy (Hungary)* v John Summers (England) …./…. A Green …./… Graeme Adam (Scotland)* v Olli Rissannen (Finland) …./…. B Green …./… Green 5* v Karl Grossman (Switzerland) …./…. C Green …./… Susan Limena (Switzerland)* v Bitte Ostlund (Sweden) …./… D Orange …./… Isobel Waddell (Scotland)* v Margita Matuskovicova (Slovakia) …./…. E Orange …./… Ludmilla Murova (Russia)* v Ingrid Meldahl (Sweden) …./…. F Orange Friday 7 November 10.45 W / L W/L Lane Section …./… Keith Prentice (Scotland) v Robin Gray (Ireland)* …./…. A Red …./… Danilo Capriolo (Italy)* v Tommy Campbell (England) …./…. B Red …./… Connie Ostlund (Sweden) v Hans-Jorg Bless (Switzerland)* …./…. C Red …./… Ken Horton (Scotland)* v Mats Nyberg (Sweden) …./…. D Blue …./… John Jo Kenny (Ireland) v Sergey Korolenko (Russia)* …./…. E Blue …./… Peteris Sveisbergs (Latvia) v Gustaaf Van Imhoff (Netherlands)* …./…. F Blue Friday 7 November 14.00 W / L W/L Lane Section …./… Kirsti Kauste (Finland)* v Jean Robinson (England) …./…. A Brown …./… Brown 5 v Christine Cannon (Scotland)* …./…. B Brown …./… Marie Henriksson (Sweden) v Renate Nedkoff (Switzerland)* …./…. C Brown …./… Green 5 v Andras Rokusfalvy (Hungary)* …./…. D Green …./… Karl Grossman (Switzerland)* v Olli Rissannen (Finland) …./…. E Green …./… Graeme Adam (Scotland) v John Summers (England)* …./…. F Green Friday 7 November 16.15 W / L W/L Lane Section …./… Ludmilla Murova (Russia) v Susan Limena (Switzerland)* …./…. A Orange …./… Ingrid Meldahl (Sweden)* v Margita Matuskovicova (Slovakia) …./…. B Orange …./… Isobel Waddell (Scotland) v Bitte Ostlund (Sweden)* …./…. C Orange Friday 7 November 19.00 Quarter Finals Men A v B v C v D v Saturday 8 November 10.00 Semi Finals Men & Women A v B v C v D v Saturday 8 November 15.00 Finals Men & Women B v C v RULES OF THE CHAMPIONSHIPS •The European Senior Invitation Curling Championships will be played under World Curling Federation (WCF) rules and decisions by the Chief Umpire will be final. •In the men's Championship, following the Round Robin stage, qualification for the quarter finals will be; the first and second ranked teams from the three sections will be ranked 1-6 the highest two third ranked teams will be ranked 7-8. •In the women’s Championship the top two ranked teams from each section will qualify for the semi finals. •At the start of the first game a coin toss for choice of last stone in the first end will take place. Thereafter last stone has been pre-allocated and this is indicated (*) in the draw. •At the start of the first game only, a five minute practice for each team will take place and the team playing last stone will practice first. •At the Round Robin stage 2 points will be awarded for a win, and 1 point for a draw. Ends won, shots up and total shots scored will count for ranking in the event of a tie. •All games will be 8 ends. At the knock-out stage extra ends will be played if necessary. •At the knock-out stage the higher ranked team in a game will be awarded the last stone at the first end with the ice sheet and colour of stone handle being determined by the Chief Umpire. Where posssible two teams from the same Section will not oppose each other before the final. •The team listed first in the draw will use the dark (red or blue) handled stones. The team listed second in the draw will use the light (yellow or white) handled stones. UMPIRES Chief Umpire: Leslie Ingram-Brown, Assistant Chief Umpires: Robin Shand, Malcolm Richardson, Carolyn Hibberd. DRIVERS The Organising Committee would like to