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2019 World Women's Curling Championship
The 2019 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as the 2019 LGT World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from 16 to 24 March at the Silkeborg Sportscenter in Silkeborg, Denmark. Qualification The following nations qualified to participate in the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship: * (host country) *Two teams from the Americas zone ** ** *Six teams from the 2018 European Curling ChampionshipsAs the zone with the automatically qualifying host country and the lowest-placed team in the 2018 World Women's Curling Championship, the European zone loses two guaranteed berths. ** ** ** ** ** ** *Two teams from the 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships ** ** *Two teams from the 2019 World Qualification Event ** ** ;Notes Teams The teams are as follows: ;Notes # Team Scotland's alternate Lauren Gray threw skip stones during Draws 4, 5, 7 and 8 as their skip Sophie Jackson had a back and knee injury. WCT ranking Year to date World Curling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silkeborg
Silkeborg () is a Danish town with a population of 49,747 (1 January 2022).BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark Silkeborg is the seat of Silkeborg City Council (with 92,024 inhabitants as of 2018). Silkeborg is located in the middle of the ic peninsula, slightly west of the geographical centre of |
2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships
The 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships were held from November 3 to 10 at the Gangneung Curling Centre in Gangneung, South Korea. The top two men's and women's teams qualified for the 2019 World Men's Curling Championship and 2019 World Women's Curling Championship respectively. The third and fourth-placed teams qualified for the World Qualification Event, a chance to qualify for the World Curling Championships. Men Teams Round robin standings Round robin results All draw times are listed in Korean Standard Time (UTC+09). Draw 1 ''Saturday, November 3, 18:30'' Draw 2 ''Sunday, November 4, 09:00'' Draw 4 ''Sunday, November 4, 19:00'' Draw 6 ''Monday, November 5, 14:00'' Draw 8 ''Tuesday, November 6, 08:00'' Draw 10 ''Tuesday, November 6, 16:00'' Draw 12 ''Wednesday, November 7, 09:00'' Draw 14 ''Wednesday, November 7, 19:00'' Draw 16 ''Thursday, November 8, 14:00'' Playoffs Semifinals ''Friday, November 9, 09:00'' '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mei Jie
Mei may refer to: Names * Mei (surname), a Chinese, Italian, Russian or Estonian family name * Mei (given name), a given name Places * Mei County, Guangdong, China, a county * Mei Pass, Guangdong, a strategic mountain pass * Mei River, Guangdong * Mei County, Shaanxi, China, a county * Mei, Arcos de Valdevez, a civil parish of Arcos de Valdevez Municipality, Portugal Art, entertainment, and media Characters * Mei (''Overwatch''), a playable character in ''Overwatch'' and ''Heroes of the Storm'' * Mei, a character in the anime series ''Endro!'' * Mei, a character in '' ER'' * Mei Fong (born 1972), female character who passes as a boy in ''Hell on Wheels'' * Mey-Rin, a character in the manga series ''Black Butler'' *Mei, a character from the movie My Neighbor Totoro * Mei Meido from the manga ''Kimi no koto ga Dai Dai Dai Dai Daisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo'' Films * ''Mei'' (film), 2019 Indian Tamil crime thriller film Music * ''Mei'' (album), a 2002 album by American rock-ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Rui (curler)
Wang Rui (; ; born February 9, 1995 in Harbin) is a Chinese curler. She currently plays third on Team Han Yu, the Chinese National Women's Curling Team. Career Juniors Wang represented China in four Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships, playing second for the team in 2011 and 2012 and third for the team in 2014 and 2015. The team would finish in 4th place in 2011, win a bronze in 2012, and silver in 2014 and 2015. Women's Wang first represented China at the women's level when she was a team member at the 2014 Ford World Women's Curling Championship. She played second on that team, skipped by Liu Sijia. The team finished the round robin with a 6-5 record, in 7th place and out of the playoffs. Later that year, she played at the 2014 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, throwing lead rocks for the Liu rink. There, they would go on to win the gold medal. This earned the team a spot at the 2015 World Women's Curling Championship. The team finished the round robin with a 7-4 re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harbin, China
Harbin (; mnc, , v=Halbin; ) is a sub-provincial city and the provincial capital and the largest city of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China, as well as the second largest city by urban population after Shenyang and largest city by metropolitan population (urban and rural together) in Northeast China. Harbin has direct jurisdiction over nine metropolitan districts, two county-level cities and seven counties, and is the eighth most populous Chinese city according to the 2020 census. The built-up area of Harbin (which consists of all districts except Shuangcheng and Acheng) had 5,841,929 inhabitants, while the total metropolitan population was up to 10,009,854, making it one of the 50 largest urban areas in the world. Harbin, whose name was originally a Manchu word meaning "a place for drying fishing nets", grew from a small rural settlement on the Songhua River to become one of the largest cities in Northeast China. Founded in 1898 with the coming of the Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harbin Curling Club
Harbin (; mnc, , v=Halbin; ) is a sub-provincial city and the provincial capital and the largest city of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China, as well as the second largest city by urban population after Shenyang and largest city by metropolitan population (urban and rural together) in Northeast China. Harbin has direct jurisdiction over nine metropolitan districts, two county-level cities and seven counties, and is the eighth most populous Chinese city according to the 2020 census. The built-up area of Harbin (which consists of all districts except Shuangcheng and Acheng) had 5,841,929 inhabitants, while the total metropolitan population was up to 10,009,854, making it one of the 50 largest urban areas in the world. Harbin, whose name was originally a Manchu word meaning "a place for drying fishing nets", grew from a small rural settlement on the Songhua River to become one of the largest cities in Northeast China. Founded in 1898 with the coming of the Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Officer
Jill Officer (born June 2, 1975) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Officer played second for the teams skipped by Jennifer Jones from 2003 to 2018 and while they were juniors. The team won a gold medal while representing Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Team Jones was the first women’s team to go through an Olympic campaign undefeated. The team has also won two World Curling Championships in 2008 and 2018, while going through the later event without a loss on their way to gold. Officer has played on and off with Jones since she was 15. Together they won six national championships in 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015 and 2018. Officer's Scotties victories put her in an elite group of three to have won six titles. The group includes herself, Jennifer Jones, and Colleen Jones. She also won the Canadian Junior Curling Championships in 1994 together with Jones. In 2019, Officer was named the greatest Canadian female second in history in a TSN poll of broadcasters, repo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachelle Brown
Rachel "Rachelle" Brown (born July 9, 1986 as Rachel Pidherny) is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. Career Born in Smithers, British Columbia, Brown moved to Edmonton c. 2006. As a university curler, she represented the University of Alberta at four CIS/CCA Curling Championships. Brown first represented her new province at the 2009 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, playing lead for Team Alberta, skipped by Tom Appelman. The team had a less than successful tournament, going 3–8, but Brown had the best percentage among leads in the tournament, and was named to the First All-Star team. Brown played for a number of skips before joining the Sweeting rink in 2011. She played with Joanne Delanoy from 2008 to 2009, Diane Foster and Casey Scheidegger from 2009 to 2010 and for Bobbie Sauder and Dana Ferguson from 2010 to 2011. Brown played in her first provincial championships in 2011 with Ferguson, finishing fourth. With Team Sweeting, they had a 3–4 record, failing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana Ferguson
Dana Ferguson (born February 25, 1987 in St. Albert, Alberta) is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. She currently plays second on Team Kelsey Rocque. Career Ferguson was a member of the University of Alberta team that lost in the tie-breaker game of the 2010 CIS/CCA Curling Championships. She played third for the team, which was skipped by Jessica Mair. Also that season, Ferguson played third for Brenda Doroshuk's women's rink which went 0–3 at the 2010 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts. In 2011, Ferguson made the transition to the skip position after her new skip, Bobbie Sauder took some time off to have a baby. At the 2011 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, her rink made the playoffs, but lost in the quarter final to Heather Nedohin. After the season, Ferguson assembled a new team, that included Olympic silver medallist Cori Morris at the lead position. The team lost in the quarter finals of their first Grand Slam of Curling event, the 2011 Curlers Corne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Wilkes
Sarah Wilkes (born August 4, 1990 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from London, Ontario. She won the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts with Team Chelsea Carey and is currently the second for Team Rachel Homan. Career Juniors As a junior curler, Wilkes played third for the 2011 Ontario Junior Women's Championship team skipped by Clancy Grandy. The team represented Ontario at the 2011 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, where they finished with a 5–7 record. In University curling, Wilkes played third for the Wilfrid Laurier University women's curling team. She played in the 2010 CIS/CCA Curling Championships on a team skipped by Danielle Inglis, losing in the semi-final. Laurier would then win the 2011 and 2012 CIS/CCA Curling Championships under skip Laura Crocker. The team represented Canada at the 2013 Winter Universiade, but they finished off the podium with a 4–5 round robin record. Women's After university, Wilkes and Crocker moved to Alberta. They would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelsea Carey
Chelsea Danielle Carey (born September 12, 1984 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She is the 2016 and 2019 Canadian and Alberta women's champion skip and 2014 Manitoba provincial women's champion skip. Career Earlier career Carey curled in six provincial junior championships, but did not win the event. She did win the 2000 Juvenile Provincial championship which she followed up with a silver medal at the 2001 Canadian Juvenile championship. She was also the Manitoba high school provincial champion in 2002. Carey has won a number of World Curling Tour (WCT) events including the 2005 Manitoba Lotteries Wheat City Curling Classic, the 2006 Interlake Pharmacy Classic (playing third for Barb Spencer in both events), and the Interlake Pharmacy Classic again in 2009, culminating with winning the 2009 Manitoba Curling Tour Championship. In October 2010 Carey skipped her team to their first Grand Slam victory. Carey defeated Cathy Overton-Clapham 7–3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calgary, Alberta
Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Canadian Prairies, Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, making it the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, third-largest city and List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, fifth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Calgary is situated at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the south of the province, in the transitional area between the Rocky Mountain Foothills and the Canadian Prairies, about east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies, roughly south of the provincial capital of Edmonton and approximately north of the Canada–United States border. The city anchors the south end of the Statistics Canada-defined urban area, the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. Calgary's economy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
