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Gina Aitken
Gina Aitken (born November 17, 1993) is a Scottish curler from Edinburgh. She won a silver medal as skip of the Scottish women's team at the 2015 World Junior Curling Championships and has competed in the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship five times. Curling career In back-to-back years, 2014 and 2015, Aitken skipped her team to victory at the Scottish Junior Championships, with teammates Naomi Brown, Rowena Kerr, and Rachel Hannen. At the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships Aitken's team finished the round robin with a 3–6 record, missing the playoffs. Returning to the World Juniors in 2015, they found much more success. Aitken and Team Scotland finished the round robin in second place with a 6–3 record. In the page playoffs, Team Scotland defeated the number one seeded Canada in the 1 vs. 2 game and Sweden in the semifinals, thus setting up a rematch with Team Canada in the final. In the final, Canada, skipped by Kelsey Rocque, got their revenge, defeat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCT Arctic Cup
The WCT Arctic Cup (previously known as the Taimyr Cup, the CCT Arctic Cup and the Nornickel Curling Cup) is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place in late May at the Taimyr Ice Arena in Dudinka, Russia. The tournament is held in a Round Robin format. The tournament is part of the World Curling Tour. In 2016, the inaugural event was held between Russian men's teams. In 2017 and 2019 it was a women's event, and in 2018 and 2021 it was a mixed doubles Mixed doubles or mixed pairs is a form of mixed-sex sports that consists of teams of one man and one woman. This variation of competition is prominent in curling and racket sports, such as tennis, table tennis and badminton (where it is known as ... event. In 2022, it was held in an open entry format where men's and women's teams competed against each other. Men's champions Women's champions Mixed doubles champions Open event champions References External linksEvent Home Page {{World Curling Tour eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Junior Curling Championships
The Scottish Junior Curling Championships takes place every year with eight men's and women's teams playing off to try to win the title and represent Scotland at the World Junior Curling Championships. The host city is Aberdeen, where the curling takes place at Curl Aberdeen. The Scottish Junior Curling Championships dates back to 1975. However, the Annual of the RCCC for 1971-72 includes a photograph of Winners of the Scottish Junior Championship at Aberdeen: J. Miller (lead), D. Halkerston (2nd), P. Drysdale (3rd), John McLaren (skip), being presented with trophy.The Royal Caledonian Curling Club, ''The Annual of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club for 1971-72'' (Edinburgh: Royal Caledonian Curling Club), page unnumbered. , the reigning men's champion is James Craik and the reigning women's champion is Amy Bryce. Past champions References * *{{cite web, url=https://www.scottishcurling.org/past-national-champions/scottish-junior-champions-women/, title=Scottish Junior Champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
The Scottish Mixed Doubles Curling Championship is the national curling championship for mixed doubles in Scotland. The Championship has been held annually since 2007 and the winners proceed to represent Scotland at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. The 2019 champions were Gina Aitken and Scott Andrews, who went through the 12-team 2018 Championships undefeated with Duncan Menzies filling in for an injured Andrews. At the 2019 World Mixed Doubles Championship they finished the round robin with a 6-1 record before losing in the first round of the playoffs to Estonia. The 2020 Mixed Doubles Championship was held 27 February - 1 March, 2020 at the Dewars Centre in Perth. In 2022, Eve Muirhead and Bobby Lammie went undefeated through the entire championship, beating Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat in the final 9-2 after 5 ends. Past champions Champions and runners-up since the championship was started in 2007: References {{Reflist See also *Scottish Men's Curling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doubles Curling
Doubles curling (most commonly seen as mixed doubles) is a variation of the sport of curling with only two players on each team. Mixed doubles is the most common format of doubles curling, where the term 'mixed' specifies that each team is composed of one man and one woman. The term mixed is also used to describe a specific format of 4-person team curling where the team consists of two men and two women and the throwing order alternates genders, see mixed team. With its smaller teams and quicker games, doubles curling has provided an opportunity for more countries to participate in international competition. At the 2019 World Mixed Doubles Championship 48 of the 61 World Curling Federation member countries were represented, including the first international curling competition for Kosovo, Ukraine, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, and Mexico. History The idea was developed by Curling Canada's Warren Hansen in 2001 to be one of four discipline variations for the inaugural Continental Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat (; born 27 August 1994 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish curler. He is an Olympic silver medallist, having skipped Great Britain to a second place finish in the men's team event at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Career Mouat had a very successful junior career, winning two Scottish junior championships in 2015 and 2016. He skipped the Scottish team at the 2015 World Junior Curling Championships, where he led his team of Duncan Menzies, Derrick Sloan and Angus Dowell to a bronze medal. The team had a 6-3 round robin record, which was good enough for third place. They lost to Sweden in the 3 vs. 4 playoff game, but won in a re-match against the Swedes in the bronze medal game. Mouat would again skip Scotland at the 2016 World Junior Curling Championships, this time with teammates Bobby Lammie, Gregor Cannon along with Dowell again. The team posted a 7-2 record after the round robin, in second place. In the playoffs, they would beat the United States in the 1 vs. 2 game, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third (curling)
In curling, a third (alternatively, vice, vice-skip or mate) is the team member who delivers the second-to-last pair of a team's stones in an end. The third is in charge of calling, strategy and directing the sweepers when the skip is delivering their stones, but sweeps for the lead and second The second (symbol: s) is the unit of time in the International System of Units (SI), historically defined as of a day – this factor derived from the division of the day first into 24 hours, then to 60 minutes and finally to 60 seconds .... The vices of each team are responsible for determining and recording the score after each end, and in most clubs, will determine by lot which team begins a game with the hammer and what colour stones each team will use. The third position requires a curler adept at executing shots with a high degree of accuracy, especially draws and other finesse shots, as the third needs to set up the house for the skip's stones. References Curling termi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Mixed Curling Championship
The Scottish Mixed Curling Championship is the national mixed curling championship for Scotland. Team are composed of two men and two women, playing in alternating positions up the team, meaning the lead and third must be of the same gender, and likewise the second and fourth players. The championship has been held annually since 1976. From 2005 to 2014 the winners progressed to represent Scotland at the European Mixed Curling Championship. Since 2015 the winners have represented Scotland at the World Mixed Curling Championship. The current champions are Luke Carson, Kirsten Bousie, Mark Taylor and Katie McMillan, who went on to win their round robin group in the 2019 World Mixed Curling Championship, 2019 World Mixed Championship before losing to Germany in the quarterfinals. Team Carson beat out six other teams to claim the 2019 Championship, which was contested between 24 and 26 May at The Peak in Stirling. The 2020 edition of the tournament will take place between 22 and 24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Women's Curling Championship
The Scottish Women's Curling Championship is the national women's curling championship for Scotland. The championship usually decides which team of curlers is sent to the World Women's Curling Championship, but in Olympic years, the winner must play the British Olympic representative to play to determine the Scottish team at the Worlds. Beginning in 2021, Scotland's World Championship teams will be selected by Scottish Curling instead. Past champions See also *Scottish Men's Curling Championship *Scottish Mixed Curling Championship *Scottish Mixed Doubles Curling Championship *Scottish Junior Curling Championships *Scottish Senior Curling Championships *Scottish Schools Curling Championship *Scottish Wheelchair Curling Championship The Scottish Wheelchair Curling Championship is the national championship for wheelchair curling in Scotland. The event has been held since 2003. Winners References External links *{{official website, https://www.scottishcurling.org See also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014–15 Curling Season
The 2014–15 curling season began in August 2014 and ended in May 2015. ''Note: In events with two genders, the men's tournament winners are listed before the women's tournament winners.'' Curling Canada sanctioned events This section lists events sanctioned by and/or conducted by the Canadian Curling Association now known as Curling Canada. The following events in bold have been confirmed by the Curling Canada as are part of the 2014–15 Season of Champions programme. Other events ''Note: Events that have not been placed on the CCA's list of sanctioned events are listed here. If an event is listed on the CCA's final list for the 2014–15 curling season, it will be moved up to the "CCA-sanctioned events" section.'' World Curling Tour ''Grand Slam events in bold. Teams Men's events Women's events WCT Order of Merit rankings WCT Money List Curling Canada MA Cup The MA Cup is awarded to the Curling Canada Curling Canada (formerly the Canadian Curling Associati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelsey Rocque
Kelsey Elizabeth Rocque (born March 25, 1994) is a Canadian curler residing in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. She is a two-time World Junior champion skip. Career In 2013, Rocque played for her first University Championship, at the 2013 CIS/CCA Curling Championships in Kamloops, British Columbia, for the University of Alberta Pandas. There, she would go 6–1 in the round robin and it would earn her a spot in the semifinals. She then, would play the Saint Mary's Huskies and win in an 8–2 decision. She would then go on to play in the final against the Manitoba Bisons and lose in a 9–7 decision. Rocque would win the silver medal, and be named to the First All Star team at the skip position. Rocque would also play in the Alberta Junior Curling Championship that year. They went 6–1 in the round robin which gave them a berth in the final. There they would lose to Karynn Flory. In 2014, Rocque and her team of third Keely Brown, second Taylor McDonald, lead Claire Tully and coa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Page Playoff System
The Page playoff system is a playoff format used primarily in softball and curling at the championship level, the Indian Premier League and Pakistan Super League cricket tournaments. Teams are seeded using a round-robin tournament and the top four play a mix of a single-elimination and double-elimination tournament to determine the winner. It is identical to a four-team McIntyre System playoff, first used by the WANFL, SANFL and VFL in Australia in 1931, originally called the Page–McIntyre system, after the VFL delegate, the Richmond Football Club's Secretary, Percy "Pip" Page, who had advocated its use. History The Page playoff system was used at the Australian Rugby League Championship 1954–1972. In Australia, its most notable use today is in netball, having been adopted by Suncorp Super Netball when it began play in 2017. The system has been used since 1990 by the International Softball Federation and its successor, the World Baseball Softball Confederation, for the Wome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 World Junior Curling Championships
The 2014 World Junior Curling Championships were held from February 26 to March 5 at the Waldhaus Arena in Flims, Switzerland. Men Teams The teams are listed as follows: Round-robin standings ''Final Round Robin Standings'' Round-robin results Draw 1 ''Wednesday, February 26, 12:00'' Draw 2 ''Wednesday, February 26, 20:00'' Draw 3 ''Thursday, February 27, 14:00'' Draw 4 ''Friday, February 28, 8:00'' Draw 5 ''Friday, February 28, 16:00'' Draw 6 ''Saturday, March 1, 9:00'' Draw 7 ''Saturday, March 1, 19:00'' Draw 8 ''Sunday, March 2, 12:00'' Draw 9 ''Sunday, March 2, 20:00'' Tiebreaker ''Monday, March 3, 14:00'' Playoffs 1 vs. 2 ''Tuesday, March 4, 12:00'' 3 vs. 4 ''Tuesday, March 4, 12:00'' Semifinal ''Tuesday, March 4, 18:00'' Bronze-medal game ''Wednesday, March 5, 13:00'' Final ''Wednesday, March 5, 13:00'' Women Teams The teams are listed as follows: Round-robin standings ''Final Round Robin Standings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |