News from the World Men’s
It’s finally here! I’ve been waiting for this week since Victoria was awarded the Ford World Curling Championship, presented by Booster Juice, around two years ago.
Here’s the second issue of the Eye Opener, the Canadian Curling Association-supported daily newspaper at the 2013 Ford World Men’s Curling Championship in Victoria, British Columbia.
A pair of pre-event favourites picked up victories on Saturday night in Draw 2 of the 2013 Ford World Men’s Curling Championship, presented by Booster Juice.
Canada’s Brad Jacobs opened his first trip to the Ford World Men’s Championship. presented by Booster Juice, in style on Saturday afternoon at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre.
The best teams in the game are getting ready to slide out of the hacks for the 2013 Ford World Men’s Curling Championship, presented by Booster Juice, March 30-April 7 in Victoria.
One of the youngest Canadian championship teams ever will open play on Saturday afternoon at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, B.C., in the 2013 Ford World Men’s Curling Championship, presented by Booster Juice.
A 22-team field took to the tables in Hillside Centre, March 9-10 for the Cool Shots Tournament, a warm-up for the action at the 2013 Ford World Men’s Curling Championship, presented by Booster Juice.
Rasmus Stjerne made his name on the international scene with a victory over Team Canada’s Brett Gallant in the final of the 2009 World Junior Men’s Curling Championship, held in Vancouver as a test event for the 2010 Olympics.
A silver medal at the 2012 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships presented Yusuke Morozumi with a second opportunity to represent Japan at the world championship.
Niklas Edin made the best of home-ice advantage, beating Norway’s Thomas Ulsrud in the final of the 2012 European Curling Championships, held in Karlstad, Sweden.
After nine showings at the United States Men’s Curling Championship, Brady Clark finally struck gold this year. Now, he joins the field for the 2013 Ford World Men’s Curling Championship, presented by Booster Juice, March 30-April 7 in Victoria’s Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre.
A blend of youth and experience will take to the ice on March 30 at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria for the 2013 Ford World Men’s Curling Championship, presented by Booster Juice, in pursuit of both a gold medal and valuable qualifying points for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
The road to the 2013 Ford World Men’s Curling Championship, presented by Booster Juice, March 30-April 7 in Victoria, actually began at the 2011 European Curling Championships for Russian skip Andrey Drozdov.
Rui Liu will be representing China for a fifth time when the 2013 Ford World Men’s Curling Championship, presented by Booster Juice, gets underway March 30-April 7 at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria.
Team Switzerland has good reason to celebrate at the 2013 Ford World Men’s Curling Championship, presented by Booster Juice, March 30-April 7 in Victoria.
