2009 World Junior Championships start Thursday
Posted 2009-03-04
The 2009 World Junior Curling Championships begin Thursday March 5, featuring 20 teams - 10 male and 10 female - vying for global junior (under age 20) curling supremacy.This will be the first major able-bodied competition hosted at the official curling venue of next year's 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The Vancouver Olympic Centre was recently host to the 2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, won by Canada (Jim Armstrong) over Sweden (Jalle Jungnell).
Germany, skipped by Jens Jaeger, won the bronze.Hosts Canada will field two teams, defending world bronze medallist Kaitlyn Lawes of Winnipeg, and Brett Gallant of Prince Edward Island. Lawes first game will be Thursday morning at 9:00AM (Pacific Time) against Denmark.Team Canada Women is represent by Skip Kaitlyn Lawes, Third Jenna Loder, Second Laryssa Grenkow,Lead Breanne Meakin,Fifth Kalynn Park and Coach Rob Meakin from the Pembina Curling Club.
The championship features three daily draws from March 5-12 with tiebreakers and the Page Playoffs scheduled from Thursday night March 12 (if necessary) through Saturday, March 14. Following Saturday's semifinals, scheduled for 19:00 local time, the bronze medal games and championship finals will take place Sunday, March 15 at 09:00 (women) and 13:00 (men).Live scoring, statistics and shot-by-shot graphics of every match are available at:
www.wjcc.curlit.com with results mirrored at the World Curling Federation results website at: results.worldcurling.orgDaily draw reports and photos are available at:
www.worldcurling.orgThe event website is located at: www.wjcc2009.com
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
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