April 11, 2010 at 9:10 am in Alberta / Canada / News / World / feature / playdown
Canada’s Koe wins world championship gold
Kevin Koe along with third Blake MacDonald, second Carter Rycroft and lead Nolan Thiessen captured the gold medal at the Capital One Men’s World Curling Championship in Cortina, Italy with a 9-3 victory over Norway’s Torger Nergard. (Photo courtesy of Newspower)
April 11, 2010 at 8:35 am in News / USA / World / playdown
Scotland’s Smith beats USA’s Fenson for bronze
Scotland’s Wawrick Smith defeated American skip Pete Fenson 6-4 to win bronze at the Capital One Men’s World Curling Championships in Cortina. (Photo courtesy of Newspower)
April 10, 2010 at 11:13 am in News / World
Norway wins semi, will play Canada for gold
Will the third time be the charm for Canada or Norway? The two teams will square off for the third time in four days at the Capital One World Men’s Curling Championship. Norway punched its ticket to the gold medal game with a 9-7 victory over Scotland in the semifinal match on Saturday.
April 9, 2010 at 8:21 pm in Alberta / Canada / News / World
Canada’s Koe curls into world final
Having finally emerged from the shadows of his rivals to conquer Alberta, and then Canada, skip Kevin Koe has curled his way to within a win of beating the world. Less than a month after winning the Brier on his very first try, Koe will appear in Sunday’s title game at the Capital One World Men’s Championship after his big win in the one-versus-two Page Playoff game. The 35-year-old rolled to an 11-5 win over Norway on Friday.
April 8, 2010 at 8:09 pm in Alberta / Canada / News / World
Norway takes first with win over Canada
Friday’s Page playoff 1-2 game at the 2010 Capital One men’s world curling championship is a tale of two teams heading in opposite directions.
Norway’s Torger Nergard has reeled off 10 consecutive wins since opening with a 5-4 loss to…
April 7, 2010 at 8:09 pm in Alberta / Canada / News / World / ontario / opinion
WCF makes no major rule changes
It was much ado about nothing.
After much pomp and circumstance, the World Curling Federation elected not to conduct any major changes to the sport during its annual general assembly on Wednesday in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.
The only significant move…
April 7, 2010 at 7:57 pm in Alberta / Canada / News / World / ontario / opinion
Canada sweeps away Japan and France
Despite Germany’s Andy Kapp managing to tame the Canadian fury in last night’s draw, Canada’s Kevin Koe keeps looking down at everyone else in the rankings at the Capital One World Men’s Curling Championship, currently underway in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.…
