It’s all over in St. Petersburg, Russia, where David Murdoch’s Scottish champions upended Canada’s Brad Gushue, the 2006 Olympic champion, by a 6-3 score in the final.
Pal Trulsen’s 2002 Olympic champs won the bronze, defeating one of the Russian entries 5-4.
In the semifinals, Gushue edged Trulsen 6-5 in an extra-end while Murdoch took out the Russians 7-4.
In the WCT-E photo above (click to zoom in), we note a few things:
1. The event trophies are huge but the individual trophies are quite small!
2. Gushue (far left) deserves an award for fearlessly perching on the very edge of the silver podium without taking a tumble, while his teammates - front enders no less! – stand comfortably in safety. Lead stone Jamie Korab even gets to hold the big trophy!
3. Peter Smith of Scotland – the big guy – has just won way too many trophies in his long career.
4. Who is the new Norwegian lead? We thought coach Ole Ingvaldsen was actually throwing rocks during the week.
5. Note the coloured confetti on the ice. It probably exploded up into the air when the Scots received their championship trophy. But they probably didn’t bounce up and down, chanting, for fear of collapsing the podium.
6. Finally, we note the cool hair and duds on the Master of Ceremonies. That guy has it goin’ on.
So, it’s all over, and the event certainly looked to be a resounding success. We’ve got some comments from World Curling Tour Europe ED Armin Harder, who spoke to TCN about the Canadians:
“The Gushue boys are true sportsmen... they are great ambassadors for the game and for their country. The European Tour really appreciates their flying all that way from Newfoundland. They’ve been the stars here and an enormous boost to our cause, and a pleasure to have along.”
Pal Trulsen’s 2002 Olympic champs won the bronze, defeating one of the Russian entries 5-4.
In the semifinals, Gushue edged Trulsen 6-5 in an extra-end while Murdoch took out the Russians 7-4.
In the WCT-E photo above (click to zoom in), we note a few things:
1. The event trophies are huge but the individual trophies are quite small!
2. Gushue (far left) deserves an award for fearlessly perching on the very edge of the silver podium without taking a tumble, while his teammates - front enders no less! – stand comfortably in safety. Lead stone Jamie Korab even gets to hold the big trophy!
3. Peter Smith of Scotland – the big guy – has just won way too many trophies in his long career.
4. Who is the new Norwegian lead? We thought coach Ole Ingvaldsen was actually throwing rocks during the week.
5. Note the coloured confetti on the ice. It probably exploded up into the air when the Scots received their championship trophy. But they probably didn’t bounce up and down, chanting, for fear of collapsing the podium.
6. Finally, we note the cool hair and duds on the Master of Ceremonies. That guy has it goin’ on.
So, it’s all over, and the event certainly looked to be a resounding success. We’ve got some comments from World Curling Tour Europe ED Armin Harder, who spoke to TCN about the Canadians:
“The Gushue boys are true sportsmen... they are great ambassadors for the game and for their country. The European Tour really appreciates their flying all that way from Newfoundland. They’ve been the stars here and an enormous boost to our cause, and a pleasure to have along.”
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