World Senior Championships 2011

Held in St Paul, Minnesota, USA from 16-23rd April 2011.

This year we entered both a womens & mens team in the World Seniors Curling Championships

There were 21 mens and 11 womens teams competing.

This year our roving reporter and member of the ladies team, Louise Kerr, provided us with the Irish Seniors Team Daily Blog.

The ICA Senior Womens team competing were
* Marie O’kane,
* Carolyn Hibberd,
* Louise Kerr,
* Gillian Drury,
* Christina Graham.

The senior women’s team finished ranked 8th with 3 wins and 7 defeats.

Women’s results – Czech Republic 10-8, USA 8-2, Japan 11-9, Russia 1-11, Russia 9-1, Switzerland 6-3, Canada 10-3, Scotland 1-0, New Zealand 6-7, England 1- 13

The ICA Senior Mens team competing were
* Peter J Wilson,
* David Whyte,
* Tony Teirney,
* David Hume.

Ireland’s senior men played in the group C and finished 4th in their group and ranked 11th overall with 3 wins and 3 defeats.

Men’s Results – Switzerland 8-3, Latvia 5-6, Wales 4-5, New Zealand 7-6, Australia 5-2, Russia 6-7