IRELAND 8 SLOVAKIA 3

Ireland’s senior men had a comfortable victory in seven ends against Slovakia today and now face Scotland at 8am tomorrow morning.

Ireland 5 Finland 8

Ireland’s mixed doubles team, John Wilson and Louise Kerr, lost their first game in the world championships here in Norway after leading by three shots.

After playing themselves into the lead, helped greatly by a three in the fourth end, the duo ran into trouble in the sixth and seventh ends when missed shots cost them four points. Finland’s Tomi Rantamaeki played a superb draw in behind cover to put Ireland in Trouble in the last end to chalk up another steal of two for Finland.

The team play Kazakhstan at 8am tomorrow morning.

Ireland have duel representation at the World Seniors Championships in Stavanger, Norway, which begins tomorrow.

The men’s senior team consists of Bill Gray, David Whyte, Neil Fyfe and Ross Barr and the Mixed Doubles pairing of John Wilson and Louise Kerr. PJ Wilson will act as fifth man for the seniors and coach for the MDs.

The seniors first game is 12 noon (Norway time is BST+1hr) when they play Slovakia. They then play Scotland on Sunday, Switzerland on Monday, Japan on Tuesday, England on Wednesday and Poland on Thursday.

The Mixed Doubles team face Finland at 12.30pm tomorrow then Kazakhstan on Sunday, Korea and England on Monday, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, New Zealand on Wednesday and Qatar on Thursday.

Good luck to all.

We will do our best to post reports of the games while we are here as long as the coach says we can!

As our Irish men and women head home from Romania, here are a few more of the excellent photos taken by the WCF’s professional photographers.

It’s a changing of the guard time, as the C Division teams head home, the Irish men’s senior team – Bill Gray, David Whyte, Neil Fyfe and Ross Barr – and the Irish Mixed Doubles team – John Wilson and Louise Kerr – are heading to Stavanger tomorrow to represent Ireland in their respective world championships.

IRELAND 3 FRANCE 7

Ireland missed out on the medal games at the European C Division 2019, in fifth place on a five win, four loss record.

The team – James Russell, Arran Cameron, Steve Callan and Eoin McCrossan – missed out on the play-off stage by one place and were unfortunate to meet the strongest team, France, in the last game, which they needed to win.

The men never really threatened the French, who went through the round-robin stage undefeated and now play Bulgaria for the gold tomorrow.

Well done to the team and coach who have left it all on the ice for Ireland this week.

IRELAND 6 SLOVAKIA 9

The Irish women’s team bowed out of the European C Division after losing their last game to Slovakia.

The team were in control for most of the game, having a three shot advantage at one point but bled shots in the last three ends to lose by three shots.

Although they have the same win loss record as Austria, who qualified for the medal games, they lost out because Austria had the better draw shot challenge, by 4.5cm.

Well done to all the members of the team and their coach, who have given their all for Ireland.

IRELAND 9 LIECHTENSTEIN 7

A solid finish to the game taking a two and then stealing a two gave the Irish men their fifth victory out of eight at the Euro C Division in Romania.

The men are now fourth equal in the league table with hosts Romania. In the last round robin game this evening, Ireland play undefeated France while Romania play Greece.

Come on Ireland!

IRELAND 0 SLOVENIA 12

Ireland’s women had a forgettable experience on the ice today and will regroup and come out stronger for the second game against Slovakia later on.

Come on Ireland!

IRELAND 4 BULGARIA 9

Ireland’s men slipped back down the ladder to fifth place after losing to Bulgaria in the C Division championships in Romania.

The teams were evenly matched in the first few ends but Bulgaria stayed strong at the business end with steals in the eighth and ninth ends.

Two games are left, against Liechtenstein and France, to get back up to the top four places to guarantee a place in the medal rounds.

IRELAND 9 AUSTRIA 11

A killer loss of a two at the last end saw Ireland got down to Austria after a topsy-turvy game in the C Division in Romania. The team of Alison, Jen, Jacqui and Katie kept a slender advantage throughout most of the game, despite losing a four in the second end.

The woman are second equal in the table with Slovenia and Slovakia and face Slovenia in the morning.