Our Irish Mens team have played some amazing curling this week, with some very exciting, close games, especially in the final. Well done.
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ECC C Div Silver Medal Final vs BLR
The concluding game of the Irish Mens team European Curling Championship in the Silver Medal Final game against Belarus.
A tense game starting off with a blank end. The teams then swapped the hammer over the next five ends but Belarus managed two shots each time whilst Ireland found only singles.
A blank in the 8th end followed by a 1 in the 9th left the Irish lads looking to steal a 2, which they did and brought the match to an extra end.
Unfortunately they were not able to prevent the Belarusian skip, Pavel Petrov, drawing with his final stone to take the match.
The boys fought hard and take home the bronze medal, but not the promotion to the B League they were looking for.
ECC C Div 3/4 Play-off vs BUL
After securing the third place in the rankings with the help of a fantastic first place draw shot challenge average, the Irish Mens Team played Bulgaria in the 3v4 play-offs against Bulgaria at the European Curling Championship C-Division in Tårnby Curling Club, Kastrup, Denmark.
The team were on fire starting with taking a 3 in the first two ends and finishing with another 3 in the 8th end to provide a fabulous final score of 12 – 4 and propelling them into the silver medal game this afternoon against Belarus. Up for grabs is the last B League promotion slot.
ECC C Div Game 7 vs AND
That concludes the round robin part of the European Curling Championships 2018 C Division and after an exciting session of curling Ireland are placed third and qualify for Play-offs – Go team Ireland. The team play Bulgaria at 9am with the hammer for a chance to play-off for silver or bronze at 14:30.
ECC C Div Game 6 vs ROM
ECC C Div Game 5 vs DEN
ECC C Div Game 4 vs BUL
ECC C Div Game 3 vs CRO
The Mens team take their first win at the ECC C Division. Next game is against Bulgaria 🇧🇬 at 6pm.
John Furey commented:
We are in must win territory now and this game was a chance to reset from the games yesterday. A solid performances all round from the Irish players meant that although the game appeared close from the line scores we were generating chances and this eventually meant a three which opened up the game with us in control. We never really looked back from that point…
ECC C Div Game 2 vs BEL
Not a great day for Team Ireland at the European Curling Championships C Division. Two games played and still looking for their first win. They meet Croatia tomorrow at 9am for game 3 in the round robin stage of this competition.
John Furey commented:
A close game in which we struggled to work out how to play this team to our best advantage. It was the 6th end when what should have been a fairly safe blank or lose a one scenario resulted in a really unfortunate series of angles to give up a three. We were pretty stunned at this point but played on trying to find a way of generating a high multiple score…
ECC C Div Game 1 vs BLR
Bit of a match report from Eoin …
Tight game, opposition played well. Few chances not taken. Clean first few ends, Ireland were in a good position for the last 3. But a few key misses put us under pressure. Belarus picked out the Irish stone with their last to win. All positive and looking forward to the next game this afternoon against Belgium.
John Furey commented:
Two evenly matched teams a very close game, unfortunately we missed an eight foot draw and gave up a steal of two at a key point in the game, this was the difference between the two teams.