CHAMPIONSHIPS American rinks finish 4th, 13th at World Seniors By Terry L. Davis, Editor


the 2017 World Senior Championships in Leth- bridge, Alberta. Canada’s Colleen Jones defeated Switzerland’s


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Cristina Lestander, 10-5, to win the gold medal. Tis is the 10th


gold medal for the Canadian


women and first title win since 2014. Lank (Lewiston, N.Y.) and teammates Tracy


Lawless (Hawthorn Woods, Ill.), Kathy Pielage (Verona, Wis.), Sandra Brown (Lewiston, N.Y.), and Linda Christensen (Duluth, Minn.) gave up four points in the fiſth end to Jackie Lockhart’s Scottish rink. Tat created a lead the American women were not able to overcome at the Leth- bridge Curling Club. Te American ladies scored three points in the


sixth and held Scotland to a single in the seventh to trail 7-5 heading into the final end. Needing to score two to force more play, the U.S. ladies were not able to score and Scotland collected the 8-5 victory for the bronze medal. “She pushed us hard – she made us fight for


that all the way to the bitter end,” Lockhart said. In men’s competition, Team USA’s Mike Far-


below rink finished out the round robin on a strong note with wins over France and Italy for a 3-4 overall record. “Tis has been a disappointing week for us.


We lost a lot of close games and were just on the wrong side of the inch throughout the week,” Farbelow said. “We’ve enjoyed it here – they’ve done a great job, so organised and the ice has been good. It’s been awesome. I’m very proud to represent USA and it’s nice to be here with the rest of the guys. We’d love to come back again.” Farbelow and teammates Geoff Goodland (Eau Claire, Wis.), Tim Solin (Mahtomedi,


eam USA’s Patti Lank rink just missed the podium aſter an 8-5 loss to Scot- land in the bronze-medal game of


Minn.), Pete Westberg (Woodbury, Minn.), and Jeff Annis (Mapleton, Minn.) defeated France’s Jean-Claude Girodon rink, 11-1, aſter giving themselves a 4-0 lead and stealing four points late in the game. In the morning match against Italy’s Valter Bombassei, the American men scored four points to take command of the game but allowed Italy to get back into the game in the later ends. With a 7-6 lead and the last-rock ad- vantage, the U.S. team held on to score a point to secure the victory. Sweden’s Mats Wranaa scored a point in an


extra end to get past Canada’s Bryan Cochrane, 5-4, to win the men’s title. Ireland defeated Ger- many, 6-3, to win the men’s bronze medal. Te 2018 World Senior Championships will take place April 21-28 in Oestersund, Sweden. Q


Sweden


Denmark Germany Norway


Czech Republic Belgium Poland Japan


Australia Ireland Israel


Switzerland USA Italy


France


Kazakhstan Canada


New Zealand Wales


Scotland Russia


England Finland


2017 World Senior Championships Round robin standings: Men Pool A: 7-0Q 6-1Q 5-2Q 4-3 3-4 1-6 1-6


1-6 Pool B: 6-1Q 5-2Q 5-2Q 5-2 3-4 3-4 1-6


0-7 Pool C: 6-0Q 5-1Q 3-3Q 3-3 2-4 1-5 1-5


Tiebreaker games: Wales 5, Scotland 4 Israel 5, Switzerland 4 Qualification game:Wales 8, Israel 6 Quarterfinals:


Canada 8, Wales 1 Ireland 5, Denmark 4 Sweden 5, New Zealand 4 Germany 10, Australia 4 Semifinals:


Canada 5, Ireland 2 Sweden 7, Germany 3 Bronze-medal game: Ireland 6, Germany 3 Gold-medal game: Sweden 5, Canada 4


Team USA (l-r) Linda Christensen, Sandra Brown, Kathy Pielage, Tracy Lawless, and Patti Lank.


Team USA (l-r) Jeff Annis, Pete Westberg, Tim Solin, Geoff Goodland, and Mike Farbelow.


2017 World Senior Championships


Canada Italy


Russia Japan


Sweden England Ireland


April 22-29, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Round robin standings: Women Pool A: 7-0Q 4-3Q 4-3Q 4-3 4-3 3-4 1-6


Lithuania USA


Scotland Switzerland


Czech Republic Finland Slovakia Australia


1-6 Pool B: 5-1Q 5-1Q 4-2Q 3-3 3-3 1-5 0-6


Tiebreaker games:


Russia 7, Japan 4 Italy 9, Sweden 3 Qualification games:


Switzerland 7, Italy 3 Scotland 10, Russia 0 Semifinals:


Canada 5, Scotland 3 Switzerland 8, USA 5 Bronze-medal game: Scotland 8, USA 5 Gold-medal game: Canada 10, Switzerland 5


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