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Valentin Tanner
Valentin Igor Fédéric Tanner (born 2 October 1992) is a Swiss curler. He currently plays lead for the Peter de Cruz team from Geneva. Career Tanner is the long-time lead for de Cruz. The team played in two World Junior Curling Championships, winning gold at the 2010 World Junior Curling Championships (defeating Scotland's Ally Fraser in the final) and a silver at the 2011 World Junior Curling Championships (losing to Sweden's Oskar Eriksson in the final). 2011 was the final year of junior eligibility for de Cruz. Even though Tanner could have played another two years of juniors, he stuck with de Cruz to play in men's events. On the World Curling Tour, the team has won two events, the 2011 Curling Masters Champéry and the 2012 Challenge Casino de Charlevoix. During the 2012-13 curling season, the team played in three Grand Slam events, the 2012 ROGERS Masters of Curling (lost in a tie-breaker), the 2012 Canadian Open of Curling (1-4) and the National (1-4). The next se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geneva
Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situated in the south west of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva. The city of Geneva () had a population 201,818 in 2019 (Jan. estimate) within its small municipal territory of , but the Canton of Geneva (the city and its closest Swiss suburbs and exurbs) had a population of 499,480 (Jan. 2019 estimate) over , and together with the suburbs and exurbs located in the canton of Vaud and in the French departments of Ain and Haute-Savoie the cross-border Geneva metropolitan area as officially defined by Eurostat, which extends over ,As of 2020, the Eurostat-defined Functional Urban Area of Geneva was made up of 93 Swiss communes and 158 French communesFederal Statistical O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 European Curling Championships
The 2015 European Curling Championships were held from November 20 to 28 in Esbjerg, Denmark. Denmark last hosted the European Curling Championships in 1996 in Copenhagen. The Group C competitions were held during October in Champéry, Switzerland. At the conclusion of the championships, the top eight women's teams went to the 2016 Ford World Women's Curling Championship in Swift Current, and the top seven men's teams to the 2016 World Men's Curling Championship in Basel. Men Group A The Group A competitions were contested at the Granly Hockey Arena in Esbjerg. Round Robin Standings ''Final Round Robin Standings'' Playoffs Bronze Medal Game ''Friday, November 27, 19:00'' Gold Medal Game ''Saturday, November 27, 10:00'' Group B The Group B competitions will be contested at the Esbjerg Curling Club in Esbjerg. Round Robin standings Relegation Round Playoffs Bronze Medal Game ''Friday, November 27, 13:30'' Gold Medal Game ''Friday, November 27, 13:3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Canadian Open Of Curling
The 2012 Canadian Open of Curling was held from December 12 to 16 at Prospera Place in Kelowna, British Columbia as part of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. The event was the second men's Grand Slam event of the season. The event was held in a round robin format, and the purse for the event was CAD$100,000. In the final, Glenn Howard won his second Canadian Open title and his eleventh Grand Slam title with a win over Brad Jacobs, clinching the victory with a score of 3–1 after a steal in the final end. Teams The teams are listed as follows: Round robin standings ''Final Round Robin Standings'' Round robin results All draw times listed in Pacific Standard Time ( UTC−8). Draw 1 ''Wednesday, December 12, 7:00 pm'' Draw 2 ''Thursday, December 13, 9:00 am'' Draw 3 ''Thursday, December 13, 12:30 pm'' Draw 4 ''Thursday, December 13, 4:30 pm'' Draw 5 ''Thursday, December 13, 8:00 pm'' Draw 6 ''Friday, December 14, 9:00 am'' Draw 7 ''Frida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 The Masters Grand Slam Of Curling
The 2012 Masters Grand Slam of Curling was held from November 14 to 18 at the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre, the Brantford Golf & Curling Club, the Paris Curling Club, and the Brant Curling Club in Brantford and Paris, Ontario as part of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. The majority of the women's Tier I round robin games and some of the men's Tier I round robin games was held at the Brantford Golf & Curling Club, while the remainder of the Tier I games and the playoffs round games were held at the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre. The men's Tier II games and playoffs qualifiers was held at the Brant Curling Club, while the women's Tier II games and playoffs qualifiers was held at the Paris Curling Club and the Brantford Golf & Curling Club. It was held as the first Grand Slam event on the men's tour and the fourth on the women's tour. The Masters is a continuation of the men's World Cup Grand Slam event which was previously known as the Masters. This was the first time that women p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Slam (curling)
The Grand Slam of Curling (branded as the Pinty's Grand Slam of Curling for sponsorship reasons) is a series of curling bonspiels that are a part of the annual World Curling Tour. Grand Slam events offer a purse of at least CAD$100,000, and feature the best teams from across Canada and around the World. The Grand Slam was instituted during the 2001–02 season for men and 2006–07 for women (with the 2006 Players' Championship also considered a Slam), but some of the Grand Slam events have longer histories as bonspiels. The Grand Slam season consists of six men's and women's events. The original four events (Masters, Open, National, and Players' Championship) are considered to be "majors". The other two slams (Tour Challenge and Champions Cup) have unique formats that set them apart from other events on the World Curling Tour. History In 2001, many curlers were upset with the Canadian Curling Association (CCA). Their complaints included the long curling season, not getting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Challenge Casino De Charlevoix
The 2012 Challenge Casino de Charlevoix was held from November 22 to 25 at the Aréna de Clermont and the Club de curling Nairn in Clermont, Quebec as part of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. The event is being held in a triple knockout format, and the purse for the event is CAD$37,000, of which the winner will receive CAD$12,000. In the final, Peter de Cruz of Switzerland defeated Brad Jacobs Bradley Robert Jacobs (born June 11, 1985) is a Canadian curler from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He is an Olympic champion skip, having led Canada to a gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Jacobs is also the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier championshi ... of Ontario in an extra end with a score of 6–5. Teams The teams are listed as follows: Knockout results The draw is listed as follows: A event B event C event Playoffs The playoffs draw is listed as follows: References External links {{2012–13 curling season 2012 in curling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curling Masters Champéry
The Curling Masters Champéry is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the Palladium de Champéry in Champéry, Switzerland. The tournament is held in a triple-knockout format and is part of the World Curling Tour. The tournament was started in 2011 as part of the Curling Champions Tour Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding he .... Past champions References External linksHome Page {{DEFAULTSORT:Curling Masters Champery World Curling Tour events Curling competitions in Switzerland Sport in Valais Champions Curling Tour events ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Curling Tour
The World Curling Tour (WCT) is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male, female, and mixed doubles curlers in the world. History The World Curling Tour was founded by former World Champion Ed Lukowich, with later assistance from John Kawaja. The World Curling Tour commenced in 1992, with men's events only at first. It replaced the "Canadian Curling Tour" held the previous season. The first season consisted of 48 events (with only one outside Canada), and was sponsored by Seagram's distillery. Teams earned points in every event with the top 30 qualifying for the season ending " V.O. Cup", today known as the Players' Championship. Its first president and CEO was Lukowich. The first two events were held on the first weekend of October 1992, the Red Carpet Classic in Regina, Saskatchewan and a qualifier for the Coca-Cola Classic in Winnipeg. In 2001, the WCT introduced a series of Grand Slam events for men which was later followed in 2006 by Grand Slam events for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oskar Eriksson
Oskar Ingemar Eriksson (born 29 May 1991) is a Swedish curler from Karlstad. He currently plays third for the Niklas Edin rink. He is the first curler in history to win four Olympic medals – gold, silver, and two bronze – and the first to secure two Olympic medals in different curling disciplines in the same Olympic Games. He is also a six-time World Men's Curling Champion, seven-time European Men's Curling Champion, and the first curler in history to win three gold medals in major international curling championships in a single calendar year – the World Men's Curling Championship, the European Curling Championship, and the World Mixed Doubles Championship. Having also won two World Mixed Doubles Championship medals (gold and bronze), he is the first and the only curler to have seven World Curling Championship gold medals in the senior men's division and has won twelve World Curling Championship medals overall in that division. He also holds the record for most gold medal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ally Fraser (curler)
''Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'' () is a British comedy-drama television programme about seven British construction workers who leave the United Kingdom to search for employment overseas. In the first series, the men live and work on a building site in Düsseldorf. The series was created by Franc Roddam after an idea from Mick Connell, a bricklayer from Stockton-on-Tees, and mostly written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, who also wrote ''The Likely Lads'', ''Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?'' and ''Porridge''. It starred Tim Healy, Kevin Whately, Jimmy Nail, Timothy Spall, Christopher Fairbank, Pat Roach and Gary Holton, with Noel Clarke replacing Holton for series three and four and the two-part finale. The series were broadcast on ITV in 1983–1984 and 1986. After a sixteen-year gap, two series and a Christmas special were shown on BBC One in 2002 and 2004. In 2000, series 1, set in Germany, was ranked number #46 on the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes in a list ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 World Junior Curling Championships
The 2011 World Junior Curling Championships were held from 5 to 13 March at the Dewars Centre in Perth, Scotland. In the men's tournament, Sweden's Oskar Eriksson won the final 6-5 over Switzerland's Peter de Cruz, while Scotland's Eve Muirhead won 10-3 in the final over Canada's Trish Paulsen in the women's tournament. Men Teams Standings Round Robin Draw 1 ''Saturday 5 March, 9:00'' Draw 2 ''Saturday 5 March, 19:00'' Draw 3 ''Sunday 6 March, 14:00'' Draw 4 ''Monday 7 March, 9:00'' Draw 5 ''Monday 7 March, 19:00'' Draw 6 ''Tuesday 8 March, 14:00'' Draw 7 ''Wednesday 9 March, 9:00'' Draw 8 ''Wednesday 9 March, 19:00'' Draw 9 ''Thursday 10 March, 12:30'' Challenge Game Winner advances to 2012 World Junior Curling Championships; Loser relegated to 2012 European Junior Curling Challenge The 2012 European Junior Curling Challenge was held from January 3 to 8 at the Tårnby Curling Club in Copenhagen, Denmark. The challe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 World Junior Curling Championships
The 2010 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 5 to 14 at the Waldhaus Arena in Flims, Switzerland. Men Teams Round Robin Standings ''Final Round Robin Standings'' Round Robin Results Draw 1 ''Saturday, March 6, 14:00'' Draw 2 ''Sunday, March 7, 9:00'' Draw 3 ''Sunday, March 7, 19:00'' Draw 4 ''Monday, March 8, 14:00'' Draw 5 ''Tuesday, March 9, 9:00'' Draw 6 ''Tuesday, March 9, 18:00'' Draw 7 ''Wednesday, March 10, 14:00'' Draw, 8 ''Thursday, March 11, 8:00'' Draw, 9 ''Thursday, March 11, 17:00'' Tiebreaker ''Friday, April 12, 14:00'' Playoffs 1 vs. 2 Game ''Saturday, April 14, 12:00'' 3 vs. 4 Game ''Saturday, April 14, 12:00'' Semifinal ''Saturday, April 14, 18:00'' Bronze Medal Game ''Sunday, April 14, 13:00'' Gold Medal Game ''Sunday, April 14, 13:00'' Women Teams 1Originally Solène Coulot was to play third until her untimely death on February 20, 2010 Round Robin Standings ''Final R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
