2008 World Senior Curling Championships
| 2008 World Senior Curling Championships | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Vierumäki, Finland |
| Arena | Vierumäki Ice Rink |
| Dates | March 9–15 |
| Men's winner | Canada |
| Curling club | Thistle Curling Club, Edmonton[1] |
| Skip | Pat Ryan |
| Third | Marvin Wirth |
| Second | Ken Mclean |
| Lead | Millard Evans |
| Finalist | Sweden |
| Women's winner | Canada |
| Curling club | Lethbridge Curling Club, Lethbridge[2] |
| Skip | Diane Foster |
| Third | Shirley McPherson |
| Second | Shirley Kohuch |
| Lead | Chris Wilson |
| Finalist | Scotland |
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The 2008 World Senior Curling Championships were held from March 9 to 15 at the Vierumäki Ice Rink in Vierumäki, Finland. Teams from Alberta, Canada won both the men's and women's events.
Men
Round-robin standings
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Tiebreaker
Playoffs
| Semi-final | Final | ||||||||
| United States | 5 | ||||||||
| Sweden | 6 | ||||||||
| Sweden | 0 | ||||||||
| Canada | 8 | ||||||||
| Canada | 7 | ||||||||
| Scotland | 2 | Bronze medal | |||||||
| United States | 6 | ||||||||
| Scotland | 4 | ||||||||
Women
Round-robin standings
| Country | Skip | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Diane Foster | 7 | 2 |
| Scotland | Kirsty Letton | 6 | 3 |
| Finland | Helena Timonen | 6 | 3 |
| Switzerland | Renate Nedkoff | 6 | 3 |
| United States | Pam Oleinik | 6 | 3 |
| Sweden | Ingrid Meldahl | 5 | 4 |
| Ireland | Fiona Turnbull | 4 | 5 |
| Japan | Eriko Igarashi | 3 | 6 |
| England | Glynnice Lauder | 2 | 7 |
| New Zealand | Liz Matthews | 0 | 9 |
Tiebreaker
Playoffs
| Semi-final | Final | ||||||||
| Canada | 8 | ||||||||
| Switzerland | 3 | ||||||||
| Canada | 10 | ||||||||
| Scotland | 2 | ||||||||
| Scotland | 5 | ||||||||
| Finland | 4 | Bronze medal | |||||||
| Switzerland | 7 | ||||||||
| Finland | 6 | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Chess on Ice: The Precision Sport of Curling - Northernalbertacurling.com". www.northernalbertacurling.com.
- ^ "Senior women" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-28. Retrieved 2018-04-27.