Saturday and Sunday match-ups announced
The match-ups for Saturday and Sunday at the World Financial Group Continental Cup, presented by Monsanto, have been announced.
Saturday’s schedule is comprised of 20-point and 30-point Women’s, Men’s and Mixed Skins, plus Singles Competition. On Sunday, the 55-point Women’s and Men’s Skins games will take place, all at the Langley Events Centre.
2012 WORLD FINANCIAL GROUP CONTINENTAL CUP SCHEDULE –
All times local (PST) Eastern Time: + 3 hours
Saturday, January 14
Draw 7 9:00 am
‘A’ Skins (Men’s, Women’s and Mixed) Each game – 20 points available
Sheet A Women’s World (Anette Norberg) vs North America (Patti Lank)
Sheet B Mixed World (Niklas Edin, Eve Muirhead, Christoffer Svae, Qingshuang Yue) vs North America (Glenn Howard, Sherry Anderson, Brent Laing, Sherri Singler)
Sheet C Men’s World (Tom Brewster) vs North America (Pete Fenson)
Draw 8 1:30 pm Singles – 32 points available
(Each of the six games is worth four points or two points for a tie, with an eight-point bonus awarded to the side with the highest aggregate score from all matches. Each member of the team must throw at least one, but not more than two, of the required six shots, with one thrower, two sweepers and one holding the broom.
Women
Sheet A World (Eve Muirhead) vs North America (Amber Holland)
Sheet B World (Bingyu Wang) vs North America (Stefanie Lawton)
Sheet C World (Anette Norberg) vs North America (Patti Lank)
Men
Sheet A World (Niklas Edin) vs North America (Pete Fenson)
Sheet B World (Tom Brewster) vs North America (Jeff Stoughton)
Sheet C World (Thomas Ulsrud) vs North America (Glenn Howard)
Draw 9 6:30 pm
‘B’ Skins (Men’s, Women’s and Mixed) Each game – 30 points available
Sheet A Women’s World (Eve Muirhead) vs North America (Amber Holland)
Sheet B Mixed World (Thomas Ulsrud, Bingyu Wang, Greg Drummond, Sara Carlsson) vs North America (Jeff Stoughton, Patti Lank, Jon Mead, Mackenzie Lank)
Sheet C Men’s World (Niklas Edin) vs North America (Glenn Howard)
Sunday, January 15
Draw 10 10:30 am ‘C’ Final Women’s Skins Game – 55 points available
Sheet B Women’s World (Bingyu Wang) vs North America (Stefanie Lawton)
Draw 11 5:00 pm ‘C’ Final Men’s Skins Game – 55 points available
Sheet B Men’s World (Thomas Ulsrud) vs North America (Jeff Stoughton)
7:45 pm Closing Ceremonies
8:30 pm Champions Reception