SUMMARY LE GRUYERE EUROPEAN CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010
11. 12. 2010
After three years of falling at the last hurdle, Norway’s Thomas Ulsrud finally took European gold when he beat Denmark’s Rasmus Stjerne by 5-3 at the Le Gruyere European Curling Championships in Champery, Switzerland.
In the women’s section Sweden’s Stina Viktorsson beat Scotland’s Eve Muirhead by 8-6 in a high-class final to take gold and her first European crown.
Host nation Switzerland landed a bronze double when Mirjam Ott led their women’s team to a 9-5 win over Russia’s Ludmila Privivkova, and Christof Schwaller was a 7-4 winner over Germany’s Andy Kapp.
In the B Group, the results are as follows:
Men:
1. Italy (Gold). Qualification for ECC 2011 A Group
2. Latvia (Silver). Qualification for ECC 2011 A Group
3. Ireland (Bronze).
Women:
1.Czech Republic (Gold). Qualification ECC 2011 A Group and WWCC 2011 8th place
2. Italy (Silver). Qualification for ECC 2011 A Group
3. Austria (Bronze)
The 2011 European Curling Championships will be held in Moscow, Russia from December 2-10, 2011.