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Friday, April 17, 2015

2015 World Senior Curling Championships - Teams


Here are the teams competing at the 2015 World Senior Curling Championships taking place from April 18 to 25 at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia.


Men

Australia
Hugh Millikin (Fourth, Skip)

Wyatt Buck (Third, Vice-Skip)
Tim McMahon (Second)
Robert Gagnon (Lead)
John Anderson (Alternate)

CanadaAlan O'Leary (Fourth, Skip)

Andrew Dauphinee (Third, Vice-Skip)
Danny Christianson (Second)
Harold McCarthy (Lead)

Czech Republic
Matej Neznal (Fourth, Skip)
Richard Hobzik (Third, Vice-Skip)
Roman Hasenoehrl (Second)
Vladimir Zelenka (Lead)
Karel Kubeska (Alternate)

Denmark
Poul-Erik Nielsen (Fourth, Vice-Skip)
Keld Henriksen (Third)
Ole De Neergaard (Second, Skip)
Anders Reck-Magnussen (Lead)

England
John Summers (Fourth, Skip)
Charles Jackson (Third, Vice-Skip)
David Sillito (Second)
Andrew Taylor (Lead)

Finland
Kari Meranen (Fourth, Skip)
Jaakko Lemettinen (Third)
Ari Pitko (Second)
Matti Virtaala (Lead, Vice-Skip)
Kari Kuskelin (Alternate)

France
Pascal Adam (Fourth, Skip)
Thierry Donard (Third)
Christophe Walter (Second, Vice-Skip)
Guy Unverzagt (Lead)
Gerard Mergy (Alternate)

Germany
Wolfgang Burba (Fourth, Skip)
Joachim Burba (Third, Vice-Skip)
Christop Moeckel (Second)
Matthias Steiner (Lead)

Hungary
Andras Rokusfalvy (Fourth, Vice-Skip)
Zoltan Palancsa (Third, Skip)
Janos Miklai (Second)
Gyorgy Kalmar (Lead)
Dr. Mihaly Veraszro (Alternate)

Ireland
John Kenny (Fourth, Skip)
Bill Gray (Third, Vice-Skip)
Neil Fyfe (Second)
David Whyte (Lead)
David Hume (Alternate)

Italy
Mario Bologna (Fourth, Vice-Skip)
Danilo Capriolo (Third, Skip)
Guido Barco (Second)
Paolo Prochet (Lead)
Silvio Dellaia (Alternate)

Japan
Masayasu Sato (Fourth, Skip)
Shunichi Fujita (Third, Vice-Skip)
Takahiro Hashimoto (Second)
Shozo Itoh (Lead)

Kazakhstan
Viktor Kim (Fourth, Skip)
Almaz Saidvakassov (Third, Vice-Skip)
Roman Kazimirchik (Second)
Nikolay Zhorov (Lead)
Iskander Farizov (Alternate)

Latvia
Ansis Regza (Fourth, Skip)
Peteris Sveisbergs (Third, Vice-Skip)
Aivars Purmalis (Second)
Aivars Gulbis (Lead)
Ivars Cernajs (Alternate)

Norway
Kjell Berk (Fourth, Vice-Skip)
Stig Arne Gunnestad (Third)
Morten Tveit (Second)
Halvard Kverne (Lead, Skip)

New Zealand
Hans Frauenlob (Fourth, Skip)
Dan Mustapic (Third, Vice-Skip)
Lorne De Pape (Second)
Iain Craig (Lead)
Dave Watt (Alternate)

Poland
Henryk Skowronski (Fourth, Vice-Skip)
Andrzej Janowski (Third, Skip)
Jaroslaw Czepielinski (Second)
Piotr Sulak (Lead)
Witold Rek (Alternate)

Russia
Sergey Narudinov (Fourth, Skip)
Oleg Badilin (Third, Vice-Skip)
Mikhail Rivkind (Second)
Yurly Erdukov (Lead)
Aleksander Kolesnikov (Alternate)

Scotland
Gordon Muirhead (Fourth, Skip)
Norman Brown (Third, Vice-Skip)
David Hay (Second)
Hugh Aitken (Lead)
Michael Hay (Alternate)

Switzerland
Stefan Signer (Fourth, Skip)
Jurg Denecke (Third, Vice-Skip)
Gerhard Kurt (Second)
Daniel Grunenfelder (Lead)
Hans Wirz (Alternate)

Slovakia
Juraj Kuerth (Fourth, Vice-Skip)
Ondrej Marcek (Third, Skip)
Peter Mocek (Second)
Pavol Trstan (Lead)

Sweden
Anders Westerberg (Fourth, Skip)
Rickard Bergqvist (Third, Vice-Skip)
Claes Gunnarson (Second)
Lars Ahlberg (Lead)
Anders Kraupp (Alternate)

Turkey
Ahmet Sirinkan (Fourth)
Rifat Nazim Saracoglu (Third)
Oner Gulbahce (Second)
Ahmet Ugur Nalcioglu (Lead)

USA
Lyle Sieg (Fourth, Skip)
Tom Violette (Third, Vice-Skip)
Ken Trask (Second)
Steve Lundeen (Lead)
Duane Rutan (Alternate)

Women

Canada

Lois Fowler (Fourth, Skip)
Maureen Bonar (Third, Vice-Skip)
Cathy Gauthier (Second)
Allyson Stewart (Lead)

Czech Republic
Ivana Kubeskova (Fourth, Skip)
Veronika Neznalova (Third, Vice-Skip)
Anna Candrova (Second)
Michaela Cihakova (Lead)
Michaela Mechurova (Alternate)

England
Judith Dixon (Fourth, Skip)
Joan Reed (Third, Vice-Skip)
Valerie Saville (Second)
Deborah Higgins (Lead)

Finland
Kirsti Kauste (Fourth, Skip)
Tuula Merentie (Third)
Riitta-Liisa Hamalainen (Second, Vice-Skip)
Kristina Nokelainen (Lead)

Italy
Fiona Grace Simpson (Fourth, Skip)
Grazia Ferrero (Third, Vice-Skip)
Fulvia Tiboldo (Second)
Vittoria Santini (Lead)

Japan
Shizuko Funaki (Fourth, Skip)
Chizuko Hamadate (Third, Vice-Skip)
Katsuko Matsui (Second)
Tsuyako Yokouchi (Lead)

New Zealand
Wendy Becker (Fourth, Skip)
Elizabeth Matthews (Third, Vice-Skip)
Glenys Taylor (Second)
Christine Bewick (Lead)

Russia
Tatiana Smirnova (Fourth)
Irina Kolesnikova (Third)
Natalia Ilenkova (Second)
Liudmila Murova (Lead)
Ekaterina Priemskaja (Alternate)

Scotland
Barbara Gibb (Fourth, Skip)
Carol Scott (Third, Vice-Skip)
Elinor Ritchie (Second)
Margaret Archer (Lead)
Judith Carr (Alternate)

Switzerland
Susan Limena (Fourth, Skip)
Sandra Zimmermann (Third)
Monika Kehrli (Second)
Lucy Ebner (Lead, Vice-Skip)
Erika Wohlmann (Alternate)

Slovakia
Elena Jancarikova (Fourth)
Maria Liptakova (Third, Vice-Skip)
Margita Matuskovicova (Second, Skip)
Antonia Spilakova (Lead)

Sweden
Gunilla Arfwidsson Edlund (Fourth, Skip)
Eva Olofsson (Third, Vice-Skip)
Karin Osterberg (Second)
Haide Stensson (Lead)
Karin Liljegren (Alternate)

USA
Norma O'Leary (Fourth, Skip)
Linda Christensen (Third, Vice-Skip)
Mary Shields (Second)
Lucy DeVore (Lead)
Shelley Dropkin (Alternate)


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