On Monday lunchtime, the Luxembourg Curling Union announced the national teams to represent the Grand Duchy in two upcoming tournaments, as follows:
Firstly, Karen WAUTERS and Marco ETIENNE will represent Luxembourg at the WORLD MIXED DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 that is being held in KARLSTAD (Sweden) from 16 - 23 April 2016.
SCHEDULE:
LUX-ENG Sunday, 17 April @ 08:00
LUX-NOR Monday, 18 April @ 11:15
LUX-ROU Monday, 18 April @ 21:00
LUX-KAZ Tuesday, 19 April @ 14:30
LUX-TUR Wednesday, 20 April @ 08:00
LUX-JPN Thursday, 21 April @ 08:00
Tiebreaker, if required: Thursday, 21 April @ 17:45
1/8 final for the 2/3 first in each group: Friday, 22 April @ 08:00 and 12:30
1/8 final losers: Friday, 22 April @ 16:00
1/4 final: Friday, 22 April @ 19:30
Semifinals and finals: Saturday, 23 April
And, secondly, Marc HANSEN, fourth and skip, Francesco GRASSI, third, Alex BENOY, second and vice-skip, Fabio VELTRI, lead, with Ian MUNN, alternate, will represent Luxembourg at the MEN’S EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP C DIVISION 2016 LJUBLJANA (Slovenia) from 25 April to 1 May 2016.
SCHEDULE:
LUX-EST Monday, 25 April @ 17:00
LUX-ROU Tuesday, 26 April @ 20:00
LUX-BUL Wednesday, 27 April @ 12:00
LUX-CRO Wednesday, 27 April @ 20:00
LUX-BLR Thursday, 28 April @ 10:00
LUX-IRL Thursday, 28 April @ 18:00
LUX-ISL Friday, 29 April @ 12:00
LUX-SRB Friday, 29 April @ 20:00
LUX-AND Saturday, 30 April @ 10:00
LUX-FRA Saturday, 30 April @ 18:00
Tiebreaker, if required: Sunday, 1 May @ 08:00
Finals: Sunday, 1 May @ 12:00 and 16:00
Alex Benoy, Luxembourg Curling Union President, stated "A qualification for the 1/8 finals or the playoffs would be a huge success for Curling Luxembourg and seen as a big surprise in the International Curling World".
Photos (above, L-R): Alex BENOY, Francesco GRASSI, Fabio VELTRI, Marc HANSEN, plus sponsors; (below, L-R): Marco Etienne, Karen Wauters (plus sponsors Peter Adams, Roche-Bobois, Jacques Radoux, LETZServ)
