Katrīna Gaidule and Roberts Reinis Buncis from Latvia wins WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup I of season 2024/2025 – CONGRATULATIONS!
There were teams from Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Hungary, Ukraine, Spain and Georgia in the field. All teams were divided in 3 groups and after round-robin games best two teams from each group and best 2 out of third places kept fighting for the podium.
K.Gaidule / R.R.Buncis (LAT 5) finished round-robin with no losses and earned the spot in the quarter-final. Latvian team won D.Barone / E.Nikolov (LAT-UKR) in the quarter-final with results 6:1. Team from Latvia played semi-final against team from Norway A.V.Rønning / H.Dæhlin. Katrīna and Roberts controlled the game and won it after 7 ends with score 6:2. The final was in favor of Latvian team. After 5 points in the first two ends Katrīna and Roberts didn’t allow other Latvian team to get close and after 6 ends the winner was decided.
After the final game Katrīna Gaidule thanked organizers, participants, icemakers, time keepers and coach for being present. The event was one of the last stages of preparation to the qualification event to World Mixed Doubles championship.
Game for bronze was intense. Two Norwegian teams played against each other. S.Hausstätter / S.Svorkmo-Lundberg was a bit ahead all game until seventh end when A.V.Rønning / H.Dæhlin had a shot for four. Unfortunately a miss left a team with a lost end and hard to fight for win. S.Hausstätter / S.Svorkmo-Lundberg took a bronze.
Good luck for all teams in the National championships and all the rest of the season! Safe trip home to everybody!
We hope to see every team on the participants list in April!
We say thank you for support Kērlinga halle, Riga city and Intervāls!
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