Liza Gregori and Simon Langus from Slovenia wins WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup I of season 2026/2027 – CONGRATULATIONS!
There were teams from Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia, Finland and Ukraine 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.
L.Gregori / S.Langus (SLO) finished round-robin with a loss against Ukrainian team D.Kobylianska / R.Yefanov and earned the spot in the quarter-final. Slovenian team won Latvian team L.Avena / A.Avotiņš (LAT) in the quarter-final with results 7:5. L.Gregori / S.Langus played semi-final against Finish team M.Ahrenberg / J.Saario. Liza and Simon controlled the second part of the game and won it with the score 9:5. In the final the Latvian team met against team from Lithuania. The first part of the game was close and after 4 ends of play the result was 4:4. After that Slovenian team didn’t allow Lithuanians to score any points and the game ended with the result 11:4.
After the final game Liza Gregori from Slovenia: “Thank you for the organization! Thank you for everything! It was a great tournament. Thank you to the ice-makers for good ice! Thank you for you [Evita] – done a really great job! So… I guess we have to come back next and see you again!“
Game for bronze was also interesting. After 4 ends it was 7:0 to team from Finland. But in the fifth end Ukrainian team made a great comeback and scored 5 points but in the 6th end they steal another 2 points and tide up the game. The ending of the game was better for team M.Ahrenberg / J.Saario from Finland and they won the bronze game with the result 9:8.
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!
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