2012 World Senior Curling Championships

2012 World Senior Curling Championships
Host city	Tårnby, Denmark[1]
Arena	Tårnby Curling Club
Dates	April 14–21
Men's winner	Ireland
Skip	John Jo Kenny
Third	Bill Gray
Second	David Whyte
Lead	Tony Tierney
Alternate	David Hume
Finalist	Canada (Kelly Robertson)
Women's winner	Canada
Curling club	Thistle Saint Andrews CC Saint John, New Brunswick
Skip	Heidi Hanlon
Third	Kathy Floyd
Second	Judy Blanchard
Lead	Jane Arseneau
Finalist	Scotland (Barbara Watt)

The 2012 World Senior Curling Championships were held at the Tårnby Curling Club in Tårnby, Denmark from April 14 to 21.^[1] Tårnby has previously hosted the 2006 World Senior Curling Championships, the 2011 European Mixed Curling Championship, and the 2011 European Curling Championships' Group C competitions, and hosted the 2012 European Junior Curling Challenge.^[1] For the first time since 2009, the event was not held in conjunction with the same year's World Mixed Doubles Championship.^[2]

Men

Round Robin Standings

Final Round Robin Standings

White Group Skip W L  Canada Kelly Robertson 6 0  New Zealand Hans Frauenlob 4 2  Italy Antonio Menardi 3 3  Scotland Keith Prentice 3 3  Japan Yutak Matsuura 3 3  Netherlands Wim Neeleman 2 4  Hungary Andras Rókusfalvy 0 6

Red Group Skip W L  Ireland John Jo Kenny 7 0  Finland Timo Kauste 6 1   Switzerland Karl Grossmann 4 3  England Michael Sutherland 3 4  Latvia Peteris Sveisbergs 3 4  United States Ian Journeaux 3 4  Russia Sergey Korolenko 1 6  Slovakia Milan Kalis 0 7

Blue Group Skip W L  Norway Eigil Ramsfjell 6 1  Sweden Connie Östlund 6 1  Australia Hugh Millikin 6 1  Germany Rainer Schöpp 4 3  Czech Republic Petr Kovač 2 5  Austria Ronald Niederhauser 2 5  Denmark Hans Peter Schack 1 6  Wales Chris Wells 1 6

Playoffs

	Qualification Game
	R3	Switzerland	5
	W3	Scotland	6

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold Medal Game

W1

Canada

5

W3

Scotland

2

W1

Canada

9

B2

Sweden

5

W2

New Zealand

4

B2

Sweden

5

W1

Canada

5

R1

Ireland

6

B1

Norway

6

B3

Australia

3

B1

Norway

4

R1

Ireland

5

R1

Ireland

8

R2

Finland

4

	Bronze Medal Game
	B1	Norway	4
	B2	Sweden	8

Bronze Medal Game

Saturday, April 21, 14:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Ramsfjell)	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	4
Sweden (Östlund)	0	0	3	0	3	0	2	X	8

Gold Medal Game

Saturday, April 21, 14:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Canada (Robertson)	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	5
Ireland (Kenny)	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	1	6

2012 World Senior Men's Curling Championship Winner
Ireland 1st title

Women

Round Robin Standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Yellow Group Skip W L  Canada Heidi Hanlon 6 0  Scotland Barbara Watt 4 2  United States Pam Oleinik 4 2  Ireland Marie O'Kane 3 3  Denmark Jane Bidstrup 2 4  Finland Kirsti Kauste 1 5  Russia Liudmila Murova 1 5

Rose Group Skip W L  Sweden Ingrid Meldahl 6 0  New Zealand Wendy Becker 5 1   Switzerland Chantal Forrer 4 2  Czech Republic Ivana Danielisová 3 3  Japan Mikiko Tsuchiya 2 4  Slovakia Elena Jancariková 1 5  Italy Lucilla Macchiati 1 5

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Gold Medal Game
	Y1	Canada	7
	R2	New Zealand	6
						Y1	Canada	12
						Y2	Scotland	2
	Y2	Scotland	9
	R1	Sweden	5

	Bronze Medal Game
	R2	New Zealand	3
	R1	Sweden	10

Bronze Medal Game

Saturday, April 21, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
New Zealand (Becker)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	3
Sweden (Meldahl)	2	0	1	0	4	0	3	X	10

Gold Medal Game

Saturday, April 21, 14:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Hanlon)	2	0	2	0	3	2	3	X	12
Scotland (Watt)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	2

2012 World Senior Women's Curling Championship Winner
Canada 8th title

References

General

• "World Senior Curling Championships 2012". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2010-05-21. 

Specific

External links

• Men's results from the World Curling Federation

• Women's results from the World Curling Federation
• Results from CupOnline
• Tårnby Curling Club Website