Curling

[Pete89]

Having a look at what evens are up on Skybet, we have Curling. Now we have some strange events at the Olympics, so for those who don't know. WIKIPEDIA

Curling is a team game with similarities to bowls and shuffleboard, played by two teams of four players each on a rectangular sheet of carefully prepared ice. Teams take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones down the ice towards the target (called the house). Two sweepers with brooms accompany each rock and use timing equipment and their best judgment, along with direction from their teammates, to help direct the stones to their resting place. The complex nature of stone placement and shot selection has led some to refer to curling as "chess on ice."^[1]

The Mens odds:

Canada 10/11	Germany 14/1
Great Britain 3/1	USA 14/1
Norway 8/1	China 25/1
Sweden 12/1	Denmark 33/1
Switzerland 12/1	France 40/1

And the Womans

Canada 13/8	Great Britain 12/1
China 2/1	Germany 12/1
Sweden 8/1	USA 20/1
Switzerland 8/1	Japan 33/1
Denmark 12/1	Russia 50/1

The first thing that catches my eye is 12/1 for GB. IIRC It was GB who beat canada last time in the womans final so maybe worth a bet?

[kompressaur]

I was thinking about GB in this Pete, the first thing i thought of when i saw the games where on. Hows GB been playing? They still got that wee scots woman finishing things off for them?

[Pete89]

Dunno Komp, if not I'd imagine she'd be coaching or somthing.

I quite fancy it for a small stake at least at that price.

[kompressaur]

Shit im reading it was 2002 GB won Pete You sure we did ok last time? Its an all scottish team for GB this year. Cant be bad. Scotland has the World championship winner in their team i think

Among the international 2010 Olympic qualifiers who will compete at the Grey Power World Cup of Curling include reigning World Championship gold medallist David Murdoch (Lockerbie, Scotland), reigning World Championship bronze medallist Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, Norway), 2007 World Championship silver medallist Andreas Kapp (Unterthingau, Germany), 2006 Olympic bronze medallist John Shuster (Chisholm, Minnesota), China’s Fengchun Wang (Harbin, China), Sweden’s Niklas Edin (Sundbyberg, Sweden), France’s Thomas Dufour (Chamonix, France) and Denmark’s Ulrik Schmidt (Copenhagen, Denmark)

The Grey Power World Cup of Curling | Grand Slam of Curling

aye even just for national pride im on the 12/1. come on scotland team GB

[kompressaur]

Germany won the last big womans championships i think. European only.