Tomorrow I go off to Basel in Switzerland to the World Men's Championships where I will be attending the meetings of the World Curling Federation and European Curling Federation as one of the ECA's 2 representatives, the other being Alison Arthur our President. We will have a couple of days to watch some curling on Sunday and Monday before the meetings begin on Tuesday morning and continue through to Friday morning. I will be posting a daily blog from Basel with the news of what transpires at these meetings and also with my views on the Championships themselves.
The last time we were in Basel was for the European Championships in 2006 when Andy Schwaller's Swiss side beat David Murdoch in an extra end in the final and in the women's Russia beat Italy in probably the most surprising final in a European Championships.
The last time the World Men's was in Switzerland was in 2001 in Lausanne when both men's and women's were played in front of possibly one of the smallest crowds in World Championship history. So let's hope that there is more of an atmosphere this year.
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