Monday - session 2

There seemed to be an air of urgency about the games in the second session at Taarnby today. There were three games finished after 6 ends - Norway defeated Austria 12-1, Sweden defeated the Czech Republic 9-1 and the Canadian ladies beat their US counterparts by 12-1 - a surprisingly one-sided contest.

It looked as though the Scottish ladies would be off early as well as they were 6-0 up against Denmark after 4 ends and, although the home team fought back with a 2 at the 5th, a further 2 left the Scots 8-2 up after 6. Then the Danes took a 3 at the 7th and all of a sudden it was time for a nervy last end which the Scots negotiated successfully.

Meanwhile Australia blanked the first two ends against Wales who then shocked the Aussies by stealing 1 at the 3rd. A 3 for Hugh Millikan's team at least justified their tactics but Wales clung on with a 1 at the 5th. This just gave the Australians last stone which they used to score another 3 before a single for Wales led to a handshake from the Welsh at 7-2 to the Australians.

The other 2 games saw victories for German's men against Denmark and the Finnish ladies against Russia.

One interested spectator this week is the English mascot, George the bear, seen hear wearing his competitor's badge, but not the Loudmouth trousers of the England team.

And, owing to a request from one of my readers, here is a picture of another popular character here this week: