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World Curling, formerly the World Curling Federation (WCF) is the world governing body for curling accreditation, with offices in Perth, Scotland. It was formed out of the International Curling Federation (ICF), when the push for Olympic Winter Sport status was made. The name was changed in 1990 to the WCF and then to World Curling in 2024. [2]
The 2024 Baden Masters were held from August 15 to 18 at the Curling Club Baden Regio in Baden, Switzerland as part of the World Curling Tour. The event was held in a round-robin format with a purse of 35,000 CHF. [1] [2] It was the first men's event of the 2024–25 World Curling Tour. [3] The event category for the event was 500. [4]
The World Curling Championships began in 1959 as the Scotch Cup. The Scotch Cup was created by Toronto public relations executive and former sports journalist Stanley D. Houston on behalf of the Scotch Whisky Association, a client of Houston's agency Public Relations Services Limited, which was looking to generate increased North American exposure for its products.
It is one of the first curling tournaments of the World Curling Tour season. The tournament is held in honour of the famous icemaker, Shorty Jenkins. The total purse for the men's event is $59,000 and $29,500 for the women's. The event was held in Brockville, Ontario until 2015 when it was moved down the Saint Lawrence to Cornwall.
The event was introduced in 2012 and was held on the first weekend in November, at the Cookstown Curling Club in Cookstown, Ontario. The event was moved to the Collingwood Curling Club in Collingwood, Ontario in 2023. [1] Originally just part of the Ontario Curling Tour, it was part of the World Curling Tour from 2014 to 2017. After a five-year ...
It will be the fourth World Men's Championship held in Saskatchewan and the third World Championship held in Moose Jaw, succeeding the 1979 World Junior Curling Championships and the 1983 Pioneer Life World Women's Curling Championship. [2] The format for the Championship will feature a thirteen team round robin.
World Junior Curling Championships [9] Beijing, China, Feb. 18–28: Cancelled [10] World Wheelchair Curling Championship [11] Beijing, China, Mar. 6–13: Postponed [10] World Men's Curling Championship [12] Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Apr. 2–11 Sweden Scotland Switzerland World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship