Background Facts

Please note that the information is calculated as of the tournament start date and is not updated thereafter.

Teams
  Association Latest result Best Result
Australia Australia 7 Sandy Gagnon (2014) 7 Sandy Gagnon (2014)
Austria Austria 13 Veronika Huber (2014) 2 Veronika Huber (2013)
Canada Canada 1 Lois Fowler (2015) 1 Lois Fowler (2015), Cathy King (2013), Heidi Hanlon (2012), Christine Jurgenson (2011), Colleen Pinkney (2010), Pat Sanders (2009), Diane Foster (2008), Anne Dunn (2004), Nancy Kerr (2003), Anne Dunn (2002)
Czechia Czechia 9 Ivana Kubeskova (2015) 6 Lenka Sáfránková (2011)
England England 8 Judith Dixon (2015) 3 Joan Reed (2003)
Finland Finland 5 Kirsti Kauste (2015) 4 Helena Timonen (2008)
Germany Germany 8 Carola Murek-Rickmers (2007) 8 Carola Murek-Rickmers (2007)
Italy Italy 2 Fiona Simpson (2015) 2 Fiona Simpson (2015)
Japan Japan 13 Shizuko Funaki (2015) 2 Hatomi Nagaoka (2005)
Latvia Latvia - - - -
Lithuania Lithuania - - - -
New Zealand New Zealand 10 Wendy Becker (2015) 4 Wendy Becker (2012)
Russia Russia 11 Tatiana Smirnova (2015) 8 Tatyana Zaytseva (2010)
Scotland Scotland 7 Barbara Gibb (2015) 1 Christine Cannon (2014), Carolyn Morris (2005)
Switzerland Switzerland 5 Susan Limena (2015) 2 Renate Nedkoff (2010), Renate Nedkoff (2009), Erika Müller (2002)
Sweden Sweden 4 Gunilla Arfwidsson Edlund (2015) 1 Ingrid Meldahl (2007), Ingrid Meldahl (2006)
United States of America United States of America 3 Norma O'Leary (2015) 3 Norma O'Leary (2015), Margie Smith (2014), Pam Oleinik (2007), Nancy Dinsdale (2004), Nancy Dinsdale (2002)
Experience
Participations
Liz Matthews (NZL) 13
Christine Bewick (NZL) 10
Pauline Farra (NZL) 8
Joan Reed (ENG) 6
Liudmila Murova (RUS) 6
Natalia Ilenkova (RUS) 5
Noriko Kaneuchi (JPN) 4
Championships
Christine Cannon (SCO) 1
Isobel Hannen (SCO) 1
Margaret Richardson (SCO) 1
Margaret Robertson (SCO) 1
Sandy Gagnon (AUS) 0
Ellen Weir (AUS) 0
Janet Cobden (AUS) 0
Finals played
Noriko Kaneuchi (JPN) 1
Veronika Huber (AUT) 1
Edeltraud Koudelka (AUT) 1
Anna Reiner (AUT) 1
Heidlinde Gasteiger (AUT) 1
Grazia Ferrero (ITA) 1
Fiona Simpson (ITA) 1
Medals won
Norma O'Leary (USA) 2
Noriko Kaneuchi (JPN) 1
Joan Reed (ENG) 1
Anta Hedström (SWE) 1
Veronika Huber (AUT) 1
Edeltraud Koudelka (AUT) 1
Anna Reiner (AUT) 1
Games Played
Liz Matthews (NZL) 90
Christine Bewick (NZL) 77
Joan Reed (ENG) 54
Pauline Farra (NZL) 48
Liudmila Murova (RUS) 32
Noriko Kaneuchi (JPN) 26
Norma O'Leary (USA) 22
Games Won
Joan Reed (ENG) 25
Liz Matthews (NZL) 17
Norma O'Leary (USA) 17
Christine Cannon (SCO) 14
Margaret Richardson (SCO) 14
Noriko Kaneuchi (JPN) 11
Christine Bewick (NZL) 11
Rookies
Terri Loblaw (CAN)
Judy Pendergast (CAN)
Sandy Bell (CAN)
Cheryl Hall (CAN)
Helen Forbes (ENG)
Saara Markkanen (FIN)
Kirsti Kulpakko (FIN)
Senja Kylmaluoma (FIN)
Maire Mattila (FIN)
Irma Vaarala (FIN)
Monika Wagner (GER)
Andrea Schöpp (GER)
Manon Harsch (GER)
Carina Schönberg (GER)
Anneliese Härtle (GER)
Miyuki Kawamura (JPN)
Yukari Hayashi (JPN)
Elena Kapostina (LAT)
Dace Regza (LAT)
Maija Prozorovica (LAT)
Elga Bremane (LAT)
Gaiva Valatkiene (LTU)
Rasa Veronika Jasaitiene (LTU)
Egle Cepulyte (LTU)
Asta Uldukiene (LTU)
Jackie Lockhart (SCO)
Esther Kobler (SUI)
Liliane Huwyler (SUI)
Doris Wunderlin (SUI)
Esther Zimmermann-Steiger (SUI)
Irene Beck (SUI)
Ages

Players with age known: 19 of 79

Average age of the field: 57.0 years

Youngest
Jackie Lockhart () 51y 0m
Fulvia Tiboldo () 51y 0m
Andrea Schöpp () 51y 1m
Monika Wagner () 51y 1m
Karin Österberg () 51y 11m
Irina Kolesnikova () 51y 11m
Linda Christensen () 52y 3m
Oldest
Liz Matthews () 70y 2m
Edeltraud Koudelka () 68y 2m
Joan Reed () 64y 1m
Lenka Sáfránková () 63y 2m
Shelley Dropkin () 62y 9m
Haide Stensson () 61y 5m
Eva Olofsson () 58y 3m
Youngest skips
Jackie Lockhart () 51y 0m
Monika Wagner () 51y 1m
Gunilla Arfwidsson Edlund () 58y 2m
Lenka Sáfránková () 63y 2m
Oldest skips
Liz Matthews () 70y 2m
Lenka Sáfránková () 63y 2m
Gunilla Arfwidsson Edlund () 58y 2m
Monika Wagner () 51y 1m