Defending champions start strongly at Winter Games
| Canada's Charley Thomas. Photo © WGNZ / Peter Meecham |
26 Aug 2017 – Defending champions Canada and 2011 winners Hungary both made successful returns to Naseby when they won their games in the opening round of the Audi quattro Winter Games NZ Mixed Doubles curling tournament today.
“We’re pretty happy with that,” said Charley Thomas after Canada’s first-up win over China. “It’s about figuring out the ice for the first couple of games, so we’re pleased with where we ended up. I think the ice is even better than for [yesterday’s] practice, so it should be a good competition.”
Hungary’s György Nagy was equally pleased. “We play Finland quite often back home,” he said. “They have qualified for the Olympics which we haven’t, so this was a good start for us.”