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Luxembourg at Curling European’s

From April 26th to May 1st, Luxembourg’s Women’s Curling Team proudly represented the country at the European C-Division Championship in Östersund, Sweden.

This marks the first time in over 25 year that Luxembourg has fielded a women’s team in the competition—an exciting milestone for Curling Luxembourg as it continues to develop a strong presence on the international stage.

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Over six games, the team—consisting of Virginie Hansen (skip), Shiori Kuboki, Betty Spurgeon, Maja Bjerg-Petersen and Carole Remesch, and coached by Rick Collins—faced off against tough opponents, showing determination and growth despite narrowly missing a win. As the season wraps up, the focus now shifts to recovery and continued training, with eyes already set on next year.

Highlighting their efforts, team member Shiori Kuboki received special recognition as the tournament’s MVP for excellence in the “Last Stone Draw” and outstanding sportsmanship—a proud moment for the team and Curling Luxembourg.

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Team Lëtzebuerg 2 Wins 2022 Edition of 4Nations Cup

Team Lëtzebuerg 2 won this year’s 4Nations cup. Alex Benoy, Volker Beba, Maja Gildhoff and Claude Schweitzer beat the Olivier Barrillot, Jean-Marc Lair, Pierre Jurion and Benoît Bucchiotty from Charleville-Mézières (France) to win the gold in the latest edition of this traditional event.

Five teams participated this year: Team Charleville-Mézières from France, Team Erfurt from Germany, and Take-Out Tigers from Zemst, Belgium, and two teams from Curling Club Luxembourg.

The five teams played a round-robin tournament, with the following results:

TEAMWinsDrawsLossPts
Lëtzebuerg 2317
Charleville-Mézières224
Lëtzebuerg 1224
Zemst1123
Erfurt132

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Team Andorra Wins 2021 Edition of 4 Nations Cup

Making a glorious return after a year of pandemic hiatus, Curling Luxembourg again hosted the traditional 4 Nations Cup event. After a two-day feast of curling, the trophy went into the hands of Team Andorra.

Valentin Ortiz, Cesar Mialdea, Enric Morral, Josep Garcia and coach José Sanguesa took the final game 7-4 over the second Luxembourg team (Dan Kelly, Claude Schweitzer, Alex Benoy and Candice Richards).

The 2021 edition of 4 Nations Cup saw the participation of teams from Andorra, Belgium (Zemst), Germany (Erfurt) and two Luxembourg teams.

The event once again proved that curling spirit forges strong bonds between clubs in the region and beyond and organisers are already looking forward to next year’s event.