mpjmcevoy 206 Posted December 3, 2023 #51 Share Posted December 3, 2023 On 4/3/2023 at 7:43 PM, Dragon said: Part 6 Team Sports Curling Men European champions, world champions by beating Canada in Canada, regular challengers for major Canadian title. Pretty much the perfect season for Bruce Mouat Women Winter started with the retirement of Muirhead to be the next Clare Balding on TV. Poor performances in the Worlds but a European bronze medal was won by Rebecca Morrison's Scottish team. Also a world junior gold for Scotland Mixed Doubles Solid performance in the group stage at the World Champs but Scotland were defeated at the quarter-final stage Ice Hockey Men Pretty much perfect. Won all games and instantly promoted back to Pool A. Suggesting a slight possibility of Olympic qualification (if Russia and Belarus are still banned) Women Lost 4 out of 5 in Pool B but were competitive in each game. The fairly astonishing rise to relevance of the men's ice hockey team on the back of a fun, enjoyable but hardly elite (pun intended) league is an object lesson to basketball. Oddly, the recent EIHL tragedy has shown the familial collegiality of the sport in its best light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,786 Posted December 3, 2023 Author #52 Share Posted December 3, 2023 (edited) Had forgotten this thread, but we have been piling up the medals already this season. Snowboard Big Air - Bronze for Mia Brookes in Chur Ice Dance - Fear & Gibson won Gold in the NHK Trophy in Japan Men’s Curling - European Gold for Bruce Mouatt. Freeski Big Air - Silver for Kirsty Muir in Beijing. Team Snowboard Cross - Gold for Nightingale & Bankes in Les Deux Alpes. And top fives for Dave Ryding. Mia Brookes & Andrew Musgrave. Edited December 3, 2023 by Grassmarket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,786 Posted December 8, 2023 Author #53 Share Posted December 8, 2023 (edited) Wow, out of absolutely nowhere we get a world-class female skeleton slider! Tabitha Stoeckler, a former circus trapeze artist* takes gold in La Plagne! * Not the first trapeze artist to represent GB. Billy Morgan, bronze in Snowboard Big Air in 2018 had been one. Pole Vaulter Stacey Dragila was also a circus acrobat. Edited December 8, 2023 by Grassmarket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,786 Posted December 8, 2023 Author #54 Share Posted December 8, 2023 (edited) Men’s Skeleton going to be another fertile source of medals this year. Silver - Matt Weston Bronze (tied) - Marcus Wyatt. And enough points to keep us at top of the Nations’ table, which gives us a Norwegian-style four sleds per race. Edited December 8, 2023 by Grassmarket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamGB 73 Posted December 8, 2023 #55 Share Posted December 8, 2023 Any idea whats happened to Brad Hall (Bobsleigh)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,786 Posted December 10, 2023 Author #56 Share Posted December 10, 2023 Silver for Mia Brookes in the Big Air in Edmonton. Big Air World Cup: Britain's Mia Brookes finishes second in Edmonton - BBC Sport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon 1,715 Posted December 10, 2023 #57 Share Posted December 10, 2023 (edited) On 12/8/2023 at 6:46 PM, TeamGB said: Any idea whats happened to Brad Hall (Bobsleigh)? Had surgery in the autumn, will probably miss all this season. Also Laura Deas (skeleton) will miss this winter due to pregnancy Edited December 10, 2023 by Dragon extra info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,786 Posted December 15, 2023 Author #58 Share Posted December 15, 2023 Plenty medals today! Gold - Matt Weston - skeleton Bronze - Tabitha Stoecker - skeleton Bronze - Mia Brookes - snowboard big air Bronze - Zoe Atkins - Ski Halfpipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,786 Posted December 16, 2023 Author #59 Share Posted December 16, 2023 And in fact Mia Brookes has won the Snowboard Big Air overall! Didn’t get any golds, but a silver, 2 bronzes & fifth won it on consistency. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/67733258 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,786 Posted December 16, 2023 Author #60 Share Posted December 16, 2023 Is this our greatest winter sports weekend ever? It must surely be. Silver for Andrew Musgrave in the Trondheim Skiathlon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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