Wales v. Turkey
Turkey men's team 2015. Pictured: Fourth - Alican KARATAS (Skip) Third - Melik SENOL Second - Ugurcan KARAGOZ Lead - Muhammet Oguz ZENGIN Alternate - Kadir CAKIR Photo: © World Curling Federation
Wales's men were up against Turkey in their second match at the European Curling Championships 2015. Like Wales, Turkey have only made small changes to their line-up compared with 12 months ago. They were drawn in opposite groups at Monthey, so most of the current team members have never met each other. By the fifth end, the teams were level at 3-3, but Turkey took a 3 with the "hammer" in that fifth end to lead 6-3 at the mid-session break. Sadly, it was a deficit the Wales team could never make up, and the teams shook before finishing the 8th end when Turkey were 9-3 ahead. Sunday is now a crucial day for Wales, as they need to get at least one win from the day to have a realistic chance of making it past the group stages of the competition. They face Poland at 12:00 Central European Time (11:00 GMT) and then Denmark at 20:00 CET (19:00 GMT). Live scores are available via the official competition website. We will also post regular updates on both the Welsh Curling and Team Pougher Facebook and twitter feeds.