In April 2025, the Welsh Senior Men (Andrew, Richard, George and Alistair) travelled to Fredericton in Canada to represent Wales in the World Senior Curling Championships. The team finished the week on a record of two wins and four losses, with some tight games. Impressively, they secured hammer in the first end in all but one of their games.
Read below to see how they got on in each of their matches, with photos courtesy of Andrew Tanner.
Game 1: Wales 5 - England 12
Wales had a good start but didn’t cope very well with swingy ice conditions. England replied strongly and whilst Wales rallied in the second half England capitalised on Wales gambling in the 7th end to close out the game.
Games 2: Wales 7 - Belgium 8
After a tough start Wales were down 4-0. But a 3 and a force of 1 put Wales behind 3-5 at the half time break. Another 3 and an exchange of singles meant Wales were 7-6 up going into the final end but a great setup couldn’t be converted into a steal and Belgium came out winners 8-7.
Game 3: Wales 8 - Ireland 5
A good Welsh performance against old friends Ireland. Ireland were 4-3 up at the interval but Wales took a two and stole a two to be in the driving seat for the latter stages of the game. A force of one in the seventh end gave Wales a two shot cushion going into the final end, and Wales closed the game out 8-5.
Game 4: Wales 2 - Canada 11
A tough game against Canada. Wales took the hammer in the first end but couldn’t convert the advantage to points. Whilst there were some great shots from Wales to take a single and then a steal another single, Canada powered through to win 11-2.
Game 5: Wales 3 - Portugal 7
A difficult game against Portugal where Wales struggled to get into the game. After winning the hammer in the first end, Wales were forced to a one. Portugal dominated the following ends to take a 5-1 lead and Wales couldn’t respond with Portugal running out eventually winners.
Game 6: Wales 7 - Netherlands 6
Wales closed the 2025 World Senior Championships with a hard fought win over Netherlands. In a game of 2 halves, Wales took a 5-0 lead before Netherlands took the lead in the 7th end 6-5. Wales took 1 in the eighth to force the extra end and after a tense battle the Netherlands were sitting one on the button with 2 shots to go. Wales hit and stuck with their last stone leaving the Netherlands a difficult shot to hit and stay for the win. The hit was made but the Netherlands rolled out allowing Wales to take the single to win 7-6!
