1979 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship
January 24, 2023
The 1979 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship also known as the Women's World Invitational Curling Championship or The Royal Bank Ladies World Curling Championship was the first ever women's world championship. It was held at the Perth Ice Rink in Perth, Scotland from 17 March to 23 March 1979.
Canada and the USA joined the nine teams that played in the 1978 European Curling Championships. The Championship was won by Switzerland, who beat Sweden 13-5 in the final.
The event was billed as the women's world championship, but was not sanctioned by the International Curling Federation at the time.
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The 1979 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women s Curling Championship also known as the Women s World Invitational Curling Championship or The Royal Bank Ladies World Curling Championship was the first ever women s world championship It was held at the Perth Ice Rink in Perth Scotland from 17 March to 23 March 1979 1979 World Women s Curling ChampionshipsHost cityPerth ScotlandArenaPerth Ice RinkDates17 23 March 1979Winner SwitzerlandCurling clubBasel Albeina CCSkipGaby CasanovaThirdBetty BourquinSecondLinda ThommenLeadRosi MangerFinalist Sweden Birgitta Torn none 1980 Canada and the USA joined the nine teams that played in the 1978 European Curling Championships The Championship was won by Switzerland who beat Sweden 13 5 in the final The event was billed as the women s world championship but was not sanctioned by the International Curling Federation at the time Contents 1 Teams 2 Round robin standings 3 Results 3 1 Draw 1 3 2 Draw 2 3 3 Draw 3 3 4 Draw 4 3 5 Draw 5 3 6 Draw 6 3 7 Draw 7 3 8 Draw 8 3 9 Draw 9 3 10 Draw 10 3 11 Draw 11 4 Tiebreakers 5 Playoffs 5 1 Semifinals 5 2 Final 6 ReferencesTeams Edit Canada Denmark England FranceNorth Shore WC North Vancouver Skip Lindsay Sparkes Third Dawn Knowles Second Robin Wilson Lead Lorraine Anne Bowles Hvidovre CC Hvidovre Skip Iben Larsen Third Astrid Birnbaum Second Marianne Jorgensen Lead Helena Blach Glendale CC Northumberland Skip Janette Forrest Third Enid Logan Second Mary Aitchison Lead Dorothy Shell Megeve CC Megeve Fourth Erna Gay Skip Paulette Delachat Second Suzanne Parodi Lead Huguette Jullien West Germany Italy Norway ScotlandCC Schwenningen Schwenningen Skip Susi Kiesel Third Gisela Lunz Second Heidi Schapman Lead Trudi Benzing Cortina CC Cortina d Ampezzo Skip Nella Alvera Third Paola Zardini Second Lidia Cavallini Lead Loredana Da Giau Asker CC Oslo Skip Ellen Githmark Third Eli Kolstad Second Kirsten Vaule Lead Ingvill Githmark Ayr CC Ayr Skip Beth Lindsay Third Ann McKellar Second Jeanette Johnston Lead May Taylor Sweden Switzerland United StatesAmatorforeningens CK StockholmSkip Birgitta Torn Third Katarina Hultling Second Susanne Gynning Odling Lead Gunilla Bergman Basel Albeina CC Basel Skip Gaby Casanova Third Betty Bourquin Second Linda Thommen Lead Rosi Manger Granidears CC Seattle Skip Nancy Langley Third Dolores Wallace Second Leslie Frosch Lead Nancy WallaceRound robin standings EditCountry Skip W L Sweden Birgitta Torn 8 2 Canada Lindsay Sparkes 7 3 Switzerland Gaby Casanova 7 3 Scotland Beth Lindsay 7 3 France Paulette Delachat 7 3 United States Nancy Langley 7 3 Denmark Iben Larsen 4 6 West Germany Susi Kiesel 4 6 Norway Ellen Githmark 3 7 Italy Nella Alvera 1 9 England Janette Forrest 0 10Results EditDraw 1 Edit Sheet A Final Norway Githmark 5 West Germany Kiesel 17Sheet B Final England Forrest 3 Scotland Lindsay 16Sheet C Final France Delachat 3 Canada Sparkes 11Sheet D Final United States Langley 6 Denmark Larsen 5Sheet E Final Switzerland Casanova 18 Italy Alvera 1Draw 2 Edit Sheet A Final United States Langley 10 Italy Alvera 9Sheet B Final France Delachat 8 Sweden Torn 10Sheet C Final England Forrest 7 Denmark Larsen 8Sheet D Final Switzerland Casanova 9 West Germany Kiesel 6Sheet E Final Scotland Lindsay 13 Norway Githmark 8Draw 3 Edit Sheet A Final France Delachat 10 Switzerland Casanova 5Sheet B Final United States Langley 8 England Forrest 6Sheet C Final Sweden Torn 8 Scotland Lindsay 5Sheet D Final Denmark Larsen 9 Norway Githmark 5Sheet E 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Canada Sparkes 3 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 X X 12 West Germany Kiesel 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 2Draw 4 Edit Sheet A 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Sweden Torn 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 X 9 Canada Sparkes 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 3Sheet B Final Scotland Lindsay 11 Denmark Larsen 2Sheet C Final England Forrest 2 Italy Alvera 11Sheet D Final United States Langley 9 West Germany Kiesel 8Sheet E Final France Delachat 9 Norway Githmark 4Draw 5 Edit Sheet A Final England Forrest 6 West Germany Kiesel 14Sheet B 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Canada Sparkes 1 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 4 1 12 Switzerland Casanova 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 5Sheet C Final Sweden Torn 7 Norway Githmark 3Sheet D Final France Delachat 7 Denmark Larsen 5Sheet E Final Scotland Lindsay 13 Italy Alvera 2Draw 6 Edit Sheet A 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Canada Sparkes 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 5 Norway Githmark 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 7Sheet B Final United States Langley 9 France Delachat 8Sheet C Final Denmark Larsen 7 Italy Alvera 6Sheet D Final Scotland Lindsay 15 West Germany Kiesel 6Sheet E Final Sweden Torn 10 Switzerland Casanova 6Draw 7 Edit Sheet A Final United States Langley 9 Sweden Torn 6Sheet B Final Denmark Larsen 9 West Germany Kiesel 7Sheet C Final Scotland Lindsay 4 Switzerland Casanova 7Sheet D 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Canada Sparkes 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 10 Italy Alvera 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 6Sheet E Final France Delachat 13 England Forrest 11Draw 8 Edit Sheet A Final Italy Alvera 2 West Germany Kiesel 10Sheet B Final England Forrest 3 Sweden Torn 10Sheet C 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Canada Sparkes 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 X 3 United States Langley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 1Sheet D Final Switzerland Casanova 9 Norway Githmark 7Sheet E Final France Delachat 10 Scotland Lindsay 5Draw 9 Edit Sheet A 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Canada Sparkes 1 2 2 3 0 1 3 0 X X 12 Denmark Larsen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X 2Sheet B Final United States Langley 5 Switzerland Casanova 11Sheet C Final France Delachat 14 West Germany Kiesel 3Sheet D Final Sweden Torn 11 Italy Alvera 3Sheet E Final England Forrest 6 Norway Githmark 10Draw 10 Edit Sheet A Final United States Langley 6 Norway Githmark 2Sheet B Final France Delachat 11 Italy Alvera 4Sheet C Final England Forrest 2 Switzerland Casanova 11 Sheet D 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Scotland Lindsay 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 7 Canada Sparkes 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 Sheet E Final Sweden Torn 11 Denmark Larsen 4Draw 11 Edit Sheet A Final Sweden Torn 9 West Germany Kiesel 11Sheet B Final United States Langley 4 Scotland Lindsay 6Sheet C Final Italy Alvera 3 Norway Githmark 11Sheet D Final Denmark Larsen 5 Switzerland Casanova 10Sheet E 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final England Forrest 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 2 Canada Sparkes 2 0 3 2 1 2 0 1 3 X 13Tiebreakers EditSheet A Final Scotland Lindsay 6 United States Langley 4Sheet B Final Switzerland Casanova 8 France Delachat 5Playoffs EditSemi finalFinal 1 Sweden74 Scotland51 Sweden53 Switzerland133 Switzerland62 Canada3Semifinals Edit Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Sweden Torn 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 X 7 Scotland Lindsay 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 X 5Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Canada Sparkes 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 Switzerland Casanova 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 X 6Final Edit Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Sweden Torn 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 X X 5 Switzerland Casanova 0 0 3 2 0 4 0 4 X X 131979 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women s Curling Championship winner Switzerland1st titleReferences Edit Royal Bank of Scotland World Curling Championships 1979 World Curling Federation 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