Chinese Taipei women and Guyana men win PCCC B-Division
Chinese Taipei women and Guyana men are the B-Division gold medallists.
The Chinese Taipei women beat Mexico by 8-7 after a stolen extra end, while Guyana men, who played with just three, were 7-6 winners over India. Both have now gained promotion to next season’s A-Division.
Earlier, Kenya women earned bronze medals when they lost the sole semi-final by 13-1 to Mexico while in the men’s bronze medal game, Hong Kong beat Kazakhstan, by 9-3.
Medallists
Women
Gold – Chinese Taipei: Heidi Lin (skip), Amanda Chou (third), Stephanie Lee, (second), I-Ling Liu (lead), Shar-Yin Huang (alternate), Craig Lightbody (coach)
Silver – Mexico: Adriana Camarena (skip), Estefana Quintero (third), Veronica Huerta (second), Karla Martinez (lead), Paulina Olivares (alternate), Doug Dalziel (coach)
Bronze – Kenya: Purity Njuguna (skip), Rose Obilo (third), Mercy Ngovi (second), Laventer Oguto (lead), Tinisha Wanjiru (alternate) Dean Roth (coach)
Men
Gold – Guyana: Rayad Husain (skip), Jason Perreira (third), Baul Parsaud (second), Khemraj Goberdhan (lead), Paul Madgett (coach)
Silver – India: P.N. Raju (skip), Girithar Anthay Suthakaran (third), Vinay Goenka (second), Kishan Dharmendra Vasant (lead), Darren Moulding (coach)
Bronze – Hong Kong: Jason Chang (skip), Justin Chen (third), Martin Yan (second), Woody Cheng (lead), Nadine Scotland (coach)