Daniel Magnusson (Karlstad, SWE) finished 4-3 in the 32 team
Grand Prix Bern Inter Curling Challenge qualifying round, held October 29 - 31, 2021 in , . In their opening game, Magnusson defeated
Jan Iseli (Solothun, SUI) 7-4, then won
6-5 against
Marco Hoesli (Zug, SUI). Magnusson went on to lose
6-3 against
Joel Retornaz (Pinerolo, ITA). Magnusson responded with a
3-2 win over
Fabio Ribotta (Trentino, ITA). Magnusson won
7-4 against
Steffen Walstad (Oslo, NOR) to advance to a B-Qualifier game where they lost
4-1 against
Retornaz to drop into a C-Qualifier game where they lost
7-0 to
Martin Rios (Glarus, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
Magnusson earned
6.793 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 4 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 76th place overall with
42.508 total points. Magnusson ranks 113th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
10.795 points earned so far this season.
I am in week 3 of isolation/quarantine/home schooling and getting a little squirrel-y. Personal hygiene has become optional. The kids have watched the entire... (read more)
On today's World Curling Report...we recap Day 1 of the 2019 Canada Cup. (read more)
Seventeen years ago, I wrote an essay that was published in The Globe ; Mail. It was titled "Curling etiquette offers rules for life", and it got... (read more)
Host John Cullen travels to Thunder Bay, Ontario, for the Tour Challenge to interview Winnipeg's own Jason Gunnlaugson. Though Gunnlaugson has yet to win a... (read more)