Holland happy to sing O Canada in Denmark

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FOR Amber Holland, one of Wednesday’s highlights at the Capital One world women’s curling championship occurred before she threw a single rock.

One of the competing countries is honoured before each draw in Esbjerg, Denmark with player introductions, gift presentations, a flag-raising, and the playing of the national anthem. There was only one glitch before Wednesday’s second of three draws — due to technical difficulties, a recording of the Canadian anthem could not be played.

“Thank goodness we had about 25 Canadian fans in the stands, because them and us just started singing our anthem,” Holland, the Canadian skip, said via email. “Not the best moment for the host committee, but it felt pretty awesome to have our fans belting out the anthem.”

Holland, third Kim Schneider, second Tammy Schneider and lead Heather Kalenchuk proceeded to defeat Switzerland’s Mirjam Ott 7-4. The victory extended the foursome’s winning streak to four games. In the next draw, however, Sweden’s Anette Norberg edged Holland 5-4. Norberg improved her record to 8-1. Holland dropped to 5-4 entering her final two round-robin matches today.

“We are obviously still in the playoff hunt, so that is good,” Holland, of Kronau, Sask., said. “We just need to ensure we put two good games together. We can’t look back on the wins and losses to date, only look forward to the games ahead.”

Holland was to face Ji-Sun Kim of Korea in the early draw, before meeting Germany’s Andrea Schopp later in the day.

With the victory, Norberg clinched a berth in the Page playoffs. After Wednesday’s draws, she sat comfortably atop the standings at 8-1, followed by three teams at 6-3 — Bingyu Wang of China, Lene Nielsen of Denmark and Anna Sidorova of Russia. Holland and Ott were next in line, tied for fifth at 5-4. The top four teams advance to the Page playoffs, which are set for Friday

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