The InnovationPlex is a 2,879-seat multi-purpose arena in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada. The arena was built in 1967 as a Canadian Centennial project and originally known as the Centennial Civic Centre. In 2007, Swift Current city council approved a $14 million expansion to the Centennial Civic Centre. Construction of the hockey-curling complex was completed in fall 2007.
Kelly Schafer is a Scottish-Canadian curler who has represented Canada, Scotland and Great Britain on an International and Olympic level. After playing in the 2010 World Championships in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, she fell in love with and married the mayor of the city and has lived there ever since.
Wang Bingyu is a Chinese curler. In 2009, she became the first non Northern American or European skip to win a World Championship.
The 2010 World Women's Curling Championship was held from March 20 to 28 at the Credit Union iPlex in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Cecilia "Cissi" Östlund is a Swedish curler. She was skip for the Swedish team at the 2008 World Junior Curling Championships in Östersund, winning a silver medal and she was the skip of the Swedish team at the 2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship in Swift Current, Canada, finishing fourth
Sara Carlsson is a Swedish curler. She was third for the Swedish team at the 2008 World Junior Curling Championships in Östersund, winning a silver medal. She is third for the Swedish team at the 2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship in Swift Current, Canada.
Anna Domeij is a Swedish curler. She was second for the Swedish team at the 2008 World Junior Curling Championships in Östersund, winning a silver medal. She is second for the Swedish team at the 2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship in Swift Current, Canada.
Liselotte "Lotta" Lennartsson is a Swedish curler. She was lead for the Swedish team at the 2008 World Junior Curling Championships in Östersund, winning a silver medal. She is lead for the Swedish team at the 2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship in Swift Current, Canada.
Sabina Kraupp is a Swedish curler. Kraupp plays third for team Cecilia Östlund in Karlstad and has won the Swedish Championship in 2015 and 2011. As a junior, she was alternate for the Swedish team at the 2005 World Junior Curling Championships in Pinerolo, winning a silver medal. She was also an alternate for the Swedish team at the 2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship in Swift Current, Canada.
Iveta Staša-Šaršūne is a Latvian curler from Riga, Latvia.
Una Ģērmane is a Latvian curler.
Ieva Krusta is a Latvian curler. She is currently the lead on the Latvian National Women's Curling Team.
Zanda Bikše is a Latvian curler.
Dace Munča is a Latvian curler.
Ivana Bratic is a Danish curler from Hørsholm.
Sarah Reid is a Scottish curler from Glasgow.
Zhang Xindi is a Chinese curler.
Henriette Løvar is a Norwegian curler.
Kristin Moen Skaslien is a Norwegian curler from Fornebu. She currently throws fourth stones on Team Marianne Rørvik.
The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and mixed doubles championships, as well as men's and women's versions of junior and senior championships. There is also a world championship for wheelchair curling. The men's championship started in 1959, while the women's started in 1979. The mixed doubles championship was started in 2008. Since 2005, the men's and women's championships have been held in different venues, with Canada hosting one of the two championships every year: the men's championship in odd years, and the women's championship in even years. Canada has dominated both the men's and women's championships since their inception, although Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Scotland, the United States, Norway and China have all won at least one championship.
