You will also start receiving the Star's free morning newsletter calls the sweep during the match against the United States at the World Women’s Curling Championship in Uijeongbu UIJEONGBU-SI - Eunji Gim gave local fans a reason to celebrate Wednesday at Uijeongbu Arena as her surging squad knocked off Rachel Homan’s Canadian rink 11-7 at the LGT world women’s curling championship Homan’s Ottawa-based team of Tracy Fleury Emma Miskew and Sarah Wilkes rebounded in the late draw with an 8-6 win over Norway’s Marianne Roervik Canada had hammer in the 10th end and scored two for the victory “We just didn’t capitalize on our opportunities and the game was real close,” Homan said Canada and Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg were tied in third place at 6-2 after 14 sessions Gim was alone in second place at 7-1 and Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni remained unbeaten at 8-0 The top six teams in the 13-team field will advance to the weekend playoffs China’s Rui Wang was in fifth place at 5-3 ahead of Scotland’s Sophie Jackson at 5-4 Denmark’s Madeleine Dupont was just under the cutline at 4-4 with two days of round-robin play to go Gim and Homan were tied 3-3 after five ends but the South Korean skip scored three in the sixth for a lead she wouldn’t relinquish Homan made a game of it by scoring three in the ninth but Gim responded with three points in the 10th We would have liked to have played a little bit better but lots of learning to be done,” said Canadian vice Tracy Fleury “There’s a lot that we’ll take away from that game some line calling and some stuff with the sheet.” South Korea shot 94 per cent as a team while Canada was at 90 per cent Norwegian fourth Kristin Skaslien executed an exceptional tapback through a narrow port in the ninth end to sit one Canada attempted a slash for two but missed wide Homan made a nose hit for two in the 10th end to win It was her 100th career game representing Canada on the international stage “I’m always happy to represent Canada and I’m glad I’ve been able to play that many games for Canada.” Canada was scheduled to play Switzerland and Japan’s Sayaka Yoshimura (3-5) on Thursday Homan won gold at the 2024 world playdowns in Sydney This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 18 Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Account processing issue - the email address may already exist Invalid password or account does not exist Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account Sign In Register UIJEONGBU-SI — Eunji Gim gave local fans a reason to celebrate Wednesday at Uijeongbu Arena as her surging squad knocked off Rachel Homan's Canadian rink 11-7 at the LGT world women's curling championship Emma Miskew and Sarah Wilkes rebounded in the late draw with an 8-6 win over Norway's Marianne Roervik "We just didn't capitalize on our opportunities and the game was real close," Homan said Canada and Sweden's Anna Hasselborg were tied in third place at 6-2 after 14 sessions Gim was alone in second place at 7-1 and Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni remained unbeaten at 8-0 China's Rui Wang was in fifth place at 5-3 ahead of Scotland's Sophie Jackson at 5-4 Denmark's Madeleine Dupont was just under the cutline at 4-4 with two days of round-robin play to go but the South Korean skip scored three in the sixth for a lead she wouldn't relinquish but lots of learning to be done," said Canadian vice Tracy Fleury "There's a lot that we'll take away from that game some line calling and some stuff with the sheet." "I'm always happy to represent Canada and I'm glad I've been able to play that many games for Canada." Canada was scheduled to play Switzerland and Japan's Sayaka Yoshimura (3-5) on Thursday This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page The Korea Baduk Association selected and released top 10 news in the Go world in 2024 including four consecutive Nongshim Shin Ramen ships and the Women's Baduk Spring and Autumn Warring States Period a "new intelligence" who won six consecutive games once again made a new history of Nongshim Shin Ramen giving Korea the trophy for the fourth consecutive year Shin Jin-seo 9 dan played as the last runner in a crisis where four South Korean players had not won a single game and confirmed the championship with six consecutive wins for the first time in the tournament He also broke Lee Chang-ho's record of 14 consecutive wins in the ninth round of the tournament by increasing his winning streak from the 22nd round to 16 consecutive wins in the senior Go Samgukji and Nongshim Baeksan Water Cup World Baduk Senior Championship bringing the first championship cup to South Korea rose to the top for 60 consecutive months from January 2020 to December 2024 breaking the longest ranking record beyond the No and was in the spotlight with his walk-off come-from-behind victory in the 26th Nongshim Shin Ramen Cup World Baduk Cup Shin Jin-seo 9 dan won the 5th Ponyjung e-The Prize for e-commerce and published her first essay "Uijeong-si Baduk-only Stadium," has begun construction The Korea Baduk Foundation signed an agreement with Uijeongbu City and Gyeonggi Province to build a Go stadium in 2020 and began counting down to the 'Uijeong government era' through the 'Gwancheol-dong era' and the 'Wangsimni era' will have a four-story building with one basement level Uijeongbu City's Go Stadium aims to be completed in August 2026 through two years of construction A series of children's Go competitions for aspiring Go players have been established the Cheongho Nice Environmental Love Children's Baduk Festival was held successfully and the Burabokon National Baduk Competition sponsored by Haitai Ice was held for four months from August More than 1,000 children participated in each competition and applications for participation were also closed early it gave unforgettable memories to participating students as well as parents led by a young coach in his second year and head coach Park Seung-hwa has reached the top of the 2023-2024 KB Kookmin Bank Baduk League in two years which finished second in the regular league beat Korea Price Information in the playoffs and won its first championship with a 2-1 victory over the top-ranked Wonik in the regular league in the championship game KB Kookmin Bank's Baduk League has tried new changes to give fans more variety of fun the ace decider was introduced to play a thrilling match all the matches are being held at speed in line with the rapid sports trend South Korea and China have announced that they will host a new major world competition will end this year's fifth competition and will be held biennially with the world competition starting next year the world's top driver's final match will be ranked in a full league of nine players and the first winner will be determined with the third final round of the first and second place the 1.8 million yuan North Sea New Year's Cup hosted by China will be held in April next year which will determine this year's finalists will have its first winner in February next year in Singapore with a match between Shin Jin-seo 9 dan and Wang Xinghao 9 dan from China the emergency of Japanese Go was noticeable Ichiriki Ryo 9 dan became the first Japanese player to win the 10th Ngshibae and Ueno Asami 5 dan performed a surprise victory in the 7th Oh Chung-wonbae World Women's Baduk Open It is the first time in 19 years and 5 months that Japan has won a major world championship since the 9th LG Cup in 2005 have formed a triangular structure due to Japan's emergency Taiwan's Lai Junfu 8 dan won the 10th National Baduk Competition by beating Shin Jin-seo 9 dan It is simply a rebellion of the last place which was at the bottom of the 2023 NH Nonghyup Bank Women's Baduk League reached the top of the 2024 season after the precipitation of replacing all the main players won the championship match against Pyeongtaek Brain City following the playoffs and won the championship cup for the first time in four years Boryeong Mud drew attention by winning with the performances of Kim Min-seo and Kim Da-young's two-top despite the absence of franchise player Choi Jung-dan The integrated qualifying round for the major world tournament was revived as the 2024 Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance World Baduk Masters for the first time in five years which had decided the members of the finals based on the national quota system players from all over the world competed fiercely for the Korean origin South Korea won all the tickets for the women's and senior groups Choi Jung and Kim Eun-ji made headlines by reaching the round of 16 together for the first time in a world tournament The 2024 Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance World Baduk Masters won the defending champion Dinghao 9 dan once again winning its second consecutive tournament in eight years since Ke Jie 9 dan in 2016 celebrated the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period in 2024 Nanseolheonbae champion Kim Eun-ji 9 dan regained the No and showed off her robustness by winning the 2024 Senko Cup the 2024 Doctor G women's best driver's match Kim Chae-young 9 dan won two gold medals in Korea winning the 29th Harim Bae Women's Noodle Competition following her first title in six years as the 2024 IBK Industrial Bank Women's Baduk Masters and showed remarkable growth by finishing second in the 8th Haesung Women's Giseong match and the 29th Harimbae Women's Noodle match ※ This service is provided by machine translation tool Canada’s skip Rachel Homan releases the stone during the match against the United States at the World Women’s Curling Championship in Uijeongbu UIJEONGBU-SI - Canada’s Rachel Homan earned two wins Thursday to secure a playoff spot at the LGT World Women’s Curling Championship The defending champion defeated Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni 7-6 before rolling to an 11-2 rout of Japan’s Sayaka Yoshimura at Uijeongbu Arena Homan and her top-ranked Ottawa-based rink of Tracy Fleury Emma Miskew and Sarah Wilkes improved to 8-2 good for a second-place tie with Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg and South Korea’s Eunji Gim ”(We) just wanted to come out and be sharp,” Miskew said “We know the mistakes are going to happen Switzerland led the 13-team standings at 9-1 after 17 sessions of round-robin play China’s Rui Wang and Scotland’s Sophie Jackson were tied in fifth place at 6-4 Norway’s Marianne Roervik was 5-6 and Italy’s Stefania Constantini was 4-6 Canada will close its round-robin schedule Friday with games against Italy and China The playoffs begin Saturday with the top two seeds earning byes to the afternoon semifinals The other four teams will play qualification games in the morning “All we can control is our next two games for now so we’ll try to go out and be sharp,” Miskew said “If we can win our two games and if it works out (we get a bye) Canada handed Switzerland its first loss in a back-and-forth matchup between the top two teams in the world rankings “It took us 11 ends to beat them,” Homan said “I’m just really proud of my team for sticking together and trying to make the next one.” The win also virtually guaranteed Canada a spot in the women’s curling competition at the 2026 Olympics “I feel pretty proud that we’re able to represent Canada and get enough points to get to an Olympic spot,” Homan said “I’m just proud that we’re able to clinch that spot for Canada.” The winners of the Montana’s Canadian Curling Trials will represent the red Maple Leaf in the women’s and men’s curling competitions at the Games That event is scheduled for late November in Halifax Canada had a 5-1 lead on Japan at the mid-game break Thursday Homan iced the win with a runback in the eighth end that left Canada sitting five Yoshimura came up light on her final draw and the teams shook hands Homan defeated Tirinzoni in the 2024 world championship final in Sydney This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 19 Shin Dong-A Construction announced on the 19th that it will start selling "Uiigu Station Family II" in Uijeongbu the complex will be a residential and commercial complex with two basement floors There are seven types of housing types ranging from 59㎡ for exclusive use to 136㎡ for exclusive use located three minutes away from the complex is scheduled to open GTX-C at the end of 2028 which is expected to greatly improve transportation convenience in the future you can get from Uijeongbu Station to Samsung Station in Seoul within 20 minutes which circulates outside the metropolitan area will also be promoted at Uijeongbu Station There is National Highway 3 and the Seoul Metropolitan Area First Circulation Expressway nearby Construction of the Dongbu Expressway Underground Project will begin in the second half of this year and be completed in the second half of 2029 The project will build a 10.4-kilometer underground road extending from Cheongdam-dong in Gangnam-gu to Seokgwan-dong in Seongbuk-gu a section of the eastern highway connecting Songpa-gu in Seoul to Uijeongbu in Gyeonggi-do The suburbs connecting Uijeongbu Station to Neunggok Station in Goyang are also expected to reopen in December It is expected that it will be easier to move to the northern part of the metropolitan area The development of the original city center is also eye-catching An urban development project is underway near Uijeongbu Station Family II to create a new site for Camp LaGuardia Shinsegae Department Store Uijeongbu Branch is located right in front of the complex and government offices such as Uijeongbu City Hall and Uijeongbu District Court Registration Office are also adjacent Large medical facilities such as Eulji Hospital and Uijeongbu Hospital of Gyeonggi Medical Center are also close Gyeongui Kindergarten and Gyeongui Elementary School are three minutes away on foot and school districts such as Balgok Middle School It is also convenient to use academy areas concentrated in Uijeongbu-dong and Singok-dong Green spaces such as Jungnangcheon Waterfront Park The Family II sample house at Uijeongbu Station will be located at 240-44 Heavy rains continued in the Seoul metropolitan area on the morning of the 17th The Korea Meteorological Administration sent heavy rain emergency messages to the Seoul metropolitan area for the first time this year flooding all parts of the road and stopping trains at one point causing inconvenience to citizens on their way to work ◇ 100mm per hour in northern Gyeonggi-do..."I fell to my knees in an instant" According to the Korea Meteorological Administration 103.5mm of Uijeongbu's new song at 8:22 a.m. were hit by torrential rain of around 100mm in an hour The Korea Meteorological Administration sent heavy rain disaster messages from 4:24 a.m mainly in Seoul and northern Gyeonggi Province This is the first time this year that heavy rain emergency disaster messages have been sent to the metropolitan area The rain poured from early morning flooded roads in northern Gyeonggi Province in an instant about 300 reports related to heavy rain damage were received in the 112 situation room of the northern Gyeonggi police more than 200 heavy rain-related 119 reports were received at the fire department in northern Gyeonggi Province the road entering Dangdong IC from Free-ro and the Dongbu Expressway and Underground Underground Road in Uijeongbu-si were closed from 8:30 a.m. causing inconvenience for vehicles to detour to work an office worker who used to go to work in Dangdong-ri and cars turned on emergency lights and ran turtles I was going to pass through Dangdong IC to head to the office but traffic was being controlled because the road was flooded." "The water rose out of control just over an hour after the heavy rain poured down and the roads in the area were submerged up to the adult knees," he said Various roads in northern Gyeonggi Province Yangju-si and roads near Deokjeong Intersection in Dongducheon-si There was also a damage that the train stopped running on the way to work on the Gyeongwon Line between Uijeongbu Station and Deokjeong Station on the Mangwolsa Station to Uijeongbu Station Heavy rain warnings were issued across Seoul at 8:45 a.m restricting access to 29 rivers in the city and four Dunchi parking lots were also closed ◇ Rescuing and Evacuating Residents in Torrential Rain...There are a series of traffic accidents There was also a commotion in which a citizen trapped in his home was rescued in an emergency due to a sudden downpour a report was received that a person was trapped due to water entering the house in Geumo-dong and the fire authorities took measures to drain it and rescued it safely the lower part of the retaining wall collapsed and three people from one household were evacuated to the accommodation facility in advance an accident occurred at an officetel in Gil-dong when rainwater flowed into the elevator and stopped working Fire authorities were dispatched and rescued after receiving a report that a person was trapped inside the elevator heavy rain damage such as falling trees continued due to heavy rain are being treated at the hospital with serious and minor injuries due to a car accident near the Hoengseong Yeongdong Expressway Bridge 1 at 6:44 p.m three people were slightly injured in a four-car collision with a car and a truck inside Dongsan 2 Tunnel on Chuncheon Seoul Yangyang Expressway strong rain in the Seoul metropolitan area and Gangwon-do...Beware of damage" heavy rain warnings were issued in six cities and counties in Gyeonggi-do heavy rain warnings are in effect in four cities and counties: Hongcheon-gun Pyeongji The Korea Meteorological Administration predicted that heavy rain of up to 30 to 60 millimeters per hour could fall in the Seoul metropolitan area and Gangwon Province by the afternoon The Han River Flood Control issued a special flood warning at 10:10 a.m on the same day to Jokcheon Daebogyo Bridge in Gapyeon-gun and Songcheon Bridge in Sincheon the northernmost North Korean river water dam will open its first floodgate and control the water level this year Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) plans to open two floodgates at Chuncheon Dam and let 250 tons of water flow downstream Uiam Dam also plans to open one floodgate at the same time and discharge 500 tons of water per second Gyeonggi Province is preparing for torrential rain by operating the first emergency stage of the Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters from 9 p.m authorities are working to recover from additional damage such as landslides in border areas such as Paju and Yeoncheon An official from the Korea Meteorological Administration said etc.) in northern Gyeonggi-do and northern Gangwon-do may rise sharply so please pay special attention to flooding and torrential currents." The LGT World Women’s Curling Championship 2025 will be held in the Uijeongbu Arena Uijeongbu is the 23rd largest city out of 31 cities of Gyeonggi-do 20km north of Seoul and part of the Seoul Metropolitan Area It has an approximate population of 470,000 While this is the first time an international curling event will be held in Uijeongbu this will be the second time Korea has hosted the World Women’s Curling Championship with the first time being 2009 in Gangneung Korea has hosted 13 World Curling championships as well as the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games Korea most recently hosted the 2024 World Wheelchair Curling Championship and Wheelchair Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Gangneung not only will the world championship title be on the line but also the final qualifying points for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games seven countries will have qualified for the women’s competition in Milano Cortina The final two Olympic berths will be decided at the Olympic Qualification Event “Korea have shown over a number of years that they are excellent partners in hosting World Curling events and I’m positive that they Korea Curling Federation’s president Sangho Han said “We are honoured to host the 2025 LGT World Women’s Curling Championship We will work hard to ensure that it stands out as a spectacular celebration of curlers from all around the world “We sincerely appreciate the opportunity to host the 2025 LGT World Women’s Curling Championship in our city We are pleased to use this competition as an opportunity to publicise the ice skating and curling infrastructure facilities of our city to the world and Uijeongbu will take the lead in popularising the sport of curling hope that the 2025 LGT World Women’s Curling Championship will become a place of harmony where all players officials and Uijeongbu citizens become one Engage with World Curling on Twitter/X, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and Weibo and by searching the hashtags #curling #wwcc Home / News / Uijeongbu Korea to host LGT World Women’s Curling Championship 2025 Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.