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Both Czech national teams have already won.

The Czechs pulled it out against the Swedes. They overcame a bad start to the match (0 : 4) and beat the experienced northerners with improved play in the second half. Yesterday, when the women played an even match with the Swiss, the Czech men faced the Canadians. Apparently too much respect for the representatives of the strongest curling country caused the match to end with Canada winning after seven ends. In this afternoon's draw, the Czechs played Ireland, who were missing their traditional skip John Kenny. Even so, the Irish showed more experience than our players and after a good performance won 11-3 after seven ends. The Czech women's match against the Scots was of a different character. After a wilder start, two threes and one deuce, the match settled down a bit in terms of results, but there were chances for multiple scores on both sides. In the seventh end we missed the chance to get two and maybe even three points, and after a Skoteks' one we were down by three by the last. But with an advantage. With concentrated play we were able to build a hopeful position and with the last stone we had a chance for a four and therefore a win. However, a seemingly routine stone went wrong and the Scots carried the win 9 - 5. However, no stone is routine on this type of ice. The ladies played a more than decent game against a much more experienced opponent and should take away the impression that they can play evenly with anyone.