Yannick Schwaller

It kind of came out of nowhere, obviously.

I'm Everybody knows I'm coaching Team Yannick Schwaller.

I was asked just before the 25 Worlds to join them.

And it's been a whirlwind since then with the Worlds and then, of course, the whole year in the Olympics.

And you can tell that they're bought into, you know, trying to do the best that they possibly can to advance in the world's rankings.

to um compete against the top teams in the world and they're right there like you can see it they're right there amongst the best um philip holsley is a great shot maker himself with four stone um and talking about great shot makers at four stone uh we also had another switzerland team win the tournament that was yannick schwaller the number one ranked team on the men's side hit like it I heard you on your podcast mention, like, I feel the same way about Benoit.

Like, he might be the best fourth stone throw in the world right now.

Just the way, like, nothing seems impossible for him to make.

But, you know, who else hadn't played a competitive fours game? Brad Jacobs.

And they looked as good as anyone else in the field.

Yes, they lost that semifinal to Yannick Schwaller.

But as we said already, I think Schwaller's playing better than anyone in the world right now.

You're almost ranked number one in the world.

We had, we had Yannick Schwaller on last week.

And once again, he, he kicks butt, um, ranked number one in the world, uh, I'd love to hear your thoughts as to you're knocking on that door again.

Thoughts on now you're ranked number two solidly, but then, you know, that climb to try to pass.

First of all, let's start with the men.

Yannick Schwaller, huge win.

We talked about it on the broadcast, but Yannick made it very clear when they put this team together in 2022, in the fall of 2022, their goal by the end of the quad, so in 2026, was to win a slam.

And it took them until the second last slam to do that.

Obviously, a great, great opening slam weekend.

And we had Yannick Schwaller and new look Carrie Anderson walk away with the trophies, new champions for the.

Invitational event as well.

But there is a little bit of controversy that happened over the weekend involving the playoff format for the first time in since the rule was put in place last year to do shootouts and in round robin, I should say.

But that being said, I think that what we experienced was something that needs to be really kind of thought of.

And, you know, I'm glad people are talking about, hey, don't get me wrong.

I'd much rather people talk about how incredible a week Yannick Schwaller and Kerry Anderson had.

Kerry had some of the best shots of the week.

Took over from Bruce Mowat.

Yannick Schwaller, they skip the Swiss team.

They are in Victoria.

And of course, Benoit Schwartz van Berkel joins us.

And talking about the champions, let's get into that right now.

As you know what? Yannick Schwaller.

has proven why he took over as the number one ranked team in the world from Bruce Mouat.

Obviously, Bruce hasn't played a lot of events this year, and that is the major factor to why Bruce Mouat lost that number one world ranking.

But Yannick Schwaller is proving why he is the number one team in the world right now.

It's crazy to think this, but it took Team Schwaller until the second last event of the Grand Slam calendar year for the last quadrennial, to win a Grand Slam.

Now, they win the first Grand Slam of the new quadrennial.

They basically put on a clinic, the toughest game that they had this week, in my opinion, like, was against Brad Jacobs in the semifinal.

Ultimately, he says he's running to ask tough questions, listen to residents, and make informed decisions for the city's future.

In provincial news, Top-ranked curler Yannick Schwaller of Switzerland is making waves at the Nufflors Penticton Curling Classic this weekend.

The world number one and Olympic bronze medalist has led his team to playoff contention after an undefeated run through round-robin play.

He's joined by Canadian curling icon Kevin Coe and a host of other international stars, including Sweden's Oscar Eriksson, all competing for a prize of $100,000, the biggest purse offered at any non-Grand Slam event.

Veteran curler Glenn Howard is coaching Schwaller's team, and Coe himself calls it one of the premier curling events around, citing fierce competition as his motivation to keep playing.

The classic wraps up on Sunday, with quarterfinals this evening.

Tickets are available at the door.

think we want to talk a little bit about a couple of things.

Yannick Schwaller with Benoit Schwartz van Berkel and company, that great team.

They're world number one.

World number one is not Bruce Mowat.

Well, give me the top five.

Okay, so you

mentioned Yannick Schwaller, right? Yeah, number one.

Huge start, winning like crazy, number one in the world.