Ireland and France both picked up their first wins of the championship in today's seventh session of play. Ireland, playing their first game of the competition, took a 3-0 lead after the first two ends, but Italy responded with a score of three points in the third and two single point steals in the fourth and fifth ends to take the lead.
Ireland hit back immediately with a score of three points in the sixth end and with the scores tied at 6-6 going into the eighth end Ireland scored three further points for the 9-6 win.
France recorded their first victory of the competition by defeating Serbia 9-2. France scored two points in the first, fifth and seventh ends on their way to their win. Hungary picked up their third win this week by defeating Bulgaria by a score of 10-2 after six ends of play.
The session's final game saw Russia record a dominant 26-0 win after six ends against newcomers Qatar, in a game that would see the Russians open the scoring with six points in the first end and close the scoring with another six points in the sixth and final end.
In the session eight there were wins for Finland, Switzerland, Austria, USA and Slovakia.
Slovakia scored three points in the fourth end to take a 5-4 lead into the break before stealing two points in the fifth, then consecutive four points steals in the sixth and seventh ends for the 15-4 win over Belgium.
After leading 6-0 at the fourth end break, Finland went on to defeat Sweden 8-2 for their second win of the week. Switzerland defeated Latvia 7-4 and Austria claimed a 9-2 victory over Germany.
RESULTS, session seven
Serbia 2-9 France; Bulgaria 2-10 Hungary; Italy 6-9 Ireland; Russia 26-0 Qatar
RESULTS, session eight
Sweden 2-8 Finland; Latvia 4-7 Switzerland; Austria 9-2 Germany; USA 9-3 Spain; Belgium 4-15 Slovakia
Photo below: Ireland's Neil Fyfe and Alison Fyfe during their win in their first game of the week.
WCF / Hamish Irvine