| 1988 World Junior Curling Championships | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Men: Füssen, West Germany Women: Chamonix, France |
| Dates | Men: March 13–19 Women: March 19–25 |
| Men's winner |  Canada (6th title) |
| Skip | James "Jim" Sullivan |
| Third | Charles Sullivan |
| Second | Craig Burgess |
| Lead | Danny Alderman |
| Finalist |  Sweden (Peter Lindholm) |
| Women's winner | Canada (1st title) |
| Skip | Julie Sutton |
| Third | Judy Wood |
| Second | Susan Auty |
| Lead | Marla Geiger |
| Finalist |  Switzerland (Marianne Amstutz) |
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The 1988 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 13 to 19 in Füssen, West Germany for the men's competition and from March 19[1] to 25 in Chamonix, France for the women's competition. While it was the 14th junior men's competition, this was the inaugural year for the junior women's competition.[2][3] It has also been the only year that the men's and women's competitions were held separately.
The men's event (sponsored by Uniroyal) was won by Canada, skipped by Jim Sullivan and his rink from Fredericton, New Brunswick.[4]
The women's event was won also won by Canada, skipped by University of Victoria student Julie Sutton's Kelowna, British Columbia rink.[5]
- ^ Victoria Times Colonist, 20 Mar 1988, pg M11, "B.C. quartet overcomes early jitters"
- ^ "History of Curling". Grand Forks Curling Club. Archived from the original on January 2, 2020. Retrieved Jan 1, 2020.
- ^ Mott, Morris Kenneth; Allardyce, John (1989). Curling Capital: Winnipeg and the Roarin' Game, 1876 to 1988. University of Manitoba Press. p. 89. ISBN 0887553176.
- ^ Victoria Times Colonist, 20 Mar 1988, pg M11, "N.B. juniors bring back world crown to Canada"
- ^ Montreal Gazette, 26 Mar 1988, pg H4, "B.C.'s Sutton captures junior women's curling"