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I dropped in to the Lanarkshire Ice Rink, Hamilton, yesterday to see a little of the play in the Under-17 event there, the fourth of the Royal Club U17 Slam competitions. Twenty-four teams on the ice!
You can find all the scores here.
That's Gregor Cannon above.
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Mhairi Paul is in the head, Lynn Paul and Kirsty Sloan the sweepers.
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Zack Stewart gets down to it behind Karina Aitken.
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This is the Ross Whyte team in action. Chris Howat is behind the hair, Zack Stewart is nearest the stone and Fraser Kingan is the other sweeper.
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Amy MacDonald is in the hack, with Eilidh ready to sweep. The team were all the way from Elgin to compete at Hamilton.
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"Don't look now guys, but that stalker is on to us again!" Says Amy Bryce with teammates Neil Sutherland, Callum Potts and Cameron Bryce from Kelso.
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Here's another of Cameron.
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Jenni Cannon and Rachel Mills are the sweepers being supervised by Lauren Morgan.
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Katie Wright and Lauren Morgan watch behind Euan Polea.
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Rachael McInally and Ross McIntyre
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Callum Kinnear and Kerr Sands are ready on skip Robin Brydone's stone.
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Rachel Hannen
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Rachael Halliday and Lauren McIntyre sweep Alison Fyfe's stone. The Rachel Hannen team.
Photos © Skip Cottage. As usual, let me know if you find any mistakes on names.