Winners at Hamilton

If I can just catch up on something that happened last week. You will remember I visited the Lanarkshire Ice Rink, Hamilton, to see just a little of the play in the South Lanarkshire Wheelchair CC's International, see here.

Angela Higson sends this photo of the winners, Canada, who beat Scotland 1 in the final. She says, "It was a great event and a wonderful opportunity for some of us to watch the best in action. Meeting so many teams from abroad was a great experience and we look forward to the next one. They are a smashing bunch of competitors and we wish them all well for the Worlds next month when they do battle again with our own home grown talent, skipped by Aileen Neilson.

Thanks to all the sponsors and volunteers who helped to make the event run smoothly."

Photo is courtesy of Angela Higson. And there's a full report from Judy Mackenzie here.

Wheels at Hamilton

The South Lanarkshire Wheelchair Curling Club are the hosts of a new international wheelchair curling event next week at Lanarkshire Ice Rink.

Teams from Germany (2), Sweden, Czech Republic and Canada will face two teams made up from the Scottish Wheelchair Squad (see here) - five of whom (Gregor Ewan, Tom Killin, Angie Malone, Michael McKenzie and Aileen Neilson) are preparing for the World Championships, February 22 - March 1, in Prague.

Also competing at Hamilton are three sides from SLWCC who Angela Higson says, "Are keen to gain the experience of competing against such quality teams."

If you would like to support the event and see some of the action, the game times are:
Tuesday 18 at 09.00, 12.30, 15.10
Wednesday 19 at 09.00, 12.30, with the Final at 15.10.