SCOTLAND MEN DEFEND EUROPEAN TITLE ON HOME ICE AT #ECC2023
Scotland were represented by Team Morrison and Team Mouat at the Le Gruyère AOP European Curling Championships 2023, hosted from 18 to 25 November at Curl Aberdeen.
Many congratulations to the Scotland Men team of Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan, and Kyle Waddell (coach: Michael Goodfellow) who defended their European champions title on home ice at Curl Aberdeen.
Progressing to the play-offs as second in the round robin standings, they faced Switzerland in the semi-finals. There wasn’t much in it, but three points in the eighth end gave the Scots an advantage that they brought over the line.
On to the final versus nemesis Sweden. The sides traded scores throughout the game and took proceedings to a tense extra end. Coming down with hammer, the Scots did what they needed to and bagged the win by a point.
Meanwhile, Scotland’s women’s team of Rebecca Morrison, Jen Dodds, Gina Aitken, Sophie Jackson, Sophie Sinclair) experienced a rollercoaster round robin but were in it for a play-off spot until the very end.
However, facing Norway in a straight shoot-out for the remaining semi-final spot, the Scots missed out on the win following a single steal in the 10th end. Thus, they finished fifth overall and just missed out.
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WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP
Scotland Team: Rebecca Morrison, Gina Aitken, Sophie Sinclair, Sophie Jackson, Jen Dodds (coach: Ross Paterson)
Fixtures:
Sat 18 Nov, 9am: Türkiye 4 – 8 Scotland
Sat 18 Nov, 7.30pm: Scotland 9 – 11 Denmark
Sun 19 Nov, 2pm: Italy 7 – 6 Scotland
Mon 20 Nov, 8am: Scotland 8 – 1 Czechia
Mon 20 Nov, 4pm: Sweden 7 – 9 Scotland
Tue 21 Nov, 9am: Scotland 5 – 3 Germany
Tue 21 Nov, 7pm: Scotland 2 – 5 Switzerland
Wed 22 Nov, 2pm: Estonia 4 – 6 Scotland
Thu 23 Nov, 9am: Norway 9 – 7 Scotland
Scotland finish fifth in the standings on a five in four record and narrowly miss out on the play-offs.
MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP
Scotland Team: Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan, Kyle Waddell (coach: Michael Goodfellow)
Fixtures:
Sat 18 Nov, 2.30pm: Scotland 5 – 3 Norway
Sun 19 Nov, 9am: Scotland 5 – 8 Sweden
Sun 19 Nov, 7pm: Czechia 5 – 6 Scotland
Mon 20 Nov, 12pm: Switzerland 6 – 9 Scotland
Mon 20 Nov, 8pm: Scotland 8 – 2 Germany
Tue 21 Nov, 2pm: Italy 7 – 6 Scotland
Wed 22 Nov, 9am: Scotland 9 – 4 Netherlands
Wed 22 Nov, 7pm: Türkiye 3 – 10 Scotland
Thu 23 Nov, 2pm: Scotland 8 – 7 Finland
Semi-Final, Fri 24 Nov, 9am: Scotland 7 – 4 Switzerland
Gold Medal Game, Sat 25 Nov, 2pm: Scotland 6 – 5 Sweden
Scotland take European gold on home ice.
