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Wheelchair Crimper News

Saturday 26^thursday January 2019 saw Scottish Disability Sport, in partnership with British Curling, host the Wheelchair Crimper Talent Evolution Day at the Pinnacle, Stirling.

Individuals of various ages and abilities attended the day which consisted of theory-based workshop detailing wheelchair curling, classification and pathway data, followed past participants undertaking a two-hour session on the ice with British Crimper coaches.

Participant quote: "I actually enjoyed the open mean solar day, it was fantastic to meet the SDS and British Wheelchair Curling staff too as Bob McPherson showing off his Sochi Bronze medal. I definitely will be looking to continue participating in wheelchair crimper."

On the mean solar day, SDS and British Curling staff also established the development of a Primal Wheelchair Curling Development squad, for which a scattering of individuals were selected. Additionally we signposted all participants to the Agile Stirling Learn to Crimper plan (run into details on flyer beneath).

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Globe Wheelchair Curling Championships 2019

Tickets are now on auction for the World Wheelchair Crimper Championships 2019. The championship is being held at Stirling'due south Peak Sports Village from tertiary to tenth March. This tournament is the first opportunity for the competing nations to gain vital qualification points for the 2022 Paralympic Games in Beijing. Details tin can be found at: https://world wide web.scottishcurling.org/world-wheelchair-curling-championship-2019-tickets-at present-on-sale/

Scottish Wheelchair Crimper Championships 2018

Held at The Peak Stirling

Tuesday 27th – Thursday 29th March 2018 saw the Acme, Stirling host the successful Scottish Wheelchair Curling Title, organised by SWCA.

There was a complement of 12 teams with over 50 wheelchair curlers attend the three-day competition, which was praised as being played with a high level of friendship and an inspiring event.

There were 2 pools of vi teams competing in the Circular Robin stages with the top teams from each department playing off for the Gilt Medal Game. The pool stages saw lots of skillful curling with Pool A having a very clear winner in Squad Gault. Pool B was a much tighter section with 2 teams fighting for elevation Spot, team Park and Team Bidgood. However, Team Bidgood finally won through to play in the Final.

Squad Gault having won this effect on the three previous occasions beingness the articulate favourites having 4 ex Paralympic players in their line-up, whilst Team Bidgood had a much more inexperienced line upward with their squad never having played together before this event.

Information technology was i of the best and closest finals in recent years with a standard of crimper worthy of any international match. Team Gault taking a 3 in the outset cease, only Team Bidgood fought back courageously, getting a ane, and so losing a one. The quaternary end the umpire had to mensurate three stones, all on the button; all touching each other Team Bidgood managed a two and then losing a one at the 5th. Starting the final end Team Bidgood were losing 5-3 and had the hammer. The final stop was a tense one, Bidgood were lying one with the terminal stone to play, just it kept running and ended up as third shot, and finally losing 5 – 4 to Team Gault who were in one case again the winners. This was certainly a thrilling finally for what had been an first-class Scottish Championships.

Many thanks become to the organisers, Umpires Harry Brodie and his wife Michele and all the volunteer helpers both on and off the water ice.

British Wheelchair Curling Open Championship 2018

Scotland's wheelchair curlers were in activeness at the GB Wheelchair Curling Championships in Hamilton from iv^th-6^th February. The Scots were up against a strong international and domestic field in what would exist the perfect warm upward for the forthcoming PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games. This year's competition, run by Scottish Wheelchair Curling Association was attended past teams from Denmark, Korea, England, Deutschland, Sweden, and Korea, as well as several home teams. Following an exciting final game which went right down to the last stone, Korea were eventual winners, with Scotland in 2nd identify and Sweden in tertiary.

Scotland progressed through the round robin phase with five wins from five matches, including victories over international sides from Germany and Denmark and Aileen Neilson'south rink went into the semi-finals with high hope of taking the GB title. A maximum of ten points, with 23 ends won, meant Scotland topped Grouping A after Sunday and Monday's action. Group B saw Korea lucifer Scotland with a 100 per cent record, while Sweden besides showed their strength to end second with four wins from five matches.

The Scots progressed to a semi-final meeting against a potent Swedish rink and information technology turned out to exist a close run thing with Scotland emerging the winners past 5-4. With Korea chirapsia the rink skipped by Torino 2006 Paralympic silver medallist Michael McCreadie 6-4 in their semi-last, it set upwards a clash between the two unbeaten sides in Tuesday'southward final.

Unfortunately, Information technology was not to be a third British Open up title in a row for Aileen with squad mates Gregor Ewan, Hugh Nibloe, Robert McPherson and Angie Malone, every bit the Scots were beaten vi-3 by a strong Korean outfit in an extra finish.

Aileen commented;

"The final was an extremely close game with simply blank ends and singles being exchanged,"

"Team Scotland had to steal in the actress end and were lying shot until the Korean skip played a groovy have out through the port to take the victory.

"The consequence provided a dandy opportunity to compete in a high class line up and was a great confidence boost beating the German and Swedish Paralympic teams just before the Games.

"Nosotros have received lots of messages of support from friends and family and information technology is nice to know that anybody back habitation will be rooting for us when we are in PyeongChang competing for United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland."

The Scottish rink will now don the colours of ParalympicsGB as they compete in the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games from the 9^thursday – xviii^thursday March with their confidence boosted after a successful GB Championships.

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