[ritchiebaby]

Scotland keep moving forward in their pursuit of a medal and are now guaranteed Gold or Silver after defeating Italy 9-8 in the Semi-final. This was a hard-fought game and it took a draw with the last stone in an extra end to win the game.

In the other Semi-final Canada beat Switzerland 7-5, with each of the Canadians scoring over 90% in the game. Impressive stuff!

So it's Italy v Switzerland in the Bronze Medal Game and Canada v Scotland. Fingers crossed for the Scots lads in tonight's Final.

[Lord Snooty]

'Mon the Scots.

[Lord Snooty]

Looking good, ritchie. 6-1up at half time.

[Amelia Chaffinch]

Doing well thus far. I must leave them to it, though. Off to nurse my cold.

[ritchiebaby]

And the Scots absolutely cruised past Canada 9-3 after only 8 ends. Ya beauty!!!

[ritchiebaby]

Now that I've had a proper, considered look at the reports of last night's World Championship Gold for Scotland, one thing stands out for me. I was amazed at the 4 Canadians with over 90% stats in their Semi-final, but the Scottish players bettered that in the Final. The "worst" player was Bobby Lammie with only 94%. The other players scored 97%, 97% and 98%. The 2 Canadian back-ends (skip and vice-skip) were under pressure most of the time and struggled to read the swinging ice and consequently got into difficulty.

This team has played together for the past 6 seasons and it shows.
Bruce Mouat, Bobby Lammie, Grant Hardie and Hammy McMillan


Switzerland trounced Italy 11-3 in the Bronze Medal Game after 8 ends, although the obligatory 8th end turned into a comedy show with "unusual" delivery styles.

MEDALS
GOLD - Scotland
SILVER - Canada
BRONZE - Switzerland