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The World Wheelchair Mixed Doubles Event is an open entry event for World Curling Member Associations and is being held once again in Stevenston, Ayrshire. The championship will see 23 teams compete for the World Title and the final qualification points for the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games Wheelchair Mixed Doubles Event.

England, represented by Karen Aspey and Stewart Pemblett, and Scotland, with Charlotte McKenna and Hugh Nibloe, have been drawn together in Group C. Their first fixture is a head-to-head on Tuesday at 13.00. Scotland have a second game on Tuesday at 20.00 against Turkiye.

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England suffered a comprehensive defeat against Scotland by 4 shots to 11 after 7 ends. The game was effectively over by half-way, with England down by 2-7.

Although they were slow out of the blocks, Scotland were equally ruthless against Turkiye, winning by 9-2, also after 7 ends.

England have two games tomorrow, against Slovakia at 09.30 and Turkiye at 16.30. Scotland have a long wait tomorrow with their sole game not until 20.00 against Korea.

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England were beaten 4-10 this morning by Slovakia. They managed to stay in touch at 4-5 down after 5 ends but fell away in the next couple of ends. They did recover well to beat Turkiye by 9-5 later, never being behind in the game.

Scotland were soundly beaten 10-5 by Group leaders Korea tonight. Losing 5 shots in the 3rd end made their task impossible and a loss of 4 shots in the 7th end only compounded their misery.

Tomorrow England play Spain in the final session at 20.00, with Scotland having 2 games - Hungary at 13.00 and Slovakia at 20.00. With the Group stages finishing on Friday, both teams need wins on the board to keep in contention.

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Scotland suffered another defeat against Hungary by 4 shots to 8. They were well behind the whole game and struggled to gain any momentum. They did recover well in their second game, beating Slovakia, one of their rivals for qualification, by 6-3. Nothing spectacular here but consistency saw them score 5 single shots in the first 5 ends to seize the initiative and clinch the win.

England romped home against Spain, winning by 10-3. After 4 ends they were only ahead by 1 shot and finished strongly to put pressure on the teams above them.

Tomorrow's games will be crucial to both home teams' chances. Scotland play Spain in the final session at 20.00. England play Hungary at 09.30 in a game they surely need to win, as they face unbeaten leaders Korea in the 20.00 session.

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England got their day off to a stunning start by beating Hungary 8-7 with 4 shots in the last end. They had been 1-5 down after 5 ends but came back in spectacular fashion. Their final game against Korea was equally exciting and again scoring 4 shots in the last end, but fell just short, losing 10-11. The scores were tied at 6-6 after 5 ends but Korea got far enough in front in the 6th and 7th ends. It was a valiant attempt at qualification and they certainly gave everything they had to rescue the game. England finished with 3 wins and 3 losses.

Scotland came good at the right time to defeat Spain 9-6 to reach 4 wins and qualification, finishing 2nd behind Korea. They were 2-5 down after 4 ends but dominated the rest of the game.

The Quarter-finals at 10.00 tomorrow are as follows-
Korea v Slovakia
Czechia v Scotland
Canada v Japan
Norway v Estonia

The Semi-finals will be played at 17.00 tomorrow and the Medal Games are at 14.00 on Sunday.