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This event is being held in Wetzikon (no, I hadn't heard of it either), Switzerland from Saturday 29 February to Saturday 7 March. Canada, China, Czech Republic, Estonia, Korea, Latvia, Norway, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland are competing for the Medals, with the Medal Games being on the 7th. Teams will garner qualification points for the 2022 Paralympics in Beijing. Just to be different, 6 teams will qualify for the later stages of the tournament. The top 2 in the round-robin will progress to the Semi-finals. The winner of 3rd v 6th and the winner of 4th v 5th will be the other 2 Semi-finalists.

The Scottish squad consists of Hugh Nibloe (skip), Robert McPherson, Gary Smith, Charlotte McKenna and Meggan Dawson-Farrell (alternate). Nibloe and McPherson both won Silver in the 2019 Championships. Unfortunately our local curler, David Melrose, had to withdraw from the team due to injury.

Scotland open their campaign with games against Russia and Slovakia tomorrow and then Switzerland on Sunday.

I will be submitting only sporadic reports this coming week as I'm curling twice on Tuesday, twice on Friday and twice on Saturday, as my season winds up towards a grandstand finish - I was going to say climax, but I can't remeber what that means.