Three members of the SDS Young Persons Sport Panel – Lewis McConnell, Caitlyn Ross and Colette Martin – attended the World Wheelchair Curling Championships at the PEAK on Wednesday 6 March 2019. The group attended to support panel ambassador Aileen Neilson and team Gary Logan, Robert McPherson, Hugh Nibloe and David Melrose, as they played against the USA in the number 10 draw of the round robin matches of the tournament.
It was a very exciting and tense game of curling to watch as the Scottish team got off to a strong start winning the first end 2-0. After some close shots in the ends to follow, Scotland were still leading at the half way point 4-3. The YPSP kept waving their flags of support as the USA went on to equalise in the 5th end before they went into take the lead by 1 point in end 6. As the teams went into their last end of the match Scotland were 6-4 down but Aileen skipped the team to victory as they won the end by 3 points and to a final result of 7-6 to Scotland. This win moved Scotland up to joint 5th position in the table with Canada and Switzerland. The team will play their next round of matches against Slovakia and Russia on Thursday.
Panel member Colette Martin said: “It was great to see a world championships in your home country and to see Wheelchair Curling played at the highest level. It was great to see our panel ambassador, Ailien in action as well!”
Good luck to Aileen and the rest of the Scottish team in the rest of the competition!
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