Scottish Curlers Strike Gold in World Junior Championships
- Submitted by: Finlay Carson, Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 May 2022
- Motion reference: S6M-04575
That the Parliament warmly congratulates Scotland’s Junior Curling team of skipper James Craik, Angus Bryce, Scott Hyslop, Neil Ryder and Jack Carrick, supported by coach Iain Watt, after winning the gold medal at the World Junior Curling Championships at Jonkoping Curling Club in Sweden on 22 May 2022; understands that the team enjoyed an emphatic 7-1 victory over their German opponents in the final; acknowledges that their wonderful achievement follows in the footsteps of Scottish skip Bruce Moat’s rink, which achieved similar success in 2016 before going on to secure a silver medal for Team GB at the Winter Olympics in Beijing, China in 2022; recognises that skip James Craik won bronze at the previous two junior curling championships; wishes the new World Junior Champions continued success as they look to make their mark in future competitions, and notes what it sees as the growing strength and outstanding progress being achieved by Scottish curling on the world stage.
Supported by:
Karen Adam, Jeremy Balfour, Colin Beattie, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Stephanie Callaghan, Graeme Dey, Sharon Dowey, Russell Findlay, Murdo Fraser, Meghan Gallacher, Kenneth Gibson, Maurice Golden, Pam Gosal, Jamie Greene, Dr. Sandesh Gulhane, Craig Hoy, Stephen Kerr, Bill Kidd, Monica Lennon, Dean Lockhart, Douglas Lumsden, Fulton MacGregor, Ruth Maguire, Stuart McMillan, Edward Mountain, Oliver Mundell, Douglas Ross, Colin Smyth, Alexander Stewart, Paul Sweeney, David Torrance, Sue Webber, Annie Wells, Tess White, Brian Whittle