22-04-2025
Scots curlers celebrate bronze medal success at World Junior Curling Championships
The rink defeated Korea in Italy to claim their second bronze medal in three years.
Dumfries and Galloway curlers claimed bronze at the World Junior Curling Championships on Monday.
Dalbeattie brothers Orrin and Logan Carson, as well as Dumfries duo Archie Hyslop and Charlie Gibb, were representing Scotland in Cortina d'Ampezzo in Italy.
And although the rink were disappointed to be knocked out of the semi-finals by Sunday, they were delighted to see off Korea the following day to claim their second bronze in three years.
Skip Orrin Carson said: 'We are very proud of our efforts this week and obviously especially to come away with a bronze medal.
'We are really, really happy with that and while it was not what we wanted this week we are glad that we could bounce back after a tough loss on Sunday.'
The young Scots made it through to the semi-finals after finishing third in the round-robin stage, recording six wins and three defeats.
They faced Norway in the last four on Sunday but were narrowly beaten 7-6.
As a result, they faced Korea on Monday, triumphing 7-2 to claim the bronze medal.
Orrin added: 'This one is possibly not a special as your first ever medal at a Worlds but we are still extremely happy with our week and the fact that we are able to bring something back with us is really rewarding.
'We obviously haven't quite got to a final yet and we haven't managed to get over that hurdle so hopefully next year if we can win the Scottish Juniors again we can maybe give ourselves a chance of competing in a world final one day.
'But for now we will enjoy the celebrations and we are really just so happy just now with our efforts this week.'
Orrin will now join forces with Stranraer's Robyn Munro at the World Junior Mixed Doubles Curling Championships.
This is the first year the competition is taking place, with the action getting under way in Edmonton, Canada on May 6.
