12-05-2025
Dumfries and Galloway curlers reach quarter-finals of World Junior Mixed Curling Championships
Dalbeattie's Orrin Carson and Stranraer's Robyn Munro represented Scotland at the competition in Edmonton, Canada.
Two Dumfries and Galloway curlers reached the quarter-finals of the first ever World Junior Mixed Curling Championships.
Dalbeattie's Orrin Carson and Stranraer's Robyn Munro represented Scotland at the competition, which took place in Edmonton, Canada.
And a fine display saw them top their group in the round-robin stage.
They beat Austria, Australia, Hungary, Brazil and the United states, their only defeat coming to China.
That run of results was enough to put them through to the quarter-finals.
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Unfortunately, that was where their run ended as they suffered a narrow 7-6 defeat to Sweden.
It's been a good year for Orrin and Robyn as the pair won the Scottish Curling Junior Mixed Doubles in Dumfries and also won gold in the mixed doubles at the World University Games.
Robyn said: 'It's a bitter-sweet end to what has been a really successful season together, undefeated through both junior events in Scotland and winning gold at the first World University Games and to win the right to compete at the first ever World Junior mixed doubles together.
'Especially in our first season playing together, it's been a journey that we can both be very proud of.
'We're both just a bit gutted that we couldn't make it to the medal games, but we gave it our all and I enjoyed my last event as a junior and I'm glad to have shared that with Orrin and he has another year of juniors, so I'm sure he'll be back to try for more.'
