 World #1-ranked Bruce Mouat was selected as top team of the season and will represent Scotland at the Men's Worlds in Moose Jaw. Ahead of this season's BKT Tires World Men's Championships which takes place in Moose Jaw, Canada from 29 March - 6 April, Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie and Hammy McMillan have claimed a total of five tournament wins on the men's circuit, including three of Canada's highly prized Grand Slam of Curling events, as well as a fifth appearance in the final at the European Curling Championships. That has given a team that already has a complete set of World Championship medals a dominant lead in the world rankings, taking them further clear of the second-placed team than the second-placed team is ahead 10th. "We really want to top off what has been one of our best seasons as a team with a World Championships," Mouat said of the men's event as he prepares for yet another trip across the Atlantic. "To get the opportunity to do that in Canada again is pretty special and that is exactly what we are aiming for." While his team suffered a rare disappointment at this month's national championships where they topped the round-robin rankings before losing out in the final to world number four ranked Team Whyte, Mouat believes that is merely an indicator of the quality of the environment being created within the Scottish game that is benefiting all concerned. "We feel like our form is really good, we have played really well and our performance at the Scottish we were proud of ourselves," he said. "We were obviously gutted not to win the Scottish but our stats were good and we just had a couple of bad ends and now having the domestic competition that we do in Scotland, it is pretty tough to win these events. "If you do have a few bad ends or games your opposition will punish you and it is amazing to see the standard that the Scottish Champs is bringing. "You have to be on your A game to win these events and when you are on you're A minus game you don't necessarily win it." After one more competition at The Players Championship, where Teams Mouat and Whyte will be seeking to complete an unprecedented clean sweep of wins by Scottish teams in a single season of Grand Slam events, his attention will then switch to the other Olympic discipline. |
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