 Bruce Mouat (photo: Anil Mungal, GSOC) wins all-Scottish battle 6-2 over Cameron Bryce to open the new-look Grand Slam season. With all of the world's best teams on Prince Edward Island, the presence of four Scottish teams in the main men's event and another contesting the second tier competition at The Hearing Life Tour Challenge speaks to growing strength and depth in the domestic game. It has also resulted in two all-Scottish encounters in the opening round of the triple knockout competition with world number one ranked Mouat taking on Bryce, while reigning national champions Team Whyte face a re-match of their Scottish Championship final with Team Craik. Mouat opened the scoring with two in the first end, then added steals of one in the fourth end and two more in the fifth end to lead 6-1 after five ends. Bryce added one in the sixth end, conceding the game in the seventh end. For Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie and Hammy McMillan, every one of these events represents an opportunity to build on their impressive record as the most successful non-Canadian team in Slam history and after a fine start to the season that has included becoming the first Scots to win the Baden Masters in Switzerland, as well as defending their Euro Super Series title on home ice in Stirling, they are aiming to find another level. "The mindset for us going into these events is we treat these, as I guess we always have, as on par with major championships," said skip Mouat. "They are extremely important to us to win, and the ones we have won have meant so much to us in our careers, so we are never coming into the Slams with a light attitude. We are always really focused. "We are aiming to have a really good season with the Slams this year, and in an important year for everyone, the Slams are where you can really put down your marker. "We have had a really good start to our season, and we are happy with how we are progressing, so now, going into the Slams, it is important to us to keep that momentum going and hopefully come away with some wins." Mouat paid tribute to first round opponents Cammy Bryce, Duncan Menzies, Luke Carson and Robin McCall for the way they have performed in early season, securing their place at this event with victory at the recent Match Town Trophy in Sweden. "They have worked so hard to get into the Slams. "They managed to get in last year, and they have solidified their spot by getting into the first one this year, so it is really exciting to have four Scottish men's teams in Tier One this year, and we will have to be working hard to get the win over Team Bryce on Tuesday." The competition in Charlottetown's Bell Aliant Centre until October 6. New for this season, the Grand Slam of Curling will be streaming every game, with links provide through CurlingZone's scoreboard to directly access each game. Click on the red play button to access each game stream live. |
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Rachel Homan (photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) and Xenia Schwaller both bounce back with wins in B-side action and will face-off Friday for a playoff spot.
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