Whyte beats Mouat to defend men’s Scottish curling title

Ross Whyte defended the men’s title at the Scottish Curling Championships, with his rink seeing off Bruce Mouat’s Olympic medallists 8-3 in the final.

Team Mouat, world champions in 2023 and runners-up at the 2022 Olympics, led 3-1 after six ends in Dumfries.

But Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean and Euan Kyle avenged their only round-robin loss of the week by storming straight back to claim three.

Mouat, a four-time European gold winner, was then forced to give up a pair of two-shot steals and the contest was over before the final end.

“It wasn’t just in Scotland people were talking about this game – they were talking about it around the world,” Whyte said.

“So we knew we were going to have to come out and play well to beat the number one team in the world and that’s what we did and we felt we deserved it this week.

“We know we’re a top-three, top-five team in the world. We really believe in ourselves, the results are starting to come our way and it just feels amazing.”