European Curling Championships: Scots can be extra special – Eve Muirhead

Muirhead (far left) will lead her rink into action in November

Eve Muirhead believes her rink are “more than capable” of being European Curling Champions later this month.

This year’s championships will take place at Renfrewshire’s Braehead Arena from 19-26 November, and on home ice they have the potential to be “extra special”, claims the Scotland skip.

“Not many people get the chance to experience playing in a big tournament in front of a home crowd,” she said.

Muirhead will be competing in her ninth European Championships.

Last year her rink lost to Russia in the final, but victory over Hannah Fleming’s rink at last month’s European Playdowns at Perth’s Dewars Centre means she has another chance to …

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