Scotland game 6 v Latvia

Alan Smith, Gillian Howard, David Mundell and Karen Strang were definitely up for this one, a game they had to win! Alan drew perfectly to count two at the first, and the team were again off to a good start.

Every game has a turning point. Today it was the second end. Latvian skip Iveta Stasa-Sarsune had played a super hit and roll with her first. Alan corner froze it. An accurate hit would have given Latvia a big three. But the vice skip competely messed up the calling of Iveta's final stone and allowed it to catch a front guard. A very close measure gave the Scots a single.

They stole three more at the third to be 6-0 up, and that was it. Keeping concentration and focus for another three ends was all that was required and the Latvian side conceded after the sixth, with the score at 10-2.

A tiebreaker against Switzerland is next to decide who finishes second in the section. The Czech Republic finished top and are already in the semis.

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Top photo of the skips by Bob. More later.