Swiss Cup Basel six

Tom Brewster's team and David Murdoch's team made it to the quarter finals at the Swiss Cup in Basel, but that was a far as they were going in this event.

Brewster came up against Ralph Stockli, the game was tight to the closing ends, the teams tied at three all. Then Stockli stole a three in end seven. That was game over, the final score 6/3 to Stockli.
David Murdoch's GB squad team met Stefan Karnusian in their semi final, Karnusian had fought his way through the C road to get to the quarters. And his team was still fighting in this game, they scored a big five in end three and took four in the fifth, there was no way back for Murdoch, Karnusian took the game and the semi final spot on a score of 10/3.

Monday morning's semi finals see Niklas Edin against Ralph Stockli while Stefan Karnusion takes on Brad Gushue. You can follow the rest of the event here.

Swiss Cup Basel five

David Murdoch and Tom Brewster have both qualified for the quarter finals at the Swiss Cup in Basel.

Murdoch and his GB squad team had an easy win against France's Thomas Dufour, that put him up against Thomas Ulsrud from Norway in this morning' game, Murdoch came out the winner 6/4 giving him a quarter final spot.

Tom Brewster had to win two games to get his quarter final place, first he beat Ralph Stockli on a tight score of 6/5. His second game against Stefan Karnusian was easier, it was over in just five ends, Brewster winning 6/1.

David Edwards' team had dropped to the C road, winning was vital to stay in the tournament. Edwards beat the Czech Republic's Jiri Snitl. That saved one life for him, in his next game he came up against Andy Kapp, the experienced German team was just too strong for Edwards they went out of the event on a scoreline of 1/9.

The quarter finals are scheduled for 17.30 local time today.

Swiss Cup Basel four

At the Swiss Cup In Basel the GB squad team skipped by David Murdoch headed for the B road after a defeat 2/6 against Raplh Stockli. That put them up against Michael Hochner, resulting in a big win for Murdoch 7/1, later tonight he plays Thomas Dufour from France.

There was good and bad news for Scotland's two teams, skipped by Tom Brewster and David Edwards, a loss on Friday put them into the B road, both won those games but those results put them up against each other in the next game. Brewster won the game on a score line of 8/6 to stay in the B road. Edwards has a C road game tonight, a loss tonight will put him out of the tournament.

Meanwhile 2006 Olympic Champion, Brad Gushue marches on, he beat Germany's Andy Kapp 5/2 to qualify for the quarter finals tomorrow.

Swiss Cup Basel

GB squad members David Murdoch, Peter Smith, Ewan McDonald and Euan Byers are in Basel this weekend for the wct-e Swiss Cup along with Tom Brewster's team of Ron Brewster, Richard Woods and Colin Campbell, while David Edwards skips his team of Moray Combe, Gavin Fleming and Graham Sloan.

The three teams face quite a line up of teams from Europe and Canada. Brad Gushue, the 2006 Olympic Champion is there along with last weekend's winner in Oslo Thomas Ulsrud and Germany's Andy Kapp.

Murdoch, the defending champion, has his first game Friday 10 a.m. against Florian Meister from Switzerland. Then at 12.30p.m. Tom Brewster takes on Switzerland's Bjorn Zryd while David Edwards faces Michael Hochner also from Switzerland.

Results at the event website here.

L-R Graham Sloan, Gavin Fleming, Moray Combe and David Edwards. Basel is the first outing this season for this RCCC National Academy team. They are 'fit and raring to go' according to Edwards, after a couple of practice games. Photo by Brad Ashew.

Swiss Cup in Basel

The full results are here. Three Scottish men's teams took part. Tom Brewster won four straight to qualify from A. David Murdoch won two, dropped to B where they beat Gordon Muirhead. Two more wins and they too were through to the playoffs. Muirhead won two more games in C (including a win over Canada's Randy Ferbey) before losing a third game.

David Murdoch with Graeme Connal, Pete Smith and Euan Byers came through the playoffs without loss to win the final game today (Monday). Brewster went out in the quarters.