30-06-2025
Dumfries and Galloway curlers to represent Team GB at 2026 Winter Olympics
Grant Hardie, Hammy McMillan, Bobby Lammie, Sophie Jackson and Fay Henderson will all be making the trip to Italy next year.
Dumfries and Galloway curlers have been chosen to represent Team GB at the Winter Olympics.
Kirkgunzeon's Grant Hardie and Stranraer duo Hammy McMillan and Bobby Lammie are part of Bruce Mouat's mens rink.
And Dumfries Sophie Jackson is a member of Rebecca Morrison's women's team, with Dumfries' Fay Henderson travelling to Milano Cortina as alternate.
The men's rink, which won their second world championship earlier this year, is looking to go one better than the 2022 games when they won silver.
That year the women's rink, which was skipped by Eve Muirhead and included Dumfries-born Vicky Drummond, won gold.
Due to retirements, the rink this time around will be feature Morrison, Jackson and Sophie Sinclair, with Jennifer Dodds surviving from the 2022 team.
Muirhead, who is now Team GB Chef de Mission, said: 'Announcing the first athletes selected to Team GB for my first Games as Chef de Mission is an extremely proud moment. It is even more special for me that it is athletes from my sport of curling.
'Team Mouat have had an outstanding run of form this past year, becoming the first-ever rink to win four Grand Slam titles in one season, and I know they will be wanting to better the silver medal they won in Beijing.
'Team Morrison did a fantastic job to secure the quota place at the recent World Championships, and I have no doubt that the experience that Jen Dodds will bring to the team as our only returning Olympic Champion will be extremely valuable.'
The 2026 Winter Olympics will take place between February 6 and 22 next year.
