Curling: Campbell curls up in Perth

Edinburgh curler Colin Campbell failed to last the distance at the Perth Masters, writes LORIN McDOUGALL.

By The Newsroom

Published 7th Jan 2013, 12:00 BST

Campbell was part of David Edwards’ Aberdeen rink, which went unbeaten on Thursday and Friday, claiming two victories over Sweden’s newly-crowned European champion Niklas Edin, but Saturday’s narrow 4-3 defeat to eventual winner Thomas Ulsrud and back-to-back losses to ex-world champion Ewan MacDonald and Moscow’s Alex Tselousov ended their campaign before the quarter-finals. Edinburgh’s Ross Hepburn suffered the same fate playing “lead” for Perth veteran Warwick Smith, defeats to Canadian Brad Gushue and Dumfries skip Grant Hardie sending them out.

Ulsrud enjoyed a 7-2  victory over Canadian Mike McEwen in the final.