Scotland’s David Murdoch: Newest World Champion Curling Skip
April 12, 2006 by Sasha Manuel
Filed under Sports Rumors
Beating Canada 7-4 last Sunday, 9 April 2006 in Lowell, Massachusetts, David Murdoch took time to celebrate this huge achievement with team-mates and family. He’s the newest World Champion Curling Skip!
Why is it an achievement? Murdoch and his team of Euan Byers, Warwick Smith, Ewan MacDonald and Peter Smith, are only the fourth Scottish team to hold the coveted title.
First ever was Perth’s Chuck Hay in the 1960s then 30 years after it was Perth’s Danny Smith’s turn in 1991. And then it was Stranraer’s Hammy McMillan in 1999.
After their disappointing loss against the US in the bronze medal play-off at the last Winter Olympics in Torino, this win fully compensated that medal loss. And Murdoch, after competing and winning against Canada that’s considered the best in the world, sees it as a mind-blowing experience and to be called, World Champion is a dream come true.
