Most of the 'Winter Olympics' leaves me cold but Curling is different. A few years ago, millions of people stayed up until the small hours to watch Rhona Martin and her team win Gold by beating Switzerland in the Curling final in Salt Lake City. Suddenly, a pretty unknown sport took centre stage in the British psyche.
Today, another British women's team, though all actually Scots, took on another Swiss team, this time for the Bronze medal in Sochi. Defeat by the all-conquering Canadians in the semi-final was a huge disappointment but our girls picked themselves up, held their nerve and won a tense match to clinch the medal. At an average age of only 23, Anna Sloan, Vicky Adams, Claire Hamilton and 'skip' Eve Muirhead, did themselves proud and, tomorrow, the British men's Curling team play for the Gold medal against Canada after beating world champions Sweden in a nerve jangling semi-final.
Who would ever have thought that 'Bowls on ice' would be so enthralling ? !
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