Teams announced for Edinburgh International

Andy Kapp (above) will bring his team to Edinburgh to defend the trophy he won last year. The Edinburgh International, sponsored by Belhaven Best, is a Curling Champions Tour event, and will be held at the Murrayfield Rink, November 27-29, 2009. The lineup (correct as at October 8) is:

International teams:
Czech Republic - David Śik (with Milan Polívka, Marek David, Pavel Menśík)
Russia - Andrey Drosdov (with Artem Bolduzev, Alexey Stukalsky, Alexander Kirikov, Anton Kalalb)
Latvia - Ritvars Gulbis (with Ainars Gulbis, Aivars Avotins, Normunds Sarsuns)
England - Jamie Malton (with Michael Opel, Henry Carter, Keith Wilson)
Finland - Tomi Rantamäki (with Timo Patrikka, Jermu Pöllänen, Lauri Ikävalko)
Canada/Spain/Norway - Sebastian Robillard (with Antonio de Mollinedo, Thomas Due, Carlos Gonzales)
Germany - Andy Kapp (with Andy Lang, Holger Hoehne, Andreas Kempf, Oliver Axnick)
Ireland - Johnjo Kenny (with Robin Gray, Peter Wilson, Neil Fyfe, Bill Gray)
Wales - Adrian Meikle (with Stuart Hills, Andrew Tanner, John Sharpe)
France - Thomas Dufour (with Tony Angiboust, Richard Ducroz, Jan Ducroz, Raphael Mathieu)
Italy - Joel Retornaz (with Silvio Zanotelli, Davide Zanotelli, Julien Genre)

Scottish teams:
David Murdoch (with Ewan MacDonald, Pete Smith, Euan Byers)
Tom Brewster (with Duncan Fernie, Ron Brewster, David Edwards)
Warwick Smith (with Craig Wilson, David Smith, Ross Hepburn)
Peter Loudon (with Logan Gray, Richard Woods, Colin Campbell)
Graham Shaw (with Sandy Christie, Robin Niven, Mike Niven)
Lee McCleary (with Jim Strang, Robbie Stevenson, Ross McCleary)
Glen Muirhead (with Greg Drummond, Thomas Sloan, Michael Goodfellow)
Colin Hamilton (with Mike Dick, David Ramsay, Sean Murphy)
Iain Watt (with Alan Smith, Steve Mitchell, Andy Dolman)
Keith Prentice (with Lockhart Steele, Robin Aitken, Tommy Fleming)
Jamie Dick (with John Hamilton, Andrew Craigie, Graeme Copland)
Hammy McMillan (with Philip Wilson, Ross Paterson, Sandy Gilmour)
Sandy Reid (with Moray Combe, Scott Macleod, David Soutar)

Here are a couple more photos from last year's Edinburgh International final.


Photos © Skip Cottage