A five-strong Scottish team will represent Great Britain in wheelchair curling at the 2006 Winter Paralympics. Frank Duffy, Michael McCreadie, Tom Killin, Angie Malone and Ken Dickson took gold at this year's world championships in Glasgow.
Louise Dodd has been named as non-travelling reserve for next year's compeition in Turin.
The wheelchair curling starts on 12 March with the semi-finals on 17 March and the gold medal match on 18 March.
Britain qualified for Turin - the first time curling has appeared at the Winter Paralympics - by virtue of Scotland's victories at the 2004 and 2005 World Championships.
The team have a tough start to the competition; they play Switzerland and Denmark - the bronze and silver medallists respectively at the 2005 World Championships - on the opening day.
But curling team manager Ena Stevenson said: "It's a strong team and we're going out there to get into the medals.
"We know there are no easy games at this level, so we can't take anything for granted."
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