Highland International Week of Curling 2024

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00:00 [APPLAUSE]

00:06 Yes, it's fantastic to be back, nevertheless.

00:09 Long may it continue.

00:11 So we're up to 36 teams, but we'd like normally 30 teams.

00:16 But 36 is fantastic.

00:18 So we'll just keep it going and take what we get.

00:22 10 American teams, 8 Canadian teams, 7 Swiss teams.

00:26 It's just fantastic.

00:28 We play 3 games in round 1, 3 games round 2, and 2--

00:32 8 games all together.

00:33 And it's a Schenkel system.

00:35 And the winners just keep going forward, rising up the table,

00:40 and hopefully gets to the final on Friday.

00:43 Friday will be busy, really busy.

00:45 But come in at any time, everybody's welcome.

00:49 And the bar will be open, food served all day.

00:52 And everybody's very welcome.

00:54 There's so much for the whole of Scotland,

00:58 and it promotes the whole area.

01:00 It's just a boost to the highlands.

01:02 This girl and coming here and all these foreigners

01:05 just love it.

01:06 It's fantastic.

01:07 As long may it continue, because Inverness Ice Centre

01:10 needs a boost, and this is what they need.

01:12 Boring teams come in and join it.