CANOEING CURLING

LINLITHGOW’S Jonny Dickson added a bronze medal to last year’s silver after finishing third in yesterday’s K1 kayak final at the World Under-23 Championships in Ivrea, Italy. Frenchman Anatole Delassus was a surprise champion after qualifying only seventh quickest.

BETH FARMER is to join reigning Olympic and European champions

Team Muirhead for the 2022/23 season as British Curling sets out on a new fouryear cycle targeting further success in Milan-Cortina in 2026.

The 21-year-old, who has previously combined her career as a freelance shepherd with establishing herself as an up and coming talent in the sport, will work with Eve Muirhead, Jen Dodds and Hailey Duff following the decisions of vice skip Vicky Wright and alternate Mili Smith to retire from the programme following their Olympic triumph.

“I wasn’t expecting the opportunity to move up into Podium this year, but I was over the moon when I got the chance,” said Farmer as she steps up from being supported at Performance Foundation level, to being offered a place in the Podium funded squad. “I am so excited to get going on the ice with the girls and hopefully we can have a good season.”

There are no changes to the other women’s Podium funded line-up of Rebecca Morrison, Gina Aitken, Sophie Sinclair and Sophie Jackson, while in the men’s game European Champions Team Mouat and the team skipped by their Olympic alternate Ross Whyte both remain unchanged. However, the departure from the programme of reigning Scottish champion skip Ross Paterson, along with team-mate Duncan Menzies means Kyle Waddell and his younger brother Craig have new teammates in Mark Taylor and Gavin Barr.