SQUADS ANNOUNCED FOR THE WINTER UNIVERSIADE GAMES 200926 May 2008GREAT BRITAIN SQUADS FOR THE WINTER UNIVERSIADE GAMES 2009
Four men and five women who hope to represent Great Britian at the Winter Universiade Games in Harbin, China in February 2009 have been selected for the squads.
To be eligible athletes must be students and under the age of 28.
Andrew Craigie, John Hamilton, Glen Muirhead and Thomas Pendreigh make up the men's squad, a fifth athlete may be selected later. Andrew and John were in the silver medal winning team at the 2007 Winter Universiade Games.
Kay and Vicki Adams, Laura Kirkpatrick, Sarah Macintyre and Sarah Reid form the women's squad. The two Sarahs won gold for Scotland at the World Junior Curling Championships in 2007, Kay and Vicki Adams and Sarah Macintyre got gold at the 2008 World Junior Championships.
National coach Cate Brewster said "I'm looking forward to working with all the squad athletes in the run up to the Games, it will be an exciting time for everyone."
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