Elgin curler Gregor Ewan selected for inaugural World Wheelchair Mixed Doubles Championships
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ELGIN curler Gregor Ewan has been called up to represent Scotland at the first ever World Wheelchair Mixed Doubles Championships.
The tournament, which is being held in Lohja in Finland between April 30 and May 5, is something of a shake-up on the wheelchair curling scene which normally pits teams of four against each other.
Ewan will be joined by Meggan Dawson-Farrell as the pair attempt to navigate the new format.
Ewan said: "It's a biggy for us and it really is a huge honour to be selected to represent Scotland.
"Me and Meggan get on really well. We always have a laugh and a joke together.
"She's very light hearted but she's very independent as well which is great.
"She's still quite new to the sport and we're both still learning this pairs format so we'll just try our best and see what we can do."
The pair know each other well having competed at the Winter Paralympics together in Beijing last month for ParalympicsGB. They were also selected as Great Britain's flag bearers for the opening ceremony.
Ewan, a former Paralympic bronze medallist, is keen to get used to the new format which he believes may be adopted for the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Milan.
"It's a totally different game," Ewan added.
"I believe that in four years time it will be pairs for the wheelchair curling.
"I think it's all a progression to that. I'm hoping that being in the door quickly and learning the game this way will benefit us further down the line for Milan.
"We can't think of it in the same way as team curling so it's a completely different strategy we have to learn.
"We're not fearing anybody but it's going to be interesting to see how other countries adapt with new strategies.
"At the end of the day we've got to make shots. If we don't do that it doesn't matter what strategy we use.
"All we can do is try and do our best for Scotland."
