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ParalympicsGB has today (Wednesday 13 January 2010) announced the team that will compete in wheelchair curling at the Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada from March 12-21 2010.
Paralympic silver medallist Michael McCreadie has been named as the skip of the team, which also includes a further two members of the team that finished second four years ago, Tom Killin and Angela (Angie) Malone.
They are joined by Aileen Neilson, who comes from a family of curlers and who has taken leave from her job as a primary school teacher to train for the Games, and Jim Sellar, a veteran of four World Championships for Scotland.
Phil Lane, Chief Executive of ParalympicsGB, said of the team: “We are delighted that we can announce the wheelchair curling team that will represent Britain at the Paralympic Winter Games. We are confident that they will make us proud and we hope that the team will also bring home a medal for the second successive Games.”
Chris Hildrey, British Curling Chairman, said: "I'd like to congratulate these athletes on their selection by ParalympicsGB as we enter the final stages of preparation for medal success in Vancouver. The passion, commitment and professionalism they have displayed over recent months along with the support of their families, has been admirable and with their selection now confirmed, they will be able to focus efforts on achieving the ultimate goal in Vancouver, whilst hopefully enjoying the Paralympic experience."
Michael McCreadie expressed his excitement at leading the team: “It is an honour for me to Skip the British team at the Paralympics in Vancouver. I make up 20% of the playing Team and there are four others who are truly world class performers. We have worked extremely hard to get back into winning ways, with the results from this year’s tour clearly indicating we are on the right track. Preparations have gone really well and we plan in the next nine weeks to hone ourselves into a formidable adversary ready to take on the rest of the world.”
The high performance wheelchair curling programme is delivered by the sportscotland institute of sport on behalf of British Curling and funded through UK Sport.
Mike Whittingham, Director of High Performance, sportscotland said: “We congratulate all our Scottish Wheelchair Curlers on their selection to Team GB. The squad have benefitted from a range of high performance support services through the institute and we look forward to helping them in their final stages of preparation, to ensure they perform to their very best at the Games."
