Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds react to Scottish mixed doubles curling final defeat as Eve Muirhead and Bobby Lammie prevail

Having held the title for two years, after last year’s championships were cancelled due to the Covid lockdown, Mouat expressed satisfaction with the nature of the defence and offered no excuse for their 9-2 defeat.

“We won seven games straight to get to the final and felt we were playing well,” he said.

“There was no lull after the Olympics. We came out and played really well in our first game and it was nice to be back on the ice together and playing some good curling again.”

As the first British player ever to be able to lay claim to being a European, world and Olympic champion at the same time, Dodds was similarly philosophical.

“I wouldn’t change any of it for the world,” she said.

“Myself and Bruce were so fortunate to be able to do both events at the Olympics. People were probably sick of the sight of us on TV after all the hours we were on ice, but I was really looking forward to get back on the ice with Bruce.

“We wanted a wee bounce back after finishing fourth at the Olympics and I felt like that winning seven games to get to the final. We just weren’t sharp enough in the final and Eve and Bob played great and they obviously got the edge today.”

And after claiming this latest title at the rink she grew up playing on in Perth’s Dewars Centre, Muirhead pointed towards the remarkable nature of the occasion at the end of this particular week while paying tribute to those who have helped bring it about.

“I was number one for a few weeks in 2013, but it’s special to be back there, particularly with Bruce and his team being number one as well,” she said.

“It’s great to have both the Scottish teams at world number one. It’s great for British Curling. It shows the benefit of what we’re doing back here in Stirling at the