A finely judged takeout by skip Ross Whyte with the last stone of the final end completed a perfect record for his team at the Swiss Cup as the British Curling quartet became the first Scots to claim the title in Basel for eight years.
It was a tight battle throughout with Norway’s Team Ramsfjell, who had also reached the final with a 100 per cent record, after beating Whyte’s compatriots, Team Mouat, in their semi-final, the advantage switching both ways until Whyte was left with that pressurised takeout out of a half-guarded stone inside the four foot. 
It looked good all the way and ultimately caught just enough of it to bring the 6-5 win that could prove a turning point in what had been a frustrating season so far for Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean and Euan Kyle to this point.
“Hopefully this will be the moment we need for us to push on this season and achieve some more great results,” said Whyte.
“We have been playing well but some rubs hadn’t been going our way, so this feels great.”
While he made light of it, the victory was all the more impressive because they were forced into changes as a result of a back injury suffered by Brydone which meant he called the shots from the head, while Whyte took on sweeping duties.
“I’m not sure that Robin’s injury had too much impact but it was a different situation to what we are used to and we managed that very well this week,” said Whyte. 
Even in the absence of world number one ranked Team Edin, the overall calibre of the event demonstrated the growing strength of European curling, with nine of the top 21 teams in the world rankings taking part.
”This feels like a great win for us as there was so many good teams in this event,” said Whyte.
“It’s always tricky to play against good opposition but thankfully we managed this week.”
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Ross Whyte
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