Scotland holds off Italy to stay at one loss

Scotland is keeping pace with the front of the pack at the BKT World Men’s Curling Championship at the Temple Gardens Centre.

The Scots picked up a 9-7 win over Italy in the afternoon draw to move to 5-1.

Scotland was actually trailing Italy 6-5 after eight ends. However, the scored a four-ended in the ninth and held Italy to one in the 10th.

Elsewhere on the ice, Norway’s comeback fell short as they lost 8-6 to China. The Chinese also move to 5-1.

Sweden rebounded from a morning loss to Canada for a 6-4 win over Switzerland and Germany cruised to a 11-2 win over Korea.

Canada is back on the ice at 7 pm tonight as they take on the Italians.