Curling: Ice one for curler Gillian Howard

GILLIAN HOWARD outshone her fellow Murrayfield curler Colin Campbell at the Scottish Championships in Perth yesterday after taking another step towards the semi-finals.

But two defeats for Campbell's team mean they are likely to miss out even if they win their last three matches this weekend.

Howard lost 8-7 to Stranraer's Gail Munro but bounced back superbly to beat Perth's Claire Milne 8-4, a result which keeps her in the all-important top four.

In the men's event, there was double disappointment for Campbell and his team-mates Pete Loudon, Logan Gray and Richard Woods.

They lost out to two ex-world champions in Stranraer's Hammy McMillan and Perth's Warwick Smith.