Perth has been dealt a sporting and economic blow after it emerged the city will not host the Scottish Curling Championships in 2021.
The Dewars Centre has hosted the event for a number of years, with players and spectators from across the country descending on the venue.But the event will instead be held in Dumfries.Perth’s Olympic curling star Eve Muirhead blasted the decision in a newspaper column, likening it to taking the Open golf tournament to “a local nine-holer”.And she said it could have major ramifications for the nation’s World Championship and Olympic aspirations. Struggle for rural Perthshire residents to get a delivery Eve, who won a bronze medal at Sochi in 2014, said: “The event has been held at the Dewars Centre for as
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