Grattan4-7 at 2011 Tim Hortons Brier

James Grattan (Oromocto, NB) finished 4-7 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Grattan defeated Glenn Howard (Coldwater, ON) 5-4, then went on to lose 9-4 against Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, MB). Grattan lost 8-6 to Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB). Grattan lost 8-7 to Jamie Koe (Yellowknife, Y/NWT) where Grattan responded with a 7-5 win over Francois Gagne (Montreal, QC). Grattan went on to lose 8-5 against Eddie MacKenzie (Charlottetown, PEI). Grattan lost 7-5 to Jim Cotter (Kelowna, BC). Grattan lost 6-5 to Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) where Grattan responded with a 8-5 win over Shawn Adams (Halifax, NS). Grattan won 6-4 against Steve Laycock (Regina, SK). Grattan went on to lose 6-1 against Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT) in their final qualifying round match.

Grattan earned 8.000 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 27 spots the World Ranking Standings into 91st place overall with 24.405 total points. Grattan ranks 85th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 15.650 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

Scotland's McMillan and Bryce set to get in mix with World's Best

After emerging on the global stage at senior level last month, Katie McMillan is feeling all the more ready for the challenge as she and partner Angus Bryce prepare to represent Scotland at the ACE & Company World Mixed Doubles Championships in Geneva over the next week (April 25 - May 2).