Curler Jim gets set for Paralympics challenge
A FORMER world champion curler from Mossend will represent Britain at the Paralympic Winter Games in March.
ParalympicsGB have selected Jim Sellar for the wheelchair curling squad to compete in Vancouver, Canada, and he hopes to win a medal after missing out four years ago in Turin.
The sport is governed by the same World Curling Federation rules as normal curling, with one modification – no sweeping is permitted.
Jim, who is also a champion bowler, took up the sport nine years ago and has gone on to represent Scotland at five world championships, including the gold medal-winning team in 2004 and the bronze medal-winning team in 2007.
This is his first Paralympics and he will retire from competitive sport should he be successful in Vancouver.
Jim (53) said: "I wasn't selected for the team who went to Turin and they won silver medals, so I'm hopeful we can go one better this time. This is the result of a lot of hard work and training."
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