Scotland's Team Mouat win curling's Tour Challenge

Team Mouat secured their 11th Grand Slam title

Bruce Mouat's rink secured their first Grand Slam victory of the curling season with a 5-2 victory over Matt Dunstone's team in the final of the Tour Challenge in Nisku, Alberta.

Team Dunstone won the first Grand Slam event of the season at last month's Masters, beating Scotland's Ross Whyte in the final, but were unable to repeat the feat this time around.

The Scottish rink of Mouat, Hammy McMillan, Bobby Lamie and Grant Hardie went two points ahead thanks to a superb finish to the opening end and never relinquished control in a one-sided final.

Another deuce in the fourth end put Mouat's team further ahead before Team Dunstone missed a huge opportunity in the fifth end to take at least two points, as a poor final stone allowed Mouat's rink to pinch a point and move 5-1 in front.

Despite Canadian Dunstone scoring a point in the seventh and final end, Mouat's rink secured a deserved victory - their 11th Grand Slam title in total.

"It feels very good," said Mouat, who also captured the Canadian Open almost a year ago at the Silent Ice Center.

"After last season, we wanted to come back and prove that it wasn't like a fluke that we won four. We wanted to continue the momentum that we built from last year, and it's exactly what we did this week.

"We played really well, especially in the play-offs. We're back to our old selves, which was really nice to see.

"I don't know what it is about Nisku, but people seem to like us and support us, so that's really nice.

"We're obviously encouraging the crowd to have a great time as well. We just want to put on a bit of a show for them."