Stuck in Sydney airport for 8 hours allows me to catch up on the traffic on the forum. This is a very interesting topic which I tried to stimulate through the pages of the Scottish Curler a few years ago - with the predictable lack of response. I always thought that a lot of the great curlers are never recognised because all their curling takes place out of sight of the Championships etc. - e.g. Ena Smith.

But to answer the question - Hammy McMillan and Jackie Lockhart are my picks.

and Tv advertising breaks between ends led to 4+ hour games - hope they have to pay for ice time 

18 end games sounds like a good idea, would let peolpe gamble 1st few ends cause even after 9 end u r just half way thru so can get back into it!!

World events would take about 3 weeks to play though if you had 12 team round robin, even the Scottish would take a fortnight!