One notable change sees Olympic bronze medallist Vicki Chalmers take a career break after 10 years on tour.

World and European champion skip Eve Muirhead, who led Chalmers, paid tribute to her team mate after they won their last competition together in the Arctic Cup.

She said: “For Vicki to have played her last competitive game with Team Muirhead and to finish with a tournament win is a great note for her to hang up her shoes on.

"With the Arctic Cup win being so late in the season, we will look to build on this into the next season.”

Muirhead's team were prepared for Chalmer's absence, having operated a five-person team last season.

The remaining members – Muirhead, Jen Dodds, Lauren Gray and Vicky Wright – remain together.

British Curling has revealed 18 more curlers across five teams have been added to their performance investment programme, increasing to 36 the overall squad.

Glen Muirhead’s Pyeongchang Olympians, comprising younger brother Thomas and siblings Kyle and Cammy Smith, won their first Tour title together at the Ashley HomeStore Classic last November and are one of four new performance foundation teams.

Ross Whyte, who led his team to bronze at the Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk, Russia earlier this year, following a bronze medal finish at the World Junior Curling Championships in Canada, will skip his 2018 World Junior silver medal-winning team mate Robin Brydone, alongside Duncan McFadzean who was a member of that Winter Universiade and World Junior Championship quartet and Euan Kyle, who was also part of the successful rink who made the podium in Novia Scotia.

The 2017 world mixed bronze medallist Cameron Bryce will skip Craig Waddell – younger brother of Olympian and 2018 Boost National champion Kyle Waddell – Gregor Cannon, a member of Scotland’s 2016 World Junior Championship-winning team and 2013 Winter Universiade silver medallist Derrick Sloan.  

The 2018 Scottish junior champion, Rebecca Morrison, has teamed up with Maggie Wilson, Jennifer Marshall and Eilidh Yeats for the year ahead.

Morrison’s former national championship team mates Amy MacDonald and Hailey Duff are supported as individuals at performance foundation level.

“Thanks to the commitment and support from all of our stakeholders, the world-class performance programme can continue to support our curlers as we build towards Beijing in 2022 and beyond," interim performance director Phil Reid said.

“The season ahead will take us past the halfway point in the Olympic cycle and we look forward to continuing our progress on the international stage.”

The other British Curling teams remain intact, including world number five-ranked Team Mouat – Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobbie Lammie and Hammy McMillan jnr – and world number sevens Team Paterson, comprising skip Ross Paterson, Kyle Waddell, Duncan Menzies and Michael Goodfellow.

Team Jackson – Sophie Jackson, Naomi Brown, Mili Smith, Sophie Sinclair – and mixed doubles pair Gina Aitken and Scott Andrews also remain on the programme.