Scotland's Henderson Wins Twice

It was a two-game day that confronted Scotland's women, skipped by Fay Henderson as they got their World Juniors campaign underway and they made an ideal start. Henderson will lead the Scottish challenge for the second successive year, but with a new line-up, Robyn Munro and Laura Watt having been drafted into her team this season. Their involvement in last year's event was something of a surprise since Scotland had not qualified but received a late call-up after Russia's ejection from the competition. Having earned Scotland's place this time around, coming through the World Junior B event earlier this season, she believes that what she and her team's second Holly Wilkie-Milne from that event is serving them well this time around. "Holly and I attended the World Juniors in Jonkoping in Sweden last year, and that experience has been a great help ahead of the championships this time," said Henderson. "Last year was obviously a bit more of a chaotic run up after we were called up at the last minute, but this year we've had the chance to work our way through the season in the way that it was planned on paper and we've managed to hit each goal that has led us to get here. "Winning the Scottish Juniors was the first target, and then we went out to Finland for the World Junior B, where we had a good run and managed to come home with a silver medal and guarantee us a place to come to Fussen." They had the upper hand against Germany from the outset, earning the hammer, blanking the opening end, then scoring two at the second and they maintained it throughout on their way to a 7-5 win. Their second match against Latvia was a much tenser encounter, however, as their opponents got out of the blocks quicker this time around to lead 3-0 after three ends. The Scots responded well to level by the midway break, but were never able to get ahead until the final end where Henderson's take-out with her last stone left opposite number Evelina Barone having to draw into the four foot to take the win and when her attempt proved too heavy, they claimed a three to clinch an 8-5 win. "Our last event before coming here was the senior Scottish Women's Curling Championships where we had a few good games and a few good results which has also given us some good momentum coming in here," said Henderson. "However I think the World University Games was probably our best preparation for this competition as we really had to maintain a great standard every game. "We had a great week out there, beating some really good teams and finishing fourth."