Scotland’s men’s and women’s curling teams both maintained a 100% record by winning their first two matches at the European Curling Championships taking place in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Scotland Women’s Strong Start
Fay Henderson’s rink secured a 7-4 victory against Turkey on Wednesday, following a dominant 12-3 win over Denmark on Tuesday. In the match against Turkey, the Scottish women established an early two-point lead in the first end, fell behind by the third end, and then rallied to score three points. Turkey narrowed the gap to a single point following the sixth end, but a two-point score in the subsequent end secured the victory for Scotland.
During their opening fixture against Denmark, the team claimed single points in the first two ends before the Danes reduced the deficit. The Scottish rink then seized control by building a five-point advantage by the end of the fourth end. Despite Denmark responding with two points in the fifth end, Scotland concluded the match decisively with six points in the sixth and final end.
Scotland Men’s Double Victory
Both of the opening matches for the Scotland men’s team occurred on Wednesday, resulting in an 8-4 triumph over the Netherlands and a 9-2 win against Belgium.
Grant Hardie’s rink initiated the contest against the Dutch by taking two points in the first end and three in the third to establish a 5-1 lead. Although the score reached 6-4 after six ends, Scotland added two additional points in the seventh end to seal the win.
Against Belgium, the Scottish men built a 7-0 advantage after two ends. The Belgians responded with single points in the third and fifth ends to make it 8-2, before a final single point in the sixth end finalized the victory for Scotland.
The Scotland women’s team will play against Sweden on Thursday at 08:30 GMT, with the round-robin encounter broadcast live on BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website, and the app.
The Scotland men’s team is scheduled to play against Germany on Thursday afternoon.
