Double blow for Scots in World Curling Championship

Double blow for Scots in World Curling ChampionshipImage source, British CurlingImage caption, Team Henderson have won three games and lost six in CanadaPublished14 March 2026Updated 24 minutes agoScotland’s chances of reaching the Women’s World Curling Championship play-offs suffered a double blow on Wednesday as Fay Henderson’s rink lost to South Korea then Canada.Scotland were swept aside 8-3 by South Korea then lost their evening match 7-5 against in-form hosts Canada in Calgary.The Scots are in 10th place in the 13-team league with just three victories from their nine round-robin games.The top six teams will go into the play-offs, with the top two gaining direct entry to Saturday semi-finals – so to have a chance of progressing, Scotland must win all three of their remaining games and hope Turkey lose all of theirs.With their sixth win, Gim Eun-ji’s South Koreans moved up to joint-third behind Kerri Einarson’s Canadians and Xenia Schwaller’s Switzerland rink.Henderson’s rink had hoped to build on the 4-3 win over Satsuki Fujisawa’s Japan that ended Tuesday’s sessions on a high.Henderson eager to lay down marker at curling worlds