Fay Henderson is ready to lace up her skip shoes and step into a leading role for the upcoming Women's World Curling Championships.
Fresh from the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, where she acted as alternate for Team Morrison, the Scot will return to her familiar spot at the helm of her own team in Canada.
With Rebecca Morrison's side taking some much warranted respite from the ice after their Italian antics, Henderson will skip team Scotland as they chase international success.
She will not be the only Olympian in her rink however, with Beijing 2022 Olympic champion Hailey Duff returning to the world stage for the first time winning that very gold under Eve Muirhead.
The duo take to the ice alongside teammates Lisa Davie, Katie McMillan and Laura Watt at the BKT Women's World Curling Championships which take place from March 14-22 in Calgary.
“As a team we are absolutely delighted to be selected to represent Scotland at the upcoming World Championships in Calgary," said Henderson.
"This has been a big goal that we’ve been so close to over the last few years, so we are really excited to see what we can achieve."
Team Henderson come into the championships fresh off winning their third consecutive Scottish crown.
The title made Henderson the youngest ever skip to achieve a Scottish hat-trick, using all of her freshly accrued Olympic experience to soar in Dumfries.
Kelly Wood and Eve Muirhead shared the previous record, both aged 25 when they clinched their three-peats, but 24-year-old Henderson scratched their names out of the history books and wrote her own in their place.
“To win three successive Scottish Championship titles in a row isn’t something you see happen very often on the women’s side," she said.
“For us to have so much time in our careers and so many more opportunities to do this when we feel like this is just the beginning is a really exciting opportunity for myself and the team.
“I think that just shows how much potential we have not only on the national stage but on the international stage.”
Despite having never reached the hights of the world stage as a team before, they have never been far off, pipped to the post by Morrison's squad the past few years in the fight for Olympic qualification.
But with their Scottish opponents out of action, it is third time lucky for Team Henderson who will now use this instrumental opportunity to prove their metal against the world's best.
Scotland start their world championship bid against China on 14 March in Canada, and you can catch all the action on The Curling Channel.
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