Hat-trick for Fay at the Scottish Championships

The 24-year-old led her side to a 7-4 victory over Forfar’s Team Soutar, in a hard fought final at her current home base of Dumfries Ice Bowl.

Henderson is a year younger than Kelly Wood was when she became the first to achieve a hat-trick of successive victories in 2007.

Meanwhile, only Olympic gold medallist Eve Muirhead has matched that feat in between times.

Henderson was fully aware of the significance of what she had achieved with the support of teammates Hailey Duff, another member of the 2022 Olympic team, Katie McMillan, Lisa Davie and Laura Watt.

She said: “To win three successive Scottish Championship titles in a row isn’t something you see happen very often on the women’s side and I believe only Eve Muirhead and Kelly Wood have done it in the past.

“We had a really good week going undefeated on our way to winning the title for the third time for myself, Hailey and Katie and it was a special one for Laura as this was her first, but every Scottish title that we can earn is very special.

“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.

“I think that just shows how much potential we have not only on the national stage but on the international stage.”

Team Soutar was led by 17-year-old 2024 Youth Olympic gold medallist Callie Soutar, joined by Eva Hare, Holly Clemie, Alison Hamilton and Hannah Young.

They were made Team Hendeson work for it, only wrapping up the win at the final end with a steal of two.

Henderson said: “It was a very close game and we just knew we had to be patient.

“We are were hoping we would get a couple of mistakes earlier on in the game, but the girls played really well, so it was always close right up until the end.

“We played a great last end together when the pressure was on and made the most of it when it counted and I think the little edge we had was just knowing if it came down to the last stone we could do it.

“I was pretty confident that if I had a tough shot to win I would still hopefully be able to deliver.”

Henderson, the 2024 World Junior Curling Championship winning skip, had a huge advantage in experience over her closest rivals.

Another Youth Olympic gold medallist Tia Laurie skipped her team to second place in the standings, before they lost out to Team Soutar in the semi-final.

Having just returned from the Olympics, where she was the fifth player in the Team GB line-up, Henderson is well-placed to assess the growing strength in the domestic women’s game.

She said: “To be part of Team GB and watch everyone put out a really inspiring performance and for that to filter through with all the Try Curling sessions definitely shows the curlers out there can make a very big difference to the grassroots.

“I hope with the finals being streamed on BBC we have also been able to inspire others to take up curling and show there is a large youth programme in Scotland.

“Callie played very well in the final and I think her previous experience in some of the junior finals and also playing at the Youth Olympics definitely helped.

"The team in front of her also played great, so I am sure we will have a few more battles in the years to come.

“Team Laurie also had a great week I believe, so I think that the women’s game heading into the new Olympic cycle is going to be very exciting.

"There are going to be opportunities to show the world out there how good Scottish curling is right now.”

Fothringham results

Shona Kilgour, Anne Shaw, Judith White-Sinclair and Alec Bruce won 7-4 over DAFS in the annual interclub at Edinburgh.

Gordon Smith, Sarah Millar, David Pate and Margaret Gregory were 5-2 up over Stuart Ogilvie, Martin Gregory, Alec Bruce and Susan Forbes in the Syme Trophy, but Stuart picked up a seven in the sixth end.

Gordon and team battled back in the last two ends, but Stuart and team won 9-7.

They will go on to play Bill Allison, Adrian White, Johnny Forbes and Martin Gledhill in the final after they won 9-6 over Fraser White, Gavin Walker, Barbara Shaw and Lillian Carnegie.

There was only one team left in the Pate Millenium as Jo Fletcher, Jill Donald, Gavin Walker and Matt Dunlop drew 4-4.

Even on ends as well, both skips had to draw the button. Forfar went first and drew to four feet, Jo played and was fully in the four foot, so Fothringham are through to the final.

Bruce Keillor, Adrian White, Shona Kilgour and Findlay Russell won 8-5 over Suttieside in the latest round of the Agricar.

Jill Donald, Jo Fletcher, Gavin Walker and Carolyn Nicoll also won 8-5 over Angus Glens.

Jill Donald and Sarah Millar (sub for Susan Forbes) won 13-1 over Shona Kilgour and Margaret Gregory in the Pairs.

Martin Gregory and Martin Gledhill (sub for Johnny Forbes) won 8-3 over Anne and Barbara Shaw in the same competition.