CHAMPION: Henderson Wins 2023 World Junior Curling Championships

Dumfries, Scotland

SKIP
Fay
Henderson

Third
Robyn
Munro

Second
Holly
Wilkie-Milne

Lead
Laura
Watt

Games:	11
Record:	8W - 3L
PF/G:	6.67
PA/G:	6.38
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Fay Henderson (Dumfries, SCO) won 9-7 over Yuina Miura (Nayoro, JPN) in the Final of the World Junior Curling Championships, held February 25 - March 4, 2023 in Fuessen, Germany. To advance to the championship game, Henderson won 6-5 over Torhild Bjoernstad (Lillehammer, NOR) in the semifinals of the 2023 World Junior Curling Championships in Fuessen, Germany;

Henderson finished 6-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Henderson defeated Sara Messenzehl (Fuessen, GER) 7-5, then won 8-5 against Evelina Barone (Riga, LAT) and 4-3 against Miura. Henderson went on to lose 7-6 against Emily Deschenes (Chester, CAN). Henderson responded with a 8-6 win over Moa Dryburgh (Sundbyberg, SWE). Henderson went on to lose 10-2 against Xenia Schwaller (ZÃ¼rich, SUI). Henderson responded with a 6-5 win over Bobae Kang (Songhyun, KOR). Henderson went on to lose 7-6 against Bjoernstad. Henderson responded with a 8-7 win over Tessa Thurlow (Eau Claire, USA) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the World Junior Curling Championships Championship title, Henderson earned 26.250 world rankings points, moving up 22 spots the World Ranking Standings into 51st place overall with 67.764 total points. Henderson ranks 48th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 65.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	34	21	0	0.618	19-4	8-8	7-2	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	431	360	308	8.35	7.15	1.21	4.76	4.25	1.76	1.68	1.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	215	233	86	22	9-1	18-2	35-19	1.08	0.40	0.32	0.28

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	216	127	222	21	6-10	9-13	16-40	0.59	1.03	0.49	0.33

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