New-look Scottish rinks eye European curling medals – watch live on BBC

Grant Hardie and Fay Henderson lead their respective Scottish rinks to the European Championships with medals in mind. A glance at the make-up of the Scotland teams going to this week's European Curling Championship tells a story. This time last year, the Scottish women took silver and the men bronze. Yet only three of the 10 curlers who comprised those rinks will be involved in Ostrava over the next six days. So it says something about the strength of curling in Scotland that all of those who travelled to the Czech city on Monday did so with medals in mind. Fay Henderson and Grant Hardie were among those who competed in Finland a year ago.

The former as the alternate – or non-playing member – of the women's team and Hardie as deputy to Bruce Mouat in the men's quartet. Now, both have ascended to the skip role and lead new teams, both of which earned their place at the event by winning the Scottish Championships earlier this year in the immediate aftermath of the Winter Olympics. Watch selected games live on the BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app Hardie ended that event on the podium in tears after a second consecutive silver medal. Three months later, he announced he would leave Team Mouat after nine glorious