Germany's Team Jentsch produced a powerful fightback in the final to win the season's opening Euro Super Series (ESS) and then declared Stirling's National Curling Academy (NCA) the other big winner of the weekend following their 5-3 defeat of Norway’s Team Rorvik.
The German quartet were trailing 3-0 by the third end to opponents who, in the absence of their regular skip, were led at this event by Maia Ramsfjell while Olympic mixed doubles silver medallist Kristin Skaslien played skip stones. 
In setting up that lead, the Norwegians looked set to complete their domination of the event, having gone unbeaten through the round-robin stages before defeating Switzerland's Team Jaeggi after an extra end in the semi-final.
However a run of five successive steals turned the match around for the vastly experienced German line-up whose skip claimed a bronze medal at the 2021 European Championships:
“They were playing really well in the first half of that game and we were struggling a little with the ice," explained their skip Daniela Jentsch.
"t was a little faster than it was in the round robin and semi finals. We took some time to adapt to that but then finally we found the key and we could put some pressure on them and turn the game around."
As pleased as she was with her team's performance, however, Jentsch reserved some of her highest praise for the facility and conditions they encountered and said she hoped they would be back at the NCA more often in the future. 
“The ESS is an amazing event," she said.
"If this could happen every year, or even more with Tour stops in Scotland it would be amazing.
"The ice makers were just great, creating great conditions and very consistent the whole week."
She consequently felt it had been an ideal way to get the season underway.
"There were strong teams here and of course the Norwegian team played so well and they did amazing this week, so overall we are happy with this and absolutely we will be back.
"Tomorrow we fly to Canada, going to Montreal and driving up to St Felicien for the Summer Series, so we have a three week trip coming up for us, but this has been a great way to start.”
While it was a challenging weekend for the four British Curling teams in the line-up, Olympic Head Coach David Murdoch was highly satisfied with the way things had gone at an event played under new rules as part of the World Curling Federation's Maximising the Value project, with no tick on the centre line (mirroring last season’s World Championships); the implementation of Thinking Time Per End, rather than overall; and a change to match tie-breaks, with a shoot out replacing an extra end in the round robin stages. 
"It has been a great weekend hosting a good field of international teams and we have had really positive feedback about the event, the ice conditions and our facility here in Stirling, which is always good to hear," he said.
“The trialling of new rules for this event has also been positively received with everyone being very open-minded about both the prospect and then the reality of this during the Championship, so we have some really useful feedback on that as well.
“We go again later this week for the Euro Super Series men’s event and we hope to host another high class event for our competitors, so we can again showcase our world class facility here at the NCA in Stirling."
ESS Results:
Thursday 18 August – Draw 1-4
Wrana – Blair 5-4
Jaeggi – Henderson 9-4
Constantini – Rorvik 3-5
Keiser – Farmer4-3
Morrison – Mesloe 8-9
Henderson – Constantini 6-9
Rorvik – Wrana 7-5
Blair – Jaeggi 4-7
Farmer – Morrison 8-7
Mesloe – Jentsch 7-6
Friday 19 August Draw 5-8 
Rorvik – Blair 9-0
Constantini – Jaeggi 6-7
Wrana – Henderson 5-6
Morrison – Keiser 6-2
Jentsch – Farmer 5-2
Jaeggi – Wrana 3-8
Henderson – Rorvik 1-8
Constantini – Blair 5-4
Keiser – Jentsch 5-6
Farmer – Mesloe 3-6
Saturday 20 August Draw 9-11
Blair – Henderson 7-6
Wrana – Constantini 5-6
Jaeggi – Rorvik 5-7
Jentsch – Morrison 7-4
Keiser – Mesloe 7-3
Quarter final 1 Constantini – Keiser 3-6
Quarter final 2 Mesloe – Jaeggi 4-5
Sunday 21 August Draw 12-13
Semi final 1 Jentsch v Keiser 7-3
Semi final 2 Rorvik v Jaeggi 7-5 (EE)
Final – Rorvik v Jentsch 3-5
Additional Notes:
The following rules were implemented for the ESS women’s event, as part of WCF’s Maximising the Value Project
- No tick on centre line (mirroring last season’s Worlds)
- TTPE – Thinking Time Per End. Similar to World Cup. Exact time to be determined but either 4:15 or 4:30 per end.
- No extra end – 3 points for a win, 2 points for an EE win, 1 point for an EE loss.
