Ice hockey: Great Britain women win World Championship opener

Leanne Ganney scored Great Britain's fifth goal against New Zealand

Great Britain women started their World Championship campaign with an 8-1 victory over New Zealand in Dumfries.

Katie Henry scored a hat-trick, Louise Adams netted twice, while Chrissy Newman, Leanne Ganney and Saffron Allen also got on the scoresheet.

GB return to action on Tuesday night against Korea.

Coach Cheryl Smith said: "We asked the girls to go out hard every single shift and they gave us that. We needed to go and put our mark down - and we did."

The first day of division two group A began with Poland beating Croatia 10-3, followed by a 2-0 victory for Kazakhstan over South Korea.

The winners of group A will be promoted to Division 1B - two tiers below the top flight.