Sweeting Runner-Up at 2011 Colonial Square Ladies Classic

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Val
Sweeting

Third
Leslie
Hammond

Second
Joanne
Courtney

Lead
Rachel
Brown

Games:	10
Record:	7W - 3L
PF/G:	7.40
PA/G:	6.10
Hammer Efficiency:	0.39
Steal Defense:	0.11
Force Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

Valerie Sweeting (Edmonton, AB) lost 6-5 to Crystal Webster (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the Colonial Square Ladies Classic, held October 28 - 31, 2011 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Sweeting won 6-3 over Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2011 Colonial Square Ladies Classic in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won 7-5 over Bingyu Wang (Harbin, CHN) in the quarterfinals.

Sweeting finished 5-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sweeting defeated Jill Shumay (Saskatoon, SK) 7-5, then won 8-4 against Trish Paulsen (Saskatoon, SK). Sweeting went on to lose 8-2 against Switzerland's Mirjam Ott. Sweeting responded with a 5-4 win over Janet Harvey (Winnipeg, MB). Sweeting won 8-4 against Jolene Campbell (Humboldt, SK). Sweeting went on to lose 6-4 against Stefanie Lawton (Saskatoon, SK). Sweeting responded with a 5-2 win over Lisa Eyamie (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Colonial Square Ladies Classic, Sweeting take home 18.990 world rankings points along with the $6,000CDN prize, moving up 6 spots the World Ranking Standings into 23rd place overall with 61.167 total points. Sweeting ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 38.080 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2019: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2018: Darcy Robertson
Darcy Robertson, Karen Klein, Vanessa Foster, Theresa Cannon
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Shannon Birchard
Shannon Birchard, Nicole Sigvaldason, Sheyna Andries, Mariah Mondor
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Bingyu Wang
Bingyu Wang, Yan Zhou, Jinli Liu, Ying Yang
HARBIN, CHN
2015: Krista McCarville
Krista McCarville, Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala, Sarah Potts, Oye-Sem Won Briand
Thunder Bay, NONT
2014: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Chalmers, Sarah Reid
Stirling, SCO
2013: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2012: Stefanie Lawton
Stefanie Lawton, Sherry Anderson, Sherri Singler, Marliese Kasner
Saskatoon, SK
2011: Crystal Webster
Crystal Webster, Erin Carmody, Geri-Lynn Ramsay, Samantha Preston
Calgary, AB
2010: Stefanie Lawton
Stefanie Lawton, Sherry Anderson, Sherri Singler, Marliese Kasner
Saskatoon, SK
2008: Stefanie Lawton
Stefanie Lawton, Sherry Anderson, Sherri Singler, Marliese Kasner
Saskatoon, SK
2007: Stefanie Lawton
Stefanie Lawton, Sherry Anderson, Sherri Singler, Marliese Kasner
Saskatoon, SK
2006: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Dana Allerton, Janet Arnott
Winnipeg, MB
2005: Stefanie Lawton
Stefanie Lawton, Marliese Kasner, Sherri Singler, Chelsey Matson
Saskatoon, SK
2004: Sherry Middaugh
Sherry Middaugh, Kirsten Wall, Andrea Lawes, Sheri Greenman
, ON

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