CHAMPION: Carey Wins 2018 Canad Inns Women's Classic

SKIP
Chelsea
Carey

Third
Sarah
Wilkes

Second
Dana
Ferguson

Lead
Breanne
Knapp

Chelsea Carey (Edmonton, AB) won 7-5 over Kerri Einarson (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Canad Inns Women's Classic, held October 18 - 21, 2018 at the Portage Curling Club in Portage La Prairie, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Carey won 7-2 over Sijia Liu (Harbin, CHN) in the semifinals of the 2018 Canad Inns Women's Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada; and won 8-6 over Chrissy Cadorin (Thornhill, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Canad Inns Women's Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada;

Carey finished 5-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Carey defeated Ashley Howard (Regina, SK) 10-2, then won 8-3 against Darcy Robertson (Winnipeg, MB). Carey went on to lose 6-5 against Cadorin. Carey lost 8-0 to Seina Nakajima (Nagano, JPN) where Carey responded with a 7-3 win over Jamie Sinclair (Chaska, USA). Carey won 6-5 against Penny Barker (Regina, SK), then won 5-4 against Abby Ackland (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Canad Inns Women's Classic Championship title, Carey earned 76.096 world rankings points along with the $15,500CDN first prize cheque. Carey move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 54.449 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 10th overall with 283.786 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Carey ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 110.612 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: Elena Stern
Briar Schwaller, Elena Stern, Lisa Gisler, Celine Koller
Oberwallis, SUI
2018: Chelsea Carey
Chelsea Carey, Sarah Wilkes, Dana Ferguson, Breanne Knapp
Edmonton, AB
2017: Nina Roth
Nina Roth, Tabitha Peterson, Aileen Geving, Rebecca Hamilton
Blaine, USA
2016: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2015: EunJung Kim
Eunjung Kim, Kyeongae Kim, Seonyeong Kim, Yeongmi Kim, MinJung Kim
Uiseong, KOR
2014: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
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: Renee Sonnenberg
Renee Sonnenberg, Lawnie MacDonald, Kristie Moore, Rona Pasika
Grande Prairie, AB
2010: Chelsea Carey
Chelsea Carey, Kristy McDonald, Kristen Foster, Lindsay Warkentin
Winnipeg, MB
2008: Michelle Englot
Chelsea Carey, Kristy McDonald, Kristen Foster, Lindsay Warkentin
Regina, SK
2007: Shannon Kleibrink
Chelsea Carey, Kristy McDonald, Kristen Foster, Lindsay Warkentin
Calgary, AB
2006: Sherry Anderson
Sherry Anderson, Kim Hodson, Heather Walsh, Donna Gignac
Delisle, SK
2005: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Georgina Wheatcroft
Winnipeg, MB
2004: Cheryl Bernard
Cheryl Bernard, Susan O'Connor , Jody McNabb, Karen Ruus
Calgary, AB

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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