Einarson Runner-Up at 2022 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1

SKIP
Kerri
Einarson

Third
Val
Sweeting

Second
Shannon
Birchard

Lead
Briane
Harris

Kerri Einarson (Gimli, MB) lost 8-4 to Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) in the Final of the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1, held October 18 - 23, 2022 in Grande Prairie, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Einarson won 4-3 over Eun ji Gim (Uijeongbu, KOR) in the semifinals of the 2022 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Grande Prairie, Alberta; and won 6-5 over Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Grande Prairie, Alberta;

Einarson finished 2-2 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Einarson defeated Raphaela Keiser (St. Moritz, SUI) 7-3, then won 8-5 against Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, AB). Einarson went on to lose 7-6 against Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI). Einarson lost 9-6 to Kaitlyn Lawes (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1, Einarson take home 49.500 world rankings points along with the $18,000CDN prize, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 1st place overall with 369.521 total points. Einarson ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 125.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	64	26	0	0.711	23-3	11-8	6-4	5-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	733	641	455	8.74	6.21	2.54	4.99	4.11	1.75	1.51	0.90

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	353	462	82	34	12-4	29-1	107-5	1.31	0.23	0.46	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	380	179	373	32	5-7	12-20	29-73	0.47	0.98	0.58	0.29

2023: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Karlee Burgess, Emily Zacharias, Lauren Lenentine
Winnipeg, MB
2022: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes
Ottawa, ON
2019: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2018: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2017: Val Sweeting
Val Sweeting, Lori Olson-Johns, Dana Ferguson, Rachel Brown
Edmonton, AB
2016: Val Sweeting
Val Sweeting, Lori Olson-Johns, Dana Ferguson, Rachel Brown
Edmonton, AB
2015: Silvana Tirinzoni
Silvana Tirinzoni, Manuela Siegrist, Esther Neuenschwander, Marlene Albrecht
Aarau PwC, SUI

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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