CHAMPION: Tirinzoni Wins 2017 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard

Aarau PwC, Switzerland

SKIP
Silvana
Tirinzoni

Third
Manuela
Siegrist

Second
Esther
Neuenschwander

Lead
Marlene
Albrecht

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	5.93
PA/G:	3.90
Hammer Efficiency:	0.25
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Efficiency:	0.31

Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau PwC, SUI) won 3-2 over Ontario's Sherry Middaugh in the Final of the Stu Sells Oakville Tankard, held September 1 - 4, 2017 at the Oakville Curling Club in Oakville, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Tirinzoni won 5-4 over Sweden's Anna Hasselborg in the semifinals of the 2017 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard in Oakville, Ontario, Canada; and won 4-2 over Switzerland's Binia Feltscher in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard in Oakville, Ontario, Canada;

Tirinzoni finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tirinzoni lost 6-4 to Rhonda Varnes (Winnipeg, MB), then responded with a 7-4 win over Uliana Vasilyeva (St. Petersburg, RUS). Tirinzoni won 3-1 against Switzerland's Binia Feltscher, then won 3-2 against Anna Kubeskova (Prague, CZE) and 6-2 against Chrissy Cadorin (Thornhill, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Stu Sells Oakville Tankard Championship title, Tirinzoni earned 52.441 world rankings points along with the $7,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 4 of the event schedule, Tirinzoni did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Tirinzoni ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

2021: Tracy Fleury
Tracy Fleury, Selena Njegovan, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish
East St. Paul, MB
2020: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jocelyn Peterman, Lisa Weagle
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2018: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard, Briane Harris
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Silvana Tirinzoni
Silvana Tirinzoni, Manuela Siegrist, Esther Neuenschwander, Marlene Albrecht
Aarau PwC, SUI
2016: Silvana Tirinzoni
Silvana Tirinzoni, Manuela Siegrist, Esther Neuenschwander, Marlene Albrecht
Zurich, SUI
2015: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2014: Silvana Tirinzoni
Silvana Tirinzoni, Manuela Siegrist, Esther Neuenschwander, Marlene Albrecht
Aarau, SUI
2013: Sherry Middaugh
Sherry Middaugh, Jo-Ann Rizzo, Lee Merklinger, Leigh Armstrong
, ON
2012: Erika Brown
Erika Brown, Debbie McCormick, Jessica Schultz, Ann Swisshelm
Madison, WI
2011: Sherry Middaugh
Sherry Middaugh, Jo-Ann Rizzo, Lee Merklinger, Leigh Armstrong
Coldwater, ON
2010: Julie Hastings
Julie Hastings, Christy Trombley, Stacey Smith, Katrina Sale
Toronto, ON
2008: Julie Tippin
Julie Hastings, Christy Trombley, Stacey Smith, Katrina Sale
Brantford, ON
2007: Julie Tippin
Julie Hastings, Christy Trombley, Stacey Smith, Katrina Sale
Brantford, ON
2006: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Alison Kreviazuk, Nicole Johnston
Ottawa, ON
2005: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Alison Kreviazuk, Nicole Johnston
Ottawa, ON

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