CHAMPION: Murphy Wins 2018 Listowel Womens Classic

Mississauga, Ontario

SKIP
Jestyn
Murphy

Third
Janet
Murphy

Second
Stephanie
Matheson

Lead
Grace
Holyoke

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	8.20
PA/G:	4.60
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.16
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.44

Jestyn Murphy (Mississauga, ON) won 5-4 over Cathy Auld (Toronto, ON) in the Final of the Listowel Womens Classic, held November 30 - December 2, 2018 at the Listowel Curling Club in Listowel, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Murphy won 6-5 over Stephanie Senneker (Kalamazoo, MI) in the semifinals of the 2018 Listowel Womens Classic in Listowel, Ontario, Canada; and won 7-2 over Jo-Ann Rizzo (Brantford, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Listowel Womens Classic in Listowel, Ontario, Canada;

Murphy finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Murphy defeated Sherry Middaugh (Thornhill, ON) 9-2, then won 8-2 against Jaclyn Peters (Ottawa, ON) and 5-2 against Erica Hopson (Ottawa, ON). Murphy went on to lose 6-1 against Auld in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Listowel Womens Classic Championship title, Murphy earned 26.923 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN first prize cheque. Murphy move up 9 spots after posting a net gain of 20.887 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 31st overall with 132.671 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Murphy ranks 24th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 102.493 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: Irene Schori
Irene Schori, Carole Howald, Lara Stocker, Stefanie Berset
Langenthal , SUI
2019: Katelyn Wasylkiw
Katelyn Wasylkiw, Lauren Wasylkiw, Stephanie Thompson, Erin Way
Toronto, ON
2018: Jestyn Murphy
Jestyn Murphy, Janet Murphy, Stephanie Matheson, Grace Holyoke
Mississauga, ON
2017: Cathy Auld
Cathy Auld, Lori Eddy, Katie Cottrill, Jenna Bonner, Karen Rowsell
Toronto, ON
2016: Danielle Inglis
Danielle Inglis, Stephanie Van Huyse, Cassandra de Groot, Kiri Campbell
, ON
2015: Julie Tippin
Julie Tippin, Chantal Duhaime, Rachelle Strybosch, Tess Guyatt, Kaitlyn Knipe
, ON
2005: Patti Lank
Patti Lank, Erika Brown
Lewiston, NY

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