CHAMPION: Jones Wins 2017 Westjet Players' Championship

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Jennifer
Jones

Third
Kaitlyn
Lawes

Second
Jill
Officer

Lead
Dawn
McEwen

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	10.56
PA/G:	5.93
Hammer Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Defense:	0.31
Force Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Efficiency:	0.46

Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) won 8-4 over Val Sweeting (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Westjet Players' Championship, held April 11 - 16, 2017 in Toronto, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Jones won 8-3 over Silvana Tirinzoni (Zurich, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2017 Westjet Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario; and won 6-5 over Eve Muirhead (Perth, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 Westjet Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario;

Jones finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Jones defeated Michelle Englot (Winnipeg, MB) 8-1, then went on to lose 7-3 against Muirhead. Jones responded with a 6-5 win over Tracy Fleury (Sudbury, NONT). Jones won 10-5 against Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE), then won 8-2 against Sweeting in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Westjet Players' Championship Championship title, Jones earned 74.618 world rankings points along with the $30,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 2nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 42.597 after improving upon their best so far this season. Jones ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 397.078 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

2023: Isabella Wrana
Isabella Wrana, Almida de Val, Linda Stenlund, Maria Larsson, Jennie Wahlin, Margaretha Sigfridsson
Sundbyberg , SWE
2022: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2019: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard, Briane Harris
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Jamie Sinclair
Jamie Sinclair, Alexandra Agre, Vicky Persinger, Monica Walker
Blaine, USA
2017: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Vicki Chalmers, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Sarah Reid
Stirling, SCO
2015: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Chalmers, Sarah Reid
Stirling, SCO
2014: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Chalmers, Claire Hamilton
Stirling, SCO
2012: Stefanie Lawton
Stefanie Lawton, Sherry Anderson, Sherri Singler, Marliese Kasner
Saskatoon, SK
2011: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2010: Cheryl Bernard
Cheryl Bernard, Susan O'Connor , Carolyn McRorie, Cori Morris
Calgary, AB
2009: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen , Janet Arnott
Winnipeg, MB
2008: Amber Holland
Amber Holland, Kim Schneider, Tammy Schneider, Heather Kalenchuk
Kronau, SK
2007: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen, Janet Arnott
Winnipeg, MB
2006: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Georgina Wheatcroft
Winnipeg, MB

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