CHAMPION: Homan Wins 2019 Meridian Canadian Open

Ottawa, Ontario

SKIP
Rachel
Homan

Third
Emma
Miskew

Second
Joanne
Courtney

Lead
Lisa
Weagle

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	8.18
PA/G:	4.77
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Efficiency:	0.17

Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) won 4-3 over Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in the Final of the Meridian Canadian Open, held January 8 - 13, 2019 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Homan won 6-4 over Nina Roth (Chaska, USA) in the semifinals of the 2019 Meridian Canadian Open in North Battleford, Saskatchewan; and won 4-3 over Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, AB) in the quarterfinals.

Homan finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Homan defeated Laura Walker (Edmonton, AB) 8-5, then won 6-3 against Darcy Robertson (Winnipeg, MB) and 8-3 against Robyn Silvernagle (North Battleford, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Meridian Canadian Open Championship title, Homan earned 90.492 world rankings points along with the $30,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 1st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 53.263 after improving upon their best so far this season. Homan ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 513.710 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

2024: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes , Ryan Fry
Ottawa, ON
2023: Satsuki Fujisawa
Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida
Kitami, JPN
2020: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2019: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2018: Chelsea Carey
Chelsea Carey, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jocelyn Peterman, Laine Peters
Calgary, AB
2017: Casey Scheidegger
Casey Scheidegger, Cary-Anne McTaggart, Jessie Haughian, Stephanie Enright
Lethbridge, AB
2015: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2014: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Chalmers, Sarah Reid
Stirling, SCO

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