Desiree Owen (Grande Prairie, AB) lost
7-5 to
Bingyu Wang (Wang, CHN) in the Final of the Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic, held October 8 - 11, 2010 at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Owen won
5-4 over
Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2010 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; and won
7-1 over
Heather Rankin (Calgary, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2010 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic in Calgary, Alberta, Canada;
Owen finished 5-1 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Owen defeated
Cathy Overton-Clapham (Winnipeg, MB) 5-3, then went on to lose
9-5 against
Eve Muirhead (Stirling, SCO). Owen responded with a
5-3 win over
British Columbia's Adina Tasaka. Owen won
6-4 against
Crystal Webster (Calgary, AB), then won
5-1 against
Allison Pottinger (Bemidji, MN) and
5-3 against
Stefanie Lawton (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic, Owen take home
27.000 world rankings points along with the $11,000CDN prize, moving up 17 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 23rd place overall with
58.104 total points. Owen ranks 5th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
37.680 points earned so far this season.
