Lene Nielsen (Hvidovre, DEN) lost
6-4 to
Bingyu Wang (Harbin, CHN) in the Final of the Valley First Crown of Curling, held October 19 - 22, 2012 at the Kamloops Curling Club in Kamloops, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Nielsen won
6-4 over
Eun Jung Kim ( Gyeongbuk Uiseong,, KOR) in the semifinals of the 2012 Valley First Crown of Curling in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada; and won
8-3 over
Marla Mallett (Cloverdale, BC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2012 Valley First Crown of Curling in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada;
Nielsen finished 4-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Nielsen defeated
Simone Groundwater (Williams Lake, BC) 8-4, then went on to lose
7-4 against
Kerri Einarson (Winnipeg, MB). Nielsen lost
8-1 to
Desiree Schmidt (Castlegar, BC) where Nielsen responded with a
7-6 win over
Kristie Moore (Grande Prairie, AB). Nielsen won
5-2 against
Roberta Kuhn (Vernon, BC), then won
8-1 against
Yilun Jiang (Harbin, CHN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Valley First Crown of Curling, Nielsen take home
3.850 world rankings points along with the $6,000CDN prize, remaining in 31st place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with
40.105 total points. Nielsen ranks 57th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
3.850 points earned so far this season.
