CHAMPION: Sweeting Wins 2014 Masters of Curling

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Val
Sweeting

Third
Cathy
Overton-Clapham

Second
Dana
Ferguson

Lead
Rachel
Brown

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	7.41
PA/G:	5.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.63
Steal Efficiency:	0.27

Valerie Sweeting (Edmonton, AB) won 5-4 over Margaretha Sigfridsson (Skelleftea, SWE) in the Final of the Masters of Curling, held October 28 - November 2, 2014 in Selkirk, Manitoba. To advance to the championship game, Sweeting won 4-3 over Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) in the semifinals of the 2014 Masters of Curling in Selkirk, Manitoba; and won 5-2 over Alina Paetz (Baden Regio, SUI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2014 Masters of Curling in Selkirk, Manitoba;

Sweeting finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sweeting defeated Heather Nedohin (Edmonton, AB) 7-4, then won 7-4 against Anna Sidorova (Moscow, RUS). Sweeting went on to lose 7-3 against Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB). Sweeting responded with a 9-3 win over Allison Flaxey (Listowel, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Masters of Curling Championship title, Sweeting earned 40.000 world rankings points along with the $24,500CDN first prize cheque, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 6th place overall with 189.068 total points. Sweeting ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 70.080 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

2025: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes
Ottawa, ON
2025: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs , Kristian Lindstroem
Sundbyberg, SWE
2023: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes , Ryan Fry
Ottawa, ON
2022: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard, Briane Harris
Gimli, MB
2021: Tracy Fleury
Tracy Fleury, Selena Njegovan, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish
East St. Paul, MB
2019: Tracy Fleury
Tracy Fleury, Selena Njegovan, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish
East St. Paul, MB
2018: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2017: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Alli Flaxey
Alli Flaxey, Clancy Grandy, Lynn Kreviazuk, Morgan Lavell
Caledon, ON
2015: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2014: Val Sweeting
Val Sweeting, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Dana Ferguson, Rachel Brown
Edmonton, AB
2013: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Alison Kreviazuk, Lisa Weagle , Earle Morris
Ottawa, ON
2012: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Alison Kreviazuk, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON

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