Aitken Runner-Up at 2015 World Junior Curling Championships

SKIP
Gina
Aitken

Third
Naomi
Brown

Second
Rowena
Kerr

Lead
Rachel
Hannen

Gina Aitken (Stirling, SCO) lost 8-2 to Kelsey Rocque (Edmonton, CAN) in the Final of the World Junior Curling Championships, held February 28 - March 8, 2015 in Tallinn, Estonia.

Aitken finished 6-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Aitken defeated Marie Turmann (Tallinn, EST) 8-2, then won 6-4 against Alzbeta Baudysova (Prague, CZE) and 10-5 against Isabella Wrana (Sundbyberg, SWE). Aitken won 8-2 against Cory Christensen (Blaine, USA). Aitken went on to lose 7-5 against Evgeniy Demkina (Moscow, RUS). Aitken lost 9-2 to Rocque where Aitken responded with a 11-6 win over Switzerland's Lisa Gisler. Aitken went on to lose 7-6 against Korea's Eun Bi Kim. Aitken responded with a 16-2 win over Hetty Garnier (Kent, ENG) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the World Junior Curling Championships, Aitken take home 5.000 world rankings points, moving up 11 spots the World Ranking Standings into 81st place overall with 16.118 total points. Aitken ranks 59th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 15.760 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

Gyeonggi's Team Gim Eun-ji (Photo: Olympics) will represent Korea for a third straight season at the international level.

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