Birt Reaches 2016 ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling Quarters

SKIP
Suzanne
Birt

Third
Robyn
MacPhee

Second
Meaghan
Hughes

Lead
Marie
Christianson

Suzanne Birt (Charlottetown, PEI) qualified for the 2016 ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-3 against Krista McCarville (Thunder Bay, NONT).

Birt finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birt defeated Cristin Clark (Blaine, MN) 7-1, then won 7-4 against Jamie Sinclair (Blaine, USA). Birt went on to lose 6-4 against Chelsea Carey (Calgary, AB). Birt responded with a 5-4 win over Minnesota's Alexandra Carlson in their final qualifying round match.

Birt earned 17.559 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling, moving up 7 spots the World Ranking Standings into 47th place overall with 95.129 total points. Birt ranks 35th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 79.573 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

2023: Tabitha Peterson
Tabitha Peterson, Cory Thiesse, Rebecca Hamilton, Tara Peterson , Cathy Overton-Clapham
St. Paul, MN
2022: Seungyoun Ha
Seungyoun Ha, Hyerin Kim, Taei Yang, Sujin Kim , Sungjun Lee
Chuncheon, KOR
2021: Tabitha Peterson
Tabitha Peterson, Nina Roth, Rebecca Hamilton, Tara Peterson
St. Paul, MN
2019: Tabitha Peterson
Nina Roth, Tabitha Peterson, Rebecca Hamilton, Aileen Geving, Tara Peterson
McFarland , USA
2017: Jamie Sinclair
Jamie Sinclair, Alexandra Agre, Vicky Persinger, Monica Walker
Blaine, USA
2016: Sherry Middaugh
Sherry Middaugh, Jo-Ann Rizzo, Lee Merklinger, Leigh Armstrong, Kimberly Tuck
, ON
2016: Krista McCarville
Krista Scharf, Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala, Sarah Potts, Oye-Sem Won Briand
Thunder Bay, NONT

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