Matsumura Runner-Up at 2016 Canad Inns Women's Classic

SKIP
Chiaki
Matsumura

Third
Emi
Shimizu

Second
Ikue
Kitazawa

Lead
Hasumi
Ishigooka

Chiaki Matsumura (Karuizawa, JPN) lost 9-4 to Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) in the Final of the Canad Inns Women's Classic, held October 21 - 24, 2016 at the Portage Curling Club in Portage La Prairie, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Matsumura won 6-5 over Bingyu Wang (HARBIN, CHN) in the semifinals of the 2016 Canad Inns Women's Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada; and won 6-5 over Sherry Anderson (Delisle, SK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Canad Inns Women's Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada;

Matsumura finished 4-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Matsumura lost 7-5 to Kerri Einarson (Winnipeg, MB), then responded with a 6-2 win over Wang. Matsumura went on to lose 8-2 against Michelle Englot (Winnipeg, MB). Matsumura responded with a 5-3 win over Jie Mei (Harbin, CHN). Matsumura won 6-0 against Rachel Burtnyk (Winnipeg, MB), then won 8-3 against Englot in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Canad Inns Women's Classic, Matsumura take home 58.704 world rankings points along with the $10,400CDN prize, moving up 38 spots the World Ranking Standings into 49th place overall with 93.180 total points. Matsumura ranks 19th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 63.783 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

2019: Elena Stern
Briar Schwaller, Elena Stern, Lisa Gisler, Celine Koller
Oberwallis, SUI
2018: Chelsea Carey
Chelsea Carey, Sarah Wilkes, Dana Ferguson, Breanne Knapp
Edmonton, AB
2017: Nina Roth
Nina Roth, Tabitha Peterson, Aileen Geving, Rebecca Hamilton
Blaine, USA
2016: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2015: EunJung Kim
Eunjung Kim, Kyeongae Kim, Seonyeong Kim, Yeongmi Kim, MinJung Kim
Uiseong, KOR
2014: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2012: Stefanie Lawton
Stefanie Lawton, Sherry Anderson, Sherri Singler, Marliese Kasner
Saskatoon, SK
2011: Renee Sonnenberg
Renee Sonnenberg, Lawnie MacDonald, Kristie Moore, Rona Pasika
Grande Prairie, AB
2010: Chelsea Carey
Chelsea Carey, Kristy McDonald, Kristen Foster, Lindsay Warkentin
Winnipeg, MB
2008: Michelle Englot
Chelsea Carey, Kristy McDonald, Kristen Foster, Lindsay Warkentin
Regina, SK
2007: Shannon Kleibrink
Chelsea Carey, Kristy McDonald, Kristen Foster, Lindsay Warkentin
Calgary, AB
2006: Sherry Anderson
Sherry Anderson, Kim Hodson, Heather Walsh, Donna Gignac
Delisle, SK
2005: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Georgina Wheatcroft
Winnipeg, MB
2004: Cheryl Bernard
Cheryl Bernard, Susan O'Connor , Jody McNabb, Karen Ruus
Calgary, AB

Team Marco Hoesli (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) took down the world number one and two ranked teams to secure the first title of the season.

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