CHAMPION: Sweeting Wins 2017 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Val
Sweeting

Third
Lori
Olson-Johns

Second
Dana
Ferguson

Lead
Rachel
Brown

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	7.41
PA/G:	5.69
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.63
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

Val Sweeting (Edmonton, AB) won 6-5 over Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the Final of the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1, held September 5 - 10, 2017 in Regina, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Sweeting won 6-5 over Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2017 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Regina, Saskatchewan; and won 8-5 over Michelle Englot (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Regina, Saskatchewan;

Sweeting finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sweeting defeated Bingyu Wang (Harbin, CHN) 8-7, then won 6-4 against Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) and 5-4 against Jacqueline Harrison (Mississauga, ON). Sweeting won 4-3 against Eve Muirhead (Perth , SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1 Championship title, Sweeting earned 76.493 world rankings points along with the $20,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 5th place overall with 414.276 total points. Sweeting ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 76.493 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

2024: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Dawn McEwen, Krysten Karwacki
Gimli, MB
2023: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Karlee Burgess, Emily Zacharias, Lauren Lenentine
Winnipeg, MB
2022: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes
Ottawa, ON
2019: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2018: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2017: Val Sweeting
Val Sweeting, Lori Olson-Johns, Dana Ferguson, Rachel Brown
Edmonton, AB
2016: Val Sweeting
Val Sweeting, Lori Olson-Johns, Dana Ferguson, Rachel Brown
Edmonton, AB
2015: Silvana Tirinzoni
Silvana Tirinzoni, Manuela Siegrist, Esther Neuenschwander, Marlene Albrecht
Aarau PwC, SUI

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