CHAMPION: Birchard Wins 2017 Colonial Square Ladies Classic

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Shannon
Birchard

Third
Nicole
Sigvaldason

Second
Sheyna
Andries

Lead
Mariah
Mondor

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	9.30
PA/G:	4.42
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Shannon Birchard (Winnipeg, MB) won 8-6 over Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Colonial Square Ladies Classic, held September 22 - 24, 2017 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Birchard won 7-5 over Allison Flaxey (Caledon, ON) in the semifinals of the 2017 Colonial Square Ladies Classic in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won 8-2 over Un-Chi Gim (Gyeonggi-do, KOR) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 Colonial Square Ladies Classic in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Birchard finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birchard defeated Amber Holland (Regina, SK) 7-3, then won 6-1 against Ashley Howard (Regina, SK) and 4-2 against Jones in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Colonial Square Ladies Classic Championship title, Birchard earned 44.421 world rankings points along with the $7,500CDN first prize cheque, moving up 9 spots the World Ranking Standings into 26th place overall with 172.318 total points. Birchard ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 62.989 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: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2018: Darcy Robertson
Darcy Robertson, Karen Klein, Vanessa Foster, Theresa Cannon
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Shannon Birchard
Shannon Birchard, Nicole Sigvaldason, Sheyna Andries, Mariah Mondor
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Bingyu Wang
Bingyu Wang, Yan Zhou, Jinli Liu, Ying Yang
HARBIN, CHN
2015: Krista McCarville
Krista Scharf, Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala, Sarah Potts, Oye-Sem Won Briand
Thunder Bay, NONT
2014: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Chalmers, Sarah Reid
Stirling, SCO
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: Crystal Webster
Crystal Rumberg, Erin Carmody, Geri-Lynn Ramsay, Samantha Preston
Calgary, AB
2010: Stefanie Lawton
Stefanie Lawton, Sherry Anderson, Sherri Singler, Marliese Kasner
Saskatoon, SK
2008: Stefanie Lawton
Stefanie Lawton, Sherry Anderson, Sherri Singler, Marliese Kasner
Saskatoon, SK
2007: Stefanie Lawton
Stefanie Lawton, Sherry Anderson, Sherri Singler, Marliese Kasner
Saskatoon, SK
2006: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Dana Allerton, Janet Arnott
Winnipeg, MB
2005: Stefanie Lawton
Stefanie Lawton, Marliese Kasner, Sherri Singler, Chelsey Matson
Saskatoon, SK
2004: Sherry Middaugh
Sherry Middaugh, Kirsten Wall, Andrea Lawes, Sheri Greenman
, ON

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