CHAMPION: Feltscher Wins 2018 Swiss Curling Championship

SKIP
Binia
Feltscher

Third
Irene
Schori

Second
Franziska
Kaufmann

Lead
Carole
Howald

Binia Feltscher (Flims, SUI) won 7-5 over Alina Paetz (Zurich, SUI) in the Final of the Swiss Curling Championship, held February 10 - 17, 2018 in Flims, Switzerland.

Feltscher finished 8-2 in the 6-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Feltscher lost 7-4 to Chantale Widmer (Schaffhausen, SUI), droppimg another game, 8-2 to Paetz where Feltscher responded with a 6-3 win over Elena Stern (Wetzikon, SUI). Feltscher won 8-5 against Cynthia Gertsch (Dubendorf, SUI), then won 9-4 against Ursi Hegner (Uzwil, SUI) and 5-4 against Stern. Feltscher won 8-3 against Widmer, then won 9-6 against Hegner and 10-5 against Gertsch. Feltscher won 8-6 against Paetz in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Swiss Curling Championship Championship title, Feltscher earned 21.546 world rankings points, remaining in 17th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 3.092 after improving upon their best so far this season. Feltscher ranks 13th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 215.453 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

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