Chelsea Carey (Edmonton, AB) won
7-5 over
Kerri Einarson (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Canad Inns Women's Classic, held October 18 - 21, 2018 at the Portage Curling Club in Portage La Prairie, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Carey won
7-2 over
Sijia Liu (Harbin, CHN) in the semifinals of the 2018 Canad Inns Women's Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada; and won
8-6 over
Chrissy Cadorin (Thornhill, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Canad Inns Women's Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada;
Carey finished 5-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Carey defeated
Ashley Howard (Regina, SK) 10-2, then won
8-3 against
Darcy Robertson (Winnipeg, MB). Carey went on to lose
6-5 against
Cadorin. Carey lost
8-0 to
Seina Nakajima (Nagano, JPN) where Carey responded with a
7-3 win over
Jamie Sinclair (Chaska, USA). Carey won
6-5 against
Penny Barker (Regina, SK), then won
5-4 against
Abby Ackland (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Canad Inns Women's Classic Championship title, Carey earned
76.096 world rankings points along with the $15,500CDN first prize cheque. Carey move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 54.449 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 10th overall with
283.786 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Carey ranks 8th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
110.612 points earned so far this season.
