Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) won
8-4 over
Tracy Fleury (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1, held November 6 - 11, 2018 in Thunder Bay, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Homan won
6-5 over
Nina Roth (Chaska, USA) in the semifinals of the 2018 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Thunder Bay, Ontario; and won
5-3 over
Laura Walker (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals.
Homan finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Homan defeated
Jamie Sinclair (Chaska, USA) 7-3, then won
8-2 against
Cory Christensen (Chaska, USA) and
7-2 against
Kerri Einarson (Winnipeg, MB). Homan won
8-3 against
Chelsea Carey (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1 Championship title, Homan earned
77.306 world rankings points along with the $20,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 1 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 2nd place overall with
546.372 total points. Homan ranks 1st overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
285.766 points earned so far this season.
