CHAMPION: Kaufman Wins 2018 Avonair Cash Spiel

SKIP
Nicky
Kaufman

Third
Pam
Appelman

Second
Holly
Baird

Lead
Stephanie
Enright

Nicky Kaufman (Edmonton, AB) won 5-1 over Tiffany Steuber (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Avonair Cash Spiel, held September 27 - 30, 2018 at the Avonair Curling Club in Edmonton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Kaufman won 11-4 over Marla Sherrer (Lacombe, AB) in the semifinals of the 2018 Avonair Cash Spiel in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and won 6-2 over 's Jodi Marthaller in the quarterfinals.

Kaufman finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kaufman defeated Chantele Broderson (Edmonton, AB) 6-2, then won 6-5 against Steuber and 8-1 against 's Krysta Hilker in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Avonair Cash Spiel Championship title, Kaufman earned 20.465 world rankings points along with the $2,500CDN first prize cheque, moving up 26 spots the World Ranking Standings into 77th place overall with 45.221 total points. Kaufman ranks 46th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 20.465 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

2023: Rui Wang
Rui Wang, Yanan Guo, Ziqi Dong, Ying Yang , Xiao Ming Xu
Beijing, CHN
2022: Serena Gray-Withers
Serena Gray-Withers, Catherine Clifford, Brianna Cullen, Zoe Cinnamon , Amanda St. Laurent
Edmonton, AB
2021: Krysta Hilker
Krysta Hilker, Karynn Flory, Sydney Lewko, Claire Murray, Kim Curtin
Edmonton, AB
2019: Marla Sherrer
Marla Sherrer, Janais DeJong, Julie Selvais, Rebecca Boorse
Lacombe, AB
2018: Nicky Kaufman
Nicky Kaufman, Pam Appelman, Holly Baird, Stephanie Enright
Edmonton, AB
2017: Nadine Scotland
Nadine Scotland, Heather Jensen, Becca Hebert, Heather Rogers
, AB
2016: Nadine Scotland
Nadine Scotland, Heather Jensen, Becca Hebert, Heather Rogers
, AB
2015: Jie Mei
Jie Mei, Xue Song Gao, Xindi Jiang, Qiutong She
Harbin, CHN
2014: Mari Motohashi
Mari Motohashi, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida
Aomori, JPN
2013: Jessie Hunkin
Jessie Hunkin, Tiffany Steuber, Dayna Demmans, Stephanie Enright
Spruce Grove, AB

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