CHAMPION: Brunton Wins 2019 Stu Sells Toronto Tankard

Sudbury, Northern Ontario

SKIP
Kira
Brunton

Third
Lindsay
Dubue

Second
Calissa
Daly

Lead
Jessica
Leonard

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	5.89
PA/G:	5.18
Hammer Efficiency:	0.28
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.69
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Kira Brunton (Sudbury, NONT) won 6-4 over Cathy Auld (Kingston, ON) in the Final of the Stu Sells Toronto Tankard, held October 3 - 6, 2019 at the High Park Club in Toronto, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Brunton won 5-4 over Kerry Galusha (Yellowknife, NT) in the semifinals of the 2019 Stu Sells Toronto Tankard in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and won 4-3 over Hollie Duncan (Toronto, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Stu Sells Toronto Tankard in Toronto, Ontario, Canada;

Brunton finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Brunton defeated Megan Balsdon (Woodstock, ON) 7-4, then went on to lose 7-2 against Theresa Breen (Halifax, NS). Brunton responded with a 5-4 win over Chrissy Cadorin (St. Thomas, ON). Brunton won 4-3 against Auld in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Stu Sells Toronto Tankard Championship title, Brunton earned 35.937 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN first prize cheque. Brunton move up 29 spots after posting a net gain of 34.487 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 61st overall with 70.351 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Brunton ranks 21st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 57.304 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

2025: Seungyoun Ha
Seungyoun Ha, Hyerin Kim, Taei Yang, Sujin Kim, Seojin Park, Sungjun Lee
Chuncheon, KOR
2024: Eunjung Kim
Eunjung Kim, Kyeongae Kim, Chohi Kim, Seonyeong Kim, Yeongmi Kim
Gangneung, KOR
2023: Eunjung Kim
Eunjung Kim, Kyeongae Kim, Chohi Kim, Seonyeong Kim, Yeongmi Kim, Myungsup Lim
Gangneung, KOR
2022: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Carole Howald, Briar Schwaller
Aarau, SUI
2021: Hollie Duncan
Hollie Duncan, Megan Balsdon, Rachelle Strybosch, Tess Guyatt, Julie Tippin
Woodstock , ON
2020: Lauren Mann
Lauren Mann, Kira Brunton, Cheryl Kreviazuk, Karen Trines
Ottawa, ON
2019: Kira Brunton
Kira Brunton, Lindsay Dubue, Calissa Daly, Jessica Leonard
Sudbury, NO
2018: Kira Brunton
Kira Brunton, Megan Smith, Sara Guy, Kate Sherry , Rodney Guy
Sudbury, ON
2017: Julie Tippin
Julie Tippin, Chantal Duhaime, Rachelle Strybosch, Tess Guyatt
, ON
2016: Sherry Middaugh
Sherry Middaugh, Jo-Ann Rizzo, Lee Merklinger, Leigh Armstrong, Kimberly Tuck
, ON
2015: Erika Brown
Erika Brown, Allison Pottinger, Nicole Joraanstad, Natalie Nicholson
, WI
2014: Sherry Middaugh
Sherry Middaugh, Jo-Ann Rizzo, Lee Merklinger, Leigh Armstrong, Lori Eddy
, ON
2013: Alli Flaxey
Alli Flaxey, Katie Cottrill, Lynn Kreviazuk, Morgan Lavell
, ON
2012: Mary-Anne Arsenault
Mary-Anne Arsenault, Colleen Jones, Kim Kelly, Jenn Baxter, Nancy Delahunt
Halifax, NS
2011: Cathy Auld
Cathy Auld, Janet Murphy, Stephanie Matheson, Melissa Foster, Mary Chilvers
Mississauga, ON
2010: Julie Hastings
Julie Hastings, Christy Trombley, Stacey Smith, Katrina Sale
Toronto, ON

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