Elena Stern (Oberwallis, SUI) won
7-6 over
Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) in the Final of the Canad Inns Women's Classic, held October 17 - 20, 2019 at the Portage Curling Club in Portage La Prairie, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Stern won
5-3 over
Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2019 Canad Inns Women's Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada; and won
8-6 over
Eve Muirhead (Stirling, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Canad Inns Women's Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada;
Stern finished 5-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Stern defeated
Jennifer Clark-Rouire (Miami, MB) 9-6, then won
7-5 against
Theresa Cannon (Winnipeg, MB). Stern went on to lose
8-3 against
Homan. Stern responded with a
9-6 win over
Seina Nakajima (Nagano, JPN). Stern won
6-5 against
Tirinzoni to advance to a B-Qualifier game where they lost
6-4 against
Kerri Einarson (Winnipeg, MB) to drop into a C-Qualifier game where they responded with a
7-2 win over
Jamie Sinclair (Chaska, MN) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Canad Inns Women's Classic Championship title, Stern earned
85.464 world rankings points along with the $15,500CDN first prize cheque. Stern move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 64.886 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 11th overall with
294.998 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Stern ranks 8th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
130.373 points earned so far this season.
