CHAMPION: Sweeting/Kennedy Wins 2021 Alberta Curling Series: Beaumont

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	13.33
PA/G:	5.83
Hammer Efficiency:	0.69
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.52

Val Sweeting/Marc Kennedy (Edmonton, AB) won 8-3 over Paige Papley/Evan van Amsterdam (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Alberta Curling Series: Beaumont, held December 10 - 12, 2021 in Beaumont, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Sweeting/Kennedy won 11-1 over Carrie Robertson/Alex Robertson (Stratford, ON) in the semifinals of the 2021 Alberta Curling Series: Beaumont in Beaumont, Alberta;

Sweeting/Kennedy finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sweeting/Kennedy defeated Pittman/Cody Smith (Okotoks, AB) 7-1, then won 9-6 against Cheryl Damen/Tyler van Amsterdam (Edmonton, AB). Sweeting/Kennedy went on to lose 9-5 against Papley/van Amsterdam. Sweeting/Kennedy responded with a 8-1 win over Krista Shortridge/Brady Gillies (Lethbridge, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Alberta Curling Series: Beaumont Championship title, Sweeting/Kennedy earned 14.613 world rankings points along with the $1,005CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 778th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 14.614 after improving upon their best so far this season. Sweeting/Kennedy ranks 45th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 35.718 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

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