CHAMPION: Muirhead Wins 2021 The Challenger

Stirling, Great Britain

SKIP
Eve
Muirhead

Third
Vicky
Wright

Second
Jennifer
Dodds

Lead
Hailey
Duff

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	9.30
PA/G:	5.35
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.62
Steal Efficiency:	0.35

Eve Muirhead (Stirling, UK) won 7-5 over Irene Schori (Langenthal, SUI) in the Final of the The Challenger, held September 24 - 26, 2021 in Basel, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Muirhead won 7-5 over Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in the semifinals

Muirhead finished 3-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Muirhead defeated Gina Aitken (Stirling, UK) 10-2, then won 6-5 against Raphaela Keiser (St. Moritz, SUI). Muirhead went on to lose 5-3 against Tirinzoni. Muirhead responded with a 7-1 win over Liisa Turmann (Tallinn, EST) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the The Challenger Championship title, Muirhead earned 36.045 world rankings points along with the $2,458CDN first prize cheque, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 9th place overall with 178.037 total points. Muirhead ranks 10th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 36.045 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

USA's Smith, Farbelow ready to take the ice at World Senionr Curling Championships

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