CHAMPION: Wrana Wins 2023 Princess Auto Players' Championship

Sundbyberg , Sweden

SKIP
Isabella
Wrana

Third
Almida
de Val

Second
Linda
Stenlund

Lead
Maria
Larsson

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	9.81
PA/G:	5.96
Hammer Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Defense:	0.08
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Isabella Wrana (Sundbyberg , SWE) won 6-5 over Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in the Final of the Princess Auto Players' Championship, held April 11 - 16, 2023 in Toronto, Ontario. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Wrana won 10-3 over Kerri Einarson (Gimli, MB) to advance to the championship game. of the 2023 Princess Auto Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario;

Wrana finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Wrana defeated Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) 7-5, then won 5-4 against Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) and 6-2 against Chelsea Carey (Lethbridge, AB). Wrana went on to lose 8-7 against Tirinzoni. Wrana responded with a 10-4 win over Kaitlyn Lawes (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Princess Auto Players' Championship Championship title, Wrana earned 75.000 world rankings points along with the $40,000CDN first prize cheque. Wrana move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 60 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 7th overall with 266.750 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Wrana ranks 7th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 266.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	62	37	0	0.626	10-6	7-8	5-7	1-1	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	704	585	485	8.31	6.89	1.42	4.82	4.28	1.73	1.61	0.91

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	358	428	107	41	11-2	32-6	85-12	1.20	0.30	0.40	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	346	157	378	23	4-8	15-24	15-78	0.45	1.09	0.51	0.29

2023: Isabella Wrana
Isabella Wrana, Almida de Val, Linda Stenlund, Maria Larsson, Jennie Wahlin, Margaretha Sigfridsson
Sundbyberg , SWE
2022: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2019: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard, Briane Harris
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Jamie Sinclair
Jamie Sinclair, Alexandra Agre, Vicky Persinger, Monica Walker
Blaine, USA
2017: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Vicki Chalmers, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Sarah Reid
Stirling, SCO
2015: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Chalmers, Sarah Reid
Stirling, SCO
2014: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Chalmers, Claire Hamilton
Stirling, SCO
2012: Stefanie Lawton
Stefanie Lawton, Sherry Anderson, Sherri Singler, Marliese Kasner
Saskatoon, SK
2011: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2010: Cheryl Bernard
Cheryl Bernard, Susan O'Connor , Carolyn McRorie, Cori Morris
Calgary, AB
2009: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen , Janet Arnott
Winnipeg, MB
2008: Amber Holland
Amber Holland, Kim Schneider, Tammy Schneider, Heather Kalenchuk
Kronau, SK
2007: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen, Janet Arnott
Winnipeg, MB
2006: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Georgina Wheatcroft
Winnipeg, MB

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