CHAMPION: Sturmay Wins 2023 Saville Grand Prix

SKIP
Selena
Sturmay

Third
Danielle
Schmiemann

Second
Dezaray
Hawes

Lead
Paige
Papley

Selena Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) won 6-5 over Delaney Strouse (Traverse City, MI) in the Final of the Saville Grand Prix, held October 27 - 30, 2023 at the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Sturmay won 7-3 over Jessie Hunkin (Spruce Grove, AB) in the semifinals of the 2023 Saville Grand Prix in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and won 7-3 over Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Saville Grand Prix in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Sturmay finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sturmay lost 6-1 to Clancy Grandy (Vancouver, BC), then responded with a 6-5 win over Minseo Kim (Jeonbuk, KOR). Sturmay won 7-2 against Michelle Hartwell (Sherwood Park, AB), then won 5-3 against Hunkin in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Saville Grand Prix Championship title, Sturmay earned 33.750 world rankings points along with the $4,000CDN first prize cheque. Sturmay move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 27.75 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 33rd overall with 117.071 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Sturmay ranks 25th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 67.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	52	26	0	0.667	17-2	5-7	7-3	2-0	2-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	586	458	364	7.82	6.21	1.60	4.93	4.18	1.58	1.49	0.89

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	280	316	85	21	3-1	22-3	66-14	1.13	0.30	0.35	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	306	142	279	31	1-4	12-12	23-59	0.46	0.91	0.59	0.30

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