CHAMPION: Barone Wins 2023 Tallinn Ladies International Challenger

SKIP
Evelina
Barone

Third
Rezija
Ievina

Second
Veronika
Apse

Lead
Marija
Seliverstova

Evelina Barone (Riga, LAT) won 7-4 over Dilsat Yildiz (Erzurum, TUR) in the Final of the Tallinn Ladies International Challenger, held November 2 - 5, 2023 at the Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn, Estonia. To advance to the championship game, Barone won 4-3 over Klara Fomm (Fuessen, GER) in the semifinals of the 2023 Tallinn Ladies International Challenger in Tallinn, Estonia, Estonia; and won 8-5 over Lisa Farnell (Kent, ENG) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Tallinn Ladies International Challenger in Tallinn, Estonia, Estonia;

Barone finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Barone lost 9-2 to Aneta Lipinska (Lodz, POL), then responded with a 8-7 win over Marie Kaldvee (Tallinn, EST). Barone won 9-3 against Verena Pfluegler (Kitzbuehel, AUT). Barone went on to lose 5-4 against Vera Kalocsai-van Dorp (Budapest, HUN). Barone responded with a 5-2 win over Kateryna Yakymets (Kyiv, UKR) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Tallinn Ladies International Challenger Championship title, Barone earned 7.500 world rankings points along with the $1,767CDN first prize cheque, moving up 39 spots the World Ranking Standings into 130th place overall with 13.828 total points. Barone ranks 122nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.500 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

2024: Dilsat Yildiz
Dilsat Yildiz, Oznur Polat, Ifayet Calikusu, Berfin Sengul, Iclal Karaman, Bilal Omer Cakir
Erzurum, TUR
2023: Evelina Barone
Evelina Barone, Rezija Ievina, Veronika Apse, Marija Seliverstova
Riga, LAT
2022: Marie Kaldvee
Marie Kaldvee, Liisa Turmann, Kerli Laidsalu, Erika Tuvike
Tallinn, EST
2021: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Vicky Wright, Jennifer Dodds, Hailey Duff , Kristian Lindstroem
Stirling, GBR
2019: Marie Kaldvee
Marie Kaldvee, Kerli Laidsalu, Heili Grossman, Erika Tuvike
Tallinn, EST
2018: Ursi Hegner
Michele Jaeggi, Ursi Hegner, Nina Ledergerber, Claudia Baumann
Uzwil, SUI
2017: Chantale Widmer
Larissa Berchtold, Chantale Widmer, Lara Stocker, Roxanne Heritier
Schaffhausen, SUI

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