McMakin Reaches 2023 CURVE US Open of Curling

Minneapolis, Minnesota

SKIP
Christine
McMakin

Third
Cora
Farrell

Second
Jenna
Burchesky

Lead
Clare
Moores

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	9.79
PA/G:	7.87
Hammer Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Defense:	0.31
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Christine McMakin (Minneapolis, MN) run at the 2023 CURVE US Open of Curling - Championships came to an end in the semifinals with a 8-4 loss to Tabitha Peterson (St. Paul, MN). of the 2023 CURVE US Open of Curling - Championships in Blaine, Minnesota, United States; McMakin advanced through the quarterfinals with a 11-3 win over Delaney Strouse (Traverse City, MI). of the 2023 CURVE US Open of Curling - Championships in Blaine, Minnesota, United States;

McMakin finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McMakin defeated Demerie Black (Bismark, ND) 6-2, then won 9-8 against Elizabeth Cousins (Boston, MA). McMakin went on to lose 8-3 against Peterson. McMakin responded with a 4-3 win over Kim Rhyme (Minneapolis, MN). McMakin won 9-5 against Miranda Scheel (Fargo, ND) in their final qualifying round match.

McMakin earned 10.625 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the CURVE US Open of Curling - Championships, moving up 11 spots the World Ranking Standings into 64th place overall with 48.125 total points. McMakin ranks 55th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 13.625 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	16	20	0	0.444	1-3	5-3	1-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	262	220	228	8.40	8.70	-0.31	4.66	4.81	1.80	1.81	0.53

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	125	150	55	5	5-0	16-7	19-4	1.20	0.44	0.33	0.30

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	137	70	173	9	2-8	5-12	14-34	0.51	1.26	0.39	0.28

2023: Tabitha Peterson
Tabitha Peterson, Cory Thiesse, Rebecca Hamilton, Tara Peterson , Cathy Overton-Clapham
St. Paul, MN
2022: Seungyoun Ha
Seungyoun Ha, Hyerin Kim, Taei Yang, Sujin Kim , Sungjun Lee
Chuncheon, KOR
2021: Tabitha Peterson
Tabitha Peterson, Nina Roth, Rebecca Hamilton, Tara Peterson
St. Paul, MN
2019: Tabitha Peterson
Nina Roth, Tabitha Peterson, Rebecca Hamilton, Aileen Geving, Tara Peterson
McFarland , USA
2017: Jamie Sinclair
Jamie Sinclair, Alexandra Agre, Vicky Persinger, Monica Walker
Blaine, USA
2016: Sherry Middaugh
Sherry Middaugh, Jo-Ann Rizzo, Lee Merklinger, Leigh Armstrong, Kimberly Tuck
, ON
2016: Krista McCarville
Krista Scharf, Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala, Sarah Potts, Oye-Sem Won Briand
Thunder Bay, NONT

Switzerland secure third win for 3-3 record

Switzerland's Briar Schwaller-Hurlimann and Yannick Schwaller (Photo: World Curling) are on the outside looking in as the race to qualify heats up in Cortina.

Kubota Challenge: Gord Bamford vs Brad Gushue

EXTRA EXTRA END PODCAST: E20: Two-time U.S. Olympian Jessica...

A quick break for the Memorial Day holiday and we're back with our guest and new USA Curling Womenâs National Team & Juniors Director Jessica Schultz.... (read more)
MIKE THE CURLING GUY: Doing Jello Shots with my Kids...

I am in week 3 of isolation/quarantine/home schooling and getting a little squirrel-y. Personal hygiene has become optional. The kids have watched the entire... (read more)
WORLD CURLING REPORT: November 27th, 2019

On today's World Curling Report...we recap Day 1 of the 2019 Canada Cup. (read more)
FROM THE HACK: From the Hack Podcast - November...

On this week's podcast we focus on the Canada Cup with past champion Reid Carruthers (04:09), Adam Kingsbury - former coach of Team Homan and Team Jacobs (11:53)... (read more)
STONE + STRAW: S02:EP06 - Jason Gunnlaugson

Host John Cullen travels to Thunder Bay, Ontario, for the Tour Challenge to interview Winnipeg's own Jason Gunnlaugson. Though Gunnlaugson has yet to win a... (read more)