CHAMPION: Einarson Wins 2024 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1

Gimli, Manitoba

SKIP
Kerri
Einarson

Third
Val
Sweeting

Second
Dawn
McEwen

Lead
Krysten
Karwacki

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	7.69
PA/G:	4.62
Hammer Efficiency:	0.27
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

Kerri Einarson (Gimli, MB) won 5-4 over Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) in the Final of the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1, held October 1 - 6, 2024 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. To advance to the championship game, Einarson won 6-4 over Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2024 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; and won 6-1 over Isabella Wrana (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the quarterfinals. of the 2024 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island;

Einarson finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Einarson lost 6-4 to Stefania Constantini (Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA), then responded with a 7-4 win over Delaney Strouse (Traverse City, MI). Einarson won 7-1 against Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE), then won 5-4 against Kaitlyn Lawes (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 Championship title, Einarson earned 75.000 world rankings points along with the $35,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 10 of the event schedule, Einarson did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Einarson ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Dawn McEwen, Krysten Karwacki
Gimli, MB
2023: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Karlee Burgess, Emily Zacharias, Lauren Lenentine
Winnipeg, MB
2022: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes
Ottawa, ON
2019: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2018: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2017: Val Sweeting
Val Sweeting, Lori Olson-Johns, Dana Ferguson, Rachel Brown
Edmonton, AB
2016: Val Sweeting
Val Sweeting, Lori Olson-Johns, Dana Ferguson, Rachel Brown
Edmonton, AB
2015: Silvana Tirinzoni
Silvana Tirinzoni, Manuela Siegrist, Esther Neuenschwander, Marlene Albrecht
Aarau PwC, SUI

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