CHAMPION: Tirinzoni Wins 2025 International Bernese Ladies Cup

Aarau, Switzerland

Fourth
Alina
Paetz

SKIP
Silvana
Tirinzoni

Second
Selina
Witschonke

Lead
Carole
Howald

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	10.19
PA/G:	3.77
Hammer Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Defense:	0.09
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.47

Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) won 3-1 over Xenia Schwaller (Zurich, SUI) in the Final of the International Bernese Ladies Cup, held January 23 - 26, 2025 in Bern, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Tirinzoni won 9-1 over Fay Henderson (Stirling, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2025 International Bernese Ladies Cup in Bern, Switzerland; and won 7-2 over Isabella Wrana (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the quarterfinals. of the 2025 International Bernese Ladies Cup in Bern, Switzerland;

Tirinzoni finished 4-1 in the 22-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tirinzoni defeated Rebecca Mariani (Trentino, ITA) 7-1, then won 9-0 against Hana Synackova (Prague, CZE) and 7-3 against Henderson. Tirinzoni won 6-5 against Madeleine Dupont (Hvidovre, DEN). Tirinzoni went on to lose 7-6 against Jana Hoffmann (Basel, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the International Bernese Ladies Cup Championship title, Tirinzoni earned 37.500 world rankings points along with the $8,760CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 2nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 14.125 after improving upon their best so far this season. Tirinzoni ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 288.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	77	23	0	0.770	11-0	3-5	1-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	758	630	406	8.31	5.36	2.96	4.66	3.71	1.78	1.44	1.64

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	370	467	69	61	13-0	39-1	93-14	1.26	0.19	0.47	0.14

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	388	163	337	63	7-4	13-16	17-65	0.42	0.87	0.63	0.25

2025: Silvana Tirinzoni
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Aarau, SUI
2024: Eun ji Gim
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Uijeongbu, KOR
2023: Silvana Tirinzoni
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Aarau, SUI
2022: Raphaela Keiser
Selina Witschonke, Elena Antonia Mathis, Raphaela Keiser, Marina Loertscher
St. Moritz, SUI
2020: Elena Stern
Briar Schwaller, Elena Stern, Lisa Gisler, Celine Koller
Oberwallis, SUI
2019: Anna Sidorova
Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Julia Portunova, Julia Guzieva
Moscow, RUS
2018: Bingyu Wang
Bingyu Wang, Yan Zhou, Jinli Liu, Jingyi Ma, Ziqi Dong
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2017: Alina Paetz
Alina Paetz, Nadine Lehmann, Marisa Winkelhausen, Nicole Schwaegli
Zurich, SUI
2016: Silvana Tirinzoni
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Aarau PwC, SUI
2015: Alina Paetz
Alina Paetz, Nadine Lehmann, Marisa Winkelhausen, Nicole Schwaegli
Baden Regio, SUI
2014: Eve Muirhead
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2013: Silvana Tirinzoni
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2012: Michele Jaeggi
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, SUI
2011: Lene Nielsen
Lene Nielsen, Helle Simonsen, Jeanne Ellegaard, Maria Poulsen
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2009: Shannon Kleibrink
Lene Nielsen, Helle Simonsen, Jeanne Ellegaard, Maria Poulsen
Calgary, AB
2008: Kelly Scott
Lene Nielsen, Helle Simonsen, Jeanne Ellegaard, Maria Poulsen
Kelowna, BC
2007: Anette Norberg
Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Le Moine, Ulrika Bergman
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