CHAMPION: Tirinzoni Wins RBC Dominion Securities Western Showdown

Aarau, Switzerland

Fourth
Alina
Paetz

SKIP
Silvana
Tirinzoni

Second
Carole
Howald

Lead
Selina
Witschonke

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	7.36
PA/G:	4.15
Hammer Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.73
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) won 4-3 over Seungyoun Ha (Chuncheon, KOR) in the Final of the RBC Dominion Securities Western Showdown, held December 11 - 14 at the Swift Current Curling Club in Swift Current, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Tirinzoni won 5-3 over Bobae Kang (Jeonbuk, KOR) in the semifinals of the RBC Dominion Securities Western Showdown in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won 6-2 over Kayla MacMillan (Victoria, BC) in the quarterfinals. of the RBC Dominion Securities Western Showdown in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Tirinzoni are currently . In their opening game, Tirinzoni plays.

For winning the RBC Dominion Securities Western Showdown Championship title, Tirinzoni earned 52.500 world rankings points along with the $12,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 2nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 19.5 after improving upon their best so far this season. Tirinzoni ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 301.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	65	9	0	0.878	3-0	3-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2026	517	483	253	9.34	4.89	4.45	5.40	3.71	1.73	1.32	0.89

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	253	348	46	28	10-1	24-1	75-6	1.38	0.18	0.48	0.14

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	264	135	207	18	1-1	10-3	23-41	0.51	0.78	0.71	0.34

2025: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Carole Howald, Selina Witschonke , Pierre Charette
Aarau, SUI
2024: Xenia Schwaller
Xenia Schwaller, Selina Gafner, Fabienne Rieder, Selina Rychiger , Andreas Schwaller
Zurich, SUI
2023: Eunjung Kim
Eunjung Kim, Kyeongae Kim, Chohi Kim, Seonyeong Kim, Yeongmi Kim, Myungsup Lim
Gangneung, KOR
2022: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Carole Howald, Briar Schwaller
Aarau, SUI

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