Kaitlyn Lawes (Winnipeg, MB) won
7-3 over
Youbeen Park (Seoul, KOR) in the Final of the Saville Grand Prix, held September 12 - 14 at the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Lawes won
5-3 over
Eun ji Gim (Uijeongbu, KOR) in the semifinals of the Saville Grand Prix in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and won
10-3 over
Kate Cameron (St. Adolphe, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the Saville Grand Prix in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;
Lawes finished 3-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Lawes defeated
Emma Deschiffart (Edmonton, AB) 10-2, then won
7-2 against
Serena Gray-Withers (Edmonton, AB) and
9-2 against
Nancy Martin (Wakaw, SK). Lawes went on to lose
5-2 against
Gim in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Saville Grand Prix Championship title, Lawes earned
47.250 world rankings points along with the $6,000CDN first prize cheque. Lawes move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 28.95 points improving upon their best 1 results so far this season, ranking 16th overall with
196.750 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Lawes ranks 2nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
47.250 points earned so far this season.
