CHAMPION: Gray-Withers Wins U25 NextGen Classic

SKIP
Serena
Gray-Withers

Third
Catherine
Clifford

Second
Lindsey
Burgess

Lead
Zoe
Cinnamon

Serena Gray-Withers (Edmonton, AB) won 11-2 over New Brunswick's Melodie Forsythe in the Final of the U25 NextGen Classic, held August 26 - 28 at the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Gray-Withers won 6-5 over Emma Artichuk (Waterloo, ON) in the semifinals

Gray-Withers finished 5-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gray-Withers defeated British Columbia's Kayla Wilson 11-2, then won 6-4 against Cassidy Dundas (Winnipeg, MB) and 5-2 against Keelie Duncan (Calgary, AB). Gray-Withers won 9-3 against New Brunswick's Melodie Forsythe, then won 8-1 against Gracelyn Richards (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the U25 NextGen Classic Championship title, Gray-Withers earned 24.000 world rankings points along with the $6,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 7 spots the World Ranking Standings into 34th place overall with 93.688 total points. Gray-Withers ranks 11th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 24.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	13	4	0	0.765	0-1	0-1	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	113	112	64	9.91	5.66	4.25	4.96	4.07	2.00	1.39	0.97

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	59	82	13	6	7-0	5-0	9-0	1.39	0.22	0.40	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	54	30	51	5	1-2	3-0	4-10	0.56	0.94	0.64	0.30

2025: Serena Gray-Withers
Serena Gray-Withers, Catherine Clifford, Lindsey Burgess, Zoe Cinnamon
Edmonton, AB
2024: Taylor Reese-Hansen
Taylor Reese-Hansen, Megan McGillivray, Kim Bonneau, Julianna Mackenzie
Victoria, BC
2023: Serena Gray-Withers
Serena Gray-Withers, Catherine Clifford, Brianna Cullen, Zoe Cinnamon , Amanda St. Laurent
Edmonton, AB
2022: Serena Gray-Withers
Serena Gray-Withers, Catherine Clifford, Brianna Cullen, Zoe Cinnamon , Amanda St. Laurent
Edmonton, AB

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