Bjoernstad Reaches Womens Masters Basel Semifinals

Lillehammer, Norway

SKIP
Torhild
Bjoernstad

Third
Nora
Oestgaard

Second
Ingeborg
Forbregd

Lead
Eirin
Mesloe

Games:	5
Record:	4W - 1L
PF/G:	10.94
PA/G:	7.50
Hammer Efficiency:	0.63
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Torhild Bjoernstad (Lillehammer, NOR) run at the Womens Masters Basel came to an end in the semifinals with a 9-3 loss to Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI). of the Womens Masters Basel in Arlesheim, Switzerland, Switzerland; Bjoernstad advanced through the quarterfinals with a 6-4 win over Liisa Turmann (Tallinn, EST).

Bjoernstad finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bjoernstad defeated Hana Synackova (Prague, CZE) 9-1, then won 9-3 against Switzerland's Johanna Blackham and 8-7 against Corrie Huerlimann (Zug, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Womens Masters Basel, Bjoernstad take home 18.700 world rankings points along with the $6,940CDN prize. For week 8 of the event schedule, Bjoernstad did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 41st to 43rd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 77.038 total points. Bjoernstad ranks 21st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 23.100 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

2025: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Carole Howald, Selina Witschonke , Pierre Charette
Aarau, SUI
2024: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Selina Witschonke, Carole Howald , Pierre Charette
Aarau, SUI
2023: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Selina Witschonke, Carole Howald , Pierre Charette
Aarau, SUI
2022: Raphaela Keiser
Selina Witschonke, Elena Antonia Mathis, Raphaela Keiser, Marina Loertscher
St. Moritz, SUI
2021: Madeleine Dupont
Madeleine Dupont, Mathilde Halse, Denise Dupont, My Larsen, Lina Knudsen
Hvidovre, DEN
2019: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Esther Neuenschwander, Melanie Barbezat
Aarau, SUI
2018: Elena Stern
Briar Schwaller, Elena Stern, Lisa Gisler, Celine Koller
Oberwallis , SUI
2017: Bingyu Wang
Bingyu Wang, Yan Zhou, Jinli Liu, Jingyi Ma, Ziqi Dong
Harbin, CHN
2016: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Chalmers, Lauren Gray
Perth, SCO
2015: Anna Sidorova
Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Aleksandra Raeva, Alina Kovaleva
Moscow, RUS
2014: Binia Feltscher
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Flims, SUI
2013: Silvana Tirinzoni
Silvana Tirinzoni, Manuela Siegrist, Esther Neuenschwander, Marlene Albrecht, Jenny Perret
Aarau, SUI
2012: Margaretha Sigfridsson
Maria Prytz, Christina Bertrup, Maria Wennerstroem, Margaretha Sigfridsson
Skelleftea, SWE
2011: Margaretha Sigfridsson
Margaretha Sigfridsson, Christina Bertrup, Maria Wennerstroem, Maria Prytz
Skelleftea, SWE
2010: Andrea Schoepp
Andrea Schoepp, Imogen Oona Lehmann, Monika Wagner, Stella Heiss
, GER
2009: Anette Norberg
Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Le Moine
, SWE
2008: Anette Norberg
Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Le Moine, Ulrika Bergman
, SWE
2007: Anette Norberg
Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Le Moine, Ulrika Bergman
, SWE
2006: Anette Norberg
Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Le Moine, Ulrika Bergman
, SWE

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