Serena Gray-Withers (Edmonton, AB) won
8-4 over
Yuina Miura (Sapporo, JPN) in the Final of the Grand Slam Tour Challenge U25, held October 14 - 19 at the Beaumont Curling Club in Beaumont, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Gray-Withers won
6-5 over
Fay Henderson (Stirling, SCO) in the semifinals of the Grand Slam Tour Challenge U25 in Beaumont, Alberta, Canada; and won
5-4 over
Katie Ford (Waterloo, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the Grand Slam Tour Challenge U25 in Beaumont, Alberta, Canada;
Gray-Withers finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gray-Withers defeated
Caitlyn McPherson (Winnipeg, MB) 7-3, then won
9-1 against
Lila Koe (Calgary, AB) and
6-4 against
Allory Johnson (Blaine, MN) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Grand Slam Tour Challenge U25 Championship title, Gray-Withers earned
20.250 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 27th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 0.75 after improving upon their best so far this season. Gray-Withers ranks 19th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
70.175 points earned so far this season.
