CHAMPION: Sonnenberg Wins 2011 Manitoba Lotteries Womens Curling Classic

Grande Prairie, Alberta

SKIP
Renee
Sonnenberg

Third
Lawnie
MacDonald

Second
Kristie
Moore

Lead
Rona
Pasika

Games:	10
Record:	8W - 2L
PF/G:	7.89
PA/G:	5.39
Hammer Efficiency:	0.30
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

Renee Sonnenberg (Grande Prairie, AB) won 8-7 over Heather Nedohin (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Manitoba Lotteries Womens Curling Classic, held October 21 - 24, 2011 at the Fort Rouge Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Sonnenberg won 5-4 over Cathy Overton-Clapham (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2011 Manitoba Lotteries Womens Curling Classic in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; and won 5-3 over Darcy Robertson (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2011 Manitoba Lotteries Womens Curling Classic in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;

Sonnenberg finished 5-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sonnenberg defeated Jill Thurston (Winnipeg, MB) 7-1, then went on to lose 7-6 against Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB). Sonnenberg responded with a 5-2 win over Anette Norberg (Karlstad, SWE). Sonnenberg went on to lose 8-5 against Stefanie Lawton (Saskatoon, SK). Sonnenberg responded with a 4-3 win over Sherry Middaugh (Coldwater, ON). Sonnenberg won 8-1 against Dana Ferguson (Calgary, AB), then won 7-5 against Desiree Owen (Grande Prairie, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Manitoba Lotteries Womens Curling Classic Championship title, Sonnenberg earned 40.000 world rankings points along with the $15,500CDN first prize cheque, moving up 7 spots the World Ranking Standings into 16th place overall with 85.720 total points. Sonnenberg ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 56.590 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

2019: Elena Stern
Briar Schwaller, Elena Stern, Lisa Gisler, Celine Koller
Oberwallis, SUI
2018: Chelsea Carey
Chelsea Carey, Sarah Wilkes, Dana Ferguson, Breanne Knapp
Edmonton, AB
2017: Nina Roth
Nina Roth, Tabitha Peterson, Aileen Geving, Rebecca Hamilton
Blaine, USA
2016: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2015: EunJung Kim
Eunjung Kim, Kyeongae Kim, Seonyeong Kim, Yeongmi Kim, MinJung Kim
Uiseong, KOR
2014: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2012: Stefanie Lawton
Stefanie Lawton, Sherry Anderson, Sherri Singler, Marliese Kasner
Saskatoon, SK
2011: Renee Sonnenberg
Renee Sonnenberg, Lawnie MacDonald, Kristie Moore, Rona Pasika
Grande Prairie, AB
2010: Chelsea Carey
Chelsea Carey, Kristy McDonald, Kristen Foster, Lindsay Warkentin
Winnipeg, MB
2008: Michelle Englot
Chelsea Carey, Kristy McDonald, Kristen Foster, Lindsay Warkentin
Regina, SK
2007: Shannon Kleibrink
Chelsea Carey, Kristy McDonald, Kristen Foster, Lindsay Warkentin
Calgary, AB
2006: Sherry Anderson
Sherry Anderson, Kim Hodson, Heather Walsh, Donna Gignac
Delisle, SK
2005: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Georgina Wheatcroft
Winnipeg, MB
2004: Cheryl Bernard
Cheryl Bernard, Susan O'Connor , Jody McNabb, Karen Ruus
Calgary, AB

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