Thurston Runner-Up at 2013 Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Women's Classic

SKIP
Jill
Thurston

Third
Brette
Richards

Second
Brandi
Oliver

Lead
Blaine
DeJager

Jill Thurston (Winnipeg, MB) lost 7-0 to Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Women's Classic, held October 25 - 28, 2013 at the Fort Rouge Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Thurston won 5-3 over Barb Spencer (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2013 Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Women's Classic in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; and won 6-5 over Anna Sidorova (Moscow, RUS) in the quarterfinals. of the 2013 Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Women's Classic in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;

Thurston finished 4-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Thurston lost 8-2 to Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI), droppimg another game, 7-5 to Laura Crocker (Edmonton, AB) where Thurston responded with a 7-5 win over Stacey Fordyce (Brandon, MB). Thurston won 8-5 against Bingyu Wang (Harbin, CHN), then won 4-3 against Shannon Kleibrink (Calgary, AB) and 6-5 against Valerie Sweeting (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Women's Classic, Thurston take home 27.000 world rankings points along with the $10,400CDN prize, moving up 39 spots the World Ranking Standings into 33rd place overall with 37.573 total points. Thurston ranks 17th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 29.800 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	17	17	0	0.500	5-3	5-6	2-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	237	168	167	7.09	7.05	0.04	4.51	4.56	1.57	1.55	0.93

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	111	111	42	8	3-0	5-1	21-8	1.00	0.38	0.28	0.29

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	126	57	125	14	2-3	4-9	6-21	0.45	0.99	0.57	0.29

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
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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
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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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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