Sweeting Runner-Up at 2014 HDF Insurance Shoot-Out

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Val
Sweeting

Third
Andrea
Crawford

Second
Dana
Ferguson

Lead
Rachel
Brown

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	7.80
PA/G:	5.25
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.61
Steal Efficiency:	0.17

Val Sweeting (Edmonton, AB) lost 5-3 to Chelsea Carey (Edmonton, AB) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Sweeting won 6-3 over Susan O'Connor (Calgary, AB) in the semifinals of the 2014 HDF Insurance Shoot-Out in Edmonton, Alberta; and won 5-4 over Alina Paetz (Baden Regio, SUI) in the quarterfinals.

Sweeting finished 5-0 in the 24 team HDF Insurance Shoot-Out qualifying round, held September 11 - 14, 2014 in , . In their opening game, Sweeting defeated Leslie Rogers (Edmonton, AB) 7-1, then won 7-6 against Kristie Moore (Edmonton, AB) and 8-5 against Brenda Doroshuk (Edmonton, AB). Sweeting won 6-4 against Chantelle Eberle (Regina, SK), then won 4-3 against Cissi Ostlund (Karlstad, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the HDF Insurance Shoot-Out, Sweeting take home 12.810 world rankings points along with the $4,000CDN prizeWith their runner-up finish at the HDF Insurance Shoot-Out, Sweeting take home 0.000 world rankings points along with the $4,000CDN prize. Sweeting move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 12.81 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 6th overall with 131.798 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Sweeting ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 12.810 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	7	1	0	0.875	6-1	1-0	3-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	59	46	31	7.80	5.25	2.54	4.41	3.90	1.77	1.35	1.69

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	35	39	5	8	1-0	3-0	8-0	1.11	0.14	0.44	0.14

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	24	7	26	2	0-0	1-1	1-6	0.29	1.08	0.61	0.17

2019: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard, Briane Meilleur
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Casey Scheidegger
Casey Scheidegger, Cary-Anne McTaggart, Jessie Haughian, Kristie Moore
Lethbridge, AB
2017: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Chalmers, Lauren Gray, Kelly Schafer
Perth , SCO
2016: Casey Scheidegger
Casey Scheidegger, Cary-Anne McTaggart, Jessie Haughian, Stephanie Enright
Lethbridge, AB
2015: Val Sweeting
Val Sweeting, Lori Olson-Johns, Dana Ferguson, Rachel Brown
Edmonton, AB
2014: Chelsea Carey
Chelsea Carey, Laura Walker, Taylor McDonald, Jen Gates
Edmonton, AB
2013: Crystal Webster
Crystal Webster, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Geri-Lynn Ramsay, Samantha Preston
Calgary, AB
2012: Kaitlyn Lawes
Kaitlyn Lawes, Kirsten Wall, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2011: Stefanie Lawton
Stefanie Lawton, Sherry Anderson, Sherri Singler, Marliese Kasner
Saskatoon, SK
2010: Heather Nedohin
Heather Nedohin, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jessica Mair, Laine Peters
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2009: Cathy King
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2007: Bingyu Wang
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2006: Renee Sonnenberg
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