CHAMPION: Sweeting Wins 2014 Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling

SKIP
Val
Sweeting

Third
Lori
Olson-Johns

Second
Dana
Ferguson

Lead
Rachel
Brown

Val Sweeting (Edmonton, AB) won 6-3 over Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) in the Final of the Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling, held December 3 - 7, 2014 in Camrose, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Sweeting won 7-6 over Heather Nedohin (Sherwood Park, AB) in the semifinals of the 2014 Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling in Camrose, Alberta;

Sweeting finished 4-2 in the 7-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sweeting lost 12-6 to Nedohin, then responded with a 8-2 win over Sherry Anderson (Saskatoon, SK). Sweeting won 10-8 against Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB). Sweeting went on to lose 7-6 against Homan. Sweeting responded with a 8-5 win over Allison Flaxey (Listowel, ON). Sweeting won 5-4 against Sherry Middaugh (Coldwater, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling Championship title, Sweeting earned 22.500 world rankings points along with the $22,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 6th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 229.568 total points. Sweeting ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 110.580 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: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2018: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jocelyn Peterman, Dawn McEwen, Jill Officer
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2014: Val Sweeting
Val Sweeting, Lori Olson-Johns, Dana Ferguson, Rachel Brown
Edmonton, AB
2010: Stefanie Lawton
Stefanie Lawton, Sherry Anderson, Sherri Singler, Marliese Kasner
Saskatoon, SK

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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