CHAMPION: Sweeting Wins 2015 HDF Insurance Shoot-Out

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Val
Sweeting

Third
Lori
Olson-Johns

Second
Dana
Ferguson

Lead
Rachel
Brown

Games:	8
Record:	8W - 0L
PF/G:	9.29
PA/G:	4.11
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.80
Steal Efficiency:	0.41

Val Sweeting (Edmonton, AB) won 6-4 over Stefanie Lawton (Saskatoon, SK) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Sweeting won 7-3 over Kelsey Rocque (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2015 HDF Insurance Shoot-Out in Edmonton, Alberta; and won 4-2 over Shannon Kleibrink (Calgary, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2015 HDF Insurance Shoot-Out in Edmonton, Alberta;

Sweeting finished 5-0 in the 22 team HDF Insurance Shoot-Out qualifying round, held September 17 - 20, 2015 in , . In their opening game, Sweeting defeated Nicky Kaufman (Edmonton, AB) 6-4, then won 7-4 against Robyn Silvernagle (North Battleford, SK) and 10-1 against Kellie Henricks (Ellerslie, AB). Sweeting won 6-3 against Kleibrink, then won 6-2 against Kalynn Park (Lethbridge, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the HDF Insurance Shoot-Out Championship title, Sweeting earned 38.746 world rankings points along with the $6,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 4th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 449.350 total points. Sweeting ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 70.410 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	8	0	0	1.000	3-0	5-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	56	52	23	9.29	4.11	5.18	5.18	3.57	1.79	1.15	1.25

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	24	29	5	3	1-0	2-0	5-0	1.21	0.21	0.38	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	32	23	18	4	0-0	2-0	6-3	0.72	0.56	0.80	0.41

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
Edmonton, AB
2009: Cathy King
Cathy King, Kaitlyn Lawes, Raylene Rocque, Tracy Bush
Edmonton, AB
2008: Mirjam Ott
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Davos, SUI
2007: Bingyu Wang
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2006: Renee Sonnenberg
Renee Sonnenberg, Nikki Smith, Twyla Bruce, Tina McDonald
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