CHAMPION: Rocque Wins Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Kelsey
Rocque

Third
Danielle
Schmiemann

Second
Becca
Hebert

Lead
Jesse
Marlow

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	9.05
PA/G:	3.81
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.78
Steal Efficiency:	0.44

Kelsey Rocque (Edmonton, AB) won 4-3 over Chelsea Carey (Calgary, AB) in the Final Advancing directly to the semifinals, Rocque won 6-5 over Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER) to advance to the championship game. of the Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada;

Rocque finished 4-0 in the 17 team Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic qualifying round, held October 3 - 6 at the Vernon Curling Club in Vernon, Canada. In their opening game, Rocque defeated Karla Thompson (Kamloops, BC) 9-1, then won 8-1 against Sarah Daniels (Delta, BC) and 5-2 against Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg , RUS). Rocque won 6-4 against Kim Slattery (Vernon, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic Championship title, Rocque earned 39.620 world rankings points along with the $7,000CDN first prize cheque. Rocque move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 24.58 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 13th overall with 241.383 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Rocque ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 106.024 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	6	0	0	1.000	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2020	42	38	16	9.05	3.81	5.24	5.24	3.10	1.73	1.23	1.67

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	24	23	4	6	1-0	1-0	4-0	0.96	0.17	0.33	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	18	15	12	1	1-0	1-1	2-1	0.83	0.67	0.78	0.44

2019: Kelsey Rocque
Kelsey Rocque, Danielle Schmiemann, Becca Hebert, Jesse Marlow
Edmonton, AB
2018: Alina Kovaleva
Alina Kovaleva, Anastasia Bryzgalova, Uliana Vasilyeva, Ejkaterina Kuzmina, Anastasiia Danshina
Saint-Petersburg, RUS
2017: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2016: Marla Mallett
Marla Mallett, Shannon Joanisse, Brette Richards, Blaine DeJager
Walnut Grove, BC
2015: Stefanie Lawton
Stefanie Lawton, Trish Paulsen, Sherri Singler, Marliese Kasner
Saskatoon, SK
2014: Ayumi Ogasawara
Ayumi Ogasawara, Sayaka Yoshimura, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Yumie Funayama
Sapporo, JPN
2013: Bingyu Wang
Bingyu Wang, Yin Liu, Qingshuang Yue, Yan Zhou
Harbin, CHN
2012: Heather Nedohin
Heather Nedohin, Beth Iskiw, Jessica Mair, Laine Peters
Edmonton, AB
2011: Shannon Kleibrink
Shannon Kleibrink, Amy Nixon, Bronwen Webster, Chelsey Matson
Calgary, AB
2010: Cheryl Bernard
Cheryl Bernard, Susan O'Connor, Carolyn McRorie, Cori Morris
Calgary, AB
2009: Moe Meguro
Moe Meguro, Mari Motohashi, Mayo Yamaura, Kotomi Ishizaki
Karuizawa, JPN
2008: Shannon Kleibrink
Moe Meguro, Mari Motohashi, Mayo Yamaura, Kotomi Ishizaki
Calgary, AB
2007: Heather Rankin
Moe Meguro, Mari Motohashi, Mayo Yamaura, Kotomi Ishizaki
Calgary, AB
2006: Kelley Law
Kelley Law, Georgina Wheatcroft, Shannon Joanisse, Darah Blandford
New Westminster, BC
2005: Cheryl Bernard
Cheryl Bernard, Susan O'Connor, Carolyn McRorie, Cori Morris
Calgary, AB
2004: Cheryl Bernard
Cheryl Bernard, Susan O'Connor, Jody McNabb, Karen Ruus
Calgary, AB

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