CHAMPION: Brunton Wins Stu Sells Toronto Tankard

Sudbury, Northern Ontario

SKIP
Kira
Brunton

Third
Lindsay
Dubue

Second
Calissa
Daly

Lead
Jessica
Leonard

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	5.89
PA/G:	5.18
Hammer Efficiency:	0.28
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.69
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Kira Brunton (Sudbury, NONT) won 6-4 over Cathy Auld (Kingston, ON) in the Final of the Stu Sells Toronto Tankard in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Brunton won 5-4 over Kerry Galusha (Yellowknife, NT) in the semifinals and won 4-3 over Hollie Duncan (Toronto, ON) in the quarterfinals.

Brunton finished 3-1 in the 20 team Stu Sells Toronto Tankard qualifying round, held October 3 - 6 at the High Park Club in Toronto, Canada. In their opening game, Brunton defeated Megan Balsdon (Woodstock, ON) 7-4, then went on to lose 7-2 against Theresa Breen (Halifax, NS). Brunton responded with a 5-4 win over Chrissy Cadorin (St. Thomas, ON). Brunton won 4-3 against Auld in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Stu Sells Toronto Tankard Championship title, Brunton earned 35.937 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN first prize cheque. Brunton move up 29 spots after posting a net gain of 34.487 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 58th overall with 70.351 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Brunton ranks 21st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 57.304 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	6	1	0	0.857	3-0	0-1	2-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2020	56	33	29	5.89	5.18	0.71	4.46	3.75	1.32	1.38	1.79

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	34	27	8	9	0-0	0-1	7-1	0.79	0.24	0.28	0.15

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	22	6	21	1	0-0	0-0	1-5	0.27	0.95	0.69	0.23

2019: Kira Brunton
Kira Brunton, Lindsay Dubue, Calissa Daly, Jessica Leonard
Sudbury, NONT
2018: Kira Brunton
Kira Brunton, Megan Smith, Sara Guy, Kate Sherry
Sudbury, ON
2017: Julie Tippin
Julie Tippin, Chantal Duhaime, Rachelle Strybosch, Tess Bobbie
, ON
2016: Sherry Middaugh
Sherry Middaugh, Jo-Ann Rizzo, Lee Merklinger, Leigh Armstrong, Kimberly Tuck
, ON
2015: Erika Brown
Erika Brown, Allison Pottinger, Nicole Joraanstad, Natalie Nicholson
, WI
2014: Sherry Middaugh
Sherry Middaugh, Jo-Ann Rizzo, Lee Merklinger, Leigh Armstrong, Lori Eddy
, ON
2013: Alli Flaxey
Alli Flaxey, Katie Cottrill, Lynn Kreviazuk, Morgan Lavell
, ON
2012: Mary-Anne Arsenault
Mary-Anne Arsenault, Colleen Jones, Kim Kelly, Jenn Baxter, Nancy Delahunt
Halifax, NS
2011: Cathy Auld
Cathy Auld, Janet Murphy, Stephanie Matheson, Melissa Foster, Mary Chilvers
Mississauga, ON
2010: Julie Hastings
Julie Hastings, Christy Trombley, Stacey Smith, Katrina Sale
Toronto, ON

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