CHAMPION: Stern Wins 2019 Canad Inns Women's Classic

Oberwallis, Switzerland

Fourth
Briar
Schwaller

SKIP
Elena
Stern

Second
Lisa
Gisler

Lead
Celine
Koller

Games:	10
Record:	8W - 2L
PF/G:	8.55
PA/G:	6.97
Hammer Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Defense:	0.08
Force Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Efficiency:	0.20

Elena Stern (Oberwallis, SUI) won 7-6 over Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) in the Final of the Canad Inns Women's Classic, held October 17 - 20, 2019 at the Portage Curling Club in Portage La Prairie, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Stern won 5-3 over Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2019 Canad Inns Women's Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada; and won 8-6 over Eve Muirhead (Stirling, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Canad Inns Women's Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada;

Stern finished 5-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Stern defeated Jennifer Clark-Rouire (Miami, MB) 9-6, then won 7-5 against Theresa Cannon (Winnipeg, MB). Stern went on to lose 8-3 against Homan. Stern responded with a 9-6 win over Seina Nakajima (Nagano, JPN). Stern won 6-5 against Tirinzoni to advance to a B-Qualifier game where they lost 6-4 against Kerri Einarson (Winnipeg, MB) to drop into a C-Qualifier game where they responded with a 7-2 win over Jamie Sinclair (Chaska, MN) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Canad Inns Women's Classic Championship title, Stern earned 85.464 world rankings points along with the $15,500CDN first prize cheque. Stern move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 64.886 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 11th overall with 294.998 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Stern ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 130.373 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: Elena Stern
Briar Schwaller, Elena Stern, Lisa Gisler, Celine Koller
Oberwallis, SUI
2018: Chelsea Carey
Chelsea Carey, Sarah Wilkes, Dana Ferguson, Breanne Knapp
Edmonton, AB
2017: Nina Roth
Nina Roth, Tabitha Peterson, Aileen Geving, Rebecca Hamilton
Blaine, USA
2016: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2015: EunJung Kim
Eunjung Kim, Kyeongae Kim, Seonyeong Kim, Yeongmi Kim, MinJung Kim
Uiseong, KOR
2014: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2012: Stefanie Lawton
Stefanie Lawton, Sherry Anderson, Sherri Singler, Marliese Kasner
Saskatoon, SK
2011: Renee Sonnenberg
Renee Sonnenberg, Lawnie MacDonald, Kristie Moore, Rona Pasika
Grande Prairie, AB
2010: Chelsea Carey
Chelsea Carey, Kristy McDonald, Kristen Foster, Lindsay Warkentin
Winnipeg, MB
2008: Michelle Englot
Chelsea Carey, Kristy McDonald, Kristen Foster, Lindsay Warkentin
Regina, SK
2007: Shannon Kleibrink
Chelsea Carey, Kristy McDonald, Kristen Foster, Lindsay Warkentin
Calgary, AB
2006: Sherry Anderson
Sherry Anderson, Kim Hodson, Heather Walsh, Donna Gignac
Delisle, SK
2005: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Georgina Wheatcroft
Winnipeg, MB
2004: Cheryl Bernard
Cheryl Bernard, Susan O'Connor , Jody McNabb, Karen Ruus
Calgary, AB

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