CHAMPION: Sinclair Wins 2019 Red Deer Curling Classic

Charlotte, North Carolina

SKIP
Jamie
Sinclair

Third
Cory
Thiesse

Second
Vicky
Persinger

Lead
Taylor
Anderson

Games:	9
Record:	8W - 1L
PF/G:	10.66
PA/G:	6.23
Hammer Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Efficiency:	0.39

Jamie Sinclair (Charlotte, NC) won 8-6 over Brette Richards (Kelowna, BC) in the Final of the Red Deer Curling Classic, held November 15 - 18, 2019 in Red Deer, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Sinclair won 7-5 over Corryn Brown (Kamloops, BC) in the semifinals of the 2019 Red Deer Curling Classic in Red Deer, Alberta; and won 7-2 over Min Ji Kim (Chuncheon, KOR) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Red Deer Curling Classic in Red Deer, Alberta;

Sinclair finished 5-1 in the 28-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sinclair defeated Brett Barber (Biggar, SK) 11-2, then won 7-5 against Lindsay Hudyma (Vancouver, BC) and 4-3 against Kim to advance to a A-Qualifier game where they lost 10-5 against Tori Koana (Yamanashi, JPN). Sinclair responded with a 8-2 win over Robyn Silvernagle (North Battleford, SK) to advance to the B-Qualifier where they 8-3 against Jodi Vaughan (Calgary, AB) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Red Deer Curling Classic Championship title, Sinclair earned 48.536 world rankings points along with the $10,000CDN first prize cheque. Sinclair move up 9 spots after posting a net gain of 38.05 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 34th overall with 154.172 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Sinclair ranks 29th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 91.260 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

2022: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes
Ottawa, ON
2021: Satsuki Fujisawa
Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida, Kotomi Ishizaki, JD Lind
Kitami, JPN
2019: Jamie Sinclair
Jamie Sinclair, Cory Thiesse, Vicky Persinger, Taylor Anderson, Sarah Anderson, Cathy Overton-Clapham
Charlotte, NC
2018: Robyn Silvernagle
Robyn Silvernagle, Stefanie Lawton, Jessie Hunkin, Kara Thevenot
,
2017: Delia DeJong
Delia DeJong, Janais DeJong, Amy Findlay, Stephanie Enright
Grande Prairie, AB
2016: Nadine Scotland
Nadine Scotland, Heather Jensen, Becca Hebert, Heather Rogers
, AB
2015: Kelsey Rocque
Kelsey Rocque, Laura Walker, Taylor McDonald, Jen Gates
Edmonton, AB
2014: Alina Paetz
Alina Paetz, Nadine Lehmann, Marisa Winkelhausen, Nicole Schwaegli
Baden Regio, SUI
2013: Binia Feltscher
Binia Feltscher, Irene Schori, Franziska Kaufmann, Christine Urech
Flims, SUI
2012: Chelsea Carey
Chelsea Carey, Kristy McDonald, Kristen Foster, Lindsay Warkentin
Winnipeg, MB
2011: Silvana Tirinzoni
Silvana Tirinzoni, Irene Schori, Esther Neuenschwander, Sandra Gantenbein, Anna Neuenschwander
Aarau, SUI
2010: Shannon Kleibrink
Shannon Kleibrink, Amy Nixon, Bronwen Webster, Chelsey Matson
Calgary, AB
2009: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2008: Cheryl Bernard
Cheryl Bernard, Susan O'Connor , Carolyn McRorie, Cori Morris, Karen Ruus
Calgary, AB
2007: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2006: Sherry Anderson
Sherry Anderson, Kim Hodson, Heather Walsh, Donna Gignac
Delisle, SK
2005: Cathy King
Cathy King, Lori Olson-Johns, Raylene Rocque, Tracy Bush
Edmonton, AB
2004: Renelle Bryden
Renelle Bryden, Nancy Smith, Carolyn McRorie, Shannon Mathies
Calgary, AB

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