CHAMPION: Skrlik Wins 2019 Medicine Hat Charity Classic

Calgary, Alberta

SKIP
Kayla
Skrlik

Third
Lindsay
Bertsch

Second
Brittany
Tran

Lead
Hope
Sunley

Games:	5
Record:	5W - 0L
PF/G:	10.27
PA/G:	5.68
Hammer Efficiency:	0.31
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Efficiency:	0.37

Kayla Skrlik (Calgary, AB) won 5-4 over Meini Wang (Changchun, CHN) in the Final of the Medicine Hat Charity Classic, held October 18 - 21, 2019 at the Medicine Hat Curling Club in Medicine Hat, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Skrlik won 6-5 over Jodi Vaughan (Calgary, AB) to advance to the championship game. of the 2019 Medicine Hat Charity Classic in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada; of the 2019 Medicine Hat Charity Classic in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada;

Skrlik finished 3-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Skrlik defeated Lynn Lee (Medicine Hat, AB) 12-2, then won 8-5 against Lorraine Schneider (Regina, SK) and 7-5 against Sherry Just (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Medicine Hat Charity Classic Championship title, Skrlik earned 20.568 world rankings points along with the $3,800CDN first prize cheque. Skrlik move up 10 spots after posting a net gain of 17.257 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 51st overall with 88.643 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Skrlik ranks 27th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 62.154 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: Kayla Skrlik
Kayla Skrlik, Lindsay Bertsch, Brittany Tran, Hope Sunley
Calgary, AB
2018: Kourtney Fesser
Kourtney Fesser, Natalie Yanko, Krista Fesser, Karlee Korchinski
Saskatoon, SK
2017: Candace Chisholm
Candace Chisholm, Lana Vey, Natalie Bloomfield, Kristy Johnson
Weyburn, SK
2016: Casey Scheidegger
Casey Scheidegger, Cary-Anne McTaggart, Jessie Haughian, Stephanie Enright
Lethbridge, AB
2015: Shannon Kleibrink
Shannon Kleibrink, Sarah Wilkes, Kalynn Park, Shana Snell
Calgary, AB
2014: Casey Scheidegger
Casey Scheidegger, Cary-Anne McTaggart, Jessie Haughian, Brittany Tran
Lethbridge, AB
2013: Anna Sidorova
Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Aleksandra Raeva, Ekaterina Galkina, Nkeiruka Ezekh
Moscow, RUS
2012: Chantelle Eberle
Chantelle Eberle, Nancy Inglis, Debbie Lozinski, Susan Hoffart
Regina, SK
2011: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Chalmers, Claire Hamilton
Perth, SCO
2010: Jessie Hunkin
Jessie Hunkin, Nicky Kaufman, Amanda St. Laurent, Stephanie Enright
Edmonton, AB
2009: Liudmila Privivkova
Liudmila Privivkova, Olga Zharkova, Nkeiruka Ezekh, Ekaterina Galkina
Moscow, RUS
2008: Casey Scheidegger
Casey Scheidegger, Kalynn Park, Jessie Haughian, Jayme Coutts
Lethbridge, AB
2007: Moe Meguro
Moe Meguro, Mari Motohashi, Mayo Yamaura, Sakurako Terada
Aomori, JPN
2006: Cheryl Bernard
Cheryl Bernard, Susan O'Connor , Carolyn McRorie, Cori Morris
Calgary, AB
2005: Diane Foster
Diane Foster, Andrea Wilson, Jacqueline Brett, Raelynne Watkins
Calgary, AB

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