CHAMPION: 's Meghan Walter Wins 2019 Manitoba Curling Tour Classic

SKIP
Meghan
Walter

Third
Morgan
Reimer

Second
Lauryn
Kuzyk

Lead
Mackenzie
Elias

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	8.41
PA/G:	5.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.37
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.77
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

's Meghan Walter won 6-4 over Abby Ackland (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Manitoba Curling Tour Classic, held October 3 - 6, 2019 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. To advance to the championship game, 's Meghan Walter won 8-1 over Jennifer Clark-Rouire (Miami, MB) in the semifinals of the 2019 Manitoba Curling Tour Classic in Winnipeg, Manitoba;

's Meghan Walter finished 3-1 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, 's Meghan Walter lost 6-4 to Janelle Vachon (Brandon, MB), then responded with a 8-5 win over Deb McCreanor (Winnipeg, MB). 's Meghan Walter won 5-2 against Ackland, then won 6-4 against 's Kristy Watling in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Manitoba Curling Tour Classic Championship title, 's Meghan Walter earned 18.275 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque. 's Meghan Walter move up 84 spots after posting a net gain of 18.024 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 121st overall with 21.848 total points on the World Ranking Standings. 's Meghan Walter ranks 54th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 19.594 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

2023: Kristy Watling
Kristy Watling, Laura Burtnyk, Emily Deschenes, Sarah Pyke
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Meghan Walter
Meghan Walter, Morgan Reimer, Lauryn Kuzyk, Mackenzie Elias
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Jennifer Clark-Rouire
Jennifer Clark-Rouire, Lisa McLeod, Jolene Callum, Sydney Arnal, Brooklyn Meiklejohn
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Joelle Brown
Joelle Brown, Susan Baleja, Natalie Claude-Harding, Carlene Strand
Winnipeg, MB

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