CHAMPION: Hilker Wins 2021 Alberta Curling Series: Avonair

SKIP
Krysta
Hilker

Third
Karynn
Flory

Second
Sydney
Lewko

Lead
Claire
Murray

Krysta Hilker (Edmonton, AB) won 7-1 over Selena Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Alberta Curling Series: Avonair, held October 1 - 3, 2021 at the Avonair Curling Club in Edmonton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Hilker won 6-3 over Marla Sherrer (Lacombe, AB) in the semifinals of the 2021 Alberta Curling Series: Avonair in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Hilker finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hilker defeated Melissa Pierce (Edmonton, AB) 7-5, then won 6-3 against Elysa Crough (Edmonton , AB) and 9-2 against Cathy Borys (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Alberta Curling Series: Avonair Championship title, Hilker earned 22.435 world rankings points along with the $2,624CDN first prize cheque, moving up 33 spots the World Ranking Standings into 57th place overall with 40.004 total points. Hilker ranks 31st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 22.435 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: Serena Gray-Withers
Serena Gray-Withers, Catherine Clifford, Brianna Cullen, Zoe Cinnamon , Amanda St. Laurent
Edmonton, AB
2021: Krysta Hilker
Krysta Hilker, Karynn Flory, Sydney Lewko, Claire Murray, Kim Curtin
Edmonton, AB
2019: Marla Sherrer
Marla Sherrer, Janais DeJong, Julie Selvais, Rebecca Boorse
Lacombe, AB
2018: Nicky Kaufman
Nicky Kaufman, Pam Appelman, Holly Baird, Stephanie Enright
Edmonton, AB
2017: Nadine Scotland
Nadine Scotland, Heather Jensen, Becca Hebert, Heather Rogers
, AB
2016: Nadine Scotland
Nadine Scotland, Heather Jensen, Becca Hebert, Heather Rogers
, AB
2015: Jie Mei
Jie Mei, Xue Song Gao, Xindi Jiang, Qiutong She
Harbin, CHN
2014: Mari Motohashi
Mari Motohashi, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida
Aomori, JPN
2013: Jessie Hunkin
Jessie Hunkin, Tiffany Steuber, Dayna Demmans, Stephanie Enright
Spruce Grove, AB

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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