CHAMPION: Marks Wins 2022 Boston Pizza Alberta Curling Tour Championship

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Abby
Marks

Third
Catherine
Clifford

Second
Kate
Goodhelpsen

Lead
Emma
Wiens

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	8.00
PA/G:	6.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.32
Steal Defense:	0.29
Force Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Efficiency:	0.42

Abby Marks (Edmonton, AB) won 9-2 over Kayla Skrlik (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the Boston Pizza Alberta Curling Tour Championship, held March 31 - April 3, 2022 at the Leduc Curling Club in Leduc, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Marks won 8-6 over Jessie Hunkin (North Battleford, SK) in the semifinals of the 2022 Boston Pizza Alberta Curling Tour Championship in Leduc, Alberta, Canada;

Marks finished 3-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Marks defeated Elysa Crough (Edmonton , AB) 6-4, then won 6-4 against Kelsey Rocque (Edmotnon, AB) and 4-3 against Skrlik in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Boston Pizza Alberta Curling Tour Championship Championship title, Marks earned 30.403 world rankings points along with the $8,000CDN first prize cheque. Marks move up 6 spots after posting a net gain of 27.906 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 29th overall with 113.911 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Marks ranks 29th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 113.911 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	29	24	0	0.547	0-3	4-11	3-6	2-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	389	300	279	7.71	7.17	0.54	4.76	4.47	1.62	1.60	0.77

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	186	206	79	8	4-1	18-4	37-10	1.11	0.42	0.33	0.31

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	203	94	200	22	2-3	3-16	18-41	0.46	0.99	0.49	0.32

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