Schori Runner-Up at 2021 The Challenger

SKIP
Irene
Schori

Third
Carole
Howald

Second
Lara
Stocker

Lead
Stefanie
Berset

Irene Schori (Langenthal, SUI) lost 7-5 to Eve Muirhead (Stirling, UK) in the Final of the The Challenger, held September 24 - 26, 2021 in Basel, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Schori won 6-4 over Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the semifinals of the 2021 The Challenger in Basel, Switzerland;

Schori finished 4-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Schori defeated Raphaela Keiser (St. Moritz, SUI) 8-2, then won 7-6 against Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) and 6-1 against Liisa Turmann (Tallinn, EST). Schori won 6-5 against Gina Aitken (Stirling, UK) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the The Challenger, Schori take home 26.433 world rankings points along with the $1,639CDN prize, moving up 11 spots the World Ranking Standings into 21st place overall with 96.698 total points. Schori ranks 17th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 26.433 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

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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