CHAMPION: Black Wins 2021 Tim Hortons Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel

Halifax, Nova Scotia

SKIP
Christina
Black

Third
Jenn
Baxter

Second
Karlee
Everist

Lead
Shelley
Barker

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	10.70
PA/G:	4.88
Hammer Efficiency:	0.63
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Efficiency:	0.41

Christina Black (Halifax, NS) won 6-3 over Jennifer Crouse (Halifax, NS) in the Final of the Tim Hortons Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel, held November 19 - 21, 2021 at the Windsor Curling Club in Windsor, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Black won 8-3 over Veronica Smith (Charlotte, PEI) in the semifinals of the 2021 Tim Hortons Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada; and won 6-5 over Marlee Powers (Halifax, NS) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 Tim Hortons Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada;

Black finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Black defeated Mary Mattatall (Halifax, NS) 10-3, then won 7-1 against Meredith Harrison (Halifax, NS) and 9-6 against Powers in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Tim Hortons Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel Championship title, Black earned 23.098 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN first prize cheque. Black move up 8 spots after posting a net gain of 10.988 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 41st overall with 81.658 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Black ranks 29th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 55.921 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	32	10	0	0.762	6-1	5-4	3-0	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	340	285	217	8.38	6.38	2.00	5.09	4.29	1.65	1.49	0.62

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	162	205	50	10	7-2	11-0	44-8	1.27	0.31	0.41	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	178	80	167	11	2-1	3-9	11-36	0.45	0.94	0.58	0.32

2022: Christina Black
Christina Black, Jenn Baxter, Karlee Everist, Shelley Barker
Halifax, NS
2021: Christina Black
Christina Black, Jenn Baxter, Karlee Everist, Shelley Barker
Halifax, NS
2019: Suzanne Birt
Suzanne Birt, Marie Christianson, Meaghan Hughes, Michelle Shea
Charlottetown, PEI
2018: Sylvie Quillian
Sylvie Quillian, Melissa Adams, Nicole Arsenault-Bishop, Kendra Lister, Jaclyn Crandall
Moncton , NB
2017: Julie McEvoy
Julie McEvoy, Danielle Parsons, Sheena Moore, Jill Thomas
Halifax, NS
2016: Colleen Jones
Colleen Jones, Kim Kelly, Mary Sue Radford, Nancy Delahunt
Halifax, NS
2015: Theresa Breen
Theresa Breen, Tanya Hilliard, Jocelyn Adams-Moss, Amanda England
Halifax, NS

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