CHAMPION: Tirinzoni Wins 2022 RBC Dominion Securities Western Showdown

Aarau, Switzerland

Fourth
Alina
Paetz

SKIP
Silvana
Tirinzoni

Second
Carole
Howald

Lead
Briar
Schwaller

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	7.54
PA/G:	4.26
Hammer Efficiency:	0.37
Steal Defense:	0.23
Force Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Efficiency:	0.42

Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) won 8-1 over Meghan Walter (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the RBC Dominion Securities Western Showdown, held October 13 - 16, 2022 at the Swift Current Curling Club in Swift Current, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Tirinzoni won 6-1 over Beth Peterson (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2022 RBC Dominion Securities Western Showdown in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won 4-2 over Penny Barker (Moose Jaw, SK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 RBC Dominion Securities Western Showdown in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Tirinzoni finished 4-1 in the 28-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tirinzoni lost 6-5 to Walter, then responded with a 6-4 win over Rebecca Morrison (Stirling, SCO). Tirinzoni won 5-4 against Amber Holland (Regina, SK), then won 6-4 against Raphaela Keiser (St. Moritz, SUI) to advance to the B-Qualifier where they 6-4 against Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the RBC Dominion Securities Western Showdown Championship title, Tirinzoni earned 52.500 world rankings points along with the $12,000CDN first prize cheque. Tirinzoni move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 18.75 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 3rd overall with 305.336 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Tirinzoni ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 165.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	83	25	0	0.769	29-2	14-8	6-2	1-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	829	715	449	8.62	5.42	3.21	4.91	3.85	1.76	1.41	1.24

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	410	511	85	56	15-0	35-3	103-9	1.25	0.21	0.43	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	419	204	364	47	8-2	11-19	33-70	0.49	0.87	0.63	0.29

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