CHAMPION: Kim Wins Stu Sells Tankard

SKIP
Eunjung
Kim

Third
Kyeongae
Kim

Second
Chohi
Kim

Lead
Seonyeong
Kim

Eunjung Kim (Gangneung, KOR) won 6-5 over Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) in the Final of the Stu Sells Tankard, held October 6 - 9 at the Barrie Curling Club in Barrie, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Kim won 8-4 over Yu Han (Beijing, CHN) in the semifinals of the Stu Sells Tankard in Barrie, Ontario, Canada; and won 9-2 over Rui Wang (Beijing, CHN) in the quarterfinals. of the Stu Sells Tankard in Barrie, Ontario, Canada;

Kim finished 3-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kim defeated Chelsea Brandwood (Niagara Falls, ON) 4-3, then won 7-1 against Paige Bown (Navan, ON). Kim went on to lose 9-7 against Katelyn Wasylkiw (Milton, ON). Kim responded with a 8-4 win over Hollie Duncan (Woodstock, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Stu Sells Tankard Championship title, Kim earned 30.000 world rankings points along with the $7,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 22nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 15 after improving upon their best so far this season. Kim ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 68.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	72	26	0	0.735	24-6	8-5	5-5	1-1	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	752	643	402	8.55	5.35	3.20	4.77	3.78	1.79	1.42	1.45

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	372	458	88	55	20-0	30-2	91-13	1.23	0.24	0.44	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	380	185	314	54	7-2	10-20	28-55	0.49	0.83	0.64	0.30

2023: Eunjung Kim
Eunjung Kim, Kyeongae Kim, Chohi Kim, Seonyeong Kim, Yeongmi Kim, Myungsup Lim
Gangneung, KOR
2022: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Carole Howald, Briar Schwaller
Aarau, SUI
2021: Hollie Duncan
Hollie Duncan, Megan Balsdon, Rachelle Strybosch, Tess Guyatt, Julie Tippin
Woodstock , ON
2020: Lauren Mann
Lauren Mann, Kira Brunton, Cheryl Kreviazuk, Karen Trines
Ottawa, ON
2019: Kira Brunton
Kira Brunton, Lindsay Dubue, Calissa Daly, Jessica Leonard
Sudbury, NO
2018: Kira Brunton
Kira Brunton, Megan Smith, Sara Guy, Kate Sherry , Rodney Guy
Sudbury, ON
2017: Julie Tippin
Julie Tippin, Chantal Duhaime, Rachelle Strybosch, Tess Guyatt
, ON
2016: Sherry Middaugh
Sherry Middaugh, Jo-Ann Rizzo, Lee Merklinger, Leigh Armstrong, Kimberly Tuck
, ON
2015: Erika Brown
Erika Brown, Allison Pottinger, Nicole Joraanstad, Natalie Nicholson
, WI
2014: Sherry Middaugh
Sherry Middaugh, Jo-Ann Rizzo, Lee Merklinger, Leigh Armstrong, Lori Eddy
, ON
2013: Alli Flaxey
Alli Flaxey, Katie Cottrill, Lynn Kreviazuk, Morgan Lavell
, ON
2012: Mary-Anne Arsenault
Mary-Anne Arsenault, Colleen Jones, Kim Kelly, Jenn Baxter, Nancy Delahunt
Halifax, NS
2011: Cathy Auld
Cathy Auld, Janet Murphy, Stephanie Matheson, Melissa Foster, Mary Chilvers
Mississauga, ON
2010: Julie Hastings
Julie Hastings, Christy Trombley, Stacey Smith, Katrina Sale
Toronto, ON

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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