CHAMPION: Tirinzoni Wins Princess Auto Players' Championship

Aarau, Switzerland

SKIP
Silvana
Tirinzoni

Third
Alina
Patz

Second
Selina
Witschonke

Lead
Carole
Howald

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	9.14
PA/G:	6.03
Hammer Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Defense:	0.04
Force Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) won 6-5 over Isabella Wrana (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the Final of the Princess Auto Players' Championship, held April 9 - 14 in Toronto, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Tirinzoni won 5-3 over Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) in the semifinals of the Princess Auto Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario; and won 6-3 over Kim in the quarterfinals. of the Princess Auto Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario;

Tirinzoni finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tirinzoni defeated Kaitlyn Lawes (Winnipeg, MB) 7-3, then won 6-4 against Kim and 7-3 against Xenia Schwaller (Zurich, SUI). Tirinzoni won 7-3 against Kerri Einarson (Gimli, MB). Tirinzoni went on to lose 11-9 against Eun ji Gim (Uijeongbu, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Princess Auto Players' Championship Championship title, Tirinzoni earned 75.000 world rankings points along with the $60,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 2nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 37.5 after improving upon their best so far this season. Tirinzoni ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 434.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	85	17	0	0.833	29-3	17-2	8-2	2-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	760	664	386	8.74	5.08	3.66	4.95	3.67	1.77	1.38	1.38

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	365	494	44	61	19-0	34-1	94-4	1.35	0.12	0.48	0.10

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	395	170	342	44	4-6	11-13	25-55	0.43	0.87	0.69	0.28

2023: Isabella Wrana
Isabella Wrana, Almida de Val, Linda Stenlund, Maria Larsson, Jennie Wahlin, Margaretha Sigfridsson
Sundbyberg , SWE
2022: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2019: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard, Briane Harris
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Jamie Sinclair
Jamie Sinclair, Alexandra Agre, Vicky Persinger, Monica Walker
Blaine, USA
2017: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Vicki Chalmers, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Sarah Reid
Stirling, SCO
2015: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Chalmers, Sarah Reid
Stirling, SCO
2014: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Chalmers, Claire Hamilton
Stirling, SCO
2012: Stefanie Lawton
Stefanie Lawton, Sherry Anderson, Sherri Singler, Marliese Kasner
Saskatoon, SK
2011: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2010: Cheryl Bernard
Cheryl Bernard, Susan O'Connor , Carolyn McRorie, Cori Morris
Calgary, AB
2009: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen , Janet Arnott
Winnipeg, MB
2008: Amber Holland
Amber Holland, Kim Schneider, Tammy Schneider, Heather Kalenchuk
Kronau, SK
2007: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen, Janet Arnott
Winnipeg, MB
2006: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Georgina Wheatcroft
Winnipeg, MB

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