Laidsalu Runner-Up at Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships

Tallinn, Estonia

Fourth
Liisa
Turmann

SKIP
Kerli
Laidsalu

Second
Erika
Tuvike

Lead
Heili
Grossmann

Games:	11
Record:	7W - 4L
PF/G:	8.72
PA/G:	5.96
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.33
Force Efficiency:	0.39
Steal Efficiency:	0.44

Kerli Laidsalu (Tallinn, EST) lost 9-6 to Evelina Barone (Riga, LAT) in the Final of the Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships, held November 22 - 29 in Lahti, Finland. To advance to the championship game, Laidsalu won 6-2 over Verena Pfluegler (Kitzbuehel, AUT) in the semifinals of the Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships in Lahti, Finland;

Laidsalu are currently . In their opening game, Laidsalu plays Tiina Julkunen (Hyvinkaa, FIN) on Saturday at 9am Aneta Lipinska (Lodz, POL) on Sunday at 3am and Pfluegler at 11am and Pfluegler at 11am and Pfluegler at 11am Tiina Julkunen (Hyvinkaa, FIN) on Saturday at 9am Aneta Lipinska (Lodz, POL) on Sunday at 3am, Pfluegler at 11am Vera Kalocsai-van Dorp (Budapest, HUN) on Monday at 9am Lisenka Bomas (Zoetermeer, NED) on Tuesday at 9am Gabriela Kajanova (Bratislava, SVK) on Wednesday at 3am and Ajda Zavrtanik Drglin (Ljubljana, SLO) at 11am and Ajda Zavrtanik Drglin (Ljubljana, SLO) at 11am and Ajda Zavrtanik Drglin (Ljubljana, SLO) at 11am.

With their runner-up finish at the Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships, Laidsalu take home 11.550 world rankings points. Laidsalu move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 8.512 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 57th overall with 61.153 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Laidsalu ranks 50th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 49.575 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	24	22	0	0.522	1-0	1-1	0-0	2-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2026	347	275	262	7.93	7.55	0.37	4.67	4.29	1.70	1.76	1.04

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	167	175	71	20	7-2	8-7	37-5	1.05	0.43	0.35	0.28

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	180	100	191	16	2-5	8-16	16-37	0.56	1.06	0.44	0.34

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