CHAMPION: Barone Wins Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships

Riga, Latvia

SKIP
Evelina
Barone

Third
Rezija
Ievina

Second
Katrina
Gaidule

Lead
Daina
Barone

Games:	11
Record:	10W - 1L
PF/G:	9.80
PA/G:	5.15
Hammer Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Evelina Barone (Riga, LAT) won 9-6 over Kerli Laidsalu (Tallinn, EST) 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, Barone won 7-6 over Lisa Farnell (Kent, ENG) in the semifinals

Barone are currently . In their opening game, Barone plays Ajda Zavrtanik Drglin (Ljubljana, SLO) on Saturday at 9am Farnell on Sunday at 3am and Gabriela Kajanova (Bratislava, SVK) at 11am and Gabriela Kajanova (Bratislava, SVK) at 11am and Gabriela Kajanova (Bratislava, SVK) at 11am Ajda Zavrtanik Drglin (Ljubljana, SLO) on Saturday at 9am Farnell on Sunday at 3am, Gabriela Kajanova (Bratislava, SVK) at 11am Aneta Lipinska (Lodz, POL) on Monday at 4am Verena Pfluegler (Kitzbuehel, AUT) on Tuesday at 9am Vera Kalocsai-van Dorp (Budapest, HUN) on Wednesday at 3am and Tiina Julkunen (Hyvinkaa, FIN) at 11am and Tiina Julkunen (Hyvinkaa, FIN) at 11am and Tiina Julkunen (Hyvinkaa, FIN) at 11am.

For winning the Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships Championship title, Barone earned 15.750 world rankings points, moving up 8 spots the World Ranking Standings into 62nd place overall with 51.030 total points. Barone ranks 49th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 49.600 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	23	12	0	0.657	0-0	1-1	0-0	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2026	278	224	170	8.06	6.12	1.94	4.71	3.85	1.71	1.59	1.44

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	141	161	42	26	6-1	10-2	35-6	1.14	0.30	0.44	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	137	63	128	14	1-4	4-6	7-25	0.46	0.93	0.55	0.33

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