Ford Reaches Grand Slam Tour Challenge U25 Quarters

Waterloo, Ontario

SKIP
Katie
Ford

Third
Emily
Middaugh

Second
Madison
Fisher

Lead
Kelly
Middaugh

Games:	4
Record:	2W - 2L
PF/G:	7.93
PA/G:	6.21
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Efficiency:	0.42

Katie Ford (Waterloo, ON) qualified for the Grand Slam Tour Challenge U25 playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-4 against Serena Gray-Withers (Edmonton, AB). of the Grand Slam Tour Challenge U25 in Beaumont, Alberta, Canada;

Ford finished 2-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ford defeated Taylor Sanderman (Airdrie, AB) 7-3, then won 9-5 against Mahra Harris (Victoria, BC). Ford went on to lose 5-3 against Yuina Miura (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Ford earned 8.100 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Grand Slam Tour Challenge U25, moving up 3 spots the World Ranking Standings into 68th place overall with 34.755 total points. Ford ranks 69th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 15.150 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	9	13	0	0.409	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2026	157	109	124	6.94	7.90	-0.96	4.39	4.59	1.58	1.72	1.02

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	85	70	56	11	2-1	4-5	14-10	0.82	0.66	0.27	0.39

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	72	39	68	5	0-2	2-3	7-17	0.54	0.94	0.44	0.39

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