 Ottawa's Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney and Lisa Weagle (Photo by Anil Mungal) finish off the 2017/18 season with a win at the Humpty's Champions Cup in Calgary. CALGARY - Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) wins the Humpty's Champions Cup, defeating Kerri Einarson (Winnipeg, MB) 7-6Homan with Emma Miskew at third, Joanne Courtney and Lisa Weagle on the front end take home the $40,000CDN first place cheque along with 75.041 world ranking points, while Einarson receives $29,000CDN and 58.961 world ranking points for their second place finish. Starting with hammer, Einarson scored 1 in the first end, with Homan responding in the second end scoring 3. Einarson scored 2 in the third end to tie the game, then forced Homan to a single in the fourth. Einarson scored 2 in the fifth end to take back the lead, then forced Homan to a single in the sixth end. For Einarson, a tough 7th saw them give up a steal of 2 in the seventh end to Homan who held on for the 7-6 win in the final end. In the semifinals, Homan defeated Eve Muirhead (Perth, Scotland) 9-6 and Einarson defeated Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) 6-4. Muirhead and Jones earned $12,000CDN and 45.561 ranking points for their semifinal finishes. In the quarterfinals, Homan defeated Jamie Sinclair (Blaine, USA) 6-3, Einarson defeated Chelsea Carey (Calgary, AB) 5-3, while Muirhead defeated Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, Sweden) 4-3 and Jones defeated Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, Switzerland) 6-5. Hasselborg, Sinclair, Tirinzoni and Carey earned $8,000CDN along with 32.161 ranking points for their quarterfinal finishes. Homan went 2-2 in the 15 team round-robin pools qualifying round. In their opening game, Homan lost 5-4 to Sinclair, then responded with a 5-2 win over Binia Feltscher (Flims, SUI), losing their next game to Hasselborg 6-2. Homan posted a 6-4 win over Kristen MacDiarmid (Halifax, NS) to advance to a tiebreaker, then won against Alina Paetz (Zurich, SUI) 8-7 to book their spot in the quarterfinals. |
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After emerging on the global stage at senior level last month, Katie McMillan is feeling all the more ready for the challenge as she and partner Angus Bryce prepare to represent Scotland at the ACE & Company World Mixed Doubles Championships in Geneva over the next week (April 25 - May 2).
