 Kerri Einarson (Winnipeg, Manitoba) wins the Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic, defeating Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, Manitoba) 7-5 at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Canada. Einarson with Val Sweeting at third, Shannon Birchard and Briane Meilleur on the front end take home the $13,500CDN first place cheque along with 74.711 world ranking points, while Jones receives $9,500CDN and 54.788 world ranking points for their second place finish. Einarson opened the scoring stealing 2 in the first end, then forced Jones to a single in the second end. After Jones stole in the third end, Einarson responded in the fourth end scoring 2 to extend lead to 4-2. Jones scored 2 in the fifth end, with Einarson adding 2 more in the sixth end. After Jones was held to a single in the seventh end, Einarson scored a single in the eighth end for the 7-5 win. In the semifinals, Einarson defeated Rachel Homan (Ottawa, Ontario) 7-4 and Jones defeated Tracy Fleury (East St. Paul, Manitoba) 8-6. Homan and Fleury earned $6,000CDN and 42.336 ranking points for their semifinal finishes. In the quarterfinals, Einarson defeated Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, Alberta) 5-4, Jones defeated Laura Walker (Edmonton, Alberta) 6-3, while Fleury defeated Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, Japan) 7-2 and Homan defeated Alina Kovaleva (Saint Petersburg, Russia) 7-5. Kovaleva, Walker, Scheidegger and Fujisawa earned $4,000CDN along with 29.885 ranking points for their quarterfinal finishes. Einarson went 5-2 in the 32 team triple knockout qualifying round. In their opening game, Einarson defeated Janais DeJong (Edmonton, Alberta) 8-1, then won against Chelsea Carey (Edmonton, Alberta) 7-1 and Jones 8-2, losing their next game to Walker 9-6. Einarson lost again to Homan 6-5, then responded with a 4-2 win over Tori Koana (Yamanashi, Japan) to advance to a C-Qualifying game where Einarson won against Un-Chi Gim (Gyeonggi-do, Korea) 7-3 to reach the playoff round. |
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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).
