CHAMPION: Sinclair Wins 2018 Players' Championship

Blaine, United States

SKIP
Jamie
Sinclair

Third
Alexandra
Agre

Second
Vicky
Persinger

Lead
Monica
Walker

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	7.54
PA/G:	5.08
Hammer Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.61
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

Jamie Sinclair (Blaine, USA) won 7-2 over Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Players' Championship, held April 10 - 15, 2018 in Toronto, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Sinclair won 4-3 over Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2018 Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario; and won 5-3 over Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario;

Sinclair finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sinclair defeated Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) 7-1, then won 6-5 against Tirinzoni. Sinclair went on to lose 7-4 against Hasselborg. Sinclair responded with a 7-3 win over Chelsea Carey (Calgary, AB). Sinclair went on to lose 7-6 against Kerri Einarson (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Players' Championship Championship title, Sinclair earned 74.449 world rankings points along with the $30,000CDN first prize cheque. Sinclair move up 6 spots after posting a net gain of 55.696 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 9th overall with 483.063 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Sinclair ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 313.087 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2023: Isabella Wrana
Isabella Wrana, Almida de Val, Linda Stenlund, Maria Larsson, Jennie Wahlin, Margaretha Sigfridsson
Sundbyberg , SWE
2022: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2019: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard, Briane Harris
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Jamie Sinclair
Jamie Sinclair, Alexandra Agre, Vicky Persinger, Monica Walker
Blaine, USA
2017: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Vicki Chalmers, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Sarah Reid
Stirling, SCO
2015: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Chalmers, Sarah Reid
Stirling, SCO
2014: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Chalmers, Claire Hamilton
Stirling, SCO
2012: Stefanie Lawton
Stefanie Lawton, Sherry Anderson, Sherri Singler, Marliese Kasner
Saskatoon, SK
2011: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2010: Cheryl Bernard
Cheryl Bernard, Susan O'Connor , Carolyn McRorie, Cori Morris
Calgary, AB
2009: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen , Janet Arnott
Winnipeg, MB
2008: Amber Holland
Amber Holland, Kim Schneider, Tammy Schneider, Heather Kalenchuk
Kronau, SK
2007: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen, Janet Arnott
Winnipeg, MB
2006: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Georgina Wheatcroft
Winnipeg, MB

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