CHAMPION: Wark Wins 2018 Kamloops Crown of Curling

Chilliwack, British Columbia

SKIP
Sarah
Wark

Third
Kristen
Pilote

Second
Carley
Sandwith-Craig

Lead
Michelle
Dunn

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	7.54
PA/G:	5.61
Hammer Efficiency:	0.24
Steal Defense:	0.04
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.31

Sarah Wark (Chilliwack, BC) won 10-2 over Kim Slattery (Vernon, BC) in the Final of the Kamloops Crown of Curling, held October 26 - 28, 2018 at the Kamloops Curling Club in Kamloops, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Wark won 7-4 over Corryn Brown (Kamloops, BC) in the semifinals

Wark finished 4-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Wark defeated Slattery 6-4, then went on to lose 8-7 against Nicole Backe (Vancouver Island, BC). Wark responded with a 5-4 win over Shiella Cowan (New Westminster, BC). Wark won 6-5 against Lindsay Hudyma (Vancouver, BC), then won 7-6 against Seina Nakajima (Nagano, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Kamloops Crown of Curling Championship title, Wark earned 20.612 world rankings points along with the $4,200CDN first prize cheque, moving up 14 spots the World Ranking Standings into 52nd place overall with 77.265 total points. Wark ranks 29th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 59.278 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

2022: Corryn Brown
Corryn Brown, Erin Pincott, Dezaray Hawes, Samantha Fisher , Jim Cotter
Kamloops, BC
2019: Corryn Brown
Corryn Brown, Erin Pincott, Dezaray Hawes, Ashley Klymchuk
Kamloops, BC
2018: Sarah Wark
Sarah Wark, Kristen Pilote, Carley Sandwith-Craig, Michelle Dunn
Chilliwack, BC
2017: Dailene Pewarchuk
Dailene Pewarchuk, Rachelle Kallechy, Adina Tasaka, Patty Wallingham
Victoria, BC
2016: Min Ji Kim
Min Ji Kim, Hyerin Kim, Taei Yang, Sujin Kim, Jihyeon Kim
gyeongido, KOR
2015: Eun ji Gim
Eun ji Gim, Seul-Bee Lee, Min-Ji Um, Yoon-Jung Yeom, Ji-Sun Kim
gyeonggido, KOR
2014: Ayumi Ogasawara
Ayumi Ogasawara, Sayaka Yoshimura, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Yumie Funayama
Sapporo, JPN
2013: Allison Pottinger
Allison Pottinger, Nicole Joraanstad, Natalie Nicholson, Tabitha Peterson
, MN
2012: Bingyu Wang
Bingyu Wang, Yin Liu, Qingshuang Yue, Yan Zhou
Harbin, CHN
2011: Michele Jaeggi
Michele Jaeggi, Marisa Winkelhausen, Stephanie Jaeggi, Nicole Schwaegli
, SUI
2010: Allison MacInnes
Allison MacInnes, Grace MacInnes, Diane Gushulak, Jacalyn Brown
Kamloops, BC
2009: Colleen Hannah
Colleen Hannah, Rachelle Haider, Rhonda Stoner, Cheryl Brown
, BC
2008: Mi-Yeon Kim
Colleen Hannah, Rachelle Haider, Rhonda Stoner, Cheryl Brown
, KOR
2007: Kelly Scott
Colleen Hannah, Rachelle Haider, Rhonda Stoner, Cheryl Brown
Kelowna, BC
2006: Pat Sanders
Pat Sanders, Roselyn Craig, Cheryl Noble, Christine Jurgenson
Victoria, BC
2005: Toni Wells
Toni Wells, Teri Tomczyk, Denise Sellers, Angela Strachan
Maple Ridge, BC
2004: Moe Meguro
Moe Meguro, Yumie Hiyashi, Ayumi Ogasawara, Sakurako Terada
, JPN

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