Cathy Overton-Clapham (Winnipeg, MB) lost
7-3 to
Stefanie Lawton (Saskatoon, SK) in the Final of the Sun Life Financial Players' Championship, held April 17 - 22, 2012 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island. To advance to the championship game, Overton-Clapham won
7-6 over
Sherry Middaugh (Coldwater, ON) in the semifinals
Overton-Clapham finished 6-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Overton-Clapham defeated
Eve Muirhead (Perth, SCO) 7-6, then won
7-3 against
Heather Nedohin (Edmonton, AB) and
6-5 against
Middaugh. Overton-Clapham won
7-3 against
Lawton, then won
4-3 against
Chelsea Carey (Morden, MB) and
6-4 against
Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI). Overton-Clapham went on to lose
6-3 against
Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Sun Life Financial Players' Championship, Overton-Clapham take home
30.000 world rankings points along with the $24,000CDN prize, moving up 2 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 9th place overall with
193.232 total points. Overton-Clapham ranks 4th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
135.170 points earned so far this season.
