Bingyu Wang (Harbin, CHN) won
6-4 over
Lene Nielsen (Hvidovre, DEN) in the Final of the Valley First Crown of Curling, held October 19 - 22, 2012 at the Kamloops Curling Club in Kamloops, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Wang won
8-2 over
Sarah Koltun (Whitehorse, YK) in the semifinals of the 2012 Valley First Crown of Curling in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada; and won
7-1 over
Allison MacInnes (Kamloops, BC) in the quarterfinals.
Wang finished 4-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Wang lost
6-4 to
Kirsten Fox (New Westminster, BC), droppimg another game,
7-4 to
Ayumi Ogasawara (Kariuzawa, JPN) where Wang responded with a
7-3 win over
Adina Tasaka (New Westminister, BC). Wang won
10-4 against
Lisa Eyamie (High River, AB), then won
4-3 against
Fox and
9-3 against
Desiree Schmidt (Castlegar, BC) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Valley First Crown of Curling Championship title, Wang earned
5.500 world rankings points along with the $8,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 20th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with
73.700 total points. Wang ranks 34th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
11.375 points earned so far this season.
