Nielsen Runner-Up at 2012 Valley First Crown of Curling

Hvidovre, Denmark

SKIP
Lene
Nielsen

Third
Helle
Simonsen

Second
Jeanne
Ellegaard

Lead
Maria
Poulsen

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	8.25
PA/G:	6.14
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.65
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

Lene Nielsen (Hvidovre, DEN) lost 6-4 to Bingyu Wang (Harbin, CHN) 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, Nielsen won 6-4 over Eun Jung Kim ( Gyeongbuk Uiseong,, KOR) in the semifinals of the 2012 Valley First Crown of Curling in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada; and won 8-3 over Marla Mallett (Cloverdale, BC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2012 Valley First Crown of Curling in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada;

Nielsen finished 4-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Nielsen defeated Simone Groundwater (Williams Lake, BC) 8-4, then went on to lose 7-4 against Kerri Einarson (Winnipeg, MB). Nielsen lost 8-1 to Desiree Schmidt (Castlegar, BC) where Nielsen responded with a 7-6 win over Kristie Moore (Grande Prairie, AB). Nielsen won 5-2 against Roberta Kuhn (Vernon, BC), then won 8-1 against Yilun Jiang (Harbin, CHN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Valley First Crown of Curling, Nielsen take home 3.850 world rankings points along with the $6,000CDN prize, remaining in 31st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 40.105 total points. Nielsen ranks 57th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.850 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

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