CHAMPION: Smith Wins 2014 Nova Scotia Scotties

Halifax, Nova Scotia

SKIP
Heather
Smith

Third
Jill
Brothers

Second
Blisse
Joyce

Lead
Teri
Udle

Games:	8
Record:	8W - 0L
PF/G:	6.58
PA/G:	4.08
Hammer Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Defense:	0.11
Force Efficiency:	0.76
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

Heather Smith (Halifax, NS) won 6-3 over Kelly MacIntosh (Dartmouth, NS) in the Final Smith advanced directly to the championship game after finishing first in the preliminary round. of the Nova Scotia Scotties, held January 7 - 12, 2014 in Sydney, Nova Scotia.

Smith finished 7-0 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith defeated Tanya Hilliard (Halifax, NS) 8-2, then won 7-6 against MacIntosh and 6-5 against Anne Dillon (Halifax, NS). Smith won 6-4 against Mary Sue Radford (Halifax, NS), then won 6-2 against Jocelyn Nix (Kentville, NS) and 6-5 against Sarah Rhyno (Halifax, NS). Smith won 5-4 against Mary-Anne Arsenault (Halifax, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Nova Scotia Scotties Championship title, Smith earned 4.000 world rankings points, moving up 3 spots the World Ranking Standings into 52nd place overall with 24.754 total points. Smith ranks 40th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 19.850 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	40	16	0	0.714	19-6	15-8	9-3	1-0	2-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	466	351	252	7.53	5.41	2.12	4.49	3.76	1.68	1.44	1.76

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	223	231	62	39	5-1	15-3	45-9	1.04	0.28	0.35	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	243	120	190	43	7-3	8-9	13-32	0.49	0.78	0.66	0.28

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