Valerie Sweeting (Edmonton, AB) lost
5-4 to
Ayumi Ogasawara (Sapporo, JPN) in the Final of the Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic, held October 2 - 5, 2014 at the Vernon Curling Club in Vernon, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Sweeting won
6-2 over
Kelly Scott (Kelowna, BC) in the semifinals of the 2014 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada; and won
8-1 over
Corryn Brown (Kamloops, BC) in the quarterfinals.
Sweeting finished 4-1 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sweeting defeated
Ogasawara 7-6, then went on to lose
6-5 against
Mary-Anne Arsenault (Halifax, NS). Sweeting responded with a
7-2 win over
Stephanie Prinse (Chilliwack, BC). Sweeting won
6-5 against
Sarah Wark (Victoria, BC), then won
6-0 against
Dailene Sivertson (Victoria , BC) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic, Sweeting take home
11.270 world rankings points along with the $5,900CDN prize, moving up 1 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 6th place overall with
143.068 total points. Sweeting ranks 7th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
24.080 points earned so far this season.
