Jill Thurston (Winnipeg, MB) lost
9-4 to
Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Canad Inns Women's Classic, held October 24 - 27, 2014 at the Portage Curling Club in Portage La Prairie, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Thurston won
10-5 over
Margaretha Sigfridsson (Skelleftea, SWE) in the semifinals of the 2014 Canad Inns Women's Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada; and won
6-5 over
Michelle Englot (Regina, SK) in the quarterfinals.
Thurston finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Thurston defeated
Val Sweeting (Edmonton, AB) 5-4, then won
6-2 against
Ayumi Ogasawara (Sapporo, JPN) and
6-5 against
Nina Roth (Blaine, USA) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Canad Inns Women's Classic, Thurston take home
22.500 world rankings points along with the $10,300CDN prize, moving up 5 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 16th place overall with
66.025 total points. Thurston ranks 5th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
44.150 points earned so far this season.
