Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) won
7-5 over
Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in the Final of the Pomeroy Inn & Suites Prairie Showdown, held March 12 - 15, 2015 in Grande Prairie, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Homan won
6-2 over
Cissi Ostlund (Karlstad, SWE) in the semifinals of the 2015 Pomeroy Inn & Suites Prairie Showdown in Grande Prairie, Alberta; and won
7-4 over
Val Sweeting (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2015 Pomeroy Inn & Suites Prairie Showdown in Grande Prairie, Alberta;
Homan finished 4-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Homan defeated
Delia DeJong (Grande Prairie, AB) 6-5, then won
5-0 against
Suji Kim (Seoul, KOR) and
6-4 against
Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, AB). Homan won
5-4 against
Nicky Kaufman (Edmonton, AB). Homan went on to lose
8-5 against
Tirinzoni in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Pomeroy Inn & Suites Prairie Showdown Championship title, Homan earned
16.080 world rankings points along with the $12,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 2nd place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 12.994 after improving upon their best so far this season. Homan ranks 3rd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
169.815 points earned so far this season.
