CHAMPION: Tirinzoni Wins 2015 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1

Aarau PwC, Switzerland

SKIP
Silvana
Tirinzoni

Third
Manuela
Siegrist

Second
Esther
Neuenschwander

Lead
Marlene
Albrecht

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	8.68
PA/G:	6.60
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Efficiency:	0.39

Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau PwC, SUI) won 6-5 over Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) in the Final of the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1, held September 8 - 13, 2015 in Paradise, Newfoundland / Labrador. To advance to the championship game, Tirinzoni won 9-7 over Tracy Fleury (Sudbury, NONT) in the semifinals of the 2015 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Paradise, Newfoundland / Labrador; and won 6-1 over Kelsey Rocque (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2015 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Paradise, Newfoundland / Labrador;

Tirinzoni finished 2-2 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tirinzoni lost 5-4 to Eve Muirhead (Stirling, SCO), then responded with a 7-1 win over Alina Paetz (Zurich, SUI). Tirinzoni won 9-7 against Fleury. Tirinzoni went on to lose 9-5 against EunJung Kim (Uiseong, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1 Championship title, Tirinzoni earned 75.950 world rankings points along with the $23,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 5th place overall with 386.127 total points. Tirinzoni ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 115.427 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

2025: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes
Ottawa, ON
2024: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Dawn McEwen, Krysten Karwacki
Gimli, MB
2023: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Karlee Burgess, Emily Zacharias, Lauren Lenentine
Winnipeg, MB
2022: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes
Ottawa, ON
2019: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2018: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2017: Val Sweeting
Val Sweeting, Lori Olson-Johns, Dana Ferguson, Rachel Brown
Edmonton, AB
2016: Val Sweeting
Val Sweeting, Lori Olson-Johns, Dana Ferguson, Rachel Brown
Edmonton, AB
2015: Silvana Tirinzoni
Silvana Tirinzoni, Manuela Siegrist, Esther Neuenschwander, Marlene Albrecht
Aarau PwC, SUI

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