Val Sweeting (Edmonton, AB) won
8-4 over
Michelle Englot (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1, held November 8 - 13, 2016 in Cranbrook, British Columbia. To advance to the championship game, Sweeting won
9-2 over
Allison Flaxey (Caledon, ON) in the semifinals of the 2016 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Cranbrook, British Columbia; and won
7-5 over
Tracy Fleury (Sudbury, NONT) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Cranbrook, British Columbia;
Sweeting finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sweeting lost
7-5 to
Sherry Middaugh (Coldwater, ON), then responded with a
9-3 win over
Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE). Sweeting won
6-5 against
Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB), then won
6-3 against
Alina Paetz (Zurich, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1 Championship title, Sweeting earned
80.114 world rankings points along with the $20,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 1 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 4th place overall with
513.526 total points. Sweeting ranks 7th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
166.250 points earned so far this season.
